Corvus, the protagonist of the first game, is forced to flee his hometown of Silverspring after the infected attack him, but not before he is infected himself.

* Folio 37 recto: Raven ( Corvus )

Heretic II is a fantasy action-adventure game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision in 1998 continuing the story of Corvus, the main character from its predecessor, Heretic.

Raven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus — but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied.

* Corvus albicollis – White-necked Raven

* Corvus corax – Common Raven

* Corvus coronoides – Australian Raven

* Corvus crassirostris – Thick-billed Raven

* Corvus cryptoleucus – Chihuahuan Raven

* Corvus mellori – Little Raven

* Corvus rhipidurus – Fan-tailed Raven

* Corvus ruficollis – Brown-necked Raven

* Corvus tasmanicus – Forest Raven

* † Corvus moriorum – Chatham Raven

* † Corvus antipodum – New Zealand Raven

The binomial name is derived from the Latin Corvus, " Raven ", and Greek corone / κορωνη, " crow ".

* Corvus coronoides Australian Raven

* Corvus mellori Little Raven

* Corvus boreus Relict Raven

* Corvus tasmanicus Forest Raven

* Corvus cryptoleucus Chihuahuan Raven

* Corvus ruficollis Brown-necked Raven

* Corvus corax Common Raven

* Corvus rhipidurus Fan-tailed Raven

At its introduction, the 68000 was first used in high-priced systems, including multiuser microcomputers like the WICAT 150, early Alpha Microsystems computers, Sage II / IV, Tandy TRS-80 Model 16, and Fortune 32: 16 ; single-user workstations such as Hewlett-Packard's HP 9000 Series 200 systems, the first Apollo / Domain systems, Sun Microsystems ' Sun-1, and the Corvus Concept ; and graphics terminals like Digital Equipment Corporation's VAXstation 100 and Silicon Graphics ' IRIS 1000 and 1200.

* German band Corvus Corax recorded Cantus Buranus, a full-length opera set to the original Carmina Burana manuscript in 2005, and released Cantus Buranus Werk II in 2008.

During his years with Slowdown Virginia and early years with Cursive, Kasher played a silver Gibson Corvus II guitar.

* is the noble and kind Prince and protagonist of Drosselmeyer's story " The Prince and the Raven ".

In addition to titles in which Link does not star as the protagonist, games such as the shooter title, Link's Crossbow Training ( for the Wii ), have been considered spin-offs due to the lack of a traditional " Save Hyrule " plot-line.

The protagonist in all the games is a canonically male resident of Earth who is called upon by Lord British to protect Sosaria and, later, Britannia from a number of dangers.

* Duke Nukem, a series of video games with a protagonist of the same name

He also appears frequently in the Star Wars " Expanded Universe " of novels, comic books and video games, including a series of novels in which he is the primary protagonist.

In a private audience with the emperor on the penultimate eve of the tournament, when confronted with the seeming absurdity of the possibility that a novice with a mere two years of experience at the game could systematically defeat players ' whose whole lives were devoted to its mastery, the protagonist comes to understand that his proficiency is merely a reflection of his experience with strategic games of all sorts.

She is often portrayed as Mario's love interest and has appeared in nearly all the Mario games to date ; with the most notable being in Super Princess Peach where she is the main protagonist.

Peach was not a playable character in New Super Mario Bros. Wii because it would require special programming on how the game handles her dress, however, she is the main protagonist in Super Princess Peach and is a playable character in most Mario spin-offs such as Mario Party, Mario Kart and also sports games.

It is also notable for being one of the first games featuring a female protagonist.

Miner Willy is the protagonist in a series of platform games for the ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC and the Commodore 64 home computers starring Miner Willy.

Even well-plotted games sometimes involve the protagonist in a series of relatively unconnected and unjustified tasks.

In dark fantasy or horror the parallel world is often a hiding place for unpleasant things, and often the protagonist is forced to confront effects of this other world leaking into his own, as in most of the work of H. P. Lovecraft and the Doom computer game series, or Warhammer / 40K miniature and computer games.

Often the quest is given to the protagonist through the realm's magic mirror ( the first game involves obtaining the magic mirror, that becomes an important feature in the later games ).

Gohan, known as in the Japanese version, is a character from the Dragon Ball series created by Akira Toriyama as a protagonist for the media franchise, which consists of a series of manga, anime, soundtracks, movies, television specials, video games, and other collectibles.

The game's protagonist, Princess Athena, has gone on to appear in later fighting games by SNK as a secret character or assistant to her descendant Athena Asamiya, a frequent main character in these games.

The action-adventure games feature the protagonist travelling the world in search of rare objects and mystical artifacts.

* Nathan Drake ( character ), protagonist of the Uncharted video games

* Joe Musashi, the protagonist of the Shinobi video games

Other examples include the power armor used by the Space Marines and other characters from Games Workshop's Warhammer 40k franchise, and the power armor used by the Brotherhood of Steel in the Fallout franchise, and the iconic MJOLNIR Armor worn by protagonist Master Chief in the Halo series of video games.

It omits locations and characters from previous games, aside from protagonist Link and a passing mention of Princess Zelda.

Role-playing video games ( commonly referred to as role-playing games or RPGs, as well as computer RPGs or CRPGs ) are a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a protagonist as this character lives immersed in a fictional world.

Raiden's unexpected introduction as the main protagonist in Metal Gear Solid 2, due to his lack of appearances in the games ' trailers and how he replaces fan-favorite character Solid Snake, have been deemed as one of the most controversial parts of the entire series.

In the standard games, he is the protagonist and player-character.