History NightmareFuel / BaldursGate

* We all know that [[UrbanLegendOfZelda there was no novelation of the games.]] But if there had been, there's a possibility that the depiction of the spider-infested Cloakwood ruins might have been pretty damned horrifying. If such a novel existed, that is.

* The teaser to Baldur's Gate III gives us a view of Baldur's Gate under siege, with dead Flaming Fist soldiers littering the streets. One survivor stumbles exhausted through an alley, preparing for a desperate last stand. Then suddenly he vomits blood, his teeth fall out, and a horrible transformation starts, culminating in four tentacles bursting out of his mouth. Seconds later, a newly born illithid rises into the air. And then a lightning illuminates the clouds, and the sky is full of mind flayers.

* The teaster to Baldur's Gate III gives us a view of Baldur's Gate under siege, with dead Flaming Fist soldiers littering the streets. One survivor stumbles exhausted through an alley, preparing for a desperate last stand. Then suddenly he vomits blood, his teeth fall out, and a horrible transformation starts, culminating in four tentacles bursting out of his mouth. Seconds later, a newly born illithid rises into the air. And then a lightning illuminates the clouds, and the sky is full of mind flayers.

* We all know that [[{{Discontinuity}} there was no novelation of the games.]] But if there had been, there's a possibility that the depiction of the spider-infested Cloakwood ruins might have been pretty damned horrifying. If such a novel existed, that is.

* The Underdark. An enormous sub-terrainan world filled to the brim with beings so dangerous and evil that it can compete with the lower planes.

* The illithid cave. You're captured the instant you enter the cavern and is forced to fight in a arena. You escape and have to fight your way out with every room containing some of the [[DemonicSpiders worst creatures]] in the entire game. And the only way to escape the complex is to slay the Elder Brain. Have fun!

** There's nothing in the game that says this, but you might still wonder if one of the flayed bodies ringing the top of Tazok's tent could be Kivan's wife.

* If you visit the Temple District at night, you'll run into a Shadow Theif. He won't attack, but he will start babbling a deranged "song" when you speak to him. It sounds like the typical ravings of a madman at first...then the song describes how an innocent man was forced to watch his friends and family be butchered because he refused to get involved in the current guild war. The song suddenly becomes much more chilling when you realise who the song is describing.

** For extra scary points, try bring Aerie there. Aerie, like all the [[WingedHumanoid Avariel]], is claustrophobic. Upon realizing where she is and that there's a very good chance that she'll never see the sky again, she suffers a HeroicBSOD.

* The Underdark. A huge sub-terrainan world filled to the brim with beings so dangerous and evil that can compete with the lower planes.

** For extra scary points, try bring Aerie there. Aerie, like all the [[WingedHumanoid Avariel]], is extremely claustrophobic. Upon realizing where she is and that there's a very good chance that she'll never see the sky again, she suffers a HeroicBSOD.

** For extra scary points, try bring Aerie there. Arie, like all the [[WingedHumanoid Avariel]], is extremely claustrophobic. Upon realizing where she is and that there's a very good chance that she'll never see the sky again, she suffers a HeroicBSOD.

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* Even better, [[spoiler: even better, when you get to the end of the catacombs, Gorion shows up and tries to convince you that none of the dopplegangers were real, and instead you just murdered all of your old childhood friends in a bout of insanity. Of course, he turns out to be a doppleganger, too, but it can really mess with your head for a brief moment.]]

* For a mixture of NightmareFuel and TearJerker, find Captain Brage and right click on him to hear a mixture of insane laughter and broken sobbing.

* The cries in [[spoiler: the Fear Test in hell]] in Shadows of Amn.

* The dream sequences, in which [[BigBad Irenicus]] gives you increasingly dark and morbid {{Hannibal Lecture}}s. It becomes even worse when you find out [[spoiler:the Irenicus that talks to you in your dreams isn't Irenicus at all. Its Bhaal himself, trying to goad you to TheDarkSide.]]

* For a mixture of NightmareFuel and TearJerker, find Captain Barge and right click on him to hear a mixture of insane laughter and broken sobbing.

* Take a closer look at that bandit camp. Apparently they decided to decorate their camp with rotting corpses.