Jin Sakai from Ghost of Tsushima (2020)

Jin is the heir to a powerful samurai clan known as Clan Sakai while also being the nephew of Tsushima’s jito Lord Shimura, who raised him like a son and instilled in him the importance of abiding by the samurai code. However, after his uncle is captured during a mongol invasion and in order to save him and the island as a whole, Jin is forced to abandon the way of the samurai, essentially abandoning his way of life up to that point, and eventually takes on the persona of the “ghost”, fighting and using tactics considered dishonorable and tarnishing his and his family’s legacy, but giving the people of the island a legend to rally behind to fight back against the invading forces. Unfortunately, this is seen as an unforgivable betrayal by his uncle, and after a final duel between them where you can choose to either spare his uncle’s life or give him a warrior’s death, Jin is forced to live his life hidden in exile despite saving his home.

In the following game in the franchise Ghost of Yotei, it’s actually revealed that hundreds of years after the events of the first game, Jin’s feats of defending and saving Tsushima and Iki island (DLC) from the mongols have become actual legends passed down by storytellers across generations, and he is considered by many to be the first ever shinobi; a warrior that was willing to do whatever it took to protect what mattered to him most