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* The Charred Council itself. Visually it resembles three carved stone heads that absolutely ''tower'' over whoever stands before them. Each one speaks in a voice as deep as the abyss, are absolutely ''not'' interested in mercy, and send War out only because he pointed out that whether or not he dies, ''they still get what they want''. [[spoiler: And that's not even considering they knew he was innocent.]] Oh, and fun fact? [[EldritchAbomination NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE FUCK THEY ARE.]] They just appeared in the middle of the war between Heaven and Hell and stopped it. And nobody questioned them at the time.
* The opening shows an angel and demon crashing to earth mid-fight. You see the angel lifting up and expect him to stand up with the demon dead beneath his feet, but no, it's the other way around. The demon has impaled the angel, and as soon as he sees the humans gathered around he ''immediately'' switches targets.
** How outclassed the angels were. Plain and simple, they're treated as full on cannon fodder throughout much of the game; at almost no point is any rank and file Hellguard soldier anything more than target practice, and it's terrifying to see. Thankfully, the higher ups are pretty badass, but that doesn't diminish things much.

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* The Charred Council itself. Visually Visually, it resembles three carved stone heads that absolutely ''tower'' over whoever stands before them. Each one speaks in a voice as deep as the abyss, are absolutely ''not'' interested in mercy, and send War out only because he pointed out that whether or not he dies, ''they still get what they want''. [[spoiler: And that's not even considering they knew he was innocent.]] innocent. Oh, and fun fact? [[EldritchAbomination NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE FUCK THEY ARE.]] They just appeared in the middle of the war between Heaven and Hell and stopped it. And nobody questioned them at the time.
* The opening shows an angel and demon crashing to earth mid-fight. You see the angel lifting up and expect him to stand up with the demon dead beneath his feet, but no, it's the other way around. The demon has impaled the angel, and as soon as he sees the humans gathered around around, he ''immediately'' switches targets.
** How outclassed the angels were. Plain and simple, they're treated as full on full-on cannon fodder throughout much of the game; at almost no point is any rank and file Hellguard soldier anything more than target practice, and it's terrifying to see. Thankfully, the higher ups higher-ups are pretty badass, but that doesn't diminish things much.



** The last Chosen before you head for the tower, [[GiantSpider Silithia]], is a piece of work. Not only is she a MotherOfAThousandYoung and a ginormous mutated spider, she is also ''as intelligent as, if not more so than, Tiamat'', and attempts to [[spoiler: turn War against Samael by telling him the true reason for Samael enlisting his help.]] Also, there's the fact she collects ''people'' who tell her things. The fact Samael defines the ones she feeds to her children as the lucky ones is... [[FateWorseThanDeath chilling]]. Oh, and if you thought Tiamat had an unsettling voice, Silithia's is even ''worse''.

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** The last Chosen before you head for the tower, [[GiantSpider Silithia]], is a piece of work. Not only is she a MotherOfAThousandYoung and a ginormous mutated spider, she is also ''as intelligent as, if not more so than, Tiamat'', and attempts to [[spoiler: turn War against Samael by telling him the true reason for Samael enlisting his help.]] help. Also, there's the fact she collects ''people'' who tell her things. The fact Samael defines the ones she feeds to her children as the lucky ones is... [[FateWorseThanDeath chilling]]. Oh, and if you thought Tiamat had an unsettling voice, Silithia's is even ''worse''.



* Samael. Is he AffablyEvil? Yes. Does he help War rather extensively and makes him strong enough to take on the Destroyer? Absolutely. Does this make him any less scary? FUCK no. His voice [[EvilSoundsDeep rivals the Charred Council's in pitch]] and he carries a serious air of apathy and menace just by showing up. And when he gets angry, he also gets [[NoIndoorVoice very loud.]] [[spoiler: In fact, he's shaping up to be a GreaterScopeVillain, and considering his boast that it would take all four Horsemen to defeat him(and Darksiders 2 not exactly disproving this claim), he may very well prove himself to be nigh-unstoppable.]]

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* Samael. Is he AffablyEvil? Yes. Does he help War rather extensively and makes him strong enough to take on the Destroyer? Absolutely. Does this make him any less scary? FUCK no. His voice [[EvilSoundsDeep rivals the Charred Council's in pitch]] and he carries a serious air of apathy and menace just by showing up. And when he gets angry, he also gets [[NoIndoorVoice very loud.]] [[spoiler: In fact, he's shaping up to be a GreaterScopeVillain, and considering his boast that it would take all four Horsemen to defeat him(and him (and Darksiders 2 not exactly disproving this claim), he may very well prove himself to be nigh-unstoppable.]]
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** [[KingMook The Stygian]] is a giant(noticing a trend?) Ashworm, which is saying something considering normal Ashworms already dwarf the previous two Chosen in size. And for some inane reason, [[BullyingADragon the demons in its territory have captured it and are trying to tame it.]] So by the time you reach it, its huge, its strong, and it is fucking ''pissed''.

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** [[KingMook The Stygian]] is a giant(noticing a trend?) Ashworm, which is saying something considering normal Ashworms already dwarf the previous two Chosen in size. And for some inane reason, [[BullyingADragon the demons in its territory have captured it and are trying to tame it.]] So by the time you reach it, its it's huge, its it's strong, and it is fucking ''pissed''.
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* Samael. Is he AffablyEvil? Yes. Does he help War rather extensively and makes him strong enough to take on the Destroyer? Absolutely. Does this make him any less scary? FUCK no. His voice [[EvilSoundsDeep rivals the Charred Council's in pitch]] and he carries a serious air of apathy and menace just by showing up. And when he gets angry, he also gets [[NoIndoorVoice ''incredibly loud''.]] [[spoiler: In fact, he's shaping up to be a GreaterScopeVillain, and considering his boast that it would take all four Horsemen to defeat him(and Darksiders 2 not exactly disproving this claim), he may very well prove himself to be nigh-unstoppable.]]

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* Samael. Is he AffablyEvil? Yes. Does he help War rather extensively and makes him strong enough to take on the Destroyer? Absolutely. Does this make him any less scary? FUCK no. His voice [[EvilSoundsDeep rivals the Charred Council's in pitch]] and he carries a serious air of apathy and menace just by showing up. And when he gets angry, he also gets [[NoIndoorVoice ''incredibly loud''.very loud.]] [[spoiler: In fact, he's shaping up to be a GreaterScopeVillain, and considering his boast that it would take all four Horsemen to defeat him(and Darksiders 2 not exactly disproving this claim), he may very well prove himself to be nigh-unstoppable.]]
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** Finally, the last Chosen period, [[TheDragon Straga.]] Easily [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever biggest]] and strongest of the Chosen, he looks absolutely ''demonic'' and serves as a HopelessBossFight in the intro sequence. That's right, for as badass as War is, this thing ''beat the shit out of him, only losing an eye in the process''. Thankfully, he's pretty fucking stupid, but still.

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** Finally, the last Chosen period, [[TheDragon Straga.]] Easily [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever biggest]] and strongest of the Chosen, he looks absolutely ''demonic'' and serves as a HopelessBossFight in the intro sequence. That's right, for as badass as War is, this thing ''beat the shit out of him, only losing an eye in the process''. Thankfully, he's pretty fucking stupid, but still.still.
*Samael. Is he AffablyEvil? Yes. Does he help War rather extensively and makes him strong enough to take on the Destroyer? Absolutely. Does this make him any less scary? FUCK no. His voice [[EvilSoundsDeep rivals the Charred Council's in pitch]] and he carries a serious air of apathy and menace just by showing up. And when he gets angry, he also gets [[NoIndoorVoice ''incredibly loud''.]] [[spoiler: In fact, he's shaping up to be a GreaterScopeVillain, and considering his boast that it would take all four Horsemen to defeat him(and Darksiders 2 not exactly disproving this claim), he may very well prove himself to be nigh-unstoppable.]]
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** How outclassed the angels were. Plain and simple, they're treated as full on cannon fodder throughout much of the game; at almost no point is any rank and file Hellguard soldier anything less than target practice, and it's terrifying to see.

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** How outclassed the angels were. Plain and simple, they're treated as full on cannon fodder throughout much of the game; at almost no point is any rank and file Hellguard soldier anything less more than target practice, and it's terrifying to see.see. Thankfully, the higher ups are pretty badass, but that doesn't diminish things much.

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** [[GiantCreepyCrawlies The Griever]], a humongous insectoid creature that controls the already-creepy Swarm and rules over them. When fucking ULTHANE has no interest in actually killing the damn thing, it clearly means trouble.

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** [[GiantCreepyCrawlies [[BigCreepyCrawlies The Griever]], a humongous insectoid creature that controls the already-creepy Swarm and rules over them. When fucking ULTHANE has no interest in actually killing the damn thing, it clearly means trouble.



** The last Chosen before you head for the tower, [[GiantSpider Silithia]], is a piece of work. Not only is she a MotherOfAThousandYoung and a ginormous mutated spider, she is also ''as intelligent as, if not more so than, Tiamat'', and attempts to [[spoiler: turn War against Samael by telling him the true reason for Samael enlisting his help.]] Also, there's the fact she collects ''people'' who tell her things. The fact Samael defines the ones she feeds to her children as the lucky ones is... [[FateWorseThanDeath chilling]]. Oh, and if you thought Tiamat had an unsettling voice, Silithia's is even ''worse''.

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** The last Chosen before you head for the tower, [[GiantSpider Silithia]], is a piece of work. Not only is she a MotherOfAThousandYoung and a ginormous mutated spider, she is also ''as intelligent as, if not more so than, Tiamat'', and attempts to [[spoiler: turn War against Samael by telling him the true reason for Samael enlisting his help.]] Also, there's the fact she collects ''people'' who tell her things. The fact Samael defines the ones she feeds to her children as the lucky ones is... [[FateWorseThanDeath chilling]]. Oh, and if you thought Tiamat had an unsettling voice, Silithia's is even ''worse''.''worse''.
**Finally, the last Chosen period, [[TheDragon Straga.]] Easily [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever biggest]] and strongest of the Chosen, he looks absolutely ''demonic'' and serves as a HopelessBossFight in the intro sequence. That's right, for as badass as War is, this thing ''beat the shit out of him, only losing an eye in the process''. Thankfully, he's pretty fucking stupid, but still.
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Considering this game takes place a century AfterTheEnd in a CrapsackWorld full of demons and other monstrosities, there's bound to be some scary stuff.

*The Charred Council itself. Visually it resembles three carved stone heads that absolutely ''tower'' over whoever stands before them. Each one speaks in a voice as deep as the abyss, are absolutely ''not'' interested in mercy, and send War out only because he pointed out that whether or not he dies, ''they still get what they want''. [[spoiler: And that's not even considering they knew he was innocent.]] Oh, and fun fact? [[EldritchAbomination NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE FUCK THEY ARE.]] They just appeared in the middle of the war between Heaven and Hell and stopped it. And nobody questioned them at the time.
*The opening shows an angel and demon crashing to earth mid-fight. You see the angel lifting up and expect him to stand up with the demon dead beneath his feet, but no, it's the other way around. The demon has impaled the angel, and as soon as he sees the humans gathered around he ''immediately'' switches targets.
**How outclassed the angels were. Plain and simple, they're treated as full on cannon fodder throughout much of the game; at almost no point is any rank and file Hellguard soldier anything less than target practice, and it's terrifying to see.
*The Chosen are each nightmarish in their own ways. To elaborate;
**[[OurDragonsAreDifferent Tiamat.]] A giant bat-dragon hybrid that for some reason has [[{{Squick}} human breasts]] on her chest. She speaks in a grating voice and seems to excel at [[DealWithTheDevil striking deals]]. Too bad for her she wouldn't like War's terms.
**[[GiantCreepyCrawlies The Griever]], a humongous insectoid creature that controls the already-creepy Swarm and rules over them. When fucking ULTHANE has no interest in actually killing the damn thing, it clearly means trouble.
**[[KingMook The Stygian]] is a giant(noticing a trend?) Ashworm, which is saying something considering normal Ashworms already dwarf the previous two Chosen in size. And for some inane reason, [[BullyingADragon the demons in its territory have captured it and are trying to tame it.]] So by the time you reach it, its huge, its strong, and it is fucking ''pissed''.
**The last Chosen before you head for the tower, [[GiantSpider Silithia]], is a piece of work. Not only is she a MotherOfAThousandYoung and a ginormous mutated spider, she is also ''as intelligent as, if not more so than, Tiamat'', and attempts to [[spoiler: turn War against Samael by telling him the true reason for Samael enlisting his help.]] Also, there's the fact she collects ''people'' who tell her things. The fact Samael defines the ones she feeds to her children as the lucky ones is... [[FateWorseThanDeath chilling]]. Oh, and if you thought Tiamat had an unsettling voice, Silithia's is even ''worse''.

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