History YMMV / Numenera

* {{Anvilicious}}: The Amber Pope, the closest thing the Steadfast has to a universal religious leader, is trying to [[GenghisGambit unite the nations of the Steadfast]] against the non-existent threat of the poor, weak, peacefully-perfect and perfectly-peaceful neo-pagan Gaians for purely political reasons, while being blind to the dangerous threat posed by [[{{Mordor}} Vralk]], because organized religion is just a dodgy way to trick people into doing what the powerful want, amirite?

* FridgeHorror: The xacorocax in the ''Ninth World Bestiary'' is described as essentially a mobile meatpacking factory, chasing down and dragging its targets into its maw to be sliced and neatly wrapped into vacuum-sealed packaging. Its entry also notes that it seems to prefer human targets. Combined with the knowledge that at least one of the previous worlds was dominated by nonhuman intelligences, it becomes clear that one previous civilization [[ToServeMan had a taste for human meat]]. Combine this with the fact that Ninth World humans are somehow indistinguishable from early 21st century humans, not to mention the creatures who capture humans and treat them as farm animals, and [[ArtificialHuman the implications]] [[PeopleFarms just get]] [[ServantRace that much worse]]...

* FridgeHorror: The xacorocax in the ''Ninth World Bestiary'' is described as essentially a mobile meatpacking factory, chasing down and dragging its targets into its maw to be sliced and neatly wrapped into vacuum-sealed packaging. Its entry also notes that it seems to prefer human targets. Combined with the knowledge that at least one of the previous worlds was dominated by nonhuman intelligences, it becomes clear that one previous civilization [[ToServeMan had a taste for human meat]]. Combine this with the fact that Ninth World humans are somehow indistinguishable from early 21st century humans, and [[ArtificialHuman the implications]] [[PeopleFarms just get]] [[ServantRace that much worse]]...

** On the other hand, it's also the greatest source of unity and learning in the Steadfast. The message on the Amber Papacy is mixed to say the least.
** To be fair, those purely political reasons are mostly "OhCrap, everyone is gearing up for a massive war, how do I stop the nations of the Steadfast from tearing each other apart?"
** Likewise, Vralk may be a kingdom of sadists performing human (and abhuman) sacrifice, but it remains essentially unknown, both because it hasn't yet invaded and because visitors tend to be both involuntary and short-lived.

** To be fair, those purely political reasons are mostly "OhCrap, everyone is gearing up for a massive war, how do I stop the Nations of the Steadfast from tearing each other apart?"

* FridgeHorror: The xacorocax in the ''Ninth World Bestiary'' is described as essentially a mobile meatpacking factory, chasing down and dragging its targets into its maw to be sliced and neatly wrapped into vacuum-sealed packaging. Its entry also notes that it seems to prefer human targets. Combined with the knowledge that at least one of the previous worlds was dominated by nonhuman intelligences, it becomes clear that one previous civilization [[ToServeMan had a taste for human meat]]. Combine this with the fact that Ninth World humans are somehow indistinguishable from early 21st century humans, and [[ArtificialHuman the implications]] [[PeopleFarms just get]] [[ServantRace that much worse]]...
* UncannyValley: Proxima, from the ''Ninth World Guidebook'', are unusually healthy people born to normal humans who have something ''off'' about their looks that's hard to put one's finger on. They're described in-world as looking like a sculpture of a human by a skilled non-human artist: all the details are there and correct, but the essential human-ness of their appearance is missing.

** To be fair, those purely political reasons are mostly "Oh carp, everyone is gearing up for a massive war, how do I stop the Nations of the Steadfast from tearing each other apart?"

* {{Anvilicious}}: The Amber Pope, the closest thing the Steadfast has to a universal religious leader, is trying to [[GenghisGambit unite the nations of the Steadfast]] against the non-existant threat of the poor, weak, peacefully-perfect and perfectly-peaceful neo-pagan Gaians for purely political reasons, while being blind to the dangerous threat posed by [[{{Mordor}} Vralk]], because organized religion is just a dodgy way to trick people into doing what the powerful want, amirite?

** On the other hand, it's also the greatest source of unity and learning in the steadfast. The message on the Amber Papacy is mixed to say the least.

** On the other hand, it's also the greatest source of unity and learning in the steadfast. The message on the Amber Papacy is mexed to say the least.

* {{Anvilicious}}: The Amber Pope, the closest thing the Steadfast has to a universal religious leader, is trying to [[GenghisGambit unite the nations of the Steadfast]] against the non-existant threat of the poor, weak, peacefully-perfect neo-pagan Gaians for purely political reasons, while being blind to the dangerous threat posed by [[{{Mordor}} Vralk]], because organized religion is just a dodgy way to trick people into doing what the powerful want, right?

* FridgeHorror: The xacorocax in the ''Ninth World Bestiary'' is described as essentially a mobile meatpacking factory, chasing down and dragging its targets into its maw to be sliced and neatly wrapped into vacuum-sealed packaging. Its entry also notes that it seems to prefer human targets. Combined with the knowledge that at least one of the previous worlds was dominated by nonhuman intelligences, it becomes clear that one previous civilization [[ToServeMan had a taste for human meat]]. Combine this with the fact that Ninth World humans are somehow indistinguishable from early 21st century humans, and [[ArtificialHuman the implications]] [[PeopleFarms just get]] [[ServantRace that much worse]]...

* FridgeHorror: The xacorocax in the ''Ninth World Bestiary'' is described as essentially a mobile meatpacking factory, chasing down and dragging its targets into its maw to be sliced and neatly wrapped into vacuum-sealed packaging. Its entry also notes that it seems to prefer human targets. Combined with the knowledge that at least one of the previous worlds was dominated by nonhuman intelligences, and it becomes clear that one previous civilization [[ToServeMan had a taste for human meat]]. Combine this with the fact that Ninth World humans are somehow indistinguishable from early 21st century humans, and [[ArtificialHuman the implications]] [[PeopleFarms just get]] [[ServantRace that much worse]]...

* FridgeHorror: The xacorocax in the ''Ninth World Bestiary'' is described as essentially a mobile meatpacking factory, chasing down and dragging its targets into its maw to be sliced and neatly wrapped into vacuum-sealed packaging. Its entry also notes that it seems to prefer human targets. Combined with the knowledge that at least one of the previous worlds was dominated by nonhuman intelligences, and it becomes clear that one previous civilization [[ToServeMan had a taste for human meat]]. Combine this with the fact that Ninth World humans are somehow indistinguishable from early 21st century humans, and [[ArtificialHuman the implications]] [[PeopleFarms just get]] [[SlaveRace that much worse]]...

* FridgeHorror: The xacorocax in the ''Ninth World Bestiary'' is described as essentially a mobile meatpacking factory, chasing down and dragging its targets into its maw to be sliced and neatly wrapped into vacuum-sealed packaging. Its entry also notes that it seems to prefer human targets. Combined with the knowledge that at least one of the previous worlds was dominated by nonhuman intelligences, and it becomes clear that one previous civilization [[ToServeMan had a taste for human meat]]. Combine this with the fact that Ninth World humans are somehow indistinguishable from early 21st century humans, and [[ArtificialHuman the implications start]] [[PeopleFarms getting worse]]...

FridgeHorror: The xacorocax in the ''Ninth World Bestiary'' is described as essentially a mobile meatpacking factory, chasing down and dragging its targets into its maw to be sliced and neatly wrapped into vacuum-sealed packaging. Its entry also notes that it seems to prefer human targets. Combined with the knowledge that at least one of the previous worlds was dominated by nonhuman intelligences, and it becomes clear that one previous civilization [[ToServeMan had a taste for human meat]]. Combine this with the fact that Ninth World humans are somehow indistinguishable from early 21st century humans, and [[ArtificialHuman the implications start]] [[PeopleFarms getting worse]]...