History NightmareFuel / StarWarsTheOldRepublic

* Valkorion's origin is revealed in chapter 2: a human warrior of ancient Zakuul, who had been stripped of will Vitiate and had his identity stolen.[[spoiler: This is a foreshadowing of what Valkorion plans to do with the Outlander.]]

* The fact that the sons and daughters born of the prisoners of Belsavis will be just as incarcerated as their parents. This gives a whole new view on the Republic.

** That being said, many people feel compelled to go through with it [[KickTheSonOfABitch because Zakuulan culture is its own brand of evil.]] Zakuulan culture has two classes: the majority, who are effectively the rich elite who want for nothing and have every need catered to them and [[KarmaHoudini have no consequences for their actions;]] and the underworld people who live in the Old World and Breaktown (if they've not been exiled to the swamps). The majority don't give a damn about the latter, [[GoodIsBoring allowing them to suffer so they can watch their life and death fights for amusement.]] The ones who are down in the underworlds? They'll even suffer as beggars on the street being harassed by doomsday cultists, or trying to join and/or are part of said cults because that's the only way to live decently down there. And this is how they treat their own people. The rest of the galaxy is under their heel and treated like garbage in comparison to say it mildly. Destroying the galactic economy and self-determination are just the tip of the ice berg. This is best summed up by Koth's opinion on Zakuul and Valkorion. He doesn't care that the Sith Emperor was evil to everyone else, he was also good to Zakuul and that's what matters. With all of that context, and being declared a terrorist already because Valkorion arranged that to happen, the only reason not to do it is for the principle of the matter of saving lives. All that does is that the people of Zakuul, not the military or government, still get away with their bigoted self-entitled ways. GoodFeelsGood or GoodIsDumb? You decide. Either way, it doesn't change that Zakuulan culture is a dark, dark place.

** The game goes to great lengths to show off that [[KnightOfCereberus Darth Tormen]] is a cut above most Sith your Hunter may have already encountered. He's terrifyingly powerful and makes it painfully clear that you are ''nothing'' to him, and he could easily kill you. He'd be more at home as a major boss in the Jedi Knight storyline or an ally in the Warrior or Inquistor but no, a forceblind Bounty Hunter is whose on his radar. This is a more realistic look at the Darth Vader/Boba Fett dynamic in ''Empire Strikes Back'': There's no mutual respect here, just a cybernetic dark wizard and a hired gun that would rather be anywhere else.

** The game goes to great lengths to show off that [[KnightOfCerberus Darth Tormen]] is a cut above most Sith your Hunter may have already encountered. He's terrifyingly powerful and makes it painfully clear that you are ''nothing'' to him, and he could easily kill you. He'd be more at home as a major boss in the Jedi Knight storyline or an ally in the Warrior or Inquistor but no, a forceblind Bounty Hunter is whose on his radar. This is a more realistic look at the Darth Vader/Boba Fett dynamic in ''Empire Strikes Back'': There's no mutual respect here, just a cybernetic dark wizard and a hired gun that would rather be anywhere else.

* Darth Jadus himself may qualify. He's very inhuman, even more so than most Sith Lords, as he doesn't show [[LackOfEmpathy ''any'' emotion]], not even the rage-filled [[EvilIsHammy hamminess]] typical of most Sith Lords. And let's not get started on how he [[AbusiveParents raised]] [[DaddysLittleVillain Darth Zhorrid]] and [[AxCrazy the]] [[TheCaligula results]] [[PsychopathicManchild of said upbringing]]. [[spoiler: When we learn that he faked his death, he also tortured several Imperial civilians, soldiers and slaves into becoming his mindless servants, some of which you have to kill when you board his dreadnought. The optional ship logs you can come across also give you [[ApocalypticLog an idea]] of [[DespairEventHorizon what some of the people who got brainwashed were going through]] before they got broken. We also now know where those creepy servants came from.]]

* The state of Balmorra's President after you finally rescue him from Darth Lachris. It turns out that the Empire has been brutally torturing him for ''months'', and he's been reduced to a broken shell of a man who can barely even speak coherently, much less officially pass his office to Tai Cordan. Thankfully, in Balmorra's Light Side ending, Tai eventually tells you that the former President is starting to show signs of ''some'' recovery, but its clear that he will never truly be the same again.

*** Though that is arguably more annoying than horrfying, considering that a reasonably well equipped character can easily beat Arcann if it were not for the cutscenes forcing you to lose.

** That being said, many people feel compelled to go through with it [[KickTheSonOfABitch because Zakuulan culture is its own brand of evil.]] Zakuulan culture has two classes: the majority, who are effectively the rich elite who want for nothing and have every need catered to them and [[KarmaHoudini have no consequences for their actions;]] and the underworld people who live in the Old World and Breaktown (if they've not been exiled to the swamps). The majority don't give a damn about the latter, [[GoodIsBoring allowing them to suffer so they can watch their life and death fights for amusement.]] The ones who are down in the underworlds? They'll even suffer as beggers on the street being harassed by doomsday cultists, or trying to join and/or are part of said cults because that's the only way to live decently down there. And this is how they treat their own people. The rest of the galaxy is under their heel and treated like garbage in comparison to say it mildly. Destroying the galactic economy and self-determination are just the tip of the ice berg. This is best summed up by Koth's opinion on Zakuul and Valkorion. He doesn't care that the Sith Emperor was evil to everyone else, he was also good to Zakuul and that's what matters. With all of that context, and being declared a terrorist already because Valkorion arranged that to happen, the only reason not to do it is for the principle of the matter of saving lives. All that does is that the people of Zakuul, not the military or government, still get away with their bigotted self-entitled ways. GoodFeelsGood or GoodIsDumb? You decide. Either way, it doesn't change that Zakuulan culture is a dark, dark place.

* Vaylin's torture during the Knights of the Eternal Throne trailer watching a bubbly young girl turn into a tool of the dark side as her [[TearJerker mother is powerless to help her]] especially the way it happens she's locked in a room for days while hooded men silently contuine the ritual

* In Shadow of Revan, [[spoiler:the fate of Eclipse Squad.]] [[spoiler:What happened was that several troopers volunteered to be upgraded with cybernetics but their [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul upgrades]] begin to take over their minds which eventually leads them to massacre 200 soldiers]]

** In the case of [[spoiler:Shuuru]], you might even unknowingly give him your endorsement for him to become the Rift Alliance's official representative in the Senate! Which completely undo all the work you have done without ever even realizing it!