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Essays 08 April 2022, 14:56

author: Marek Jura

Strongest and Bravest Female Video Game Characters

There is no shortage of female characters in games these days. Especially when it comes to leading roles, there's been a huge improvement in female representation. Some of them wield magic, some are children of destiny, but all are incredibly courageous.

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Aurora (Child of Light)

  1. Year of debut: 2014
  2. Key games: Child of Light
  3. Age when he performs his bravest acts: 15

At first, Child of Light may seem like an innocent fairy tale. Here is the deeply asleep Princess Aurora (there are many references to the fairy tale about the Sleeping Beauty here) sets out on a journey through the magical Lemuria to reach her father who needs her support. Soon thereafter, other companions join her, including a sister from another reality.

During the journey, Aurora matures. She has to face the loss of her loved ones, betrayal, and the consequences of her own mistakes. The convention of the game is fairy-tale-like, but the events the princess is witnessing make Child of Light a story more bitter than sweet.

Aurora performs the boldest deeds as a 15-year-old, but it is impossible to refuse bravado from her early childhood, when she learned to fight with a sword, use spells and readied to face hordes of enemies who want to take her life. Sometimes she's accompanied by fear, but Aurora never allows it to interfere with her goal and free Lemuria.

Marek Jura

Marek Jura

In 2016, he graduated in philology at UAM. Since then, he has been reviewing prose, poetry, movies, series, and video games for GRYOnline.pl. He took his first steps in the journalism industry as a newsman in a local tabloid. He ran his own company - he designed, created, tested, and sold board games. He published several short stories and is also preparing his debut volume of poetry. Trains martial arts. A feminist, vegan, fan of pineapple on pizza, cat lover, dislikes Bethesda and Amazon, likes Lovecraft, Agents of SHIELD, P:T, BeksiƄski, Hollow Knight, performance, abstract art, game mods and dumplings.

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