10 Video Game Characters Who Had To Die To Win

10. Assassin's Creed 3 - Desmond Miles

The protagonist of the Assassin's Creed series is a bartender called Desmond Miles. When Abstergo Industries learns he is the descendant of The Assassin Order, they ask him to test out The Animus; a machine which lets the wearer relive their ancestors' memories.

At first, Miles doesn't realise the company is run by The Knights Templar; the sworn enemies of the assassins. The organisation wishes to use the memories of Miles' ancestors to locate technology created by the ancient race, The Isu.

One piece of tech which The Templar desire is The Pedestal; an artefact that can see and alter time. One of The Pedestal's prophecies show that solar flares will blanket the earth in 2012, decimating most of humanity. If Miles places his hand on the artefact, reality will switch to a timeline where the solar flares don't occur. However, the energy of The Pedestal will kill Miles.

Miles knows The Pedestal is in a location where the solar flares can't reach him, meaning he would survive the cataclysm. Refusing to let billions of innocent people die, Miles places his hand on The Pedestal, sacrificing his life to save the world.