10 Video Game Characters You Didn't Realise Suffered Tragic Fates

Shadow of the Colossus is centered around the efforts of protagonist Wander to revive his love Mono, by killing sixteen mythical Colossi for the mysterious entity known as Dormin.

Though Wander does indeed succeed in his task by game's end, it's at massive cost to himself and others, such that Mono's ultimate fate doesn't seem particularly cheery.

Shadow of the Colossus ends on a relatively ambiguous note but suggests that while Mono has been brought back to life, she's now stranded in the Shrine of Worship due to the bridge to the rest of the Forbidden Land being destroyed before the final encounter.

While she at least has trusty steed Agro and a reincarnated baby Wander for company, being resurrected only to learn you're basically a prisoner is, for some, arguably a fate worse than death.

When Wander referred to Mono as having a "cursed fate" at the start of the game, he was so much more right than he thought.