Benjamin Gates

Benjamin Gates was the main protagonist of the National Treasure film series.

Story
We first meet Benjamin Gates when he is at a meeting with Riley Poole and his financier Ian Howe. At the wreckage of the ship Charlotte, they find a pipe with a riddle. After Ian Howe takes the artifact, he has his thugs fight Sora and his allies and nearly kills the group in the Charlotte's explosion. They try to warn whatever groups they came across, but they felt the artifact guarded. After Ben, Sora and Poole take the Declaration of Independence, Howe kidnapes Dr. Abigail Chase who had a copy. After crashing the car containing Chase, she goes with them and brings the replica of the Declaraiton with her. Ian then has the FBI arrest Benjamin and Sora. The 2 escape by jumping into the Hudson. In the caverns, Ian leaves the team to die while escaping. Outside the caves, Sora and Ben fight Ian in a duel before the police arrest Ian for "kidnapping, attempted murder, and trespassing on government property." When 10% of the treasure was offered, Ben accepts 1% while the other teams members get it.

The second time we see Benjamin is at a Civilian Heroes conference. Ben and Sora began to fear that Thomas Gates was one of the conspirators in the death of Abraham Lincoln. While the clues to clear Thomas Gates are searched, Benjamin is arrested by British police but Donald takes the keys and frees his friends. The team then fight the guards before escaping. After the last few clues are found, Sora and his friends reach Mt. Rushmore and fight with Mitch Wilkinson before the group agrees to help Mitch find Cibola. Despite certain traps, the heroes reach the city of gold. A wrath of the gods (flood type) ensues and Kairi curses Mitch for his search turning into a disaster. After the rest of the team leaves, Mitch stays behind and dies allowing Benjamin and his friends to escape. The team has their names cleared and all is well.