History SacrificialLion / Videogames

* Most of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' follows Shulk's revenge plot, but rather than simply [[StuffedInTheFridge fridge]] his love interest, Fiora goes out with a bang. After Shulk unlocks the power of the Monado, he can finally harm the mechon that are currently attacking Colony 9, but for some reason he can't harm their apparent leader, a mysterious mechon with a face. Just as he, Reyn, and Dunban are about to die, Fiora [[BigDamnHeroes bursts onto the scene in a freaking mech]]. Of the four playable characters, she is the only one who manages to harm the faced mechon at all, but she draws too much attention and is murdered for her bravery. To make matters worse, Shulk foresees the whole thing, but is powerless to actually stop it.

* One GuestStarPartyMember in nearly every [[VideoGame/TalesSeries Tales franchise]] installment.
** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', there's another one as well: the shockingly-appropriately-named Aslan Frings. A RecurringCharacter, he's a soldier of Malkuth and you have the option of going through a long MatchMakerQuest getting him and his Kimlascan counterpart, Jozette Cecille, together. After the war ends, they're engaged to be married, and their marriage is said to be a symbol of the newfound peace between the two countries. Whether you do the sidequest or not, though, he gets killed right after the timeskip, as your first indication that you haven't actually resolved the main plot yet.

* Rhyme Bito in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''. Given the information of the instruction booklet, it looked like she would spend the whole game as the MessianicArchetype
** 777, Nao, and Sota also serve as this, all of them surviving a fair way into the game and having CharacterDevelopment before they're offed.

* Harley in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga''. Originally the confident leader of one of the six ruling tribes of his world, the arrival of the Demon Virus triggered a general collapse of his entire command structure, not helped by the new powers the virus had given every member of his tribe. The calm leader turns into a frightened child when met for an intelligence exchange meeting and quickly devolves even further into a scared beast - all of it to show just how dangerous the virus truly is for the inhabitants of the Junkyard.
** This happens midway through the second game after the shit hits the fan and [[DwindlingParty you start losing party members]]; just to emphasize that this is a story where AnyoneCanDie, Serph, the ''freaking main character'', is the first person to get offed.
%%* Isara from ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles''.
* ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' is [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu loaded]] with characters who could at least be considered this - within the [[ShootTheShaggyDog main cast]], no less! The best cases can be made for [[ImpededMessenger Anthony]] and [[GoodShepherd Paul]], who get arguably the most unpleasant ends out of the Chosen - and while most of the others' contribute to an overarching cause in a way that's acknowledged in following chapters, the plot significance of theirs is debatable.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder'', in that Cedric has been Graham's sidekick for most of the game only to be struck down by Mordack at the very end, but not hard enough to kill him.
* Lars Halford in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''. He's initially in charge of [[LaResistance Ironheade]], and about halfway through the game he makes a bold stand against [[BigBad Emperor Doviculus]], declaring that he will lead the humans to rise up and defeat the [[TheLegionsOfHell Tainted Coil]]. Doviculus basically says "Can't let you do that" and [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim fatally stabs Lars where he stands]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'': [[spoiler: Kagura]] is revealed that she will eventually become one as of chapter 24, where [[spoiler: her true identity as the Sacrificial Miko with the god-like power capable of activating the Sword of Kusanagi is revealed.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', Shinjiro Aragaki was killed off to show just how evil Strega is, and to propel the CharacterDevelopment of Ken Amada and Akihiko Sanada, both of whom reach a degree of personal resolution and receive upgraded Personas as a result. Given that he's a well-balanced character and that he has his own personal weapon type that you can continue buying until the end of the game (quite unlike most temporary guest characters), it can come as a bit of a shock. In Persona 3 Portable, it is possible for him to survive only to end up in ConvenientComa because the plot would no longer work otherwise.
** A less obvious example is Chidori Yoshino, the LoveInterest for Junpei. The two spend a lot of time together and we learn quite a few things about her, including her viewpoint on life. During her death scene, she uses her powers to help Junpei get the resolve to continue fighting (plus a new Persona, created by fusing Junpe's Hermes with her Medea). In Persona 3: FES, it is also possible to revive her but she'll have amnesia.
* ''VideoGame/TelltalesGameOfThrones'' somehow manages to do this with a central player character, namely Ethan Forrester, the newly appointed Lord of House Forrester. He is set up to be an important figure in the story, with the player having to make a number of important decisions to decide what kind of Lord he will eventually be. Then he is abruptly stabbed in the neck and killed by a bloodthirsty Ramsay Snow.

* Yoshimo from ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII''. Mind you, ''you're'' the one who kills him, but showing that he's been an unwilling TheMole for the BigBad all along helps.
* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'':
** All the Servants except Rider in the Heavens Feel route. It's a good thing they added about half a dozen characters to the main lineup for this one or we'd be down to Shirou and Tohsaka and no villain.
** Archer in the Fate route. Though the anime gave him [[DyingMomentOfAwesome his crowning moment here]], in the game it [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome happened offscreen]].
* The protagonists brother in ''VideoGame/RedFaction: Guerrilla''. He dies after the tutorial mission, conveniently after you have explained to him you just want to do "honest work" and "are not a terrorist". His death turns you into one. Not by choice.

* Most games in the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series have one. In order, we have Paul Jackson in ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'', either Roebuck or Palonsky and Chernov in ''World at War'', Ghost and Roach in ''Modern Warfare 2'', Dimitri Petrenko in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps Black Ops]]'', Soap in ''Modern Warfare 3'', Alex Mason in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII Black Ops 2]]'' ([[spoiler:although he is a possible subversion if you play your cards right]]), Elias Walker in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts Ghosts]]'', Knox and Cormack in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare Advanced Warfare]]'', and Omar and Raines in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyInfiniteWarfare Infinite Warfare]]''.
* Hawk in ''VideoGame/SoldierOfFortune''. You get to watch the BigBad execute him two-thirds of the way through the game. Big PlayerPunch.
* Anyone who's played the series knows ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' is an AnyoneCanDie series. However, there's usually one or two characters whose deaths really kick the plot into high gear.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' gets MEAN with this. Upon hitting Chapter 5: Door to Destiny (Fitting name) you see 2 former party members die to a boss that you can't fight, but the real kick is when you clear that chapter -- you're treated to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HNE87Taixc the "Battle" of Belhalla]] -- and the death of not one character, but the death of damn near the ENTIRE CAST. AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent...
** The death of Ike's father Greil in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' serves two purposes: it shows how dangerous and powerful the Black Knight is, and it forces a shift in the status quo for Ike. He suddenly goes from being a member of a mercenary company and being mentored by his father to ''leading'' said the mercenary company, when he has no leadership experience whatsoever.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' uses the HeroicSacrifice of [[BigGood Emmeryn]] as this trope. While she did choose to die on her own accord, her act of sacrificing herself leads to her becoming a martyr to most of the people of Plegia. This leads to the war between Plegia and Ylisse to start its abrupt decline, as most of Gangrel's forces refused to fight anymore, only wanting peace, and only his most devoted fighters remaining by his side.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'':
*** The death of [[PlayerCharacter Byleth's]] father Jeralt effectively marks the end of the happy days at Garreg Mach, as afterward, Byleth merges with Sothis, the Flame Emperor is revealed to be Edelgard when the Holy Tomb is raided, and Edelgard attacks Garreg Mach, ending the academy phase of the game.
*** On Azure Moon, Dedue plays a literal [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificial lion]] — Dimitri reveals that Dedue rescued him from near-execution, only to be killed himself. [[spoiler: If his paralogue was completed, it's revealed several chapters later that he [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated survived]], albeit [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat severely injured]]; Dimitri still believed him to be dead.]] This catalyzes Dimitri's BrokenBird state post-timeskip, bumping off [[LivingEmotionalCrutch one of the few characters]] who could get him to see reason, and emphasizes to the player how dire things have gotten in the Kingdom — even in a game where playable characters can be KilledOffForReal, Dedue is the only one to which this can happen ''offscreen''.
*** After the timeskip, either Ashe (on Silver Snow and Verdant Wind), Ferdinand or Lorenz (on Azure Moon), or Ignatz or Leonie (on Crimson Flower) can become this if not recruited during the academy phase, depending on route. Ashe is fought in the Valley of Torment on Silver Snow and Verdant Wind, situated between you and a chest and friendly reinforcements. Ferdinand and Lorenz defend the Great Bridge of Myrddin against Kingdom forces on Azure Moon and are designated as enemy commanders, forcing them to be killed off in order to progress. On the Crimson Flower route, Ignatz and Leonie defend the Great Bridge of Myrddin against the Empire; Ignatz is positioned as such that it's hard to avoid killing him, although with clever use of Stride and Warp alongside flying units, he can be spared, while Leonie hits your flank midway through the battle and will likely need to be taken out unless you can get to the level boss Judith first. Their deaths show that former students, with few exceptions, can be KilledOffForReal in Part 2.

* Briggs the pirate in ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn''. Killed by the shadow monsters spawned by the Grave Eclipse, during the mission to rescue his son Eoleo (who then joins your party [[YouKilledMyFather to avenge him]]).
* Leo from ''VideoGame/TheWitcher''.
** [[spoiler:Vesimir]] in ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt''.
* Duncan from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is introduced as the mentor after you lose everyone else in your Origin, only to be killed off a bit later, before he can even start acting this role. King Cailan can also be considered this, as long as you don't antagonize him.
* In ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion'', we have Siskier in route A, Luciana in route B, and Jenon in route C. Each route also has a few sympathetic enemy characters who serve a similar purpose, at least as far as showing the situation's direness goes.
* If Sarah was a SacrificialLamb in VideoGame/TheLastOfUs, [[spoiler: Joel becomes this in the beginning of VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII. Joel was shown to be brutally bludgeoned to death by an unexpected character by the name of Abby in front of Ellie in order to display how cruel and revenge-driven people can be.]]

* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'''s Bill was one of the playable survivors in the first game. In "The Passing", his corpse can be found slumped up against a generator, his cigarette still in his mouth and his M-16, which you can loot for yourself, in his hands.
** In the DLC campaign [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "The Sacrifice"]] you can relive his last moments.
* Emma from ''VideoGame/TheLastRemnant'' dies in combat against the Conqueror when he single-handedly invades Athlum and steals their Remnant. The impact of her death is only slightly lessened by [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute the arrival of her]] [[SpinOffspring younger daughter Emmy]], who immediately replaces her.
* Almost all of the friendly {{Non Player Character}}s in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' end up dying or going hollow, losing their humanity to the curse of the Undead in the ruins of Lordran.
* In one version of ''VideoGame/AoOni'', after evading the titular monster and navigating through its house, Hiroshi eventually reunites with his friends. As they debate whether or not the creature's real or some sort of ScoobyDooHoax, Takuro tries to take charge and tells everyone [[ThisIsNoTimeToPanic not to panic]]. Cue the Ao Oni [[DropInNemesis popping up]] and [[OffWithHisHead biting his head clean off]], effectively proving it's more than some guy in a suit.
* The While Guthix Sleeps quest in ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' has the player recruit a number of NPC warriors to help them stop a powerful and evil mage from achieving godhood. The [=NPCs=] are all known to the player, from other quests and skill training. Some of them are ones that the player might contact at least once a day. Out of the eight [=NPCs=] that confront the enemy mage, only two survive; one of those only because he is a demon with super healing. It's a gut-punch of popular NPC death in a game where such things had previously been confined to one-time [=NPCs=] inside their own quest chain.
* In ''Xardion'', Panthera (a leopard mecha, thus almost a literal example) is one of the three-party members until being killed off during an escape cutscene.
* Mark from ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' sort of just appears between chapters one and two, and just ''barely'' skirts above SacrificialLamb since he actually does get quite a bit of characterization. Then he abruptly dies just as quickly as he appeared, and is [[ForgottenFallenFriend has immediately forgotten]] by the rest of the cast.
** In the second season, [[spoiler:when Pete was introduced, it seemed like he was being set up to be a major character, as he was the most reasonable of the cabin group, and episode 1 even seemingly ended with a SadisticChoice between either Pete or his nephew, Nick. However, Pete becomes a SacrificialLion because no matter what choice you pick, Pete will die, and Nick will live.]]
* [[spoiler:Captain Brenner]] in ''[[VideoGame/AdvanceWars Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin]]'', who's death comes as a very ''nasty'' PlayerPunch about halfway through the game.
* Zeratul was killed in VideoGame/StarcraftIILegacyOfTheVoid while freeing Artanis from a link with his people called the Khala which the main villain corrupted and used to take over his body. Zeratul was instrumental in laying out the path for the characters of this game as well as VideoGame/StarcraftIIWingsOfLiberty and VideoGame/StarcraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm.
* Latios and Latias star in a prominent sidequest in the postgame of ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonRescueTeam'' which characterizes them enough to become this in ''VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon'' in which they get the "honor" of being the first [[OlympusMons Legendary Pokémon]] to be [[TakenForGranite turned into stone]] by the antagonist. Their functional deaths are frequently lamented by the partner character, and also kickstarts the game's case of CerebusSyndrome in the story's second half.

* [[spoiler: Alys Brangwin]] from ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV''.
* Sergeant Magnusson from ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorVanguard'', the leader of the player's squad, gets killed by a German Sniper halfway through the game.
* ''VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves'': Elena's cameraman Jeff, assumed to become a major character, gets wounded and must be carried while evading gunfire. Regardless of your efforts. He's shot at gunpoint by [[BigBad Lazarevic]].
* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'': Isara Gunther, sister of the hero Welkin, is killed by a sniper about two-thirds of the way through the game, kicking off the darkest part of the game and cementing that WarIsHell.

* Most of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' follows Shulk's revenge plot, but rather than simply [[StuffedInTheFridge fridge]] his love interest, Fiora goes out with a bang. After Shulk unlocks the power of the Monado, he can finally harm the mechon that are currently attacking Colony 9, but for some reason he can't harm their apparent leader, a mysterious mechon with a face. Just as he, Reyn, and Dunban are about to die, Fiora [[BigDamnHeroes bursts onto the scene in a freaking mech]]. Of the four playable characters, she is the only one who manages to harm the faced mechon at all, but she draws too much attention and is murdered for her bravery. To make matters worse, Shulk foresees the whole thing, but is powerless to actually stop it.
* Queen Diene from ''VideoGame/EpicSeven'' was once a nun who successfully saved the world from [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Anghraf The Archdemon]] in the 7th War. [[TheHero Ras]] meets her in the first chapter. Unfortunately, at the end of that chapter [[spoiler:she's killed by [[FaceHeelTurn Vildred]], who betrays the heroes and joins the Archdemon side. Things start to get serious. However, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation the younger version of her (before Ras meets her in the first chapter) is playable in the later update]]]].
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemptionII'' Most of the characters in the Van Der Linde's gang counts, but the most gut-wrenching one goes out to Hosea Matthews in the end of chapter 4 who was basically the [[OnlySaneMan voice of reason]] for the entire gang and the only one who can keeps Dutch from going to the deep end. Even worse, after his death, Lenny, out of all people, also bites the dust not so long after. No wonder the gang's morale plummeted heavily after the botched robbery.

* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemptionII'' Most of the characters in the Van Der Linde's gang counts, but the most gut-wrenching one goes out to Hosea Matthews in the end of chapter 4. Even worse, after his death, Lenny, out of all people, also bites the dust not so long after. No wonder the gang's morale plummeted heavily after the botched robbery.

* Duncan from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is introduced as the mentor after you lose everyone else in your Origin, only to be killed off a bit later, before he can even start acting this role. King Callinead can also be considered this, as long as you don't antagonize him.

* Most of the characters in the Van Der Linde's gang counts, but the most gut-wrenching one goes out to Hosea Matthews in the end of chapter 4. Even worse, after his death, Lenny, out of all people, also bites the dust not so long after. No wonder the gang's morale plummeted heavily after the botched robbery.

* Queen Diene from ''VideoGame/EpicSeven'' was once a nun who successfully saved the world from [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Anghraf The Archdemon]] in the 7th War. [[TheHero Ras]] meets her in the first chapter. Unfortunately, at the end of that chapter [[spoiler:she's killed by [[FaceHeelTurn Vildred]], who betrays the heroes and joins the Archdemon side. Things start to get serious. However, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation the younger version of her (before Ras meets her in the first chapter) is playable in the later update despite the fact above]]]].

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* Just in the intro, Sarah from ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' takes the cake. Not only it serves as a PlotTriggeringDeath, but also a reminder of how oppressive the world can be to everyone affected.
** In a tragic turn of event, [[spoiler: Joel takes the cake as well in the beginning of VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII. Joel was shown to be brutally bludgeoned to death by an unexpected character by the name of Abby in front of Ellie in order to display how cruel and revenge-driven people can be.]]

* Josef in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' [[GuestStarPartyMember accompanies the party]] to make up for them saving his daughter...and makes a HeroicSacrifice to save them from a boulder trap. It quickly makes clear to the player that [[AnyoneCanDie not even their companions are safe]].
* Tellah in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''. Though his death was probably foreshadowed as an inevitability by the fact that Tellah's stats never go up (and sometimes decline) when he's LevelGrinding. He still manages to [[TookALevelInBadass Take a Level in Badass]] giving his last battle all he's got.
* Galuf in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''. Though it wasn't as much a ''practical'' loss because, upon his death, all his abilities were instantly transferred to his granddaughter Krile, who continued his role in the party as if nothing had changed. Also, his death was remarkably similar to Tellah's in the previous example.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'':
** [[MeaningfulName General Leo.]]
** As does Emperor Gestahl, who finds out, to his dismay, that [[EvilerThanThou someone else]] gets to be the FinalBoss. He only fits this trope if you think he's a sympathetic character, though.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'':
** The original AVALANCHE members, Biggs, Wedge, and Jesse, fill this role. They start off as your initial companions (although not as party members) and are given distinct personalities, but are then promptly killed following a botched attempt to save the Midgar slums.
** Aerith may be a far more definitive version, or possibly [[PlotlineDeath fall into another trope]].
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'': Reddas sacrifices his life to destory the Sun Cryst with the Sword of Kings.

* Rhyme Bito in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''. Given the information of the instruction booklet, it looked like she would spend the whole game as the MessianicArchetype
** 777, Nao and Sota also serve as this, all of them surviving a fair way into the game and having CharacterDevelopment before they're offed.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', Shinjiro Aragaki was killed off to show just how evil Strega is, and to propel the CharacterDevelopment of Ken Amada and Akihiko Sanada, both of whom reach a degree of personal resolution and receive upgraded Personas as a result. Given that he's a well-balanced character and that he has his own personal weapon type that you can continue buying until the end of game (quite unlike most temporary guest characters), it can come as a bit of a shock. In Persona 3 Portable, it is possible for him to survive only to end up in ConvenientComa because the plot would no longer work otherwise.

* ''VideoGame/TelltalesGameOfThrones'' somehow manages to do this with a central player character, namely Ethan Forrester, the newly appointed Lord of House Forrester. He is set up to be an important figure in the story, with the player having to make a number of important decisions as him to decide what kind of Lord he will eventually be. Then he is abruptly stabbed in the neck and killed by a bloodthirsty Ramsay Snow.

* Hawk in ''VideoGame/SoldierOfFortune''. You get to watch the BigBad execute him two thirds of the way through the game. Big PlayerPunch.

** The death of Ike's father Greil in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' serves two purposes: it shows how dangerous and powerful the Black Knight is, and it forces a shift in the status quo for Ike. He suddenly goes from being a member of a mercenary company and being mentored by his father to ''leading'' said mercenary company, when he has no leadership experience whatsoever.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' uses the HeroicSacrifice of [[BigGood Emmeryn]] as this trope. While she did choose to die on her own accord, her act of sacrificing herself leads to her becoming a martyr to most of the people of Plegia. This leads to the war between Plegia and Ylisse to start its abrupt decline, as most of Gangrel's forces refuse to fight anymore, only wanting peace, and only his most devoted fighters remaining by his side.

*** The death of [[PlayerCharacter Byleth's]] father Jeralt effectively marks the end of the happy days at Garreg Mach, as afterwards, Byleth merges with Sothis, the Flame Emperor is revealed to be Edelgard when the Holy Tomb is raided, and Edelgard attacks Garreg Mach, ending the academy phase of the game.

* During the Virmire mission in the first ''Franchise/MassEffect'' game, two of your party members become {{mutually exclusive|PartyMembers}}. There is no way around it, and they'll both insist that you should have saved the other one afterwards. You can also lose Wrex, but that one's avoidable.

* The While Guthix Sleeps quest in ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' has the player recruit a number of NPC warriors to help them stop a powerful and evil mage from achieving godhood. The [=NPCs=] are all known to the player, from other quests and skill training. Some of them are ones that the player might contact at least once a day. Out of the eight [=NPCs=] that confront the enemy mage, only two survive; one of those only because he is a demon with super healing. It's a gut punch of popular NPC death in a game where such things had previously been confined to one-time [=NPCs=] inside their own quest chain.
* In ''Xardion'', Panthera (a leopard mecha, thus almost a literal example) is one of the three party members until being killed off during an escape cutscene.
* Mark from ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' sort of just appears between chapters one and two, and just ''barely'' skirts above SacrificialLamb since he actually does get quite a bit of characterization. Then he abruptly dies just as quickly as he appeared, and is [[ForgottenFallenFriend immediately forgotten]] by the rest of the cast.

* Sergeant Magnusson from ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorVanguard'', the leader of the players squad, gets killed by a German Sniper halfway through the game.

* Most of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' follows Shulk's revenge plot, but rather than simply [[StuffedInTheFridge fridge]] his love interest, Fiora goes out with a bang. After Shulk unlocks the power of the Monado, he can finally harm the mechon that are currently attacking Colony 9, but for some reason he can't harm their apparent leader, a mysterious mechon with a face. Just as he, Reyn, and Dunban are about to die, Fiora [[BigDamnHeroes bursts onto the scene in a freaking mech]]. Of the four playable characters, she is the only one who manages to harm the faced mechon at all, but she draws too much attention and is murdered for her bravery. To make matters worse, Shulk forsees the whole thing, but is powerless to actually stop it.

* Just in the intro, Sarah from ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' takes the cake. Not only it serves as a PlotTriggeringDeath, but also a reminder of how oppressive the world can be to Joel.
** In a tragic turn of event, [[spoiler: Joel takes the cake as well in the beginning. Joel was shown to be brutally bludgeoned to death by an unexpected character by the name of Abby in front of Ellie in order to display how cruel and revenge-driven people can be.]]

* ''VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves'': Elena's cameraman Jeff, assumed to becomea major character, gets wounded and must be carried while evading gunfire. Regardless of your efforts. He's shot at gunpoint by [[BigBad Lazarevic]].

* VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves Elena's cameraman Jeff, assumed to becomea major character, gets wounded and must be carried while evading gunfire. Regardless of your efforts. He's shot at gunpoint by [[BigBad Lazarevic]].
* VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles: Isara Gunther, sister of the hero Welkin, is killed by a sniper about two-thirds of the way through the game, kicking off the darkest part of the game and cementing that WarIsHell.

* Most games in the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series have one. In order, we have Paul Jackson in ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'', Ghost and Roach in ''Modern Warfare 2'', Dimitri Petrenko in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps Black Ops]]'', Soap in ''Modern Warfare 3'', Alex Mason in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII Black Ops 2]]'' ([[spoiler:although he is a possible subversion if you play your cards right]]), Elias Walker in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts Ghosts]]'', Knox and Cormack in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare Advanced Warfare]]'', and Omar and Raines in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyInfiniteWarfare Infinite Warfare]]''.

** [[spoiler:Vesimir]] in VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt.

* VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves Elena's cameraman Jeff, assumed to becomea major character, gets wounded and must be carried while evading gunfire until eventually dying at gunpoint by [[BigBad Lazarevic]]

* Lars Halford in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''. He's initially in charge of LaResistance, and about halfway through the game he makes a bold stand against [[BigBad Emperor Doviculus]], declaring that he will lead the humans to rise up and defeat the [[TheLegionsOfHell Tainted Coil]]. Doviculus basically says "Can't let you do that" and [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim fatally stabs Lars where he stands]].

* VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII:
** Reddas sacrifices his life to destory the Sun Cryst with the Sword of Kings.