History Yandere / Literature

* ''Literature/InCryptid'': Gwendolyn Brandt openly threatens to kill Thomas's [[TheBeard "wife"]] Mary and make him a widower if that's what it takes to become his wife (little does she know that Mary is [[CuteGhostGirl already dead]]).

* ''Literature/ChrysalisRinoZ'': Despite monsters having NoBiologicalSex and apparently nothing resembling romance or libido, Crinis still has a strongly and violently possessive attitude toward Anthony. She lives for his praise (although it often leaves her overwhelmed with emotion), wreaks truly horrific violence upon anyone who disrespects or threatens him, and would happily spend her whole life wrapped around him like a second carapace (and sometimes she does). At the same time, she's friendly, polite, and shy in general conversation, and doesn't even mind sharing Anthony with his other pets -- for the purpose of helping to keep him safe. The fact that, as a pet, she's inseparably bound to him until one of them dies is [[HappinessInSlavery just fine with her]] -- in fact, it's probably the reason she still has any measure of mental stability at all.

** The vampiress Claudia shows signs of being both this ''and'' a {{tsundere}} for Louis. Besides her own anger, she's even willing to [[spoiler:'kill' Lestat]] so that they can be together. For [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld certain reasons]], she prefers to experience the physical side of the relationship vicariously.

* Caroline Kepnes's novel ''Literature/{{You2015}}'' involves a male version. Joe Goldberg googles Guinevere Beck, a young aspiring writer in New York, and learns all that he can about her. He goes to a bar, which she "coincidentally" goes to and they start up a relationship. As the story progresses, he [[ManipulativeBastard controls her life]] and subtly becomes her boyfriend. What officially seals him as a yandere is the fact that he's willing to do anything to keep her with him, including [[MurderIsTheBestSolution murder]].

* In William Faulkner's short story ''A Rose for Emily'', the eponymous Emily Grier fell in love with a man named Homer Barron. One day, he went in Emily's house and was never seen leaving. When Emily eventually passes away, her house is searched and it turns out she killed Homer with arsenic, dressed him in a suit, and kept the corpse on her bed.

* ''Literature/InDeath'' series: ''Indulgence In Death'' has a guy who killed a girl he was interested in a drunken fit of rage because she was not interested in him.

* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Female lead Nanao Hibiya is a nonstandard example. She's been strongly attracted to male lead Oliver Horn [[LoveAtFirstPunch since they sparred in class in volume 1]], which is made all the more dangerous by [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence the way the urges towards love and violence intersect for her]]: the core tenet of the sword style she was trained in is to "Enjoy not the sword of vengeance, but the sword of mutual love."[[note]]More fully, do not wield the sword in anger but rather seek joy and happiness in a DuelToTheDeath with an opponent one respects and admires.[[/note]] It's normally kept fairly well under wraps and she doesn't react violently towards his other suitors, but in volume 9, [[spoiler:Oliver and Richard Andrews are able to connect finally in single combat while she's sidelined by injuries. This makes her irrationally jealous, and she finally boils over the next night and throws him against a tree for a ForcefulKiss, followed by a LoveConfession.]]

* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Female lead Nanao Hibiya is a nonstandard example. She's been strongly attracted to male lead Oliver Horn [[LoveAtFirstPunch since they sparred in class in volume 1]], which is made all the more dangerous by [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence the way the urges towards love and violence intersect for her]]: the core tenet of the sword style she was trained in is to "Enjoy not the sword of vengeance, but the sword of mutual love." It's normally kept fairly well under wraps and she doesn't react violently towards his other suitors, but in volume 9, [[spoiler:Oliver and Richard Andres are able to connect finally in single combat while she's sidelined by injuries. This makes her irrationally jealous, and she finally boils over the next night and throws him against a tree for a ForcefulKiss, followed by a LoveConfession.]]

* The Lover in ''Porphyria's Lover'' by Robert Browning... the poem can be interpreted in a number of different ways, but the main gist of it is that he kills her so that he can make the moment last forever, and the poem closes with him clutching her corpse. Eep.

* Antoinette de Mauban in ''The Prisoner of Zenda''. She's in love with the King's brother Michael, who wants to usurp the throne. However, if Michael becomes King, he'll have to marry a princess, which Antoinette doesn't want. There's no reason she can't stay as his mistress, she's in that role already, except that she wants to marry Michael, not share him. So, she does what any good Yandere would do: [[spoiler:reveal Michael's plans to the one man who can stop them and tell him exactly how to break into the castle and free King Rudolf, all under the promise that Michael won't be killed. Even though Rassendyll promised this, there's no telling what Rudolf might do to his brother. So in short, she ruins Michael's dream of becoming King, taking the chance that he could be exiled or accidentally killed, all because she couldn't stand having another woman having him]].

* ''Literature/TheFirstDwarfKing'': Phryne is an utterly AxeCrazy [[FemmeFatale elven queen]] who could easily compete for the title of WorldsMostBeautifulWoman. And she has the hots for [[TheHero Jani]]...a dwarf...with whom the elves [[ElvesVsDwarves have a very long and very violent history]]. Not helping matters is the fact that Jani already has a girlfriend.

* The ''Literature/ChroniclesOfNarnia'' novel ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy'': Crown Prince Rabadash is willing to start a war with Archenland and Narnia without even the smallest excuse or challenge if it means he'll have Queen Susan the Gentle as his puppet-wife. He spectacularly fails.

* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'':
** ''Literature/TheHobbit'': Gollum has this towards [[CargoShip the One Ring]]. ''"My precioussssss..."'' That the object of his desires is a vaguely-sentient ArtifactOfDoom that acts like a centuries-long [[AddictiveMagic drug addiction]] makes him pitiable, but no less dangerous.
** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' has Gríma Wormtongue, adviser to King Théoden turned spy for Saruman. It is implied that his reward would be the lady Éowyn (despite being old enough to be her dad, and Éowyn making it clear that she absolutely would not consent to that ever).
** ''Literature/TheFallOfGondolin'': After revealing the Hidden City's location to Morgoth, Maeglin plans to murder Tuor and Ëarendil during the battle, kidnap his cousin Idril and force her into marriage after murdering her husband Tuor and their son Ëarendil.
** ''Literature/BerenAndLuthien'':
*** When Daeron realizes that Lúthien has fallen in love with Beren, he attempts to get the Man killed by telling Thingol about the stranger lurking in his woods and wooing his daughter.
*** When Celegorm meets Lúthien, he falls for her at first sight. So he kidnaps her to force her to marry him, and attempt to murder her lover twice.
** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': Melkor also qualifies as this, although again the object of his obsession is not a person but a thing: the Flame Imperishable, which is the only thing that can give a creature sentience.

** Guy, Riki's UnluckyChildhoodFriend. He is so in love with Riki, [[spoiler:not only does he give Riki a penectomy to remove the pet ring that was on his penis upon being told that as long as Riki wears Iason's pet ring he'll never be free of him, but he also blows up a fortress in a successful attempt to kill Iason]].

* ''Literature/ChroniclesOfNarnia'' novel ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy'': Crown Prince Rabadash is willing to start a war with Archenland and Narnia without even the smallest excuse or challenge if it means he'll have Queen Susan the Gentle as his puppet-wife. He spectacularly fails.

* ''Literature/TheFirstDwarfKing'': Phryne i's an utterly AxeCrazy [[FemmeFatale elven queen]] who could easily compete for the title of WorldsMostBeautifulWoman. And she has the hots for [[TheHero Jani]]...a dwarf...with whom the elves [[ElvesVsDwarves have a very long and very violent history]]. Not helping matters is the fact that Jani already has a girlfriend who is perfect for him.
* ''Literature/{{GONE}}'': [[TheStarscream Penny]] to [[BigBad Caine]], even after he breaks both her legs. Subverted as of ''FEAR''...But he still has a obsession with Caine. [[spoiler: Only now the obsession isn't on loving him so much as torturing him]].

** Romilda Vane sends Harry Cauldron Cakes tainted with a LovePotion, which are then eaten by Ron, turning him into one over her.

** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' has Gríma Wormtongue, adviser to King Théoden turned spy for Saruman. It is implied that his reward would be the lady Éowyn (despite being old enough to be her dad, and Éowyn making it clear that she absolutely would not consent to that ever in a million years).

* Claude Frollo in ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' shows that males aren't immune, either. There's not really much else you can call someone who lusts after someone to the point of stabbing her love interest out of jealousy and having her hanged on a false charge of attempted murder because she wouldn't give herself to him. And the Disney adaptation, if anything, makes him even WORSE.

* ''Creator/JinYong'': Ah Zi towards Xiao Feng has the cute, innocent, Genki Girl looks... and the incredibly horrifying, sadistic personality. Guo Fu was also one towards Yang Guo. And then there's Zhou Zhiruo towards Zhang Wuji, among others.
* ''/Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'': Phaidor in ''Gods Of Mars'' and ''Warlord Of Mars''. Obsessed with John Carter, her attempt to kill Dejah Thoris and Thuvia results in all three of them becoming trapped in a temple for a year.
* The French novel ''La passe-miroir'' gives us a rare ''filial'' example with the knight, actually a preteen boy able to call extremely powerful illusions and obsessed by the courtesan Berenilde, whom he considers as his mother. He has no problem with giving her an accident to make her miscarry - because God forbid she loves her baby more than the knight - and manages to kill her entire family because they were mean to her.

* In ''Literature/TheLostStars'', Colonel Roh Morgan is a highly loyal subordinate of general Drakon. As it turns out, her loyalty runs a little ''too'' deep - she's completely obsessed with him and wants him to [[spoiler:father her child, who she believes with conquer all of human space]], as well as to be the only voice he'd listen to. She starts off by simply sparking off conflicts to try and distance him from others, then [[spoiler:rapes him while he's drunk]] and eventually attempts to [[spoiler:assassinate his lover at their wedding]]. All while claiming she has his best intrest in mind.

* ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' has Calypso who, after offering her lover Odysseus a chance to stay with her on her island forever, tries to force him to stay on her island with her after he rejects her and tries to get back to his wife at Ithaca. She eventually lets him leave because Hermes told Calypso that Zeus said she had to let Odysseus go back to Ithaca.

** [[SuccubiAndIncubi Albedo]] became a very curious example of the archetype: she was initially designed by her creator to be quite a "flexible" woman (as befits of a member of the succubi race to which she was based on,) but Momonga decided to play a prank prior to YGGDRASIL's servers shutting down by rewriting the "slut" part on her profile to one who is "madly in love with Momonga." As a result, when everyone got transferred to the current world of the setting, she ended up becoming as a SuccubusInLove towards him, to the point that she was willing to fight and kill anyone who'd get in the way of her beloved, whether it be raging towards an enemy force for causing a noticeable (albeit harlmess) scratch towards Ainz; or to personally disposing of the lech who, apart from leading the force who ambushed the Sorcerer Kingdom's supply convoy, got on her bad side for touching her bare shoulder. The flipside to this behavior of hers: she basically became an UnexpectedVirgin, especially since her object of lust and affection is [[DemBones a Skeleton]] [[OurLichesAreDifferent Elder Lich]] with EmotionSuppression.

* Antoinette de Mauban in ''The Prisoner of Zenda''. She's in love with the King's brother Michael, who wants to usurp the throne. However, if Michael becomes King, he'll have to marry a princess, which Antoinette doesn't want. There's no reason she can't stay as his mistress, she's in that role already, except that she wants to marry Michael, not share him. So, she does what any good Yandere would do: [[spoiler:reveal Michael's plans to the one man who can stop them and tell him exactly how to break into the castle and free King Rudolf, all under the promise that Michael won't be killed. Even though Rassendyll promised this, there's no telling what Rudolf might do to his brother. So in short, she ruins Michael's dream of becoming King, taking the chance that he could be exiled or accidently killed all because she couldn't stand having another woman having him]].

* In ''Literature/TheSpiritThief'', Benehime wants to have Eli for herself, and she'll go to any lengths to make him love her and elliminate anything that might distract him from that fact. While to others, she seems like a benevolent and kind, if a little flippant goddess, she's seriously obsessed, stalks Eli all over the country, always popping up in his darkest moments, and actively tries to have his TrueCompanions killed. It gets to the point where she orchestrates a war with the purpose of showing Eli how much he needs her and should love her.

* [[Creator/MurasakiShikibu Murasaki Shikibu's]] ''Literature/TheTaleOfGenji'' introduces Rokujo no Miyasudokoro, one of the titular character's older lovers. Said to be one of the first (and certainly one of the most well-known), Rokujo was extremely possessive towards Genji to the point that her hatred to other of his lovers manifested itself as an evil spirit which killed one or more of them.
* Orual from Creator/CSLewis' ''Literature/TillWeHaveFaces''.
* ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' has a few characters with shades of this:
** Jacob, the one every non-fan wanted to end up with Bella because of their history, isn't fond of Bella spending time with Edward. In ''[[Literature/Eclipse2007 Eclipse]]'', he said that it'd better if she were dead than a vampire. If one were to remove the whole vampire and werewolf aspect, this statement might sound like a threat.

* Darien from ''Literature/{{Wolfbreed}}''. First off, he is a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] and when first met, he already has an almost complete lack of morals along with a [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters burning hatred of humanity]]. This partly stems from his WhereIWasBornAndRazed FreudianExcuse. When he meets Maria, the first female werewolf he has seen since his all werewolf hometown bought it, he immediately falls in love with her only to find out she has been raised by humans, doesn't really know she is a werewolf, is a devout Christian as opposed to Darien's FlatEarthAtheist outlook and has already begun falling in love with with a man named [[KnightInShiningArmor Josef]] who is also [[LoveTriangle falling in love with her]]. And to twist the knife a little deeper, Josef is a soldier in the army that wiped out Darien's hometown and killed his his family. Darien doesn't react too well to any of this.

* ''LightNovel/TheUnexploredSummonBloodSign'': Literally every story arc revolves around [[spoiler:the White Queen]] plotting to make Kyosuke hers. To that end, she won't hesitate to kill or otherwise ruin the lives of others. Unlike other examples on this page, though, she's fine with him foiling her plans and outright rejecting her to her face. She's confident that she'll succeed in the end, and because [[spoiler:she's an invincible EldritchAbomination]], she has all the time in the world to wait. Interestingly, she also doesn't mind other girls hitting on Kyousuke, even if they do so in front of her. This probably stems from her complete indifference to anything and anyone that isn't Kyousuke. On the other hand, if Kyousuke ever shows any signs of interest in another girl (and in her mind, just ''saying another girl's name'' qualifies), she immediately starts feeling murderous.

** The most surprising example however would be [[spoiler:Princess Renner Theiere Chardelon Ryle Vaiself of the Re-Estize Kingdom, [[LadyAndKnight in particular to her commoner retainer Climb]]. Explaining the extent of her obsession for her knightly retainer: she was willing to bear his child, despite knowing of its impossibility due to the kingdom's feudal system, thus agreeing to a ShamMarriage with Marquis Raevan's child in order to have him aboard with her plans; by her own internal monologue, she had already killed several maids in training from noble houses that were hostile to Climb, solely because of their back-handed comments towards his commoner heritage; she revealed to her brother Zanac that she had no problem sending Climb on a dangerous mission into the merchant district during a demonic invasion, because even in the worst case scenario Lakyus would've revived him, and Renner would have had an excuse to have the weakened Climb all to herself for months; and worst of all, she basically orchestrated the fall of her father's kingdom, by pledging her allegiance to Nazarick in secret, in order to gain immortality as a demon and spend the rest of her (now eternal) life with Climb.]] It came as no surprise that she'd eventually strike a brief OddFriendship with the abovementioned Albedo.

** [[SuccubiAndIncubi Albedo]] became a very curious example of the archetype: she was initially designed by her creator to be quite a "flexible" woman (as befits of a member of the succubi race to which she was based on,) but Momonga decided to play a prank prior to YGGDRASIL's servers shutting down by rewriting the "slut" part on her profile to one who is "madly in love with Momonga." As a result, when everyone got transferred to the current world of the setting, she ended up becoming as a SuccubusInLove towards him, to the point that she was willing to fight and kill anyone who'd get in the way of her beloved, whether it be raging towards an enemy force for causing a noticeable (albeit harlmess) scratch towards Ainz; or to personally disposing of the lech who, apart from leading the force who ambushed the Sorcerer Kingdom's supply convoy, got on her bad side for touching her bare shoulder. The flipside to this behavior of hers: she basically became an UnexpectedVirgin, especially since her object of lust and affection is basically an [[DemBones an Elder Lich]] with EmotionSuppression.

** [[SuccubiAndIncubi Albedo]] became a very curious example of the archetype: she was initially designed by her creator to be quite flexible (as befits of succubi race to which she was based on,) but Momonga decided to play a prank by rewriting the "slut" part on her profile to one who is "madly in love with Momonga." As a result, she ended up becoming as a SuccubusInLove with him, to the point that she'd be willing to fight and kill anyone who'd get in the way of her beloved, whether raging towards an enemy force for causing a noticeable (albeit harlmess) scratch towards Ainz; or personally disposing of the lech who, apart from leading the force who ambushed the Sorcerer Kingdom's supply convoy, got on her bad side for touching her bare shoulder. The flipside to this behavior of hers: she basically became an UnexpectedVirgin, especially since her object of affection is [[DemBones an Elder Lich]] with EmotionSuppression.

** The most surprising example however would be [[spoiler:Princess Renner Theiere Chardelon Ryle Vaiself of the Re-Estize Kingdom, [[LadyAndKnight in particular to her commoner retainer Climb]]. Explaining the extent of her obsession for her her knightly retainer: she was willing to bear his child, despite knowing of its impossibility due to the kingdom's feudal system, thus agreeing to a ShamMarriage with Marquis Raevan's child in order to have him aboard with her plans; by her own internal monologue, she already killed several maids in training from noble houses that were hostile to Climb, solely because of his commoner heritage; she reveals to her brother Zanac she had no problem sending Climb on a dangerous mission into the merchant district during a demonic invasion, because even in the worst case scenario Lakyus would've revived him, and Renner would have had an excuse to have the weakened Climb all to herself for months; and worst of all, she basically orchestrated the fall of her own kingdom, by pledging her allegiance to Nazarick in secret, in order to gain immortality as a demon and spend the rest of her (now eternal) life with Climb.]] It came as no surprise that she'd eventually strike an OddFriendship with the abovementioned Albedo.

** The most surprising example however would be [[spoiler:Princess Renner Theiere Chardelon Ryle Vaiself of the Re-Estize Kingdom, [[LadyAndKnight in particular to her commoner retainer Climb]]. Explaining the extent of her obsession for her her knightly retainer: she was willing to bear his child, despite knowing of its impossibility due to the kingdom's feudal system, thus agreeing to a ShamMarriage with Marquis Raevan's child in order to have him aboard with her plans; by her own internal monologue, she already killed several maids in training from noble houses that were hostile to Climb, solely because of his commoner heritage; she reveals to her brother Zanac she had no problem sending Climb on a dangerous mission into the merchant district during a demonic invasion, because even in the worst case scenario Lakyus would've revived him, and Renner would have had an excuse to have the weakened Climb all to herself for months; and worst of all, she basically orchestrated the fall of her own kingdom, by pledging her allegiance to Nazarick in secret, in order to gain immortality as a demon and spend the rest of her (now eternal) life with Climb.]]

** [[SuccubiAndIncubi Albedo]] became a very curious example of the archetype: she was initially designed by her creator to be quite flexible (as befits of succubi race to which she was based on,) but Momonga decided to play a prank by rewriting the "slut" part on her profile to one who is "madly in love with Momonga." As a result, she ended up becoming as a SuccubusInLove with him, to the point that she'd be willing to fight and kill anyone who'd get in the way of her beloved, whether raging towards an enemy force for causing a noticeable (albeit harlmess) scratch towards Ainz; or personally disposing of the lech who, apart from leading the force who ambushed the Sorcerer Kingdom's supply convoy, got on her bad side for touching her bare shoulder. The flipside to this behavior of hers: she basically became an UnexpectedVirgin, especially since her object of affection is [[DemBones an Elder Lich]] with EmotionalSuppression.

** [[SuccubiAndIncubi Albedo]] became a very curious example of the archetype: she was initially designed by her creator to be quite flexible (as befits of succubi race to which she was based on,) but Momonga decided to play a prank by rewriting the "slut" part on her profile to one who is "madly in love with Momonga." As a result, she ended up becoming as a SuccubusInLove with him, to the point that she'd be willing to fight and kill anyone who'd get in the way of her beloved, whether raging towards an enemy force for causing a noticeable (albeit harlmess) scratch towards Ainz; or personally disposing of the lech who, apart from leading the force who ambushed the Sorcerer Kingdom's supply convoy, got on her bad side for touching her bare shoulder. The flipside to this behavior of hers: she basically became an UnexpectedVirgin, especially since her object of affection is [[DemBones an Elder Lich.]]

** [[SuccubiAndIncubi Albedo]] became a very curious example of the archetype: she was initially designed by her creator to be quite flexible (as befits of succubi race to which she was based on,) Momonga decided to play a prank by rewriting the "slut" part on her profile to one whi is "madly in love with Momonga." As a result, she ended up as a SuccubusInLove with him, to the point that she'd be willing to fight and kill anyone who'd get in the way of her beloved, whether raging towards an enemy force for causing a noticeable (albeit harlmess) scratch towards Ainz, or personally disposing of the lech who, apart from leading the force who ambushed the Sorcerer Kingdom's supply convoy, got on her bad side for touching her bare shoulder. The flipside to this behavior of hers: she basically became an UnexpectedVirgin, especially since her object of affection is [[DemBones an Elder Lich.]]
** Rather downplayed with [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Shalltear Bloodfallen]]. She's one of the primary rivals to Albedo for the affection of Lord Ainz, but she's actually willing to entertain the thought of Polygamy (making her sitcom cat fights with Albedo more of who gets to be Ainz's HeadWife.) [[spoiler:Apart from being a LesbianVampire, and all.]]

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' has a few characters with shades of this:
** Jacob, the one every non-fan wanted to end up with Bella because of their history, isn't fond of Bella spending time with Edward. In ''Eclipse'', he said that it'd better if she were dead than a vampire. If one were to remove the whole vampire and werewolf aspect, this statement might sound like a threat.

* ''Literature/ChroniclesOfNaria'' novel ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy'': Crown Prince Rabadash is willing to start a war with Archenland and Narnia without even the smallest excuse or challenge if it means he'll have Queen Susan the Gentle as his puppet-wife. He spectacularly fails.

* Briony Tallis from ''Literature/{{Atonement}}''. She throws herself into a river to see if her crush will dive in to save her. She even falsely accuses him of raping her cousin after she catches him making love to her sister in the library, thinking he must be a sex maniac. It's strongly hinted that part of her motivation was jealousy that he was in love with her sister. Fortunately she's only thirteen and grows out of it somewhat.
** Although not soon enough to retract her accusation of rape and, you know, ''avoid'' [[TraumaCongaLine ruining the poor guy's life]].

* ''Literature/TheFirstDwarfKing'': Phryne, full stop. She's an utterly AxeCrazy [[FemmeFatale elven queen]] who could easily compete for the title of WorldsMostBeautifulWoman. And she has the hots for [[TheHero Jani]]...a dwarf...with whom the elves [[ElvesVsDwarves have a very long and very violent history]]. Not helping matters is the fact that Jani already has a girlfriend who is perfect for him. Ouch.
* Phaidor in ''Gods Of Mars'' and ''Warlord Of Mars''. Obsessed with John Carter, her attempt to kill Dejah Thoris and Thuvia results in all three of them becoming trapped in a temple for a year.
* [[TheStarscream Penny]], to [[BigBad Caine]], in ''Literature/{{GONE}}''. even after he breaks both her legs. Now that's dedication.
** Somewhat a subverted trope as of ''FEAR''...But even post-Yandere had a obsession with Caine. [[spoiler: Only now the obsession isn't on loving him so much as torturing him]].

* Gollum from ''Literature/TheHobbit'' and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' was this towards [[CargoShip the One Ring]]. ''"My precioussssss..."'' That the object of his desires is a vaguely-sentient ArtifactOfDoom that acts like a centuries-long [[AddictiveMagic drug addiction]] makes him pitiable, but no less dangerous. ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' also has Gríma Wormtongue, adviser to King Théoden turned spy for Saruman. It is implied that his reward would be the lady Éowyn (which is a major yikes because he is old enough to be her dad, and also she makes it clear that she absolutely would not consent to that ever in a million years).
** The Grima example parallels another character in the wider Legendarium, Maeglin from ''Literature/TheFallOfGondolin''. The object of his affections is Princess Idril...who is happily married to someone else. [[BigBad Melkor]] promises Maeglin that he can marry Idril if he tells the location of the city. [[DealWithTheDevil Naturally, this does not work out well for Maeglin]].
** Melkor also qualifies as this, although again the object of his obsession is not a person but a thing: the Flame Imperishable, which is the only thing that can give a creature sentience.
* Crown Prince Rabadash from ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy'', willing to start a war with Archenland ''and'' Narnia without even the smallest excuse or challenge if it means he'll have [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Queen Susan the Gentle]] as his puppet-wife. He '''[[HumiliationConga spectacularly]]''' fails.

* ''Creator/JinYong'': Ah Zi towards Xiao Feng fits this trope to a "T". She has the cute, innocent, Genki Girl looks... and the incredibly horrifying, sadistic personality. Guo Fu was also one towards Yang Guo. And then there's Zhou Zhiruo towards Zhang Wuji, among others.

* Gollum from ''Literature/TheHobbit'' and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' was this towards [[CargoShip the One Ring]]. ''"My precioussssss..."'' That the object of his desires is a vaguely-sentient ArtifactOfDoom that acts like a centuries-long [[AddictiveMagic drug addiction]] makes him pitiable, but no less dangerous. ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' also has Gríma Wormtongue, adviser to King Théoden turned spy for Saruman. It is implied that his reward would be the lady Éowyn.