Penn from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Penn lives in a fantasy world. No, I don’t mean The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s Hyrule, I mean a world where journalism is treated as valuable by corporations and given enough budget and support to be a viable career. The Rito reporter accompanies Link in one of the game’s most involved side questlines in which he travels all around the game’s open-world map to investigate stories big and small. Penn is a class act, has a nose for a good scoop, and is genuinely fascinated by the people he meets and the places he sees. Even as shit is getting real bleak in Hyrule after Ganondorf’s return, he’s a constant source of optimism and kindness for the little guys caught in the crossfire. Soar long, king. I hope you’re in the next Zelda. — Kenneth Shepard
