History NightmareFuel / DarkSouls

* Imagine: You're walking along a mountain passage in the [[spoiler:[[Valley of the Drakes]] and you find a presumably dead dragon hanging from a cliff side, and close to it's body is some loot. Being the curious person you are, you get close to start pillaging the corpse, then as soon as you pocket the items, the dragon rises from the ground and starts trying to kill you. Congrats, you just found an undead dragon. BringMyBrownPants indeed.

[[caption-width-right:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/manus-father-of-the-abyss_323.jpg [[PrepareToDie Prepare to see]] [[NightmareFuel your darkest nightmare]] [[labelnote:spoilers]]Manus, Father of the Abyss[[/labelnote]]]]

* Pictured above is Manus, [[spoiler:the Father of the Abyss and the FinalBoss [=/=] BigBad of the DownloadableContent]]. He is a terrifying EldritchAbomination that [[spoiler:curbstomped and corrupted [[FallenHero Artorias]], and spread the darkness over the land of Oolacile, turning its townsfolk into little more than mindless, grotesquely deformed monsters]]. The way he fights is [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown downright brutal]], capable of making even veteran players shudder in fear with his crazy, unpredictable moves. As if it wasn't enough, he's heavily implied to be [[spoiler:what has become of the Furtive Pygmy, one of the original Lords and bearer of the [[TitleDrop Dark Soul]]. This alone carries a lot of FridgeHorror as to what would happen should one's humanity go on an uncontrollable frenzy.]]
** The horror doesn't end here, as his legacy carries on over ''Videogame/DarkSoulsII'', [[spoiler:where the tiniest fragment of his soul dwells within Queen Nashandra, the game's true BigBad]].

* The fate of the Witch of Izalith and her daughters. [[spoiler:She loses control of the First Flame while trying to rekindle it and is transformed into the Bed of Chaos, her daughters turned into demons. Only one escapes.]]

* The Gaping Dragon comes to mind, with its [[BodyHorror ribcage-turned-mouth]].

* After you drain New Londo, you can walk about the ruins of the once proud city. Beyond the ghosts and vicious Darkwraiths, if you take a look down below your feet sometime you can see the drowned bodies of the people of the city who all drowned when the city was flooded to stop the Darkwraiths and Four Kings.

* [[spoiler: Artorias. By the time the player reaches him, the once proud knight has completely lost his sanity due to the corruption of the Abyss and howls at you like a raving beast trying to kill you.]]

* Pictured above is Manus, [[spoiler:the Father of the Abyss and the FinalBoss [=/=] BigBad of the downloadable content. He is a terrifying EldritchAbomination that curbstomped and corrupted [[FallenHero Artorias]], and spread the darkness over the land of Oolacile, turning its townsfolk into little more than mindless, grotesquely deformed monsters. The way it fights is [[ThatOneBoss downright brutal]], capable of making even veteran players shudder in fear with its crazy, unpredictable moves. As if it wasn't enough, it's heavily implied to be what has become of the Furtive Pygmy, one of the original Lords and bearer of the [[TitleDrop Dark Soul]]. This alone carries a lot of FridgeHorror as to what would happen should one's humanity go on an uncontrollable frenzy.]]
* [[BonusBoss Black Dragon Kalameet]] is literally [[{{Disney/SleepingBeauty}} Maleficent]]'s OneWingedAngel ''on steroids''. A very dark and edgy design overall, [[{{Cyclops}} creepy unique eye]], [[TheDreaded and he's feared even by the most badass knights of Anor Londo]]. If this isn't enough to convince you, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UXX-TL1bxc listen to his boss fight theme]].

* [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon The Kiln of the First Flame]]. [[spoiler:After countless grueling battles against the bearers of the Lord Souls, you harvest all four of them and satiate the Lordvessel, opening the door to Gwyn's true resting place. As you descend the staircase floating in a [[WhiteVoidRoom white void]], ''ghostly apparitions of Black Knights walk past you'', making you cringe as to what happened down there. Then, after making out of the white void, you are treated to... [[BleakLevel a dark and empty]] [[ShiftingSandLand desert of ash and cinder]]. Aside from a few [[EliteMooks Black Knights]] awaiting potential intruders in the wasteland, there is absolutely nothing else in the desert, emphasizing the ever-increasing despair of the scenery. And finally, after a long, tiresome march towards the very center of the furnace, you meet [[FinalBoss Gwyn]], [[TragicMonster the]] [[AndIMustScream Lord]] [[EmptyShell of]] [[FallenHero Cinder]] [[LightIsNotGood himself]].]]

* The Abyss is a likely contender for the scariest EldritchLocation in the game. In fact, the very first time you enter it becomes a textbook example of NothingIsScarier. [[spoiler:As soon as you land in the horizonless Abyss, there's seemingly nothing happening at all at first. A couple seconds later, one of the Four Kings makes its appearance by emerging from the darkness, triggering what is unequivocally the most nerve-wrecking fight in the base game, from the spectral appearance of the boss to the ''absolutely [[OminousLatinChanting oppressive chorus]]'', pressing you to hurry up before you're hopelessly overwhelmed by the respawning kings.]]
* [[spoiler: Manus, the Father of the Abyss and the FinalBoss [=/=] BigBad of the downloadable content, is a terrifying EldritchAbomination that curbstomped and corrupted [[FallenHero Artorias]] and spread the darkness over the land of Oolacile, turning its townsfolk into little more than mindless, grotesquely deformed monsters. The way it fights is [[ThatOneBoss downright brutal]], capable of making even veteran players shudder in fear with its crazy, unpredictable moves. As if it wasn't enough, it's heavily implied to be what has become of the Furtive Pygmy, one of the original Lords and bearer of the [[TitleDrop Dark Soul]]. This alone carries a lot of FridgeHorror as to what would happen should one's humanity go on an uncontrollable frenzy.]]

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** This occurs after ringing one of the Bells of Awakening. It's [[spoiler:Kingseeker Frampt, who is awakened once you ring the second one]]. Of course, he himself is ugly and horrifying and suddenly appears unexpectedly...
* The [[spoiler: Gaping Dragon]] comes to mind.

* [[spoiler: Gravelord Nito, in spades. He's literally a mountain of corpses with a magical cloak and a sword (also made of corpses) the length of a car. In one of his attacks, he stabs his sword into the ground, which comes up under you unless you dodge fast- and that's not the scary bit, although it is lovely ParanoiaFuel on its own. When he does this attack, you hear a disembodied woman's voice ''shriek in agony.'' It's quite... disconcerting. ]]

** Also in Oolacile Township, you come to a cryptic message that says "Let there be light..." while hearing a very loud knocking against the wall. At that point you have to think about whether or not you even want to try seeing what it means.

* The Abyss is a likely contender for scariest EldritchLocation. In fact, the very first time you enter it becomes a textbook example of NothingIsScarier. [[spoiler:As soon as you land in the horizonless Abyss, there's seemingly nothing happening at all at first. A couple seconds later, one of the Four Kings makes its appearance by emerging from the darkness, triggering what is unequivocally the most nerve-wrecking fight in the base game, from the spectral appearance of the boss to the ''absolutely [[OminousLatinChanting oppressive chorus]]'', pressing you to hurry up before you're hopelessly overwhelmed by the respawning kings.]]

* The Darkwraiths in New Londo. Evil knights corrupted by the Abyss, if you don't dodge their grab attack they start ''sucking out your soul.''

* The fate of the Witch of Izalith and her daughters. [[spoiler: she loses control of the First Flame while trying to rekindle it and is transformed into the Bed of Chaos, her daughters turned into demons. Only one escapes.]]
* [[spoiler: Gravelord Nito, in spades. He's literally a mountain of corpses with a magical cloak and a sword (also made of corpses) the length of a car. In one of his attacks, he stabs his sword into the ground, which comes up under you unless you dodge fast- and that's not the scary bit, although it is lovely [[ParanoiaFuel Paranoia Fuel]] on its own. When he does this attack, you hear a disembodied woman's voice ''shriek in agony.'' It's quite... disconcerting. ]]

* Also in Oolacile Township, you come to a cryptic message that says "Let there be light..." while hearing a very loud knocking against the wall. At that point you have to think about whether or not you even want to try seeing what it means.

* The Pisacas - holy maidens turned into half-serpent half-octopi. If they grab a hold of you, they suddenly sprout a ''massive'' spike out of what used to be their heads. They are made aggressive by horrendous dissonant music, played by some kind of clockpunk record player which was built solely to torment all who hear it. Even the man-serpents are afraid! They just ''run'' from the Pisacas, ignoring any attacks you do to them, until they make it to some safe high position.

* NightmareFuel:
** Many of the [=NPCs=] are seriously creepy, and use a total creeper tone of voice. Yet they don't attack you... at first. You have to guess which ones are actually harmless, and which ones will kill you the moment you turn around.
*** For example, when Rhea of Thorolund first arrives at Firelink Shrine, the Crestfallen Warrior describes her with a tone that implies that he's planning to do something to her.
*** There's also the tone that Laurentius uses when he demands that you tell him where you found chaos pyromancy and/or large pyromancy flame.
** At the pool of the Firelink Shrine, at a specific point in the game, you can hear ''something'' snoring. But you can't see what it is. And it is very big and loud.
** The [[spoiler: Gaping Dragon]] comes to mind.
** The [[http://darksouls.wikia.com/wiki/File:Mimic.png Mimic]], a ChestMonster. You end up trying to open it, the Mimic responds by ''[[ImAHumanitarian eating you alive.]]'' The only way to uncover it is to attack it, and even then, you still have to stay out of melee range to avoid its instant kill attack, which is (of course) eating you alive.
** There are many unnerving enemies in the game. The Bloated Undead and Crow Demons in the Painted World of Ariamis for example, as well as most things found in Blighttown and Lost Izalith.
** The fate of the Witch of Izalith and her daughters. [[spoiler: she loses control of the First Flame while trying to rekindle it and is transformed into the Bed of Chaos, her daughters turned into demons. Only one escapes.]]
** [[spoiler: Gravelord Nito, in spades. He's literally a mountain of corpses with a magical cloak and a sword (also made of corpses) the length of a car. In one of his attacks, he stabs his sword into the ground, which comes up under you unless you dodge fast- and that's not the scary bit, although it is lovely [[ParanoiaFuel Paranoia Fuel]] on its own. When he does this attack, you hear a disembodied woman's voice ''shriek in agony.'' It's quite... disconcerting. ]]
** After you drain New Londo, you can walk about the ruins of the once proud city. Beyond the ghosts and vicious Darkwraiths, if you take a look down below your feet sometime you can see the drowned bodies of the people of the city who all drowned when the city was flooded to stop the Darkwraiths and Four Kings.
** Don't look too closely at the walls in the Catacombs if you have a fear of insects.
** A meta example: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mCb8nZxg2M The True Dark Souls Starts Here.]]
** Oolacile Township. It's filled with ordinary townsfolk that have been completely warped by the Abyss and have their limbs hideously lengthened and contorted ''well'' beyond what a normal human should look like. The screams in the background (which sound uncomfortably like a little girl who hasn't been corrupted... yet) don't help.
** Also in Oolacile Township, you come to a cryptic message that says "Let there be light..." while hearing a very loud knocking against the wall. At that point you have to think about whether or not you even want to try seeing what it means.
** The Pisacas - holy maidens turned into half-serpent half-octopi. If they grab a hold of you, they suddenly sprout a ''massive'' spike out of what used to be their heads. They are made aggressive by horrendous dissonant music, played by some kind of clockpunk record player which was built solely to torment all who hear it. Even the man-serpents are afraid! They just ''run'' from the Pisacas, ignoring any attacks you do to them, until they make it to some safe high position.

** The Pisacas - holy maidens turned into half-serpent half-octopi. If they grab a hold of you, they suddenly sprout a ''massive'' spike out of what used to be their heads. They are made aggressive by horrendous dissonant music, played by some kind of clockpunk record player which was built solely to torment all who hear it. Even the man-serpents are afraid! They just ''run'' from the Pisacas, ignoring any attacks you do to them, until they make it to some safe hogh position.

** Also in Oolacile Township, you come to a cryptic message that says "Let there be light..." while hearing a very loud knocking against the wall. At that point you have to think about whether or not you even want to try seeing what it means.

** Oolacile Township. It's filled with ordinary townsfolk that have been completely warped by the Abyss and have their limbs hideously lengthened and contorted ''well'' beyond what a normal human should look like. The screams in the background (which sound uncomfortably like a little girl who hasn't been corrupted... yet) don't help.