10 Video Game Characters EVERYONE Let Die

10. Brother Verulus - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Brother Verulus is a Priest of Arkay attending the Hall of the Dead in Markath. He's an Imperial NPC living out in one of the least important parts of the world, with most players only encountering him when they come to investigate Daedric "Taste of Death" quest.

Unless they are running an outlandishly saintly build or have a particular disdain for seeing where a game is willing to go, players will likely side with this clan of cannibals out in the Reach, eventually luring the priest to their hideout in Reachcliff Cave.

The final task of the quest is to kill and feast upon the Arkay priest who has been nothing but trusting of them up until that point. It is the only way of securing the Ring of Namira, and completing the Oblivion Walker trophy. What's more, taking the priest up to Reachcliff Cave, only to have a change of heart and turn on the cannibals, will force you to kill a number of Markath NPCs who were attempting said 'feast' in the first place.

There's also something in how players are forced to knowingly deceive Verulus along the way that makes the priest's death even more sinister.