History NightmareFuel / FireEmblemAwakening

[[caption-width-right:500: Ladies and gnetlemen, meet [[BigBad Grima]]. [[DragonsAreDemonic One of the largest, evilest, and terrifying dragons yet.]]]]

* The fact that you, the customizable self insert hero, is the vessel of the AnimalisticAbomination dragon that will eventually take over your mind and soul and destroy the ones you love. And there's nothing you can do to remove it, as it is part of your existence.

* One of the map themes, [[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tw03z6_6bRE Chaos]], and its [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uuwsy9Tyto Ablaze equivalent]]. Both of these tend to play in chapters involving the [[ReligionOfEvil Grimleal]]. The regular version is quite subtle, but the instruments give a feeling of building dread and paranoia — whilst the Ablaze version is incredibly loud and gives the feeling of everything turning, well, chaotic. Both of them, however, give the feeling of hopelessness and death.

* Cervantes' conversation when battling Chrom. His sheer fanaticism for Walhart is rather disturbing, especially since he's otherwise portrayed in a comical manner.
* Grima's ''humanoid face'', that reveals itself after you deal enough damage.

** A notable one is in his B-support with him and Cherche, where he says the hunters that killed the wolf that's been taking care of him have "payed in blood." It should be noted that instead of his usual smile, he has his distressed face, implying that he has a darker expression on his face than usual

* The first chapter titled "[[CerebusSyndrome An Unwelcome Change]]". [[HilarityEnsues It starts off as really light-hearted with nonstop jabs at Lissa's refusal to eat bear meat]] [[HypocriticalHumor and Frederick ironically calling her out on this]]. Come around some hours later and [[TheHero Chrom]] decides to go take a walk in the forest because [[ItsQuietTooQuiet he's getting an eerie feeling that something's not right]] [[TagalongKid and Lissa tags along having nothing better to do]]. The name of the song that plays during this time is even titled "[[NothingIsScarier Something Is Very Wrong]]" [[NothingIsScarier and it is eerie as hell]]. [[FailedASpotCheck During this time Chrom and Lissa overlook a crucial detail here]]: ''[[FridgeHorror where the hell is the local wildlife?]]'' The moment things look like they ''can't'' get any scarier than that, ''it does.'' Cue a song titled "[[OhCrap I Mean it, Go!]]", followed by [[EarthquakesCauseFissures a massive earthquake]] [[DisasterDominoes and giant trees being uprooted from the ground towards Chrom and Lissa's spot]] [[EarthquakesCauseFissures with the Earth itself is splitting open]] [[ChekhovsVolcano spewing out magma and fireballs everywhere setting the forest]] [[StealthPun ablaze]] [[OutrunTheFireball with Chrom and Lissa]] [[DontAskJustRun desperately running for their lives]]. [[ItHasOnlyJustBegun And you think that's the end of it?]] ''[[MemeticMutation Think Again!]]'' [[CoolGate Cue a freakish, blue eye shaped portal opening in the sky and]] ''[[EldritchAbomination Undead Eldritch Abominations falling out of them.]] [[AlwaysChaoticEvil They are NOT friendly,]] [[TheUsualAdversaries they have some plot relevance,]] [[BadFuture and their prescence marks the beginning of a]] {{Zombie Apocalypse}} [[BadFuture instigated by none other than]] [[GodOfEvil GR]][[{{Dracolich}} IM]][[EldritchAbomination A]]. And all of this is as early as Chapter 1?!''
* The special "entombed" risen. The other risen are just a PaletteSwap of Generic classes. The entombed, on the other hand, are unique little freaks that wear bag...things on their heads, sink in the ground and attack you with their bare hands. Oh, and their head twitches all over the god damn place. The fact that they're [[MetalSlime basically weak metal slimes]] does little to comfort.

* In the DLC chapter "Rogues & Redeemers 2", your NPC allies are all major villains from past games. If you bring Tiki along to the level, you can have her talk to Gharnef. It plays out uncomfortably [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything like someone who was raped as a child confronting her rapist as an adult]]--which [[MindRape in a way]], ''it is''.
* The "Dire Future II" cutscene. Besides the fact we get to see Grima's ''massive'' size for the first time (As he completely ''dwarfs'' Ylisstol), the way he mercilessly taunts Lucina about how she's lost shows off just how sadistic this colossus is. The scariest part, however, is how it ends- Grima tells Lucina how it's her turn to die and LUNGES at her, mouth agape, and it ends by showing the poor girl screaming in terror.
** Granted, it is somewhat alleviated by the fact that the third Drama CD lets us know that Lucina is rescued by Gerome, Cynthia and Noire at the last second, confirming that it isn't [[AllJustADream a nightmare]] or even another timeline where Lucina is killed off by Grima.
* One of the map themes, [[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tw03z6_6bRE Chaos]], and its [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uuwsy9Tyto Ablaze equivalent]]. Both of which tend to play in chapters involving the [[ReligionOfEvil Grimleal]]. The regular version is quite subtle, but the instruments give a feeling of building dread and paranoia- Whilst the Ablaze version is incredibly loud and gives the feeling of everything turning, well, chaotic. Both of which, however, give the feeling of hopelessness and death.

* Cervantes' conversation when battling Chrom. His sheer fanaticism for Walhart is rather disturbing, especially since he's otherwise portrayed in a comical manner.

* The Cockroach in Lucina's C support with her sibling. Thank the gods we never see it, because by the looks of things, it would be utterly terrifying. It's enough to freak out Inigo, a consummate ladies' man, to the point where he says he'd "sooner die loveless and alone" than touch it, reduces the badass, tomboyish, borderline BloodKnight Kjelle to a panicking wreck, and in every version of the support, it instills great terror within Lucina, a woman who has ''stared into the gaping maw of Grima itself as it came bearing down upon her''. And everyone who can possibly be involved in this conversation is a veritable badass who regularly fights ''zombies''. Thankfully, again, we never see the thing, only other peoples' terrified reactions, which, much like watching a playthrough of ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'', makes for [[FunnyMoments comedy gold.]]

** The fact that you, the customizable self insert, is the vessel of the AnimalisticAbomination dragon that will eventually take over your mind and soul. And there's nothing you can do to remove it, as it is part of your existence.

* That the people in Plegia had to live with the Grimleal for a thousand years, then survive destructive wars by the past Exalt of Ylisse and Walhart starting to destroy the Grimleal is horrifying.

* That the people in Plegia had to live with the Grimleal for a thousand years. Then survive destructive wars by that past exalt of Ylisse and Walhart started to destroy the Grimleal.

* Grima and the BadFuture in general. In a flashback, even [[spoiler:Lucina, who is a badass and mostly fearless young lady]], lets out a blood-chilling scream at the sight of the monster. All the reports you hear about the BadFuture are no better. By the endgame, [[spoiler:your evil counterpart from the Bad Future that Lucina escaped from makes their Grima incarnation appear, giving Lucina a second opportunity to be terrified of the Beast. Even her father Chrom is unnerved and visibly distraught by Grima's appearance in their world!]]
** Oh, and Grima's 'face' is actually ''not'' its real face. It's actually a bony exoskeleton [[spoiler: that you can break off in the final fight, [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/fireemblem/images/9/9e/GrimaInGame.png/revision/latest?cb=20140809024519 revealing Grima's true, HUMAN face]].]]

** Robin even [[LampshadeHanging points out]] how creepy this is in their C-Support. And then there's Tharja's confession scene to a male Robin, where she [[spoiler: ''[[{{Yandere}} threatens to kill him]]'' should he ever back out of the relationship]].
** And if that's not enough, [[spoiler:in ''Fire Emblem Fates'', it's all but stated that the Tharja Expy is in fact the preincarnation of her, and she will ''always'' stalk you across both of your lifetimes. Both in this one and the next.]]

* The ''Death's Embrace'' DLC map is pretty horrific overall, but the worst of it would have to be the special Risen Chief that the boss summons. It appears to be a regular Soldier on the map, so one would probably think that it would appear the same in battle, just with the demonic Risen face. But no, what one will see is an... abomination. Instead of a regular Soldier, you face [[spoiler:an armoured knight Risen with no eyes, and with ''faces all over its body, complete with the [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning Risen eyes]]''. It even has some skulls attached to it. One of the most terrifying things in the game aside from Grima itself.]]
* The ''giant'' revenants in the ''Roster Rescue'' [=DLC=] can be pretty freaky, too. Again, they look like normal Risen on the map... and then you fight one and see that [[spoiler: they're about 3 times the size of normal enemies, are a bit more detailed, and have chains and weapons sticking out of them]]. A lot of their creepiness comes from the fact that ''Roster Rescue'' is otherwise mostly funny, so the giant revenants are pretty jarring.
* The first chapter titled "[[CerebusSyndrome An Unwelcome Change]]". [[HilarityEnsues It starts off as really light-hearted with nonstop jabs at Lissa's refusal to eat bear meat]][[spoiler: ([[HypocriticalHumor and Frederick ironically calling her out on this]])]]. Come around some hours later and [[TheHero Chrom]] decides to go take a walk in the forest because [[ItsQuietTooQuiet he's getting an eerie feeling that something's not right]] [[TagalongKid and Lissa tags along having nothing better to do]]. The name of the song that plays during this time is even titled "[[NothingIsScarier Something Is Very Wrong]]" [[NothingIsScarier and it is eerie as hell]]. [[FailedASpotCheck During this time Chrom and Lissa overlook a crucial detail here]]: ''[[FridgeHorror where the hell is the local wildlife?]]'' The moment things look like they ''can't'' get any scarier than that, ''it does.'' Cue a song titled "[[OhCrap I Mean it, Go!]]", followed by ''[[spoiler: [[EarthquakesCauseFissures a massive earthquake]] [[DisasterDominoes and giant trees being uprooted from the ground towards Chrom and Lissa's spot]] [[EarthquakesCauseFissures with the Earth itself is splitting open]] [[ChekhovsVolcano spewing out magma and fireballs everywhere setting the forest]] [[StealthPun ablaze]] [[OutrunTheFireball with Chrom and Lissa]] [[DontAskJustRun desperately running for their lives]]]]''. [[ItHasOnlyJustBegun And you think that's the end of it?]] ''[[MemeticMutation Think Again!]]'' [[spoiler: [[CoolGate Cue a freakish, blue eye shaped portal opening in the sky and]] ''[[EldritchAbomination Undead Eldritch Abominations falling out of them.]] [[AlwaysChaoticEvil They are NOT friendly,]] [[TheUsualAdversaries they have some plot relevance,]] [[BadFuture and their prescence marks the beginning of a]] {{Zombie Apocalypse}} [[BadFuture instigated by none other than]] [[GodOfEvil GR]][[{{Dracolich}} IM]][[EldritchAbomination A]].]] And all of this is as early as Chapter 1?!''

* The Cockroach in [[spoiler:Lucina's C support with her sibling]]. Thank the gods we never see it, because by the looks of things, it would be utterly terrifying. It's enough to freak out Inigo, a consummate ladies' man, to the point where he says he'd "sooner die loveless and alone" than touch it, reduces the badass, tomboyish, borderline BloodKnight Kjelle to a panicking wreck, and in every version of the support, it instills great terror within [[spoiler:Lucina, a woman who has ''stared into the gaping maw of Grima itself as it came bearing down upon her'']]. And everyone who can possibly be involved in this conversation is a veritable badass who regularly fights ''zombies''. Thankfully, again, we never see the thing, only other peoples' terrified reactions, which, much like watching a playthrough of ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'', makes for [[FunnyMoments comedy gold.]]

* The "Dire Future II" cutscene. Besides the fact we get to see Grima's ''massive'' size for the first time (As he completely ''dwarfs'' Ylisstol), the way he mercilessly taunts [[spoiler: Lucina]] about how she's lost shows off just how sadistic this colossus is. The scariest part, however, is how it ends- Grima tells [[spoiler: Lucina]] how it's her turn to die and LUNGES at her, mouth agape, and it ends by showing the poor girl screaming in terror.
** Granted, it is somewhat alleviated by the fact that [[spoiler: the third Drama CD lets us know that Lucina is rescued by Gerome, Cynthia and Noire at the last second,]] confirming that it isn't [[AllJustADream a nightmare]] or even [[spoiler: another timeline where Lucina is killed off by Grima.]]

* Grima's method of regaining power, namely [[spoiler: a mass PsychicAssistedSuicide of Plegian civilians]].

* Life in Plegia during the previous Ylisse-Plegian war that took place before the game. When an enemy army invades your country with the goal of complete genocide and have no qualm with killing women and children?

* Grima's method of regaining power, namely [[spoiler: a mass PsychicAssistedSuicide of Plegian civilians]].

* Validar's method of summoning Grima, namely [[spoiler: a mass PsychicAssistedSuicide of Plegian civilians]].

* Grima and the BadFuture in general. In a flashback, even [[spoiler:Lucina, who is a {{Badass}} and mostly fearless young lady]], lets out a blood-chilling scream at the sight of the monster. All the reports you hear about the BadFuture are no better. By the endgame, [[spoiler:your evil counterpart from the Bad Future that Lucina escaped from makes their Grima incarnation appear, giving Lucina a second opportunity to be terrified of the Beast. Even her father Chrom is unnerved and visibly distraught by Grima's appearance in their world!]]

* The Cockroach in [[spoiler:Lucina's C support with her sibling]]. Thank the gods we never see it, because by the looks of things, it would be utterly terrifying. It's enough to freak out Inigo, a consummate ladies' man, to the point where he says he'd "sooner die loveless and alone" than touch it, reduces the badass, tomboyish, borderline BloodKnight Kjelle to a panicking wreck, and in every version of the support, it instills great terror within [[spoiler:Lucina, a woman who has ''stared into the gaping maw of Grima itself as it came bearing down upon her'']]. And everyone who can possibly be involved in this conversation is a veritable BadAss who regularly fights ''zombies''. Thankfully, again, we never see the thing, only other peoples' terrified reactions, which, much like watching a playthrough of ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'', makes for [[FunnyMoments comedy gold.]]

* One of the map themes, [[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tw03z6_6bRE Chaos]], and its [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uuwsy9Tyto Ablaze equivalent]]. Both of which tend to play in chapters involving the [[ReligionOfEvil Grimleal]]. The regular version is quite subtle, but the instruments give a feeling of building dread and paranoia- Whilst the Ablaze version is incredibly loud and gives the feeling of everything turning, well, chaotic. Both of which, however, give the feeling of hopelessness and death.

** Oh, and Grima's 'face' is actually ''not'' its real face. It's actually a bony exoskeleton [[spoiler: that you can break off in the final fight, [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/b43a134987a6a6dc31d8cf1ffb078e08/tumblr_n28qd0RqX01r0grrbo1_400.jpg revealing Grima's true, HUMAN face]].]]

* One of the map themes, [[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tw03z6_6bRE Chaos]], and its' [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uuwsy9Tyto Ablaze equivalent]]. Both of which tend to play in chapters involving the [[ReligionOfEvil Grimleal]]. The regular version is quite subtle, but the instruments give a feeling of building dread and paranoia- Whilst the Ablaze version is incredibly loud and gives the feeling of everything turning, well, chaotic. Both of which, however, give the feeling of hopelessness and death.