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* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': in the ExpandedUniverse books, Thel 'Vadam, better known as the Arbiter, is often characterized as being very remorseful of his genocidal campaign against humanity prior to his HeelFaceTurn. He is now probably the single largest advocate for peace and cooperation between humans and Sangheili, and on several occasions notes that any human seeking revenge against him would be wholly justified, and he would not begrudge them their anger.
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* In ''Literature/PosterGirl'' the protagonist Sonya Kantor becomes basically a state sponsored version of this trope. If she can find a missing girl the new government will forgive her involvment with the previous regime and allow her to the leave the ghetto where she has been imprisoned the last ten years. [[spoiler: In truth she actually has a more personal motive to find the girl: She was the one who got her taken by the old regime in the first place, something she seeks to atone for by reuniting her with her family.]]
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* Tam Lin in ''Literature/HouseOfTheScorpion'' was a Scottish terrorist that attempted to kill the prime minister of an unnamed country (presumably the UK). [[spoiler: his bomb ended up killing a bus full of school children, and he was forced to escape to Opium for asylum. He commits suicide mid-way through the book (although this isn't revealed until the end) after helping Matt escape]].
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* ''Literature/HouseOfTheScorpion'': Tam Lin in ''Literature/HouseOfTheScorpion'' was a Scottish terrorist that attempted to kill the prime minister of an unnamed country (presumably the UK). [[spoiler: his bomb ended up killing a bus full of school children, and he was forced to escape to Opium for asylum. He commits suicide mid-way through the book (although this isn't revealed until the end) after helping Matt escape]].escape]].
* ''Literature/InfernoLarryNivenAndJerryPournelle'': It's implied through the book that "Benny", Allen's guide through Hell, is trying to make up for ''something'' -- he was also condemened to Hell after his death, and he hopes that guiding enough lost souls to salvation will earn him redemption as well. It turns out towards the end that [[spoiler:he is, in fact, Benito Mussolini, and has quite a heavy cosmic ledger to balance]].
* ''Literature/InfernoLarryNivenAndJerryPournelle'': It's implied through the book that "Benny", Allen's guide through Hell, is trying to make up for ''something'' -- he was also condemened to Hell after his death, and he hopes that guiding enough lost souls to salvation will earn him redemption as well. It turns out towards the end that [[spoiler:he is, in fact, Benito Mussolini, and has quite a heavy cosmic ledger to balance]].
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* Erill in the ''Literature/KaneSeries'' novel ''The Dark Crusade'' is forced by cultists of [[{{ReligionofEvil}} Sataki]] to commit unspeakable evil. Throughout the rest of the novel she is trying to make up for it. Unfortunately, her first attempt at atonement is a disaster, which ends in more death and suffering for her and her friends.
* This happens to Jean Valjean over the course of ''Literature/LesMiserables''. Although Valjean's 'horrible acts' themselves comprised stealing a loaf of bread to feed his starving family, trying to escape his prison sentence and then a couple of petty thefts from a bishop and a young boy upon release, he is less focused on these than what his prison stay turned him into. While in prison he lost all faith in God, society and human nature, vowing to take his revenge upon society at large once released, and it is this state of mind that he feels he has to atone for. One of his first acts upon release is to contemplate cold-blooded murder of an innocent man who had sheltered and fed him, and it is this mindset that horrifies him after his redemption. He is often a bit excessive about how much he punishes himself, however.
** A key example would be his adoption of Cosette. After discovering that he had failed to intervene in the chain of events leading to Fantine's terrible fate, he took it as his personal mission to give her daughter the good life that she never had. He nearly sacrificed his own life several times over merely to bring about her happiness.
* This happens to Jean Valjean over the course of ''Literature/LesMiserables''. Although Valjean's 'horrible acts' themselves comprised stealing a loaf of bread to feed his starving family, trying to escape his prison sentence and then a couple of petty thefts from a bishop and a young boy upon release, he is less focused on these than what his prison stay turned him into. While in prison he lost all faith in God, society and human nature, vowing to take his revenge upon society at large once released, and it is this state of mind that he feels he has to atone for. One of his first acts upon release is to contemplate cold-blooded murder of an innocent man who had sheltered and fed him, and it is this mindset that horrifies him after his redemption. He is often a bit excessive about how much he punishes himself, however.
** A key example would be his adoption of Cosette. After discovering that he had failed to intervene in the chain of events leading to Fantine's terrible fate, he took it as his personal mission to give her daughter the good life that she never had. He nearly sacrificed his own life several times over merely to bring about her happiness.
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* Erill in the ''Literature/KaneSeries'' novel ''Literature/KaneSeries'': In ''The Dark Crusade'' Crusade'', Erill is forced by cultists of [[{{ReligionofEvil}} Sataki]] to commit unspeakable evil. Throughout the rest of the novel she is trying to make up for it. Unfortunately, her first attempt at atonement is a disaster, which ends in more death and suffering for her and her friends.
* ''Literature/LesMiserables'': This happens to Jean Valjean over the course of''Literature/LesMiserables''. the story. Although Valjean's 'horrible acts' "horrible acts" themselves comprised stealing a loaf of bread to feed his starving family, trying to escape his prison sentence and then a couple of petty thefts from a bishop and a young boy upon release, he is less focused on these than what his prison stay turned him into. While in prison he lost all faith in God, society and human nature, vowing to take his revenge upon society at large once released, and it is this state of mind that he feels he has to atone for. One of his first acts upon release is to contemplate cold-blooded murder of an innocent man who had sheltered and fed him, and it is this mindset that horrifies him after his redemption. He is often a bit excessive about how much he punishes himself, however.
**however. A key example would be his adoption of Cosette. After discovering that he had failed to intervene in the chain of events leading to Fantine's terrible fate, he took it as his personal mission to give her daughter the good life that she never had. He nearly sacrificed his own life several times over merely to bring about her happiness.
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* Boromir in Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
-->'''Boromir:''' I tried to take the ring from Frodo. [[RedemptionEqualsDeath I have paid]].
* In ''Literature/{{Masques}}'' Wolf seems to consider his fight against the BigBad this, as [[spoiler: he is the ''son'' of said villain and committed countless atrocities before he was able to recognize the evil of such actions and ran away]].
-->'''Boromir:''' I tried to take the ring from Frodo. [[RedemptionEqualsDeath I have paid]].
* In ''Literature/{{Masques}}'' Wolf seems to consider his fight against the BigBad this, as [[spoiler: he is the ''son'' of said villain and committed countless atrocities before he was able to recognize the evil of such actions and ran away]].
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* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': At the end of ''The Fellowship of the Ring'', Boromir [[spoiler:sacrifices himself to hold back the orcs in Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
-->'''Boromir:''' I triedorder to atone for his disastrous attempt to take the ring Ring from Frodo. [[RedemptionEqualsDeath I have paid]].
Frodo]].
*In ''Literature/{{Masques}}'' ''Literature/{{Masques}}'': Wolf seems to consider his fight against the BigBad this, as [[spoiler: he is the ''son'' of said villain and committed countless atrocities before he was able to recognize the evil of such actions and ran away]].
-->'''Boromir:''' I tried
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* Brona from ''Literature/TheMissingPieceOfCharlieOReilly''. [[spoiler:She was an Irish immigrant in the 1840s who was deemed an unfit parent due to being a StrugglingSingleMother who lived with a friend instead of in her own home, so her son Kieran was taken from her and placed in an orphanage. Brona returned to the orphanage to take him back and was dragged out by three men. In the struggle, she knocked over a lantern which started a fire that burned the orphanage down. Kieran was trapped in the wine cellar and was killed when the building fell on him. 170 years later, Brona sees the work she does - taking children from their lives, making them RetGone so their families don't remember them, and keeping them trapped in a place with no pain and no consequences - as a way of making up for her failure to protect Kieran, and of preventing the children from suffering all the pain of a life like hers.]]
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* Brona from ''Literature/TheMissingPieceOfCharlieOReilly''.''Literature/TheMissingPieceOfCharlieOReilly'': Brona. [[spoiler:She was an Irish immigrant in the 1840s who was deemed an unfit parent due to being a StrugglingSingleMother who lived with a friend instead of in her own home, so her son Kieran was taken from her and placed in an orphanage. Brona returned to the orphanage to take him back and was dragged out by three men. In the struggle, she knocked over a lantern which started a fire that burned the orphanage down. Kieran was trapped in the wine cellar and was killed when the building fell on him. 170 years later, Brona sees the work she does - taking children from their lives, making them RetGone so their families don't remember them, and keeping them trapped in a place with no pain and no consequences - as a way of making up for her failure to protect Kieran, and of preventing the children from suffering all the pain of a life like hers.]]
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** ''Literature/TheCourtshipOfPrincessLeia'': Barukka, a former Nightsister who was Gethzerion's sister, abandoned them into and went off into voluntary self-exile to atone as those who've used the Dark Side are expected to do. She's the only one seen doing this, and Gethzerions has driven her mad with torment mentally for it. She helps Luke, Leia, Han and Tenenial Djo against Gethzerion. Luke encourages her in the effort to atone.
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** ''Literature/TheCourtshipOfPrincessLeia'': Barukka, a former Nightsister who was Gethzerion's sister, abandoned them into and went off into voluntary self-exile to atone as those who've used the Dark Side are expected to do. She's the only one seen doing this, and Gethzerions has driven her mad with torment mentally for it. She helps Luke, Leia, Han and Tenenial Djo against Gethzerion. Luke encourages her in the effort to atone.
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* ''Literature/{{Linked}}'': Link Rowley is responsible for the first instance of swastika graffiti in the book, and did it after a fight with his father because he wanted to embarrass the town and a swastika was the worst thing he could think of. Link feels terrible after having time to reflect on his actions, sitting through a tolerance seminar at school, seeing an actual racist get inspired to paint more swastikas, and learning that he himself is ancestrally Jewish. His role in helping with the Holocaust memorial paper chain and decision to explore his heritage and have a ''bar mitzah'' both begin out of his desire to make up for what he did.
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* ''Literature/TheJapaneseLover'': Irina was raised by her grandparents in a village in Moldavia and feels bad about having left them behind when her mother had her come to the US. Her work at Lark House allows her to give the elder residents the care and attention she did not get to give her grandparents.
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** ''Literature/TheCourtshipOfPrincessLeia'': Barukka, a former Nightsister who was Gethzerion's sister, abandoned them into and went off into voluntary self-exile to atone as those who've used the Dark Side are expected to do. She's the only one seen doing this, and Gethzerions has driven her mad with torment mentally for it. She helps Luke, Leia, Han and Tenenial Djo against Gethzerion. Luke encourages her in the effort to atone.
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* ''Literature/TheCosmere'':
** ''Franchise/{{Mistborn}}''
*** In the first series [[spoiler: [[EvilOverlord Lord]] [[AntiVillain Ruler]] can be argued to be a minor form of this trope. When he first took the power of the Well of Ascension - a necessity to keep [[SealedEvilInACan Ruin]] imprisoned - and became a PhysicalGod, he tried to stop a cataclysm that Ruin was causing. Since [[HowDoIShootWeb the divine powers don't come with instruction manual]], he messed up and turned Scadrial into ashen wasteland. Since then, all his actions as the Final Empire's ruler were dictated by two goals: to keep Ruin sealed and to survive until Well of Ascension powers up again so he could fix the planet. Shame that his chosen means were opressive tyranny, which got worse and worse over time due to Ruin's influence.]]
*** In the second series we have Wayne, trying to atone for his criminal past, in particular accidentally shooting and killing a man. Ever since he became a lawman, he visits the man's daughter, Allriandre, once a month to give her half of his earnings in support, even though she insist she doesn't want it and she makes clear she's not going to forgive him. [[spoiler: In ''Literature/{{TheLostMetal}}'', at his friends' insistence, he dials it down to just sending the money via investment firm - they point out if he wants her to be happy, then showing up and reminding her about the tragedy is not the best idea and it has more to do with Wayne's desire for punishment than Allriandre's wellbeing.]]
** ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'':
*** Dalinar Kohlin. Before the series began he was a BloodKnight and universally feared warlord, and in the very beginning of the series he was passed out drunk while his brother (the King) is assassinated. The next time we see him, he's pulled a near total turnaround, being the only Alethi Prince to actually follow their Codes of War (which require things like being in uniform and not drinking while in a warzone), and is actually treating the ongoing war to avenge the King's assassination seriously while the the others just treat it as a way to win glory and wealth. Of course most of the world doesn't believe that he's actually changed so totally in just a few years, so a large part of the series is him doing his best to make up for past mistakes and convincing others that he really has changed.
*** Interestingly, the GodOfEvil Odium fights to [[DefiedTrope defy this]]. He tells everyone that, since he's TheCorruptor, everything is his fault, and there's no need for them to atone for anything. Which, most importantly, means there's no need for them to ''stop committing crimes''. Several of his most powerful minions are simply people who believe their crimes are impossible to forgive, and therefore turn to Odium because they think it's the only way for their pain to stop. He even tries to pull this on [[spoiler:Dalinar]] near the the end of ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''.
** ''Franchise/{{Mistborn}}''
*** In the first series [[spoiler: [[EvilOverlord Lord]] [[AntiVillain Ruler]] can be argued to be a minor form of this trope. When he first took the power of the Well of Ascension - a necessity to keep [[SealedEvilInACan Ruin]] imprisoned - and became a PhysicalGod, he tried to stop a cataclysm that Ruin was causing. Since [[HowDoIShootWeb the divine powers don't come with instruction manual]], he messed up and turned Scadrial into ashen wasteland. Since then, all his actions as the Final Empire's ruler were dictated by two goals: to keep Ruin sealed and to survive until Well of Ascension powers up again so he could fix the planet. Shame that his chosen means were opressive tyranny, which got worse and worse over time due to Ruin's influence.]]
*** In the second series we have Wayne, trying to atone for his criminal past, in particular accidentally shooting and killing a man. Ever since he became a lawman, he visits the man's daughter, Allriandre, once a month to give her half of his earnings in support, even though she insist she doesn't want it and she makes clear she's not going to forgive him. [[spoiler: In ''Literature/{{TheLostMetal}}'', at his friends' insistence, he dials it down to just sending the money via investment firm - they point out if he wants her to be happy, then showing up and reminding her about the tragedy is not the best idea and it has more to do with Wayne's desire for punishment than Allriandre's wellbeing.]]
** ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'':
*** Dalinar Kohlin. Before the series began he was a BloodKnight and universally feared warlord, and in the very beginning of the series he was passed out drunk while his brother (the King) is assassinated. The next time we see him, he's pulled a near total turnaround, being the only Alethi Prince to actually follow their Codes of War (which require things like being in uniform and not drinking while in a warzone), and is actually treating the ongoing war to avenge the King's assassination seriously while the the others just treat it as a way to win glory and wealth. Of course most of the world doesn't believe that he's actually changed so totally in just a few years, so a large part of the series is him doing his best to make up for past mistakes and convincing others that he really has changed.
*** Interestingly, the GodOfEvil Odium fights to [[DefiedTrope defy this]]. He tells everyone that, since he's TheCorruptor, everything is his fault, and there's no need for them to atone for anything. Which, most importantly, means there's no need for them to ''stop committing crimes''. Several of his most powerful minions are simply people who believe their crimes are impossible to forgive, and therefore turn to Odium because they think it's the only way for their pain to stop. He even tries to pull this on [[spoiler:Dalinar]] near the the end of ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''.
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* ''Literature/TheCosmere'':
** ''Franchise/Mistborn''
*** In the second series we have Wayne, trying to atone for his criminal past, in particular accidentally shooting and killing a man. Ever since he became a lawman, he visits the man's daughter, Allriandre, once a month to give her half of his earnings in support, even though she insist she doesn't want it and she makes clear she's not going to forgive him. [[spoiler: In ''Literature/{{TheLostMetal}}'', at his friends' insistence, he dials it down to just sending the money via investment firm - they point out if he wants her to be happy, then showing up and reminding her about the tragedy is not the best idea and it has more to do with Wayne's desire for punishment than Allriandre's wellbeing.]]
** ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'':
*** Dalinar Kohlin. Before the series began he was a BloodKnight and universally feared warlord, and in the very beginning of the series he was passed out drunk while his brother (the King) is assassinated. The next time we see him, he's pulled a near total turnaround, being the only Alethi Prince to actually follow their Codes of War (which require things like being in uniform and not drinking while in a warzone), and is actually treating the ongoing war to avenge the King's assassination seriously while the the others just treat it as a way to win glory and wealth. Of course most of the world doesn't believe that he's actually changed so totally in just a few years, so a large part of the series is him doing his best to make up for past mistakes and convincing others that he really has changed.
*** Interestingly, the GodOfEvil Odium fights to [[DefiedTrope defy this]]. He tells everyone that, since he's TheCorruptor, everything is his fault, and there's no need for them to atone for anything. Which, most importantly, means there's no need for them to ''stop committing crimes''. Several of his most powerful minions are simply people who believe their crimes are impossible to forgive, and therefore turn to Odium because they think it's the only way for their pain to stop. He even tries to pull this on [[spoiler:Dalinar]] near the the end of ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''.
** ''Franchise/Mistborn''
*** In the second series we have Wayne, trying to atone for his criminal past, in particular accidentally shooting and killing a man. Ever since he became a lawman, he visits the man's daughter, Allriandre, once a month to give her half of his earnings in support, even though she insist she doesn't want it and she makes clear she's not going to forgive him. [[spoiler: In ''Literature/{{TheLostMetal}}'', at his friends' insistence, he dials it down to just sending the money via investment firm - they point out if he wants her to be happy, then showing up and reminding her about the tragedy is not the best idea and it has more to do with Wayne's desire for punishment than Allriandre's wellbeing.]]
** ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'':
*** Dalinar Kohlin. Before the series began he was a BloodKnight and universally feared warlord, and in the very beginning of the series he was passed out drunk while his brother (the King) is assassinated. The next time we see him, he's pulled a near total turnaround, being the only Alethi Prince to actually follow their Codes of War (which require things like being in uniform and not drinking while in a warzone), and is actually treating the ongoing war to avenge the King's assassination seriously while the the others just treat it as a way to win glory and wealth. Of course most of the world doesn't believe that he's actually changed so totally in just a few years, so a large part of the series is him doing his best to make up for past mistakes and convincing others that he really has changed.
*** Interestingly, the GodOfEvil Odium fights to [[DefiedTrope defy this]]. He tells everyone that, since he's TheCorruptor, everything is his fault, and there's no need for them to atone for anything. Which, most importantly, means there's no need for them to ''stop committing crimes''. Several of his most powerful minions are simply people who believe their crimes are impossible to forgive, and therefore turn to Odium because they think it's the only way for their pain to stop. He even tries to pull this on [[spoiler:Dalinar]] near the the end of ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''.
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* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'':
** Dalinar Kohlin. Before the series began he was a BloodKnight and universally feared warlord, and in the very beginning of the series he was passed out drunk while his brother (the King) is assassinated. The next time we see him, he's pulled a near total turnaround, being the only Alethi Prince to actually follow their Codes of War (which require things like being in uniform and not drinking while in a warzone), and is actually treating the ongoing war to avenge the King's assassination seriously while the the others just treat it as a way to win glory and wealth. Of course most of the world doesn't believe that he's actually changed so totally in just a few years, so a large part of the series is him doing his best to make up for past mistakes and convincing others that he really has changed.
** Interestingly, the GodOfEvil Odium fights to [[DefiedTrope defy this]]. He tells everyone that, since he's TheCorruptor, everything is his fault, and there's no need for them to atone for anything. Which, most importantly, means there's no need for them to ''stop committing crimes''. Several of his most powerful minions are simply people who believe their crimes are impossible to forgive, and therefore turn to Odium because they think it's the only way for their pain to stop. He even tries to pull this on [[spoiler:Dalinar]] near the the end of ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''.
** Dalinar Kohlin. Before the series began he was a BloodKnight and universally feared warlord, and in the very beginning of the series he was passed out drunk while his brother (the King) is assassinated. The next time we see him, he's pulled a near total turnaround, being the only Alethi Prince to actually follow their Codes of War (which require things like being in uniform and not drinking while in a warzone), and is actually treating the ongoing war to avenge the King's assassination seriously while the the others just treat it as a way to win glory and wealth. Of course most of the world doesn't believe that he's actually changed so totally in just a few years, so a large part of the series is him doing his best to make up for past mistakes and convincing others that he really has changed.
** Interestingly, the GodOfEvil Odium fights to [[DefiedTrope defy this]]. He tells everyone that, since he's TheCorruptor, everything is his fault, and there's no need for them to atone for anything. Which, most importantly, means there's no need for them to ''stop committing crimes''. Several of his most powerful minions are simply people who believe their crimes are impossible to forgive, and therefore turn to Odium because they think it's the only way for their pain to stop. He even tries to pull this on [[spoiler:Dalinar]] near the the end of ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''.
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* ''Literature/TheCosmere'':
** ''Franchise/Mistborn''
*** In the second series we have Wayne, trying to atone for his criminal past, in particular accidentally shooting and killing a man. Ever since he became a lawman, he visits the man's daughter, Allriandre, once a month to give her half of his earnings in support, even though she insist she doesn't want it and she makes clear she's not going to forgive him. [[spoiler: In ''Literature/{{TheLostMetal}}'', at his friends' insistence, he dials it down to just sending the money via investment firm - they point out if he wants her to be happy, then showing up and reminding her about the tragedy is not the best idea and it has more to do with Wayne's desire for punishment than Allriandre's wellbeing.]]
** ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'':
** *** Dalinar Kohlin. Before the series began he was a BloodKnight and universally feared warlord, and in the very beginning of the series he was passed out drunk while his brother (the King) is assassinated. The next time we see him, he's pulled a near total turnaround, being the only Alethi Prince to actually follow their Codes of War (which require things like being in uniform and not drinking while in a warzone), and is actually treating the ongoing war to avenge the King's assassination seriously while the the others just treat it as a way to win glory and wealth. Of course most of the world doesn't believe that he's actually changed so totally in just a few years, so a large part of the series is him doing his best to make up for past mistakes and convincing others that he really has changed.
** *** Interestingly, the GodOfEvil Odium fights to [[DefiedTrope defy this]]. He tells everyone that, since he's TheCorruptor, everything is his fault, and there's no need for them to atone for anything. Which, most importantly, means there's no need for them to ''stop committing crimes''. Several of his most powerful minions are simply people who believe their crimes are impossible to forgive, and therefore turn to Odium because they think it's the only way for their pain to stop. He even tries to pull this on [[spoiler:Dalinar]] near the the end of ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''.
** ''Franchise/Mistborn''
*** In the second series we have Wayne, trying to atone for his criminal past, in particular accidentally shooting and killing a man. Ever since he became a lawman, he visits the man's daughter, Allriandre, once a month to give her half of his earnings in support, even though she insist she doesn't want it and she makes clear she's not going to forgive him. [[spoiler: In ''Literature/{{TheLostMetal}}'', at his friends' insistence, he dials it down to just sending the money via investment firm - they point out if he wants her to be happy, then showing up and reminding her about the tragedy is not the best idea and it has more to do with Wayne's desire for punishment than Allriandre's wellbeing.]]
** ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'':
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* Adam Kelno, in Leon Uris' ''Q.B. VII'' spends the years after World War II working at a free medical clinic in Borneo [[spoiler: to atone for having collaborated with the Nazis in medical experiments conducted on as many as 15,000 concentration camp prisoners]]. The novel explores the libel suit he brings against the reporter who brings this information to light.
* Captain John Armstrong Brannigin in Creator/AlastairReynolds' ''Literature/RevelationSpace''. [[spoiler: He tries to kill himself/itself several times, via a giant deathray shot at his own hull. One of his crimes mentioned is ''overwriting'' the mind of one of his crew members with a copy of his own]].
* Captain John Armstrong Brannigin in Creator/AlastairReynolds' ''Literature/RevelationSpace''. [[spoiler: He tries to kill himself/itself several times, via a giant deathray shot at his own hull. One of his crimes mentioned is ''overwriting'' the mind of one of his crew members with a copy of his own]].
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* Adam Kelno, in Leon Uris' ''Q.B. VII'' spends the years after World War II working at a free medical clinic in Borneo [[spoiler: to [[spoiler:to atone for having collaborated with the Nazis in medical experiments conducted on as many as 15,000 concentration camp prisoners]]. The novel explores the libel suit he brings against the reporter who brings this information to light.
* For ''Literature/QualiaThePurple'', Hatou applies. [[spoiler:In the vast majority of worlds she denies herself happiness to try to solve Yukari's murder. She has endured numerous deaths, alcoholism, rape (implied), and who knows what else in pursuit of her goal. All because she helped Alice convince Yukari to join JAUNT]].
* Captain John Armstrong Brannigin in Creator/AlastairReynolds' ''Literature/RevelationSpace''.[[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He tries to kill himself/itself several times, via a giant deathray shot at his own hull. One of his crimes mentioned is ''overwriting'' the mind of one of his crew members with a copy of his own]].
* For ''Literature/QualiaThePurple'', Hatou applies. [[spoiler:In the vast majority of worlds she denies herself happiness to try to solve Yukari's murder. She has endured numerous deaths, alcoholism, rape (implied), and who knows what else in pursuit of her goal. All because she helped Alice convince Yukari to join JAUNT]].
* Captain John Armstrong Brannigin in Creator/AlastairReynolds' ''Literature/RevelationSpace''.
