In general I never take credit for slaying a named foe, as others have already mentioned. Certainly, I might have run into a giant Bomb-like creature, which split into several Grenades once I thought that I had finished it, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it was -THE- Mama Bomb.
In a similar vein, I never regard the big bads as canonically dead, until new lore is added to reflect this.. For example in Guild Wars 2, Zhaitan the big bad dragon of Undeath was canonically dead/defeated by the release of the first Southsun Cove content patch (a fact that many have decided to overlook, but that is besides the point), from that point forward I wouldn't have raised an eyebrow at someone who claimed to be a part of the Pact's Airship forces who took part in that battle and came out of it alive.. If someone claimed to be a part of the group that went toe-to-toe with him.. I might be a bit more pensive.
In a similar vein, I never regard the big bads as canonically dead, until new lore is added to reflect this.. For example in Guild Wars 2, Zhaitan the big bad dragon of Undeath was canonically dead/defeated by the release of the first Southsun Cove content patch (a fact that many have decided to overlook, but that is besides the point), from that point forward I wouldn't have raised an eyebrow at someone who claimed to be a part of the Pact's Airship forces who took part in that battle and came out of it alive.. If someone claimed to be a part of the group that went toe-to-toe with him.. I might be a bit more pensive.
There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise of virtue. - Erich Fromm