Byronic Hero

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A protagonist who is arrogant, cynical, and aggressive, but also intelligent and introspective. Named after the English Romanticist writer Lord Byron, who popularized such characters and was said to have fit this description himself.

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Overview

A Byronic hero can be an anti-hero, but they are not synonymous. Byronic heroes do not usually have truly villainous characteristics, but are rather "darkly" heroic or neutral.

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• Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (Game)
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Game)
• Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch (Game)
• Code Geass: Lost Colors (Game)
• Death Note: Kira Game (Game)
• Death Note: Successor to L (Game)
• Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Game)
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Game)
• Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 (Game)
• Legacy of Kain: Defiance (Game)
• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (Game)
• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 (Game)
• No More Heroes (Game)
• Scarface: Money. Power. Respect. (Game)
• Scarface: The World is Yours (Game)
• Vagrant Story (Game)

Concept details

Name

Byronic Hero

Aliases

Byronic Heroine,Dark Hero,Dark Heroine

Games

• Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (Game)
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Game)
• Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch (Game)
• Code Geass: Lost Colors (Game)
• Death Note: Kira Game (Game)
• Death Note: Successor to L (Game)
• Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Game)
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Game)
• Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 (Game)
• Legacy of Kain: Defiance (Game)
• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (Game)
• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 (Game)
• No More Heroes (Game)
• Scarface: Money. Power. Respect. (Game)
• Scarface: The World is Yours (Game)
• Vagrant Story (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Grand Theft Auto (Franchise), Castlevania (Franchise), Lords of Shadow (Franchise), Death Note (Franchise), No More Heroes (Franchise), Scarface (Franchise), Code Geass (Franchise)

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Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Anti-Hero (Concept), Not-So-Bad Guy (Concept), Narcissist (Concept), Anti-Villain (Concept)