10 Video Game Bosses You DON'T Want To Beat

For a game that requires you to do a lot of dragon-slaughtering, it's odd that slaughtering one particular dragon is maybe the saddest part in the game.

Skyrim (a game with a name that sounds like an extreme sports sex manoeuvre) often sees the player navigate tricky moral choices, but normally those just extend to "do I help an ethically-dubious group who'll probably kill a whole village but give me a neat weapon?" or "should I put a bucket on this shopkeeper's head so I can pick up and wiggle all his bread unimpeded?" - Paarthurnax is a bit different.

This ancient dragon, masquerading as an old dude wearing a bathrobe (because comfort is key), teaches you all the dragon-based shouty powers you know. He is your wise old dragon teacher. Your Obi-Wan. Every awesome booming dragon-shriek (often used to send wolves ragdolling off cliffs) you can muster... is all thanks to him.

And yet, the game's "Blades" faction hates him, probably because of his incredible bathrobe (or, less likely, due to him being a dragon), and will ask you to murder him. If you're anything like me, you'll take great offence by this and murder everyone in there... as is the objectively morally correct choice. But, some of you will undoubtedly choose the awful person route, and murder this sweet, ancient old beast just to thief his housecoat.

In fairness, it really is an excellent bathrobe.