5. Basilio Magnus

Despite towering over him, Basilio begins Metaphor largely living in the shadow of his older brother Fidelio. The duo starts off as lackeys for antagonist Louis before they are betrayed by their boss, leading to Fidelio’s murder. Up until this point, Basilio has spent so long following others, whether that be his brother or his would-be king, and in one fell swoop, he loses both of his anchors. He’d already been questioning the ways of the world, but he often had to look to his brother for permission to believe what he wanted. Now that he doesn’t have to answer to anyone, he has to decide what he even wants out of this life. Basilio embodies the type of person who has spent so long being told what to do and think that they’re not sure who they are sometimes. They can hear something that sounds logical and right, but there’s always that knee-jerk reaction to look to someone for approval. When Basilio loses that, he finds out who he truly is. Sometimes tragedy is the quickest way to find out more about yourself, and then you can crawl out of the hole, born anew.