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* In ''[[Missing Magic]]'', the main character's uncle/cousin dotes on him and even pays for the main character to go to a fancy magic school, despite the fact that he has no magic. It's later revealed that the uncle/cousin was the one responsible for removing the main character's magic by using him as a guinea pig for a new spell when he was just a toddler.

* In [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'', at the beginning, a rich man's carriage hits and kills a small child. The man in the carriage offers them money, which they refuse, then reluctantly accept.

* In [[The Dresden Files]], the magical beings frequently pay weregild. Mentioned many times in passing.

** At the end of ''White Night'', Harry demands it from {{spoiler|Lara}} for the dead women.

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