History NightmareFuel / GriffinRanger

* The griffins there are first artificially brought to heat and forced to ''gang rape'' one another. The eggs that come with those almost random pairings are not always compatible: A small Forest Griffin is forced to try to lay a White-Headed Griffin's egg - imagine a [[BodyHorror human woman trying to give birth to a bowling ball]]. It tears her apart inside and she dies in terrible agony, with all the other captives having to listen to her death screams.

-->'''Winter''': Oh, I've done bad, bad things! I had a territory on Volcano Island. The greenies brought some Herders and sheep to graze in my territory. [[BloodKnight I killed the sheep.]] Then I [[AxCrazy killed the herders]]. When the greenies tried to stop me I [[KillEmAll killed them too]]. [[SuddenlyShouting I killed a whole family of them!]] I [[SwallowedWhole swallowed the chicks whole!]] I could feel them [[NauseaFuel still kicking in my crop]] [[LaughingMad heehhhh heeeeeehh!]]"

* '''''Tamis' death'''''. He may have been raised as a TykeBomb but his death is a horrifying, drawn out affair because the poor griffin selected for the task is himself little more than a child, and he's forced to drive his small talons slowly into skull and throat until he finally inflicts a mortal wound...with the poor puppy screaming all the while.

* The griffins there are first [artificially brought to heat and forced to ''gang rape'' one another] The eggs that come with those almost random pairings are not always compatible: A small Forest Griffin is forced to try to lay a White-Headed Griffin's egg - imagine a [[BodyHorror human woman trying to give birth to a bowling ball]]. It tears her apart inside and she dies in terrible agony, with all the other captives having to listen to her death screams.

The ultimate NightmareFuel, however, comes from the captives in a human lab.

* Then the captives start to disappear, and it doesn't take long for the remaining ones to suspect they're being euthanized. The truth, however, is far worse - They're being used as test subjects for the bioengineered griffin plague. If they don't die of that version of the plague, it's tested again and again until they *do* die of it.

* The griffins there are first [artificially brought to heat and forced to ''gang rape'' one another] The eggs that come with those almost random pairings are not always compatible: A small Forest Griffin is forced to try to lay a White-Headed Griffin's egg - imagine a [[BodyHorror human woman trying to give birth to a bowling ball]. It tears her apart inside and she dies in terrible agony, with all the other captives having to listen to her death screams.

The ultimate NightmareFuel, however, comes from the captives in a [[spoiler:human]] lab.

* The griffins there are first [[spoiler:artificially brought to heat and forced to ''gang rape'' one another.]] The eggs that come with those almost random pairings are not always compatible: A small Forest Griffin is forced to try to lay a White-Headed Griffin's egg - imagine a [[BodyHorror human woman trying to give birth to a bowling ball]]. It tears her apart inside and she dies in terrible agony, with all the other captives having to listen to her death screams.
* The eggs are taken away. [[spoiler:And used as incubators for the griffin death plague.]]

* Then the captives start to disappear, and it doesn't take long for the remaining ones to suspect they're being euthanized. The truth, however, is far worse - [[spoiler:they're being used as test subjects for the bioengineered griffin plague. If they don't die of that version of the plague, it's tested again and again until they *do* die of it.]]
* '''[[spoiler:Tamis' death]]'''. He may have been raised as a TykeBomb but his death is a horrifying, drawn out affair because the poor griffin selected for the task is himself little more than a child, and he's forced to drive his small talons slowly into skull and throat until he finally inflicts a mortal wound...with the poor [[spoiler:puppy]] screaming all the while.

* After a few of the captives are rescued, the way they talk about their experiences...the shame, being convinced that no-one of the opposite sex would ever want them, the deep depression and the horror of it...is frighteningly similar to RealLife [[spoiler:rape survivors. Having her DarkSecret revealed to her own father just about tears Aera apart, and by the end of the story she is still unable to admit to her mother Vaniss what happened.]]

The books, especially the second, are chock full of NightmareFuel. The ''civilized'' griffins fight smaller opponents by closing to melee range and then promptly reducing them to LudicrousGibs. The ''uncivilized'' ones, on the other hand...well, [[EatingTheEnemy look for yourself]].

** And it could have been worse. Winter proposed dealing with him the same way she deals with [[EatenAlive any smaller opponent.]] The only thing that saved him ''that'' fate was that she couldn't reach him.

* Once Harrell joins the captives, one of them, [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Winter White-Tail]] - whose [[BlatantLies cheerful visage]] forms the page picture - happily chirps this to him when he asked how she got there:

The books, especially the second, are chock full of NightmareFuel. The ''civilized'' griffins fight by closing to melee range with their opponents and then promptly reducing them to LudicrousGibs. The ''uncivilized'' ones, on the other hand...well, look for yourself.

* InUniverse, the greenies' ultimate NightmareFuel is the Newland griffins getting hold of the same DeflectorShield that the Northern Continent griffins possess. Why? Take a good look at the quote above. Winter White-Tail was a Newland griffin. Now imagine her ''immune to firearms...''

* Once Harrell joins the captives, one of them, [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Winter White-Tail]], happily chirps this to him when he asked how she got there:

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/caramittenvanisscoro.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Say hello to my little friend.]]

The books, especially the second, are chock full of NightmareFuel. The griffins fight by closing to melee range with their opponents and then promptly reducing them to LudicrousGibs - and some of them get very, very big (see the page image).

* It's a combination of high-octane NightmareFuel and a TearJerker when [[spoiler:the vet techs and Deverall himself come for the black-tags... 2 of whom are ''children''. One reacts exactly as you'd expect a kid to react staring death in the face, with utter terror. But not Voll. He whispers a final reassurance to Aera, and strokes her through her cage until he's put down. The only scintilla of mercy was that Aera was not awake to see him hauled away to his death...but it makes it no less NightmareFuel.]]

* It's a combination of high-octane NightmareFuel and a TearJerker when [[spoiler:the vet techs and Deverall himself come for the black-tags... 2 of whom are ''children''. One reacts exactly as you'd expect a kid to react staring death in the face, with utter terror. But not Voll whispers a final reassurance to Aera, and strokes her through her cage until he's put down. The only scintilla of mercy was that Aera was not awake to see him hauled away to his death...but it makes it no less NightmareFuel.]]

* It's a combination of high-octane NightmareFuel and a TearJerker when [[spoiler:the vet techs and Deverall himself come for the black-tags...nearly all of whom are ''children''. One reacts exactly as you'd expect a kid to react staring death in the face, with utter terror. But not Voll whispers a final reassurance to Aera, and strokes her through her cage until he's put down. The only scintilla of mercy was that Aera was not awake to see him hauled away to his death...but it makes it no less NightmareFuel.]]

* It's a combination of high-octane NightmareFuel and a TearJerker when [[spoiler:the vet techs and Deverall himself come for the black-tags...nearly all of whom are ''children''. They mostly react exactly as you'd expect kids to react staring death in the face, with utter terror...except Voll. He whispers a final reassurance to Aera, stands tall, and lets them put him down. The only scintilla of mercy was that Aera was not awake to see him hauled away to his death...but it makes it no less NightmareFuel.]]

* '''[[spoiler:Tamis' death]]'''. He may have been raised as a TykeBomb but his death is a horrifying, drawn out affair because the poor griffin selected for the task is himself little more than a child, and he's forced to drive his small talons slowly into skull and throat until he finally inflicts a mortal wound...with the poor puppy screaming all the while.

* [[spoiler:Tamis']] death. He may have been raised as a TykeBomb but his death is a horrifying, drawn out affair because the poor griffin selected for the task is himself little more than a child, and he's forced to drive his small talons slowly into skull and throat until he finally inflicts a mortal wound...with the poor puppy screaming all the while.

* It's a combination of high-octane NightmareFuel and a TearJerker when [[spoiler:the vet techs and Deverall himself come for the black-tags...nearly all of whom are ''children''. They mostly react exactly as you'd expect kids to react staring death in the face, with utter terror...except Voll. He whispers a final reassurance to Aera, stands tall, and lets them sedate him.]]

* The griffins there are first [[spoiler:artificially brought to heat and forced to ''gang rape'' one another.]] The eggs that come with those almost random pairings are not always compatible: A small Forest Griffin is forced to try to lay White-Headed Griffin's egg - imagine a [[BodyHorror human woman trying to give birth to a bowling ball]]. It tears her apart inside and she dies in terrible agony, with all the other captives having to listen to her death screams.

* The griffins there are first [[spoiler:artificially brought to heat and forced to ''gang rape'' one another.]] The eggs that come with those almost random pairings are not always compatible: A Forest Griffin (based on Cooper's Hawk) is forced to try to lay White-Headed Griffin's egg - imagine a [[BodyHorror human woman trying to give birth to a bowling ball]]. It tears her apart inside and she dies in terrible agony, with all the other captives having to listen to her death screams.

* The griffins there are first [[spoiler:artificially brought to heat and forced to ''gang rape'' one another.]] The eggs that come with those almost random pairings are not always compatible: A Prairie Griffin (based on a Prairie Falcon) is forced to try to lay White-Headed Griffin's egg - imagine a [[BodyHorror human woman trying to give birth to a bowling ball]]. It tears her apart inside and she dies in terrible agony, with all the other captives having to listen to her death screams.

* The griffins there are first [[spoiler:artificially brought to heat and forced to ''gang rape'' one another.]] The eggs that come with those almost random pairings are not always compatible: A Prairie Griffin (based on a Prairie Falcon) is forced to try to lay a White Shoulder's egg - imagine a [[BodyHorror human woman trying to give birth to a bowling ball]]. It tears her apart inside and she dies in terrible agony, with all the other captives having to listen to her death screams.

-->'''Winter''': Oh, I've done bad, bad things! I had a territory on Volcano Island. The greenies brought some Herders and sheep to graze in my territory. [[BloodKnight I killed the sheep.]] Then I [[AxCrazy killed the herders]]. When the greenies tried to stop me I [[KillEmAll killed them too]]. [[SuddenlyShouting I killed a whole family of them!]] I [[EatenAlive swallowed the chicks whole!]] I could feel them [[NauseaFuel still kicking in my crop]] [[LaughingMad heehhhh heeeeeehh!]]"
-->'''Aera''': [[CaptainObvious It's never a good idea to get her started.]]