"Were Dylan and Kevin supposed to be the insidious foreigners or the heroic defenders of truth, justice, and the American way?"

Thus, Brutus was the heroic defender of the republic, at the cost of his own family.

He became known as the heroic defender of the Tatár Pass in the Carpathian Mountains.

German neo-pagans saw him as a heroic defender of Germany's traditional beliefs and their gods, resisting the "foreign" religion of Christianity.

The band and their leader (voivode) are remembered as heroic defenders of Kruševo and the surrounding villages.

To others "they (Parker and his cohorts) were heroic defenders of the just rights of man against manstealers and murderers".

The winning method was precise, foolproof and not to be stopped, even by a heroic defender.

Otherwise Saltini is going to make himself into the heroic defender of Caledon independence--and be in power forever.

In retrospect, Raleigh was seen as a heroic defender of English interests against the Spanish imperial colossus.

The ascended Ancients did not become involved in the struggle and thereby allow the humans from Earth to maintain their role as heroic defenders.