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This is when someone of high status is hunted. He was on [[Cycle of Revenge|the wrong side of a feud]] -- or he was just unlucky -- or [[The Emperor]] has a [[Royal Brat|really, really, bad temper]]. Whatever the reason, he is a noble fugitive. Sometimes he flees to the protection of a rival king; sometimes he chooses to [[Going Native|live amid the wild barbarian hordes]]; sometimes he gathers an army, returns, and defeats the bad guys and has an [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]] -- whatever. Right now, he is a [[Noble Fugitive]].
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Related to [[Remittance Man]], but a Remittance Man is not necessarily being hunted. Someone with a [[Mysterious Past]] is likely to have this as his backstory as well.
Contrast [[Moses in
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Kenzo Tenma, brain surgeon supreme, is one of these in [[Monster (
* Lelouch and Nunnally from ''[[Code Geass]]'', after the former falsely claims their deaths in the Britannian/Japanese war that resulted in the colonization of the latter, seeking refuge with the Ashfords to avoid being used once again as political pawns by the Britannian Empire. In R2, Nunnally is readopted into the family (as a pawn against Lelouch), and Lelouch is left alone.
* Princess Arika and Princess Theodora of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' during their time with Ala Rubra, and thanks to later events and revelations revealed after the Ostia Tournament, {{spoiler|we could add [[Warrior Prince|Arika's son, Negi]] here as well.}}
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== [[Fairy Tale|Fairy Tales]] ==
* Many a princess has to flee her [[Wicked Stepmother]] or her [[Parental Incest|father who wants to marry her]] and go into service as a [[Scullery Maid]]. These include [[
* In "[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/31girlwithouthands.html The Girl Without Hands]", after the miller's daughter marries a king, she is driven out to the wilderness, and has to live there with her baby.
** Similarly with the heroine of "[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/armlessmaiden/stories/onehandedgirl.html The One-Handed Girl]".
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* Princess Leia in ''[[Star Wars]]'' spent years in hiding, running away from the Empire. This is a subverted trope in that she was already a member of the Rebellion before she went into hiding and going to them was logical after being captured at the start of ''A New Hope'', possibly even if Alderaan had not gone kablooey. In fact, that may have been where she was headed even before Vader thought it'd be fun to sack the Tantive IV.
** Her mother and adoptive father also fit this trope by the end of ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''. The Emperor was in control of the Senate, forcing them to go into hiding. Of course, Amidala tragically did not survive long.
* Dr. Kimble - ''[[The Fugitive (
* [[Robin Hood]] in pretty much any incarnation, possibly excepting the movie ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]'', in which he was a simple commoner pretending to be Loxley.
== Literature ==
* The [[Noble Savage|Zulu warrior]] Umslopogaas in ''Alan Quartermain''
* Subverted with Maladict in the [[Terry Pratchett]] novel ''[[Discworld
* Alan Breck Stewart in ''Kidnapped'' by Robert Louis Stevenson.
* Aragorn in [[
* ''[[
* The princess in [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''[[John Carter of Mars|The Master Mind of Mars]]''. {{spoiler|Who is also the heroine, Valla Dia, though she tells her story in the third person.}}
** In ''The Chessman of Mars'', U-Thor, after he questioned his jeddak's injusitce, had to fight his way to freedom and then escape.
* Saukendar (Shoka) in [[
* ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia|Prince Caspian]]''.
* Paul Atreides and his mother in the original ''[[Dune]]'' seek refuge among the Fremen after the Harkonnens kill his father the Duke Leto. Whom he rallies into an unstoppable army and uses to claim the Golden Lion Throne.
** In the prequel novels, the entire House Vernius goes renegade after their world of Ix gets invaded by the Tleilaxu with the secret support from Padishah-Emperor Elrood IX and, later, his son Shaddam IV. All but one end up dead before Rhombur Vernius re-takes the planet with the help of the Atreides and receives his father's title of Earl.
* In [[Sergey Lukyanenko]]'s ''[[Seekers of the Sky]]'' duology, Junior Prince Marcus, a bastard son of the Possessor, is hunted by the entire State and, later, by the Russian Khanate as well.
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "[[Rogues in
* Sort of happens to David in [[The Bible]]. He was just a shepherd boy, but was anointed as the king of Israel by the prophet Samuel. Unfortunately, Saul was still the king, and was not very excited about this. David eventually ends up on the run from Saul.
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* River and Simon Tam in ''[[Firefly]]''.
** A classic example of "seeking shelter among the barbarians and going native"
* Arthur, after Morgana's power grab in season 3 of ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''
** {{spoiler|And again at the end of season 4.}}
* Snow White, in Once Upon A Time due to her past with the Evil Queen in the Fairy World.
== Mythology and Legend ==
* Æneas fleeing after the fall of Troy, as told in the ''[[
* Jason in ''Jason and the Golden Fleece''.
** Similarly, Medea after the events of ''[[
* Odysseus sort of runs into this situation; though he isn't directly ousted, his prolonged absence causes his realm to be taken over and plundered by his wife's villainous suitors, and when he finally returns from his various voyages, to reclaim his land he needs to disguise himself as a beggar, gather his allies, and fight a battle against a small army of noblemen.
* [[Robin Hood]], in those stories that make him the Earl of Huntingdon or Robert/Robin of Locksley.
== Theatre ==
* Duke Senior and his men, Rosalind, and Celia in [[
* Macduff and Malcolm end up like this in ''[[
* The bandits in ''[[
== Western Animation ==
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== Video Games ==
* [[The Legend of Zelda|Princess Zelda]] in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
* Many nobles in the [[Fire Emblem]] series become disenfranchised and hunted before either joining or forming a massive army to reclaim their kingdoms, starting from the original [[The Hero|Marth]], and later reflected by supporting Characters in the [[Fire Emblem Tellius
* Gorath from ''[[Betrayal
* In ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'', the [[Player Character]] of the human noble origin goes rogue. Subverted in that it is not because he/she is a Cousland but because he/she is a Grey Warden.
** In the prequel novel ''The Stolen Throne'', Moira Theirin the Rebel Queen is the rightful ruler of Ferelden, whose father was forcibly removed from his throne by an Orlesian usurper. Since then, she has formed [[La Résistance|a rebellion]] against the occupation. After she is assassinated, her young son Maric becomes the King-in-exile. There are also several nobles that join the rebellion.
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