You're the hero, who betrays the party and why?

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the pirate/merc/smuggler/etc, they said they were just in it for the money, should've believed them
14.7%
your best friend/partner who legitimately believed they were doing the right thing to protect you
24.3%
the one with the unrequited love for you/your partner, jealous or wanting you out of the way, etc
4.4%
the honorable warrior/knight who felt they owed a debt to one of the villains/other "honor" nonsense
9.6%
your mentor/trusted ally/etc but it was a fake betrayal to test you/find out enemy plans/etc
10.3%
one of your party that's under mind control/sleeper trigger/blackmail/corrupting influence/etc
14.7%
the traitor from the other side that joined you but ultimately can't betray their own people/etc
4.4%
you, because you wanted to protect your team from the dangers ahead/death/etc
17.6%
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You're the hero, leader of your heroic party of heroism, what's the dark secret behind your quest?

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the organization you work for is actually evil
your mission is actually a suicide mission and/or you're being sent as a sacrifice/etc
your victory is going to kill a lot of people when you succeed, but for the greater good
you're a clone/replicant/etc, that's tried this mission before or you're stuck in a time loop/etc
you will become the new monster/dark god/villain/etc when you win to continue the cycle of the world
the being/villain you've been sent to kill is actually a family member/previous hero/etc
you are not who you think you are
the world isn't real at all
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Very tempted to have added "the big boobed elf girl actually has small boobs"

@ami_angelwings

Would have gotten my vote. Heartbreaking.

Also "your 'rescue' mission is actually a kidnapping. The Princess is in another castle and she's quite happy there"