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Subtrope of DeathSeeker and GloriousDeath. Compare and contrast with DefiantToTheEnd, ICannotSelfTerminate. May often involve arranging a DuelToTheDeath, one which [[ThrowingTheFight someone who is seeking an honorable death may not intend to win]].
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Subtrope of DeathSeeker and GloriousDeath. Compare and contrast with DefiantToTheEnd, ICannotSelfTerminate.ICannotSelfTerminate, HeavenSeeker. May often involve arranging a DuelToTheDeath, one which [[ThrowingTheFight someone who is seeking an honorable death may not intend to win]].
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** Eventually Eivor gets into a fight to the death with [[spoiler: the psychotic Viking leader Ivarr the Boneless]]. After winning Eivorr gets to decide whether to give their dying opponent an axe, so they can die with a weapon in hand and thus qualify for Valhalla.
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** Eventually Eivor gets into a fight to the death with [[spoiler: the psychotic Viking leader Ivarr the Boneless]]. After winning Eivorr Eivor gets to decide whether to give their dying opponent an axe, so they can die with a weapon in hand and thus qualify for Valhalla.
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* ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2'': [[spoiler:Upon being diagnosed with cancer, Kraven the Hunter decided that he would instead die via throwing himself into hunt after hunt, in hopes of finding an apex predator that could kill him in combat before the cancer did. Venom eventually turns out to be the one that gives Kraven his end]].
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* ''VideoGame/SunlessSea'': The [[AdventurerArcheologist Presbyterian Adventuress]] belongs to a tribe of people who are LongLived, but thanks to the [[SinsOfTheFather sins of her father]] ([[spoiler:he lived eleven years longer than the thousand their religion allows]]) she's being tracked by assassins intent on killing her and anyone close to her. She therefore seeks to close her long life of adventure with a GloriousDeath in battle instead of waiting for an assassin's blade to take her in the night. [[spoiler:Playing her storyline to the end causes the Adventuress to take on a Curator in open battle, a being so far above a human in the Great Chain of Being that it should be conceptually impossible for her to harm it at all. [[DyingMomentOfAwesome She still manages to nick its wing before being taken down]].]]
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* ''VideoGame/SunlessSea'': The [[AdventurerArcheologist [[AdventurerArchaeologist Presbyterian Adventuress]] belongs to a tribe of people who are LongLived, but thanks to the [[SinsOfTheFather sins of her father]] ([[spoiler:he lived eleven years longer than the thousand their religion allows]]) she's being tracked by assassins intent on killing her and anyone close to her. She therefore seeks to close her long life of adventure with a GloriousDeath in battle instead of waiting for an assassin's blade to take her in the night. [[spoiler:Playing her storyline to the end causes the Adventuress to take on a Curator in open battle, a being so far above a human in the Great Chain of Being that it should be conceptually impossible for her to harm it at all. [[DyingMomentOfAwesome She still manages to nick its wing before being taken down]].]]
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* ''VideoGame/SunlessSea'': The Presbyterian Adventuress belongs to a tribe of people who are LongLived, but thanks to the [[SinsOfTheFather sins of her father]] (he lived eleven years longer than the thousand their religion allows) she's being tracked by assassins intent on killing her and anyone close to her. She therefore seeks to close her long life of adventure with a GloriousDeath in battle instead of waiting for an assassin's blade to take her in the night. [[spoiler:Playing her storyline to the end causes the Adventuress to take on a Curator in open battle, a being so far above a human in the Great Chain of Being that it should be conceptually impossible for her to harm it at all. [[DyingMomentOfAwesome She still manages to nick its wing before being taken down]].]]
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* ''VideoGame/SunlessSea'': The [[AdventurerArcheologist Presbyterian Adventuress Adventuress]] belongs to a tribe of people who are LongLived, but thanks to the [[SinsOfTheFather sins of her father]] (he ([[spoiler:he lived eleven years longer than the thousand their religion allows) allows]]) she's being tracked by assassins intent on killing her and anyone close to her. She therefore seeks to close her long life of adventure with a GloriousDeath in battle instead of waiting for an assassin's blade to take her in the night. [[spoiler:Playing her storyline to the end causes the Adventuress to take on a Curator in open battle, a being so far above a human in the Great Chain of Being that it should be conceptually impossible for her to harm it at all. [[DyingMomentOfAwesome She still manages to nick its wing before being taken down]].]]
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* ''VideoGame/SunlessSea'': The Presbyterian Adventuress belongs to a tribe of people who are LongLived, but thanks to the [[SinsOfTheFather sins of her father]] (he lived eleven years longer than the thousand their religion allows) she's being tracked by assassins intent on killing her and anyone close to her. She therefore seeks to close her long life of adventure with a GloriousDeath in battle instead of waiting for an assassin's blade to take her in the night. [[spoiler:Playing her storyline to the end causes the Adventuress to take on a Curator in open battle, a being so far above a human in the Great Chain of Being that it should be conceptually impossible for her to harm it at all. [[DyingMomentOfAwesome She still manages to nick its wing before being taken down]].]]
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-->'''Thirden:''' In under the wire, if you ask me.
-->'''Sigdi:''' I know, right? Thought he'd nev'r get killed proper.
-->'''Hoskin:''' I was halfway ta pickin' a fight wit 'im meself, just so 'e'd die wit an axe 'n 'is hand.
-->'''Sigdi:''' I know, right? Thought he'd nev'r get killed proper.
-->'''Hoskin:''' I was halfway ta pickin' a fight wit 'im meself, just so 'e'd die wit an axe 'n 'is hand.
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-->'''Thirden:''' In under the wire, if you ask me.
-->'''Sigdi:'''me.\\
'''Sigdi:''' I know, right? Thought he'd nev'r get killedproper.
-->'''Hoskin:'''proper.\\
'''Hoskin:''' I was halfway ta pickin' a fight wit 'im meself, just so 'e'd die wit an axe 'n 'ishand.hand.
** [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0444.html Much earlier,]] long before the aforementioned revelation about dwarven culture was made apparent, when Roy was killed by Xykon in the battle of Azure City, Durkon was pleased to see his friend die with honour on the battlefield.
--->'''Durkon:''' Aye... he's dead as a doornail alright.\\
'''Haley:''' Durkon! Good gods, a little sensitivity! Roy just '''died!''' He was your best friend!\\
'''Durkon:''' Aye, an tha is why I am happy. I know Roy, he prob'bly figured that any damage he done ta Xykon would make it tha much easier fer someone else to beat him. Tha means he died fulfillin' his duty, just like a dwarf. I cannae be sad knowin' me friend got such a good and worthy death. [-Though I admit tha hittin' the ground might've been a wee bit ignominius...-]
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'''Sigdi:''' I know, right? Thought he'd nev'r get killed
-->'''Hoskin:'''
'''Hoskin:''' I was halfway ta pickin' a fight wit 'im meself, just so 'e'd die wit an axe 'n 'is
** [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0444.html Much earlier,]] long before the aforementioned revelation about dwarven culture was made apparent, when Roy was killed by Xykon in the battle of Azure City, Durkon was pleased to see his friend die with honour on the battlefield.
--->'''Durkon:''' Aye... he's dead as a doornail alright.\\
'''Haley:''' Durkon! Good gods, a little sensitivity! Roy just '''died!''' He was your best friend!\\
'''Durkon:''' Aye, an tha is why I am happy. I know Roy, he prob'bly figured that any damage he done ta Xykon would make it tha much easier fer someone else to beat him. Tha means he died fulfillin' his duty, just like a dwarf. I cannae be sad knowin' me friend got such a good and worthy death. [-Though I admit tha hittin' the ground might've been a wee bit ignominius...-]
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** Following the opening of Japan thanks to Commodore Perry's [[GunboatDiplomacy black ships]], Japan's government realised that they were desperately behind in terms of military technology and attempted to catch up. However, many HotBlooded or traditionalist samurai both young and old decried the use of guns, finding their use dishonorable. Some samurai even deliberately picked fights with Western powers, hoping to remind their fellow Japanese of the "proper" way to die i.e., with a sword in hand and a battle cry on their lips. In one example, a group of samurai built a fortress and then deliberately provoked the British... who then obliterated the fortress with [[NoKillLikeOverkill a barrage of cannon fire]].
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** Following the opening of Japan thanks to Commodore Perry's [[GunboatDiplomacy black ships]], Japan's government realised that they were desperately behind in terms of military technology and attempted to catch up. However, many HotBlooded or traditionalist samurai both young and old [[DoesntLikeGuns decried the use of guns, guns]], finding their use dishonorable.[[HonorBeforeReason dishonorable]]. Some samurai even deliberately picked fights with Western powers, hoping to remind their fellow Japanese of the "proper" way to die i.e., with a sword in hand and a battle cry on their lips. In one example, a group of samurai built a fortress and then deliberately provoked the British... [[BullyingTheDragon who then obliterated the fortress fortress]] with [[NoKillLikeOverkill a barrage of cannon fire]].
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* The Vikings believed in Valhalla, the hall of the slain, where those slain in battle would go upon their death.
