History NightmareFuel / DragaliaLost

* "Caged Desire" gets into what makes Emile the narcissistic, petty tyrant of a prince he is, and even worse now that he's the Emperor of the Dyrenell Empire. As the party and the [[VideoGame/Persona5 Phantom Thieves]] raid the Prison's Cores, Euden tells how he used to be talented in the arts and music, but considering the way Alberia and Grastaea is, such things would have no use on the battlefield or in the boardroom, leading him to develop an inferiority complex. It turns out it only got worse after Euden defeated him back in Chapter 4, left him alive and there the party hears his soldiers outright shit talking him to his face that they'd rather be with any of his siblings, or even the Traitor Prince. They're only with Emile just for the cushy positions. What also makes the event nightmare worthy is he gets his "advice" from a smartphone given to him by EMMA, who in ''Strikers'' is [[spoiler:not only an AI, but becomes the final boss and the successor to Yaldabaoth!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Every family has one little monster.]]

** In order to draw out Satan's soul from the underworld, he requires a HumanSacrifice in a ritual. How many people are needed? '''''666.''''' Basileus, Graht, and the fake Harle plan to use the Auspecalia as a glorified ritual ground, where there will be so many people to kill. Pinon is rightfully horrified when she learns just how many people will be mercilessly slaughtered in the process. And then you get to personally witness the sacrifice in the next scene, which is easily ''the most'' horrific and violent onscreen slaughter in the entire game so far. The worst part is, the apostles arrive far too late to save even a single life. It gets [[FromBadToWorse even worse]] when they are [[UnwittingPawn tricked into killing Graht for the last sacrifice]] and fulfilling the ritual. They are forced to watch Origa offer herself up to finish the revival they had desperately tried to prevent.

** Then part two reveals that Loki had been playing both Origa and Basileus as Origa loses control and is ultimately absorbed by Satan while Loki and Satan leave to destroy all of Grams. Satan proves so powerful that he actually manages to kill all of the archangels, leaving the apostles with only a day to stop him before they drop dead as well.

** In order to draw out Satan's soul from the underworld, he requires a HumanSacrifice in a ritual. How many people are needed? '''''666.''''' Basileus, Graht, and the fake Harle plan to use the Auspecalia as a glorified ritual ground, where there will be so many people to kill. Pinon is rightfully horrified when she learns just how many people will be mercilessly slaughtered in the process. And then you get to personally witness the sacrifice in the next scene, which is easily ''the most'' horrific and violent onscreen slaughter in the entire game so far. The worst part is, the apostles arrive far too late to save even a single life.

** Harle, the smarmy asshole the party has come to know and hate, isn't the real Harle at all. His true identity is a demon named Loki, created by "Phares", AKA the Progenitor. The real Harle was thrown into another world and replaced with the fake Harle ''several years before the story even began.'' ''Nobody'' except for the real Harle himself is even aware that he was replaced with a fake.
** In order to draw out Satan's soul from the underworld, he requires a HumanSacrifice in a ritual. How many people are needed? '''''666.''''' Basileus, Graht, and the fake Harle plan to use the Auspecalia as a glorified ritual ground, where there will be so many people to kill. Pinon is rightfully horrified when she learns just how many people will be mercilessly slaughtered in the process. The worst part is, they arrive far too late to save even a single life.
* Harle's Adventurer Story has him thrown into an alternate world after discovering Phares' journal and finding out that the Progenitor has not only taken over the second-born prince's body, but has an evil clone of himself to take his place, but throws him into an alternate world where now KING Leonidas has won his war against the dragons. Over that story, it's shown killing all the dragons is a bad idea as it's making the entire world die out as Sol Alberia is reduced to a desert wasteland, and Leonidas is still strict in his SocialDarwinist methodology pre-CharacterDevelopment.

** Harle, the smarmy asshole the party has come to know and hate, isn't the real Harle at all. His true identity is a demon named Loki, created by "Phares", AKA the Progenitor. The real Harle was thrown into another world and replaced with the fake Harle ''several years before the story even began.''

** It turns out Phares has been DeadAllAlong, having given up his body to The Progenitor, the setting's [[OrderIsNotGood god of order]] who has Beren pump Elysium full of black mana until even the setting's own TopGod himself is turned to Void Elysium, showing dragons not only don't have to be alive, but even GODS aren't immune to black mana! The two of them are not only part of the Satan Revival plot, but nobody was aware of Harle sneaking off a piece of the Sacred Shard for the plot as well, and that he plans to do it in the City of Grams.
** When Beren found out Euden hasn't given into despair even after learning the truth about himself, Beren [[VillainousBreakdown is so furious he's actually trembling with rage]] until his face suddenly morphs into [[NightmareFace a demonic one]] with {{red eyes|TakeWarning}}, [[BlackEyesOfCrazy black sclerae]], and a JaggedMouth as he rants about he's going to kill him. It's only because of Phares telling him they have to leave that Beren doesn't go through with it. Whether it's in March 2022 in time for the 3.5 Anniversary or later, we may be seeing the [[HesBack return]] of [[HijackedByGanon Morsayati]], the Other.

** When Beren found out Euden hasn't given into despair even after learning the truth about himself, Beren is so furious he's actually trembling with rage until his face suddenly morphs into [[NightmareFace a demonic one]] with {{red eyes|TakeWarning}}, [[BlackEyesOfCrazy black sclerae]], and a JaggedMouth as he rants about he's going to kill him. It's only because of Phares telling him they have to leave that Beren doesn't go through with it.

* Chapter 21 Part 2 shows that Phares has been DeadAllAlong, having given up his body to The Progenitor, the setting's chaos god who at the start of the chapter has Beren pump Elysium full of black mana until even the setting's own TopGod himself is turned to Void Elysium, showing dragons not only don't have to be alive, but even GODS aren't immune to black mana! The two of them are not only part of the Satan Revival plot, but nobody was aware of Harle sneaking off a piece of the Sacred Shard for the plot as well, and that he plans to do it in the City of Grams.
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