These are what we call the 'YMMV items.' Things that some people find in this work. We call them 'your mileage might vary' because not everyone sees these things in the same way. This starts discussions in the trope lists, a thing we don't want. Please use the discussion page if you'd like to discuss any of these items.
YMMV: Cold Comfort Castle
Hilarious in Hindsight: Word Of God states that Zackel's 'level' during the majority of the story is in the mid-50's: in the final fight he 'creates'/manifests a Frostfire Bolt spell to beat his enemy, a spell that originally could not be learned by Mage characters in-game until level 75. Then Cataclysm dropped, and the mage ability trees were reshuffled... with Frostfire Bolt now learnable at level 56.
The Woobie: Neither of the leading two have had particularly pleasant experiences but the ogre children forced to eat their own parents really take the cake.