History NightmareFuel / FinalFantasyXIVShadowbringers

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvYQOtOq9bw Titania's first appearance]]. They make their presence known by ''[[MindRape invading the minds of every single living being in Il Mheg]]'', angrily raving about how bored they are and demanding that someone come "play" with them, complete with an oppresive atmosphere and a JumpScare. Considering that they also happen to be a Lightwarden, it's more than a little offputting to see what is essentially a giant Sin Eater show sentience and emotion. By piecing together conversations you can have with the fae [=NPCs=] around Il Mheg after this event, it can be put together that this has not been the first time this has happened and that the fae can only resist their call for so long. If we had not come along, all the fae tribes would have eventually one day succumbed to their call and become sineaters with fae powers enmass, swarming over the remnants of the First.

* As silly as the pixies playing with the Eulmoran army like toys looks, it also shows the nightmarish implications of messing with TheFairFolk. One minute you're standing there, and the next moment, [[FateWorseThanDeath you're a leafman]]. You find an inexplicable puddle on the ground? The Fuath have claimed their next victim, pulling you in to drown. The fact they have the power to snuff you out ''instantly'' one way or another goes to show how scary they can be despite their cute, playful, if not mischievous demeanor.

** It gets even worse when the Tales from the Shadows sidestory "A World Forsaken" elaborates on the fallout of Black Rose: It didn't just affect our nations, ''even Garlemald'' was part of the collateral damage, as their ceruleum and magitek ceased to function. Their very own weapon bit them back.

* Thancred's solo fight against Ran'jit drags on so long that in order to make some headway and gain the upper hand, Thancred uses a special technique that makes him invisible at a cost. While Thancred is invisible, the music completely cuts out and all you can hear is a heartbeat while the screen pulsates in purple. The status effect from the technique, Fading Fast, states that Thancred's aether is quickly draining draining him and if he doesn't cancel the effect in time, it can kill him. After you use the technique a second time, the game states that your pulse is starting to quicken. By the third time, Ran'jit sees through the illuison and will always counterattack to bring Thancred out of his invisibility. Thancred's really pushing his body to its absolute limit as the heartbeat gets even faster when you have to use Souldeep Invisibility. By using this skill, another status effect called Vital Signs kicks in, which state that Thancred is literally halting the flow of aether in his body to maintain strong invisibility at the cost of moving very slow and ''damaging his vital organs''. By using his "Leap of Faith" attack afterwards, Thancred manages to at least force Ran'jit to retreat, but the strain on his body makes him collapse and pass out as his cheek is bleeding from his wounds. Thankfully, Thancred is found by Urianger off screen and is revitalized, but the amount of strain he put on his body during the fight wasn't pretty.

-->'''Fandaniel''': I'm different, you see. From the ancients who clung to dear life. And from you. So don't bother trying to reason with me. You will find I have no reason. Or creed. Or any such tripe. I just want to destroy the world. But please ''do'' resist with all your might. It will add to my enjoyment.

** There are also a lot of corpses. Which is odd, at first, since Sin Eater conversion leaves feathers, rather than a body, and even weak Sin Eaters love to gorge on the flesh of the living. But when faced with those options]]... being DrivenToSuicide so at least you end up DyingAsYourself seems like the best option.

* Very early in the story, you get to witness someone transforming into a Sin Eater, and it is '''''not pleasant at all.''''' Tesleen, the kind caretaker who was close friends with Alisaie, gets impaled through the heart by a Forgiven Dissonance, as she tries to save an infected child. First she screams in horrific pain as the terrible light ravages her body, making some ''[[NightmareFace seriously wrong]]'' faces in the process, then she starts ''[[VomitIndiscretionShot puking out]]'' light aether as it starts ''leaking out from her eyes'' and later covering her entire body... and then she transforms into that... ''THING'' in the page image above. Even worse, she still manages to get some last words in, asking Alisaie to forgive her before she flies off, leaving poor Alisaie in tears. The entire sequence manages to be [[TearJerker utterly heartbreaking]], [[NauseaFuel awfully nauseating]], and ''[[NightmareFuel ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING]]'' all at once, and wouldn't look out of place in ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' or ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''. The infected child only adds to the eeriness of the entire scene, as he's so far gone that he does nothing but stare, straight-faced and unresponsive as Tesleen horrifically mutates ''right in front of him''. If you thought only the darkness was bad, ''[[LightIsNotGood think again.]]''

* Very early in the story, you get to witness someone transforming into a Sin Eater, and it is '''''not pleasant at all.''''' Tesleen, the kind caretaker who was close friends with Alisaie, gets impaled through the heart by a Forgiven Dissonance, as she tries to save an infected child. First she screams in horrific pain as the terrible light ravages her body, making some ''[[NightmareFace seriously wrong]]'' faces in the process, then she starts ''[[VomitIndiscretionShot puking out]]'' light aether as it starts ''leaking out from her eyes'' and later covering her entire body... and then she transforms into that... ''THING'' in the page image above. Even worse, she still manages to get some last words in, asking Alisaie to forgive her before she flies off, leaving poor Alisaie in tears. The entire sequence manages to be [[TearJerker utterly heartbreaking]], [[NauseaFuel awfully nauseating]], and ''[[NightmareFuel ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING]]'' all at once, and wouldn't look out of place in VideoGame/ParasiteEve or Franchise/ResidentEvil. The infected child only adds to the eeriness of the entire scene, as he's so far gone that he does nothing but stare, straight-faced and unresponsive as Tesleen horrifically mutates ''right in front of him''. If you thought only the darkness was bad, ''[[LightIsNotGood think again.]]'' It gets worse when you reach your first dungeon on the First; Tesleen is the dungeon's second boss.

** There are also a lot of corpses. Which is odd, at first, since Sin Eater conversion leaves feathers, rather than a body, and even weak Sin Eaters love to gorge on the flesh of the living. [[DrivenToSuicide But when]] faced with [[DyingAsYourself those options]]...

** The Amaurot dungeon is basically a guided tour through one of the original literary sources of Nightmare Fuel: the Book of Revelation in [[The Bible]]. The bosses are referenced to various beasts described by St. John, up to and including the final boss with multiple heads and “upon his heads the name of blasphemy”. The seas turning to blood and fire raining from the sky are events that happen during the apocalypse. Instead of locations as you go through the ruined city, you get descriptions that are taken from Revelation as well. It literally is the end of the world as a dungeon.

* If you thought the Weapon Project had some nightmarish means, the Diamond Weapon stoops to an all new low as it is discovered that the auracite's data is not Zenos, but ''Alfonse''. How? Valens thought it was a swell idea to lobotomize the man and transplant his consciousness into the weapon itself, and he's still conscious as he's taking control of the warmachina. Not even Valens's demise was a pretty sight. Sure, there's all the catharsis in watching him get crushed to death, but we're also watching all the painful contorting onscreen, complete with his eyes rolling over as he snaps like a twig before he ''pops''. We don't get to see what exactly happened at the end, but it's safe to assume his head popped open.

* Even after the [=YoRHa=] raids are done, there's still a bit of creepiness. During the second Weekly Quest for Komra, while talking with the Dig Site Chief, Glagg appears and accuses them of trying to take over the village, like the machines. However, he suddenly clutches his head, and wanders off, wondering what he was just doing. Which is...worrying, to say the least. If Glagg was being controlled, then...who was controlling him?