History NightmareFuel / LeagueOfLegends

** And then suddenly ''Doom Bots Of Doom'' makes Tibbers '''''[[UpToEleven THREE TIMES ITS NORMAL SIZE!]]'''''

** Her [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20141204165020/leagueoflegends/images/2/25/Orianna_WinterWonderSkin.jpg Winter Wonder]] skin bumps her UncannyValley factor UpToEleven.

** Now thanks to [[SpacetimeEater Dark Cosmic Jhin]], we have an answer. [[YinYangBomb An unholy fusion of a]] CosmicEntity and a [[ThePowerOfTheVoid Dark Star Corruptant]], he contains the beautiful vision of the former with the horrifically destructive tendencies of the latter, consequently [[UpToEleven amplifying his]] [[MadArtist twisted ideas of artistry]] into ''intergalactic'' levels.

* [[https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/neeko-color-story/ "The Monster Of Kalduga Outpost"]] is funny to the reader. For the Noxian outpost in story however, it's like a Runterran version of ''Film/TheThing1982''. By stories end, only 4 are left after Neeko's abilities sent the outpost into brutal paranoia.

--> '''Wolf''': [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/7/76/Kindred.markKill08.ogg/revision/latest?cb=20150916182849 Who's next!?]]

*** Kayn is actually quite [[AffablyEvil easy-going and amicable]], even with [[FriendlyEnemy Akali]] - until he's angered or preparing for a fight, where he drops all pretenses and makes it clear how violent and unhinged he is. Creepier still is how Rhaast is capable of talking only to him, making Kayn come across as even crazier when communicating what Rhaast wants - which is to slaughter everyone around him.

* Vayne's new lore makes her ''MUCH'' more terrifying than she was in her old lore. After her family was slaughtered by Evelynn, she was taken in by a woman who raised her like a daughter. Eventually, said woman would save Vayne's life by resorting to unleashing her black magic. Vayne's response? ''[[UngratefulBastard Shoot her dead.]]'' No hesitation. No doubt. No remorse. No shame. It doesn't matter if your intentions were noble. It doesn't matter if you're not even a bad person. If you use black magic, '''''SHE. WILL. KILL. YOU.''''' [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Vayne is every bit the monster her prey is,]] [[NotSoDifferent the only difference being that she only targets dark magic users.]]

** And then suddenly ''Doom Bots Of Doom'' makes Tibbers '''''[[UpToEleven THREE TIMES IT'S NORMAL SIZE!]]'''''

** His lore makes him even more nightmarish, as detailed in [[https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/champion/nocturne/ his bio.]] - He's a shadow assassin construct that, somehow, gained sentience.. and ''immediately'' murdered anything it could find. Its fellow shadow constructs, his creators, and anyone not affilated with the shadow magic whom he could get his hands on. It's because of ''him'' that anything related to shadow/spirit magic has practically been {{Unperson}}ed.

** Then theres its Rework's voicelines. Not only does its voice sound absolutely ''ruined'', but almost ''none'' of its lines are its own speech; rather, they're mimicking things said to others.

* In relation to this, the lore makes quite clear that pretty much all Yordles can become living nightmares if they're subjected to prolonged isolation from others. Teemo managed to avoid the effects of this by quickly befriending Tristana, but some aren't so lucky, such as Veigar. Though his evil is portrayed in a more comical light in-game, the lore shows the darker undertones of this effect front and center. He was imprisoned and locked in isolation specifically because of how this affects Yordles, and was gradually driven insane as a result. By the time he managed to escape, he was a twisted shell of the curious young boy he once was and went on to study dark magic until he ended up becoming one becoming one of the most powerful sorcerers in the world. Now imagine living in a world where someone who's sanity was sadistically torn away has become one of the most powerful magical entities in the world.

** Thankfully, this is very much lessened down or fixed in ''Shadow and Fortune'', when Miss Fortune eventually showed that she still cared a lot of her crew, and admitted that she let herself be blinded with vengeance and screwed up Bilgewater when all she meant was to let it stand up without clutching on Gangplank's rule and mostly would try to fix Bilgewater herself. Of course, considering that's the current Harrowing event of 2015, she had to practically ''earn'' that by surviving the horrors of Shadow Isles. However, before that comes in, it kind of counts that for that time, people would be ''fearing'' for Bilgewater's safety because there seemed to be no one who's give a damn for any events of the Shadow Isles' assault until MF showed otherwise (Lucian's arrival was just a lucky factor).

*** Then there's the matter of actually weilding Rhaast. His arm is purple and blighted when Rhaast isn't in use, and upon unsheathing him, the Darkin's [[BioArmor true body manifests around his arm and eye]] like in-game, which is insanely creepy.

* The [[https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/comic/zed "Zed"]] comics give us the first look at Jhin's handiwork outside of text. It's not pretty. People are left crippled in both body and mind. And some of his actions are so horrid, it's not shown on page. Shen orders Akali not to look, just to save her from suffering like he did.
** The first issue does finally ''describe'' what Jhin does to his victims -- he uses enchanted knives to ''[[BodyHorror carve their faces into a fleshy flower!]]'' And just to KickTheDog, he specifically sought out a woman who'd survived one of his rampages nineteen years ago thanks to Zed saving her life (at the cost of her mangled leg), solely to send a message to Zed that he's back and looking to continue where he left off.
** In the last issue, we get the subtler, "ordinary" horror that Master Kusho was the one who set Jhin loose on Ionia to keep it from getting complacent. In keeping with the theme that [[AwfulTruth "some truths are too terrible for the minds of good people,"]] Zed dispatches him to spare Shen the burden of knowing.

* As to be expected of a story starring Singed, [[https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/the-host/ "The Host"]] is a nightmare inducing story. Mostly thanks to it being from the perspective of the test subject, a man reduced to some form of parasitic monster that Singed tries forcing to bond with another experiment. The closing line just adds to the horror as [[spoiler:this is far from the first time he's performed this experiment.]]
-->'''Singed''': [[spoiler:“Oh, ''well done'', Thinker Four. That puts you... yes... more answers than even Thinker Two! You’ve been most helpful.”]]

Runeterra, the world that ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' takes place in, is known for its colorful brightness. [[NightmareFuel It is also known to have some creepy stuff...]]

* Elise, the Spider Queen. Outside of being a horrifying Spider Creature, her lore is pretty nightmarish. As the leader of a cult worshipping a Spider God, she'll occasionally take a pilgrimage of her followers to the Shadow Isles to find a shrine to their god. Once there...[[spoiler: She lures them into a cave where a gigantic, undead spider lays in wait, which eats all the followers and gives Elise venom that staves off mortality a little bit longer.]] The kicker? [[spoiler: Elise does this every few weeks.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9RM4HwwoKs "The River King"]] is a classic case of a DealWithTheDevil. But just because we all saw it coming doesn't make it any less horrifying. [[spoiler: Just ask the man's bride. [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Oh wait...]]]]

* While most of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AvWV6Mk374 Curse of the Sad Mummy]] is very, well, ''sad'', it also justifies why in Amumu's old lore, there was an ''interesting'' quote at the end of it from Ezreal. [[spoiler: When Amumu finally gets angry about his curse preventing anyone from being his friend, ''he explodes'' with such force that it ''wipes out a small town''.]]

** What Gangplank went through at the climax of the Burning Tides, if you look at it from his POV. Looked like a normal day for the pirate king, [[spoiler:when all of the sudden, cannon balls rained upon his prized ship, sinking it with him, and the price of survival? One arm and one leg. And not only that, his status went rock bottom, with him being announced dead, what matters isn't that Bilgewater's in chaos, but the fact that a pirate king like him lost all his properties and was reduced to just another small fish in the big pond. All in a span of a few ''seconds''.]]
** Following this up is the reveal of the culprit: Miss Fortune. [[spoiler:Turns out, beneath her flirty attitude lies an extremely ruthless planner who wouldn't mind doing amoral things such as murder to execute her plans, not just on Gangplank, but anyone loyal to him, and her next goal was to burn down every last one of Gangplank's properties and kill off his loyal crewmates without mercy. Any past thoughts of her being probably the closest thing for a 'good' force on Bilgewater may be gone now, making Bilgewater truly a chaotic hellhole. To wit, the transformation of Miss Fortune's character from old to new lore is [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesomely]] terrifying.]]
** And how did Malcolm Graves and Tobias "Twisted" Fate get involved in all this? [[spoiler:Why, that would be Miss Fortune's own doing as well. She hired Twisted Fate to steal a prized dagger from one of Gangplank's warehouses, while simultaneously passing word to Graves that Twisted Fate was going to be there. She knew that the two of them would get into a massive fight that would bring Gangplank and his crews running, giving her men time to sabotage his ship. If Graves or T.F. got killed because of her, either from their fight or at Gangplank's hands, well, that's just pirate business, right?]]

** In the last issue, we get the subtler, 'ordinary' horror that [[spoiler:Master Kusho]] was the one who set Jhin loose on Ionia to keep it from getting complacent. In keeping with the theme that [[AwfulTruth "some truths are too terrible for the minds of good people,"]] Zed dispatches him to spare Shen the burden of knowing.

* ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes Sona]]'' [[BewareTheNiceOnes of all champions]] gets a genuinely disturbing moment in her color story "One Last Show", where she inflicts her signature InvoluntaryDance spell on a group of approaching mageseekers. [[PlayedForHorror It's played as creepily as it would]] [[{{Deconstruction}} were it real life]], with the description calling emphasis to Sona [[BodyHorror unnaturally and painfully]] [[PeoplePuppets contorting the bodies like puppets]] of [[MookHorrorShow the terrified mageseekers]] until they're all incapacitated. Sona only did it out of self-defense, [[GoodIsNotSoft but wow.]]

* The first issue of [[https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/comic/zed "Zed"]] gives us the first look at Jhin's handiwork outside of text. It's not pretty. People are left crippled in both body and mind. And some of his actions are so horrid, it's not shown on page.
** The last page ''does,'' however, finally ''describe'' what Jhin does to his victims- he ''[[BodyHorror carves their faces into the form of a fleshy flower!]]'' And just to KickTheDog, he specifically sought out a woman who'd survived of one of his rampages nineteen years ago thanks to Zed saving her life (at the cost of her mangled leg), solely to send a message to Zed that he's back and looking to resolve unfinished business.

*** [[https://youtu.be/jNn2F39G-6s "Terror in Demacia."]] Just like reworked Warwick's trailer, it's set in first person, through the eyes of an unfortunate Demacian watchman. As his partner is whisked away by the demon, things get more and more unnerving, as it becomes clear that Fiddlesticks is using the voice of the guard's friend to lure him to his doom. Finally, we get our first official look at the rechristened Ancient Fear as it snaps to life and ''rushes the guard with demonic ferocity.''

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[[caption-width-right:350: '''''[[VoiceChangeling HELP ME!]]''''']]

*** [[https://youtu.be/jNn2F39G-6s "Terror in Demacia."]] Just like reworked Warwick's trailer, it's set in first person, through the eyes of an unfortunate Demacian watchman. As his partner is whisked away by the demon, things get more and more unnerving, as it becomes clear that Fiddlesticks is using the voice of the guard's friend to lure him to his doom. Finally, we get our first official look at the rechristened Ancient Fear, which now proudly provides the page image, as it snaps to life and ''rushes the guard with demonic ferocity.''

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou "You. You look familiar..."]]]]

*** [[https://youtu.be/jNn2F39G-6s "Terror in Demacia."]] Just like reworked Warwick's trailer, it's set in first person, through the eyes of an unfortunate Demacian watchman. As his partner is whisked away by the demon, things get more and more unnerving, as it becomes clear that Fiddlesticks is using the voice of the guard's friend to lure him to his doom. Finally, we get our first official look at the rechristened Ancient Fear, as it snaps to life and ''rushes the guard with demonic ferocity.''

* Ziggs' death animation can be nightmare inducing for people unused to particularly grisly death. The bomb on his back malfunctions, launching him into the air like a faulty jetpack, and he shouts 'no no no' in increasing panic until he abruptly explodes... leaving behind nothing, not even a body. The scariest and last moment of his life spent being flung about by his own creation, desperately trying to remove it or shut it down.

--->'''Fiddlesticks''': DON'T BE SACRED. [[BlatantLies IT CAN'T HURT YOU.]]

* Nocturne is a demonic being who feeds on fear, and he is ''very'' good at scaring you. You're asleep, having a pleasant dream, and suddenly that dream attracts his attention from the depths of the spirit realm. [[https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/nocturne-color-story/ "The Shadow Door"]], gives us a chilling look at what kind of fate awaits those unfortunate enough to encounter this monster in their dreams.

*** [[https://youtu.be/jNn2F39G-6s "Terror in Demacia."]] Just like reworked Warwick's trailer, its set in first person, through the eyes of an unfortunate Demacian watchman. As his partner is whisked away by the demon, things get more and more unnerving, as it becomes clear that Fiddlesticks is using the voice of the guard's friend to lure him to his doom. Finally, we get our first official look at the rechristened Ancient Fear, as it snaps to life and ''rushes the guard with demonic ferocity.''

** Then theres its Rework's voicelines. Not only does its voice sound absolutely ''ruined'', but almost ''none'' of its lines are its own speech, rather, they're mimicking things said to others.
*** Against other champions, it'll mimic their loved ones or their greatest fears. It's particularly cruel with it too, from declaring Riven guilty, to copying Nunu's mother talking to him, and even ''[[WouldHurtAChild parroting the last words of Annie's step-sister.]]''
*** The vast majority of its dialogue seems to its victim's last words, which is arguably even worse.

** On top of it all, according to WordOfGod, Fiddlesticks is not even in the same class of demons as Tahm Kench or Evelynn - it's something even more ancient and inhuman. And if its voicelines are any indication, ''it is not the only one''.

** With his 2020 rework, any silliness Fiddlesticks once had[[note]]except his Surprise Party skin, but [[MonsterClown even then...]][[/note]] is '''''gone.''''' Once a mere sack of straw with a funny voice, the new Fiddlesticks is a twisted nightmare of scrap metal and sackcloth, bristling with blades and barely contained rage.

** Then theres his Rework's voicelines. Not only does his voice sound absolutely ''ruined'', but almost ''none'' of his lines are his own speech, rather, they're mimicking things said to others.
*** Against other champions, he'll mimic their loved ones or their greatest fears. He's particularly cruel with it too, from declaring Riven guilty, to copying Nunu's mother talking to him, and even ''[[WouldHurtAChild parroting the last words of Annie's step-sister.]]''
*** The vast majority of his dialogue seems to his victim's last words, which is arguably even worse.

-->'''"Tedric"''': ''HELP ME!''