History NightmareFuel / AManOfIron

* Euron reveals that buried underneath Hardhome is a pool of a liquid that came from another world (confirmed by WordOfGod to be a mass of [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiotes]]), which he has been experimenting by throwing prisoners into, resulting in them all turning into mindless berserk beasts with warped muscles. The victim also explodes in the end, just like all of Euron's previous failures. He implies that these creatures are the reason that at least some of the prior attempts at building a society at Hardhome over the centuries have failed.

* Euron reveals that buried underneath Hardhome is a pool of a liquid that came from another world (confirmed by WordOfGod to be a mass of [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiotes]]), which he has been experimenting by throwing prisoners into, resulting in them all turning into mindless berserk beasts with warped muscles. He implies that these creatures are the reason that at least some of the prior attempts at building a society at Hardhome over the centuries have failed.

* When Ned helplessly see his daughter Sansa die right before him, [[KillThemAll his reaction made reviewers worry about him taking the Lady Stoneheart road - or the Punisher one.]]

* [[AdultFear More mundane but no less terrifying for Tony and Pepper]]: Tywin called the banners and he asked Tony to bring Jon with him. Tony perfectly knows Tywin intends [[IHaveYourWife to use his ward as hostage against the main Stark family]] but has no way to politely refuse because Tywin is his lord liege.

* Jon's AdultFear at the thought of his and Natasha's future daughter being made to marry Joffrey's future son, as per Tywin's plans.

* Gendry telling the Brotherhood about "bowls of brown", and how you ''don't'' want to know [[IAteWhat the provenance of]] [[IAmAHumanitarian the meat]]. Everyone is low-key horrified by the possibility of their new member being that desperate to not starve.

* Qyburn is apparently known as a boogeyman in Westeros, with stories told to children of how he'll experiment on them if they misbehave. Considering what we know of the man (both in canon and [[ComicBook/MisterSinister who he's been merged with]]), this is probably very true.

* Qyburn is apparently known as a boogeyman in Westeros, with stories told to children of how he'll experiment on them if they misbehave. Considering what we know of the man (both in canon and [[Mister Sinister who he's been merged with]]), this is probably very true.

* Qyburn is apparently known as a boogeyman in Westeros, with stories told to children of how he'll experiment on them if they misbehave. Considering what we know of the man (both in canon and [[ComicBook/MisterSinister who he's been merged with]]), this is probably very true.

* Vulture King's attacks result in the death of all people in the merchant caravan attacked. That's bad enough on its own. Then, finally, there is a survivor that could be questioned to confirm whether other bandits were involved -- a pre-teen boy that survived by crawling under a bramble bush, leaving him with permanent scars in addition to severe trauma. And to cap it off, afterwards Tywin decides that the best way to provide for the kid is to leave him in the care of one of his men -- ser Adrian of the Tombs.

*** Making it even worse according the Mr. Chaos this is the '''TAME''' version, as how he originally wrote it was so graphically violent he chose to tone it down. He only mentions that in the original version Myranda's eyes were stitched shut with fish hooks.

* [[AxeCrazy Gregor Clegane]], full-stop. He's a Point-of-View character, and his chapters are quite disturbing to read.

* Thor is a walking nightmare for Theon, since he's the Storm God who constantly opposes the patron god of Ironborns in their creation mythos and seeks to destroy their world. He's basically the Beast of Revelation for the poor guy, and his little lightning-show doesn't help Theon to trust him more.