History Awesome / DarkestDungeonII

* The Desperate Few-a gaggle of people in desperate need of help-are pointed out by the Academic as being perhaps the most heroic people in the world, merely by still clinging to their sanity while the world goes to hell.

--> Plague Doctor: "You would presume to break I who bested death?!"
--> Grave Robber: "Torment and I are old bedfellows!"
--> Jester: "I've played to tougher crowds than you!"

** The first is a fight against the Gut of the Coward, a putrid mess of guts transformed into a hydra like creature that barrages your party with blight, only to use an ability that deals all blight as direct damage (much like Plague Doctor’s cause of death, one of the strongest abilities according to the DD2 community) resulting in a balancing act of trying to cure the wave of toxicity before it crashes down on your heroes.

--> Occultist: "You cannot frighten me. I ''know'' you."
--> Grave Robber: "Hear me, fortune?! I spit in your eye!"
--> Highwayman: "Damn the odds - I'm FREE!"

* The Final Boss, The Body of Work, is an absolute behemoth of a fight split into three phases. The first is a fight against the Gut of the Coward, the second against the Focused Fault’s eye buried within it's chest, and the third is against Your mutated humanoid form, the physical manifestation your failures. The final portion has an absolutely horrid 1000 health, even more if you let Loathing hit max at any point in the run. How do you take down such a monstrous health pool? After killing the two Upgraded cherubs on both sides of it, the boss will cast "Face Your Failure" and force you to choose a hero, very much like "Come Unto Your Maker" from the first game. However unlike the first game, this move isn't an Instant Deathblow on the selected hero. Rather, the selected hero must face a personal failure of theirs from their backstory, which cannot be damaged by any other party members. Upon successfully defeating their failure, the hero is able to cast the special move "Exultation", which deals 200 damage to the Body of Work, frees them from the Shackle’s effects which limits their moves every turn, and heals them for a significant amount. And yet that still leaves 199 health for you to deal with using every last trick in your hero’s books. Manage to pull it all off though and you’re rewarded with the Body of Work crumbling into ash and the Iron Crown, the ultimate villain of the Darkest Dungeon Universe, being banished from this world. All of this is set to "The Final Combat" from the first game, only serving to make the whole experience that much more grand and Epic.
** Some of the barks the Heroes can get after defeating their failure can be even more badass:

** Occultist: "The [[EldritchAbomination black-beast]] [[EnemyMine and I]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards are in agreement]]; ''they die here.''"

** Flagellant: “[[BloodKnight My path to deliverance lies through them!]]“ [[note]]If you have more than one hero, then this will also give a unique buff which gives every cultist a Damage token, but gives the Flagellant a Crit token, which bolsters his effectiveness tremendously [[DifficultButAwesome provided you can handle the damage tokens]] .[[/note]]

** The Flagellant successfully defied Death herself through the power of his suffering.

** Occultist: " The [[EldritchAbomination black-beast]] [[EnemyMine and I]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards are in agreement]]; ''they die here.'' "
** Vestal: " [[BringIt Straight through evil's heart!]] [[TheDeterminator Falter not!]]"

* The Final Boss, The Body of Work, is an absolute behemoth of a fight split into three phases. The first is a fight against the Gut of the Coward, the second against the Focused Fault’s eye buried within it's chest, and the third is against Your mutated humanoid form, the physical manifestation your failures. The final portion has an absolutely horrid 1000 health, even more if you let Loathing hit max at any point in the run. How do you take down such a monstrous health pool? After killing the two Upgraded cherubs on both sides of it, the boss will cast "Face Your Failure" and force you to choose a hero, very much like "Come Unto Your Maker" from the first game. However unlike the first game, this move isn't an Instant Deathblow on the selected hero. Rather, the selected hero must face a personal failure of theirs from their backstory, which cannot be damaged by any other party members. Upon successfully defeating their failure, the hero is able to cast the special move "Exultation", which deals 200 damage to the Body of Work, frees them from the Shackle’s effects which limits their moves every turn, and heals them for a significant amount. And yet that still leaves 199 health for you to deal with using every last trick in your hero’s books. Manage to pull it all off though and you’re rewarded with the Body of Work crumbling into ash and the Iron Crown, the ultimate villain of the Darkest Dungeon Universe, dissolving into nothingness. All of this is set to "The Final Combat" from the first game, only serving to make the whole experience that much more grand and Epic.

* The Desperate Few-a gaggle of people in desperate need of help-are pointed out by the Academic as being perhaps the most heroic people in the world, still clinging to their sanity while the world goes to hell.

* The Final Boss, the Body of Work, is a fight split into three parts. [[spoiler:The first is a fight against the gut, the second against the eye in it's chest, and the third is against the physical manifestation against your failures. It has pretty much 1000 health-even more if you let Loathing hit max at any point. How you beat it is no joke, either-after killing the two cherubs either side of it in the same turn, the boss will cast "Face Your Failure" and force the player to choose a hero, very much like the "Come Unto Your Maker" move from the first game. But unlike the first game, this move isn't an instakill-the selected hero must face a personal failure of theirs, which cannot be damaged by any other party members. Upon successfully defeating their failure, the hero is able to cast "Exultation", which deals 200 damage to the Body of Work and heals them for a significant amount.]] All of which is set to "The Final Combat" from the first Darkest Dungeon.

* The Desperate Few-a gaggle of people in desperate need of help-are pointed out by the Academic as being perhaps the most heroic people in the world.

--> "Giving in to madness is easier than resisting it. They are heroes."

** [[GoneHorriblyWrong For how badly it ended up going]], props should be given for the Plague Doctor, who in a world were accomplished necromancers use the dark arts to raise the dead, managed to achieve the same with lab gear and her own scientific knowledge.

** The Leper overhears his councilors planning on overthrowing him to take the throne for themselves, so he kills them as they come for him. Then he exiles himself, remarking on the beauty of the world as he sets off on the path of being a KnightErrant. Notably, he is the only character who is facing the light, putting him above the other heroes as he has no regrets over his past.
* The Final Boss, the Body of Work, is a fight split into three parts. [[spoiler: The first is a fight against the gut, the second against the eye in it's chest, and the third is against the physical manifestation against your failures. It has pretty much 1000 health-even more if you let Loathing hit max at any point. How you beat it is no joke, either-after killing the two cherubs either side of it in the same turn, the boss will cast "Face Your Failure" and force the player to choose a hero, very much like the "Come Unto Your Maker" move from the first game. But unlike the first game, this move isn't an instakill-the selected hero must face a personal failure of theirs, which cannot be damaged by any other party members. Upon successfully defeating their failure, the hero is able to cast "Exultation", which deals 200 damage to the Body of Work and heals them for a significant amount.]] All of which is set to "The Final Combat" from the first Darkest Dungeon.

-> "Giving in to madness is easier than resisting it. They are heroes."

* The Final Boss, the Body of Work, is a fight split into three parts. [[spoiler: The first is a fight against the gut, the second against the eye in it's chest, and the third is against the physical manifestation against your failures. It has pretty much 1000 health-even more if you let Loathing hit max at any point. How you beat it is no joke, either-after killing the two cherubs either side of it in the same turn, the boss will cast "Face Your Failure" and force the player to choose a hero, very much like the "Come Unto Your Maker" move from the first game. But unlike the first game, this move isn't an instakill-the selected hero must face a personal failure of theirs, which cannot be damaged by any other party members. Upon successfully defeating their failure, the hero is able to cast "Exultation", which deals 200 damage to the Body of Work and heals them for a significant amount.]] All of which is set to "The Final Combat" from the first Darkest Dungeon.

** The Flagellant successfully defied Death herself through the power of his suffering.

* The Desperate Few- a gaggle of people in desperate need of help- are pointed out by the Academic as being perhaps the most heroic people in the world.

-> " Giving in to madness is easier than resisting it. They are heroes."

** While the Occultist is performing his ritual to become host to a greater power, he ended up attracting the attention of a [[{{Superboss}} Shambler]], who then tries possessing him. What follows is the Occultist managing to fight it off by himself with the (unwilling) aid of his congregation’s power.

** [[GoneHorriblyWrong For how badly it ended up going]], props should be given for the Plague Doctor, who in a world were accomplished necromancers use the dark arts to raise the dead, managed to achieve the same with lab gear and her own scientific knowledge.

-> " Giving in to madness is easier than resisting it. They are heroes."