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Characters
Famous characters from video games.
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Personification
Video games; Characters
The personification is a force or a non-human entity personified. Most common in political cartoons, personifications represent the will of these forces or non-human entities. A good example would be ...
Hero
Video games; Characters
Not necessarily the protagonist of the story, the hero is the character doing the morally correct action as much as possible in the given setting. When faced with a moral dilemma, the hero will do ...
Protagonist
Video games; Characters
The focus of the story and most often the central character upon whom the story revolves. Theirs are the actions that change the setting of the story and theirs are the ones we as the viewers, ...
Antagonist
Video games; Characters
A character who clashes with the protagonist ideologically or through another form. In any case their conflicts are central to the story and often what the story focuses on.
Villian
Video games; Characters
The villain is the character who does the morally ambiguous activities within the story. The protagonist can be a villain if they go around killing people for no reason, or stealing from other people ...
Love Interest
Video games; Characters
The love interest is the character that the protagonist focuses their romantic efforts on. Traditionally of the opposite sex to the protagonist, more modern interpretations may have them of any ...
Mentor
Video games; Characters
A character who imparts their knowledge to another character who is important to the story. Often much wiser and more experienced than the character they are tutoring, which is of course a necessity.
