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* Fat Charlie from ''[[Anansi Boys]]'' by [[Neil Gaiman]] probably counts as this. He tries to be at least.
* Gandalf from ''[[The Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]'', seeing as they all but say his name when they describe Neutral Good in one of the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' Player's Handbooks as "Serving kings and magistrates but not being beholden to them".
**Or not. Gandalf is the Ambassador of the Valar. He takes orders from Manwe and from Eru. No one expects the envoy from one prince to take orders from another.
* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' possesses a great capacity for love and faith in his friends. He willingly consults authority figures for help and advice, but isn't afraid to subvert them to do what he believes is the right thing (which may or may not be because different authority figures are wrongly persecuting him half the time). Dumbledore also exhibits this alignment as well. He maintains firm discipline at Hogwarts and insists on certain behaviors from students. For example, when he needs Harry to do something when the latter is scheduled for detention Dumbledore reschedules the detention rather than simply cancelling it. At the same time, Dumbledore does subvert, or outright ignore, the rules (especially of the Ministry of Magic) when they get in the way of opposing Voldemort.
* Lu-Tze of ''[[Discworld]]'' hangs someplace between this and [[Chaotic Good]]. He also takes the [[Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught]] philosophy to its logical extreme-he tells his apprentice that yes, rules are sometimes obstructive and must be broken to get anything done, but that's why they're there; so that you ''think'' before you break them.
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* The three protagonists of the [[Green-Sky Trilogy]]. [[The Messiah|Raamo]] finds many of the laws and rituals baffling and illogical, and supports something only if it's in the greater interest of peace and joy. Neric eventually lands here once Raamo's aid helps him ditch some of his cynicism. Genaa claws her way up to here from [[Lawful Neutral]] once Raamo and Neric open her eyes to the truth {{spoiler|and she discovers her father is alive}}
* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', Sanya, the Russian Knight Of The Cross, appears to be more ambivalent about following laws and order, and is more devoted to the simple act of rescuing innocents and fighting evil.
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