History CategoryTraitor / VideoGames

** Shepard gets this accusation a few times. An Alliance admiral in [[VideoGame/MassEffect the first game]] accuses you of putting the Council's agenda before humanity's, and asks "Do you still know what color your blood is?". In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' ''Citadel'' DLC, the BigBad ([[spoiler:your own clone]]), expresses similar sentiments, derisively saying that Shepard has saved more alien lives than human ones. You can retort that all lives matter, or that the BigBad has only taken lives, and as such has no place to talk.

* In ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'', The Council and Bradford specifically calls EXALT "traitors" rather than just enemies. This is probably one of the only times in fiction where this is ''completely'' {{justified}}, as EXALT is composed of [[TheQuisling humans who are trying to helping aliens take over the Earth.]]

*** The Dalish often regard their City Elf cousins as this. There is a common belief that because the "[[FantasticSlurs Flat-Ears]]" have accepted submission and being treated like second-class citizens by the humans, they are no longer truly Elven. The degree of contempt varies significantly by clan; Clan Lavellan from ''Inquisition'' risks their lives to protect Wycome's city elves (and has no problem with one of their own leading a largely-human organization), while the clan seen in ''Literature/TheMaskedEmpire'' rejects any suggestion that they help Orlais's city elves out of hand.
*** City elves and Dalish elves both also look down even more on elves who have attempted to integrate into human society.
*** You get the opportunity to level this accusation against an elf who joins in with the Tevinter operation to enslave elves. Regardless of what race the PlayerCharacter is, you can ask her how she could be a part of it, to which she contemptuously asks why she should feel any particular kinship to them, and states that she is a citizen and soldier of the Imperium first and foremost. In general (perhaps due to problems with this trope), the game focuses primarily on her being a [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slaver]], which is a bad thing no matter how you slice it.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', during her romance arc, this is the reason why Merrill is initially unwilling to act upon her feelings for Hawke. As a member of the Dalish Elves and the former apprentice to her clan's Keeper, she more than anyone desires to see the Elves rebuild their civilisation after its near-destruction by humans (''twice'') and admits to feeling like she's betraying her people by falling in love with one of them. That being said, her own clan is less worried about her romancing a human and more about her playing with BloodMagic in her attempts to learn more about elf history.

*** Sera is a ''proud'' category traitor; after her fellow elves rejected her for being adopted by a human noblewoman (who wasn't the best parent, [[ParentsAsPeople but at least she tried]] while the elves never bothered), she has firmly [[InternalizedCategorism recategorized herself]] as a human who just so happens to have weird ears, and despises elves who attempt to keep to elf culture. Being "too elfy" (a category that includes pretty much anything an elf society might do- for example, elves usually have kids with other elves because elf/human hybrids are genetically human, so Sera in reverse is reluctant to romance an elf Inquisitor) is a great way to earn her scorn.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild:'' This is how the Gerudo see Ganondorf, who despite by this point degradating into the AnimalisticAbomination that is Calamity Ganon there is still enough knowledge among the Gerudo of when he was a human that they're ashamed to have any connection to him. Urbosa in particular relishes the opportunity to take revenge on him for dragging the Gerudo through the mud by association with his atrocities even if the other people of Hyrule either don't know about the connection or don't care.

*** You get the opportunity to level this accusation against an elf who joins in with the Tevinter operation to enslave elves. Regardless of what race the PlayerCharacter is, you can ask her how she could be a part of it, to which she contemptuously asks why she should feel any particular kinship to them, and states that she is a citizen and soldier of the Imperium first and foremost. In general (perhaps due to problems with this trope), the game focuses primarily on her being a [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slaver]] (bad thing regardless of who's doing it) and secondly [[spoiler:being Fenris's sister]] (ItsPersonal), with her being an elf a distant third.

** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', during her romance arc, this is the reason why Merrill is initially unwilling to act upon her feelings for Hawke. As a member of the Dalish Elves and the former apprentice to her clan's Keeper, she more than anyone desires to see the Elves rebuild their civilisation after its near-destruction by humans (''twice'') and admits to feeling like she's betraying her people by falling in love with one of them.

*** The Dalish often regard their City Elf cousins as this. There is a common belief that because the "[[FantasticSlurs Flat-Ears]]" have accepted submission and being treated like second-class citizens by the humans, they are no longer truly Elven. Opinion seems to be divided between those who regard their cousins as little different than humans, and those who believe they are little better than ''pets''.

*** You get the opportunity to level this accusation against an elf who joins in with the Tevinter operation to enslave elves. Regardless of what race the PlayerCharacter is, you can ask her how she could be a part of it, to which she contemptuously asks why she should feel any particular kinship to them, and states that she is a citizen and soldier of the Imperium first and foremost. Though her rebuff to this trope is valid enough, the fact that [[MoralEventHorizon she is involved in slavery]] makes it rather unlikely that anyone will see her as anything less than a monster, although (possibly due to the problems of this trope) the game doesn't actually treat her as any worse than the humans who enslave elves.

*** Sera is a ''proud'' category traitor; after her fellow elves rejected her for being adopted by a human noblewoman (who wasn't the best parent, [[ParentsAsPeople but at least she tried]] while the elves never bothered), she has firmly [[InternalizedCategorism recategorized herself]] as a human who just so happens to have weird ears, and despises elves who attempt to keep to elf culture. Being "too elfy" is a great way to earn her scorn.

** In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', you can join the Stormcloaks, who want to kick all non-Nords out of Skyrim, even if you aren't a Nord, and can tell an NPC that yes, you genuinely believe Skyrim should be for Nords only and your people deserve to be kicked out and don't have the right to be there. He's understandably confused by this. (You can also remind him that more people than just Nords live in Skyrim and may support the Stormcloaks for reasons other than Nordic nationalism- like how the Imperium tried to execute you unjustly in the prologue.)

** In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', you can join the Stormcloaks, who want to kick all non-Nords out of Skyrim, even if you aren't a Nord, and can tell an NPC that yes, you genuinely believe Skyrim should be for Nords only and your people deserve to be kicked out and don't have the right to be there. He's understandably confused by this. (You can also remind him that more people than just Nords live in Skyrim and may support the Stormcloaks for reasons other than Nordic nationalism.)