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* The Hollowing process is quite terrifying and the game takes its sweet time building it up. Essentially, a being that loses all its Astral Energy begins to slowly lose cohesion, with their very body breaking down. As the effect accelerates to (and past) a point of no return, it literally ''liquifies'' you into a dully translucent sludge. Entire lakes of liquified people are seen throughout the game, representing the horrifying deaths of hundreds/thousands of people, ''at minimum''.

* The Hollowing process is quite terrifying and the game takes its sweet time building it up. Essentially a being that loses all its Astral Energy begins to become translucent. As the effect accelerates, it literally liquifies people into a dully translucent sludge. Entire lakes of liquified people are seen throughout the game, representing the horrifying deaths of hundreds/thousands of people, ''at minimum''.

* Alphen's RageBreakingPoint. Though he understands why the people of Niez would be terrified by Nazamil being able to induce hollowing in creatures, the fact Dahnans start to fire on Nazamil as she's actively saving their lives ''breaks'' something in Alphen, who can only declare the Dahnans attacking Nazamil his enemy before being reduced to wails of agony as he draws the Blazing Sword and just lets loose with its power. There's still a visible part of him holding back from going over the edge and doing something he'll regret for the rest of his life, but even then he demonstrates a substantial amount of the Fire Core's power ''spewing lava'' everywhere and melting parts of the plaza in a grand conflagration. For a brief moment, he's no different from Balseph. Once the situation calms down, he even realizes with no small amount of self-loathing that he became ''exactly'' what he originally fought against, using force to subjugate people who didn't follow his views. Even worse, the gesture was ultimately pointless - the shot Alphen took for Nazamil would have been blocked by Kisara, anyway, who'd already moved in to defend Nazamil. Alphen just couldn't take the hatred between people anymore.

* Alphen's RageBreakingPoint. Though he understands why the people of Niez would be terrified by Nazamil being able to induce hollowing in creatures, the fact Dahnans start to fire on Nazamil as she's actively saving their lives ''breaks'' something in Alphen, who can only declare the Dahnans attacking Nazamil his enemy before being reduced to wails of agony as he draws the Blazing Sword and just lets loose with its power. There's still a visible part of him holding back from going over the edge and doing something he'll regret for the rest of his life, but even then he demonstrates a substantial amount of the Fire Core's power ''spewing lava'' everywhere and melting parts of the plaza in a grand conflagration. For a brief moment, he's no different from Balseph. Once the situation calms down, he even realizes with no small amount of self-loathing that he became ''exactly'' what he originally fought against, using force to subjugate people who didn't follow his views. Even worse, the gesture was ultimately pointless - the shot Alphen took for Nazamil would have been block by Kisara, anyway, who'd already moved in to defend Nazamil. Alphen just couldn't take the hatred between people anymore.

** It's also possible that she got so depressed at points that she tried to kill herself... and the Thorns just wouldn't allow it, denying her any means of ending her state until the present day; all she could do, was ''forced'' to do even, was endure. In her own words, [[JerkassWoobie "Is it any wonder that I lacked a cheery disposition?"]]

* The Hollowing process is quite terrifying and the game takes its sweet time building it up. Essentially a being that loses all its Astral Energy begins to become translucent. As the effect accelerates, it literally liquifies people into a dully translucent sludge. Entire lakes of liquified people are seen throughout the game, representing the horrifying deaths of hundreds or even thousands of people.

* Almeidrea's [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first real scene]]. The Dark Wings have captured her and plan to execute her by burning her at the stake, but it turns out this was all part of her plan, as she had the rebels' food and drink poisoned with Fruit of Helgan. Even before the inevitable happens, the assembled rebels almost immediately go into a mad frenzy as they scream and shriek for Almeidrea's death,with some so enraged that they're seen ''frothing at the mouth'', and Dedyme gives a twisted SlasherSmile as he lights the pyre. Then, he and the entire crowd suddenly freeze... and ''immediately'' Hollow as Almeidrea gives a gleefully sadistic EvilLaugh. The party is completely horrified, and Kisara has to stop herself from vomiting at the massacre.

* Almeidrea's [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first real scene]]. The Dark Wings have captured her and plan to execute her by burning her at the stake, but it turns out this was all part of her plan, as she had the rebels' food and drink poisoned with Fruit of Helgan. Even before the inevitable happens, the assembled rebels almost immediately go into a mad frenzy as they scream and shriek for Almeidrea's death, and Dedyme gives a twisted SlasherSmile as he lights the pyre. Then, he and the entire crowd suddenly freeze... and ''immediately'' Hollow as Almeidrea gives a gleefully sadistic EvilLaugh. The party is completely horrified, and Kisara has to stop herself from vomiting at the massacre.

* Almeidrea's [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first real scene]]. The Dark Wings have captured her and plan to execute her by burning her at the stake, but it turns out this was all part of her plan, as she had the rebels' food and drink poisoned with Fruit of Helgan. Even before the inevitable happens, the assembled rebels almost immediately go into a mad frenzy as they scream and shriek for Almeidrea's death, and Dedyme gives a twisted SlasherSmile as he lights the pyre. Then, he and the entire crowd suddenly freeze... and ''immediately'' Hollow as Almeidrea gives a demented EvilLaugh. The party is completely horrified, and Kisara has to stop herself from vomiting at the massacre.

* The way Rinwell's expression suddenly twists with long repressed rage and hate is a frightening sight to behold, Law in particular horrified at how her face matches the mob who just got hollowed, repeating "I'll kill you" to herself like a chant. With no hesitation Rinwell practically snarls at him as she swears she'll kill him too if he gets in her way. Thankfully Law manages to snap her out of it.

** The sentiment is reinforced after finding the starship Alphen was sent down to Dahna in. While in mid-flight, the party are prepping themselves for what they might face and how to go about things, only for Rinwell to suddenly scream mid-conversation... because multiple copies of the Red Woman just suddenly ''appeared'' around the ship, ''in the vacuum of space''.
* Remember Fodra in ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces''? That large world that, when you went there, was [[EldritchLocation desolate but only filled with monsters]], long ''long'' AfterTheEnd, with the only survivors being monsters, robotic humanoids, and a HumanPopsicle Emeraude? Well, Rena is similar to that... except ''worse''. When you step off the world? All you see is nothing but an ocean of silvery liquid as far as you can see - with pieces of old buildings pointing out of this ocean. NothingIsScarier ''indeed''. One can only take a look and imagine the alien architecture, and speculate what Rena was like at its prime... before the GeniusLoci came to life and ''enslaved'' everything. ''Everything''. The only survivors of the DyingRace have no will of their own. You don't even know if they had a painless death or not... it is indeed frightening.
** Related to this? The very thought that your own planet might ''enslave'' you while parasitising another planet. It's very similar to the Terra and Gaia situation in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''... except in ''that'' game Terra was engineered and overseen by a sapient being. Rena devoured ''everything'' and is acting on pure instinct.