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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The Emperor killing Horus in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''. One of the more justified examples, as Horus at that point had just led a daemon-empowered invasion of Terra, ripped the Imperium apart in civil war that had claimed ''trillions'' of lives, corrupted half of his brothers, killed one of his brothers who remained loyal to the Emperor, consorted with daemons, destroyed multiple planets, laid siege to the Emperor's palace and was at that moment trying to eviscerate the Emperor. As with everything, when [[Warhammer 40,000]] justifies a trope, it [[Up to Eleven|doesn't do it by halves.]]
* Commonly done by drow in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', as drow parents know that if their offspring become strong enough to off ''them'', they ''will''. That's how strongly their [[Social Darwinist]] nature is. Lolth herself murdered her own daughter (or rather, tricked the high priestess Halisstra into killing her) in the third novel of ''[[The Lady Penitent]]'' series<ref>Eilistraee actually survived, although exactly how is not clear; she was not the only presumed-dead character who was discovered alive after the Sundering.</ref>, an act that caused Lolth to truly cross the [[Moral Event Horizon]] in the eyes of fans.
* In ''[[Planescape]]'', Broken Reach is a city on Pazunia known for being the commerce center of the Abyss (that means its a huge [[Black Market]]), ruled by a powerful [[Horny Devils|succubus]] named Red Shroud. She does not ''kill'' her offspring, but she does sell them at the city's slave markets before they fully mature, seeing them as threats to her power. Fall-From-Grace from the game ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' was a victim of this. It is strongly hinted that Shroud's own mother (Malcanthet herself) got rid of ''her'' this way, and it is no secret that Shroud desires to overthrow her mother and gain her title as Queen of Succubi.
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