Written by Mr. Mouseburger 25th Oct 2005
Kindly submitted by Higin
In the battle of Cowpens, The colonel and our hero, Benjamin Martin, meet each other in a pretty simple battle.
Each one uses a very unique variety of weapons until finally the colonel stabs Ben's legs. He subsequently falls to the ground in a prone position. Sensing victory, the colonel runs up to behead Martin, but Martin grabs a bayonet which is convieniently placed nearby, and stabs him with it.
As he moves to stand up, Martin grabs a knife from one of the muskets and stabs the colonel through the throat to finish him off and avenge his lost sons.
Similar to the death of Commodus in Gladiator, this death was a long time coming, and was fittingly brutal and gory. The hero is battered, brusied, and nearly broken, with his opponent with a nearly full advantage, when suddenly a final push from the protagonist lends him the strength to end the onslaught in his favor. Besides, who doesn't love killing a bad guy with a knife plunged slowly into his throat? It's painful, relatively slow, and very, very personal and satisfying. Everything the body needs.
I think this might be Revenge. Tavington killed two of Martin's sons.