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* This is one of the defining traits of [[Evil Overlord|the Lady]] in the ''[[Black Company]]'' novels- she's almost entirely devoid of compassion and mercy, and totally devoid of remorsely, but neither is she cruel for the sake of cruelty- everything she does is to get some kind of advantage, and her empire is designed to be stable and enduring. She's deliberately contrasted with her psychotic rival {{spoiler|and sister}} Soulcatcher, who is pretty much pure chaos, and her ex-husband, [[Sealed Evil in a Can|the Dominator]], whose empire, rather than being opressive but stable and organized was almost literal [[Hell on Earth]].
* In a flashback in [[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows]], Voldemort refrains from murdering a kid who tried to talk to him simply because it was quite unnecessary to do so.
* In [[Belisarius Series]] Narses is a partial example. His chief motive seems to be delight in [[Because I'm Good At It|craftsmanship]] however given that, he has utter contempt for incompetent evil. Damadora is a better example. He is willing to do evil things up to and including war crimes-but only if he thinks it necessary to achieve his goal which seems to be roughly, keeping him and his family from being executed first, and stopping the war second.
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