History NightmareFuel / Borderlands3

* You help bake a birthday cake for revenge, getting her some spiderant eggs for the batter and gunpowder for revenge. Those ingredients are tame compared to the eyeballs and fingers in the cake. It doesn't help that when you complete the quest, there are already orders for more of this cake.

* One of the questgivers begs you to find a friend who was kidnapped by bandits. Sounds heartwarming, except when you do find said friend, he actually went to these bandits for protection. It turns out that the quest-giver is actually the leader of the Fingerbiters who wants to remove the fingers from his "friend" for stealing a gun. Oh, and he's right outside the door.

* The COV killed and tortured the Sun Smashers Clan, in that order. In fact, you do rescue one who was reduced to a brain in a jar and rescue her mind from a virtual reality.

* The Vault Monsters, on account of being the prize of the Vaults rather than the guardians of prizes:
** The Ravager is the smallest of the Vault Monsters so far but is far more agile than the Warrior and spit out what looks like burning rib cages. If that wasn't all, it can suck in what might be floating souls and transform into even more grotesque forms.
** The Graveward is the largest Vault Monster seen so far, with the Leviathan from ''Captain Scarlett'' and the Traveler from ''Tales'' as close contenders. The rocket ship in its arm is a likely fate of what happened to Vault Hunters before you. Not only that, but Graveward was activated by the human-sized Grave and Ward's deaths, and it was probably the assumption of releasing a big monster that the Calypso Twins missed the opportunity to draining their powers.
* One of the questgivers begs you to find a friend who was kidnapped by bandits. Sounds heartwarming, except when you do find said friend, he actually went to these bandits for protection. It turns out that the questgiver is actually the leader of the Fingerbiters who wants to remove the fingers from his "friend" for stealing a gun. Oh, and he's right outside the door.

* The COV killed and tortured the Sun Smashers Clan, in that order. In fact, you do rescue one who was reduced to a brain in a jar, who lives through her torture in a virtual reality.

* The COV killed and tortured the Sun Raiders, in that order. In fact, you do rescue one who was reduced to a brain in a jar, who lives through her torture in a virtual reality.

** The first Anointed you fight. For context, the previous story boss is a Goliath. This boss is a Goliath with its skull already exposed and two/three times bigger than that, and it can also shoot energy balls.

** The Graveward is the largest Vault Monster seen so far, with the Leviathan from ''Captain Scarlett'' and the Traveler from ''Tales'' close contenders. The rocket ship in its arm is a likely fate of what happened to Vault Hunters before you.

** The first Anointed you fight. For context, the previous story boss is a Goliath. This boss is a Goliath with its skull already exposed and two/three times bigger than that.

* An [[https://bandicoot88.tumblr.com/post/187724263363/audio-log-of-rhys-and-zer0-talking-about-sasha ECHO log]] you can find appears to center around [[spoiler: Rhys and [=Zer0=] discussing Rhys's girlfriend, Sasha, who has disappeared so well that [=Zer0's=] spies are unable to find her. In ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'', Fiona disappeared without a trace, and we still don't know what kind of fate she met. Now Sasha is gone, [[NothingIsScarier with no explanation as to why]]. Are the sisters cursed? Did the Cult go after them? What is so terrible that it makes a hardened conwoman disappear off the face of the six galaxies without any contact whatsoever?]]

* The Vault Monsters, on account of being the prize of the Vaults rather than the guardians of prizes.

** The Graveward is the largest Vault Monster, with the Leviathan from Captain Scarlett a close contender. The rocket ship in its arm is a likely fate of what happened to Vault Hunters before you.

** And the sidequest of how Troy experimented with this power, either trying to transform prisoners without blowing them up or making prisoners fight against an Anointed.

* Near the end of the game, Troy goes into such a massive power trip that he Phaselocks Elpis and tries to ram it on Pandora, so he and Tyreen can open the Great Vault, free the full extent of the Destroyer, drain it abd become gods. Seeing Elpis so close to the surface is the stuff of nightmares. [[spoiler:It takes Lilith's HeroicSacrifice to stop Elpis from crashing.]]

* Anointed enemies. These are CoV bandits that are immune to Cryo and have powers of their own, but some of them will calmly walk towards you as they shoot you with their finger laser. They don't jump in your face, scream in your face, or even run away from or towards you. What does Eridium do to make these bandits act like Terminators (and it's most likely Eridium is the cause as defeating them will crystallize their bodies).

** The final boss of the game, Tyreen [[FusionDance merges with the Destroyer]], becoming a horrific monster in the process.

* An [[https://bandicoot88.tumblr.com/post/187724263363/audio-log-of-rhys-and-zer0-talking-about-sasha ECHO log]] you can find appears to center around [[spoiler: Rhys and [=Zer0=] discussing Rhys's girlfriend, Sasha, who has disappeared so well that [=Zer0's=] spies are unable to find her. In ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'', Fiona disappeared without a trace, and we still don't know what kind of fate she met. Now Sasha is gone, [[NothingIsScarier with no explanation as to why]]. Are the sisters cursed? Did the Cult go after them? What is so terrible that it makes a hardened conwoman disappear off the face of the six galaxies without any contact whatsoever?]]

** [[spoiler: Maya is then killed in a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath horrifying manner]], being slowly ReducedToDust while screaming in pain and terror as Ava helplessly watches.]]

* [[spoiler: The circumstances leading to Maya's death. Tyreen tries to drain Ava only for Maya to take Troy hostage in an attempt to stop her. Troy panics and grabs Maya's arm which makes both their tattoos light up [[OhCrap slowly causing both of them to realize that]] [[NewSuperPower Troy doesn't need to absorb his sisters powers specifically after all.]] Up until that point Troy really believed his was BlessedWithSuck and his powers were useless. Maya essentially brought her death on herself because [[MuggingTheMonster neither she]] [[HowDoIShootWeb nor Troy]] [[NotSoHarmlessVillain believed he could defend himself from her]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard until she accidentally proved he could.]]]]

* The circumstances leading to Maya's death. Tyreen tries to drain Ava only for Maya to take Troy hostage in an attempt to stop her. Troy panics and grabs Maya's arm which makes both their tattoos light up [[OhCrap slowly causing both of them to realize that]] [[NewSuperPower Troy doesn't need to absorb his sisters powers specifically after all.]] Up until that point Troy really believed his was BlessedWithSuck and his powers were useless. Maya essentially brought her death on herself because [[MuggingTheMonster neither she]] [[HowDoIShootWeb nor Troy]] [[NotSoHarmlessVillain believed he could defend himself from her]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard until she accidentally proved he could.]]

* The circumstances leading to Maya's death. Tyreen tries to drain Ava only for Maya to take Troy hostage in an attempt to stop her. Troy panics and grabs Maya's arm which makes both their tattoos light up [[OhCrap slowly causing both of them to realize that]] [[NewSuperPower Troy doesn't need to absorb his sisters powers specifically after all.]] Up until that point Troy really believed his was BlessedWithSuck and his powers were useless. Maya essentially brought her death on herself because [[MuggingTheMonster neither she]] [[HowDoIShootWeb nor Troy]] [[NotSoHarmlessVillain could have defended himself from her]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard until she accidentally proved he could.]]

* The circumstances leading to Maya's death. Tyreen tries to drain Ava only for Maya to take Troy hostage in an attempt to stop her. Troy panics and grabs Maya's arm which makes both their tattoos light up [[OhCrap slowly causing both of them to realize that]] [[NewSuperPower Troy doesn't need to absorb his sisters powers specifically after all.]] Up until that point Troy really believed his was BlessedWithSuck and his powers were useless. Maya essentially brought her death on herself because [[NotSoHarmlessVillain neither of them thought Troy could have defended himself from her]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard until she accidentally proved he could.]]

* The circumstances leading to Maya's death. Tyreen tries to drain Ava only for Maya to take Troy hostage in an attempt to stop her. Troy panics and grabs Maya's arm which makes both their tattoos light up [[OhCrap slowly causing both of them to realize that]][[NewSuperPower Troy doesn't need to absorb his sisters powers specifically after all.]] Up until that point Troy really believed his was BlessedWithSuck and his powers were useless. Maya essentially brought her death on herself because [[NotSoHarmlessVillain neither of them thought Troy could have defended himself from her]] [[AccidentalMurder until it was too late.]]

* The circumstances leading to Maya's death. Tyreen tries to drain Ava only for Maya to take Troy hostage in an attempt to stop her. Troy panics and grabs Maya's arm which makes both their tattoos light up [[OhCrap slowly causing both of them to realize that Troy doesn't need to absorb his sisters powers specifically after all.]] Up until that point Troy really believed his was BlessedWithSuck and his powers were useless. Maya essentially brought her death on herself because [[NewSuperPower neither of them thought Troy could have defended himself from her]] [[AccidentalMurder until it was too late.]]

* The circumstances leading to Maya's death. Tyreen tries to drain Ava only for Maya to take Troy hostage in an attempt to stop her. Troy panics and grabs Maya's arm causing both their tattoos to light up [[OhCrap causing both of them to realize that Troy doesn't need to absorb his sisters powers specifically after all.]] Up until that point Troy really believed his was BlessedWithSuck and his powers were useless. Maya essentially brought her death on herself because [[NewSuperPower neither of them thought he could have defended himself]] [[AccidentalMurder until it was too late.]]

* The circumstances leading to Maya's death. Tyreen tries to draine Ava only for Maya to take Troy hostage in an attempt to stop her. Troy panics and grabs Maya's arm causing both their tattoos to light up [[OhCrap causing both of them to realize that Troy doesn't need to absorb his sisters powers specifically after all.]] Up until that point Troy really believed his was BlessedWithSuck and his powers were useless. Maya essentially brought her death on herself because [[NewSuperPower neither of them thought he could have defended himself]] [[AccidentalMurder until it was too late.]]

* According to [[https://borderlore.tumblr.com/post/185707138974/borderlands-3-female-psycho-cosplay-guide the cosplay guide for the Female Psycho]], Psychos aren't just the ordinary kind of crazy, but are being ''actively driven insane'' by [[NothingIsScarier something]] -- and it can happen to anyone in the galaxy, not just on Pandora or Elpis.

** The Children of the Vault are not only a large and heavily armed cult that has absorbed many bandit gangs, but are apparently able to ''steal powers from Sirens'' and use them for themselves. Sirens are among the strongest beings in the ''Borderlands'' universe, and the twins are able to rob them of their powers entirely, with Lilith being their first victim. This has also allowed Troy to go against the natural order and imbue himself with Siren powers, despite that it's a GenderRestrictedAbility. His tattoos being {{red|right hand}} and [[BodyHorror frayed]] in comparison to the more fluid-looking tattoos Sirens normally sport demonstrates how wrong and unnatural this "male Siren" is. In an added bit of horror, Tyreen's tattoos don't glow when she uses her powers, '''Troy's''' do.

** Tyreen has the power to leech energy from living beings, and plans to do this to multiple [[EldritchAbomination Vault Monsters]] to become super-powerful. The results of this on her followers are... [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3eychAW0AERd4X.jpg not pretty]].
** How the Children of The Vault came into existence in the first place. Years of being cannon fodder for companies like Dahl, Atlas, and Hyperion, being target practice for the Vault Hunters and subjected to genocide by the New Pandora Army have pushed the bandits to the breaking point. Now imagine every Bandit and Scav from the previous games joining forces, and they're said to number ''10 billion strong''. [[ParanoiaFuel Scary thought, huh]]?
** Even worse is the possibility that AffablyEvil gangs like the Hodunks, Zafords, and Captain Scarlett's pirate crew could have been forcibly conscripted into the Children of The Vault with next to no say in the matter.
** According to [[https://borderlore.tumblr.com/post/185707138974/borderlands-3-female-psycho-cosplay-guide the cosplay guide for the Female Psycho]], Psychos aren't just the ordinary kind of crazy, but are being ''actively driven insane'' by [[NothingIsScarier something]] -- and it can happen to anyone in the galaxy, not just on Pandora or Elpis.