Naru (Ori and the Blind Forest)
Naru might not be the biological mother of Ori, the eponymous protagonist of Ori and the Blind Forest, but blood doesn’t necessarily make a good mother.
Naru only features in the first ten minutes of the game but, in this small amount of time, she more than proves her worthiness as a true care-giver.
After finding Ori abandoned in the woods, she takes the young woodland spirit into her care without so much as a second thought and raises it as her own child, giving Ori all the unconditional love and attention she could possibly offer.
In the final moments of her life, after the woods they call home suddenly starts rapidly decaying, Naru gives the last bit of food she manages to scavenge to Ori, not holding back even a crumb for herself.
Long story short, Ori lives and Naru dies, leading to one of the most heartbreaking scenes I’ve ever witnessed.
A mother that selflessly sacrifices her life so that her child can live. If this doesn’t make you a good mother, then I don’t know what does.
