History Main / CoveredWithScars

* Kvothe from ''Literature/TheKingkillerChronicle''

* Jasper from ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', due to his past as a BloodKnight.

* Miles Vorkosigan of the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' has had a ton of surgeries from broken bones, bone replacements, and a needle grenade.

* The Franchise/KingdomHearts fanfic series, ''Fanfic/InstinctivelyFamily'', Lea picks up several scars. The burn scar from his sacrifice in VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII, Larxene's knives in the first fic, and the large scar on his side based off a version of the events from the [[Manga/KingdomHeartsII manga]].

* [[DeityOfHumanOrigin The Colonel]] from ''VideoGame/CultistSimulator'' had been called "The Tribune of Scars" for a reason. Scars cover every inch of his body, including [[EyeScream the eyes]]. It was done deliberately, to protect him from magical power of an eldritch god he had slain even before his own ascension.

* In ''VideoGame/FableI'' and [[VideoGame/FableII its sequel]] there's a good chance your character will end up like this as they acquire scars rapidly when they're hurt in combat.

** The jury's still out on Setzer of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' -- his ''face'' is absolutely covered in numerous slash scars, but, given that he is TheDandy to end all others in this game, we also never see any part of his skin ''other'' than his face.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', Jecht's torso and arms are covered in tens of scars, being a WalkingShirtlessScene and all.
* Hanako Ikezawa from ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' has extensive burn scars covering half of her body. And yes, she is a BrokenBird, since the house fire that gave her those scars also killed both of her parents [[spoiler:and while the people from the OrphanageOfLove she lived in treated her more or less well... she was ''heavily'' bullied in middle school because of them.]]
* Darth Sion from ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords KotOR 2]]'' is covered with scars, although calling them that might be a bit of an understatement -- they're more like large cracks in his skin. This results from [[spoiler:his technically being dead; his body is held together through the sheer power of the Dark Side, so his body is decomposing.]] Appropriately, he's known as the [[RedBaron Lord of Pain]].
* Multiple characters in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' note that Link is covered in faint scars from his battle during the Calamity, [[InformedDeformity though this doesn't show up on his character model]].
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
** Following his/her return from the dead in the second game, Commander Shepard has a large number of scars covering cybernetic implants, as they were woken before Cerberus finished complete facial reconstruction.
** [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership Admiral Hackett]].
** [[OldSoldier Zaeed Massani]].
* Solid Snake has always been one of the poster men for badasses in video games, but in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', when you ''actually'' see the toll of just how much damage has been done to his body over the years, you can't help but feel incredibly sorry for him.

* In ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', Akihito has become this after several months of training in the wilderness.
* In ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', The Nameless One is the poster child for this trope. It's kind of hard to tell on account of him having so many that he hasn't got much skin left to contrast against the scar tissue.
* In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIII'', the survivor of the peace mission is covered in scars after the group is attacked by [[spoiler:demons]].
* Towa from ''VisualNovel/SlowDamage'' has many scars covering his body, including several on his face. Some are given during the 'euphoric episodes' of his clients, while some are also [[SelfHarm self-inflicted]] due to his penchant for pain.
* Zangief from ''Franchise/StreetFighter,'' who got his scars by wrestling with bears.
* Sergei Dragunov of the ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' series has two scars on his face (a large one running through his lips and a smaller one across his nose), and, if the player opts to make him [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]] in ''Tekken 6'', it can be seen that he has several scars, ranging from large to small (including one that appears to be a bullet wound), on his arms and torso.
* [[TheHero Geralt]] from ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'' is covered from head to toe in tooth and claw marks and various other scars.
** Furthermore, we also see in subsequent games that other Witchers tend to be covered in scars as well. Not hard to believe considering their profession is slaying deadly monsters/beasts for a living.
* In ''VideoGame/XCOM2'', your soldiers can pick up scars or burns after being seriously wounded, or you can add them yourself on their customization screens. Some can be small and stylish, while the options at the other extreme border on FacialHorror.

* Druss the Legend in the ''Literature/{{Drenai}}'' series by Creator/DavidGemmell (although it is mentioned in ''Literature/{{Legend|1984}}'' that he had noticeably fewer scars on his back because he always faced up to danger).

* Druss the Legend in ''Literature/{{Legend}}'' by Creator/DavidGemmell (although it is mentioned that he had noticeably fewer scars on his back because he always faced up to danger).

* Illness from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' has countless scars under her dress as a result of [[spoiler:[[ReligionOfEvil SAMPLE]]'s "[[ColdBloodedTorture worship]]" of her]].

* In ''LightNovel/TheTestamentOfSisterNewDevil'', Basara's body is covered in scars, which are quite visible as he has several on his arms. Both Maria and Mio quickly find out that he's actually quite a skilled fighter, and those scars are a testament to the training he's received.

* Implied with the character of Cargilla in ''LightNovel/{{Vamp}}'', whose face is covered in scars. The narrator adds that if not for the heavy clothing he wears, the rest of his body would probably be covered in scars as well.

* PlayedWith in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture''. Steven does not have any scars, but when he gets an X-Ray for the first time in his life, it's revealed that his skeleton is full of marks from fractures that he never noticed due to his healing abilities. We only see the top half of his torso, but he has an old fracture in his left arm, two in his right arm, and his skull seems to have been completely shattered at one point.

* Following his/her return from the dead in the second game, Commander Shepard from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' has a large number of scars covering cybernetic implants, as they were woken before Cerberus finished complete facial reconstruction.
** From the same series we also have [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Admiral Hackett]] and [[OldSoldier Zaeed Massani.]]

* Downplayed, but later played straight with Hunter from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. Hunter has always had some scars, the most prominent one being a large slash across his right cheek, and "Thanks to Them" shows he has more scars on his bicep, his ankle, and both of his knees. [[spoiler:However, he gets [[DemonicPossession possessed by Belos]] later that same episode, and while he just barely survives, the PossessionBurnout leaves him completely covered in massive swaths of scar tissue. Specifically, the scars take up about a third of his face, half his neck, his entire right shoulder and upper arm, and his left forearm, with the implication being that he has even more scars on his torso and legs.]]

* Downplayed, but later played straight with Hunter from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. Hunter has always had some scars, the most prominent one being a large slash across his right cheek, and "Thanks to Them" shows he has more scars on his bicep, his ankle, and both of his knees. [[spoiler:However, he gets [[DemonicPossession possessed by Belos]] later that same episode, and while he just barely survives, the PossessionBurnout leaves him completely covered in massive swaths of scar tissue. Specifically, the scars take up about a third of his face, half his neck, his entire right shoulder and upper arm, and his left lower arm, with the implication being that he has even more scars on his torso and legs.]]

* Downplayed, but later played straight with Hunter from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. Hunter has always had some scars, the most prominent one being a large slash across his right cheek, and "Thanks to Them" shows he has another scar on his bicep, and one on his ankle. However, [[spoiler:[[PossessionBurnout Belos's possession did a HUGE number on his body]], leaving massive swaths of his skin covered in scar tissue, like his entire left forearm and about a third of his face. And those are just the scars we could ''see''.]]

* ''Fanfic/ExtraLife'' has [[spoiler:[[Anime/DanganRonpa3 Chiaki Nanami]]]] barely surviving her canon CruelAndUnusualDeath thanks to Izuru's help, but her limbs and torso are riddled with scars from the experience. She initially viewed the scars as a proud testament to her survival, but after fully regaining her memories, she sees them as a shameful reminder of her reckless mistakes that got her into the ordeal in the first place.

* Perhaps as part of its deconstruction of medieval era warfare, most characters with battle experience in ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' turn out to have a wealth of scars, especially if you ever see them shirtless. Whenever main character Thorfinn is seen without a shirt in his teen/adult years, it turns out that [[https://i.imgur.com/PvqnJGe.jpg his torso and arms have extensive scarring]]. Thorkell, despite having a virtual InstantDeathRadius in battle, [[https://i.imgur.com/6td5CQY.jpg has plenty of his own]], and Thorgil has several prominent facial scars, numerous ones on his arms, and [[https://i.imgur.com/CJBgXxc.png when he ditched his top]] several more were seen on his torso. In the anime even Thors, who was treated as unquestionably being the WorldsBestWarrior and virtually untouchable in battle, was shown to have several prominent scars on his torso, shoulders, and arms.

* Eep as shown In WesternAnimation/TheCroodsANewAge is covered with scars from her various encounters with the wildlife and being bitten by her little sister Sandy, she’s also has one of her pinky toes bitten off by some unidentified creature which she has replaced with a peanut shell.

* Randal Oland from ''Anime/PumpkinScissors''. He got most of them during the war that occurred before the series begins.

* ''Literature/{{Kane}}'': Efrel from ''Darkness Weaves'' is hideously mutilated, whatever is left of her skin, is covered with scars, with the sole exception of her hands and half of her face. In her BackStory, her husband, king Netisten Maril, sentenced her to be [[CruelAndUnusualDeath dragged through the streets by an enraged bull]] as a punishment for her betrayal. Being a HalfHumanHybrid, she survived but did not heal.

* In the ''Manga/SoulEater'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9440756/1/Alive Alive,]]'' Crona has scars all over his body from [[GuineaPigFamily his mother's experiments on him]], from the people he killed trying to fight him, and [[SelfHarm from himself,]] when it all became too much to take.
* Subverted in the crossover story ''Fanfic/TheBridge''. Princess Luna's magic had an adverse effect on the ponified Godzilla's HealingFactor, shutting it off in their fight. Because of this, his old scars resurfaced and he was riddled with them. Fortunately after the brawl, Godzilla's regenerative powers returned and he was good as new soon. It's later implied this is how he's supposed to look but his HealingFactor just makes the scars hard to see.
* By the end of ''WebAnimation/CabinetManCompleteEvilSpottedleafMAP'', Hollyleaf is covered in raw, red scars.
* In the MegaCrossover roleplay/fanfic ''Fanfic/CrossoverChaos'', many characters are this. [[ComicStrip/BeetleBailey Killer Diller]], [[Series/{{MASH}} Klinger]] and Jamie Farr are the three most notable ones. Justified, Missouri is a very dangerous place in the story.
* In ''Fanfic/TheElementsOfFriendship'', Applejack has several scars along her back, thanks to the beasts in the Everfree Forest.

* The ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' fic ''FanFic/ExtraLife'' has [[spoiler:[[Anime/DanganRonpa3 Chiaki Nanami]]]] barely surviving her canon CruelAndUnusualDeath thanks to Izuru's help, but her limbs and torso are riddled with scars from the experience. She initially viewed the scars as a proud testament to her survival, but after fully regaining her memories, she sees them as a shameful reminder of her reckless mistakes that got her into the ordeal in the first place.

* At the end of the fifth season of ''Series/TwentyFour'', Jack Bauer is captured by the Chinese Government and held prisoner. By the time he's released at the beginning of Season 6, he has numerous scars all over his body from the torture he was put through.

* Season 9 of ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' features a new mother whose back and shoulders are covered in small scars. Trixie removes the woman's shirt to help with a breastfeeding complication, and immediately asks, "who did that?" The mother says her ex-husband repeatedly whipped her with a belt, and the scars are from the buckle breaking skin.

* [[spoiler: Boba Fett]], as shown for the first time without his iconic helmet in the first episode of Season 2 of ''Series/TheMandalorian''.