History Awesome / DarkestDungeon

--> '''Vigorous Plague Doctor:''' Even steel cannot pierce a healthy immune system!

** [[SuddenDeath When there are two characters left, one from each side, who BOTH have the “Last Man Standing” buff that gives them death's door resistance, a dodge bonus, and a damage bonus,]] the ancestor drops this line:
--> ''"[[PunctuatedForEmphasis One.]] [[SuddenDeath Must.]] [[DuelBoss Fall!]]"''

'''Commenter #4:''' "And ye, [[Literature/{{TheBible}} though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death]], [[SophisticatedAsHell I shall fear no evil, for I am pissed off, high as]] ''[[SophisticatedAsHell fuck]]'', and swinging [[{{BFS}} a man-sized blade]] of '''''[[AtomicFBomb FUCK YOU!]]'''''"\\

'''Commenter #4:''' "And ye, [[Literature/{{TheBible}} though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death]], I shall fear no evil, for I am pissed off, high as ''fuck'', and swinging [[{{BFS}} a man-sized blade]] of '''''[[AtomicFBomb FUCK YOU!]]'''''"\\

'''Commenter #14:''' [[Music/TenaciousD "Be you angels?" "Nay! We are but MEN!"]]
'''Commenter #15:''' Absolutely mental Jester inhales 5 shard dusts and one-shots eldritch god.

'''Commenter #12:''' Homeless Guitarist Breaks Heart With Masterful Performance\\
'''Commenter #13:''' The greatest joke of all\\
'''Commenter #14:''' Who would win? The Very Being Of Despair And Chaos or [[ItMakesSenseInContext Some Clown With Space Meth]]\\
'''Commenter #15:''' [[Music/TenaciousD "Be you angels?" "Nay! We are but MEN!"]]

'''Commenter #4:''' "And ye, [[Music/{{Coolio}} though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death]], I shall fear no evil, for I am pissed off, high as ''fuck'', and swinging [[{{BFS}} a man-sized blade]] of '''''[[AtomicFBomb FUCK YOU!]]'''''"\\

-->'''[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Their resolve is broken!]] You have won!'''

!Mods

* Certain {{Game Mod}}s can make things even more awesome:
** Marvin Seo's Videogame/TheSunkenCityCollection is generally considered one of the best mods out there for how awesome it is due to the highly balanced and unique features of each class, as well as an art style and gameplay that fits the base game and its DLC perfectly. Not to mention that all of the classes are powerful and satisfying to play.
** [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1526565539 The Thrill of the Hunt]] makes a small but potent change: ''every'' critical hit automatically heals stress across the entire party. What's more awesome than a devastating blow? Seeing your entire party rally against the enemy, especially when you start landing crit after crit, is very satisfying and awesome.
** [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1429069819 The Slayer mod.]] It adds [[Videogame/Doom2016 a Lovecraftian version of the Doom Slayer]] as a recruitable class. It's pretty hard to match the awesomeness of slaughtering the horrors of the Estate with chainsaw and shotgun.
** [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=967618008 The Witcher mod]] is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin in the sense it adds [[Franchise/TheWitcher Geralt of Rivia]] as a new class. A handful of bugs aside, the mod does a great job adapting Geralt's two-sword fighting technique and signs into Darkest Dungeon's mechanics. It's absolutely cathartic watching the White Wolf unleashing his wrath upon the Estate's nightmarish creatures.
** Did you ever want to roam the cursed estate as ''Dracula''? Thanks to the Voivode class mod, [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1533032528 now you can!]]
** [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1709484026&searchtext=Warden+of+the+North Warden of the North]], a mod that lets you take [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Ned Stark]] for a run in the dungeons. His skillset includes marking a target and dealing high additional damage, reflecting his philosophy of swinging the executioner's blade himself, call a direwolf, rally his bannermen, and praying to the old gods. His camping skills include warning of winter's arrival, increasing scouting chance, and telling stories of his time in the War.
** [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1689234891 The Sunward Isles]], which adds an entirely new modded expansion to the game, in the titular [[{{Wutai}} Sunward Isles]]. While the base game focuses on classic Gothic and cosmic horrors, this focuses on the creepy and bizarre world of Japanese horror. It features completely new music, trinkets, curios, environments, along with enemies and bosses based on Japanese {{Youkai}}. And [[BewareTheSillyOnes don't let their odd appearance fool you; these enemies are deadly!]] Of particular note is the BonusBoss of the expansion mod: the Umibozu, a colossal giant youkai with [[DamageSpongeBoss 400 hit points]] and can only be hurt by heroes at Death's Door. Good luck!

!Meta
* It's possible to take the developer's explanation of the Light being 'humanity's faith in delusions of their own making' as this when one considers what the Light is actually ''capable'' of. HolyBurnsEvil, Holy Water that is effective and vital in a number of places, helpful visions, genuine HealingHands powers, and even the Heart isn't resistant to holy attacks. Taken into account, this all implies humanity [[{{Tulpa}} created a benevolent god actively opposing the Heart]] and powerful enough to do so ''through belief alone''. That's a pretty big win for humanity.
* In a meta sense, Wayne June has been working his voice tirelessly for Red Hook as the voice of the Ancestor, and has quickly become a unanimously loved part of the game. He even agreed to make custom Twitch notifications for everyone who was involved for raising awareness of the game by streaming it or putting it out on Youtube while it was still in beta version using their unique names and catchphrases. This is in addition to the lines he recorded for the game itself (and its future updates) and a general Twitch notification pack for everyone to use.
** His narration was so loved, Red Hook and Valve worked together on an Ancestor announcer pack for [[VideoGame/Dota2 DOTA 2]], where he recorded over 700 new lines.
*** To elaborate, he has about a full hour of incharacter lines and reactions recorded for the Ancestor Announcer. With crushing lines admonishing the player with the inevitably of defeat and hopelessness of recovery if they die or are losing, with back handed tainted responses if they are winning or if anything good happens. There are even voiced descriptions of each Dota hero, but from the twisted perpective of the Ancestor.
* While most of the character comics are [[TearJerker severely depressing]] and paints the heroes as TheWoobie, [[http://www.darkestdungeon.com/darkest-dungeon-presents-the-bounty-hunter the Bounty Hunter's comic]] is simply badass as we see what happens when you're on the wrong end of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
** Even better, the thugs that the Bounty Hunter butchered? If you read the Hound Master's comic, you'll learn that they're the evil flesh cultists that were once the Hound Master's partners back when he was still a lawman. [[AWorldHalfFull Justice, at times, can be swift and merciless.]]
* ''Darkest Dungeon'' got so popular that one of the biggest MMORPG's in history, ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', has given it an entire group of quests. Wayne the Ancestral (named for The Ancestor and Wayne June, the voice actor) is a quest giving NPC in the old manor at Stormsong Valley. All of the quests are fashioned after missions and boss fights in Darkest Dungeon and are named for several of the ancestors quotes.

--> '''Flagellant:''' '' [[DeathSeeker I've waited long for this!]] [[HitMeDammitDON'T TAKE IT FROM ME]].''

--> '''Flagellant:''' ''[[HitMeDammit I've waited long for this! DON'T TAKE IT FROM ME]].''

** Doubles as a [[FunnyMoments Funny Moment]], but there’s glory to be found in the line that gets said when your opponent [[RageQuit surrenders]].

'''Commenter #11:''' [[AbsurdlySharpBlade this blade can split in two a diety,]] [[UpToEleven and the wall behind,]] [[BeyondTheImpossible and the ocean below...]]\\

--> '''Hellion:''' ''[[SeeYouInHell Send me to hell then!]] [[ScreamingWarrior AAAKYLORAAAHHH!]]''

'''Commenter #12:''' imagine being an eldritch god and [[idYouJustPunchOutCthulhu dying]] to [[TheWorfEffect a diseased boi and his harem of failed medical students]]

'''Commenter #12:''' imagine being an eldritch god and dying to a diseased boi and his harem of failed medical students.

'''Commenter #14:''' Who would win? The Very Being Of Despair And Chaos or [[ItMakesSenseInContext Some Clown With Space Meth]]

'''Commenter #15:''' [[Music/TentaciousD "Be you angels?" "Nay! We are but MEN!"]]

'''Commenter #11:''' " '''O O F''' "-Heart of Darkness, probably

'''Commenter #11:''' [[AbsurdlySharpBlade this blade can split in two a diety,]] [[UpToEleven and the wall behind,]] [[BeyondTheImpossible and the ocean below...]]

** [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1689234891 The Sunward Isles]], which adds an entirely new modded expansion to the game, in the titular [[{{Wutai}} Sunward Isles]]. While the base game focuses on classic Gothic and cosmic horrors, this focuses on the creepy and bizarre world of Japanese horror. It features completely new music, trinkets, curios, environments, along with enemies and bosses based on Japanese {{Youkai}}. And [[BewareTheSillyOnes don't let their odd appearance fool you; these enemies are deadly!]] Of particular note is the BonusBoss of the expansion mod: [[spoiler:the Umibozu, a colossal giant youkai with [[DamageSpongeBoss 400 hit points]] and can only be hurt by heroes at Death's Door.]] Good luck!

* It's possible to take the developer's explanation of the Light being 'humanity's faith in delusions of their own making' as this when one considers what the Light is actually ''capable'' of. HolyBurnsEvil, Holy Water that is effective and vital in a number of places, helpful visions, genuine HealingHands powers, and even the Heart isn't resistant to holy attacks. Taken into account, this all implies humanity [[{{Tulpa}} created a benevolent god actively opposing the Heart]] and powerful enough to do so ''through belief alone''. That's a pretty big in for humanity.

-->''On the old road we found our redepmtion.''

'''Commenter #9:''' [[{{Pun}} Homeless Guitarist Breaks Heart With Masterful Performance]]

* Darkest Dungeon got so popular that one of the biggest MMORPG's in history, VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft, has given it an entire group of quests. Wayne the Ancestral (named for The Ancestor and Wayne June, the voice actor) is a quest giving NPC in the old manor at Stormsong Valley. All of the quests are fashioned after missions and boss fights in Darkest Dungeon and are named for several of the ancestors quotes.