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* Gunther Hermann in ''[[Deus Ex]]''. While, like his partner Anna, he is a killing machine, it would appear that he has been handed the short stick in life, and he apparently had feelings for Anna, as he relentlessly hunts down {{spoiler|JC after he kills her.}} A diary entry in the catherderal level mentions that the author heard him crying once.

* The town of Nipton in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''. Yes, it was a [[Wretched Hive]], but it didn't deserve what [[The Spymaster|Vulpes]] [[Lottery of Doom|did to it]]

** Fandral Staghelm is a racist who believes that night elves are the only true druids, is quite rude and patronizing toward players who do his quests, and, in Stormrage, {{spoiler|works with the villain, helping to trap Malfurion in the Emerald Nightmare and trying to corrupt Teldrassil}}. It is, however, revealed that his wife [[Death by Childbirth|died giving birth to their son]] and his son {{spoiler|was brutally executed in front of him during the war of the Shifting Sands. Fandral's going astray is the result of seeing a hallucination of his son, and his mind is completely broken by essentially losing his son a second time}}.

** Sylvanas Windrunner died a brutal death at the hands of Arthas during the invasion of Silvermoon before being raised as undead, and also lost many of her people to him. Even after being freed of the Lich King's control, she is uncertain what future awaits her, especially in the wake of the Lich King's defeat, and sees her existence as an undead as a form of torment. She is also incredibly ruthless to the Forsaken's enemies and tends to be fairly cold to those with whom she interacts. Sylvanas' woobification has grown to such tremendous levels that she's one of the Warcraft franchise's most notable example of a [[Draco in Leather Pants]].

* Dante from ''[[Devil May Cry]]''. He is constantly making snide remarks, complaining about money, extremely lazy (only works once a week), is in debt to all of his friends (and makes it clear that he won't be paying anyone back anytime soon), and is a major jerk to just about everyone. Then again, he consistently turns down payment (does the job anyway because it is the right thing) and refuses payment from the poor, saves the world on several occasions, takes care of Patty (to a certain extent), is shown to spare demons who are able to love and refuses to kill humans, and is shown to have a compassionate side as well as a kind side (he'll just give you a hard time).<br />The [[Jerkass Facade]] is to cover up the fact that he is miserable (it can be seen basically everywhere, especially in the anime; really, he never smiles except when he is slaughtering a demon or when he does a good deed!). The Woobie part is that he [[Missing Mom|witnessed his mother being slaughtered]] [[Mama Bear|while she protected him]] at the age of eight and [[Dead Little Brother|believed his brother to be dead as well]]. [[Disappeared Dad|He also believes that his father abandoned them at a young age]] and it is assumed that he basically raised himself. He finds his brother [[Cain and Abel|completely insane]] and is forced to defeat him, which leads to Vergil's apparent suicide (or so Dante believed), and forced to finally (all the while not knowing that it was Vergil) kill a possessed Vergil ten years later.<br />His friends constantely take advantage of him (manipulating him, forcing him to pay for clothing, etc.), he is forever hunted and hated by the entire demon world (and most humans hate him because of his demon heritage), and he has no hope of ever having a normal day (let alone a normal life). During everyday life, he is constantly being shot at (Lady shoots him point blank through the forehead twice and later through the stomach...in a period of six hours!), [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice|impaled]] (a [[Running Gag]] to be stabbed through the chest or stomach), and other things. Capcom really wanted to make sure that Dante had the worst possible upbringing and life possible, didn't they?

* Bowser, especially in ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' and the ''[[Mario & Luigi]]'' series, and ''most'' especially in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story|Bowser's Inside Story]]'', where he's the sympathetic [[Anti-Villain|Anti]] [[Villain Protagonist]].

* In the [[Grand Theft Auto (series)|Grand Theft Auto]] series: Sean "Sweet" Johnson from ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''. Yes, he is a gangster. But all he wants is to build his gang on respect and loyalty rather than money, to keep his neighbourhood dope-free and to wreak righteous vengeance on those who try to get his friends hooked on crack. He is betrayed by the people he trusted more than anyone and sent to prison. Oh, and both his mother and little brother were killed by drug dealers.

** Niko Bellic in [[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTAIV]], who had spend his early life growing up in the Yugoslav Wars and eventually becoming a criminal.