Compare Madonna Archetype, Moses Archetype, Pietà Plagiarism, Crystal Dragon Jesus. See Away in a Manger for Nativity parallels at an earlier point on the life timeline. Those who fall into this archetype are often Allegorical Characters. This trope is the good counterpart to the The Antichrist, which are characters inspired by the being of the same name as portrayed in the Book of Revelation note though the book itself only refers to him as 'The Beast'. The Ur Examples include Osiris (Egyptian) and Inanna (ancient Mesopotamia and the actual city of Ur) making this trope Older Than They Think. It's also not necessary for the archetypal character to be even remotely Christian. Even spawns of The Devil themselves can be Messianic Archetypes (such as the more messianic versions of the Anti-Anti-Christ). The Messianic Archetype is about the role the character has in the events of the plot and can have any personality traits, even overtly villainous ones. All-Loving Hero is about a character type with certain personality traits. However, keep in mind that All-Loving Hero and the Messianic Archetype are not synonymous. Some takes on what makes a Messianic Archetype include All-Loving Hero, the Dark Messiah (the extreme Anti-Hero version), The Antichrist, the False Prophet (the lying scammer version), and the Anti-Anti-Christ. Crucified Hero Shot (or other parallels to the Passion Play).Other elements may be mixed and matched as required but the Messianic Archetype will include one or more of the following: They endure a sizable sacrifice as the means of bringing that salvation about for others, a fate they do not deserve up to and including death or a Fate Worse than Death. They are portrayed as a savior, whether the thing they are saving is a person, a lot of people or the whole of humanity. In media, the Messianic Archetype is a character whose role in the story (but not necessarily personality) echoes that of Christ.

'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.While the word 'messiah' has different meanings in different cultures and there have been dozens of claimants to the title according to Wikipedia, for most Western intents and purposes, the term has been Hijacked by Jesus, with Jesus becoming the Trope Maker. Even after flying halfway around the world, it still keeps happening to her.

What she doesn’t know is that behind the Great Firewall of China there are secrets. When Mike mentions he has family-of a sort-in China, she even has a destination. What she needs most of all is a vacation. There are family reunions to avoid, realm championships to win, and an AI-human hybrid in her life. Kimberly Trayne has no time for the past. Fifteen million Chinese died in the worst natural disaster in human history.

When it finally did, a wall of water six hundred feet high rushed down the Yangtze River, destroying other dams as it went. Geologists warned it was inevitable that an earthquake would collapse the Three Gorges Dam.

Dragon's Ark by D. Scott Johnson