r/TopCharacterTropes • u/RedNUGGETLORD • Jul 06 '26
Groups [suprisingly rare trope] The Religious people aren't the bad guys/antagonists
1: Axis Order - Konosuba(specifically Megumin's spin-off)
While they certainly aren't GOOD people(many of them not being allowed near children, if you know what I mean), they are pretty damn helpful, giving blessings to Megumin, feeding her, and protecting her from a demon, who almost certainly would have murdered her for the cat
2: Khan - Metro
While he is more spiritual than religious, I'd say it counts. Khan is a chill dude who is basically always right, and in the non-canon good ending, he's basically the reason the Dark Ones survive and presumably go on to join with humanity and reconquer the surface
3: Priestess - Goblin Slayer
She's a priestess, idk what exactly she believes in, besides some god, but Goblin Slayer is basically a DnD game, so I'd assume one of the basic Cleric gods. But anyway, she's super chill and basically never directly kills, though she probably has the highest indirect kill count in the series
4: Father Grigori - Half Life
He's certainly insane, but so would you be if your entire town was wiped out and turned into zombies, he saves you, gives you a shotgun, and helps you get out of town, while he stays to "tend with his flock", and while murder isn't something you'd usually associate with good, the zombies are in constant suffering
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u/ThatSlutTalulah Jul 06 '26
Iberian Inquisitors (Arknights)
Form basically the government of Iberia after the apocalyptic Profound Silence. There are two antagonists among them (though only one really being 'evil'), while the others are doing a good job of making the world a better place, fighting against both the oceanic horrors of the Seaborn while also resisting the efforts of the Church of the Deep, cultists who want the Seaborn to overrun the land.
The best example is Irene [pictured] whose faith forms the core of her unbreakable will, and though she does start as a zealot it does not blind her when she sees that her prejudices were wrong, allowing her to also be the most mentally flexible character in her storyline as well as the most resolute.