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* Malthael's plan during Reaper of Souls. Tearing one Horadrim's soul out in front of Tyrael and eating it is disturbing. Seeing the Soul Crucibles in Westmarch, and the floor littered with bodies from the Reaper attack is horrifying. Then you learn from Tyrael and his fragment of the stolen Black Soulstone that Malthael is planning to use the soulstone to forcibly contain all demonic essence in the plane the Soulstone is in - and he's about to send it into Sanctuary. And [[KillEmAll human souls are half-demonic.]] By the time you reach him, he has a LOT of souls under his control, plus [[SealedEvilInACan the Black Soulstone and its contents]]... And Malthael [[OneWingedAngel eats souls.]]

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* Malthael's plan during Reaper of Souls. Tearing one Horadrim's soul out in front of Tyrael and eating it is disturbing. Seeing the Soul Crucibles in Westmarch, and the floor littered with bodies from the Reaper attack is horrifying. Then you learn from Tyrael and his fragment of the stolen Black Soulstone that Malthael is planning to use the soulstone to forcibly contain all demonic essence in the plane the Soulstone is in - and he's about to send it into Sanctuary. And [[KillEmAll human souls are half-demonic.]] half-demonic. By the time you reach him, he has a LOT of souls under his control, plus [[SealedEvilInACan the Black Soulstone and its contents]]... And Malthael [[OneWingedAngel eats souls.]]
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* Malthael's plan during Reaper of Souls. Tearing one Horadrim's soul out in front of Tyrael and eating it is disturbing. Seeing the Soul Crucibles in Westmarch, and the floor littered with bodies from the Reaper attack is horrifying. Then you learn from Tyrael and his fragment of the stolen Black Soulstone that Malthael is planning to use the soulstone to forcibly contain all demonic essence in the plane the Soulstone is in - and he's about to send it into Sanctuary. And [[KillEmAll human souls are half-demonic.]]]] By the time you reach him, he has a LOT of souls under his control, plus [[SealedEvilInACan the Black Soulstone and its contents]]... And Malthael [[OneWingedAngel eats souls.]]

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* Malthael's plan during Reaper of Souls. Tearing one Horadrim's soul out in front of Tyrael and eating it is disturbing. Seeing the Soul Crucibles in Westmarch, and the floor littered with bodies from the Reaper attack is horrifying. Then you learn from Tyrael and his fragment of the stolen Black Soulstone that Malthael is planning to use the soulstone to forcibly contain all demonic essence in the plane the Soulstone is in - and he's about to send it into Sanctuary. And [[KillEmAll human souls are half-demonic.]]]] ]] By the time you reach him, he has a LOT of souls under his control, plus [[SealedEvilInACan the Black Soulstone and its contents]]... And Malthael [[OneWingedAngel eats souls.]]
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-->'''Tyrael:''' On that day, will (s)he have the strength to resist? Or will (s)he be our doom?
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When the Necromancer shows emotions, it is usually a bad sign. Gods help you if you are the target of his ire, as he holds the deepest grudges of the Playable Characters. His journal entry involving Maghda's death shows just how ruthless he can truly be.

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* When the Necromancer shows emotions, it is usually a bad sign. Gods help you if you are the target of his ire, as he holds the deepest grudges of the Playable Characters. His journal entry involving Maghda's death shows just how ruthless he can truly be.
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* The Grand Maester's plan during ''The Templar Reckoning'' quest for Kormac. This bastard plans to implement the same horrendous [[ColdBloodedTorture initiation ritual]] that resulted in [[BrainwashedAndCrazy what happened to Kormac and Jondar]] and apply it on a grander scale, doing this to ''every citizen of Westmarch and beyond'' in order to make them Templars. And if the one being initiated has never committed any crimes? The Inquisitors will just ''make one up'' like they did to Kormac and Jondar just to have an excuse to torture and brainwash the poor new recruit. It's little wonder that Kormac decides that the Maester, and the Order itself, need to end.

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* The Grand Maester's plan during ''The Templar Reckoning'' quest for Kormac. This bastard plans to implement the same horrendous [[ColdBloodedTorture initiation ritual]] that resulted in [[BrainwashedAndCrazy what happened to Kormac and Jondar]] and apply it on a grander scale, doing this to ''every citizen of Westmarch and beyond'' in order to make them Templars. And if the one being initiated has never committed any crimes? The Templar Inquisitors will just ''make one up'' like they did to Kormac and Jondar just to have an excuse to torture and brainwash the poor new recruit. It's little wonder that Kormac decides that the Maester, and the Order itself, need to end.
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* The Grand Maester's plan during ''The Templar Reckoning'' quest for Kormac. This bastard plans to implement the same horrendous [[ColdBloodedTorture initiation ritual]] that resulted in [[BrainwashedAndCrazy what happened to Kormac and Jondar]] and apply it on a grander scale, doing this to ''every citizen of Westmarch and beyond'' in order to make them Templars. And if the one being initiated has never committed any crimes? They'll just ''make one up'' like they did to Kormac and Jondar just to have an excuse to torture and brainwash the poor new recruit. It's little wonder that Kormac decides that the Maester, and the Order itself, need to end.

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* The Grand Maester's plan during ''The Templar Reckoning'' quest for Kormac. This bastard plans to implement the same horrendous [[ColdBloodedTorture initiation ritual]] that resulted in [[BrainwashedAndCrazy what happened to Kormac and Jondar]] and apply it on a grander scale, doing this to ''every citizen of Westmarch and beyond'' in order to make them Templars. And if the one being initiated has never committed any crimes? They'll The Inquisitors will just ''make one up'' like they did to Kormac and Jondar just to have an excuse to torture and brainwash the poor new recruit. It's little wonder that Kormac decides that the Maester, and the Order itself, need to end.
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* The Grand Maester's plan during ''The Templar Reckoning'' quest for Kormac. This bastard plans to implement the same horrendous [[ColdBloodedTorture initiation ritual]] that resulted in [[BrainwashedAndCrazy what happened to Kormac and Jondar]] and apply it on a grander scale, doing this to ''every citizen of Westmarch and beyond'' in order to make them Templars. And if the one being initiated has never committed any crimes? The Order will ''make up one'' just to have an excuse to torture the poor new recruit. It's little wonder that Kormac decides that the Maester, and the Order itself, need to end.

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* The Grand Maester's plan during ''The Templar Reckoning'' quest for Kormac. This bastard plans to implement the same horrendous [[ColdBloodedTorture initiation ritual]] that resulted in [[BrainwashedAndCrazy what happened to Kormac and Jondar]] and apply it on a grander scale, doing this to ''every citizen of Westmarch and beyond'' in order to make them Templars. And if the one being initiated has never committed any crimes? The Order will They'll just ''make up one'' one up'' like they did to Kormac and Jondar just to have an excuse to torture and brainwash the poor new recruit. It's little wonder that Kormac decides that the Maester, and the Order itself, need to end.

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That Journal entry is for the necromancer, not demon hunter.


* The [[ThePowerOfHate literally-powered-by-hatred]] Demon Hunters already look scary enough with the GlowingEyesOfDoom that come with most helms, but The Shadow's Mask, part of The Shadow's Mantle set, [[HiddenEyes hides their eyes in darkness]], as befitting of the set's assassin motif. His journal entry involving Maghda's death shows just how ruthless he can truly be.

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* The [[ThePowerOfHate literally-powered-by-hatred]] Demon Hunters already look scary enough with the GlowingEyesOfDoom that come with most helms, but The Shadow's Mask, part of The Shadow's Mantle set, [[HiddenEyes hides their eyes in darkness]], as befitting of the set's assassin motif.
When the Necromancer shows emotions, it is usually a bad sign. Gods help you if you are the target of his ire, as he holds the deepest grudges of the Playable Characters.
His journal entry involving Maghda's death shows just how ruthless he can truly be.

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That's... not even close to how to spell "essence". And these are two completely unrelated examples smashed together in one bullet point.


* Take a moment to listen to the music of Whimsyshire on headphones, full volume, in a dark room, and without looking at the game. [[note]]As you might have guessed, the music is actually a real musical piece being played backwards. The original piece is called ''Gaspard de la Nuit - Le Gibet'' by Ravel. [[/note]]

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* Take a moment to listen to the music of Whimsyshire on headphones, full volume, in a dark room, and without looking at the game. [[note]]As you might have guessed, the music is actually a real musical piece being played backwards. The original piece is called - "Le Gibet" from Ravel's ''Gaspard de la Nuit Nuit'' - Le Gibet'' by Ravel. being played backwards.[[/note]]



* Malthael's plan during Reaper of Souls. Tearing one Horadrim's soul out in front of Tyrael and eating it is disturbing. Seeing the Soul Crucibles in Westmarch, and the floor littered with bodies from the Reaper attack is horrifying. Then you learn from Tyrael and his fragment of the stolen Black Soulstone that Malthael is planning to use the soulstone to forcibly contain all demonic essence in the plane the Soulstone is in - and he's about to send it into Sanctuary. And [[KillEmAll human souls are half-demonic.]]]] By the time you reach him, he has a LOT of souls under his control, plus [[SealedEvilInACan the Black Soulstone and its contents]]... And Malthael [[OneWingedAngel eats souls.
* The soul crucibles are nasty business themselves, seeing as they can rip the souls out of still-living mortals, leaving their flesh for use as Malthael's minions. You do manage to destroy all three (the one under Kasadya's control was incomplete, and crumbled when she died), but the implications of how many they claimed are still very nasty. You know it's fucked up when Myriam has difficulty tolerating their existence.
-->''"Let's just say I need to see it destroyed with my own eyes if I am to ever sleep again."''

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* Malthael's plan during Reaper of Souls. Tearing one Horadrim's soul out in front of Tyrael and eating it is disturbing. Seeing the Soul Crucibles in Westmarch, and the floor littered with bodies from the Reaper attack is horrifying. Then you learn from Tyrael and his fragment of the stolen Black Soulstone that Malthael is planning to use the soulstone to forcibly contain all demonic essence in the plane the Soulstone is in - and he's about to send it into Sanctuary. And [[KillEmAll human souls are half-demonic.]]]] By the time you reach him, he has a LOT of souls under his control, plus [[SealedEvilInACan the Black Soulstone and its contents]]... And Malthael [[OneWingedAngel eats souls.
souls.]]
* The soul crucibles are nasty business themselves, seeing as they can rip the souls out of still-living mortals, leaving their flesh for use as Malthael's minions. You do manage to destroy all three (the one under Kasadya's control was incomplete, and crumbled when she died), but the implications of how many they claimed are still very nasty. You know it's fucked up when Myriam ''Myriam'', who is usually optimistic even in the game's darkest moments, has difficulty tolerating their existence.
-->''"Let's -->"Let's just say I need to see it destroyed with my own eyes if I am to ever sleep again."''"



'''Eirena:''' ''*cheerily*'' Never mind. They must be dead.
* The [[ThePowerOfHate literally-powered-by-hatred]] Demon Hunters already look scary enough with the GlowingEyesOfDoom that come with most helms, but The Shadow's Mask, part of The Shadow's Mantle set, [[HiddenEyes hides their eyes in darkness]], as befitting of the set's assassin motif. Each of the Nephalem are enough to [[MookHorrorShow scare the shit out of human opponents]] if the ingame cultists are any indication, but special emphasis should go to the Necromancer whose main powers consist of A: [[NightOfTheLivingMooks summoning up the dead the serve him/her]], or B: ripping the opponent's [[BloodMagic blood]] or [[AndShowItToYou bones]] out of their body. Even their seemingly mundane ability to curse opponents is horrifying when you read the background lore and realize the Necromancer Curses are, in esscense Soul Rape:

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'''Eirena:''' ''*cheerily*'' ''[cheerily]'' Never mind. They must be dead.
* The [[ThePowerOfHate literally-powered-by-hatred]] Demon Hunters already look scary enough with the GlowingEyesOfDoom that come with most helms, but The Shadow's Mask, part of The Shadow's Mantle set, [[HiddenEyes hides their eyes in darkness]], as befitting of the set's assassin motif. His journal entry involving Maghda's death shows just how ruthless he can truly be.
--> There is no grave foul enough to suit this corpse. I will let it decompose in the sun until nothing remains but bone and sinew and shriveled skin.
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Each of the Nephalem are enough to [[MookHorrorShow scare the shit out of human opponents]] if the ingame cultists are any indication, but special emphasis should go to the Necromancer whose main powers consist of A: [[NightOfTheLivingMooks summoning up the dead the serve him/her]], or B: ripping the opponent's [[BloodMagic blood]] or [[AndShowItToYou bones]] out of their body. Even their seemingly mundane ability to curse opponents is horrifying when you read the background lore and realize the Necromancer Curses are, in esscense essence, Soul Rape:



** His journal entry involving Maghda's death shows just how ruthless he can truly be.
--> There is no grave foul enough to suit this corpse. I will let it decompose in the sun until nothing remains but bone and sinew and shriveled skin.



* The Blood Cult of the Temple of the Firstborn from the new release for Adventure Mode are singularly nasty. Aside from their usual business of sacrificing others, they have a habit of turning people into living roach hatcheries, turn themselves into demons, and choose only the choicest of victims for their rituals. Knowing that they cannot take Nephalem in open combat, the cult steals upon them when they're asleep or unarmed before cutting open their veins for the blood they desire. And the guy running the show is Vidian, the Lord of Envy and one of Azmodan's surviving Sin Lieutenants, who presumably wants the power of the Nephalem for himself. The Temple itself is extremely creepy, full of rotten corpses hanging on the walls and roaches falling down from the ceiling in response to the corpses bursting, and basically combines the most disgusting parts about the Halls of Agony and the Perilious Cave.

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* The Blood Cult of the Temple of the Firstborn from the new release for Adventure Mode are singularly nasty. Aside from their usual business of sacrificing others, they have a habit of turning people into living roach hatcheries, turn themselves into demons, and choose only the choicest of victims for their rituals. Knowing that they cannot take Nephalem in open combat, the cult steals upon them when they're asleep or unarmed before cutting open their veins for the blood they desire. And the guy running the show is Vidian, the Lord of Envy and one of Azmodan's surviving Sin Lieutenants, who presumably wants the power of the Nephalem for himself. The Temple itself is extremely creepy, full of rotten corpses hanging on the walls and roaches falling down from the ceiling in response to the corpses bursting, and basically combines the most disgusting parts about the Halls of Agony and the Perilious Perilous Cave.
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* Adria's betrayal, leading to Diablo ripping apart Leah's body, possessing her remains and reconstituting her form, and the rebirth of Diablo, the Lord of Terror himself, as the embodiment of all seven Great Evils in one being, the Prime Evil. And worse, Diablo wants to [[HellInvadesHeaven destroy the High Heavens themselves]]. Holy Shit does not even begin to describe it.

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* Adria's betrayal, leading to Diablo ripping apart Leah's body, possessing her remains and reconstituting her form, and the rebirth of Diablo, the Lord of Terror himself, as the embodiment of all seven Great Evils in one being, the Prime Evil. And worse, Diablo wants to [[HellInvadesHeaven destroy the High Heavens themselves]]. [[OhCrap Holy Shit shit]] does not even begin to describe it.
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* Adria's betrayal, leading to Diablo ripping apart Leah's body, possessing her remains and reconstituting her form, and the rebirth of Diablo, the Lord of Terror himself, as the embodiment of all seven Great Evils in one being, the Prime Evil. And worse, Diablo wants to [[HellInvadesHeaven destroy the High Heavens themselves]]. [[HolyShitQuotient Holy Shit]] does not even begin to describe it.

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* Adria's betrayal, leading to Diablo ripping apart Leah's body, possessing her remains and reconstituting her form, and the rebirth of Diablo, the Lord of Terror himself, as the embodiment of all seven Great Evils in one being, the Prime Evil. And worse, Diablo wants to [[HellInvadesHeaven destroy the High Heavens themselves]]. [[HolyShitQuotient Holy Shit]] Shit does not even begin to describe it.
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* Listen very carefully when Diablo speaks. You can hear what sounds like screams echoing, just high enough to hear, but not louder than the background noise. It's surprisingly creepy. It's even worse assuming the they are screams and who they might be coming from. Poor Leah...

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* Listen very carefully when Diablo speaks. You can hear what sounds like screams echoing, just high enough to hear, but not louder than the background noise. It's surprisingly creepy. It's even worse assuming the they are actual screams and considering who they might be coming from. Poor Leah...
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* Listen very carefully during the battle with Diablo. You can hear screaming, just high enough to hear, but not louder than the background noise. It's surprisingly creepy. It's even worse because you know who is supplying the screaming. Poor Leah...

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* Listen very carefully during the battle with Diablo. when Diablo speaks. You can hear screaming, what sounds like screams echoing, just high enough to hear, but not louder than the background noise. It's surprisingly creepy. It's even worse because you know assuming the they are screams and who is supplying the screaming.they might be coming from. Poor Leah...
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* The implications of Malthael's successful release of the Black Soulstone on Sanctuary. He tooled it to absorb all demons on the plane. And humans are all half demon. No one gives a clear answer to what this means, but everyone agrees that there is no way that it won't result in the death of every human on the plane. All of the demonic essence that Malthael ripped out of the people he killed with that stone before he shattered it? Went straight to Diablo himself. Not only is the Prime Evil free to walk the earth again, but he's even more powerful now than he ever was before.

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* The implications of Malthael's successful release of the Black Soulstone on Sanctuary. He tooled it to absorb all demons on the plane. And humans are all half demon. No one gives a clear answer to what this means, but everyone agrees that there is no way that it won't result in the death of every human on the plane. All of the demonic essence that Malthael ripped out of the people he killed with that stone before he shattered it? Went straight to Diablo himself. Not only is the Prime Evil free to walk the earth again, but he's even more powerful now than he ever was before.
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* The sound cues of an impending Nemesis encounter. You hear a very low and ominous noise, your controller vibrates (if controller vibration is enabled), and then this unholy killer of yourself or someone else on your friends list spawns with a red mist surrounding them.

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* The sound cues of an impending Nemesis encounter. You hear a very low and ominous noise, your controller vibrates (if controller vibration is enabled), and then this unholy killer of yourself or someone else on your friends list spawns with a red mist surrounding them.them.
* Those giant... things in Cydaea's tower. It's never explained what they are but they are apparently [[AndIMustScream trapped in endless torture,]] including having their flesh peeled off to use as material for the paths in the tower. One can only hope they were [[MercyKill somehow destroyed]] when you kill Cydaea and destroy the Heart of Sin.
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--> There is no grave foul enough to suit this corpse. I will it decompose in the sun until nothing remains but bone and sinew and shriveled skin.

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** His journal entry involving Maghda's death shows just how ruthless he can truly be.
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* [[spoiler:Adria's betrayal]], leading to [[spoiler:Diablo ripping apart Leah's body, possessing her remains and reconstituting her form,]] and [[spoiler:the rebirth of Diablo, the Lord of Terror himself, as the embodiment of all seven Great Evils in one being, the Prime Evil. And worse, Diablo wants to [[HellInvadesHeaven destroy the High Heavens themselves]]]]. [[HolyShitQuotient Holy Shit]] does not even begin to describe it.
** [[spoiler:The invasion of Heaven itself. The High Heavens are supposed to be a place full of holy and awesomeness, even if a lot of the angels are dicks. But when Diablo invades, you're treated to sights like angels being tortured, ugly demonic cysts that you have to destroy to continue and the place becoming more and more Hellish as you progress to the Crystal Arch. And as mentioned below, not even angels are immune to Diablo's evil!]]
** In the shoes of Lorath Nahr, this would've counted as one during Act V, [[spoiler:when they're off to confront Adria. The Nephalem were so full of anger and vengeance that it just looks like [[RevengeBeforeReason they're willing to compromise the greater goal to find out Malthael's whereabouts just so they can kill Adria.]] When reminded that they need to get Malthael's location first, their answer is cold and as Lorath commented: "Well, that doesn't sound helpful...". This means we're facing with the very possibility as Tyrael feared at the end of the game: The prospect of humanity's savior being consumed with negative thoughts that they might doom others instead.]]
* Take a moment to listen to the music of [[spoiler: Whimsyshire]] on headphones, full volume, in a dark room, and without looking at the game. [[note]]As you might have guessed, the music is actually a real musical piece being played backwards. The original piece is called ''Gaspard de la Nuit - Le Gibet'' by Ravel. [[/note]]
* The Halls of Agony in general. These were King Leoric's old torture chambers, which saw plenty of use back when he was still alive and going insane due to Diablo's attempts to possess him and the evil whisperings of his EvilChancellor Lazarus, claiming the lives of quite a lot of people, up to and including his own queen, who Lazarus manipulated Leoric into executing so he would be able to devote himself fully to turning Albrecht into a vessel for the Lord of Terror. And that was ''before'' Maghda and her coven decided to appropriate the place for their twisted rituals. What makes things even worse is reading his journal, which captures his descent from noble king to stark raving mad step by step. The Darkening was not a fun time to live through.
** To make things worse, in one of the later entries of this journal, Leoric states that [[AndIMustScream he is aware of his madness, but powerless to stop his horrific actions.]]

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* [[spoiler:Adria's betrayal]], Adria's betrayal, leading to [[spoiler:Diablo Diablo ripping apart Leah's body, possessing her remains and reconstituting her form,]] form, and [[spoiler:the the rebirth of Diablo, the Lord of Terror himself, as the embodiment of all seven Great Evils in one being, the Prime Evil. And worse, Diablo wants to [[HellInvadesHeaven destroy the High Heavens themselves]]]].themselves]]. [[HolyShitQuotient Holy Shit]] does not even begin to describe it.
** [[spoiler:The * The invasion of Heaven itself. The High Heavens are supposed to be a place full of holy and awesomeness, even if a lot of the angels are dicks. But when Diablo invades, you're treated to sights like angels being tortured, ugly demonic cysts that you have to destroy to continue and the place becoming more and more Hellish as you progress to the Crystal Arch. And as mentioned below, not even angels are immune to Diablo's evil!]]
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evil!
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In the shoes of Lorath Nahr, this would've counted as one during Act V, [[spoiler:when when they're off to confront Adria. The Nephalem were so full of anger and vengeance that it just looks like [[RevengeBeforeReason they're willing to compromise the greater goal to find out Malthael's whereabouts just so they can kill Adria.]] When reminded that they need to get Malthael's location first, their answer is cold and as Lorath commented: "Well, that doesn't sound helpful...". This means we're facing with the very possibility as Tyrael feared at the end of the game: The prospect of humanity's savior being consumed with negative thoughts that they might doom others instead.]]
instead.
* Take a moment to listen to the music of [[spoiler: Whimsyshire]] Whimsyshire on headphones, full volume, in a dark room, and without looking at the game. [[note]]As you might have guessed, the music is actually a real musical piece being played backwards. The original piece is called ''Gaspard de la Nuit - Le Gibet'' by Ravel. [[/note]]
* The Halls of Agony in general. These were King Leoric's old torture chambers, which saw plenty of use back when he was still alive and going insane due to Diablo's attempts to possess him and the evil whisperings of his EvilChancellor Lazarus, claiming the lives of quite a lot of people, up to and including his own queen, who Lazarus manipulated Leoric into executing so he would be able to devote himself fully to turning Albrecht into a vessel for the Lord of Terror. And that was ''before'' Maghda and her coven decided to appropriate the place for their twisted rituals. What makes things even worse is reading his journal, which captures his descent from noble king to stark raving mad step by step. The Darkening was not a fun time to live through.
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through. To make things worse, in one of the later entries of this journal, Leoric states that [[AndIMustScream he is aware of his madness, but powerless to stop his horrific actions.]]



* Listen very carefully during the battle with Diablo. You can hear screaming, just high enough to hear, but not louder than the background noise. It's surprisingly creepy.
** It's even worse because [[spoiler:you know who is supplying the screaming. Poor Leah...]]

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* Listen very carefully during the battle with Diablo. You can hear screaming, just high enough to hear, but not louder than the background noise. It's surprisingly creepy.
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creepy. It's even worse because [[spoiler:you you know who is supplying the screaming. Poor Leah...]]



** [[spoiler:Corrupted Angels]] in general, probably the perfect embodiment of [[FromBadToWorse just how bad things have gotten]] in Act IV.

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** [[spoiler:Corrupted Angels]] Corrupted Angels in general, probably the perfect embodiment of [[FromBadToWorse just how bad things have gotten]] in Act IV.



** Cain's description of the Butcher is disturbing for a completely different reason: [[spoiler:he describes the horrifying demonic Butcher'''''s'''''. That's right, there are ''more'' of them.]]

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** Cain's description of the Butcher is disturbing for a completely different reason: [[spoiler:he he describes the horrifying demonic Butcher'''''s'''''. That's right, there are ''more'' of them.]]



* The [[spoiler:Grand Maester]]'s plan during ''The Templar Reckoning'' quest for Kormac. [[spoiler:This bastard plans to implement the same horrendous [[ColdBloodedTorture initiation ritual]] that resulted in [[BrainwashedAndCrazy what happened to Kormac and Jondar]] and apply it on a grander scale, doing this to ''every citizen of Westmarch and beyond'' in order to make them Templars]]. It's little wonder that Kormac decides that [[spoiler:the Maester, and the Order itself, need to end]].
** Oh, and if the one being initiated has never committed any crimes? The Order will ''make up one'' just to have an excuse to torture the poor new recruit.
* Malthael's plan during Reaper of Souls. Tearing one Horadrim's soul out in front of Tyrael and eating it is disturbing. Seeing [[spoiler:the Soul Crucibles in Westmarch]], and the floor littered with bodies from the Reaper attack is horrifying. Then you learn from Tyrael and his fragment of the stolen Black Soulstone that [[spoiler:Malthael is planning to use the soulstone to forcibly contain all demonic essence in the plane the Soulstone is in - and he's about to send it into Sanctuary. And [[KillEmAll human souls are half-demonic.]]]] By the time you reach him, he has a LOT of souls under his control, plus [[SealedEvilInACan the Black Soulstone and its contents]]... And Malthael [[OneWingedAngel eats souls.]]
* The [[spoiler:soul crucibles]] are nasty business themselves, seeing as they can [[spoiler:rip the souls out of still-living mortals, leaving their flesh for use as Malthael's minions]]. You do manage to destroy all three [[spoiler:(the one under Kasadya's control was incomplete, and crumbled when she died)]], but the implications of how many they claimed are still very nasty. You know it's fucked up when Myriam has difficulty tolerating their existence.

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* The [[spoiler:Grand Maester]]'s Grand Maester's plan during ''The Templar Reckoning'' quest for Kormac. [[spoiler:This This bastard plans to implement the same horrendous [[ColdBloodedTorture initiation ritual]] that resulted in [[BrainwashedAndCrazy what happened to Kormac and Jondar]] and apply it on a grander scale, doing this to ''every citizen of Westmarch and beyond'' in order to make them Templars]]. It's little wonder that Kormac decides that [[spoiler:the Maester, and the Order itself, need to end]].
** Oh, and
Templars. And if the one being initiated has never committed any crimes? The Order will ''make up one'' just to have an excuse to torture the poor new recruit.
recruit. It's little wonder that Kormac decides that the Maester, and the Order itself, need to end.
* Malthael's plan during Reaper of Souls. Tearing one Horadrim's soul out in front of Tyrael and eating it is disturbing. Seeing [[spoiler:the the Soul Crucibles in Westmarch]], Westmarch, and the floor littered with bodies from the Reaper attack is horrifying. Then you learn from Tyrael and his fragment of the stolen Black Soulstone that [[spoiler:Malthael Malthael is planning to use the soulstone to forcibly contain all demonic essence in the plane the Soulstone is in - and he's about to send it into Sanctuary. And [[KillEmAll human souls are half-demonic.]]]] By the time you reach him, he has a LOT of souls under his control, plus [[SealedEvilInACan the Black Soulstone and its contents]]... And Malthael [[OneWingedAngel eats souls.]]
souls.
* The [[spoiler:soul crucibles]] soul crucibles are nasty business themselves, seeing as they can [[spoiler:rip rip the souls out of still-living mortals, leaving their flesh for use as Malthael's minions]]. minions. You do manage to destroy all three [[spoiler:(the (the one under Kasadya's control was incomplete, and crumbled when she died)]], died), but the implications of how many they claimed are still very nasty. You know it's fucked up when Myriam has difficulty tolerating their existence.



* [[spoiler: The implications of Malthael's successful release of the Black Soulstone on Sanctuary. He tooled it to absorb all demons on the plane. And humans are all half demon. No one gives a clear answer to what this means, but everyone agrees that there is no way that it won't result in the death of every human on the plane.]]
** And to make matters worse? [[spoiler:All of the demonic essence that Malthael ripped out of the people he killed with that stone before he shattered it? Went straight to Diablo himself. Not only is the Prime Evil free to walk the earth again, but he's even more powerful now than he ever was before]].
* The following conversation with Eirena comes out of nowhere and isn't expanded upon either. The location at which she says it, such as King Leoric's mansion with its gruesome backstory, doesn't make things better either.

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* [[spoiler: The implications of Malthael's successful release of the Black Soulstone on Sanctuary. He tooled it to absorb all demons on the plane. And humans are all half demon. No one gives a clear answer to what this means, but everyone agrees that there is no way that it won't result in the death of every human on the plane.]]
** And to make matters worse? [[spoiler:All
All of the demonic essence that Malthael ripped out of the people he killed with that stone before he shattered it? Went straight to Diablo himself. Not only is the Prime Evil free to walk the earth again, but he's even more powerful now than he ever was before]].
before.
* The following conversation with Eirena comes out of nowhere and isn't expanded upon either. The location at which she says it, such as King Leoric's mansion with its gruesome backstory, doesn't make things better either.



** Mixed with TearJerker - two boys playing around Leoric's manor implies she's seeing the ghosts of Aiden (The Dark Wanderer) and his younger brother Albrecht, Leoric's ''sons'', both of whom ended up as unwilling hosts to Diablo. Eirena's probably seeing some of the last happy moments that family had before everything literally went to hell.
* The [[ThePowerOfHate literally-powered-by-hatred]] Demon Hunters already look scary enough with the GlowingEyesOfDoom that come with most helms, but The Shadow's Mask, part of The Shadow's Mantle set, [[HiddenEyes hides their eyes in darkness]], as befitting of the set's assassin motif.
** Each of the Nephalem are enough to [[MookHorrorShow scare the shit out of human opponents]] if the ingame cultists are any indication, but special emphasis should go to the Necromancer whose main powers consist of A: [[NightOfTheLivingMooks summoning up the dead the serve him/her]], or B: ripping the opponent's [[BloodMagic blood]] or [[AndShowItToYou bones]] out of their body. Even their seemingly mundane ability to curse opponents is horrifying when you read the background lore and realize the Necromancer Curses are, in esscense Soul Rape:

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** Mixed with TearJerker - two boys playing around Leoric's manor implies she's seeing the ghosts of Aiden (The Dark Wanderer) and his younger brother Albrecht, Leoric's ''sons'', both of whom ended up as unwilling hosts to Diablo. Eirena's probably seeing some of the last happy moments that family had before everything literally went to hell.
* The [[ThePowerOfHate literally-powered-by-hatred]] Demon Hunters already look scary enough with the GlowingEyesOfDoom that come with most helms, but The Shadow's Mask, part of The Shadow's Mantle set, [[HiddenEyes hides their eyes in darkness]], as befitting of the set's assassin motif.
**
motif. Each of the Nephalem are enough to [[MookHorrorShow scare the shit out of human opponents]] if the ingame cultists are any indication, but special emphasis should go to the Necromancer whose main powers consist of A: [[NightOfTheLivingMooks summoning up the dead the serve him/her]], or B: ripping the opponent's [[BloodMagic blood]] or [[AndShowItToYou bones]] out of their body. Even their seemingly mundane ability to curse opponents is horrifying when you read the background lore and realize the Necromancer Curses are, in esscense Soul Rape:



* Tyrael's [[spoiler:OhCrap realization]] at the ending of ''Reaper of Souls''. [[spoiler:The Nephalem has grown too powerful, yet still suspectible of being tempted to evil. And if they do not resist, humanity is doomed. You may want to start praying that they actually resist in the future! But seeing that it's Blizzard and their history of having a boner for FallenHero, combined with their realization that Angels can be just as bad as Demons... Maybe the Sanctuary saga has a chance [[GrandFinale to end on]] [[DownerEnding an extremely bleak note...]]]]
* The Blood Cult of the Temple of the Firstborn from the new release for Adventure Mode are singularly nasty. Aside from their usual business of sacrificing others, they have a habit of turning people into living roach hatcheries, turn themselves into demons, and choose only the choicest of victims for their rituals. [[spoiler:Knowing that they cannot take Nephalem in open combat, the cult steals upon them when they're asleep or unarmed before cutting open their veins for the blood they desire]]. And the guy running the show is [[spoiler:Vidian, the Lord of Envy and one of Azmodan's surviving Sin Lieutenants, who presumably wants the power of the Nephalem for himself]].
** The Temple itself is extremely creepy, full of rotten corpses hanging on the walls and roaches falling down from the ceiling in response to the corpses bursting, and basically combines the most disgusting parts about the Halls of Agony and the Perilious Cave.

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* Tyrael's [[spoiler:OhCrap realization]] OhCrap realization at the ending of ''Reaper of Souls''. [[spoiler:The The Nephalem has grown too powerful, yet still suspectible of being tempted to evil. And if they do not resist, humanity is doomed. You may want to start praying that they actually resist in the future! But seeing that it's Blizzard and their history of having a boner for FallenHero, combined with their realization that Angels can be just as bad as Demons... Maybe the Sanctuary saga has a chance [[GrandFinale to end on]] [[DownerEnding an extremely bleak note...]]]]
future!
* The Blood Cult of the Temple of the Firstborn from the new release for Adventure Mode are singularly nasty. Aside from their usual business of sacrificing others, they have a habit of turning people into living roach hatcheries, turn themselves into demons, and choose only the choicest of victims for their rituals. [[spoiler:Knowing Knowing that they cannot take Nephalem in open combat, the cult steals upon them when they're asleep or unarmed before cutting open their veins for the blood they desire]]. desire. And the guy running the show is [[spoiler:Vidian, Vidian, the Lord of Envy and one of Azmodan's surviving Sin Lieutenants, who presumably wants the power of the Nephalem for himself]].
**
himself. The Temple itself is extremely creepy, full of rotten corpses hanging on the walls and roaches falling down from the ceiling in response to the corpses bursting, and basically combines the most disgusting parts about the Halls of Agony and the Perilious Cave.
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* The sound cues of an impending Nemesis encounter. You hear a very low and ominous noise, your controller vibrates (if you're playing on one of the console versions and vibration is enabled), and then this unholy killer of yourself or someone else on your friends list spawns with a red mist surrounding them.

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* The sound cues of an impending Nemesis encounter. You hear a very low and ominous noise, your controller vibrates (if you're playing on one of the console versions and controller vibration is enabled), and then this unholy killer of yourself or someone else on your friends list spawns with a red mist surrounding them.
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** The Temple itself is extremely creepy, full of rotten corpses hanging on the walls and roaches falling down from the ceiling in response to the corpses bursting, and basically combines the most disgusting parts about the Halls of Agony and the Perilious Cave.

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** The Temple itself is extremely creepy, full of rotten corpses hanging on the walls and roaches falling down from the ceiling in response to the corpses bursting, and basically combines the most disgusting parts about the Halls of Agony and the Perilious Cave.Cave.
* The sound cues of an impending Nemesis encounter. You hear a very low and ominous noise, your controller vibrates (if you're playing on one of the console versions and vibration is enabled), and then this unholy killer of yourself or someone else on your friends list spawns with a red mist surrounding them.
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* The [[ThePowerOfHate literally-powered-by-hatred]] Demon Hunters already look scary enough with the GlowingEyesOfDoom that come with most helms, but The Shadow's Mask, part of The Shadow's Mantle set, [[HiddenEyes hides their eyes in darkness]].

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* The [[ThePowerOfHate literally-powered-by-hatred]] Demon Hunters already look scary enough with the GlowingEyesOfDoom that come with most helms, but The Shadow's Mask, part of The Shadow's Mantle set, [[HiddenEyes hides their eyes in darkness]]. darkness]], as befitting of the set's assassin motif.
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* The [[spoiler:Grand Maester]]'s plan during ''The Templar Reckoning'' quest for Kormac. [[spoiler:This utter bastard plans to implement the same horrendous [[ColdBloodedTorture initiation ritual]] that resulted in [[BrainwashedAndCrazy what happened to Kormac and Jondar]] and apply it on a grander scale, doing this to ''every citizen of Westmarch and beyond'' in order to make them Templars]]. It's little wonder that Kormac decides that [[spoiler:the Maester, and the Order itself, need to end]].

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* The [[spoiler:Grand Maester]]'s plan during ''The Templar Reckoning'' quest for Kormac. [[spoiler:This utter bastard plans to implement the same horrendous [[ColdBloodedTorture initiation ritual]] that resulted in [[BrainwashedAndCrazy what happened to Kormac and Jondar]] and apply it on a grander scale, doing this to ''every citizen of Westmarch and beyond'' in order to make them Templars]]. It's little wonder that Kormac decides that [[spoiler:the Maester, and the Order itself, need to end]].
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** The Temple itself is extremely creepy, full of rotten corpses hanging on the walls and roaches falling down from the ceiling, and basically combines the most disgusting parts about the Halls of Agony and the Perilious Cave.

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** The Temple itself is extremely creepy, full of rotten corpses hanging on the walls and roaches falling down from the ceiling, ceiling in response to the corpses bursting, and basically combines the most disgusting parts about the Halls of Agony and the Perilious Cave.

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