10 Video Game Protagonists Who Became Heroes By Accident
6. Nameless Hero - Gothic
The main protagonist of the Gothic series is such an unimportant person that the games' creators never even bothered to give him a name.
And yet, he's responsible for singlehandedly stopping not one, not two, but three major disasters.
How? Why? Well, the answer to these questions is simple—being one really unlucky inmate.
Yes, the only reason why the Nameless Hero has earned the second half of his name is because he managed to be randomly selected to do something that would forever rewrite the course of his life.
At the beginning of the first game, when the nameless one is about to be thrown into the penal colony, he's given a letter by a mage so that he can deliver it to the other fire mages inside.
Although this task seems simple, delivering the letter ends up forcing Gothic's greatest hero to become involved in the colony's politics, uncover its dark secrets, and ultimately stop an ancient demon from destroying the world.
This would only create a domino effect of more heroic deeds in later games, making the Nameless Hero earn more and more renown throughout the realm until he finally becomes the king in the fourth game!
Now that's one beautiful rags-to-riches story!