Who are your gaming "Expendables"?

[Aiddon]

screw that, now I'm gonna do one consisting entirely of female characters:

Aya Brea (Parasite Eve)
Lenneth Valkyrie (Valkyrie Profile)
Elhaym van Houten (Xenogears)
Tifa Lockhart (FFVII)
Terra Branford (FFVI)
Kid (Chrono Cross)
Samus Aran (Metroid)
v-13 a.k.a. Nu (Blazblue)
Gwendolyn (Odin Sphere)