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{{quote|''"To be united by hatred...is a fragile alliance at best."''|'''Darth Traya''', ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Knights of the Old Republic]] II''}}

== Anime &and Manga ==

== Fan FictionWorks ==

* "''[[Thousand Shinji|]]'': "This went beyond a simple cluster fuck, this transcended into the realm where future generations of soldiers would refer to a situation this badly screwed up that they would have to call such scenarios... Tokyo-3...]]." Also, the only reason why {{spoiler|the canon!40k gods had to work together}} was because their inter-factional fighting allowed {{spoiler|the C'tan}} to gain a vital advantage.

* In [[James Swallow]]'s [[Warhammer 4000040,000]] [[Blood Angels]] novel ''Deus Sanguinius'', the Warmaster and Inquisitor Stele dispute over their plans. {{spoiler|Right up to the Warmaster, to rebuke Stele, tells his forces that Stele's ship is expendable.}}

* In the ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]] [[Grey Knights]]'' novel ''Hammer of Daemons'', the captive Alaric deduces that the lords of Drakaasi are barely tolerating each other, and instigates conflict between them as part of his escape plan.

* In [[Ben Counter]]'s [[Warhammer 4000040,000]] story "Words of Blood", Athellenas repeatedly attacks Chaos forces and retreats, despite his subordinates' hatred of the dishonor. By thus stoking their bloodlust and not letting them vent it on his [[Space Marine]]s, he provokes them into fighting each other. When they go to clean up the survivors, the subordinates who preferred a [[Last Stand]] are fittingly humbled, and Athellanas explains the importance of victory—and realizes how important it was when he learns no one else could have helped the planet these forces intended to massacre.

* In Season 4 of [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the reimagined ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'']] the 'human' Cylons are enmeshed in a Cylon civil war over the identities and whereabouts of their five missing models. When one of the Cylon raiders detects the presence of the missing models in the Colonial Fleet, the six remaining ones (Cavil, Leoben, Simon, Doral, Six and Sharon) are split, with the 'Rebels' (Leobens, Sixes and Sharons) in favor of searching for them and integrating them into their society whilst the other, 'Cavil' faction is opposed and set on enslaving their fellow machines lest they reveal any more. The irony of machines who rebelled against human bondage becoming 'human' and then putting their ''own'' machines in chains is not lost on the writers. {{spoiler|All the models lose their ability to download. It transpires the missing five were earlier artificial humans who created the seven known models after the First Cylon War. A Colonial-Cylon alliance mounts an attack on Cavil and his followers. Eventually Cavil trades baby Hera to regain Cylon downloading technology and the war ends. Unfortunately a personal matter between two of the final five revealed itself during the handover in such as way that the agreement broke down, leading to the annihilation of the Cavil faction and miraculous survival of the Colonial alliance.}}

* ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]''

** The ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' campaign setting also has ({{spoiler|except in 4e}}) threefour other gods of drow that opposed Lolth, and another,one technically her loyal vassal, but with frictions between their worshippers. All of them except Eilistraee were Chaotic Evil.

** Also in ''Forgotten Realms'', the forces of Zhentil Keep occasionally splintered into various [[Cult of Personality|cults of personality—mostpersonality]]—most centered around the wizard Manshoon and the priest Fzoul—that led to frequent infighting. Also, Manshoon escaped death via chain of clones insuspended animation until ''all'' remaining clones were resurrected, leading to a struggle between them known as the Manshoon Wars; this ended with three surviving clones, who managed to find ways around "Kill all other clones" inherent compulsion and resumed trying to rebuild Manshoon's power base (save for the one that housed Manshoon's real soul, who set about looking for a way to [[Body Surf]] between the clones).

* An everyday occurrence in ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'', with Orcs, Chaos, and other factions fighting each other more often than they fight the Imperium. Indeed, the Tyranids and Necrons are the ''only'' ones that are united, controlled by a [[Hive Mind]] and a group of [[Eldritch Abomination]]s respectively.

== VideogamesVideo Games ==

** In the novel ''Halo: Grasslands'', which takes place after ''Halo 3'', UNSC sends a squad of [[Badass Normal|ODSTs]], a [[Super Soldier|Spartan]], and a [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot|crazy AI]] to Sanghelios (Elite homeworld) in order to fuel the fires of a civil war in order to keep them unbalanced while UNSC rebuilds. The Arbiter desperately tries to hold his people together.

** Then you get to ''Firestorm'', where Kane's [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot|friendly neighborhood AI]] CABAL goes loopy and decides to wipe all of mankind - both GDI ''and'' Nod.

* Applies to the Zerg in ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]''. In the original the player must at one point fight a rogue brood after its cerebrate has been murdered by the good guys while the expansion basically revolves around a massive civil war following the death of the [[Hive Mind|Overmind]]. The same applies to the Terrans, who are fighting one nonstop one way or another the entire series, and the Protoss, who "only" suffer one in the original and a brief relapse during the expansion.

** Can be invoked in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''. Ottoman and Byzantine Templar guards will get into fights if they see each other, and one tutorial specifically tells you to make use of this.

* Storywise, happens frequently in ''[[Sword of the Stars]]'' with the [[Bug War|Hiver]] race between the many Princesses vying for power (from the viewpoint of another race, of course). Also entirely possible with any race, as brilliantly worked into the [[Backstory]] by Arinn Dembo, the game's writer. [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters|Humans]], as we know, can easily split into factions and fight amongst each other for trivial reasons. The same is true for the [[Lizard Folk|Tarka]]. The [[Sapient Cetaceans|Liir]] will fight anyone they believe has become [[Eldritch Abomination|Suul'ka]], even members of their own race. {{spoiler|Which makes a lot of sense in light of the sequel revealing exactly what the Suul'ka are.}} The [[Ancient Astronauts|Morrigi]] have never been a unified species. The [[Planet Looters|Zuul]], being [[Knight Templar|religious fanatics]], worship their [[Abusive Precursors|creators]]; and, of course, no one has ''[[Sarcasm Mode|ever]]'' split into factions if they believe in the same deity.

== WebcomicsWeb Comics ==

* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', the board members of HeretiHeretiCorp Corp arenweren't above conspiring against each other for sometimes very petty reasons. There arewere also at least two demons (Skip and Chilus) who, while both being K'Z'K worshippers, have very differing takes on how K'Z'K's conquest of Earth should be brought about. Made more complicated since K'Z'K himself isappeared apparentlyto be dead at the time.

* Something more like an enemy ''cold'' war exists between [[Big Bad|Xykon]] and [[Dragon with an Agenda|Redcloak]] in ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]''. Though Redcloak is largely incapable of betraying Xykon outright {{spoiler|because he feels if he does, the death of his brother will be in vain}} he doesn't particularly ''like'' him either, and will freely use him for his own ends and hide information from him. Recent{{when}} events suggest this is now mutual, with Xykon no longer trusting Redcloak to hold up his end of the bargain and (possibly) grooming another minion to take his place. However this winds up playing out, it won't be pretty.

* ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'' is a [[Villain Protagonist]] example, with the Light Warriors ([[Axe Crazy|Black Mage]] and [[Magnificent Bastard|Thief]] especially) constantly plotting against and attempting to betray/maim/kill each other. Unfortunately for the planet, they are fairly united when causing others suffering as well.

*** Of course, as soon as {{spoiler|Darkseid comes [[Back Fromfrom the Dead|back]]}}, that civil war grinds to an instant halt.