History NightmareFuel / TheOrderOfTheStick

** It's equally nightmarish from the dragon's perspective. Red dragons on the whole may be far from a sympathetic species, but considering how this one was forced into a state of suspended animation and kept that way for what's implied to have been decades (not to mention ''[[aware of it the entire time]]''), one can't exactly fault it for wanting to kill Serini.

** It's equally nightmarish from the dragon's perspective. Red dragons on the whole may be far from a sympathetic species, but considering how this one was forced into a state of suspended animation and kept that way for what's implied to have been decades (''[[AndIMustScream and aware of it the entire time]]''), one can't exactly fault it for wanting to kill Serini.

** It's equally nightmarish from the dragon's perspective. Red dragons on the whole may be far from a sympathetic species, but considering how this one was frozen in suspended animation against its will for what's implied to have been decades (''[[AndIMustScream and aware of it the entire time]]''), one can't exactly fault it for wanting to kill Serini.

* The massacre of Recloak's village at the hands of '''The Sapphire Guard'''. While they're depicted as self-righteous honorable to a fault in the main series, here they are nothing short of zealous xenophobic murderers. The goblins weren't attacking anyone, their village was miles from the Azurites' homeland. They attacked [[BlackAndWhiteMoraliy them solely because of their Alignment.]] While the bearer of the Crimson Mantle was a threat, they did not stop with him. Men, women, and children are all slaughtered without hesitation. While the Paladins congratulate themselves for purging evil from the world.

* V's acceptance of the Soul Splice, subsequent evil actions, then the revelation that the soul splice had no effect on V's morality, merely their power, and that was what V really wanted to do.

** What's worse is that Vaarsuvius then gets annoyed with Elan's horror, and gives an ''ImpliedDeathThreat'' if he keeps distracting them from their research. It's undercut by Elan's continual inability to grasp what V means, but the fact of the matter is that Vaarsuvius, to all appearances, is entirely and genuinely willing to murder one of their TrueCompanions because they find him ''annoying.'' The Sanity Slippage is very real, and very frightening.

* 1260 The Monster in the Darkness isn't hungry so Xykon says he's going to murder the bugbear who made them so full (and maybe resurrect their grandmother to watch for extra evil points. Xykon thinks the whole thing is funny) because he wants to feed dwarf heroes to it but it doesn't feel like it due to, as the monster is guessing, said bugbear's cooking. The Monster in the Darkness suggests skipping dinner but Xykon blows him off. Note that Xykon does horrific things like this on a regular basis, he's that petty.

** And then in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0930.html the strip after that]]. Quite aside from everything else, it's the same InsaneTrollLogic that [[AdultFear real domestic abuse comes with]].

* Right after that, Serini reveals the reason why she looks the way she does... and her backstory shows that Xykon used a spell to remove ''a quarter of the flesh off of her body''. It's presented simplistically, but it's oddly... disturbing.

* V's acceptance of the Soul Splice, subsequent evil actions, then the revelation that the soul splice had no effect on V's morality, merely his/her power, and that was what V really wanted to do.

* One of the bonus strips from the book has the Order looking for Xykon's throne room. They keep opening doors marked [[SchmuckBait "Xykon's Throne Room"]], with results varying from snakes jumping out and arrows firing. However, one of the fake doors was actually animated, grew arms and legs and started attacking Haley. Another one contained something so terrible that Belkar immediately closed it. The only thing seen of it are the dozens of arms and hands trying to claw their way out of it.

* Vaarsuvius entering into a triple [[DealWithTheDevil Soul Splice]] to save his/her family, allowing him/herself to be bound with the souls of an insane archmage, an epic-level {{necromancer}}, and a conjurer who used to plane-shift from vulnerable world to vulnerable world, conquering as he went.
** Then there's V's fight against the Black Dragon herself, where s/he dishes out a CurbStompBattle as terrible as the one s/he had received earlier. It culminates in the Black Dragon eating V, who then shapechanges into an even ''bigger'' dragon inside her stomach, causing her to [[TeleFrag violently explode in a shower of gore and meaty chunks. Vaarsuvius even eats a piece of her flesh.]]
** But that's not enough for Vaarsuvius, who animates the Black Dragon's head as an undead before casting a spell shown to him/her by the necromancer's soul. That spell? Is [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0639.html Familicide:]] an epic level variant of the Death spell which targets any living blood relative of the target and ''instantly'' kills them. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0640.html Vaarusivius even estimates]] that with this spell, s/he has wiped out a ''quarter'' of the world's Black Dragon population. S/He then casually declares that this is the price owed for the Black Dragon daring to involve his/her family, then destroys the undead dragon's head with a Disintegrate.
** This act is not only so brutal that it impresses the fiends Vaarsuvius made his/her deal with, it terrifies V's mate to the point that s/he [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0641.html tries to ward V off with a stick, an act that ultimately leads to him/her divorcing Vaarsuvius.]]

* During the [[WretchedHive Cliffport]] storyline, once Belkar has his [[GeAs Mark of Justice]] removed he returns to his full murderous potential, as the Thieves' Guild [[MookHorrorShow discovers first-hand]].

* During the [[WretchedHive Cliffport]] storyline, once Belker has his Mark of Justice removed he returns to his full murderous potential, as the Thieves' Guild [[MookHorrorShow discovers first-hand]].

-->'''Serini:''' Oh, you sweet dumb child, I didn't brew a whole cauldron of amnesia potion for just ''two'' of you. ''(SlasherSmile, [[StealthHiBye vanishes)''

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