..Which is fair. Pretty much every RPG out there introduces you to the primary antagonist[s] in the tutorial section.
Sarevok in Candlekeep, Irenicus in his Dungeon, Alduin in Helgen, Shaun in Sanctuary Hills, Whatshisdemonface in ThatPathfinderTown, Buchanan in Colorado Springs, ThatSoulstealingdude in Pillars of Eternity...
Colorado Springs hour from my front door. Nice
DRAGON FIRE-AND DOOM Dragons? Splendid things, lad-so long as ye look upon them only in tapestries, or in the masks worn at revels, or from about three realms off... Astragarl Hornwood, Mage of Elembar - Year of the Tusk