Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness/Tear Jerker


 * Tear Jerker: Throughout the games, we see glimpses of the work of Erana, a famous fairy/wizard in the world of Quest for Glory. Then, finally in the fourth game, we learn what really happened to her. Luckily, you reverse the situation at the end of the game.
 * Toby's sacrifice in the Fourth Game. The expression on his face beforehand really drive it home.
 * Nicolai's whole life, losing his beloved wife at a young age, he kept looking for her until he was a senile old geezer. You can re-unite them
 * The Burgomeister says Nikolai's not actually as old as he looks. His wife's death hit him that hard, which makes this even more tear-jerking.
 * Paladins can show Pyotr's sword to the Burgomeister. He will then tell the hero about how everyone in town thought that Pyotr had abandoned his wife (The Burgomeister's grandmother) and how everyone (him included) thought she had gone crazy by insisting that Pyotr did visit her at night, and how she would go to sleep near Erana's staff with a smile on her face. However you reveal to him that she was saying the truth: Erana's staff IS haunted by Pyotr's ghost (as it is where it gives quests to Paladin heros).
 * There are tearjerkers aplenty throughout the series, but the hero himself is only directly involved in two or three. The others are witnessed, acted upon, or ignored, but the hero isn't directly responsible for the problem or the solution of most of them.