Who is the ultimate hero and what makes them a hero? A hero has many different traits including sacrificing for others and helping others at great risk to themselves. They do what's right even thought they are the only ones doing it. The greatest hero displayed all these traits not only at the end of his life but during his daily routine.
Only a few men demonstrate even a few of the traits of a hero. The Knight, a godly man, fought for his country, and payed homage to the Lord along the voyage we find him on. Telling a story in which he clearly had defined a man who he believed to be a hero. In all his ways the Knight displayed a Godly attitude.
Furthermore on the hero list is Belwolf. He sacrificed his life to kill the monsters who terrorized the land, not only once but three times. Great was the wealth in his reign. His people were joyful and content during it, and loved him, because of his honesty and ability to govern fairly. He kept his kingdom vastly wealthy. In his last battle before his death he fought the dragon that was terrifying the land, destroying himself and the dragon. The people loved him for his great sacrifice and mourned his death with a huge monument in his honor.
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At the round table of King Arthur. On Christmas morning they were dining when a knight entered in green armor offering forth a challenge. Anyone who would chop his head off would then have travel the following year to his Green Chapel. However he would then get his head chopped off at the Green Chapel. Gawain accepted the challenge and the Green Knight left carrying his head in his hands. A year later Gawain started on his expedition. On this journey he learned honesty, respect and keeping your word. When he journeyed back to his land he was a changed