History Fridge / Ultrakill

* How did the Earthmovers end up in Hell? They're far too large for the doors, Hell couldn't just recreate them from the technology it recovered from humanity's Expeditions, and the Earthmovers were left deactivated during the New Peace. Consider that all the machines run on blood, the fuel of life, and Gabriel's realization involves realizing how little difference there is in everything that bleeds. Add in the implications that the machines have [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming grown past their programming]] in various ways, and realize that the Earthmovers are in the desert of burning sands for Violence Against God. The machines are sinners being punished for their sins, meaning you are fighting the souls of the sinners who wrought so much death and destruction.

* How did the Earthmovers end up in Hell, they're far too large for the doors, Hell couldn't just recreate them from the technology it recovered from humanity's Expeditions, and the Earthmovers were left deactivated during the New Peace. Consider that all the machines run on blood, the fuel of life, and Gabriel's realization involves realizing how little difference there is in everything that bleeds. Add in the implications that the machines have grown past their programming in various ways, and realize that the Earthmovers are in the desert of burning sands for Violence Against God. The machines are sinners being punished for their sins, you are fighting the souls of the sinners who wrought so much damage.

* How did the Earthmovers end up in Hell, they're far too large for the doors and Hell couldn't just recreate them from the technology it recovered from the Hell Expeditions, add in that the Earthmovers were left deactivated during the New Peace. Consider that all the machines run on blood, the fuel of life, and Gabriel's realization involves realizing how little difference there is in everything that bleeds. Add in the implications that the machines have grown past their programming in various ways, and realize that the Earthmovers are in the desert of burning sands for Violence Against God. The machines are sinners being punished for their sins, you are fighting the souls of the sinners who wrought so much damage.

* Cerberi are notable for having orbs of Hell Energy manifested and maintained within their hands. Their terminal entry notes that this takes considerable skill and concentration to accomplish... This could explain why they imitate Rodin's ''The Thinker,'' itself a component of a depiction of ''Dante's Inferno'' by the same artist, ''The Gates of Hell''. That signature pose of is both a reference and a genuine expression of their contemplation.

* Cerberi are notable for having orbs of Hell Energy manifested and maintained within their hands. Their terminal entry notes that this takes considerable skill and concentration to accomplish... This could explain why they imitate Rodin's ''The Thinker,'' itself a component of a depiction of ''Dante's Inferno'' by the same artist, ''The Gates of Hell''. That signature pose of is both a reference and a genuine expression of contemplation.

* Cerberi are notable for having orbs of Hell Energy manifested and maintained within their hands. Their terminal entry notes that this takes considerable skill and concentration to accomplish... This could explain why they imitate Rodin's ''The Thinker,'' itself a component of a depiction of ''Dante's Inferno'' by the same artist, ''The Gates of Hell''. That signature pose of contemplation isn't just a reference; it's ''genuine.''

* Cerberi are notable for having orbs of Hell Energy manifested and maintained within their hands. Their terminal entry notes that this takes considerable skill and concentration to accomplish... This could explain why they imitate Rodin's ''The Thinker,'' itself a component of a depiction of ''Dante's Inferno'' by the same artist, ''The Gates of Hell''. That signature pose of contemplation isn't just for show; it's ''genuine.''

* Cerberi are notable for having orbs of Hell Energy manifested and maintained within their hands. Their terminal entry notes that this takes considerable skill and concentration to accomplish... which could explain why they imitate Rodin's ''The Thinker,'' itself a component of a depiction of ''Dante's Inferno'' by the same artist. That signature pose of contemplation isn't just for show; it's ''genuine.''

* Cerberi are notable for having orbs of Hell Energy manifested and maintained within their hands. Their terminal entry notes that this takes considerable skill and concentration to accomplish... which could explain why they imitate Rodin's ''The Thinker.'' That signature pose of contemplation isn't just for show; it's ''genuine.''

* Cerberi are notable for having orbs of Hell Energy manifested and maintained within their hands. Something like this must take a lot of concentration to accomplish... which could explain why they imitate Rodin's ''The Thinker.'' That signature pose of still contemplation is genuine; they're focusing ''all'' of their energy into keeping those orbs active. Some of them have done this for so long that they haven't moved from their seats in eons, so they have to pry themselves up from them.

* Cerberi are notable for having orbs of Hell Energy manifested and maintained within their hands. Something like this must take a lot of concentration to accomplish... which could explain why they imitate Rodin's ''The Thinker.'' That signature pose of still contemplation is genuine; they're focusing ''all'' of their energy into keeping those orbs active, Some of them have done this for so long that they haven't moved from their seats in eons, and they have to pry themselves up from them.

* Whilst the Earthmovers can be found in every sub-layer of Violence (even in the Wood of Suicides, which is supposed to represent violence against self), it makes sense that V1 only gets the chance to fight one once they reach the third sub-layer, reserved as punishment against those violent against God, Art, and Nature. Multiple references are present regarding its sheer height being analogous to reaching God and Heaven, befitting its violence against God. It could decimate cities, which are man-made neighborhoods, in an instant, befitting its violence against Art. And it even outright polutted the sky to the point that it blocked out the sun, befitting its violence against Nature.

** [[AscendedFridgeHorror It looks like we got our answer in Wrath]], and it's [[KrakenAndLeviathan The Leviathan]], a {{Sea Serpent|s}} Demon that's even bigger than Minos' Corpse.
** Further answered with the release of Violence where we have the Minotaur, who may be smaller than the Leviathan, but it's still a dangerous and terrifying foe.

* If you answer "No" to the prompt asking if you're ready to enter Sisyphus's containment chamber, you'll get a very long, very spiteful laugh alongside the phrase "a s i f y o u h a d a c h o i c e". Combine this with the ARG revealing that Hell isn't just a place, but a ''creature'' that has become so intelligent and hungry that it's begun to use, understand and make technology for itself, and even communicate using it by typing in that exact spaced-out manner, and we're faced with two very important realizations. Firstly, we know the angels have lost control of the situation to the Machines, but since both of them are giving Hell exactly what it wanted regardless, ''was Heaven ever in control to begin with?'' Second, we know that The Father made Hell Himself, that Hell beckons people to feed it, and that The Father tossed Lucifer in when they questioned His judgement of mankind... so who's to say that Hell wasn't perfectly, precisely aware of the weakness in its creator and was quietly preying on the insecurities of '''''God himself''''' for its own entertainment?

* Lore involving the Violence Layer implies that V1 was designed to [[DavidVsGoliath destroy Earthmovers]]. Earthmovers are so utterly massive that they hold entire cities on their backs, and it's to the point that they effectively wiped out the surface of the Earth in the Last War with their apocalyptic power and forced what remained of humanity to persist solely upon these traveling cities. Were it not for the sheer coincidence of the Long Night shutting off the solar power of the Earthmovers and forcing humanity into a ceasefire, V1's purpose would've involved ''destroying every last piece of human shelter active.'' No wonder Hell itself [[VillainRespect seems to respect V1]], as its very existence would contribute to the omnicide Hell has wanted this entire time.
** What's worse is that one of V1's greatest advantages is its ability to intake blood faster than any other machine. But, assuming the Earthmovers aren't usually being protected by on-site machines like the one V1 takes out in 7-4, this factor wouldn't come into play often in practice as the only means to get blood from the Earthmover are the turret defense system and its core... unless they were also specifically made to ''hunt down the humans on the backs of the Earthmovers'' as they were making their way up the centaur's body.

** There's also questions to raise about why Earthmovers are even able to be active when they're noted to be solar-powered in the midst of a dark warzone. If they still run on blood like any other machine to accompany this, then odds are Hell is outright compensating for their loss of power by ''filling them'' with a seemingly-endless supply of blood that they would've never had on Earth's surface. You can even find evidence to this given that V1's ascent through its target specifically invokes flooding its internals with so much blood that it'll kill V1.
* Hell begins speaking to V1's interface directly in the Violence Layer, its signature red text giving it ideas of how to progress or the occasional snark like referencing the payloads needed to blow open a blocked path. Then you read the 7-4 secret book, which specifically implies that Hell is ''writing it directly to V1 as a monologue'' given how it's blank. Given the penchant for carnage and sadism Hell does, how deep can it "integrate" into V1 without having to resort to full DemonicPossession? Were all of the score ranking systems and all the little combo titles Hell itself grading V1? The ParanoiaFuel is immense, though it seems to be entirely hands off so far and letting V1 run rampant [[BecauseItAmusedMe because Hell finds them amusing]].
* Nothing seen in the story so far indicates that The Council are aware that Hell is alive and claimed all of mankind for itself (not helping is how they're implied to already have a low opinion of humanity anyway). What if Hell isn't satisfied with just dragging all of humanity into hell, and starts setting its sights on Heaven itself? Given that God can't unmake Hell, it's likely no amount of angels can outpower it.
* When V1 arrives in Hell with their operating system's firmware rebooting, their systems read "2112.08.06", like a standard date. The Last War was approximately 200 years of suffering, and technology like the Guttermen resemble early 1900's design philosophy, never mind their classic coffins for the blood vessels within, old German weapon terms like "PANZERFAUST" written on the Guttertanks or the like, and the payloads of 7-2 look like particularly old-school bombs. All of this and more hints together imply that humanity had an AlternateHistory where the "Great War" is actually the UsefulNotes/WorldWarI of this universe and was not only bolstered by large leaps in robotics technology, but [[ForeverWar lasted for centuries]], as humanity became more and more inclined to utilize horrific and absolutely devastating weapons to simply be the last ones standing. The [[IronicEcho War to End All Wars]], folks.

* It's been clarified that the Gluttony layer does not take place within the Corpse of King Minos, which calls into question how Minos Prime could see the destruction his Husk was wreaking across Lust from within his Flesh Prison. However, there is one unique detail about the King's Corpse that could explain things: it is the only Husk to manifest with eyes--which glow with a familiarly divine white light. This could be an implied connection to the Angels who imprisoned him, made even stronger by the Flesh Prison's status as an Angel construction. Thus, through divine means, it's very likely Minos is seeing his Corpse destroy his hard work through ''a first-person perspective.''

* When V1 arrives in Hell with their operating system's firmware rebooting, their systems read "2112.08.06", like a standard date. The Last War was approximately 200 years of suffering, and technology like the Guttermen resemble early 1900's design philosophy, never mind their classic coffins for the blood vessels within, old German weapon terms like "PANZERFAUST" written on the Guttertanks or the like, and the payloads of 7-2 look like particularly old-school bombs. All of this and more hints together imply that humanity had an AlternateHistory where the "Great War" is actually the UsefulNotes/WorldWarI of this universe and was not only bolstered by large leaps in robotics technology, but [[ForeverWar never ended for centuries]], as humanity became more and more inclined to utilize horrific and absolutely devastating weapons to simply be the last ones standing. The [[IronicEcho War to End All Wars]], folks.

* When V1 arrives in Hell with their operating system's firmware rebooting, their systems read "2112.08.06", like a standard date. The Last War was approximately 200 years of suffering, and technology like the Guttermen resemble early 1900's design philosophy, never mind their classic coffins for the blood vessels within, old German weapon terms like "PANZERFAUST" written on the Guttertanks or the like, and the payloads of 7-2 look like particularly old-school bombs. All of this and more hints together imply that humanity had an AlternateHistory where the "[[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Great War]]" was not only bolstered by large leaps in robotics technology, but [[ForeverWar never ended for centuries]], as humanity became more and more inclined to utilize horrific and absolutely devastating weapons to simply be the last ones standing. The [[IronicEcho War to End All Wars]], folks.