Line #64 NightmareFuel/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice


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4	As [[DeconstructiveParody funny as the series gets]], one must remember this is still a parody of [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 the originator of the term "Grim Dark"]]...
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8	* There's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB79pnU2f2I&t=7m1s a brief moment in Episode 8]] where the Emperor's patience with the current state of the Imperium's competence is ''drawn and quartered'' hearing about how irresponsibly the Tyranids are handled.
9	-->'''Emperor:''' [[AC: I am sorry. I am just [[VoiceOfTheLegion ABSOLUTELY LIVID]] at the moment.]]
10	* The ending of Episode 18 has Lucius and his Noise Marines slaughter an entire Imperial Guard garrison whose screams can be heard over Lucius' daemonic cackling... [[MoodWhiplash which is interrupted by his phone ringing.]] Too bad it does nothing to make him less horrifying.
11	-->'''Lucius:''' ''[[EvilLaugh Nyheheheheheheh]], [[DeadlyEuphemism we got a party to prepare foooor~]]!''
12	** Made worse if you know what his idea of a "party" is: Another ''Black Crusade''.
13	*** Oh, and not just ''any'' Black Crusade, since the series has established that the events of "The Gathering Storm" are canon to this universe; this is the '''Thirteenth''' Black Crusade, the worst of them all, the one that finally makes Cadia fall.
14	** Lucius overall is a living, waking nightmare. Knowing what kind of disturbing activities Slaaneshi worshipers tend to engage in, his DissonantSerenity and Mickey Mouse voice make him seem even more disturbing.
15	* From the second Q&A episode, the description of the Tyrant Star is just as disturbing as it is in canon, especially with the theory that it is Malal's peephole into our universe.
16	** We also get to see the "Retconnian" that was alluded to in Episode 14. It's nothing. A black endless expanse of nothing with nothing but a literal peephole into reality that things that no longer exist like Malal, Squats and Horus inhabit. It's so crushingly empty that Malal, ''a Chaos God'', is driven to tears by his desire to become Canon and escape it.
17	*** Though there is apparently hot chocolate.
18	* From part two of the history episodes, once Slaanesh shows up, "Oh Yeah" by {{Music/Yello}} (which has so far been accompanying almost every appearance of the Eldar) suddenly becomes distorted into something... [[HellIsThatNoise disturbing]].
19	* The Emperor's mind and soul are being ground into nothing, and both are torn to shreds to make it easier. The author subscribes to the "Starchild" theory, so when the piece of the Emperor on the Golden Throne eventually dies, he'll become a fifth Chaos God that is to mankind like Slaanesh is to the Eldar, warp-fuck Terra inside-out, and send all of humanity ever screaming into Hell. Sweet dreams. It ''is'' somewhat defused by the fact the Star Child is actually the Emperor's discarded compassion and empathy, however, so this may not be as true as previously believed.
20	* Leman Russ finding out that not only is Magnus alive, but he is within the imperial palace. He is '''''not happy.'''''
21	--> '''''[[https://youtu.be/0Vh_N8CpcL0?t=29m23s MMMAAAGNUUUUUS...]]'''''
22	** And this is ''before'' he learns about Magnus' attacks on Fenris and the destruction of Midgardia. How do you think he is going to react AFTER he finds out?
23	** Episode 26 shows that whatever else happened, that image of the Hive Minds converging on the galaxy wasn't made up- when the Emperor's light spews out into space, you can see all the Tendrils of it. So that wasn't some dramatic representation of the hunger of the Tyranids- that could be an honest representation of what's about to happen.
24	* [[MonsterClown Cegorach]]. Fucking ''Cegorach''.
25	** Look carefully - ''very'' carefully - when Ahriman is mocking the god in Episode 14. Every time Ahriman speaks, ''Cegorach's hand moves.'' He was dictating the entire encounter from the instant he showed up, and Ahriman had no idea. As the Thousand Sons stomp off, the Laughing God follows with his hand up and above them, almost like they were puppets dancing on his strings...
26	** When Custodisi and Wamuudes encounter Cegorach near the end of episode 25, their thoughts derailed when they see a figure looming over them in the shadows around the Black Library, with unnerving accordion music and a creepy laugh during the FadeToBlack.
27	--->'''Custodisi:''' That is... a ''clown''...
28	** The beginning of episode 25 is basically nothing but Cegorach and a few victims, and it's one of the freakiest scenes to date. His "laughter" varies from wheezy, phlegmy chuckles to spastic, guttural guffaws, much like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmjrqJcouIQ Tim Curry's version of Pennywise]] from ''Film/{{It\|1990}}''. He's accompanied by a nightmarish LaughTrack that verges on hysterical screams, and which ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou hijacks the normal intro]]''. It's hard to tell what's worse: when his eyes are hidden in shadow, or we get a clear look at his unblinking, wide-eyed stare - and note that his eye never focuses on any other characters, instead it's always staring [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou directly into the camera.]] At the end, he drops the comedy act altogether as he goes off to plot revenge on the Flesh Eaters, and his voice drops several octaves as he snarls "''everyone's a critic''." And keep in mind, this guy is supposed to be one of the closest things to a ''good guy'' in this setting...
29	--->'''Horrifyingly Low Disembodied Voice:''' [[Series/TheBigBangTheory [ B A Z I N G A ] ]]
30	** The Custodes, the Emperor's own warriors, who have spent ten ''thousand'' years guarding him and fighting the daemons that come out of the botched Webway gate ''without armor'', are just reduced to a pair of quivering, sobbing wrecks begging to make it stop. You know something is scary when guys as tough as they just wanna get the fuck outta there. Case in point, they later mention the event where Harlequins invaded the Imperial Palace to "talk to the Emperor" as a kind of minor annoyance (their real plan was never discovered as the Custodes killed them before they reached the Throne room). When faced with the god of those clowns, they are terrified.
31	* While it is still full of awesome and BlackComedy, the entire battle between Chaos Undivided and the Imperium forces in Episode 26 Part 1 is a horrific one-sided slaughter in the former's favor. Seeing the various Order leaders, who proved themselves to be competent in the fight, getting massacred along with their forces shows just how powerful and merciless the Daemons are. Even [[MemeticBadass Kaldor Draigo]] is ineffectual for most of the fight, due to [[RandomNumberGod bad rolls from adhering to the tabletop rules]]. They would most assuredly have been wiped out if it wasn't for the Star Child fusing with Fyodor right at the end.
32	** Special attention must be given to Skarbrand. His funny quotes and moments aside, he is a monstrous BigRedDevil who absolutely ''obliterates'' everything that comes across his path with his axes, including a Taurox, a Grey Knight Dreadnought, Grand Master Elirush, and Adrielle Quist. The other Inquisition forces are utterly terrified of him, and they have every right to be considering his terrifying rage and power. There's a reason why HE is the one who was ''inches'' away from destroying Karazamov and the last of the Inquisition.
33	** When The Star Child unites with Fyodor and casts a bright light upon the galaxy, for a brief moment, the tendrils of the Tyranid beyond are illuminated, even with the Emperor back, the Tyranid Swarm still comes. The best it could do was make it recoil ''slightly''.
34	* Holy crap, the Tempestuous Scions after being exposed to the surface of a sun for a brief period. All of them suffer horrific burns and scream in agony. One guy's face mask started melting into his mouth, taking his teeth with it. Another loses her bottom half which is charred to the bone. The Sergeant appears to be missing his eyes and desperately tries to convince himself that the pain will make him stronger. Even after the Fyodomperor heals them, one Scion continues to hyperventilate from the shock for a few more seconds before finally calming down.
35	** Lady Malys half-possessed by Cegorach and with a SlasherSmile that'd freak the Joker out and barely even fits in her head isn't a pretty sight.
36	* Remember when Decius said the Deceiver was an idiot? Pretty funny right? Holy shit was he '''''WRONG'''''. He seems dead set on stopping Kaldor Draigo from returning to the Material Realm, for some reason that may or may not be connected to the Tyranid Hive Mind. His plan may be as convoluted as one from Tzeentch, but good gods does it make you think how clever the Jackal God truly is and how he wants everyone to think he’s a dumbass.
37	* Custodisi is a little too much attracted to Magnus, slipping straight into sexual harassment territory, which - unsurprisingly, given how Tzeentch had stolen Magnus' soul for ten millennia - pisses the Emperor off. When Magnus returns from his adventures with Kitten, Custodisi gets whacked with the Prohibition Hammer to deliver some slapstick violence to keep him in line for every lewd comment he makes. [[RuleofFunny Funny]], right? Well, there's the part when Custodisi makes an offhanded comment about "[[IncestYayShipping wincest]]" to Magnus, and the Emperor ultimately decides he's had enough, grabs Custodisi with his spectral hand, lifts him to his level and '''deletes him.''' Aside from a monotone "oh no" from Wammudes, he's never brought up again. That's right - should you anger the Emperor one too many times, he ''will'' erase you from existence. Well, either that, or Custodisi was just warped somewhere else entirely.
38	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzWsLaolyLw Prime Clown.]] Just ''[[{{Leitmotif}} Prime Clown]]''.
39	* That... ''[[MechanicalAbomination thing]]'' [[https://youtu.be/25ZvvprhWZo?t=648 Kitten encounters in the bowels of the Imperial Palace]]. That singing bass on its front only accentuates how horrifying it is, and it constantly makes [[HellIsThatNoise some kind of ambient, reverberating noise that sounds like laughter and crying rolled into one]].
40	-->'''Kitten:''' [[{{Understatement}} This is slightly uncomfortable]]...
41	* Vulkan is revealed to have set an ''entire planet'' on fire, slaughtering the entirety of its population, purely because the population coexisted with the Eldar. For as much of a hug-happy NiceGuy as he is, Vulkan still firmly embraces the fanatical xenophobia the rest of the Imperium runs on. Dulled slightly by the fact that his guilt over the act caused him to vow to protect the remains of the planet from any and all invaders.
42	* We finally get to meet Bellisarius Cawl. In canon, Cawl's mind is made up of numerous copies of itself working in tandem. And the series ''hasn't forgotten this''. The Cawl we see in TTS is a Bi-polar maniac that is capable of some very dangerous mood-swings due to the differing minds [[VoiceOfTheLegion all speaking in unison]]. Worse yet? The Fabricator General seems to have him as a hitman, setting him loose to kill Kitten and the Custodes after they discover the Proteus protocol. And given how ancient and powerful they are in the canon tabletop, this mental state makes him infinitely more dangerous. Even to someone like Kitten.
43	** Speaking of the Fabricator General, we finally see him in his full glory, and "MechanicalAbomination" doesn't even begin to describe him. With any other techpriest, you can at least see the human form underneath all the mechanical components. The Fabricator General? What we've seen of him until this point is just his head, which looks like some kind of red growth sprouting atop a mess of gears, random tech and cyberdongs. Not to mention he dwarfs even the likes of Santodes. And no, the fact that he has random tech like toasters, shavers and fidget spinners attacked to his mechadendrites ''does not dull how creepy he is in the slightest.''
44	* Episode 29:
45	** Cegorach is a fan of jumpscares, and he's terrifyingly effective at pulling it off, as his usual carefree nature gives way to a black-eyed and deep-voiced NightmareFace.
46	** While there is something absolutely ''hysterical'' about killing the Drukhari with kindness, the sheer calm and serenity that the Star-Child shows while he does so is absolutely unnerving. Vect and his forces are ''melting from raw emotion'' (alternatively, there is the possibility that all of this positivity means Slaanesh is no longer being held back and is what is literally devouring the Druukahri now, which is also horrible) right in front of the Star-Child, and he doesn't seem to ''care at all''.
47	*** Not to mention that the resulting BodyHorror that occurs when Vect and the other Drukhari are literally falling apart isn't really pleasant on the eyes.
48	*** Unfortunately Vect manages with one proclamation to completely turn the tables, by making the Star-Child completely feel distraught that all his forces are going to be thrown into the arena instead of just a single champion. As the Emperor implies, as powerful as his compassion is, in the face of the overwhelming cruelty of the world of 40K, even that can shatter.
49	** Whilst his arrival and first in-person appearance is distilled awesome, it appears Jaghatai Khan [[RunningGag (honoured be his name)]] has been keeping himself busy over the past ten millenia. His bike is festooned with severed heads, each one's mouth open in a death shriek, and he appears to have a Saim-Hann Windrider's dismembered limbless body beside him. The Khan might be a Loyalist at the end of the day (hopefully, in any case), but his viciousness is something to be scared of.
50	** The effect Magnus's SelfDeprecation routine has on him as he goes on, which is ''making him wither until he dies'' because, as a [[EldritchAbomination creature of the Warp]], [[YourMindMakesItReal his physical and mental selves are one and the same]], and being so horrible to himself is destroying him.
51	* Episode 30:
52	** When The Tour Guide questions the Emperor's ability to feel emotion, by commenting that he "castrated himself", he briefly glares down at the man. As in, he can't help but physically move his head with a SickeningCrunch to meet the man's maddened gaze, something that he has only ever done when either in so much agony he can't properly think straight, or is so ''unfathomably angry'' that the pain of moving no longer matters to him.
53	** We finally find out why Kaldor Draigo is so immensly powerful as well as incredibly insane, even disregarding his time in The Warp. The Deceiver ensured that Draigo got possessed by The Outsider, the only C'than that avoided being shattered, arguably the most maniacal of all the C'than and possibly the most powerful still living entity in all of Warhammer. And yes, it was a case of GoneHorriblyRight, something that was realized when he bested Mortarion in single combat. Is it any wonder why The Deceiver is scared shitless over the idea of him returning to the material realm?
54	** For the most part, Mini Magnus is a hilarious little daemon-moppet, but when Kitten asks what'll happen if the Proteus Protocol doesn't work, it chipperly announces that it will shed "skin, innards and bone" and become a perennial curse upon its maker, in the exact same ditzy-cheerful tone it says everything in.
55	** The Chant of the Machine Spirit's Vengeance, which is invoked to [[TakingYouWithMe trigger retributive suicide]] amongst the Kastellan robots. In contrast to the other Mechanicus prayers, ''this'' one takes the form of an [[HellIsThatNoise ungodly, semi-mechanical scream]], and the Kastellans acknowledge a successful command with one of the bleakest quotes in the series. Adding to the creep factor is that the acknowledgement almost feels like it was directly rebutting the Emperor, who had been [[TemptingFate gloating right at that moment.]]
56	-->'''Kastellan:''' In the grim darkness of the 42nd millennium, there can be no victor...
57	** This is followed by the Emperor ''absolutely losing it in rage'', which could feasibly split the planet in half. Rogal Dorn flips his helmet on and hops into the Emperor's lap in the hopes of calming him down, and after is shown to be blackened and scorched beyond recognizability. Not only has Kitten fallen, but the force of the Emperor's grief might have also cost the life of a Primarch.
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61	* Helbrecht and his rage are quite scary. When he gets summoned into the Throne Room, he almost tries to kill the Emperor in a fit of confusion and anger, and later on, would have cut Boy in half if Dorn had not intervened. Later on, the Custodes and Rogal freak out and start a four-way screaming match which included the threat of genocide and near-rebellion on the Custodes' part, only stopped when Helbrecht himself [[BigShutUp made it stop]]. It makes you wonder if the Black Templars have some kind of gene defect that [[HatePlague spreads rage around the people near them]]. It's incredible that no one was killed or fell to Khorne during the Podcast.
62	** The Emperor is known to have a CompellingVoice that can being peace of mind and confidence in his charisma to anyone, especially those devoted to him. Helbrecht's vocalizations as he's winding down from having it used on him make it sound almost like the hate-fueled battle craze is trying to ''actively resist'' the compulsion. The Black Templar's hatred is so strong, even the Emperor's word needs a moment to get past it.
63	** It gets worse: Whammudes was chanting "Maim, Kill, Burn", over, and over, and over while talking about how all the NORMIES should die. So yeah, that was about a single sword stroke from falling to Khorne.
64	** The Custodes' insanity is also quite frightening. It's hard to remember how unhinged they really are if you're too busy laughing at their gay, fantastic personalities. However, there is something deeply wrong and broken about them where they will turn from being cheerful and fruity one moment to serious, badass protectors the next, to petty, squabbling sycophants the next, and insane murderous maniacs the moment after that. They each have their own unique traits and have plenty of depth which is unsurprising given how old and experienced they are, but the mood swings they have are completely unpredictable.
65	* InUniverse example, but apparently "[[Literature/InquisitionWar The Inquisitor]]" is such an awful book that it's equivalent to ''torture'', and gives anyone who reads it hallucinations of the warp.
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69	* [[https://youtu.be/o1cXYan0NQA BEHEMOTH]], [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu-gp8eEmEz4bDt2Q5pXVbQ Eliphas The Inheritor's]] "OVA" of TTS has this in spades due to it being about the first appearance of the Tyranids. Magos Varnak's [[ApocalypticLog Data Codex]] in particular doesn't help matters. Especially not since it's a reading of an ''actual canon quote.''
70	-->'''Varnak''': [[DespairEventHorizon We cannot live through this. Mankind... CANNOT LIVE THROUGH THIS.]] [[ZergRush In a single day, they have covered the surface of this planet with a flood of of living blades and needle-fanged mouths!]] [[HydraProblem Kill one, and ten take its place!]] [[WeHaveReserves If they are truly without number...]] [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Then our race is DOOMED to a violent death before every shred of our civilization is scoured away by a force more voracious than the fires of HELL themselves!]] [[JustBeforeTheEnd DEATH! By the Machine God! DEATH IS HERE!]] (Recording ends)
71	-->'''Guardsman''': [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere No. Fuck this.]] [[DrivenToSuicide (shoots himself in the head)]]
72	** In general, the Tyranids are the biggest SERIOUS source of NightmareFuel in the TTS-verse so far. While Chaos certainly has its fair share of horrors, there is always a healthy mix of hilarity to balance out their darker and scarier aspects even with characters as horrible as Lucius the Eternal. The Tyranids, on the other hand? Any interaction with them has MINIMAL humor ''at best'', and nothing but horror at worst.
73	** When the Tyranid figureheads, the Norn-Queen and the Swarmlord, are both onscreen, it becomes clear that they aren't simply animalistic abominations. The Norn-queen nearly kills the entirety of Death Watch without raising a talon before Kryptman manages to break its psychic assault, and then after that reveals it had used their time writhing in agony to summon defenses to its chambers and outnumber them. Meanwhile, after the Swarmlord takes the field, all of the effects of killing the Queen are ''immediately'' undone. And when the Marshall challenges it in close quarters, one expects it to leap at him, tear him apart to prove itself as its own one-man army and begin its own rampage... [[ItCanThink but it doesn't.]] It just stares at him before commanding a Gargoyle to do the job. The Hive Mind's strongest arms are also among its smartest, and they know they're too valuable to risk a direct conflict, and if the Ultramarines hadn't broken the frontline and allowed Calgar to challenge it directly, the Swarmlord would likely have never suffered a scratch short of complete Exterminatus.
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77	* The aristocrats from Jopall are, in layman's terms, [[BodyHorror completely and horrifyingly deformed.]] One of them looks like it's melting, another is horribly swollen, and the one who speaks has some weird device that gives him a horrific permanent smile. They somehow make Timothy, that slave... man-thing from Special 5 look normal in comparison.
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81	* The [[BodyHorror incomplete Ahriman clone]] in the Slaaneshmas special, a living reminder of how Fabius Bile is Chaos' premier NightmareFuelStationAttendant.
82	-->''"[[VoiceOfTheLegion YOU LEFT ME UNFINISHED]]"''
83	** The whole scene horrifies both Ahriman and Lucius the Eternal. Yeah, you heard me. Fabius Bile has managed to horrify LUCIUS THE ETERNAL, who up until now has been the largest source of NightmareFuel in the entire series. Yeah.
84	* As silly a video as it is [[https://youtu.be/7g-ydhg10UE the fourth Special]] sheds some disturbing light on Tzeentch's abilities. Mainly that he can swap between different forms at random off-camera, one of which is what looks like a ''melting tower of corpses''. He tends to switch into that one and wiggle around when he's feeling ''jovial''.
85	* In the fifth special, Asdrubael Vect's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ows47yrO8CU&t=3m50s cup-bearer, Timothy]]. He looks like the hybrid spawn between E.T. and a scrotum. If he was ever human, he barely looks like one now.
86	* The sixth special reveals where Custodisi went after the Emperor zapped him out of existence- he was sent to the Warhammer Fantasy world, where he's gone quite mad and is now the leader of a tribe of ogres. The only thing he really wants anymore is to return to his Emperor, Magnus, and his brothers, but no one realizes this when they face him. Also, it's possible that he's being puppeted by Magnus the whole time, and when we last see him, he's unconscious, has had his arm chopped off, was covered in dung, and was lit on fire, and that was ''before'' getting thrown down a deep dark hole.
87	** This ''might'' could just be a representation or allegory, but it's still scary - and what's even worse that he's a [[SuperSoldier Custodian]] in a world that only just has gunpowder and a smattering of magic. He ''tears'' into the player characters, almost fatally injuring the Celestial Shaman Queen from the very start and [[HeroKiller kills]] [[OneHitKill two others]] quite easily. And despite still being half-naked, has no less than '''700''' Toughness (yielding a Toughness Bonus, or damage reduction, of 70), enough to NoSell a shot from a ''leadbelcher'', and axe blows [[SuperToughness not even scratching him.]] Shows just how outclassed normal people are compared to a Custodian Guard. The only thing that managed to make him lose was an insane amount of luck from his opponents, his pitiful willpower and the fact that Wammri more or less had to become the avatar of Ulric and/or The Lady of The Lake wile empowered by Bulgo's lucky hat for a few seconds. In other words, divine intervention was the only thing stopping Custodisi from going on his promised apocalytpic rampage across The Old World after the loss of his ogre tribe, the one thing keeping him sane in this primitive land.
88	** His VillainousBreakdown after being set on fire really sells just how little sanity he has left. His bloodcurdling accusation towards the heroes SEETHES with malice and hatred.
89	--->'''Custodisi''' HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO ME?!?
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93	* The second Whammudes vox-cast gives us a tour of one of the duties of the Emperor's Caretaker: cleaning the Emperor's personal sewer system.
94	** Said sewers require a Titan-sized ultra-reinforced seal door that is the only way to enter from the palace, and for good reason. It's filled with the waste materials from the Golden Throne, entire lost groups of pilgrims who mutated to the point where they feed off the sludge in the sewers, and is a petri dish of deadly microbes and organisms (especially the fungi, which Whammudes makes it sound like having orks down there would be ''preferrable'' - and Boy's voxcast has already revealed that there already ''are'' greenskins spawning on Holy Terra). There's so many toxins and plagues down there that if any escaped, they could depopulate half the planet. Oh and a Custodes needs to be with a group of Sisters of Silence because... ''something'' lurks in the sewers that's strong enough to nearly kill Whammudes. Something intensely psychic that ''did'' manage to boil off most of his skin, in fact.
95	** It only takes five minutes into the episode for the horror to start, when Whammudes encounters something that makes him [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness drop his usual boastful ramblings]] and [[LetsGetDangerous become one of the Imperium's finest warriors.]]
96	--->'''Whammudes:''' Now, [Canal] Sextus regularly damns my existences with ''its'' existence. It's been clogged time and time again, and there's just-\
97	(''distant, echoing, inhuman scream'')\
98	'''Whammudes:''' ...[-Right.-] (''tersely'') Perimeter scan. What do we believe that was? The Undesired, ripping into each other? Please, please, ''please'', I dearly hope that is the case...
99	** Whammudes also reveals that some of the cleaning duties require him to crawl into pipes his usual body would be utterly unable to fit in... and, in the process, shows the non-Custodians among us that Custodes can do their [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Pillar Man namesakes]] good by ''noisily contorting their bodies, breaking bones and tearing sinew'', so they can actually crawl into those tight spaces. The episode gets pretty awful for claustrophobics after that point.
100	** The main threat of the episode is some sludgeform spawned from the Golden Throne's runoff, which Whammudes refers to as a "Bastard of the Sludge." And if you listen carefully during his struggles with the gibbering monstrosity... the name isn't an exaggeration.
101	--->'''???:''' [[MadnessMantra TAKE ME TO FATHER TAKE ME TO FATHER TAKE ME TO FATHER TAKE ME TO FATHER]]
102	** It gets worse when Whammudes crawls into a pipe system after the thing, gets stuck, and realizes "It's - ''it's behind me."'' The Bastard starts ''[[EatenAlive biting the toes off Whammudes' feet]]'' while gibbering something like "GIVE ME YOUR BONES."
103	** Most of the creatures in the sewers, Whammudes can handle. The moment the Bastard shows up, Whammudes immediately decides that it has to die ''now.'' This thing is enough to worry one of the most dangerous men on Terra, and it's not even done growing in power yet. And by the end of the episode, it's potentially still alive.
104	** On top of everything listed above, the vox-cast format means the entire video is ''audio-only'' meaning every horror it contains is entirely [[NothingIsScarier left to the listener's imagination.]]
105	* The third Vox-Logs episode has the Dark Eldar escorting Leman Russ to the arena attempt to distract the very dangerously bored Primarch with a simple and harmless game... that unexpectedly turns into full-blown horror.
106	** Leman Russ' "Game" with his Dark Eldar captives is a pretty damn horrifying version of the 'Questions' children's game. Because, apparently, his time in the warp means he is able to manifest whatever he is thinking of during the game, starting with a gas that ''rapidly suffocates'' the Dark Eldar before Skraket finally catches on. And apparently, he and Magnus used to play this exact version while they were still on the same side.
107	** After a MoodWhiplash during which Russ summons Urist, who pushes Skraket off the ship to his death, the final thing he thinks of starts out.. weird. When asked whether it's a lifeform, he hesitates and explains "The answer is complex, but [[NayTheist I'm]] leaning towards no". When asked whether it's a concept, he again hesitates, and when asked whether it's an emotion, he, [[RuleOfThree yet again]], hesitates before the "no."
108	--->'''Jebarion''': Does it... ''live off'' of emotion?\
109	'''Leman''': ''Yes.''\
110	[[[OhCrap anguished realization]]]\
111	'''Jebarion''': (''horrified gasp'')\
112	'''Xylatro''': Oh... NO! We... cannot... (''hyperventilates'')\
113	'''Jebarion''': [--Please... mercy...--]\
114	'''Leman''': (''chuckle'') Ironic. (''yawns'') Next question.\
115	'''Xylatro''': ''Is it... D-ugh... Daemonic?!''\
116	'''Leman''': ''Yes...''
117	** Now this is where you almost feel [[SympathyForTheDevil sorry for the Dark Eldar]], because Eldar cannot utter Slaanesh's name because [[SpeakOfTheDevil it makes Slaanesh notice their souls]], yet [[Catch22Dilemma they have to say it to avoid Russ conjuring it forth]]. And ''Russ knows this''. [[HopeSpot Jebarion tries to get around it]] by calling it [[RedBaron "She-Who-Thirsts]]", but Russ denies having any knowledge of what that is. Xylatro decides to take the plunge, and we hear firsthand why they were so terrified: the mere utterance of its name causes his soul to painfully, and horribly, be drained out as his body turns to ash. Also Leman Russ' powers are such that if he didn't fall asleep, FREAKING SLAANESH WOULD HAVE BREACHED COMMORRAGH. Let it be known that, with this, Leman Russ might be one of the only beings in the galaxy to actually make a Dark Eldar weep from sheer terror and a broken mind.
118	** Speaking of, Slaanesh up to this point has been portrayed as a LaughablyEvil TooKinkyToTorture god([[AmbiguousGender dess]]) with an ExtremeLibido. ''[[MoodWhiplash Not when summoned by Russ]]''. The rhyme she gives as she approaches the Dark Eldar makes it ''very'' clear [[AndIMustScream what is in store for their souls]] when she gets her hands on them, and as the rhyme continues, you hear screams in the background grow louder and louder. It almost makes you feel bad for the ''Dark Eldar''. [[AssholeVictim Almost]].
119	--->We come, we come~\
120	We enter your city~\
121	Paint the walls with your blood, so pretty!~\
122	Listen to your bones as they loose!~\
123	The wonderful sound of your abuse!~\
124	Hear your soul sing as it boils in our pool!~\
125	''Your fate will be a thousand times as cruel!''
126	** Four words seen mere seconds before Russ falls asleep both ratchets up and perfectly encapsulates the horror of this sequence: "'''''Slaanesh enters the materium'''''". The [[HellIsThatNoise distorted sound]] that plays as Slaanesh does so really sells the moment.
127	* Dorn's Night Before Sanguinala:
128	** While it's mostly cheerful, this episode proves conclusively that the [[Characters/WarhammerSkaven Skaven]] do exist in the 40k universe since the ''Great Horned Rat itself'' tries to crawl into Boy's room and tempt him to worship. While Boy banishes it with contemptuous ease, the fact that it could do this proves how scary-powerful it is to manifest in the Materium. It also shows that the kingdoms of Intelligent Rats under the surface of Holy Terra were not just a Mythology Gag about the Skaven, they're ''actual Skaven.''
129	* ''Day In the Life of Boy'' gives us a typical day of Boy's life that's filled with, as usual for Boy, this and BlackComedy.
130	** Principal Vox-Caster Proprietus shows us the typical BodyHorror a lot of the civil servants of the Imperium put themselves though. Larger than normal feet with legs so thin that ''their veins are exposed like cord bundles'' and exposed ribs to do things like grasp objects because of intentionally breaking their fingers ''just turning the Voxcaster on''. The art also shows he has a Vox speaker, maybe two, shoved into his mouth and widening his jaw to the breaking point, along with ever-bulging eyes that seem incapable of blinking. ''All of this is intentional by the way.''
131	** Boy's daily route to the Palace in itself is a death course. Just to get to the Eternity Gate (the final gateway before the Sanctum Imperialis, where the Emperor resides) requires not getting crushed by the sheer sea of people on the streets, avoiding landmines left since the time of The Siege of Terra, avoiding the trigger happy Arbiters ''and the intelligent rats'', and do a stealth infiltration into the Gate because if the pilgrims catch him "skipping the line" they will eat him alive.
132	** Terrifyingly, Boy implies that there are [[RatMen intelligent rats]] with an empire under the feet of those on Terra. Those who know their ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' lore can piece together that ''[[Characters/WarhammerSkaven Skaven]] exist and their kingdom exists on Holy Terra itself.''
133	** Proprietus's reaction to Boy telling him he'd met the Emperor in the flesh is... not friendly at all. Not only does he "censor" Boy by taping his mouth shut, he also threatens to kill him and his whole family for daring to even say such a thing. Needless to say, Boy ''snaps'' and [[BewareTheNiceOnes beats him within an inch of his life with his vox-caster and his legs, mortally injuring him in the process.]] Then Asshailer arrives and manages to momentarily stop Boy by shouting so hard he makes his ears bleed. If it wasn't for Karstodes' timely arrival, Asshailer would've killed Boy.
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137	* [[https://youtu.be/Ep_1k-lOto8 The Shadow Over Immateriums]] is one long exercise in this. Especially once the main character Bruce Norring makes accidental psychic contact with the ''Tyranid Hive Mind'' and has a vision that culminates in an absolutely '''[[https://i.imgur.com/GnzM4t2.png massive]]''' Hive Fleet that dwarfs the galaxy rising up to devour it. He's almost infected by the Genestealer Cult until his choice words manage to accidentally summon the Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Adriele Quist, from the Warp to slaughter the whole damn thing and leave. The event leaves the formerly hard-boiled detective [[LaughingMad laughing]] and sobbing in fear at what he's seen.
138	** Said "Hive Fleet" can be a bit more terrifying when you look closer at it and see what looks like ''eyes'' near it's base. It might not be a Hive Fleet, it might just be a Tyranid Bioform so absolutely massive and incomprehensible that it just ''seems like one''.
139	** Alternatively, since it's a psychic vision, it may be the Hive Mind itself. Quite literally a hungry god, ''and it's looking right at you''.
140	** During the segment, there is a sound that steadily grows louder towards the end. It is the ''Hive Mind'' '''''[[MightyRoar roaring]]''''', and it is [[HellIsThatNoise horrific]], sounding like a Reaper Horn on equine growth hormone.
141	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBmpW9lRIew Requiem for Dominique]] in it's 45 second entirety. Capable of sobering up an Inquisitor drunk from fermented Chaos out of sheer terror. It's unsettling to the point that numerous people wonder if it was some kind of message from ''Nurgle''.
142	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybq-eP0Uq8M&ab_channel=BruvaAlfabusa The Dark Eldar in their full glory!]]. DoubleSubversion doesn't even begin to describe it.
143	* The Fate of the Lamenters:
144	** This short gives us a brutal series of scenes depicting what is perhaps the most noble and kindest Space Marine Chapter in the setting - the Lamenters - suffering misfortune after misfortune only to be abandoned and brutalized by the very Imperium they fight for. The montage ends with a limbless Lamenters sergeant ''weeping in the stomach of a Tyranid'', begging the Emperor and Sanguinius to tell him why his Chapter deserves such a fate when all they try to do is save the Imperium's people. After learning about the Lamenters the Throne-bound Emperor breaks down sobbing and floods the Throne-room floor with his tears.
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