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A common character class / archetype in role-playing games and fantasy. They are often less chivalric than your average Knight-errant, generally being depicted as either archetypal villains (such as a Dark Lord), or troubled and ruthless anti-heroes.
Whether it's a hero's turn to the dark side or a villain becoming a hero, it's usually unexpected and will bring a whole new moral dimension to the story. Sometimes, they change they sides more than once.
One or more events from someone's past that negatively affected them. Plenty of video game characters have such pasts.
These are items in Final Fantasy IV DS that can be allocated to characters to give them abilities that the characters wouldn't normally have. An example would be giving Yang's Counter Ability to Cecil.
A dark version of a game's hero, featuring many of the same powers. Usually wears black. Male evil twins often have goatees.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
A heavily armored soldier in the service of a lord or cause. Typically a champion of good and a defender of the innocent.
A weapon that has been forged and/or imbued with mystical energy, magic, or some other supernatural force. It is often required to solve a specific puzzle, or vanquish an impossible foe.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
Sequels that have the player controlling a different character than the preceding game(s).
A paladin is a holy warrior, who gains extra abilities through faith and devotion to a deity.
Everyone that is born has parents. These games feature adults with children of their own.
Whether you've done some bad things in the past, or inadvertently helped open up a portal that unleashed an army of aliens that would destroy the world, video game heroes have countlessly fought for that one loftiest of goals, redemption.
Many games feature a story which involves saving the world and its inhabitants, often single handedly.
Games that are controlled partially or entirely with a touch screen.
A tragic hero is a protagonist who makes several mistakes to fall from glory, or is affected by tragedy and seeks revenge or redemption.
Just as heroes sometimes fall from grace, occasionally someone who works for the forces of evil will turn their life around and become a good guy.
Knights in white or shiny silver armor. The term "White Knight" is often used to denote an exceptionally noble or chivalrous individual, synonymous with the similar descriptor of "Knight in Shining Armor". Despite this, not all White Knights in fiction are heroes...
When a protagonist/hero works for the bad guy. It may be unintentional or completely voluntary.
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