History NightmareFuel / RuneScape

* In Dimension of Disaster, an alternate universe where [[TheBadGuyWins Zemouregal took over Varrock]] and turned everyone into zombies, because you were never born and thus did not thwart his plans. Oh, you also learn that every other city and region you saved was taken over by other villains (such as the population of Draynor being turned into vampyres by Count Draynor, or Hazeel conquering Ardougne post-resurrection), turning it into a [[CrapsackWorld crapsack world]]. In the end, you do help to kill Zemouregal and save the city, [[PyrrhicVictory but without Zemouregal's magic to sustain them]], the zombies all crumble to dust.
** Among the many gruesome deaths in the alternate timeline are those of the Signature Heroes. With the exception of The Raptor (whose armour is found in Zemouregal's treasure horde, with the examine text suggesting he might have survived given its pristine condition), they've all been killed, and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay their severed heads are stuffed and mounted in Zemouregal's bedroom]]. And they're not the only ones, as the Wise Old Man's taxidermied body and the stuffed and mounded head of Kara-Meir can also be found in his treasure room.

* The Broken Home quest. It's an adventure through a haunted house (the aforemention mansion), and during your quest, you can find various servants dead, tortured, or horribly damaged (one even ''[[TheFaceless lost her damn face]]''). Not to mention the purple energy filling some of the rooms and the constant threat of the ghost of Ormod, the previous owner of the mansion. And the ambiance in some of the rooms is just so unsettling that it makes you want to get out of this living hellhole as soon as you can. Oh, and have we mentioned the demonic Lovecraftian creature that swallows the servants, the ghost of Lenian (Ormod's son), and possibly ''you'' if you're too slow or confused as to where to go? It says a lot when the only ones who remain alive at the end are you, the demon (who thankfully becomes sane and helps you to solve the ghost problem at the end), and the maid who asked that you investigate the mansion.

* The Broken Home quest. It's an adventure through a haunted house, and during your quest, you can find various servants dead, tortured, or horribly damaged (one even ''lost her damn face''). Not to mention the purple energy filling some of the rooms and the constant threat of the ghost of Ormod, the previous owner of the mansion. And the ambiance in some of the rooms is just so unsettling that it makes you want to get out of this living hellhole as soon as you can. Oh, and have we mentioned the demonic Lovecraftian creature that swallows the servants, the ghost of Lenian (Ormod's son), and possibly ''you'' if you're too slow or confused as to where to go? It says a lot when the only ones who remain alive at the end are you, the demon (who thankfully becomes sane and helps you to solve the ghost problem at the end), and the maid who asked that you investigate the mansion.

** Also, Mah is awake now.

* In Dimension of Disaster, an alternate universe where [[TheBadGuyWins Zemouregal took over Varrock]] and turned everyone into zombies, because you were never born and thus did not thwart his plans. Oh, you also learn that every other city and region you saved was taken over by other villains, turning it into a [[CrapsackWorld crapsack world]]. In the end, you do help to kill Zemouregal and save the city, [[PyrrhicVictory but without Zemouregal's magic to sustain them]], the zombies all crumble to dust.
** Among the many gruesome deaths in the alternate timeline are those of the Signature Heroes. With the exception of The Raptor (whose armour is found in Zemouregal's treasure horde), they've all been killed, and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay their severed heads are stuffed and mounted in Zemouregal's bedroom]]. And they're not the only ones, as the Wise Old Man's stuffed body can also be found in his treasure room.

* ''Kindred Spirits'' is filled with moments that would be horrific to experience in real life, Dharok getting attacked my 'crusaders' of Saradomin, and he kills them all because he was a bully in life, but to end it he needs to let them kill him; Ahrim wandering a maze and having to decide whether he gets hurt or someone else instead, all because he murdered someone who rebuffed his advances in favor of his brother Guthan; Verac having a key stuck in his abdomen, which you need to wrench out to free him, all representing him being torn between two gods; and Guthan is revealed to have betrayed them all by signing them up to Sliske's plan after murdering another soldier, with him being stuck in a ball which could crush either his brothers or the soldier. Sliske reveals that the entire quest was a trap for the World Guardian, so he can finally turn him into a wight. He tries to steal their soul, being able to look through their memories and point out their dark secrets. Then it ramps up when Sliske discovers the World Guardian knows of his true plans. He [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness completely loses his composure]], [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats them to within an inch of their life with his bare hands]] and would have killed them immediately had it not been for the protection of the brothers.
* How do you top all of the above entries? Sliske's Endgame. Examine text aside, it is heavily implied that ''Jas'' is Sliske's mistress from the scene in Kindred Spirits, with him acting as the Elder God's agent on Gielinor. The magnitude of her powers becomes heavily apparant in hindsight when she singlehandedly renders all of the gods mortal during the final contest, including Zaros and Seren, as well as teleport the previously immune-to-God-Magic World Guardian to her. And to top it off, she issues a challenge to the Guardian: show her life is worth keeping, or she unmakes the universe. And with the Stone of Jas destroyed, there isn't a power capable of stopping her.]]

Spoilers for the game below. Venture past this point only if you dare!

* In February 2013, in order to build hype for what would be the biggest quest of the year, Jagex released several teasers. The first was a miniquest that involves helping an old friend gain his lost memories back while the second involves taking a trip down to the recently unearthed dungeon where the quest will take place. A third update, which they (possibly intentionally) failed to mention, is [[spoiler:[[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130218184849/runescape/images/7/71/Shadowed_Figure.png the person]] [[ParanoiaFuel who begins stalking you the moment you step foot down the stairs into the dungeon.]]]]
* Senntisten, the ancient Zarosian city where [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], vampyres, demons, and humans all lived together under Zaros's rule in harmony ([[IAmAHumanitarian for the most part, anyway]]). After Zamorak's betrayal and Zaros's disappearance, Senntisten was put under siege and eventually razed by the combined might of Saradomin's and Zamorak's armies, unfortunately for pretty much everyone else in the area, it turns out a few of its inhabitants weren't killed, so much as they were [[spoiler:''BuriedAlive'']].[[spoiler:This, in turn, has led to Senntisten and its surrounding area becoming a hotbed for horrifying events long after its destruction, from children being warped into [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] themselves, to an insane EldritchAbomination escaping an [[BedlamHouse ancient asylum]] and devouring the souls and staff of the mansion built above it. WordOfGod confirms that there is more buried beneath the surface than what we've seen, and that the Dig Site staff [[DugTooDeep "are dicing with death every day"]].]]
* The Broken Home quest. It's an adventure through a haunted house, and during your quest, you can find various servants dead, tortured, or horribly damaged (one even ''lost her damn face''). Not to mention the purple energy filling some of the rooms and the constant threat of the ghost of Ormod, the previous owner of the mansion. And the ambiance in some of the rooms is just so unsettling that it makes you want to get out of this living hellhole as soon as you can. [[spoiler: Oh, and have I mentioned the demonic Lovecraftian creature that swallows the servants, the ghost of Lenian (Ormod's son), and possibly ''you'' if you're too slow or confused as to where to go? It says a lot when the only ones who remain alive at the end are you, the demon (who thankfully becomes sane and helps you to solve the ghost problem at the end), and the maid who asked that you investigate the mansion.]]

** Pretty much Kennith himself. Kennith can float in a glowing red rage, control the slug infected people, and is probably in cahoots with Mother Mallum, if it wasn't stated in the quest. And he's [[CreepyChild a kid]]. ''A FREAKING KID''. His ''parents'' are ''afraid of him''. That's pretty nasty. [[spoiler: At least he eventually [[HeelFaceTurn grows out of it]] and helps you take down Mother Mallum in a later quest.]]

* The diary of the current owner of the lighthouse in Fremennik Region. It mentions noises from beneath the lighthouse, hearing the waterlogged voice of the previous owner in his dreams, and then he goes to investigate the basement, which is the source of the sounds. There's a reason why the journal ends there. Sweet dreams, dear reader. [[spoiler:On the upside, you do end up successfully rescuing the person in question, who is simply trapped.]]

* The faces of Mother Mallum the Slug Queen and Lord Drakan the Vampyre. Apparently, they're [[NightmareFace too hideous for portrait boxes]], so they've [[NothingIsScarier never been directly seen]] ... and hopefully they won't. [[spoiler: Mother Mallum isn't. Lord Drakan, unfortunately, is. Large amounts of carnage ensue, and [[AnyoneCanDie no one is safe]].]]

*** At the very end of the series, you find out what was talking to you. It wasn't Iban after all. It was [[spoiler:an aspect of a goddess known for being ''benevolent''.]]

** On top of that, try reading [[AssholeVictim Captain Dulcin's]] diary and finding [[spoiler:Lensig's lovingly detailed account of how she killed him by dissolving him [[StrippedToTheBone down to the bone]], before impersonating him to the rest of the Black Knights, sleeping in his own quarters, and hiding his [[DemBones bleached bones]] ''under the same bed'']]. "Creepy" would be a huge understatement.

* ''Kindred Spirits'' is filled with moments that would be horrific to experience in real life, [[spoiler:Dharok getting attacked my 'crusaders' of Saradomin, and he kills them all because he was a bully in life, but to end it he needs to let them kill him; Ahrim wandering a maze and having to decide whether he gets hurt or someone else instead, all because he murdered someone who rebuffed his advances in favor of his brother Guthan; Verac having a key stuck in his abdomen, which you need to wrench out to free him, all representing him being torn between two gods; and Guthan is revealed to have betrayed them all by signing them up to Sliske's plan after murdering another soldier, with him being stuck in a ball which could crush either his brothers or the soldier.]] Sliske reveals that the entire quest was a trap for the World Guardian, so he can finally turn him into a wight. He tries to steal their soul, being able to look through their memories and point out their dark secrets. Then it ramps up when Sliske discovers [[spoiler:the World Guardian knows of his true plans.]] He [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness completely loses his composure]], [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats them to within an inch of their life with his bare hands]] and would have killed them immediately had it not been for the protection of [[spoiler:the brothers]].
* How do you top all of the above entries? Sliske's Endgame. [[spoiler:Aside from the examine text for her, it is heavily implied that Jas is Sliske's mistress from the scene in Kindred Spirits, with him acting as the Elder God's agent on Gielinor. The magnitude of her powers becomes heavily apparant in hindsight when she singlehandedly renders all of the gods mortal during the final contest, including Zaros and Seren, as well as teleport the previously immune-to-God-Magic World Guardian to her. And to top it off, she issues a challenge to the Guardian: show her life is worth keeping, or she unmakes the universe. And with the Stone of Jas destroyed, there isn't a power capable of stopping her.]]
** For additional fun, if your PlayerCharacter [[spoiler:chooses to insult Jas in the confrontation, despite a warning thrown in that this is SchmuckBait, Jas instantaneously smites them to death on the spot. And this ''is'' an "unsafe" death by the game's mechanics, in case you were wondering.]]
** Even better: [[spoiler:even though you manage to finally kill him, in a fit of JokerImmunity and KarmaHoudini ''par excellence'', Sliske takes advantage of the Staff of Armadyl to transfer his soul, or at least part of it, into the PlayerCharacter before his physical body dies, and from later evidence seems to be able to pull a GrandTheftMe at will on the World Guardian. As obvious of a SequelHook as it is, one has to wonder just ''what'' nefarious plans this will enable in the future ...]]

* Xau-Tak manages to be this, which is quite an accomplishment for an entity that hasn't actually directly appeared in the game yet. It's an evil god associated with undead and the oceans, who was worshipped by the civilisation that became the cave horrors, and is presently worshipped by [[spoiler:Rabid Jack]]. Xau-Tak has an interest in the player, speaking to them through people, texts and spirits in quests that are completely unrelated to the pirate quest series, '''[[SurpriseCreepy often with zero warning]]'''[[note]]For instance, it addresses the Player directly through one of Sliske's diaries in "Kindred Spirits", [[ParanoiaFuel making it a message sent to the player through Sliske long before Sliske even knew who the Player was]]-- and as it's all-but-stated that the anecdote dates back to the Second Age, it's likely from a time thousands of years before the the Player Character was even born![[/note]]. It may have been possessing the Skeletal Horror that the Odd Old Man was carrying around on his back, making him obsessed with bones. During Pieces of Hate, the player finds that Xau-Tak has some involvement with a kind of black stone that, when mixed with 'rum', can turn humans into undead thralls. Later in the quest, Xau-Tak [[spoiler:aids Rabid Jack in the form of a giant black hand, and the player has to keep drinking just to avoid going insane at the sight.]] Possibly the most ominous part is its ArcWords: "Do you really think you can save them, [Player]?", given that Xau-Tak is associated with the undead...

* Senntisten, the ancient Zarosian city where [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], vampyres, demons, and humans all lived together under Zaros's rule in harmony ([[IAmAHumanitarian for the most part, anyway]]). After Zamorak's betrayal and Zaros's disappearance, Sentisten was put under siege and eventually razed by the combined might of Saradomin's and Zamorak's armies, unfortunately for pretty much everyone else in the area, it turns out a few of it's inhabitants weren't killed, so much as they were [[spoiler:''BuriedAlive'']].[[spoiler:This, in turn, has led to Senntisten and its surrounding area becoming a hotbed for horrifying events long after its destruction, from children being warped into [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] themselves, to an insane EldritchAbomination escaping an [[BedlamHouse ancient asylum]] and devouring the souls and staff of the mansion built above it. WordOfGod confirms that there is more buried beneath the surface than what we've seen, and that the Dig Site staff [[DugTooDeep "are dicing with death every day"]].]]

** The Ambassador himself has quite a few pages of lore associated with him-- Kranon attempted to summon Xau-Tak in an effort to free the Dragonkin from their ties to the Stone of Jas, but the ritual failed, killing all but Kranon in the process. The lore pages then go on to describe how, after meeting Xau-Tak, Kranon cut out his own ''lungs and heart'' and merged his soul with some of Xau-Tak. The Shadow Reef as a whole is probably one of the darkest versions of LovecraftLite seen in an MMO, and the Ambassador is a crown jewel of that.

* The Order of Ascension ''runs'' on this. Their motivation is that they're trying to kidnap humans in the hopes to make a fake Guthix as a replacement after his death. But it gets more horrifying. As you collect the pages of the book and read the [[UncannyValley the rather robotic dialogue]], you learn they spent ''multiple generations'' experimenting on humans and leaving piles of crystalized mummies in their wake. And then, after some exploring, you find a giant statue of Guthix that radiates some unnatural energy and seems to be lacking a mouth. These beings still believe they are doing their duty to Guthix.

* How do you top all of the above entries? Sliske's Endgame. [[spoiler:Aside from the examine text for her, it is heavily implied that Jas is Sliske's mistress from the scene in Kindred Spirits, acting as the Elder God's agent on Gielinor. The magnitude of her powers becomes heavily apparant in hindsight when she singlehandedly renders all of the gods mortal during the final contest, including Zaros and Seren, as well as teleport the previously immune-to-God-Magic World Guardian to her. And to top it off, she issues a challenge to the Guardian: show her life is worth keeping, or she unmakes the universe. And with the Stone of Jas destroyed, there isn't a power capable of stopping her.]]

* Xau-Tak manages to be this, which is quite an accomplishment for an entity that hasn't actually directly appeared in the game yet. It's an evil god associated with undead and the oceans, who was worshipped by the civilisation that became the cave horrors, and is presently worshipped by [[spoiler:Rabid Jack]]. Xau-Tak has an interest in the player, speaking to them through people, texts and spirits in quests that are completely unrelated to the pirate quest series. It may have been possessing the Skeletal Horror that the Odd Old Man was carrying around on his back, making him obsessed with bones. During Pieces of Hate, the player finds that Xau-Tak has some involvement with a kind of black stone that, when mixed with 'rum', can turn humans into undead thralls. Later in the quest, Xau-Tak [[spoiler:aids Rabid Jack in the form of a giant black hand, and the player has to keep drinking just to avoid going insane at the sight.]] Possibly the most ominous part is its ArcWords: "Do you really think you can save them, [Player]?", given that Xau-Tak is associated with the undead...

** The first possible miniboss you can fight is a Moai statue named Hanto. In the Wushanko Islands, Moai ''are'' the islands that they are named after, and there's an island named Hanto in the Skull region, a little east of the explorable Arc that appears in the game. Hanto ''begs'' you to kill it, saying that it's infected, and that it might spread to the 'others', as in the other islands of the Skull. They also die if they're seperated from their island's soil, so what is it doing in the Cursed Archipelago?

* In Dimension of Disaster, an alternate universe where [[TheBadGuyWins Zemouregal took over Varrock]] and turned everyone into zombies, because you were never born and thus did not thwart his plans. Oh, you also learn that every other city and region you saved was taken over by other villains, turning it into a [[CrapsackWorld crapsack world]]. In the end, you do help save city, [[PyrrhicVictory but without Zemouregal's magic to sustain them]], the zombies will all crumble to dust.

* Xau-Tak manages to be this, which is quite an accomplishment for an entity that hasn't actually directly appeared in the game yet. It's an evil god associated with undead and the oceans, who was worshipped by the civilisation that became the cave horrors, and is presently worshipped by [[spoiler:Rabid Jack]]. Xau-Tak has an interest in the player, speaking to them through people, texts and spirits in quests that are completely unrelated to the pirate quest series. It may have been possessing the Skeletal Horror that the Odd Old Man was carrying around on his back, making him obsessed with bones. During Pieces of Hate, the player finds that Xau-Tak has some involvement with a kind of black stone that, when mixed with 'rum', can turn humans into undead thralls. Later in the quest, Xau-Tak [[spoiler:aids Rabid Jack in the form of a giant black hand, and the player has to keep drinking just to avoid going insane at the sight.]] Possibly the most ominous part is its ArcWords: "Do you really think you can save them, [Player]?", given that Xau-Tak is associated with the undead...

* During the Desert Treasure quest, if you have one of the diamonds in your inventory, you could get attacked randomly by a stranger with a poisoned dagger. The worst part is that it can happen anywhere. [[ParanoiaFuel Even in your own house]].

** The Zarosian Empire also had a nobility which consisted of demons and vampires. The Mahjarrat Hazeel noted that while it was illegal to eat humans, these rules were broken frequently. Much like the horror movie The Purge, the victims tended to be lower class, homeless people.

** Even better: [[spoiler:even though you manage to finally kill him, in a fit of JokerImmunity and KarmaHoudini ''par excellence'', Sliske takes advantage of the Staff of Armadyl to transfer his soul, or at least part of it, into the PlayerCharacter before his physical body dies, and from later evidence seems to be able to pull a GrandTheftMe at will on the World Guardian. As obvious of a SequelHook as it is, one has to wonder just ''what'' nefarious plans this will enable in the future ...]]

--> '''Sliske:''' Hahaha! Your face! I'm not trying to 'collect' you anymore, silly. You're already mine! My gift allows you to see into the Shadow Realm without need of that scrawny ring. [[OhCrap Next time, I want you to see me coming...]]

* Three words: Queen Black Dragon. She looks like some sort of Leviathan, is known to be evil, and Jagex noted it that more than ''ten'' King Black Dragons can fit into her mouth alone. Made more terrifying how by she used a siren named Remora for unknown reasons, then torched her alive ''at point blank range''. She has obvious connections with the Dragonkin based on their symbols being [[SigilSpam seen often on the way to her]]. Yes, this EldritchAbomination is serving the ones that curb-stomped Lucien in an earlier quest. Keep note that she is a [[OhCrap solo-only boss]].

* Three words: Queen Black Dragon. She looks like some sort of Leviathan, is known to be evil, and Jagex noted it that more than ''ten'' King Black Dragons can fit into her mouth alone. Made more terrifying how by she used a siren named Remora for unknown reasons, then torched her alive ''at point blank range''. She has obvious connections with the Dragonkin based on their symbols being [[SigilSpam seen often on the way to her]]. Yes, this EldritchAbomination is serving the ones that curb-stomped Lucien in an earlier quest. Keep note that she will be out later [[OhCrap this month as an instance-only boss]].

* How do you top all of the above entries? Sliske's Endgame. [[spoiler:Aside from the examine text for her, it is heavily implied that Jas is Sliske's mistress from the scene in Kindred Spirits, acting as the Elder God's agent on Gielinor. The magnitude of her powers becomes heavily apparant in hindsight when she singlehandedly renders all of the gods mortal during the final contest, including Zaros and Seren, as well as teleport the previously immune-to-God-Magic World Guardian to her. And to top it off, she issues a challenge to the Guardian: show her life is worth keeping, or she unmakes the universe. And with the Stone of Jas destroyed, there isn't a power capable of stopping her.]]

* The faces of Mother Mallum the Slug Queen and Lord Drakan the Vampyre. Apparently, they're [[NightmareFace too hideous for portrait boxes]], so they've [[NothingIsScarier never been directly seen]] ... and hopefully they won't. [[spoiler: Mother Mallum isn't. Lord Drakan, unfortunately, is. Large amounts of carnage ensue, and [[AnybodyCanDie no one is safe]].]]

** If you fight the Queen, you find out what the siren was being used for. The siren lured people's souls in the nearby town out of their bodies, and the Queen devoured them. During the fight, she will summon them under her control. At one point, [[ThatOneAttack a Tortured Soul will use an attack which freezes your screen so the Queen can murder you if you don't kill the soul first]].

* The Broken Home quest. It's an adventure through a haunted house, and during your quest, you can find various servants dead, tortured, or horribly damaged (one even ''lost her damn face''). Not to mention the purple energy filling some of the rooms and the constant threat of the ghost of Ormod, the previous owner of the mansion. And the ambiance in some of the rooms is just so unsettling that it makes you want to get out of this living hellhole as soon as you can. [[spoiler: Oh, and have I mentioned the Lovecraftian creature that swallows the servants, the ghost of Lenian (Ormod's son), and possibly ''you'' if you're too slow or confused as to where to go?]]

* Senntisten, the ancient Zarosian city where [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], vampyres, demons, and humans all lived together under Zaros's rule in harmony ([[IAmAHumanitarian for the most part, anyway]]). After Zamorak's betrayal and Zaros's disappearance, Sentisten was put under siege and eventually razed by the combined might of Saradomin's and Zamorak's armies, unfortunately for pretty much everyone else in the area, it turns out a few of it's inhabitants weren't killed, so much as they were [[spoiler:''BuriedAlive'']].[[spoiler:This, in turn, has led to Senntisten and it's surrounding area becoming a hotbed for horrifying events long after it's destruction, from children being warped into [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] themselves, to an insane EldritchAbomination escaping an [[BedlamHouse ancient asylum]] and devouring the souls and staff of the mansion built above it. WordOfGod confirms that there are more buried beneath the surface than what we've seen, and that the Dig Site staff [[DugTooDeep "are dicing with death every day"]].]]

* How do you top all of the above entries? Sliske's Endgame. [[spoiler:Aside from the examine text for her, it is heavily implied that Jas is Sliske's master from the scene in Kindred Spirits, acting as the Elder God's agent on Gielinor. The magnitude of her powers becomes heavily apparant in hindsight when she singlehandedly renders all of the gods mortal during the final contest, including Zaros and Seren, as well as teleport the previously immune-to-God-Magic World Guardian to her. And to top it off, she issues a challenge to the Guardian: show her life is worth keeping, or she unmakes the universe. And with the Stone of Jas destroyed, there isn't a power capable of stopping her.]]

* ''Kindred Spirits'' is filled with moments that would be horrific to experience in real life, [[spoiler:Dharok getting attacked my 'crusaders' of Saradomin, and he kills them all because he was a bully in life, but to end it he needs to let them kill him; Ahrim wandering a maze and having to decide whether he gets hurt or someone else instead, all because he murdered someone who rebuffed his advances in favor of his brother Guthan; Verac having a key stuck in his abdomen, which you need to wrench out to free him, all representing him being torn between two gods; and Guthan is revealed to have betrayed them all by signing them up to Sliske's plan after murdering another soldier, with him being stuck in a ball which could crush either his brothers or the soldier.]] Sliske reveals that the entire quest was a trap for the World Guardian, so he can finally turn him into a wight. He tries to steal their soul, being able to look through their memories and point out their dark secrets. Then it ramps up when Sliske discovers [[spoiler:the World Guardian knows of his true plans.]] He [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness completely loses his composure]], [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats them to within an inch of their life with his bare hands]] and would have killed them immediately had it not been for the protection of [[spoiler:the brothers]].

* Senntisten, the ancient Zarosian city where [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], vampyres, demons, and humans all lived together under Zaros's rule in harmony ([[IAmAHumanitarian for the most part, anyway]]). After Zamorak's betrayal and Zaros's disappearance, Sentisten was put under siege and eventually razed by the combined might of Saradomin's and Zamorak's armies, unfortunately for pretty much everyone else in the area, it turns out a few of it's inhabitants weren't killed, so much as they were [[spoiler:''BuriedAlive'']].[[spoiler:This, in turn, has led to Senntisten and it's surrounding area becoming a hotbed for horrifying events long after it's destruction, from children being warped into [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] themselves, to incorporeal entities [[MindRape Mind Raping]] the elderly into gathering the remains of various creatures to form a body for them, to an insane EldritchAbomination escaping an [[BedlamHouse ancient asylum]] and devouring the souls and staff of the mansion built above it. WordOfGod confirms that there are more buried beneath the surface than what we've seen, and that the Dig Site staff [[DugTooDeep "are dicing with death every day"]].]]

*** At the very end of the series, you find out what was talking to you. It was [[spoiler:an aspect of a goddess known for being ''benevolent''.]]

* "Nomad's Elegy" concludes with a boss fight which pits the PlayerCharacter, aided by Death, Icthlarin and Xenia, against Nomad and a godly construct that Nomad named "Gielinor": a horrifically twisted parody of Guthix's appearance, [[HumanResources built by innumerable souls in the form of human bodies]] that appear to be [[AndIMustScream half-assimilated and in a constant state of agony]]. You do get to destroy it, thankfully, and Death and Icthlarin release many of the trapped souls to their rightful place in the afterlife, but for the entirety of its brief existence it puts [[{{Franchise/Halo}} the Gravemind]] to shame.