History Main / HunterOfHisOwnKind

-->--'''{{Hellboy}}'''

A trope very common for your {{Dhampir}}, FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires, or [[VampireDetectiveSeries Vampire Detective.]] This is where you have Group X which is AlwaysChaoticEvil. Then there's Character Y, who somehow has the powers of Group X but has a conscience, often because he or she is a PhlebotinumRebel or a HalfHumanHybrid of WarringNatures. So, Character Y becomes TheHunter, allowing him to use his BadAss powers for a good cause. Sometimes this turns out badly for TheHunter, when it is revealed that his targets actually aren't totally evil, and a case of VanHelsingHateCrimes can result.

** Of course, Scar never identifies himself as an alchemist (as his religion considers it a sin) and brushes it off when people point out that his arm performs alchemy. [[spoiler:Both anime and manga sees him gradually overcome this.]]

* Dark from DNAngel was described as such by Argentine.
* Zero from VampireKnight

* Andrew Bennett, from DCComics' "I, Vampire" series in ''House of Mystery'', was a vampire determined to hunt down the line of evil vampires which [[WhatHaveIDone he, himself, had started]].
* {{Blade}} is a Dhampir vampire hunter.

* {{Hellboy}} is a demon who fights other demons and supernatural monsters. Sometimes the creatures he fights accuse him of betraying his kind, but he seems to be more worried about becoming like them.

** Also from {{Ravenloft}}, Ivan Dragonov has continued to hunt monsters after contracting lycanthropy himself, using his bestial form as a weapon of last resort.
* This backfired ''badly'' in the backstory of the sci-fi novel ''Candle'', although it only becomes apparent towards the end. [[spoiler:As one HiveMind after another ravaged the world, seeking only to [[TheVirus add more members to their ranks]], a benevolent hive mind was created to protect the minds of those in it. It, too, sought to spread itself, initially as a counter to the other hive minds, [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope until at last it became no different than them]].]]
* The titular NightHuntress, at least at first.

** And then there's [[spoiler:Tigh, Tyrol, and Anders]] who were fighting against the Cylons for years, [[TomatoInThemirror unaware of their true nature.]]

** Of course, it turns out [[spoiler: Ruby is among the worst of the lot, and was driving Sam to his destiny to release Lucifer from his prison. Which he did.]]

* Martin DeVries of ''{{Shadowrun}}'' deliberately became a vampire in order to hunt them on their own terms.

* Don't forget {{Bloodrayne}}.

* The main character in the game ''[[{{Divinity2}} Divinity 2: Ego Draconis]]'' is on their way to being initiated as a full dragon slayer when they get turned into a dragon. Your dialogue options allow them to protest this and act as if they still are a slayer [[spoiler:until the slayer commander and their slayer buddies attack the main character.]]

* [[spoiler: Shadowchild]] from ''{{Shadowgirls}}'' [[spoiler: is [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abomination]] created by one of the [[CthulhuMythos Outer Gods]] with purpose to fight other Eldritch Abominations, and even Elder Gods.]]

* ''DannyPhantom'' is a half-ghost who fights other ghosts.
* Part of the hellish bargain that kept Shane Gooseman from a de facto execution in GalaxyRangers was a demand that he hunt down and kill his fellow Supertroopers - or bring them back to Earth to be killed. He hates this, but can't see a way out.

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-->--{{Hellboy}}.

* Zero from [[redirect:VampireKnight]].

* Zero from ''Vampire Knight''.

* [[spoiler: Shadowchild]] from [[http://www.shadowgirlscomic.com/ Shadowgirls]] [[spoiler: is [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abomination]] created by one of the [[CthulhuMythos Outer Gods]] with purpose to fight other Eldritch Abominations, and even Elder Gods.]]

** And of course, [[spoiler:the EVAs themselves are reverse engineered from the first two Angels]].

* The main character in the game [[{{Divinity2}} ''Divinity 2: Ego Draconis'']] is on their way to being initiated as a full dragon slayer when they get turned into a dragon. Your dialogue options allow them to protest this and act as if they still are a slayer [[spoiler:until the slayer commander and their slayer buddies attack the main character.]]

* The main character in the game [[{Divinity2} ''Divinity 2: Ego Draconis'']] is on their way to being initiated as a full dragon slayer when they get turned into a dragon. Your dialogue options allow them to protest this and act as if they still are a slayer [[spoiler:until the slayer commander and their slayer buddies attack the main character.]]

* Arguably the main character in the game ''Divinity 2: Ego Draconis'' is on their way to being initiated as a full dragon slayer when they get turned into a dragon. Your dialogue options allow them to protest this and act as if they still are a slayer [[spoiler:until the slayer commander and their slayer buddies attack the main character.]]

* {{Blade}} is as well.

* As noted, many dhampirs are like this:
** VampireHunterD is one.
** {{Blade}} is as well.
** The titular NightHuntress, at least at first.
** Alucard from ''{{Castlevania}}'' definitely counts, being heavily inspired by D.
** Don't forget {{Bloodrayne}}.

** The titular NightHuntress, at least at first.

* Full-blood demon Sparda in the ''DevilMayCry'' back story turned against fellow demons and sealed them in their own world. His son Dante, a half-demon himself, carries on by hunting demons who sneak into our world.
* According to one version of ''BladeRunner'', the main character who hunts rogue androids is an android himself. If true, this is a rather dark spin on the trope. Basically, androids are detected by being tested for moral feelings, and reveal themselves to be amoral. As the androids turn out to be [[TinMan "tin men"]], this would mean that he is actually worse than his targets.
* {{Hellboy}} is a demon who fights other demons and supernatural monsters. Sometimes the creatures he fights accuse him of betraying his kind, but he seems to be more worried about becoming like them.
** ''HellboyII: The Golden Army'' uses this in the opposite manner from the comic books--to make the monsters that HB fights more sympathetic, and to make HB resign from the BPRD.
** Notably, in the first movie, he attempts to negotiate with the demon Sammael before resorting to violence.
* Athena from the 2000s ''BattlestarGalactica'' is a Cylon who fights against other Cylons.
** And then there's [[spoiler:Tigh, Tyrol, and Anders]] who were fighting against the Cylons for years, [[TomatoInThemirror unaware of their true nature.]]
* The title character of ''{{Angel}}'' is a vampire who hunts other vampires, and the character Spike also fits this description.
** Connor takes this and runs with it. Not only did his adoptive father teach him to fight vampires and demons, he groomed him to fight his biological father.
* Drizzt Do'Urden from ''ForgottenRealms'' is another poster boy contender considering how badly he breaks his vow to never kill drow elves.
** He discards the vow in the third group of books after realizing its stupid to kill goblins and other evil monsters, but not drow.
* While were at it, Jander Sunstar from ''ForgottenRealms'' and ''{{Ravenloft}}'' is yet another vampire hunter vampire.
** Also from {{Ravenloft}}, Ivan Dragonov has continued to hunt monsters after contracting lycanthropy himself, using his bestial form as a weapon of last resort.
* In ''[=~Sid Meier's Pirates~=]'', you have the option of only going after other pirates if you so choose.
* [[spoiler:Adell]] in ''{{Disgaea 2}}''. Of course, [[spoiler:he's unaware that he's not human]].
** And Sardia the demon slayer in the first game.

* Arguably the main character in the game ''Divinity 2: Ego Draconis'' is on their way to being initiated as a full dragon slayer when they get turned into a dragon. Your dialogue options allow them to protest this and act as if they still are a slayer [[spoiler:until the slayer commander and their slayer buddies attack the main character.]]
* Darcia in WolfsRain is a villainous example, hunting the wolves despite being part wolf via a traitorous bloodline.

* A fair amount of ''KamenRider'' plots fall into this, such as ''KamenRiderFaiz'' and ''KamenRiderKiva''.
* Martin DeVries of {{Shadowrun}} deliberately became a vampire in order to hunt them on their own terms.

* Ashrah of the ''MortalKombat'' series is a demon who wields a holy sword that purifies her bit by bit with every one of her fellow demons that she kills. She hopes to become completely purified and holy this way.
* In FernGully, Zak, the human, plays this role for the nonhuman locals, though he [[VanHelsingHateCrimes doesn't actually hurt anyone]], he just tries to stop them.
* In {{Macross}} / {{Robotech}}, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milia_Fallyna_Jenius Milia]], a Zentraedi (or is that Meltran?) who is [[ArchEnemy obsessed with defeating]] the human ace [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Jenius Max]]. When she is captured by Max, not only does she do a FaceHeelTurn, she becomes his partner fighting the Zentraedi, but tends to [[VanHelsingHateCrimes shoot down her opponents with nonlethal shots when possible]].
* Sam from ''SluggyFreelance'' is a vampire who often fights other vampires. Mostly because [[GenreSavvy chicks think it's cool]].
* Eric Cord from ''Werewolf'' did this for the entire series.
* [[spoiler: Shadowchild]] from [[http://www.shadowgirlscomic.com/ Shadowgirls]] [[spoiler: is [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abomination]] created by one of the [[CthulhuMythos Outer Gods]] with purpose to fight other Eldritch Abominations, and even Elder Gods.]]
* ''DannyPhantom'' is a half-ghost who fights other ghosts.
* Ruby on {{Supernatural}} is a demon who fights other demons and helps Sam fight them. Sam is arguably another example of this trope, because his PsychicPowers are caused by having been fed demon blood (why the blood of the poor guy that demon happened to be possessing would be considered demon blood is a FridgeLogic question, of course).
** Of course, it turns out [[spoiler: Ruby is among the worst of the lot, and was driving Sam to his destiny to release Lucifer from his prison. Which he did.]]
* Othar Tryggvassen, '''GentlemanAdventurer!''', from ''GirlGenius''. He's even outright stated that after he rids Europe of all the other Sparks, he'll end his own life just to ensure that the Spark is no more.
** On [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/fun/twitter_othar_01.php meeting]] his ''{{doppelganger}}'':
---> A puzzler. All Sparks must die, yet I am a Spark. I will kill myself when my mission is complete, but now I can kill myself first. Tempting.
* Pretty much the ''biggest {{reveal}}'' for ''MegaManX'' is that [[spoiler:''Zero'']] is the '''''original''' Viral Maverick'' (meaning that TheVirus originally came from him). Not only is this fitting for the trope, it also makes him the ''[[TheAtoner hunter of the race he unwittingly created]]''.
** [[TheHero X]] himself qualifies if you go by the WordOfGod since all Reploids (Repliroids, based on X's designs) and by extension, [[spoiler: Mavericks/Irregulars]] stem from him.
* Many a MarySueHunter can fall into this by accident- one of the main criticisms of the genre (beyond "WHY DID YOU KILL MY CHARACTER I HATE YOU") is that said Hunters often end up being a MarySue themselves.
* In ''{{Chirault}}'', Kiran is a demon, and employed by the demon hunter guild. That said, in ''Chirault'' "demon" is a pretty broad term, and Kiran's "species" of demon (horned humanoids) seems pretty rare. Many of the demons that Kiran kills seem to be non-sapient.

* Karg from ArcTheLad 4 says that he is going to do this when he finds out that he is a HalfHumanHybrid, but he decides not to later.
* Andrew Bennett, from DC Comics' "I, Vampire" series in ''House of Mystery'', was a vampire determined to hunt down the line of evil vampires which [[WhatHaveIDone he, himself, had started]].
* [[spoiler: Balthazar]] from ''BaldursGate II: Throne of Bhaal''. He knows the Bhaalspawn aren't AlwaysChaoticEvil, but thinks they're still too dangerous, and he intends to kill himself last in a ritual designed to stop this from bringing Bhaal back. He actually works with some of the other powerful Bhaalspawn because they want to kill all the others ''except'' themselves.

* ''[[http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/125694 Princes of the Dreams]]'' by Doug the Eagle ("[[TomatoSurprise So you've just discovered you're a soul-eating monster...]]")

* [[spoiler:Adell]] in ''{{Disgaea}} 2''. Of course, [[spoiler:he's unaware that he's not human]].

* [[DannyPhantom Danny Phantom]] is a half-ghost who fights other ghosts.

See Also: MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch and StagesOfMonsterGrief.

* Othar from ''GirlGenius''. He's even outright stated that after he rids Europe of all the other Sparks, that he'll end his own life, just to ensure that the Spark is no more.

** Although it is implied by their dialogue that the Crusnik see themselves as another race entirely, they do need the blood of vampires to survive. Abel is the only one [[spoiler: of the three]] who actually makes it a point to hunt vampires. [[spoiler: His sister]] isn't shown to hunt anyone, and[[spoiler: Cain]] doesn't care who he hunts/hurts.

** X qualifies even if you go by the Retcon/WordOfGod that claims there is no "real" virus that absolves [[spoiler: Zero]] in the meta story as all Reploids and [[spoiler: Mavericks]] stem from him.