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* ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'', when the Spirit-Eater Curse is explained.

* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'': The main character is {{spoiler|actually Darth Revan, a powerful Jedi and a former (and perhaps future, depending on how you play him) [[Evil Overlord]] with Force-induced amnesia}}.

* ''[[The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind]]''. The main character, a former prisoner and a spy for the Empire, is revealed to be {{spoiler|the reincarnation of the ancient king Nerevar, destined to defeat the [[Big Bad]] and the [[Corrupt Church]]}}.

* ''[[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind]]''. The main character, a former prisoner and a spy for the Empire, is revealed to be {{spoiler|the reincarnation of the ancient king Nerevar, destined to defeat the [[Big Bad]] and the [[Corrupt Church]]}}.

** {{spoiler|This is [[Subverted Trope]] by the way the prophecy works in ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]''. It's not about being born to ''be'' the Nerevarine, but about ''becoming'' the Nerevarine and accepting the role.}}

** {{spoiler|Of course, it also depends on how you interpret things. There's a large possibility that the Daedra Prince Azura engineered the whole thing from the start, including the original prophecy and trying to guide people to fulfill it. The cave full of "failed Nerevarines" certainly doesn't discredit this possibility. The player character can even take a similar position of his own when speaking to Dagoth Ur at Red Mountain.}}

** {{spoiler|I wouldn't say it's subverted that much. Given the fact that some of the prophecies were ''really specific'', one going so far as to declare that the Nerevarine would be an Outlander, which contrasts most of the failed Nerevarine's stories.}}

** {{spoiler|It's subverted because the question is, is the player REALLY the Nerevarine, or has the Daedric Prince Azura been manipulating him his entire life to make it appear to be? For example, there are a good number of "failed Incarnates", who were previous incarnations who didn't succeed. Several of them were not Outlanders, which was a key point of the Prophecy. How could they have been Incarnates if they didn't meet the foremost requirement of being born outside of Morrowind?}}

* Two sequels later, in [[The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim]], the Player Character eventually finds out that they are a Dragonborn; a prophecized being where a dragon soul ends up in a mortal body. Handy, since there seems to be a bit of a Dragon problem in Skyrim, and the Dragonborn is the only one who can [[Deader Than Dead|permanently kill dragons]]. That, and the dragons' leader [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Alduin the World Eater]] isn't the only existential threat to the world at the time.

* Two sequels later, in [[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]], the Player Character eventually finds out that they are a Dragonborn; a prophecized being where a dragon soul ends up in a mortal body. Handy, since there seems to be a bit of a Dragon problem in Skyrim, and the Dragonborn is the only one who can [[Deader Than Dead|permanently kill dragons]]. That, and the dragons' leader [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Alduin the World Eater]] isn't the only existential threat to the world at the time.

* ''[[Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura]]'' copies the reincarnation variant of this trope. But subverts it when you find that the wizard/saint (whose soul you allegedly inherited) is in fact {{spoiler|still alive}}.

* ''[[Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura]]'' copies the reincarnation variant of this trope. But subverts it when you find that the wizard/saint (whose soul you allegedly inherited) is in fact {{spoiler|still alive}}.

* Zero struggles with various levels of amnesia in the ''[[Mega Man X]]'' series. He keeps getting flashbacks of his creator, Dr. Wily, but remembers nothing else from before Sigma captured him. In the ''[[Mega Man Zero|Zero]]'' series, he's even lost his memory of the ''X'' series -- everyone tells him that he's a "legendary Reploid" and he just has to take their word for it.

* {{spoiler|Luna}} from ''[[Lunar: The Silver Star]]'' (and its [[Updated Rerelease]]) is [[The Reveal|revealed]] to be the [[God in Human Form|human incarnation]] of the [[Physical God|Goddess Althena]]. {{spoiler|She's}} not the main character, though. One of the main characters, but not ''the'' main character.

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* Kratos from ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]'' is revealed to be {{spoiler|the son of Zeus, King of the Gods}}. Of course, it's not like this was uncommon in Greek mythology.

* In ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]'' the main character is revealed to be {{spoiler|a World Eater created from the soul of Median's dead son.}}

* The eponymous character in ''[[Lufia]]'' is {{spoiler|Erim, Sinistral of Death}}. This also applies to {{spoiler|the blue-haired female party member}} in ''[[Lufia ~~the~~ Legend Returns]]''.

* The eponymous character in ''[[Lufia]]'' is {{spoiler|Erim, Sinistral of Death}}. This also applies to {{spoiler|the blue-haired female party member}} in ''[[Lufia: The Legend Returns]]''.

* Subverted in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]''. Unlike all of the other games in the series, this game's particular Link is ''not'' the reincarnation of the Hero of Time, and as a result he is required to go and find the Triforce of Courage by himself to be deemed worthy to hold the Master Sword. Played straight with the reveal that {{spoiler|Tetra is Zelda}}.

* In ''[[Knights in The Nightmare]]'', the Wisp is the soul of the late king, as well as the Arbitrator. This is absolutely no secret to the player, as Maria and Meria inform you of this ''very'' early on. The question of "Yes, but what does an Arbitrator ''do?"'' [[How Do I Shot Web?|isn't explored until much later on]]. It leads to a bit of dramatic irony, as the player can piece things together a lot easier than the Wisp itself, which seems rather reluctant to remember much.

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** Cless from ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' is the son of the warrior who sealed the [[Big Bad]] a generation ago (this is a minor example, as it is revealed fairly early).

** Lloyd from ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' is {{spoiler|the son of the [[Big Bad]]'s foremost lieutenant, and his exsphere, made from his mother, is a [[Super Prototype]].}}

** And in the [[Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World|sequel]] {{spoiler|Emil, the main character, who is in fact effectively the closest thing the game's world has to [[God]].}}

** And in the [[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World|sequel]] {{spoiler|Emil, the main character, who is in fact effectively the closest thing the game's world has to [[God]].}}

** In ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'', Luke turns out to be the [[Chosen One]]. {{spoiler|Only, as it turns out, to have the trope subverted as it transpires he is a ''clone'' of the 'true' [[Chosen One]], Asch. However, being a clone and therefore not predicted by the Score allows him to [[Screw Destiny]].}}

* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', Solid Snake discovers he's {{spoiler|a genetically-engineered clone of the single greatest soldier of all time}} rather than an ordinary but talented soldier like we'd initially assumed.