History NightmareFuel / FireEmblem

* Pray you don't get a GameOver in ''The Binding Blade'', ''The Blazing Blade'', ''The Sacred Stones''[[note]]All three games having the words "GAME OVER" imposed over a fiery background[[/note]], or ''Path of Radiance''[[note]]A static image of Ike's Regal Sword engulfed in flames, with a huge bold text reading "Game Over"[[/note]]. The music that plays during these scenes, along with the blazing crimson background, is very disturbing. The ''Path of Radiance'' Game Over screen is arguably the worst out of the ones listed here, as the bright crimson flames juxtapositioned with the pitch black background in combination with the scary harpsichord of the music instills a frightening feeling towards the player, making it as though ''[[PlayerPunch you]]'' failing the chapter resulted in TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.

* In general, some of the characters' death quotes can be this, especially the ones that [[KilledMidSentence abruptly cut off mid-line]]. In later games, the character's eyes will actually close as they finish the line. The [[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Tellius]] [[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn games]] in particular have some [[http://serenesforest.net/path-of-radiance/scripts/game-script/miscellaneous/death-quotes/ very disturbing]] [[http://serenesforest.net/radiant-dawn/scripts/game-script/miscellaneous/death-quotes/regular/ death quotes]], here are a few examples. (Note that Tormod and Rolf are ''children''.)

** In Thracia 776, you can actually steal the tome for yourself if you capture an enemy Dark Mage carrying the spellbook or use Tina's Thief staff. However, no one in your party can actually use it, not even Salem, your only dark magic user; it also cannot be sold, due to being a Prf weapon. While it's obviously the case given how the Hel tome has a character lock designated to it so that it can only be used by enemy Dark Mages ([[ObviousRulePatch making it so you cannot have an easy way of softening enemies for easy capturing/killing]]), you can alternatively interpret the Hel tome's status as an unusable and unsellable weapon because it is seen as an EvilWeapon that is too nightmarish and demented (especially when you consider the graphics for the spell in Thracia 776, as seen above) for anyone other than Loptrians to use, and the shopkeepers likely have the same feeling, which explains why they don't want it when you try to sell it to them.
** In one of the game's chapter, there are the stone statues of '''EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER''' that canonically died in the Battle of Bellhalla. Alec, Naoise, Arden, Lex, Midir, Dew, Jamke, Chulainn, Claude and Beowolf, pretty much every male apart from Oifey, Shannan, Lewyn and possibly Azelle is dead.

** While it's clear that Brigid, like her twin sister Edain, survived the battle, she got amnesia and became a swordmaster known as Eyvel, and at one point, she also gets turned to stone, which can only be fixed if you go through and complete Chapter 24x. By Chapter 25, if she isn't recluted and alive, she'll become the Deadlord Draco. She would never be able of getting her memory back, or reunite with Febail and Patty, her children.

** The result of the contract during ''Radiant Dawn''[='=]s story is not pretty. Not only is the Dawn Brigade powerless to stop Lekain's atrocities, but they're also forced to fight for Lekain and effectively enforce Daein's rule the same way Ashnard did. [[spoiler:Micaiah is so desperate to win that at one point, during a skirmish with the Laguz Alliance, Micaiah's last resort is to lure them into the bottom of a canyon doused with oil and setting fire to it in a last-ditch effort to wipe out the Laguz Alliance. If not for Tibarn's timely intervention, we'd have in our hands one of the most gruesome massacres in all of ''Fire Emblem'', rivaled only by what took place in the first part of ''Genealogy of the Holy War''.]]
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'': The story takes a very dark turn in Chapter 4 of book 2. Specifically part 5, where Prince Alfonse is forced to choose whether he and the Order of Heroes should save the Askran citizens in a nearby village, or flee to Nifl to escape King Surtr. After giving this ultimatum, Surtr describes to the Order of Heroes the fate of the Askran citizens should they choose to flee.
-->'''Surtr''': Let me tell you something you might not know... being burned alive is one of the most painful ways to die. (Cue SlasherSmile) First the skin burns off... Then the muscles themselves begin to fall apart. In the end, they all wail. "Please... kill me! Please!"

** The final boss. It is a regular fire dragon, summoned by Nergal via [[WithMyDyingBreathISummonYou with a incantation, even as he lays dying]]. The result of this action brings about a raging and hateful beasts that is even more pissed at you for slaying 2 of it's kin as soon as it got out of the Dragon's Gate. Fighting the cursed thing is very intimidating; [[BadassNormal it's just a regular fire dragon, yet it fights even better than other bosses in the GBA trilogy]], it's [[NonStandardCharacterDesign appearance]] sticks out for [[UncannyValley frightening reasons,]] and will always kill anyone with the game with only two breaths of it's vile flames.

** Ditto for [[HPToOne Hel]] and Meteor spells' sound effects, the sound of incoming danger from a distance spells impending doom for anyone unlucky enough to get hit.

** The worst thing is that among the few characters that survived (mostly the girls) often had a terrible fate. Erinrys died of illness, Brigid suffered from amnesia, as seen below, Silvia and Lachesis go missing, and Ayra has possibly died in the battle, which could make her the only female victim of war from Sigurd's army. Tailtiu had the worst fate though, as she was captured and physically abused by her sister-in-law, Hilda, for years, taking it for her little daughter Tine and died from both depression AND failing health from the beating.

* Pray you don't get a GameOver in ''The Binding Blade'', ''The Blazing Blade'', ''The Sacred Stones'',[[note]]All three games having the words "GAME OVER" imposed over a fiery background[[/note]], or ''Path of Radiance''[[note]]A static image of Ike's Regal Sword engulfed in flames, with a huge bold text reading "Game Over"[[/note]]. The music that plays during these scenes, along with the blazing crimson background, is very disturbing. The ''Path of Radiance'' Game Over screen is arguably the worst out of the ones listed here, as the bright crimson flames juxtapositioned with the pitch black background in combination with the scary harpsichord of the music instills a frightening feeling towards the player, making it as though ''[[PlayerPunch you]]'' failing the chapter resulted in TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.

* Pray you don't get a GameOver in ''The Binding Blade'', ''The Blazing Blade''[[note]]Both having the words "GAME OVER" imposed over a fiery background[[/note]], or ''Path of Radiance''[[note]]A static image of Ike's Regal Sword engulfed in flames, with a huge bold text reading "Game Over"[[/note]]. The music that plays during these scenes, along with the blazing crimson background, is very disturbing.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'': [[http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/File:FE5_Hell.gif The graphics for the Hell spell]] (pictured above). The image of a demonic-looking woman being embraced by skeletons in a hellish atmosphere is just a nightmarish sight to behold, especially in comparison to its ''Genealogy'' equivalent. [[https://lparchive.org/Fire-Emblem-4-Binary/Update%2001/2-Ch1_002.png Here's a still view of it!]]

** The worst thing is that among the few characters that survived (mostly the girls) often had a terrible fate. Einrys died of illness, Brigid suffered from amnesia, as seen below, Silvia and Lachesis go missing, and Ayra has possibly died in the battle, which could make her the only female victim of war from Sigurd's army. Tailtiu had the worst fate though, as she was captured and physically abused by her sister-in-law, Hilda, for years, taking it for her little daughter Tine and died from both depression AND failing health from the beating.

** In one of the game's chapter, there are the stone statues of '''EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER''' that canonically died in the Battle of Bellhalla. Alec, Naoise, Arden, Lex, Midir, Dew, Jamke, Chulainn, Claude and Bewoulf, pretty much every male apart from Oifey, Shannan, Lewyn and possibly Azelle is dead.

** In one of the game's chapter, there are the stone statues of '''EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER''' that canonically died in the Battle of Bellhalla. Alec, Naoise, Arden, Lex, Midir, Dew, Jamke, Chulainn, Claude and Bewoulf, pretty much every male apart from Oifey, Shannan and Lewyn is dead.

** The worst thing is that among the few characters that survived (mostly the girls) often had a terrible fate. Einrys died of illness, Brigid suffered from amnesia, as seen below, Silvia and Lachesis go missing, and has possibly died. Tailitu had the worst fate though, as she was captured and physically abused by her sister-in-law, Hilda, for years, taking it for her little daughter Tine and died from both depression AND failing health from the beating.

* Pray you don't get a GameOver in ''The Binding Blade'', ''The Blazing Blade''[[labelnote:*]]Both having the words "GAME OVER" imposed over a fiery background[[/labelnote]], or ''Path of Radiance''[[labelnote:*]]A static image of Ike's Regal Sword engulfed in flames, with a huge bold text reading "Game Over"[[/labelnote]]. The music that plays during these scenes, along with the blazing crimson background, is very disturbing.
** ''Shadow Dragon''[[labelnote:*]]Consisting of an abandoned Falchion on a battlefield full of destroyed flags and abandoned weapons[[/labelnote]], ''Thracia 776'' [[labelnote:*]]An abandoned blade and helmet on a cliff edge depicted in deep blue with the word "FIN..." below it[[/labelnote]], and ''Radiant Dawn'' [[labelnote:*]]A monochrome image of a cloudy battlefield with numerous weapons and Lehran's Medellion left abandoned on the battlefield, with melancholic music in the background[[/labelnote]] aren't very pleasant either.

As though the ever-present risk of [[FinalDeath losing your units for good]] wasn't enough to fill you with dread, the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' setting has many disturbing elements to keep you unnerved well after the battle has ended.

* In general, some of the characters' FinalDeath quotes can be this, especially the ones that [[KilledMidSentence abruptly cut off mid-line]]. In later games, the character's eyes will actually close as they finish the line. The [[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Tellius]] [[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn games]] in particular have some [[http://serenesforest.net/path-of-radiance/scripts/game-script/miscellaneous/death-quotes/ very disturbing]] [[http://serenesforest.net/radiant-dawn/scripts/game-script/miscellaneous/death-quotes/regular/ death quotes]], here are a few examples. (Note that Tormod and Rolf are ''children''.)

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'': [[http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/File:FE5_Hell.gif The graphics for the Hell spell]]. The image of a demonic-looking woman being embraced by skeletons in a hellish atmosphere is just a nightmarish sight to behold, especially in comparison to its ''Genealogy'' equivalent. [[https://lparchive.org/Fire-Emblem-4-Binary/Update%2001/2-Ch1_002.png Here's a still view of it!]]

* Pray you don't get a GameOver in ''The Binding Blade'', ''The Blazing Blade''[[labelnote:*]]Both having the words "GAME OVER" imposed over a fiery background[[/labelnote]], or ''Path of Radiance''[[labelnote:*]]A static image of Ragnell engulfed in flames[[/labelnote]]. The music that plays during these scenes is very disturbing, as is the blazing crimson background.
** ''Shadow Dragon''[[labelnote:*]]Consisting of an abandoned Falchion on a battlefield full of destroyed flags and abandoned weapons[[/labelnote]] and ''Thracia 776'' [[labelnote:*]]An abandoned blade and helmet on a cliff edge depicted in deep blue with the word "FIN..." below it[[/labelnote]] aren't very pleasant either.

** ''Shadow Dragon''[[labelnote:*]]Consisting of an abandoned Falchion on a battlefield full of destroyed flags and abandoned weapons[[/labelnote]] and ''Thracia 776'' [[labelnote:*]]An abandoned blade and helmet on a cliff edge depicted in sepia tone[[/labelnote]] aren't very pleasant either.

** Later games make it a Dark spell, though the Tellius games revert it to Light (and then ''Awakening'' switches it right back to Dark). Still somewhat creepy, though.

* Pray you don't get a GameOver in ''The Binding Blade'', ''The Blazing Blade'', or ''Path of Radiance''. The music that plays during these scenes is very disturbing, as is the blazing crimson background.
** ''Shadow Dragon'' and ''Thracia 776'' aren't very pleasant either.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'': The blood pact. A cursed contract that binds the signer to the contractor's service. The one who is in possession of the contract can invoke a curse to the other party's nation if the other party does not do as the holder wishes. And killing the signing party does ''not'' dispel the curse. The only way to break the curse is to kill the contractor and then tear the scroll containing the contract. [[spoiler:Lekain used it to bind Naesala and Pelleas to his service until Sanaki took charge of things, and prior to that, Ashnard had manipulated his father into signing it, ultimately resulting in Ashnard killing his father and taking over Daein.]]

** The sound effects of the Loptyr and Naga Spells are creepy as hell and can't be properly rendered by an emulator.

** The ([[VisualEffectsOfAwesome admittedly badass]]) animation for [[spoiler:Nergal's attack, Ereshkigal]] -- it's a hellish vortex of dark magic, and the noise it makes... It's a serious step up from the standard-issue dark magic used in the game.