5. Drake and Elena Discover the Table of Libertalia’s Founders
We’ve all seen that look in Nate’s eye. In fact, you’ve probably given that look at one time or another. That is the look of a man impassioned. Nathan Drake has always been a historian first and a treasure hunter second, and this scene just serves to further that idea. Discovering the final resting place of some of the “greatest pirates in history,” his words, wasn’t met with excited flailing or happy laughter, but with a little mental puzzle solving followed by quiet disbelief that he was lucky enough to be part of their history.
Nate experienced something we all yearn for, a true moment of self-fulfillment. In that moment nothing else mattered, not the treasure, not his marital problems, not even his brother being kidnapped. For just a few minutes, Nate was completed enveloped by something he truly loved. And Elena’s loving gaze toward the end was the perfect way to cap off an already beautiful scene of pure humanity.
