The Most Dangerous Game - Character Analysis In ?The Most Dangerous Game?, Sanger Rainsford is the protagonist. He?s known for being a great huntsman and for writing a few books on hunting in the story. On the other side posing as the antagonist, we have General Zaroff, another great hunter. Zaroff is different though and has gotten bored of hunting animals. Because of this, he ?created? a new ?animal? to hunt. Rainsford soon discovers that what he's actually hunting are captured men and so begins ?The Most Dangerous Game? with our two hunters.