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* Smashing a Bas-Relief with a shovel causes a whoppin' 100 stress to the smasher. [[spoiler:That's because it's a depiction of the Heart of Darkness waiting to awaken to destroy the world.]]
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* Smashing a Bas-Relief with a shovel causes a whoppin' 100 stress to the smasher. [[spoiler:That's because it's a depiction of the Heart of Darkness waiting to awaken to destroy the world. [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/darkestdungeon_gamepedia/thumb/8/8f/Bas-Relief.png/180px-Bas-Relief.png?version=bbbc2301ce9c15b40d11b1c9d6df7692 Smashing it makes for a visual akin to it waking up]].]]
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* [[spoiler: The Heart]] not only sent the letter that sends you to the Estate, but also Is the Narrator for it, think about the narration of the opening when you start off the game, the Ancestors voice is stilted and some of the lines seem cut wholesale from the way he says them in game, almost like they were a recording of a phrase rather than naturally flowing into the sentences, [[spoiler: It was the Heart, using Voice clips he gleaned from the Ancestor.]]
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* [[spoiler: The Heart]] not only sent the letter that sends you to the Estate, but also Is the Narrator for it, think about the narration of the opening when you start off up the game, the Ancestors voice is stilted and some of the lines seem cut wholesale from the way he says them in game, almost like they were a recording of a phrase rather than naturally flowing into the sentences, [[spoiler: It was the Heart, using Voice clips he gleaned from the Ancestor.]]
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* Among nobility and royalty, a Countess is fairly high-ranked but nowhere close to the top. What if there are bloodsuckers even more powerful than the Countess lurking elsewhere in the world outside the Estate, waiting to sweep in to fill the power vacuum left behind by the Countess' demise? Imagine how difficult it would be to fight a Duke/Duchess, a Prince/Princess, or (Light forbid) an Emperor/Empress!
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* Among nobility and royalty, a Countess is fairly high-ranked but nowhere close to the top. What if there are bloodsuckers even more powerful than the Countess lurking elsewhere in the world outside the Estate, waiting to sweep in to fill the power vacuum left behind by the Countess' demise? Imagine how difficult it would be to fight a Duke/Duchess, a Prince/Princess, or (Light forbid) an Emperor/Empress!Emperor/Empress!
* [[spoiler: The Heart]] not only sent the letter that sends you to the Estate, but also Is the Narrator for it, think about the narration of the opening when you start off the game, the Ancestors voice is stilted and some of the lines seem cut wholesale from the way he says them in game, almost like they were a recording of a phrase rather than naturally flowing into the sentences, [[spoiler: It was the Heart, using Voice clips he gleaned from the Ancestor.]]
* [[spoiler: The Heart]] not only sent the letter that sends you to the Estate, but also Is the Narrator for it, think about the narration of the opening when you start off the game, the Ancestors voice is stilted and some of the lines seem cut wholesale from the way he says them in game, almost like they were a recording of a phrase rather than naturally flowing into the sentences, [[spoiler: It was the Heart, using Voice clips he gleaned from the Ancestor.]]
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** On the other side of the coin, [[TheAtoner Dismas is seeking atonement for his actions before the events of the game]]. Reynauld is a holy warrior whose piousness towards a greater good may seem appealing for the repenting thief (this also ties into his name being taken from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penitent_thief The Good Thief]]).
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** It's also possible that many of the madmen aren't native to the area and instead were lunatics driven mad by some eldritch encounter outside of the Estate, and have slowly been drawn there, much like some of your heroes.
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* At first it seems strange that at the beginning of the game Dismas a thief and Reynauld a holy warrior would get along well enough to fight together, then you realize that Reynauld always starts with the kleptomaniac quirk, he's a thief too
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* The nature of the Court makes a lot more sense when you consider the last line that the Ancestor speaks in the Crimson Court cutscenes: "Winged vermin coming to drink the tainted blood of the Darkest Dungeon." This explains not only how the Court survived all this time but also why they have congregated in such a place: they're parasites feeding off the blood of the Heart, which is seeping into the Courtyard and turning it into the fetid, bloody swamp we see in the game. It also explains why the Countess's blood revealed the nature of the Darkest Dungeon to the Ancestor: she was there to feed on the blood of the Heart beneath the Manor, and passed that knowledge on to the Ancestor when he drank her blood.
* The nature of the Court makes a lot more sense when you consider the last line that the Ancestor speaks in the Crimson Court cutscenes: "Winged vermin coming to drink the tainted blood of the Darkest Dungeon." This explains not only how the Court survived all this time but also why they have congregated in such a place: they're parasites feeding off the blood of the Heart, which is seeping into the Courtyard and turning it into the fetid, bloody swamp we see in the game. It also explains why the Countess's blood revealed the nature of the Darkest Dungeon to the Ancestor: she was there to feed on the blood of the Heart beneath the Manor, and passed that knowledge on to the Ancestor when he drank her blood.
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* At first it seems strange that at the beginning of the game Dismas a thief and Reynauld a holy warrior would get along well enough to fight together, then you realize that Reynauld always starts with the kleptomaniac quirk, he's a thief too
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** Wouldn't that apply to most other areas as well?
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** Wouldn't that apply to most other areas as well?
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** Or perhaps instead, you're not seeing humanity as it is, but instead, [[spoiler:you're seeing humanity as the Heart envisions it to be. As you delve deeper into the Dungeon and see the extent of the evil within, it starts to change your perceptions to match its own.]]
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* Why are the Warrens the one dungeon that has the fewest areas that need shovels, despite being ancient tunnels predating the earliest settlers? Simple: the Swine need to move around and live in there too, and would clear out many of the blockages that get in their way.
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* The Farmstead sure seems to have a lot of farmhands, foremen, scarecrows, and horses. I don't know how many of those a farm like this would normally have, but it still seems excessive. Well I realised that that's because ''you're fighting the same ones over and over,'' thanks to the same spacetime kerfuckery that lets you do so with The Miller.
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* Related to the above, I have one that may also be an example of fridge horror. I got the idea from something someone said on the headscratchers page " humanity is born of and from the Heart. The Ancestor's manifestation makes clear there is no meaningful distinction between us and it." While that's patently untrue as stated (drawing the line between the part of the heart that doesn't wnat to associate with the other part seems like a pretty meaningful distinction to me), it did get me thinking: There is actually a real-life medical condition where a part of you "breaks away" and decides to do its own thing, to the detriment of the rest of you. Your ''own immune system'' tries to shut the process down ASAP whenever it starts, and if your immune system can't do it, our doctors try. We consider it to be that bad. The condition I'm referring to is ''CANCER''. That's what humans are in the Darkest Dungeon universe: cancer.
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->''Secrets and wonders can be found in the most tenebrous corners of this place.''
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* Why is the Thing From The Stars getting such a massive damage and crit increase together with the defense and speed with its buff? Because as the heroes have carved off all of its soft "dead weight" from its body, its crystal parts can move a lot faster and precise, allowing it to throw more force behind its pure attacks.
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* Why is the Thing From The Stars getting such a massive damage and crit increase together with the defense and speed with its buff? Because as the heroes have carved off all of its soft "dead weight" from its body, its crystal parts can move a lot faster and precise, allowing it to throw more force behind its pure attacks. Similarly, its massive PROT boost is because you're no longer cutting away at the dead flesh covering it, but instead hitting the hardened crystal underneath that makes up the Thing's actual body.
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* When the first mission of the Darkest Dungeon is complete, [[spoiler: the town Npcs flicker between their normal appearance and corrupted, flesh-riddled versions of themselves]]. At first the player might be tempted to think that the Darkest Dungeon has driven the Heir insane, that the Npcs are being corrupted, or worse of all, that they've been working against you the entire time. In truth, [[spoiler: a veil has been lifted. You're seeing humanity for what it always has been: an extension of the Heart of Darkness.]]
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** On the one hand, [[spoiler: The Heart "winning" means [[CosmicEgg hatching from the center of the Earth]], [[EarthShatteringKaboom utterly destroying it in the process]]]], so it didn't win - at least, not yet. But considering how it is implied to have [[EldritchLocation spread its influence all over the Ancestor's lands]] while it laid dormant... [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs what if it spread into the Hamlet]], [[TakeOverTheWorld and on and on from there]]? And if it's [[AlwaysABiggerFish some other cosmic horror out-competing the Heart]], is it [[AlienKudzu The Comet]]? [[FromBadToWorse Or something much, MUCH worse than both of them...?]]
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* An interview with the developers stated that the sequel would give players a glimpse of the supernatural apocalypse affecting the world beyond the estate. Either the Heir's efforts to [[spoiler:defeat the Heart of Darkness]] failed or that [[spoiler:the Heart and the Sleeper]] aren't the only [[EldritchAbomination eldritch horrors]] plaguing humanity.
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* Among nobility and royalty, a Countess is fairly high-ranked but nowhere close to the top. What if there are bloodsuckers even more powerful than the Countess lurking elsewhere in the world outside the Estate, waiting to sweep in to fill the power vacuum left behind by the Countess' demise? Imagine how difficult it would be to fight a Duke/Duchess, a Prince/Princess, or (Light forbid) an Emperor/Empress!
* Among nobility and royalty, a Countess is fairly high-ranked but nowhere close to the top. What if there are bloodsuckers even more powerful than the Countess lurking elsewhere in the world outside the Estate, waiting to sweep in to fill the power vacuum left behind by the Countess' demise? Imagine how difficult it would be to fight a Duke/Duchess, a Prince/Princess, or (Light forbid) an Emperor/Empress!
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* The fact that the whole group participates in the Shieldbreaker’s nightmares, and they provide trinkets that are used by any other, means they’re real. Worse yet, there’s nothing magical about her back story. Every night she rests, her mind manifests snakes in the real world that try to kill her. Her past trauma alone is enough to make that happen.
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* The fact that the whole group participates in the Shieldbreaker’s nightmares, and they provide trinkets that are used by any other, means they’re real. Worse yet, there’s nothing magical about her back story. Every night she rests, her mind manifests snakes in the real world that try to kill her. Her past trauma alone is enough to make that happen.happen.
* An interview with the developers stated that the sequel would give players a glimpse of the supernatural apocalypse affecting the world beyond the estate. Either the Heir's efforts to [[spoiler:defeat the Heart of Darkness]] failed or that [[spoiler:the Heart and the Sleeper]] aren't the only [[EldritchAbomination eldritch horrors]] plaguing humanity.
* An interview with the developers stated that the sequel would give players a glimpse of the supernatural apocalypse affecting the world beyond the estate. Either the Heir's efforts to [[spoiler:defeat the Heart of Darkness]] failed or that [[spoiler:the Heart and the Sleeper]] aren't the only [[EldritchAbomination eldritch horrors]] plaguing humanity.
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* Why does the Hellion have very little skills that move her around at all, and her only one moves her forward, making her into TheBerserker? Because with her comic we saw that her backstory has her leaving her tribe to be butchered in battle as she hid in fear; she's attempting to put on a brave face and leave her cowardice behind.
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* The blood suckers standing in the background of the courtyard, and the fact they don’t swarm you in self defense? The groups you fight are the ones that think they can take you. The ones in the audience are watching you kill their friends for their own entertainment.
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* The blood suckers standing in the background of the courtyard, and the fact they don’t swarm you in self defense? The groups you fight are the ones that think they can take you. The ones in the audience are watching you kill their friends for their own entertainment. Oh, and those bloodsuckers that decided to fight you head on? They really don't care about putting up a show for the others, they're just the ones so hungry that they want the first dips on the "fresh meat" which just got served to the court.
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* The blood suckers standing in the background of the courtyard, and the fact they don’t swarm you in self defense? The groups you fight are the ones that think they can take you. The ones in the audience are watching you kill their friends for their own entertainment.
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* The blood suckers standing in the background of the courtyard, and the fact they don’t swarm you in self defense? The groups you fight are the ones that think they can take you. The ones in the audience are watching you kill their friends for their own entertainment.entertainment.
* The fact that the whole group participates in the Shieldbreaker’s nightmares, and they provide trinkets that are used by any other, means they’re real. Worse yet, there’s nothing magical about her back story. Every night she rests, her mind manifests snakes in the real world that try to kill her. Her past trauma alone is enough to make that happen.
* The fact that the whole group participates in the Shieldbreaker’s nightmares, and they provide trinkets that are used by any other, means they’re real. Worse yet, there’s nothing magical about her back story. Every night she rests, her mind manifests snakes in the real world that try to kill her. Her past trauma alone is enough to make that happen.
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* The Sanguine Vintners district provides a constant supply of the Blood. Where exactly are they getting the raw materials?
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* The Sanguine Vintners district provides a constant supply of the Blood. Where exactly are they getting the raw materials?materials?
* The blood suckers standing in the background of the courtyard, and the fact they don’t swarm you in self defense? The groups you fight are the ones that think they can take you. The ones in the audience are watching you kill their friends for their own entertainment.
* The blood suckers standing in the background of the courtyard, and the fact they don’t swarm you in self defense? The groups you fight are the ones that think they can take you. The ones in the audience are watching you kill their friends for their own entertainment.
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* The Swine King is said to have earned his position because he's the only Swinefolk that can stand up to the Formless Flesh. Of course he can - The Formless Flesh is extremely weak to [=AoE=] physical attacks and the Swine King has the strongest physical [=AoE=] attack in the game.
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* The Abomination's "Anger Management" camping skill has him meditate to suppress the beast. Ironically, this increases his own stress, but decreases the other heroes' stress. The reason for this is that the Abomination is actively suppressing all of his "abnormal" aspects, which would obviously cause a lot of stress; but his companions, seeing that he doesn't want to hurt them - and that, in fact, he's actively trying to fight the beast - feel relieved.
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The Ancestor knew that the Miller would be killed by the Sleeper. He didn't care as long as he could get the harvest.
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* [[spoiler: Given the usual nature of how the Ancestor ruins people's lives for sport, ironically enough his plan to ruin the Miller and his family would have had brought the Miller a profitable haul had he not become a lifeless husk as the properties of the crystal could heal any disease including the Crimson Curse. The one time the Ancestor did something out of pure malice actually would helped in the long run had the Miller survived]]
* [[spoiler: Given the usual nature of how the Ancestor ruins people's lives for sport, ironically enough his plan to ruin the Miller and his family would have had brought the Miller a profitable haul had he not become a lifeless husk as the properties of the crystal could heal any disease including the Crimson Curse. The one time the Ancestor did something out of pure malice actually would helped in the long run had the Miller survived]]
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* [[spoiler: Given the usual nature of how the Ancestor ruins people's lives for sport, ironically enough his plan to ruin the Miller and his family would have had brought the Miller a profitable haul had he not become a lifeless husk as the properties of the crystal could heal any disease including the Crimson Curse. The one time the Ancestor did something out of pure malice actually would helped in the long run had the Miller survived]]
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* [[spoiler: Given the usual nature of how the Ancestor ruins people's lives for sport, ironically enough his plan to ruin the Miller and his family would have had brought the Miller a profitable haul had he not become a lifeless husk as the properties of the crystal could heal any disease including the Crimson Curse. The one time the Ancestor did something out of pure malice actually would helped in the long run had the Miller survived]]
* [[spoiler: Given the usual nature of how the Ancestor ruins people's lives for sport, ironically enough his plan to ruin the Miller and his family would have had brought the Miller a profitable haul had he not become a lifeless husk as the properties of the crystal could heal any disease including the Crimson Curse. The one time the Ancestor did something out of pure malice actually would helped in the long run had the Miller survived]]
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** Considering that the sarcophagus has what appears to be a statue of a knight on its lid, it may be the sarcophagus for a warrior in the hamlet. A warrior who is now undead and who you may have, in fact just killed. [[ParanoiaFuel Or maybe not...]]
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* [[spoiler:The thing from the comet can summon enemies from timelines where it won. Keep in mind that entails it growing to maturity and [[EvilVsEvil fighting the Heart for dominion over the planet.]] This means the thing ''is strong enough at full power to decisively beat the Heart''.]]
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