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** In ''The Last Hero'', he even volunteers for a dangerous mission to save the world with the explanation that he'll probably stumble or be dragged into it anyway, and this way saves him the hassle. He still doesn't want to go, though. His companions agree with him, then put him on the mission.
* Arguably, [[Sherlock Holmes]]. As a consulting detective, he took clients based mostly on his subjective interest in the case or the challenge of the mystery and rarely because of any moral judgment. Holmes rarely executed justice himself, reserving that for the local authorities, and in a few cases let the antagonist off scot-free once the mystery was solved.
** The literary Holmes very much cares about justice and even went after Moriarty of his own accord at least partly because of his "horror at his crimes". On the rare occassions he lets the criminal go he usually has some sympathy with the or doesn't regard them as being particular bad or dangerous; when he and Watson witness the murder of blackmailer Charles Milverton by the wife of one of his victims, he refuses to help the police because he regarded Milverton as an [[Asshole Victim]]. <ref> Witnesses had seen the supposed killers who were really Holmes and Watson fleeing the scene, having commited burglarly to help out their client; however, Holmes had made clear his distate of Milverton beforehand and doubtless wouldn't have helped much anyway, especially since he knew [[Sympathetic Murderer|the motive.]]</ref> He only turned down cases if they bored him if the crime in question didn't appear to be serious, and he never turned down murder. His motives can be best surmised in his [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to jewel thief and [[Aristocrats Are Evil|evil aristocrat]] Count Sylvanius- he enjoys the challenge and the thrill of the chase, but he also wants to rid the country of dangerous pests. In many stories he's working as a spy or spycatcher and displaying some downright patriotic motivations.
* Commissar [[Ciaphas Cain]] repeatedly pulls some truly heroic stunts despite being, well, [[Fake Ultimate Hero|himself]], not because he ''wants'' to do it, but because he ''has''. Either he doesn't want to [[Slave to PR|ruin his reputation]] and lose all the perks it gives him, or he has learned in a hard way that meeting the danger is actually ''safer'', or he might simply [[Unreliable Narrator|not give a credit where it is due]]. His editor, Inquisitor Amberley Vail, certainly leans to the third option.
* Travis McGee takes on new cases when he needs the money, and spends the rest of his time taking his retirement "in installments."
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** In that case, this might as well apply to any MMORPG.
* Every member of Squad 7 in ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' is a member of a manditory citizen militia. While some of them joined voluntarily, others were simply drafted in.
* In the world of ''[[
* ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' usually has one recruitable character per game whose only motivation is money, usually starting out as an enemy but making it perfectly clear that they'll do a [[Heel Face Turn]] in exchange for a significant amount of gold. In order, there's [[Fire Emblem Jugdral|Beowolf]], [[Fire Emblem Elibe|Hugh, Farina]], [[Fire Emblem the Sacred Stones|Rennac]], [[Fire Emblem Tellius|Volke, and Volke again]]. These characters range from "good person at heart, but extremely greedy" (Farina) to "will take on any job, no matter how unsavory, as long as the price is right" (Volke).
** Volke won't take any job. He refuses to be hired by the [[Complete Monster]] of ''Radiant Dawn.''
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