/lit/ - Literature

>>22310396
OP here again.
No seriously, I want to know where that archetype comes from. I have to guess it's some Arthurian tale thing? I never read Arthurian stuff. But I'm guessing it's related, because all the stories that use this archetype also have the accompanying archetype of the prince who is going to win his succession to the throne and unite the kingdom for a new era of peace.

It's usually the little rat assassin dog archetype who acts as the prince's right hand man.
A slightly less similar archetype exists in A Shadow in Summer. Where the supposed main character is just really good at 1 thing, so he's carried around by all these important people, and follows the man who is a secret princes, who would one day become a uniting emperor. The only difference here, is that the rat-dog character isn't an assassin. However, he also does fucked up shit, causes more problems for everyone around him, and never grows for the better.