Reaper Graesham Campaign: Episode 3
"that way, you get all the people following you as you 'uphold the martyr's ideals' _without_ said martyr yammering on with their own ideas!
Metemorphisis Prequel [Long Day]
Beings that are capable of doing so either expend their life energies trying to leave their planet thus becoming part of the universal hierarchy, live secluded lives away from the general populous, or become martyrs to regulate the planets civilizations throughout
Dry Eyes, Cold Hearts (Ch. 4)
They'll make a martyr of him. mark my words, i'll not remain chief long." "would they really be so bold?" "look around, and tell me yourself how many remain loyal to me."
Chapter 6: Uneasy Welcome
"besides riding in and making martyrs of ourselves?" joked stone. "i'm tapped." "you mean all that time during the war, you never fired a weapon? what kind of idiot do you take me for?"
Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 11
Now, if you insist on martyrizing yourself for the village, at least do it tomorrow morning, after you've had a good night's sleep -" "father!" kiana said. "- and a chance to say goodbye to the ones you've come to love so much.
Ragnarok - XXII
I name thee martyr, name thee sacrifice! i name thee roland, sebastian, hector! i name thee mandos, gleaner of the dead! i name thee gallows god and glad of war! i name thee odin! and i summon thee to thy place, which is ragnarok and doom!"
Paraskepite- Epilog
"maybe but i don't think anyone wants me turned into a martyr." "you play a dangerous game my friend. i hope you make the right choice. "we will see." "and what about your cat?"
The Lead Crown: Ch 3c, Making Friends (pt 3)
It didn't involve you getting killed in a hopelessly stupid charge, and it isn't something you can change by being some kind of martyr now.
Surface (Chapter 5)
For one thing, she'd wished it hadn't taken the suicide of a poet to lend her work notoriety, and had wondered where this fan base had been when she'd still been alive and would have needed them the most, rather than when they'd needed a martyr.
Gap Year: Psycho Killer
And i'm telling you to help us or there'll be a tragic story about being killed by humans and you'll be our martyr." i glanced over at jake and he shook his head. "if i help you, you don't ever point a gun at either of us.
Bowser's Counterattack (Part 1)
But if you fail... eheheh... then i'll send a flattering picture of you back to where you came from, and people will see how much of a martyr you wanted to be..."
CREATURA Novel Excerpt
For a few brief seconds, as the sun silhouettes the buildings, i could almost imagine them whole again, as they were before the great pandemic, before the year of the six billion martyrs.