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[[File:WritingOnTheStone.jpg|frame|A [[Fairy Tale]] prince reads his options, from "Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird, and the Gray Wolf"]]
{{quote|''"How far are you prepared to go? How much are you prepared to risk? How many people are you prepared to sacrifice for victory? Are you willing to die friendless, alone, deserted by everyone? Because that's what may be required of you in the war that is to come."''
|'''Sebastian''', ''[[Babylon 5]]''}}
▲{{quote|''"How far are you prepared to go? How much are you prepared to risk? How many people are you prepared to sacrifice for victory? Are you willing to die friendless, alone, deserted by everyone? Because that's what may be required of you in the war that is to come."''|'''Sebastian''', ''[[Babylon 5]]''}}
A figure or event that tests the resolve of a [[Heroes|Hero]] as he pursues his destiny and/or his goal. The Guardian is not necessarily adversarial, but puts the hero in a position where he must make a decision that reflects a sincere commitment to the task at hand, by providing a threat or bar to progress that the hero must specifically choose to overcome.
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A guardian challenging an [[Anti-Hero]] may provide them with the opportunity to prove their willingness to perform [[Dirty Business|morally questionable]] or [[Shoot the Dog|outright evil]] acts, such as sacrificing others.
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== Anime
* Subverted in ''[[Bleach]]''—when Ichigo encounters a Hollow trying to catch a lost soul, Rukia tries to turn the fight into his Threshold Guardian event, demanding that he either let the Hollow eat the ghost or vow to protect ''all'' souls. It flops, as Ichigo shuts her up mid-sentence and saves the soul because he ''wants'' to.
** The spirit in Ichigo's Zanpaktou tests Ichigo several times.
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* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718151331/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/stories/birdgrip.html The Bird Grip]'' and ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131027163722/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/stories/goldbird.html The Golden Bird]'', despite warnings, the older princes go to the merry inn, where they forget their father, and their quest. The [[Youngest Child Wins|youngest]] goes to the dark inn and travels on to complete the quest.
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130313071035/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/sevenfoals.html The Seven Foals]'', an old woman tries to lure aside the men set to watch the king's foals all day. She succeeds with the older two of three brothers, but the youngest runs by her.
== Fan Works ==
* At one point in the 1990s-vintage ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]/[[Shadowrun]]'' crossover fic ''[[A Wolf in Crisis]]'', main character Fenris -- a ''Shadowrun'' Wolf shaman accidentally transported to Megatokyo -- performs an astral quest and must face the game's Dweller on the Threshold, whom he finds annoying and borderline sadistic in its challenges.
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