History NightmareFuel / TheOrderOfTheStick

* The Snarl unmade a world and killed a pantheon of gods in the first twenty-seven minutes of its life. If it kills you, [[DeaderThanDead that's it]] -- you can't even get resurrected. It exists to kill. And it's right below the feet of everyone on the planet, three of its seals are broken with almost no way to fix them, and there is a ''very'' good chance that it will get released and destroy everything if the heroes lose -- as in, it's practically guaranteed.

** Malack [[spoiler: dies by being ''burned alive by the sun's rays]]. Whoa.

* Strip #900. Before we even see the goblin himself, Redcloak has [[spoiler: possibly fatally blasted Roy.]]
** [[spoiler:{{Jossed}} in the following strip.]]
* Redcloak is getting scarier and scarier. After several hundred pages of playing civil leader in Gobbotopia, Redcloak has gotten dangerous with the loss of his eye. [[spoiler:Brutally crushing the resistance, murdering Tsukiko, and summoning a silicon elemental to wipe out the Order.]]

* A small one, but [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0040.html the second-to-last panel of strip 40]]. Poor villagers :(

* While the Order waits behind an illusion so they won't be discovered, knowing they could be at any moment and making sure to keep quiet and things are very tense, a little figure appears to Haley, who looks horrified. The you realize it's a magical message...[[spoiler: and now Haley knows the Resistance has fallen.]]

* Malack [[spoiler:killing Durkon by draining his blood dry.]] And because that wasn't enough, he then had to go and [[spoiler:turn him into a fellow vampire.]]

* The revelation of Malack's true nature [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0870.html here]], specifically the last panel, in which [[spoiler: he attempts to "turn" Belkar- because Malack is a lizard vampire and Belkar has an overly large head/no visible neck, [[VampireBitesSuck the turning involves messily biting down on Belkar's head]]]]
** It doesn't help that Belkar is [[AndIMustScream completely immobilized at the time by Malack's spell.]]
** And during the whole page, he's completely calm and thoughtful throughout - which just makes it worse.
** Malack's plans for the Empire after his companions bite the dust. [[spoiler:He plans to sacrifice ''1000'' citizens to his god on a ''daily'' basis.]] His idea of using special chambers to make the process more orderly isn't exactly pleasant either. And while he's explaining this, he's still as calm and thoughtful as ever.
** Malack [[spoiler: killing Durkon by draining his blood dry.]] And because that wasn't enough, he then had to go and [[spoiler: turn him into a fellow vampire.]]

* The revelation of Malack's true nature [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0870.html here]], specifically the last panel, in which [[spoiler: he "turns" Belkar- because Malack is a lizard vampire and Belkar has an overly large head/no visible neck, [[VampireBitesSuck the turning involves messily biting down on Belkar's head]]]]

* The revelation of Malack's true nature [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0870.html here]], specifically the last panel, in which [[spoiler: he "turns" Belkar- because Malack is a lizard vampire and Belkar has an overly large head/no visible neck, [[VampireBitesSuck the turning involves messily biting down on Belkar's head]]

* The revelation of Malack's true nature [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0870.html here]], specifically the last panel, in which [[spoiler: he "turns" Belkar- because Malack is a lizard vampire and Belkar has an overly large head/no visible neck, [[VampireBitesSuck the turning involves messily biting down on Belkar's head]]]].

* On the VERY FIRST PAGE, we see Xykon as a little boy crying over his dead dog, and accidentally bringing it back to life with his necromancy. It then proceeds to kill a bird and visibly eat its brains. [[ItGotWorse That's just the first page.]] Even worse: Five-year-old Xykon's reaction is gleeful excitement and a desire to find it some more brains.

Don't let the simple art-style fool you. OrderOfTheStick has many a terrifying moment.

* The Snarl unmade a world and killed the gods in the first twenty-seven minutes of its life. If it kills you, [[DeaderThanDead that's it]] -- you can't even get resurrected. It exists to kill. And it's right below the feet of everyone on the planet, three of its seals are broken with almost no way to fix them, and there is a ''very'' good chance that it will get released and destroy everything if the heroes lose -- as in, it's practically guaranteed.

!!''Start of Darkness''

!!''The Order of the Stick''