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Heroic Vow
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Most protagonists are depicted as imperfect; though heroic, they aren't flawless paragons of perfection and will have some minor shortcomings to help the audience identify with them better. SuperBob can selflessly save the world on a daily basis, but mild-mannered Bob Trope will regularly leave the refrigerator door open. Even so, some characters make a Heroic Vow: a commitment or standard that they will not cross for whatever reason. Perhaps it's a promise to a dear one, a sense of pride, a personal Moral Event Horizon, or just because the hero is a Nice Guy. If a villain takes vows, it's usually because Even Evil Has Standards. Key to the Heroic Vow is that it is a commitment the character keeps because he willingly wants to. There are no talismans or fail-safes preventing the breaking of the vow, nor are they needed — the character's willpower and resolve are the only requirements. Note that the Heroic Vow doesn't necessarily have to be spoken (or written); a hero's behavior enforced with sheer personal willpower counts. If the vow is spoken/written, it may become a Badass Creed. |
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In Pact, Blake Thorburn swears to Evan Matthieu, the ghost of a murdered child, that he will kill monsters like the one that killed Evan. Blake keeps this oath even after being made an Unperson by a demon and losing his humanity, though he later redefines his definition of "monster" to include monstrous people. | |
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Pale shows how this system can be abused, with certain Practioners having their acquaintances swear seemingly benign oaths (for example, "you will always receive hospitality in my house") and then forcing those oaths to be inadvertently broken, dooming the one who made it. | |
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In Thud!, Sam Vimes will stop whatever he's doing and go home to read "Where's My Cow?" to his son at 6 o'-clock... even if he's halfway across town or buried underground at the time. | |
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The Astro City story "Old Times" features Supersonic, a Flying Brick who pledged to always use an original method against each of his opponents. When he's called out of retirement to stop a rampaging robot, he feels shamed because his impending senility has reduced him to simply hitting it until it stops. | |
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Or perhaps not so surprising: after all, Elrond is fully aware of the disastrous Oath sworn by Fëanor and his seven sons, and how it worked the ruin of the Noldor throughout the Wars of Beleriand. It makes sense that Elrond would want to stop the Fellowship from making any rash vows that might betray them to Sauron. | |
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In CSI: NY, Mac Taylor will categorically not allow evidence fabrication or tampering within his lab. | |
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Vlad's in Dracula Untold when someone mentions they couldn't win the fight against the Ottoman Empire. | |
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In Wolf Hall this is more of an Anti-Heroic vow, given who speaks it, however. When George Cavendish tearfully relates the story of Cardinal Wolsey's sudden arrest for high treason and his fatal illness, which he implies was brought on by the shock and hurt, he prays God to take revenge on the Boleyns and the other men who brought Wolsey down. Thomas Cromwell's reply sets the stage for the rest of the series. | |
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Naruto's vow to bring Sasuke back to Konoha. Arguably in the series every character has one, but Naruto's is the most important plotwise. The Five Kage Summit arc Deconstructed this, by showing the burden and increasing impossibility that this vow had entailed: After Sakura delivered her infamous fake love confession to Naruto to relieve him of the promise, not only does Naruto call her out for lying and then reject her outright by telling her that he hates people who lie to themselves, he also tells her that The Promise was no longer the reason why he wants to bring Sasuke back; he has his own reasons now. Naruto then added an addendum: he'll bring Sasuke back or settle for mutual death to eliminate the threat Sasuke has become. Naruto made one over Hinata's blood, to defeat Neji in the Chunin Exams finals and avenge her brutal defeat at the preliminaries. He succeeded. In The Last: Naruto the Movie, Naruto makes another one to Hinata, only this time it was to save her from Toneri and properly return her love for him. He also succeeded. |
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Edward Elric made a vow to his brother to restore his body without resorting to the Philosopher's Stone, which drives him for most of the story. He also refuses to kill people but unfortunately sometimes his two vows clash. Similar to the Super Robot Wars example, Riza Hawkeye has promised Roy Mustang that if he ever deviates from the righteous path, she will shoot him rather than let him go against his ideals. In an odd twist, this was his idea. |
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Balsa from Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit has vowed to save one life for everyone who died to protect her. When her childhood friend and healer called her out on how many lives she was taking in her efforts to accomplish that goal, she further swore never to kill. | |
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Harry Potter: Averted with the Unbreakable Vow. This is considered dark magic, as the one pledging the vow dies after breaking it. Therefore, only dark wizards seem to use it. Albus Dumbledore never pursues positions of power, despite being capable of doing so. He is even offered the post of Minister for Magic multiple times and keeps refusing it. It is revealed in the final book that he did lust for power when consorting with Grindelwald as a young adult. His ambitions ultimately led to the death of his younger sister and estrangement of his brother. He therefore decided not to take on positions of power, as he does not trust himself with it. In the first book, it was revealed Snape vowed to keep Harry safe, since James Potter saved his life once. In the final book, this vow was revealed to go much deeper. As a young adult, Snape became a follower of Voldemort. It was partially his fault that Harry lost his parents. Due to Snape's love for Harry's mother, Snape vowed to keep her son safe, as a way to atone for his part in her death. |
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The Divine Comedy: The reason Thes have the lowest place in Heaven is that freedom is the greatest treasure a person can give to God, making vows of celibacy and service matters of incredible heroism and seriousness. | |
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The Dresden Files have the Knights of the Cross. They are three paladins in the modern world wielding a Sword that carries in its hilt a Nail that pierced Jesus Christ. Their Swords are called Fidelacchius aka the Sword of Faith, Esperacchius aka the Sword of Hope, and Amoracchius aka the Sword of Love. While they each get missions and intuitions from the Lord-On-High or His administration, non-Christians may be Knights. Their vow isn't to the doctrine of Christianity, but rather an accepting that people need help and they will help them, even at the risk of their own life to help people. They will not harm the innocent. They will follow the ideals that particular Sword invokes.note A half-human vampire woman who was once burned by touching the Sword of Faith is later able to wield the Sword of Love when she is protecting the life of her daughter And most importantly, the first mission of any Knight is to save and redeem the lives of those who are possessed by Fallen Angels, not to strike them down. It isn't their place to judge. Failing these vows means risking the Power of the Sword itself as acting against the nature of the Sword could rob the power from the Sword. That said, it is possible another could take up the Sword and reawaken the dormant power. | |
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Exploited in Rhythm of War, twice. The first time is when the Sons of Honor try to screen a potential spy by making her swear an oath that she's not one of the Knights Radiant; they don't know that Knights Radiant are only required to keep the Ideals, or that they're interrogating a Lightweaver, the order that specializes in espionage and deal in lies as their stock-in-trade. The second time is when one of the Windrunners, a considerably more conventionally honorable order, is suffering from depression and refuses to leave his room. His friend barges in on him and demands that he swears an oath that he will be fine alone. When the Windrunner realizes that he can't swear that oath, his friend takes him to a party. | |
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The Contract in The Man Who Would be King is one of these. | |
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This is why Freakazoid! couldn't go after the Lobe. | |
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In the Elephant & Piggie book "Can I Play Too?", Piggie vows to find a way so Snake can play catch with them, even though he lacks any appendages to do so. | |
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Otherverse: While all magical people/Others in this series Cannot Tell a Lie without losing a huge amount of power, oaths are next level. If a Practioner or an Other swears to do something, you can be absolutely certain they will do it (at least to the letter of the oath, if not the spirit). Breaking an oath is Serious Business to the extreme, with the consequence of a broken oath being a Fate Worse than Death. In Pact, Blake Thorburn swears to Evan Matthieu, the ghost of a murdered child, that he will kill monsters like the one that killed Evan. Blake keeps this oath even after being made an Unperson by a demon and losing his humanity, though he later redefines his definition of "monster" to include monstrous people. Pale shows how this system can be abused, with certain Practioners having their acquaintances swear seemingly benign oaths (for example, "you will always receive hospitality in my house") and then forcing those oaths to be inadvertently broken, dooming the one who made it. |
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From Persona, Yukino Mayuzumi pledges to rescue Saeko-sama from the Snow Queen, no matter what. | |
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In Persona 5, all of the Persona awakenings are essentially this; the Personas are a manifestation of the heroes' personalities, and are gained when they vow to rebel against their corrupted society. | |
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In Guenevere, Lancelot vows to always do everything in his power to protect Guenevere, to dedicate his every victory to her glory, and to never ask anything from her in return. | |
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In Exalted, the Charm Righteous Lion Defense causes a magically enforced version of this: one of the character's Intimacies becomes utterly inviolate, and nothing, not even Mind Control, can persuade him to act against it. | |
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Molly of Denali: A mundane version in "Heat Wave," where Tooey vows to fix Auntie Midge's fan. He even writes an IOU about it. When Mr. Rowley says the fan is a goner, Tooey is disappointed, but Midge reassures him that he doesn't owe her anything. | |
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In The Last: Naruto the Movie, Naruto makes another one to Hinata, only this time it was to save her from Toneri and properly return her love for him. He also succeeded. | |
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Similar to the Super Robot Wars example, Riza Hawkeye has promised Roy Mustang that if he ever deviates from the righteous path, she will shoot him rather than let him go against his ideals. In an odd twist, this was his idea. | |
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In The Stormlight Archive, the Knights Radiant have oaths (called Ideals) that represent their bonds to their spren and grant them their powers. Interestingly, there is some room for personalization of the Ideals, with the exact form of the words spoken becoming less strict as the Radiant progresses deeper into their Order. The first is the exact same for every Order, word for word: The second Ideal of each Order specializes the Radiant to the particular theme of that Order, with little room for deviation: Windrunners: "I will protect." Skybreakers: "I will seek justice." Dustbringers: "I will achieve self-mastery." Edgedancers: "I will remember." Truthwatchers: "I will seek truth." Lightweavers: Unlike the other orders, Lightweavers only swear the first Ideal. To advance, they instead speak deep, personal truths about themselves. Elsecallers: "I will reach my potential." Willshapers: "I will seek freedom." Stonewards: "I will be there when I'm needed." Bondsmiths: "I will unite." The third Ideal is where they start to become more personalized, with a general theme of overcoming some personal obstacle to properly observing the second. For example, most Windrunners will swear to protect even people they hate, but one Windrunner who's not the kind of person that hates anyone instead swears to protect people from himself, resolving to tone down his gadfly tendancies to be less harmful. The fourth Ideal is less understood at this point, but seems to be about forgiving oneself for past failures to live up to the second. The fifth and final Ideal is currently a complete mystery. Exploited in Rhythm of War, twice. The first time is when the Sons of Honor try to screen a potential spy by making her swear an oath that she's not one of the Knights Radiant; they don't know that Knights Radiant are only required to keep the Ideals, or that they're interrogating a Lightweaver, the order that specializes in espionage and deal in lies as their stock-in-trade. The second time is when one of the Windrunners, a considerably more conventionally honorable order, is suffering from depression and refuses to leave his room. His friend barges in on him and demands that he swears an oath that he will be fine alone. When the Windrunner realizes that he can't swear that oath, his friend takes him to a party. |
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The Dungeons & Dragons Splat book, The Book of Exalted Deeds, has various vow Feats that carry advantages and disadvantages. The Vow of Poverty for instance disallows you from owning equipment, but gives you roughly 80% of your estimated wealth in bonuses). In the Fifth Edition of Dungeons and Dragons, all Paladins must swear an oath when they reach third level. The oath of a paladin not only determines what abilities they will get as they level up but also sets a code of conduct which they must always uphold. For example, Paladins who swear the Oath of Devotion strive to uphold the ideals of honor and chivalry. Those who swear the Oath of the Ancients promise to protect all the beautiful, life-giving things in the world. Paladins who swear the Oath of Vengeance devote their life to hunting down and punishing evildoers, no matter the cost. If a Paladin willfully breaks their oath, they either lose their paladin abilities until they repent, are forced to switch character classes, or become an Oathbreaker. |
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Aang has this problem in Avatar: The Last Airbender, since he refuses to kill Firelord Ozai. He risks his soul to do so, but he ends up being able to keep it and save the world. | |
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Cradle Series: Advancing to Archlord requires one of these. Unlike advancing to Underlord (which requires a revelation about why you started practicing the sacred arts) and advancing to Overlord (which requires a revelation about who you are now), the Archlord revelation is about who you will be going forward. Lindon swears that he will never stop advancing, even beyond the world, because he is not content with the petty prizes of this one world. Then he changes it—because he's not willing to leave his friends behind. Yerin, who has been fighting and killing her entire life, wonders if her ultimate purpose is just to fight. She decides that's not quite right. A sadder example: Ziel, who loved his sect more than anything, swore that he would die for his sect one day. We find this out years after he was tortured but left alive as he watched his entire sect killed by a monster that he convinced them to fight. |
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In Kung Fu Panda, Po endures everything thrown at him in his Training from Hell to become the Dragon Warrior. Noting that "a real warrior never quits," Po vows to persevere no matter what and endures everything inflicted on him without complaint. | |
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There are assorted variations of the speech Shepard can give in Mass Effect 2 before the final assault on the Collector Base, but most of them come out as one. | |
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"And I swear by the spirits of my parents to avenge their deaths by spending the rest of my life warring on all criminals." | |
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In Super Robot Wars: Original Generation, Kyosuke promises Lamia that he'll kill her if she loses her mind. | |
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In Eureka Seven, Renton make a personal vow that he will protect his beloved Eureka. He nearly broke his vow when he ran away from Gekkostate in episode 21, but this vow eventually motivates him to go back. | |
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Surprisingly defied in The Lord of the Rings when the Fellowship is formed. Gimli wants the Fellowship to swear an oath to protect Frodo and get the Ring to Mount Doom, but Elrond refuses to allow it. "No oath, no bond is laid on you to go further than you will." Turns out to be a good thing in the end, since it allows most of the Fellowship to part from Frodo (due to circumstance and necessity) without becoming The Oath-Breaker. | |
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In the Windham Classics text-adventure adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Tin Man swears an oath to "Guard [the party] with my axe, and shield you with my tin" upon being recruited. | |
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Star Trek's Prime Directive: Every Starship captain swears a solemn oath that he will risk his ship and crew, rather than interfere with a planet's normal development. It may seem to be violated so often it is hardly a vow at all, but many of the cases are actually a case of Loophole Abuse, especially early on: the Prime Directive forbids interfering with a planet's normal or healthy development, depending on the quote in question. A captain may argue that failing to develop at all is not normal or healthy development, especially if it is not by the free choice of the members of the culture in question, and Starfleet itself originally mandated discreet interference in the most severe case of ceasing to develop, namely ceasing to exist. The Prime Directive is also superseded by a Starfleet vessel's requirement under interstellar law to respond to distress calls and render any possible aid, which was a plot point in one episode of TNG. The principle is generally expressed as a right of self-determination for any society. Even if this means that society making choices that harm or even destroy itself (like oppressive government or civil war). It is also taken much more seriously in the case of civilizations which have not yet developed interstellar travel, that's where the "normal development" part really comes into play; these civilizations have to find their own way to the stars while figuring out how best to run their society (or not). They are treated somewhat like under-age minors, simply off-limits even if you might have the best of intentions. In-universe, opinions differ on whether "normal development" includes acts of nature (like the local sun going supernova or a naturally occurring disease which threatens to wipe out a sentient species who possess inadequate medical technology). More than one writer in the Expanded Universe has portrayed the Prime Directive as extremely problematic in-universe, a knee-jerk reaction to a couple of incidents where Giving Radio to the Romans went catastrophically wrong that was too vaguely-worded and poorly thought out, but which nobody can figure out how to revise for the better. |
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In GI Joe The Rise Of Cobra, Snake-Eyes takes a vow of silence after the death of the Hard Master. | |
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This is a gameplay mechanic for Bretonnia in the Total War: Warhammer franchise, starting with Total War: Warhammer II - due to the extreme importance of Chivalry among Bretonnians, their Lords must take special vows - these being the Knight's Vow (representing their committment to chivalry), the Questing Vow (representing a knight going in search of the Holy Grail, and sacrificing wordly possessions until they find it), and finally the Grail Vow (representing their committment to righteousness following their completion of the quest for the Grail). In gameplay terms, completing these vows provides improved stats for Lords, while also reducing upkeep for certain units. Completion of the Grail Vow also makes the Lord immortal, meaning they cannot be permanently killed unless your faction is completely wiped out. Paladin heroes can undertake their own version of these vows to gain similar buggs, while Prophetesses can instead obtain Trophs, which have the exact same effects). | |
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Gundam: In Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Banagher gave his word to Audrey that he would protect her, and he's sticking to it, no matter what fights he gets plunged into and whether Audrey would like this or not. Shinn from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny vows to protect Stella, even if it means handing her over to the Earth Alliance for medical treatment (and handing them a powerful combat asset), not attacking her while she wipes Berlin off the map, or attacking the Freedom in order to stop it from doing so. |
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Two major ones from Animorphs. Firstly, the kids will never morph a sentient species without the individual's express permission. The other vow is a little more vague: The kids "fight Yeerks, but won't become them". This essentially means the kids agree to not use the same underhanded tactics Yeerks use (cold-blooded murder, ganging up on a single enemy, etc.) They end up breaking both of these vows. | |
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Gawyn Trakand from The Wheel of Time swears an oath to protect his sister to the death, even when she makes his childhood a living hell with her antics, she runs off in the middle of training twice, leaving him behind. It gets worse, yet he never waivers. | |
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In Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Banagher gave his word to Audrey that he would protect her, and he's sticking to it, no matter what fights he gets plunged into and whether Audrey would like this or not. | |
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In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Aster Phoenix had his fortune told that he would one day save his Childhood Friend Sartorius from evil, and Aster promised him he would. During the actual conflict years later, Sartorius is under Demonic Possession by the Light of Destruction and the real Sartorius appears in Aster's mind apologizing that he involved Aster in his attempt to save himself, but Aster admits he really does want to save his friend from the Light because Sartorius has helped him so much as a friend. | |
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Arguably, Aziraphale in Good Omens has one in regards to profanity. He breaks it. | |
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In Magic: The Gathering, Gideon, Jace, Chandra, and Nissa vow to protect the multiverse after seeing the Eldrazi raze the city of Sea Gate during the story for the Oath of the Gatewatch set. They named themselves the Gatewatch in honor of the city, and other characters officially joined later, including Liliana, Ajani, and Teferi. Each of the members has their own personal version. | |
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Tolkien's Legendarium: Surprisingly defied in The Lord of the Rings when the Fellowship is formed. Gimli wants the Fellowship to swear an oath to protect Frodo and get the Ring to Mount Doom, but Elrond refuses to allow it. "No oath, no bond is laid on you to go further than you will." Turns out to be a good thing in the end, since it allows most of the Fellowship to part from Frodo (due to circumstance and necessity) without becoming The Oath-Breaker. Or perhaps not so surprising: after all, Elrond is fully aware of the disastrous Oath sworn by Fëanor and his seven sons, and how it worked the ruin of the Noldor throughout the Wars of Beleriand. It makes sense that Elrond would want to stop the Fellowship from making any rash vows that might betray them to Sauron. |
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm: The movie explicitly spells out Batman's existence as a vow which Bruce Wayne made to his late parents, and shows his torment when Andrea Beaumont threatens to make him reconsider that vow. It's so heart-wrenching precisely because Batman has to exist, but you just want so badly to see him happy. | |
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In Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, after Aggregor recaptures the last of his escaped prisoners, Ben makes one to save the aliens and stop Aggregor. | |
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Kitty Cat Kill Sat: "The Last Oath" is a cultural touchstone across the Sol system. The Oceanic Anarchy, the people who originally built Lily's station, wrote it on the station's bulkheads, and Lily is repeatedly surprised by how far it has spread. At the very end, she calls the entire system to honor the Last Oath and stand against the giant emergence event. Everyone in the system responds, from drones and missile batteries to ancient isolationist stations to technocratic lunar cities to paperclip maximizers building cities. Everyone honors the Last Oath, because it's buried so deeply in the culture and programming of every living thing in the Sol system. | |
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Spider-Man has the infamous quote, "With great power comes great responsibility." After J. Jonah Jameson's wife is murdered by Alistair Smythe thanks to his Spider-Sense burning out, Spidey adds a new one "As long as I live, no-one else dies." |
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In The Princess Bride, Inigo Montoya devotes his entire life to finding the six-fingered man who killed his father. Similarly, Inigo insists on a fair fight with his opponents, to the point of helping the Man in Black up the cliff and waiting for him to be rested before beginning their duel. |
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Shirou in Fate/stay night has an interesting personal vow. Apart from the one about saving everyone, that is. This one is about how he can accept losing to an enemy, but he refuses to let his own weakness or body get in the way. Basically, he refuses to give up until you kill him outright where he stands. And in one HF ending, he appears to surpass even that to save Sakura. | |
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Derek Reese from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. He will stop at absolutely nothing in order to fight the coming cybernetic invasion, simply because no matter how hopeless it gets, it's not just the right thing to do... it's the only thing to do. | |
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In Warhammer 40,000, the Black Templars chapter of space marines, an army of particularly pious warrior monks, may choose a vow that affects how they fight a battle. One, for example, gives all models a weak saving throw against ranged attacks that would normally ignore their Power Armor but keeps them from taking cover, while another forces units to charge at the nearest enemy but grant them significant combat bonuses when doing so. | |
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These are a major element in C.J. Cherryh's Morgaine Cycle. They form a big part of Vanye's characterization due to his Nhi obsession with honor, and when he does something stupid to keep his honor he's generally well aware of the stupidity of what he's doing. Oaths, their making, their consequences and the attendant difficulties, anguish and so on make for some major drama. | |
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Occurs in the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "The Best Night Ever". When the mane six's efforts to make their dreams come true fail, they each individually vow to redouble their efforts. Also appears in "Applebuck Season", with Applejack vowing to bring in the harvest without anybody's help. |
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Doctor Who: The Doctor holds such a vow. It is that vow which defines what it means to be the Doctor. The so-called "War Doctor", or Not-Doctor, iteration is thus his deepest shame. Because he feels like in that incarnation he did give up on finding a way to Take a Third Option, choosing mass genocide (of his own people) in order to save the universe. Except it turns out he didn't but loses his own memory of interacting with his future selves when they saved Gallifrey instead He also follows Thou Shalt Not Kill. That one he's a bit more flexible about when push comes to shove, but he's never happy to violate it, and only ever as an absolute last resort (usually involving making a Heroic Sacrifice himself at the same time) The tenth Doctor also feels that he needs to give the villains a chance to peacefully surrender, even when it's painfully clear that they won't, and it may cost him his life. In one case, a Heel Face Turned genius has to perform a Heroic Sacrifice to keep him from doing the same. |
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Dr. Kenzo Tenma in Monster is bound and resolved to do two things: save every life he possibly can (as a wanted fugitive, he more than once has to hold people at gunpoint in order to get them the emergency care they need), and kill Johan. The inconsistency between these two vows is not missed, to put it mildly. | |
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Shinn from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny vows to protect Stella, even if it means handing her over to the Earth Alliance for medical treatment (and handing them a powerful combat asset), not attacking her while she wipes Berlin off the map, or attacking the Freedom in order to stop it from doing so. | |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: In "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", Reepicheep pledges to find Aslan's country. Caspian also vowed at his coronation to search for the seven missing lords. | |
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In Pyrates, George van Gelder and his friends pledge to protect each other no matter what. | |
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In Pokémon Reset Bloodlines, Ash suffers a Heroic BSoD when he learns that Iris, Dawn, and Cilan might be dead in the new timeline. After snapping out of it, he vows to become stronger to protect the friends he still has. | |
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Kin of Goblins tried to free herself from Goblinslayer by escaping, but it always failed. Finally she came to the conclusion that fleeing would solve nothing, and that it was necessary for her to stand and solve her problems. So, even as she lay bleeding and weak, she swore to never run away again. | |
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In Dissidia Final Fantasy when Cosmos, worrying for his life tires to convince the Warrior not to continue. He instead encourages her to have faith in him and the other heroes in the form of a vow that he will never give up. Cosmos is so moved by his vow that she in turn makes one of her own, to not lose faith in him and the others. | |
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World Trigger: When Chika's big brother Rinji vanishes into the Neighborhood without a trace, Osamu promises to honor Rinji's final message to him by protecting Chika in his stead. This vow motivates Osamu to join Border and obtain the power to fulfill that promise, even if it costs him his life. | |
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Half's Saga: Half's Heroes (King Half's hand-picked viking crew) set a lot of rules for themselves that are meant to highlight and attest their manliness and to increase their fame. One of these rules is "that none of them should have a sword longer than eighteen inches, so they would be forced to get in close"; another is to never bandage a wound till a whole day has passed. They also pledge themselves to never carry off women or children, and furthermore to never pitch tent on land or awnings on their ship, and to never reef a sail in a storm. | |
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Luke fon Fabre in Tales of the Abyss makes one of these after the destruction of Akzeriuth, complete with Important Haircut. He essentially vows to accept responsibility for what he has done, begin making decisions for himself, and atone for his crime. Considering he's spent the last portion of the game either completely denying his guilt or in combo Heroic BSoD / Heroic RRoD, this is pretty damn awesome. | |
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In Kingdom Hearts Axel made a vow to never give up on his friends Roxas and Xion no matter what. A vow he kept even after losing his memories, death, and rebirth as a new person. | |
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The indie RPG Ironsworn has this as its levelling mechanic. Player characters earn experience by fulfilling an "Iron Vow" that they make to another person. The more complex and dangerous the oath, the more experience points it is worth. Abandoning or failing to fulfill an oath is a freely available option, but can and will have negative effects for doing so. | |
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