Captain Ahab

One-legged captain pursues a single white whale across the worlds oceans; conscripts his entire crew into his monomania; refuses the help offered, refuses the sane voyage; goes down lashed to the thing he hunted. Failure mode: Personal vendetta dressed as commission; the entire crew sacrificed to one mans wound. Restoration path: Could have turned back at any port. Markers: earlier injury becomes ruling purpose; crew conscripted into private grudge; ignores warnings from the lawful trade; other ships ignored or used; goes down still chasing — Captain Ahab, Melville, Moby-Dick (Literature)