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{{quote|''"You keep what you kill."''|'''Creed of the Necromongers''', ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick]]''}}
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** This is also true for the office of Evil, which passes on in <s>the exact same way.</s> a similar manner, being transferred to whomever successfully cons the title away from the incumbent. If the incumbent resigns and/or gets killed, the most evil person on Earth is drafted for the job.
* In the [[Clive Barker]] short story and film ''The Midnight Meat Train'', the main character kills the butcher who provides food for the underground cannibals, and is then drafted as the new butcher.
* In [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''A Princess Of Mars'', the first [[John Carter of Mars]] novel, Carter kills a Green Barsoomian, and finds he inherits all the warrior's
* Among the Children of the Light in the [[Wheel of Time]], there is an almost-forgotten section in their law entitled Trial by the Light. One Child claims his right to Trial by the Light to bring another to justice, then the two fight a lethal duel, and the loser's rank and property are forefit to the victor. Galad invokes this to {{spoiler|become Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light}}.
** There is also the tradition of Blademasters. One of the two methods of becoming a Blademaster is to kill a Blademaster in fair single combat with swords, upon which you get his rank and his sword (traditionally marked with a heron).
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''
** In ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' the title of Magister and accompanying special powers are "inherited" by winner once Magister is defeated. This leads to Magisters being extremely dangerous wizards even ''before'' taking said powers, so while formal challenge and non-lethal combat are quite acceptable, victory usually was achieved via killing one's predecessor in some sort of surprise attack. Sometimes even
*** Could be considered a subversion, as [[Word of God]] claims that the Magister's title is {{spoiler|actually [[Schmuck Bait]], instigated by Mystra so that hyperaggressive wizards have a prize to kill one another over, rather than leave them running loose and causing havoc for everyone else.}}
** The 3rd Edition Dungeon Master's Guide says that because goblins are [[Lawful Evil]], their government is rulership by the strong. This means that if the goblin king is killed, the killer usually takes the king's place.
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* ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'': Whoever kills the spirit eater will almost certainly become its next host body.
** Well, it's more an issue of proximity, it seems - if you took him out with an arrow to the face and someone else happened to be standing closer, ''they'd'' likely pay for your trigger-happy tendencies. ''And then they'd eat you.''
* One ending in ''[[Princess Maker]] 2''
* It is stated in the Secret Reports of ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' that the guy who kills the Composer becomes the Composer. Three people Neku encounters have this intention; first is Joshua, {{spoiler|who is lying through his teeth because he ''is'' the Composer}}, the second is Beat, {{spoiler|who just wants to restore Rhyme}}, and the third is {{spoiler|a revived Sho Minamimoto for he-of-the-[[Fan Nickname|Jesus Beam]] only knows why}}. It never comes to it, mind, but that tidbit is there for you to know.
* In the first ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]'', Lenneth recruits at least three souls {{spoiler|Jelanda, Jin, and Gandar}} by killing them herself.
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