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* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', immediately after the death of Fëanor:
{{quote|"Then Maedhros ... persuaded his brothers to feign to treat with Morgoth, and to meet his emissaries at the place appointed; but the Noldor had as little thought of faith as had he. Wherefore each embassy came with greater force than was agreed; but Morgoth sent the more, and there were Balrogs."}}
* The novelization of the strategy game ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]: Mark of Chaos'' had this going on with its Chaos protagonist. It's made clear from the beginning that he and his superior loathe each other since the latter is a sorcerer and he is a Khornate Champion, meaning he abhors most magic. When they get to the resting place of the [[MacGuffin]], {{spoiler|the sorcerer decides he doesn't need his champion anymore and turns around to incinerate him, only to notice and narrowly evade the axe headed for his head. The following fight ends after the initially losing Champion receives a gift of his god making him near-immune against all magic.}}
* This happens in the [[Discworld]] novel ''[[Discworld/Mort|Mort]]'' when [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] and Mort are getting a countdown to begin their fight. Both of them attack on two.
* In the [[Percy Jackson]] series Zeus, Poseidon and Hades - the Big Trio of gods exhibiting sibling rivalry of divine proportions - make an oath not to have any more children with mortal women, since said children become too powerful and could be used against each other. As even gods cannot be expected to keep it in their pants for too long, Zeus and Poseidon both break the oath and father children. (Hades had fathered children before they made the oath, and he hides them in a [[Place Beyond Time]] to protect them from the other two.) When the children or 'demigods' are found, it escalates the rivalry from divine proportions to... [[Buffy-Speak|something even more divine]].
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