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33. Rucks (Bastion)
Nominated by Glacier
Now The Kid sees somethin' stranger still; his mind races. Did anyone else survive? Sure enough, he finds another. He finds me.


Rucks is both the narrator of Bastion and an ally to its main character, the Kid. Rucks is an old man who has had a hand in many aspects of the games backstory. As the Kid goes about the game, Rucks will literally narrate whats happening in a dynamic gameplay sort of way. His meta observations provide a lot of personality to the game.

There is also a bit of mystery about Ruckss relationship with the Kid, specifically whether hes the Kids father, or some version of the Kid from an alternate timeline. Either way, one gets the sense that Rucks knows more than he lets on. I like this mysterious omniscient narrator whos seen it all before.

That voice is simply to die for.