10 Shocking Video Game Deaths You Never Saw Coming

10. Death By Adorable Duckling - Crusader Kings III

Crusader Kings III offers a realistic simulation of life in the Dark Ages. This, of course, includes all the awful deaths that awaited much of the medieval population, such as plagues, torture, and getting your head chopped off by some mad king just because he didn't like the way you looked at him.

However, the scope of all the different ways your Crusader Kings character can visit Kingdom Come actually goes beyond the expected. In fact, one of the rarest deaths in the game happens because your character finds an adorable little duckling.

The event in question is a unique encounter in which you come across a tiny baby duck while taking a stroll. You are given a few options as to how you want to interact with it, and one of them, "Follow the duck," might seem harmless, but it can secretly be the end of your cuteness-obsessed ruler.

Although the choice typically means lowering your stress by looking at a cute duck, there is an extremely rare outcome in which your character finds their new fluffy friend to be so cute that it gives them a heart attack and they die!

Well, all things considered, it's not the worst way to go.