History ReasonableAuthorityFigure / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'':
** While Mòrag starts off looking like a Darth Vader {{Expy}}, she quickly shows this side of her. She's willing to go from opposing to the party to supporting them on their own missions once she gets a better understanding of the situation. She only took Nia into custody because she was associated with a terrorist group and never intended to execute her, instead using that to draw out Rex and get more information on the return of [[PersonOfMassDestruction the Aegis]]. [[spoiler:She eventually pulls a BigDamnHeroes when Torna has the party cornered, and even joins the party for the rest of the adventure.]]
** Queen Raqura and Emperor Niall, leaders of Uraya and Mor Ardain respectively, also have this. Near the middle of the story, a FalseFlagOperation by Torna and Argentum makes it look like Mor Ardain has opened hostilities with Uraya in [[TheNeutralZone Temperantia]]. The situation nearly breaks out into open war, but after Indol breaks their neutrality to interfere, the party testifies about Torna's involvement, and Niall puts himself in danger to protect the talks, everyone is quick to make an agreement to prevent the fighting from becoming more than a minor skirmish.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', the tribe chiefs are very willing to give the amnesiac Link a chance and work against their peoples' prejudices to help save the world. Particularly the [[LadyLand Gerudo]] chief, who susses out Link's [[DisguisedInDrag cross-dressing disguise]] almost immediately, but stops her bodyguard kicking their only hope against the Divine Beast out of the city; but by the same token, she agrees to assign him a trial to make sure Link's claims are legit.

** Captain Anderson always supports Shepard in his/her quest, even at the risk of his own reputation or career. In the sequels he gains even more power and always tries to act responsibly. Come the third game and he's holding together the resistance on planet Earth and is regarded as a figure of hope second only to Shepard and co.
** Admiral Hackett is also one of these. He has to direct the Alliance's space forces against an ever-increasingly crazy galaxy but holds it all together somehow.

** In the Lair of the Shadow Broker {{DLC}} it's revealed that Admiral Hackett is the only person keeping Alliance intelligence (among others) from arresting Shepard following his/her reappearance. He's also the one who gave Commander Shepard's dogtags to Liara for her to return to the Commander, although she only reveals this if you haven't romanced her.

--->[[spoiler: '''Hackett:''' I don't need to read the report to know you did the right thing.]]
** In the third game, Hackett allows Shepard to take the lead in assembling the forces necessary to retake Earth, and supports the decisions s/he makes along the way, even if it costs resources that might be needed.
** Also in the third game, the quarian Admiralty Board members [[spoiler: aside from Tali]] include one who is supportive of Shepard's attempts to broker peace with the geth (Admiral Koris), one is who is hesitant but willing to listen (Admiral Raan), one who is strongly opposed to Koris' stance (Admiral Gerrel), and one who is batshit insane (Admiral Xen).

** Castis Vakarian, Garrus' father, apparently. Speaking to Garrus in ''Mass Effect 3'' reveals that in between games, Garrus got ''really'' desperate to find anyone in the Turian Hierarchy to listen to him about the Reapers' imminent arrival, so he went to his father, with whom he has... never seen eye-to-eye, to put it mildly. Still, his father is a logical person and, after hearing Garrus' testimony, uses his own not-insignificant clout in the Hierarchy to force some of the other leaders to pay attention. This really gives Palaven the edge when the Reapers finally come at their doorstep.
*** ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' shows that Castis is already willing to believe Shepard and Garrus' story about the Reapers right after Sovereign's attack at the Citadel.

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat''

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer: Tiberium Wars''' General Granger, who still actually takes Nod seriously in the beginning, tries to prevent Boyle from annihilating an entire Yellow Zone by Ion-Cannoning Temple and tries (it could or could not be successfully, depending on player choice) to convince the player to not use the liquid T bomb of the same variety that caused the aforementioned yellow zone cessation of existence.

* ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine'' features Inquisitor Drogan who, [[spoiler: despite eventually turning out to be TheMole]], acts with rationality and respect towards the player and his allies even though his authority pretty much allows him to ignore the opinions and orders of anyone else in the solar system.

** Each faction in-game (excepting the Legion) has at least one member in a position of authority who is ''not'' a complete dick. Colonel James Hsu and Ambassador Crocker for the NCR, Mother Pearl for the Boomers, [=McNamara=] for the Brotherhood of Steel, Regis for the Khans, Marcus for the Super Mutants, Jason Bright of the Bright Brotherhood, and the list goes on.

* Every authority figure in ''[[VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan]]'' is one, having nothing except the best interests at heart for their land and its residents, as well as its neighbors. [[spoiler:However, Prince Baldur lost it in the face of the threat of his empire being completely destroyed, [[WellIntentionedExtremist resorting to more extreme measures]]. After the party foils his plan and he is rescued by the Medium, even he [[HeelFaceTurn settles back into this role]], [[GuestStarPartyMember aiding you]] in fighting the [[BonusBoss Great Dragon]] when it threatens his people.]]
%%** [[spoiler:Visil]] is one in ''[[VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl]]'', though it's not obvious until [[spoiler:after you're forced to kill him]].

* The King of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' serves as this, being totally devoted to helping out Freeside and willing to cooperate with the NCR if certain choices are made, though his friend Pacer is secretly sabotaging any effort at peace.
** Each faction in-game (excepting the Legion) has at least one member in a position of authority who is ''not'' a complete dick. Colonel James Hsu and Ambassador Crocker for the NCR, Mother Pearl for the Boomers, [=McNamara=] for the Brotherhood of Steel, Regis for the Khans, Marcus for the Super Mutants, Jason Bright of the Bright Brotherhood, and the list goes on.

*** The Protagonist and Futaba's ParentalSubstitute, Soujiro Sakura, counts as a more down-to-Earth version. He takes Joker in after their arrangement, lets him and his friends hang out in his coffee shop, and generally tries to look out for him and Futaba despite their eccentricities. [[spoiler: He also supports the Thieves once he learns about them, after a long serious talk with Futaba and Joker. By the time of the final Palace, ''Leblanc'' goes from being the group's hideout in secret to "openly" being so, with the team commandeering the first floor for meetings, with Sojiro's approval.]]

** While Mòrag starts off looking like a DarthVaderClone, she quickly shows this side of her. She's willing to go from opposing to the party to supporting them on their own missions once she gets a better understanding of the situation. She only took Nia into custody because she was associated with a terrorist group and never intended to execute her, instead using that to draw out Rex and get more information on the return of [[PersonOfMassDestruction the Aegis]]. [[spoiler:She eventually pulls a BigDamnHeroes when Torna has the party cornered, and even joins the party for the rest of the adventure.]]

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* The ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' series has a few, but Duke Eltan, and his right-hand man Scar, of the Flaming Fist - the de facto police force of the eponymous city - stand out, as much of the second half of the game consists of fleshing out their initial suspicions about the Iron Throne and trying to find them the evidence they need to justify bringing the law down on them. The leadership of the [[TheOrder Order of the Radiant Heart]] are this in the second game, offering support to good-aligned or very persuasive player characters at several points of the game and notably responding to the party being tricked into murdering several of their knights by demanding that they hunt down those responsible for the deception. Inspector Brega clearly has a trace of this, but his role, while expanded by third party mods, is undermined by the over-the-top corruptness of the Amnish government (Magistrate Bylanna, by contrast, clearly considers herself this but flirts with the LawfulStupid and ObstructiveBureaucrat tropes far too much to qualify). Melissan presents herself as this, and the game forces the player to go along with it even though they're unlikely to have been fooled.

*** Grand Cleric Elthina tries to present herself as this, arguing for peace whenever tensions in Kirkwall escalate. Problem is, that's as far as it goes - she does nothing to address the actual causes of those tensions, whether it's Templars abusing mages or one of her own priests backing anti-Qunari zealots. [[spoiler: In both cases, her lack of action leads to open war.]]

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' has Emperor Peony IX of Malkuth, a nice guy who genuinely wants peace between the two major nations and is willing to make concessions to get there, although his power is sometimes restricted by an offscreen NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering. It seems to help that he was raised outside the royal court - due to political intrigues, he was sent away from the capital as a child to live incognito, and there he managed to frequently sneak away from his guards and play with the commoner children, including one of your party members.

* ''{{VideoGame/Greedfall}}'': Pretty much all the leading figures in the game fit the bill in some way. Admiral Cabral of the Nauts, Governor Burhan of the Bridge Alliance, Mother Cardinal Cordelia of Thélème and Major Sieglinde of the Coin Guard are all more than willing to listen to De Sardet, and usually quick and eager to come down like a ton of bricks on any abuses committed by their subordinates. On the end of the Natives, even the most hostile and xenophobic chiefs will hear De Sardet out before deciding to kill them. Even Inquisitor Aloysius, the most evil authority figure in the game, is driven by a genuine belief in the necessity of punishing heretics and evil-doers rather than the out-and-out sadism one would expect, and will act on that belief at the player character's behest in spite of having no external reason to do so.

* ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'':
** M. Vonel, the secret police officer assigned to investigate your potential ties to EZIC, is this, somewhat surprisingly. If he finds evidence he will come down on you like a ton of bricks (as he damn well should, seeing as EZIC are a known terrorist group). However, he is more than willing to let minor offenses like admitting immigrants with faulty papers or accepting petty bribes slide if that is all you're guilty of. And, even if you are found to have collaborated with EZIC, your fate is imprisonment and an inquiry, not summary execution, which would be expected.
** You, in your capacity as Inspector of the Arztotskan Border Patrol can be this, or not, as you please. Let the wife who has incomplete papers into the country along with her husband? Turn away the sex worker's abusive pimp? Help a friend recruit engineers for his business? You decide!

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', the tribe chiefs are very willing to give the amnesiac Link a chance and work against their peoples' prejudices to help save the world. Particularly the [[LadyLand Gerudo]] chief, who susses out Link's [[DisguisedInDrag crossdressing disguise]] almost immediately, but stops her bodyguard kicking their only hope against the Divine Beast out of the city; but by the same token, she agrees to assign him a trial to make sure Link's claims are legit.

** Admiral Hackett is also one of these. He has to direct the Alliance's space forces against an ever increasingly crazy galaxy but holds it all together somehow.

** The Citadel Council is ''trying'' to be one of these, but whether they are or aren't depends on the game and how Shepard approaches them, with Councilor Tevos generally being the most reasonable and Councilor Sparatus being the most unreasonable, and a Paragon Shepard being responded to most favorably and a Renegade Shepard being considered a dangerous loose cannon. This gets flipped by the events of ''Mass Effect 3'': With the Reapers invading, Councilor Sparatus throws any hint of FantasticRacism toward humanity aside and puts everything he can spare behind Shepard and the Crucible project, Councilor Velarn gives full support to curing the [[DepopulationBomb krogan genophage]] so the [[ProudWarriorRace krogan armies]] will join the fight, and Councilor Tevos even declassifies and gives Shepard the location of the asari's top-secret [[spoiler: Prothean Beacon]] on the off-chance it might have something they can use to win the war.

%%* Officer Kurosawa from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' could count. As a humble police officer, he realizes something bad is happening he can't control, but where did he get all those weapons? And why was a match of the swimsuits the gang wore at Yakushima in the armor section?
%%** From his "allies" (most likely the military or mercenaries meaning he must be a very trusted person for them).
* Ryotaro Dojima from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', the protagonist's {{d|aChief}}etective uncle, probably counts. He's able to figure out a lot of details behind the murders and kidnappings around the same time the Investigation Team does, and the only reason he isn't able to help is because A) he's LockedOutOfTheLoop on all of the supernatural aspects of the case, B) Even if he knew, he can't enter the TV world, so he still wouldn't be able to help much, and C) [[spoiler: his partner is the culprit.]] In various nighttime conversations, it's revealed that he also stood up for Kanji and Naoto, when the former was being unfairly suspected because of his history as a {{Delinquent}}, and the latter made a suggestion that none of the other detectives were willing to consider.
* ''VideoGame/Persona5''
** Despite being the public prosecutor responsible for interrogating the protagonist after his arrest, Makoto's sister Sae Nijima disapproves of [[PoliceBrutality the cruel treatment the police have visited upon him]], and is actually willing to listen to his story, farfetched as it may seem. Convincing her of the truth is essential to success, as [[spoiler:she helps the Protagonist fake his death when an assassin from the conspiracy targets him, and she prosecutes the BigBad once the game is over]].
** The Protagonist and Futaba's ParentalSubstitute, Soujiro Sakura, counts as a more down-to-Earth version. He takes Joker in after their arrangement, lets him and his friends hang out in his coffee shop, and generally tries to look out for him and Futaba despite their eccentricities. [[spoiler: He also supports the Thieves once he learns about them, after a long serious talk with Futaba and Joker. By the time of the final Palace, ''Leblanc'' goes from being the group' hideout in secret to "openly" being so, with the team commandeering the first floor for meetings, with Sojiro's approval.]]
** Late in Sojiro's Confidant, two investigators arrive, having heard reports that the protagonist assaulted a man (in actuality, he fell while trying to [[WouldHitAGirl hit]] [[WouldHurtAChild Futaba]], after the protagonist protected her), and that Sojiro had been abusing Futaba. The two listen to what the protagonist, Sojiro and Futaba have to say, then decide to close the case. The female member of the duo is unsure whether it's fine to just leave, but the male, her partner and immediate superior, reassures her that she'll understand once she has more experience, and she ultimately goes along with his decision.
* Persona5Strikers: Miyako Kaburagi of the Public Safety Department. Although she has "place the blame on the Phantom Thieves for the national Change of Heart epidemic" as Plan B, Kaburagi still allows Zenkichi to go through with his investigation, which involves working with said Phantom Thieves to unravel the mystery. After the Okinawa incident, she additionally advises him to not trust anyone, even his allies, suggesting she might have caught wind of Owada's meddling within the already corrupt police force and saw fit to tip off Zenkichi about it. Finally, when Zenkichi comes to her directly asking for help with arresting Owada, Kaburagi gives him three days to seal the deal and reinstates Zenkichi by returning his badge, but not without warning him she'll have to prioritize her own safety should he fail. She then tells one of her subordinates, who was listening in on their conversation, to leave Zenkichi alone and instead focus on digging up dirt on the Commissioner General, whose heart was changed on Owada's orders.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}''

** Also in the third game, the quarian Admiralty Board members [[spoiler: aside from Tali]] include one who is supportive of Shepard's attempts to broker peace with the geth, one is who is hesitant but willing to listen, one who is strongly opposed, and one who is batshit insane.
** Castis Vakarian, Garrus' father, apparently. Speaking to Garrus in ''Mass Effect 3'' reveals that in between games, Garrus got ''really'' desperate to find anyone in the Turian Hierarchy to listen to him about the Reapers' imminent arrival, so he went to his father, with whom he has... never seen eye-to-eye, to put it mildly. Still, his father is a logical person and, after hearing Garrus' testimony, uses his own not-insignificant clout in the Hierarchy to force some of the other leaders to pay attention.

** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestI'': When an unknown warrior appears claiming being able to slay the Dragonlord, King Lorik XVI descides to trust him; he kindly gives the hero gear and some money to get started with his quest, and records his progress every time the hero drops by.

** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Treacle, Queen of Faerie Lea, promises to help the main character after they help her despite distrusting humans.