The two books contain their fair share of Nightmare Fuel in between all the action and heartwarming moments.
Spoilers Off applies to all Nightmare Fuel pages. You Have Been Warned.
- Ward's time in the Asylum in Dragon Blood is terrifying, as he struggles to hang on to his sanity in the face of torture and drugs. Special mention goes to the descriptions of his drugged POV, as he sees the people around him as hideous monsters.
- Oreg's flashback to a brutal flogging he endured during his slavery. Oreg is a powerful mage, so his magic makes the events real all over again, beginning with bloody gashes slowly appearing in his clothes and skin as he continues speaking calmly to Ward. One splits his cheek down to the bone. Then Ward has to look away, but he still hears the sounds of the whip and Oreg sobbing in agony. Eventually Oreg goes completely silent, but the whip keeps going.
- Finally Ward thinks it's over...only to hear a scream so loud and agonised even Garranon hears it, and says it sounds like someone is dying.
- Ward notes he knows how illusions work and what they look like, and Oreg's injuries are no illusion.
- By Dragon Blood, the slavery curse is broken and Oreg has returned to life and his real body...but Ward notes that he still suffers the physical flashbacks.
