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Just went back and played Dead Money again recently, one of my favorite DLCs, and was struck by the horrifying tragedy that was Vera Keyes. She was a woman that had everything but also lost everything, betrayed and used by those closest to her.

1. Adam Smasher (Cyberpunk) - The ruthless enforcer employed by the evil corporation Arasaka, Smasher is the final boss of the game 2077 and in the tabletop he's literally unbeatable; encountering him means that everyone dies and the board clears.
2. Darth Vader (Star Wars) - The most famous example of this trope. Everyone knows who he is, but very few live to understand the full extent of his abilities. He's so feared by enemies of the Empire, that many simply think he's some sort of vengeful spirit or reaper.
3. Death (Puss in Boots) - Not much needs to be said here, he's simply another modern take on the Grim Reaper. The only reason why Puss ends up living is that Death is annoyed by him and wants to toy with him before finishing the job.
4. Conquest (Invincible) - Like Darth Vader, Conquest is the main enforcer of the Viltrum Empire, so feared that even other Viltrumites stay away from him. Unlike Vader and Smasher, Conquest enjoys wreaking havoc, so he's arguably more dangerous in that sense.
5. Myrddraal (Wheel of Time) - The Myrddraal are a species rather than one entity, but their presence in the Wheel of Time series serves a similar purpose, in the fact that anyone who encounters them is pretty much dead or worse. Their eyeless gaze induces fear, but they can see far better than any man.
6. The Witch King of Angmar (Lord of the Rings) - An extremely powerful immortal, the foremost servant of the Dark Lord Sauron, the One they said no living man could kill. He was the main reason why the northern kingdom of Arnor fell, and just his mere presence could induce fear into the heart of the bravest warrior.

Edit: Yes, I’m aware that Darth Vader loses sometimes, but that’s usually against powerful Jedi, like Ahsoka and Obi-Wan, or when there’s poor writing involved (plot armor). Against any non-force users or your average padawan/knight, Vader is gonna be terrifyingly effective.

Ocarina of Time’s storyline seems kinda basic at first glance, but it gets a lot deeper when you realize the whole story is about Link essentially missing his childhood and being forced to become hero. There’s a lot of themes involving nostalgia, the passing of time and what it means to sacrifice for the sake of duty. If written well, that classic story could hit hard.

Twilight Princess is already a very well written tale about a banished/cursed princess who is inherently selfish but learns humility, a young knight who moves heaven and earth to protect his home and the people he loves, and a terrifying yet somehow oddly pathetic antagonist that controls a mysterious shadow realm. There’s a lot of cool side characters that aid Link throughout the story that could be expanded upon in a film adaptation, like the Ordon village kids, Telma, Ilia, Prince Ralis and the yeti couple in Snowpeak.

Yeah, it’s much more likely that they’ll make an original story for the movie, but I doubt many fans would be upset if they took these stories already told and expanded on them in ways that work for a cinema audience.

Edit: I should clarify that I don’t think the writers should copy everything 1:1 as it is in these games, obviously the dungeons and other puzzles can’t be translated into a movie format. I just mean the story and characters can be used and expanded on to inform the narrative. Both OoT and TP have very tight, narrative elements along with the gameplay that makes for an engaging story if you change a few things here and there.

The fact that you help people die and then put their spirits into masks is just one of many messed-up things in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.