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* UltimateEvil: The Defiler is never truly seen, only acting through the avatar it turns one of its possessed victims into. Not even its true name is ever fully spoken -- which makes sense, given Y'golonac's name alone is enough to summon it in the original Severn Valley mythos.
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* UltimateEvil: UnseenEvil: The Defiler is never truly seen, only acting through the avatar it turns one of its possessed victims into. Not even its true name is ever fully spoken -- which makes sense, given Y'golonac's name alone is enough to summon it in the original Severn Valley mythos.
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* WhamLine: One of the most disturbing and shocking in all of the Neverkind Saga. Hardestadt tells Y'golonac it's never known him. He's never raped anyone and he especially hasn't ever been violated. [[spoiler:As it turns out, he's referring to the incident at the end of ''Literature/TheWolvesOfWar'', which Hardestadt assumed was a drunken dream.]]
-> '''Y'golonac''': Oh. Are you ''quite'' certain of ''that?''
-> '''Y'golonac''': Oh. Are you ''quite'' certain of ''that?''
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* WhamLine: One of the most disturbing and shocking in all of the Neverkind Saga. Hardestadt tells Y'golonac it's never known him. He's never raped anyone and he especially hasn't ever been violated. [[spoiler:As it turns out, he's referring to the incident at the end of ''Literature/TheWolvesOfWar'', which Hardestadt assumed was a drunken dream.]]
violated.
-> '''Y'golonac''': Oh. Are you''quite'' ''[[Literature/TheWolvesOfWar quite]]'' certain of ''that?''
-> '''Y'golonac''': Oh. Are you
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-> '''Y'golonac''': [[spoiler: Oh. Are you ''quite'' certain of ''that?'']]''that?''
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* AmbiguousSituation: Loads. What happened to Stefano de Cortly that ended up with him taken by Y'golonac and that he 'died screaming?' What happened to Eliza, given she's disappeared by the 1960s but alive and well from [[Literature/TheCityOfNever 2001 onward]]? [[spoiler:What did Y'golonac mean when implying Hardestadt had been raped before]]?
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* AmbiguousSituation: Loads. What happened to Stefano de Cortly that ended up with him taken by Y'golonac and that he 'died screaming?' What happened to Eliza, given she's disappeared by the 1960s but alive and well from [[Literature/TheCityOfNever 2001 onward]]? [[spoiler:What did Y'golonac mean when implying Hardestadt had been raped before]]?before]]? ''Literature/TheWolvesOfWar'' puts most of these questions to rest.
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* WhamLine: One of the most disturbing and shocking in all of the Neverkind Saga. Hardestadt tells Y'golonac it's never known him. He's never raped anyone and he especially hasn't ever been violated.
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* WhamLine: One of the most disturbing and shocking in all of the Neverkind Saga. Hardestadt tells Y'golonac it's never known him. He's never raped anyone and he especially hasn't ever been violated. [[spoiler:As it turns out, he's referring to the incident at the end of ''Literature/TheWolvesOfWar'', which Hardestadt assumed was a drunken dream.]]
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The story closes with Hardestadt meeting an Irishwoman heavily, heavily implied to be Aisling Vallee.]]
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The story closes with Hardestadt meeting an Irishwoman heavily, heavily implied to be Aisling Vallee.]]Vallee...and Y'golonac is still out there.]]
* SerialRapist: The Defiler, Y'golonac, is the most prolific rapist in all existence and wants to "know and love" everyone.
* SerialRapist: The Defiler, Y'golonac, is the most prolific rapist in all existence and wants to "know and love" everyone.
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Still reeling from the loss of someone he loved, Hardestadt Delac is asked by Loren Prospero to see to a seemingly normal investigation, only to be drawn into the clutches of a horrific being with sinister intentions, who may yet reveal several secrets Hardestadt yearns for...
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!! The work contains examples of the following tropes:
* AmbiguousSituation: Loads. What happened to Stefano de Cortly that ended up with him taken by Y'golonac and that he 'died screaming?' What happened to Eliza, given she's disappeared by the 1960s but alive and well from [[Literature/TheCityOfNever 2001 onward]]? [[spoiler:What did Y'golonac mean when implying Hardestadt had been raped before]]?
* ArcWords: "Never is forever," as with previous installments, this time meant to refer to Y'golonac's belief in DefiledForever.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Hardestadt rejects the Defiler's hold on him as he's never been raped, the Defiler's reaction? [[spoiler: "Oh, are you quite certain of that?"]]
* BigBad: The villain of this one is the horrific 'Defiler' of the Severn Valley Mythos by Ramsey Campbell, Y'golonac.
* BittersweetEnding: The single most charitable interpretation of the ending. [[spoiler: Monica is saved and possibly on the road to recovery, Y'golonac's summoning is prevented, and Prospero reaffirms his close friendship with Hardestadt. On the other hand, Y'golonac implies Hardestadt has been raped in the past, something he cannot remember or even fathom, Y'golonac has defiled and slaughtered tons of people in its brief time in a host, Hardestadt has lost Eliza and is no closer to finding her or even knowing what happened to her and at the end? He is absolutely emotionally shattered and cannot bring himself to admit that what he does is worth it this time.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Possibly the bleakest ''Kindness of Devils'' yet, with overarching themes of loss, mourning, and the BigBad being possibly one of the most twisted Great Old Ones conceived: Y'golonac, of the Severn Valley mythos, who here is essentially presented as the sadistic embodiment of rape and defilement. [[spoiler:The story ends on an almost complete downer, too, with Eliza nowhere to be seen, the Defiler entirely untouched by the end and passing along a dark implication Hardestadt may have been unknowingly raped in the past.]]
* TheChainOfHarm: The Defiler steadfastly believes that "the violated become the violators" -- and all of them perpetually belong to him for this reason.
* DefiledForever: This is what the Defiler believes. Once raped, it believes you belong to it forever. [[spoiler: Hardestadt ultimately refutes this savagely, believing people are much stronger and cannot be defined by this, recalling Eliza and how she overcame her own trauma for his own strength.]]
* KarmaHoudini: As a Great Old One, the Defiler is beyond punishment. While thwarted in is plans, its avatar is destroyed and it simply returns to its plane, completely unfazed and largely triumphant.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Hardestadt is revealed to have had a genuine relationship with Eliza Cortly of the Never Mythos that ended nearly twenty years ago under unknown circumstances. He has no idea what happened to her, misses her horribly and still yearns for her even decades later.]]
* PostRapeTaunt: Y'golonac considers every violation to belong to it. It mocks Hardestadt as having 'known' Eliza thanks to her marital rape at the hands of her husband Stefano, gleefully saying Eliza was his 'favorite' Seer. [[spoiler: It also gives a vicious one regarding Hardestadt himself, questioning his claim to have never been violated]].
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Y'golonac invokes this, as one of the most sickening and depraved of the Great Old Ones. Its MO, being horrific violation, is one of the most monstrous in the Teraverse.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: The Defiler, like most of the dark gods Coyte served, was not happy about him leaving his service, and expresses disappointment he could not punish Coyte himself.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The story closes with Hardestadt meeting an Irishwoman heavily, heavily implied to be Aisling Vallee.]]
* UltimateEvil: The Defiler is never truly seen, only acting through the avatar it turns one of its possessed victims into. Not even its true name is ever fully spoken -- which makes sense, given Y'golonac's name alone is enough to summon it in the original Severn Valley mythos.
* WhamLine: One of the most disturbing and shocking in all of the Neverkind Saga. Hardestadt tells Y'golonac it's never known him. He's never raped anyone and he especially hasn't ever been violated.
-> '''Y'golonac''': [[spoiler: Oh. Are you ''quite'' certain of ''that?'']]
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''Only a Lonely Heart'' is a supernatural-horror [[WebOriginalFiction short story]] by Lightysnake, an entry in ''Literature/TheKindnessOfDevils'' and a prequel to the main series set the 1960s, taking place days after ''Literature/NoneTooHoly''. It can be read [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3334076/1/Only-A-Lonely-Heart here]].
Still reeling from the loss of someone he loved, Hardestadt Delac is asked by Loren Prospero to see to a seemingly normal investigation, only to be drawn into the clutches of a horrific being with sinister intentions, who may yet reveal several secrets Hardestadt yearns for...
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!! The work contains examples of the following tropes:
* AmbiguousSituation: Loads. What happened to Stefano de Cortly that ended up with him taken by Y'golonac and that he 'died screaming?' What happened to Eliza, given she's disappeared by the 1960s but alive and well from [[Literature/TheCityOfNever 2001 onward]]? [[spoiler:What did Y'golonac mean when implying Hardestadt had been raped before]]?
* ArcWords: "Never is forever," as with previous installments, this time meant to refer to Y'golonac's belief in DefiledForever.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Hardestadt rejects the Defiler's hold on him as he's never been raped, the Defiler's reaction? [[spoiler: "Oh, are you quite certain of that?"]]
* BigBad: The villain of this one is the horrific 'Defiler' of the Severn Valley Mythos by Ramsey Campbell, Y'golonac.
* BittersweetEnding: The single most charitable interpretation of the ending. [[spoiler: Monica is saved and possibly on the road to recovery, Y'golonac's summoning is prevented, and Prospero reaffirms his close friendship with Hardestadt. On the other hand, Y'golonac implies Hardestadt has been raped in the past, something he cannot remember or even fathom, Y'golonac has defiled and slaughtered tons of people in its brief time in a host, Hardestadt has lost Eliza and is no closer to finding her or even knowing what happened to her and at the end? He is absolutely emotionally shattered and cannot bring himself to admit that what he does is worth it this time.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Possibly the bleakest ''Kindness of Devils'' yet, with overarching themes of loss, mourning, and the BigBad being possibly one of the most twisted Great Old Ones conceived: Y'golonac, of the Severn Valley mythos, who here is essentially presented as the sadistic embodiment of rape and defilement. [[spoiler:The story ends on an almost complete downer, too, with Eliza nowhere to be seen, the Defiler entirely untouched by the end and passing along a dark implication Hardestadt may have been unknowingly raped in the past.]]
* TheChainOfHarm: The Defiler steadfastly believes that "the violated become the violators" -- and all of them perpetually belong to him for this reason.
* DefiledForever: This is what the Defiler believes. Once raped, it believes you belong to it forever. [[spoiler: Hardestadt ultimately refutes this savagely, believing people are much stronger and cannot be defined by this, recalling Eliza and how she overcame her own trauma for his own strength.]]
* KarmaHoudini: As a Great Old One, the Defiler is beyond punishment. While thwarted in is plans, its avatar is destroyed and it simply returns to its plane, completely unfazed and largely triumphant.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Hardestadt is revealed to have had a genuine relationship with Eliza Cortly of the Never Mythos that ended nearly twenty years ago under unknown circumstances. He has no idea what happened to her, misses her horribly and still yearns for her even decades later.]]
* PostRapeTaunt: Y'golonac considers every violation to belong to it. It mocks Hardestadt as having 'known' Eliza thanks to her marital rape at the hands of her husband Stefano, gleefully saying Eliza was his 'favorite' Seer. [[spoiler: It also gives a vicious one regarding Hardestadt himself, questioning his claim to have never been violated]].
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Y'golonac invokes this, as one of the most sickening and depraved of the Great Old Ones. Its MO, being horrific violation, is one of the most monstrous in the Teraverse.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: The Defiler, like most of the dark gods Coyte served, was not happy about him leaving his service, and expresses disappointment he could not punish Coyte himself.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The story closes with Hardestadt meeting an Irishwoman heavily, heavily implied to be Aisling Vallee.]]
* UltimateEvil: The Defiler is never truly seen, only acting through the avatar it turns one of its possessed victims into. Not even its true name is ever fully spoken -- which makes sense, given Y'golonac's name alone is enough to summon it in the original Severn Valley mythos.
* WhamLine: One of the most disturbing and shocking in all of the Neverkind Saga. Hardestadt tells Y'golonac it's never known him. He's never raped anyone and he especially hasn't ever been violated.
-> '''Y'golonac''': [[spoiler: Oh. Are you ''quite'' certain of ''that?'']]
----
Still reeling from the loss of someone he loved, Hardestadt Delac is asked by Loren Prospero to see to a seemingly normal investigation, only to be drawn into the clutches of a horrific being with sinister intentions, who may yet reveal several secrets Hardestadt yearns for...
----
!! The work contains examples of the following tropes:
* AmbiguousSituation: Loads. What happened to Stefano de Cortly that ended up with him taken by Y'golonac and that he 'died screaming?' What happened to Eliza, given she's disappeared by the 1960s but alive and well from [[Literature/TheCityOfNever 2001 onward]]? [[spoiler:What did Y'golonac mean when implying Hardestadt had been raped before]]?
* ArcWords: "Never is forever," as with previous installments, this time meant to refer to Y'golonac's belief in DefiledForever.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Hardestadt rejects the Defiler's hold on him as he's never been raped, the Defiler's reaction? [[spoiler: "Oh, are you quite certain of that?"]]
* BigBad: The villain of this one is the horrific 'Defiler' of the Severn Valley Mythos by Ramsey Campbell, Y'golonac.
* BittersweetEnding: The single most charitable interpretation of the ending. [[spoiler: Monica is saved and possibly on the road to recovery, Y'golonac's summoning is prevented, and Prospero reaffirms his close friendship with Hardestadt. On the other hand, Y'golonac implies Hardestadt has been raped in the past, something he cannot remember or even fathom, Y'golonac has defiled and slaughtered tons of people in its brief time in a host, Hardestadt has lost Eliza and is no closer to finding her or even knowing what happened to her and at the end? He is absolutely emotionally shattered and cannot bring himself to admit that what he does is worth it this time.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Possibly the bleakest ''Kindness of Devils'' yet, with overarching themes of loss, mourning, and the BigBad being possibly one of the most twisted Great Old Ones conceived: Y'golonac, of the Severn Valley mythos, who here is essentially presented as the sadistic embodiment of rape and defilement. [[spoiler:The story ends on an almost complete downer, too, with Eliza nowhere to be seen, the Defiler entirely untouched by the end and passing along a dark implication Hardestadt may have been unknowingly raped in the past.]]
* TheChainOfHarm: The Defiler steadfastly believes that "the violated become the violators" -- and all of them perpetually belong to him for this reason.
* DefiledForever: This is what the Defiler believes. Once raped, it believes you belong to it forever. [[spoiler: Hardestadt ultimately refutes this savagely, believing people are much stronger and cannot be defined by this, recalling Eliza and how she overcame her own trauma for his own strength.]]
* KarmaHoudini: As a Great Old One, the Defiler is beyond punishment. While thwarted in is plans, its avatar is destroyed and it simply returns to its plane, completely unfazed and largely triumphant.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Hardestadt is revealed to have had a genuine relationship with Eliza Cortly of the Never Mythos that ended nearly twenty years ago under unknown circumstances. He has no idea what happened to her, misses her horribly and still yearns for her even decades later.]]
* PostRapeTaunt: Y'golonac considers every violation to belong to it. It mocks Hardestadt as having 'known' Eliza thanks to her marital rape at the hands of her husband Stefano, gleefully saying Eliza was his 'favorite' Seer. [[spoiler: It also gives a vicious one regarding Hardestadt himself, questioning his claim to have never been violated]].
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Y'golonac invokes this, as one of the most sickening and depraved of the Great Old Ones. Its MO, being horrific violation, is one of the most monstrous in the Teraverse.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: The Defiler, like most of the dark gods Coyte served, was not happy about him leaving his service, and expresses disappointment he could not punish Coyte himself.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The story closes with Hardestadt meeting an Irishwoman heavily, heavily implied to be Aisling Vallee.]]
* UltimateEvil: The Defiler is never truly seen, only acting through the avatar it turns one of its possessed victims into. Not even its true name is ever fully spoken -- which makes sense, given Y'golonac's name alone is enough to summon it in the original Severn Valley mythos.
* WhamLine: One of the most disturbing and shocking in all of the Neverkind Saga. Hardestadt tells Y'golonac it's never known him. He's never raped anyone and he especially hasn't ever been violated.
-> '''Y'golonac''': [[spoiler: Oh. Are you ''quite'' certain of ''that?'']]
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Still reeling from the loss of someone he loved, Hardestadt Delac is asked by Loren Prospero to see to a seemingly normal investigation, only to be drawn into the clutches of a horrific being with sinister intentions, who may yet reveal several secrets Hardestadt yearns for...
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!! The work contains examples of the following tropes:
* AmbiguousSituation: Loads. What happened to Stefano de Cortly that ended up with him taken by Y'golonac and that he 'died screaming?' What happened to Eliza, given she's disappeared by the 1960s but alive and well from [[Literature/TheCityOfNever 2001 onward]]? [[spoiler:What did Y'golonac mean when implying Hardestadt had been raped before]]?
* ArcWords: "Never is forever," as with previous installments, this time meant to refer to Y'golonac's belief in DefiledForever.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Hardestadt rejects the Defiler's hold on him as he's never been raped, the Defiler's reaction? [[spoiler: "Oh, are you quite certain of that?"]]
* BigBad: The villain of this one is the horrific 'Defiler' of the Severn Valley Mythos by Ramsey Campbell, Y'golonac.
* BittersweetEnding: The single most charitable interpretation of the ending. [[spoiler: Monica is saved and possibly on the road to recovery, Y'golonac's summoning is prevented, and Prospero reaffirms his close friendship with Hardestadt. On the other hand, Y'golonac implies Hardestadt has been raped in the past, something he cannot remember or even fathom, Y'golonac has defiled and slaughtered tons of people in its brief time in a host, Hardestadt has lost Eliza and is no closer to finding her or even knowing what happened to her and at the end? He is absolutely emotionally shattered and cannot bring himself to admit that what he does is worth it this time.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Possibly the bleakest ''Kindness of Devils'' yet, with overarching themes of loss, mourning, and the BigBad being possibly one of the most twisted Great Old Ones conceived: Y'golonac, of the Severn Valley mythos, who here is essentially presented as the sadistic embodiment of rape and defilement. [[spoiler:The story ends on an almost complete downer, too, with Eliza nowhere to be seen, the Defiler entirely untouched by the end and passing along a dark implication Hardestadt may have been unknowingly raped in the past.]]
* TheChainOfHarm: The Defiler steadfastly believes that "the violated become the violators" -- and all of them perpetually belong to him for this reason.
* DefiledForever: This is what the Defiler believes. Once raped, it believes you belong to it forever. [[spoiler: Hardestadt ultimately refutes this savagely, believing people are much stronger and cannot be defined by this, recalling Eliza and how she overcame her own trauma for his own strength.]]
* KarmaHoudini: As a Great Old One, the Defiler is beyond punishment. While thwarted in is plans, its avatar is destroyed and it simply returns to its plane, completely unfazed and largely triumphant.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Hardestadt is revealed to have had a genuine relationship with Eliza Cortly of the Never Mythos that ended nearly twenty years ago under unknown circumstances. He has no idea what happened to her, misses her horribly and still yearns for her even decades later.]]
* PostRapeTaunt: Y'golonac considers every violation to belong to it. It mocks Hardestadt as having 'known' Eliza thanks to her marital rape at the hands of her husband Stefano, gleefully saying Eliza was his 'favorite' Seer. [[spoiler: It also gives a vicious one regarding Hardestadt himself, questioning his claim to have never been violated]].
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Y'golonac invokes this, as one of the most sickening and depraved of the Great Old Ones. Its MO, being horrific violation, is one of the most monstrous in the Teraverse.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: The Defiler, like most of the dark gods Coyte served, was not happy about him leaving his service, and expresses disappointment he could not punish Coyte himself.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The story closes with Hardestadt meeting an Irishwoman heavily, heavily implied to be Aisling Vallee.]]
* UltimateEvil: The Defiler is never truly seen, only acting through the avatar it turns one of its possessed victims into. Not even its true name is ever fully spoken -- which makes sense, given Y'golonac's name alone is enough to summon it in the original Severn Valley mythos.
* WhamLine: One of the most disturbing and shocking in all of the Neverkind Saga. Hardestadt tells Y'golonac it's never known him. He's never raped anyone and he especially hasn't ever been violated.
-> '''Y'golonac''': [[spoiler: Oh. Are you ''quite'' certain of ''that?'']]
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* PostRapeTaunt: Y'golonac considers every violation to belong to it. It mocks Hardestadt as having 'known' Eliza thanks to her marital rape at the hands of her husband Stefano, gleefully saying Eliza was his 'favorite' Seer. [[spoiler: It also gives a vicious one regarding Hardestadt himself, question questioning his claim ]].to have never been violated]].
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* BigBad: The villain of this one? Is the horrific 'Defiler' of the Severn Valley Mythos by Ramsey Campbell, Y'golonac.
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* BigBad: The villain of this one? Is one is the horrific 'Defiler' of the Severn Valley Mythos by Ramsey Campbell, Y'golonac.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Possibly the bleakest ''Kindness of Devils'' yet, with overarching themes of loss, mourning, and the BigBad being possibly one of the most twisted Great Old Ones conceived: Y'golonac, of the Severn Valley mythos, who here is essentially presented as the sadistic embodiment of rape and defilement. [[spoiler:The story ends on an almost complete downer, too, with Eliza nowhere to be seen, the Defiler entirely untouched by the end and passing along a dark implication Hardestadt may have been unknowingly ''raped'' in the past.]]
* TheChainOfHarm: The Defiler steadfastly believes that "the violated become the violators" -- and ''all'' of them perpetually belong to him for this reason.
* DefiledForever: This is what the Defiler believes. Once raped, it believes you belong to it ''forever.'' [[spoiler: Hardestadt ultimately refutes this savagely, believing people are much stronger and cannot be defined by this, recalling Eliza and how she overcame her own trauma for his own strength.]]
* TheChainOfHarm: The Defiler steadfastly believes that "the violated become the violators" -- and ''all'' of them perpetually belong to him for this reason.
* DefiledForever: This is what the Defiler believes. Once raped, it believes you belong to it ''forever.'' [[spoiler: Hardestadt ultimately refutes this savagely, believing people are much stronger and cannot be defined by this, recalling Eliza and how she overcame her own trauma for his own strength.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Possibly the bleakest ''Kindness of Devils'' yet, with overarching themes of loss, mourning, and the BigBad being possibly one of the most twisted Great Old Ones conceived: Y'golonac, of the Severn Valley mythos, who here is essentially presented as the sadistic embodiment of rape and defilement. [[spoiler:The story ends on an almost complete downer, too, with Eliza nowhere to be seen, the Defiler entirely untouched by the end and passing along a dark implication Hardestadt may have been unknowingly ''raped'' raped in the past.]]
* TheChainOfHarm: The Defiler steadfastly believes that "the violated become the violators" -- and''all'' all of them perpetually belong to him for this reason.
* DefiledForever: This is what the Defiler believes. Once raped, it believes you belong to it''forever.'' forever. [[spoiler: Hardestadt ultimately refutes this savagely, believing people are much stronger and cannot be defined by this, recalling Eliza and how she overcame her own trauma for his own strength.]]
* TheChainOfHarm: The Defiler steadfastly believes that "the violated become the violators" -- and
* DefiledForever: This is what the Defiler believes. Once raped, it believes you belong to it
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* PostRapeTaunt: Y'golonac considers every violation to belong to it. It mocks Hardestadt as having 'known' Eliza thanks to her marital rape at the hands of her husband Stefano, gleefully saying Eliza was his 'favorite' Seer. [[spoiler: And then it It also gives a vicious one regarding Hardestadt himself.]]himself, question his claim ]].
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* ResignationsNotAccepted: The Defiler, like most of the dark gods Coyte served, was not happy about him leaving his service, and expresses disappointment he could not punish Coyte himself.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The story closes with Hardestadt meeting an Irishwoman heavily,''heavily'' heavily implied to be Aisling Vallee.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: Loads. What happened to Stefano that ended up with him taken by Y'golonac? What happened to Eliza, given she's disappeared by the 1960s but alive and well from [[Literature/TheCityOfNever 2001 onward]]? [[spoiler:What did Y'golonac mean when implying Hardestadt had been raped before]]?
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* AmbiguousSituation: Loads. What happened to Stefano de Cortly that ended up with him taken by Y'golonac? Y'golonac and that he 'died screaming?' What happened to Eliza, given she's disappeared by the 1960s but alive and well from [[Literature/TheCityOfNever 2001 onward]]? [[spoiler:What did Y'golonac mean when implying Hardestadt had been raped before]]?
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Y'golonac invokes this, as one of the most sickening and depraved of the Great Old Ones. Its MO, being horrific violation, is one of the most monstrous in the Teraverse.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Loads. What happened to Stefano that ended up with him taken by Y'golonac? What happened to Eliza, given she's disappeared by the 1960s but alive in and well from [[Literature/TheCityOfNever 2001 onward]]? [[spoiler:What did Y'golonac mean when implying Hardestadt had been raped before]]?
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* ParanoiaFuel: Y'golonac could be anywhere, within anyone and even the most respectable members of society could belong to it. [[spoiler: And it insinuates Hardestadt has been raped in the past, something that is disturbing to him as he cannot fathom or remember what this could possibly be referring to.]]
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* ParanoiaFuel: Y'golonac could be anywhere, within anyone and even the most respectable members of society could belong to it. [[spoiler: And it insinuates Hardestadt has been raped in the past, something that is disturbing to him as he cannot fathom or remember what this could possibly be referring to.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: The single most charitable interpretation of the ending. [[spoiler: Monica is saved and possibly on the road to recovery, Y'golonac's summoning is prevented, and Prospero reaffirms his close friendship with Hardestadt. On the other hand, Y'golonac implies Hardestadt has been raped in the past, something he cannot remember or even fathom, Y'golonac has defiled and slaughtered tons of people in its brief time in a host, Hardestadt has lost Eliza and is no closer to finding her or even knowing what happened to her and at the end? He is absolutely emotionally shattered and cannot bring himself to admit that what he does is worth it this time.]]
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The story closes with Hardestadt meeting an Irishwoman heavily, ''heavily'' implied to be Aisling Vallee.]]
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* UltimateEvil: The Defiler is never truly seen, only acting through the avatar it turns one of its possessed victims into. Not even its true name is ever fully spoken -- which makes sense, given Y'golonac's name alone is enough to summon it in the original Severn Valley mythos.
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* UltimateEvil: The Defiler is never truly seen, only acting through the avatar it turns one of its possessed victims into. Not even its true name is ever fully spoken -- which makes sense, given Y'golonac's name alone is enough to summon it in the original Severn Valley mythos.
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* ArcWords: "Never is forever," as with previous installments, this time meant to refer to Y'golonac's belief in DefiledForever.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Loads. What happened to Stefano that ended up with him taken by Y'golonac? What happened to Eliza, given she's disappeared by the 1960s but alive in well from [[Literature/TheCityOfNever 2001 onward]]? [[spoiler:What did Y'golonac mean when implying Hardestadt had been raped before]]?
* DarkerAndEdgier: Possibly the bleakest ''Kindness of Devils'' yet, with overarching themes of loss, mourning, and the BigBad being possibly one of the most twisted Great Old Ones conceived: Y'golonac, of the Severn Valley mythos, who here is essentially presented as the sadistic embodiment of rape and defilement. [[spoiler:The story ends on an almost complete downer, too, with Eliza nowhere to be seen, the Defiler entirely untouched by the end and passing along a dark implication Hardestadt may have been unknowingly ''raped'' in the past.]]
* TheChainOfHarm: The Defiler steadfastly believes that "the violated become the violators" -- and ''all'' of them perpetually belong to him for this reason.
* TheChainOfHarm: The Defiler steadfastly believes that "the violated become the violators" -- and ''all'' of them perpetually belong to him for this reason.
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* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Hardestadt is revealed to have had a genuine relationship with Eliza Cortly of the Never Mythos that ended nearly twenty years ago under unknown circumstances. He has no idea what happened to her, misses her horribly and still yearns for her even decades later.]]
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* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Hardestadt is revealed to have had a genuine relationship with Eliza Cortly of the Never Mythos that ended nearly twenty years ago under unknown circumstances. He has no idea what happened to her, misses her horribly and still yearns for her even decades later.]]
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The story closes with Hardestadt meeting an Irishwoman heavily, ''heavily'' implied to be Aisling Vallee.]]
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The story closes with Hardestadt meeting an Irishwoman heavily, ''heavily'' implied to be Aisling Vallee.]]
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* BigBad: The villain of this one? Is the horrific 'Defiler' of the Severn Valley Mythos by Ramsey Campbell.
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* BigBad: The villain of this one? Is the horrific 'Defiler' of the Severn Valley Mythos by Ramsey Campbell.Campbell, Y'golonac.
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* DefiledForever: This is what the Defiler believes. Once raped, it believes you belong to it ''forever.'' [[spoiler: Hardestadt ultimately refutes this savagely, believing people are much stronger and cannot be defined by this, recalling Eliza and how she overcame her own trauma for his own strength.]]
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''Only a Lonely Heart'' is a supernatural-horror [[WebOriginalFiction short story]] by Lightysnake, an entry in ''Literature/TheKindnessOfDevils'' and a prequel to the main series set the 1960s, taking place days after ''Literature/NoneTooHoly]]. It can be read [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3334076/1/Only-A-Lonely-Heart here]].
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''Only a Lonely Heart'' is a supernatural-horror [[WebOriginalFiction short story]] by Lightysnake, an entry in ''Literature/TheKindnessOfDevils'' and a prequel to the main series set the 1960s, taking place days after ''Literature/NoneTooHoly]].''Literature/NoneTooHoly''. It can be read [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3334076/1/Only-A-Lonely-Heart here]].
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''Only a Lonely Heart'' is a supernatural-horror [[WebOriginalFiction short story]] by Lightysnake, an entry in ''Literature/TheKindnessOfDevils'' and a prequel to the main series set the 1960s, taking place days after ''Literature/NoneTooHoly]]. It can be read [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3334076/1/Only-A-Lonely-Heart here]].
Still reeling from the loss of someone he loved, Hardestadt Delac is asked by Loren Prospero to see to a seemingly normal investigation, only to be drawn into the clutches of a horrific being with sinister intentions, who may yet reveal several secrets Hardestadt yearns for...
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!! The work contains examples of the following tropes:
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Hardestadt rejects the Defiler's hold on him as he's never been raped, the Defiler's reaction? [[spoiler: "Oh, are you quite certain of that?"]]
* BigBad: The villain of this one? Is the horrific 'Defiler' of the Severn Valley Mythos by Ramsey Campbell.
* KarmaHoudini: As a Great Old One, the Defiler is beyond punishment. While thwarted in is plans, its avatar is destroyed and it simply returns to its plane, completely unfazed and largely triumphant.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Hardestadt is revealed to have had a genuine relationship with Eliza Cortly of the Never Mythos that ended nearly twenty years ago under unknown circumstances. He has no idea what happened to her, misses her horribly and still yearns for her.]]
Still reeling from the loss of someone he loved, Hardestadt Delac is asked by Loren Prospero to see to a seemingly normal investigation, only to be drawn into the clutches of a horrific being with sinister intentions, who may yet reveal several secrets Hardestadt yearns for...
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!! The work contains examples of the following tropes:
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Hardestadt rejects the Defiler's hold on him as he's never been raped, the Defiler's reaction? [[spoiler: "Oh, are you quite certain of that?"]]
* BigBad: The villain of this one? Is the horrific 'Defiler' of the Severn Valley Mythos by Ramsey Campbell.
* KarmaHoudini: As a Great Old One, the Defiler is beyond punishment. While thwarted in is plans, its avatar is destroyed and it simply returns to its plane, completely unfazed and largely triumphant.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Hardestadt is revealed to have had a genuine relationship with Eliza Cortly of the Never Mythos that ended nearly twenty years ago under unknown circumstances. He has no idea what happened to her, misses her horribly and still yearns for her.]]
