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** [[Huntress]] {{spoiler|is actually the daughter of Santo Cassamento, not Franco Bertinelli; she's also something of a bastard in the more colloquial sense, sometimes of the [[Magnificent Bastard|magnificent]] variety, as when she manipulates her uncle into murdering her biological father, while setting him up to take the fall for this, and tricks the Question into helping her. And all under the noses of Batman, Robin, Nightwing, and Oracle.}}

** [[The Question|Vic Sage]] makes the assumption that he is a bastard, since he was raised in an orphanage, but he never learned his actual parentage so it was never confirmed. He has made peace with this fact and does not let it wear him down.

'''The Question (Vic Sage):''' "Well, I was raised in an orphanage, [[Insult Backfire|so you're probably right]]." }}

* [[Marvel Comics]] also has a few:

* Stragen, a thief in David Eddings' ''[[The Elenium|Elenium and Tamuli]]'' series, is the bastard son of a noble. He is initially a bit sensitive about it, but gets over it.

** He then uses it to insult a vast number of obstinate Styrics.

* In ''[[The Belgariad]]'', Mandorallen is insulted as "the bastard of Vo Mandor"...due to "some temporary irregularity about my birth which still raises questions about my legitimacy." Since he is a fearsome fighter, however, the only people who mention this are relatives (local traditions disapprove of shedding the blood of kinsfolk), idiots, and people a safe distance away.

** In the sequel, king Urgit of Chtol Murgos is revealed to be one, as Silk's late father found the Murgo nobility's custom of sequestering their women nothing but an inviting challenge. The result is actually a benefit to Urgit (and by extension, his kingdom) as he's spared from the [[Royally Screwed-Up|hereditary insanity plaguing the royal bloodline]] (as well as giving him enough cunnning to win the deadly succession war). It also saves him from Mallorean Emperor Zakath having him horribly killed as part of his (Zakath's) methodical revenge extermination of the Urga bloodline. After some king-coaching from Garion, Urgit goes on to be a fairly decent king.

*** And ''even more''. The sort-of sequel to ''Geneaolgy'', ''Thracia 776'', reveals that {{spoiler|Azel's older brother Alvis ''also'' had a [[Heroic Bastard]], Cyas, with a [[Dark Magical Girl]] named Aida... whom you met in the first part of Seisen.}}

* On of the important reveals of ''[[Dragon Age]]'' is that King Cailan had an illegitimate half brother, namely {{spoiler|Alistair}}, one of the few heroic characters in the game.

** [[Neutral Good|Leliana]] was also born out of wedlock, something that apparently made life very difficult for her mother in Orlais. {{spoiler|While Leliana did lead the very morally ambiguous life of a spy for many years of her life, she has completely reformed by the the time the player reaches her.}} Not only one of the more heroic characters, but also one of the only idealists.

** Mage NPC Feynriel from ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', provided you help him realize his potential.