7. The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 3)
One of the greatest soldiers of all time, the Boss is the mentor and mother figure of Naked Snake, which I guess also makes her Solid Snake's grandmother??
Raised by the Philosophers and founder of the special ops Cobra Unit, Boss practically invented the modern super soldier, as well as the concept of CQC. So it should come as no surprise that she also laid the groundwork for Big Boss' triple cross.
Working with Snake on the Virtuous Mission back in 1964, Boss was secretly also trying to rub elbows with the USSR's Colonel Volgin via the Philosophers and the US Government. By beating up Snake and returning Sokolov(creator of the proto-Metal Gear, the Shagohod), along with the added incentive of two nuclear warheads supplied by the government, she "defected" to the GRU.
However, Volgin was a crazy lightning man and used one of those warheads to blow up Sokolov's lab. Understanding that this could spell trouble for the USA, Boss' mission was greatly revised: To prove the innocence of America, she must keep up the image of being a traitor. Until her protégé kills her.
One by one, Snake had taken down the Cobra Unit, then Volgin and the Shagohod, and then, finally, The Boss. Dying in a field of white flowers, she explained to Snake the purpose of her mission and how the Philosophers took her child(eventually growing up to become Revolver Ocelot). Finally, she passed two things onto Snake. The first being the true purpose of the Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater: the Philosophers' Legacy. The second, her title. And with it, an existence of endless battle.
The Boss died a traitor and buried as an unknown patriot. A sad end to a life of war.
Best moment: Her tearful final speech before her death.
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