10 Terrifying Video Game Bosses You Felt Bad For

10. Miraak - Skyrim

The self-proclaimed very first Dragonborn, Miraak is the legendary chief antagonist of Skyrim's Dragonborn DLC acting as the exiled ruler of Solstheim. He was a former Dragon Priest but became known as The Traitor when he turned his back on his Dragon overlords and became a Dovahkiin.

Vahlok the Jailer put a stop to his dragon-killing antics, however, right before he could kill Miraak for good, the Daedric prince of knowledge Hermaeus Mora offered The Traitor a place to hide out.

From his plane of Oblivion, Miraak proves himself to be a real jerk to any Skyrim player with the DLC. He is cocky, arrogant, hires assassins to take players out and will steal away the souls of any dragons they kill. On top of that, he can also shout better than the Dragonborn, with his shouts containing four words rather than the usual three.

However, by the end of the DLC, we begin to understand that Miraak is just a simple prisoner of Mora, trapped in his plane of Oblivion rather than residing in it and being manipulated throughout.

There's a sense of relief for Miraak when he is eventually put down, almost as if he's become at peace with the idea of it after centuries of hiding away.