History NightmareFuel / AWitchsTale

* The Grim Reaper is a BonusBoss who appears in random, preset treasure chests and whose stats scale to your stats. His attacks include messages like "Liddell is about to descend into hell!" and failing to defeat him quickly will result in instant death for the party.

* At the end of the first playthrough, the Eld Witch [[spoiler:stabs Queen Alice through the back, killing her]].
* The first playthrough's ending, where [[spoiler:Loue and the inhabitants of Wonderland demand Liddell become their new queen and seem poised to tear her apart when she refuses]].
* [[spoiler: The optional fight with Loue. It's particularly frightening since without warning, he doesn't seem to have a problem with tearing Liddell into [[{{Pun}} little]] pieces.]]
* Alice killed the Eld Witch's daughters and denied them reincarnation rights. In the NewGamePlus you can fight their hateful shadows.

* Some of the monsters, which include a pair of lips attached to a perfume bottle, floating masks, grinning cats, maids with horns and sharp axes, and fleshy marshmallow blobs.

* Even some of the ''items'' can be this, such as drinking Poison to recover MP.

** Oceria was a surface kingdom, but got submerged by the great war caused by the Eld Witch.

** The Eld Witch ruined Florin, which was then occupied by the Winged. She killed all of the peaceful Winged and burned their wings off, and Rapunzel's dairy describes the pain she felt when it happened.

** The second daughter of the Eld Witch wreaked havoc on Rem Boreas, killing the Ice Queen's two daughters in the process. It's treated as a legend, but the shadow blocking the way to the Shadow Lands in Shadow Town speaks of her home freezing over and how the Ice Rune killed her and her sister.
** The Eld Witch ruined Florin, which was then occupied by the Winged. When they began to suffer, they turned their faces to the moon and cried out for help. The residents of the moon kingdom, who also worshipped the moon, sent down plants to soothe the Winged. The Eld Witch succeeded in wiping the Winged out.

** In Al'Sahra, the Eld Witch's daughters cursed the land to burn forever. The Eld Witch killed Princess Shahrazad the day after she was crowned, and Lyra is tormented with nightmares of what happened.

* The first playthrough's ending, where [[spoiler:the inhabitants of Wonderland demand Liddell become their new queen and seem poised to tear her apart when she refuses]].

* The music for the Maze Forest, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGjBKO8dCaA Slumberland Invitation]], is quietly unsettling and makes you feel you're being watched.

** In Al'Sahra, the Eld Witch's daughters cursed the land to burn forever. The Eld Witch killed Princess Scheherazade the day after she was crowned, and Lyra is tormented with nightmares of what happened.

** The day before Al'Sahra was ruined by the Eld Witch, Princess Scheherazade was coronated as princess and learned a new magic spell. The Eld Witch killed her the day after she was crowned, and Lyra is tormented with nightmares of what happened.

-->'''Cat:''' What do all humans need to breathe?
-->'''Liddell:''' ?
-->'''Cat: *hisses*''' AIR, you stupid child!

** The day before Al'Sahra was ruined by the Eld Witch, Princess Scheherazade was coronated as princess and learned a new magic spell. The Eld Witcn killed her the day after she was crowned, and Lyra is tormented with nightmares of what happened.

* Some of the monsters, which include a pair of lips attached to a perfume bottle, floating masks, grinning cats, and fleshy marshmallow blobs.

* Some of the monsters, which include a pair of lips attached to a perfume bottle, grinning cats, and fleshy marshmallow blobs.

* The Grim Reaper is a BonusBoss who appears in random, preset treasure chests and whose stats scale to your stats. His attacks include messages like "Liddell is being dragged into hell!" and failing to defeat him quickly will result in instant death for the party.

** Oceria was a surface kingdom, but got sumerged by the great war caused by the Eld Witch.
** The day before Al'Sahra was ruined by the Eld Witch, Princess Shahrazad was coronated as princess and learned a new magic spell. The Eld Witcn killed her the day after she was crowned, and Lyra is tormented with nightmares of what happened.

* ''Every kingdom'' has a jorrific backstory.

* Rem Sacchras' backstory is surprisingly horrifying for a land made of sweets. When Alice had to seal the Eld Witch away, she did so by making a sacrifice to appease the evil god that ruled over the land at the time, killing the princess of Rem Boreas. Rem Sacchras was formed in that princess's memory, and the fallout from the sacrifice and the princess's anger at being killed birthed poison magic.

* Some of the monsters, which include a pair of lips attached to a perfume bottle, grinning cats, and fleshy marshmallow blobs.

* Some of the monsters, which include a pair of lips attached to a perfume bottle, ghosts, and the Grim Reaper.

* The first playthrough's ending, where [[spoiler:the inhabitants of Wonderland demand Liddell become their new queen and seem poised to tear her apart]].

* Most things about the Cheshire Cat, as he's decidedly unfreindly and has a very creepy air to him.
* The first playthrough's ending, where [[spoiler:the inhabitants of Wonderland demand Liddell become their new queen and seem poised to tear her apart]].