10 Video Game Fates Worse Than Death

6. Rooted To The Spot (Fallout 3)

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The Fallout series is full of colourful side characters, and there are a lot of interesting stories to discover if you choose to venture off the beaten path.

One of the best (and most disturbing) is the tale of Harold. A human who was forced to live inside a Vault once the Great War started, Harold eventually left his safe haven and attempted to make something for himself in the post-apocalyptic wasteland that society had become.

Unfortunately though, this led to him being exposed to the FEV virus, and as a result, his body started to transform in a grotesque manner.

Over the years, Harold's state grew worse and worse, and when you encounter him in Fallout 3, he's been turned into a tree, rooted to the spot and unable to move. Distressingly, he's still fully-sentient and aware of his situation, and he can't sleep, can't eat, or do anything else to help pass the time. He's just stuck.

Because of the constant torture that he's in, he even asks you to kill him, stating that it would be doing him a "favour". If you choose to oblige, you can off him painlessly, or, you can burn him alive, and listen to him scream in agony. You monster.

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