Flavour NPC in the starter town who has, like, 1 line of repeating dialogue.
If I'm lucky, I'll turn up later to do the same line as part of a running gag. If I'm unlucky, I'll be obliterated when the protagonist's hometown gets wrecked for cheap pathos at the end of the tutorial.
Jo Cox got killed by a Christofascist while campaigning in 2016 and now every politician has got it into their head that even the slightest criticism is a threat on their life.