Tear Jerker / Dungeons & Dragons (2000)

• Whatever your opinion on Snails was, Ridley's anguished Big "NO!" at his death and subsequent Heroic BSoD at the Elf village was still sobering, especially when he reveals he blames himself for getting them involved, and when Marina tries to console him and ends up making him feel even worse.
  Marina: I'm sorry about Snails.
  Ridley: I'm sure you are.
  Marina: He died for a good cause.
  Ridley: A good cause? What cause is that? The Empress against Profion? Politics. I'm through with all that. I'm not going to die over some power struggle...between a couple of greedy Mages.
  Marina: No, you're wrong-
  Ridley: No, you're wrong! Mage! You never had to live on the other side. You know what? Snails was right. There is nothing we can do to change it ... and if I had listened to him, he would still be alive.
• Again at the end, when Ridley is giving last rites to his friend. He tries to brag about how he finally got the recognition he wanted ... and nearly breaks down in tears.
  Ridley: Well, I'd ... I'd better get going. Don't want to be late for my own knighting ceremony. 'Ridley the Savior', heheh ... heh ... heh ... I'm gonna miss you, pal.
• A Deleted Scene has Ridley explaining his dislike of mages: His father, a commoner, had come up with the design for a flying carriage. Unable to take someone with no training doing that, the mages erased his mind.

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