8 Manliest Characters In Gaming History

4. The Dragonborn €“ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Dragonborn Ok, so this one€™s kind of a cheat €“ the Dragonborn can technically be a woman, a lizard or even a cat. But there€™s just something so goddamned manly about she/he/it€™s quest that he/she/it had to feature here. Here€™s a man who can bring dragons down with his voice, deflect fire with his shield and end a civil war through sheer, unadulterated violence, and such things deserve recognition. If you still don€™t agree with me, then I don€™t know what to do for you. Granted, world-saving makes for pretty standard fare in the video game world, but saving it from the dragon apocalypse by wading into the afterlife and obliterating a semi-deity must be worthy of mention. That you get to this and all of the above surely makes for the manliest CV ever, but couple this with the fact your achievements are chronicled by a manly choir yelling dragon language cements the case further. After all, in what other game can you actually eat a dragon€™s soul after slapping him down from the sky? Exactly. That€™s why the Dragonborn belongs on the list. It's just far too metal an accomplishment to be ignored.
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