Colonel Dax

Pure Good
Full Name	Dax
Alias	Colonel Dax
Origin	Paths of Glory
Powers/Skills	Charisma Determination Combat skills
Family	No information
Allies	Corporal Paris Private Arnaud Private Ferol
Enemies	General Mireau General Broulard
Goals	Take the Ant Hill. Exonerate his men.
Goodness Zone	Doing his best to capture the Ant Hill and defend his men. Exposing Mireau's corruption.
Type of Hero	War Hero

Colonel Dax is the protagonist of the 1957 film Paths of Glory.

He was played by Kirk Douglas.

What Makes Him Pure Good?

• He's an honorable soldier who cares about protecting his men.
• He tries to refuse the order to attack the Ant Hill which he knows will be a suicide mission, only relenting because he doesn't want to be taken away from his men.
• He repeatedly tries to take the Ant Hill and rally his men, leading them in the front and trying to advance despite the shells exploding around him.
• He defends his men when General Mireau scapegoats them, insisting they weren't cowards, and resists Mireau's demands to court-martial a hundred of them, and is able to get the number reduced to just three. He also insists that he be allowed to defend them at the trial.
• He does an admirable job in defending his men and points out holes in the prosecution's case, noting the court-martial is corrupt and won't allow the men to properly defend themselves.
• Upon learning Mireau ordered his own troops to be fired upon, he goes to General Broulard and tries to use this fact to halt the executions.
• He succeeds in exposing Mireau's corruption and getting him dismissed, then righteously tells off Broulard for offering him Mireau's job when he allowed the wrongful executions to go forward.