While the three ghosts that show up at the beginning turn out to be benevolent, the way they appear and the noise that one of them makes can be quite unsettling.
Maritte is able to use Safina’s method of getting into Ikenfell without using the gate by travelling through what looks like a dark cave, only it turns out that something else is there as well. Later on, the party has to use that same method to get to the Snatcher’s Lair, and Pertisia has a panic attack over it. It’s later revealed that she was attacked by that creature, and it left her with one side of her face scarred, and the loss of one of her eyes (or at least the ability to use it).
The lack of Background Music doesn’t help - all you hear is the party’s footsteps and the creature flying overhead.
Later on, you have to fight the creature, known as the Unseen. It seems to be able to shape shift, taking the form of a constantly-moving clawed hand.
A flashback in Chapter 5 shows Aeldra and a group of people trying to stop the Dark Fold, and it killed all of them except for her. The exact details are not shown, but the fact that it took down two members very quickly without giving them a chance to defend themselves is scary. Aeldra is very lucky to have survived the encounter, even if it did give her a lot of guilt.
The Stacks. The music is unsettling, and becomes even worse when you clear the areas and cause the ghosts to explode, leaving red stuff all over the room.
If that wasn’t bad enough, there's the basement, where there is blood dripping everywhere, and a large, round shadow is seen passing through. It's scary enough for the text at the save cat to say that the party feels uneasy (it still restores their HP though).
Agony, the round thing seen in the basement, is a huge, floating, red ball made of blood that has only a mouth, and is seemingly able to turn invisible.
When travelling between floors in the Spelltower, you’re treated to a few cutscenes where the earthquakes cause cracks to open in the ground. And one of them involves the old book falling from the bookshelf, and giving an Evil Laugh...
During the game's climax, an earthquake causes the negative feelings that Aeldra has been removing with blood magic to be returned to her, making her think the Dark Fold has returned and causing her to attack in the direction she sees it... which results in Bax getting impaled onscreen. The party's shocked reactions are appropriate.
Because of the above event, Ibn Oxley ends up losing control of his powers to the point where he isn't himself anymore, and he makes some scary faces as he decides to take the still-contained Sapling away, and to emphasise his loss of self, he is referred to as "Oxley?" and then just as "???".
