History NightmareFuel / KingsglaiveFinalFantasyXV

* Chancellor Ardyn Izunia's entrance into the throne room, as austere as it initially looks, is filled with a heavy and ominous ambience. He cheerfully comes in by himself, without any guards or escort, and yet Regis and the High Council all look in shock, realizing just how bold a move he just made and how he can get away with it so easily. FauxAffablyEvil indeed. And then you learn just how much of an asshole he is in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV''.

* The "Daemon" that's set loose by the Niflheim army in the opening battle. A giant, red-eyed monstrosity perpetually covered in smoke that proceeds to snuff out the HopeSpot that Crowe's firestorm provided to Lucis' army, before unleashing a massive barrage of projectiles not unlike the Diamond Weapon from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' (which it greatly draws its design from), wreaking havoc on the battlefield and turning the battle into a lost cause for the Kingsglaive. It turns out to be only one Daemon out of ''several'' that Niflheim has in reserve, and they gleefully deploy the rest during the sacking of Insomnia, setting the city ablaze.

--> '''Nyx:''' ''[In a hollow voice]'' Captain...?
* The Daemons incinerating hundreds of people during Niflheim's assault on Insomnia. The aftermath of the attack isn't any better.

* The Daemons incinerating hundreds of people during Niflheim's assault on Insomnia. The aftermath of the attack isn't any better.

* The manner in which Crowe's corpse is discovered. Two homeless men scrape the junks while discussing the consequences of the peace treaty. Then, one of them notices a human hand completely covered in insects that soon fly away to reveal a dead body.

--> '''Nyx:''' ''[In a hollow voice]'' Captain...?

* The deaths of Regis, Clarus and the Lucian High Council at the hands of Glauca. Glauca kills all four council members in one fell swoop, as an aside to his lunge towards Regis and Clarus. While Glauca is trying to force himself through Regis's weapons, Clarus tries to attack him from behind, but the Niflheim general quickly turns around, grabs Clarus, and violently throws him into a wall, shortly before hurling Clarus's sword back at its owner, fatally pinning the latter. Horrified, Regis calls out his comrade's name in vain.
** Regis's final stand is a showcase of Glauca's frightening resilience; the King of Lucis tries to fry the general with a powerful surge of lightning, but to no avail as Glauca slowly moves forward while blocking the lightning with his sword. Even the lightning that does reach him is voided by his armor's regenerative abilities. He then delivers [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a scathing speech]] to Regis, before impaling him in a manner reminiscent to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]], howling like a demon while he's at it.

* The deaths of Regis, Clarus and the Lucis High Council at the hands of Glauca. Clarus fatally wounds all of the High Council members. Then, Clarus valiantly fights him but gets pinned onto a balcony and Glauca runs him through with his sword. Regis is ForcedToWatch in shock as he screams his comrade's name. Afterwards, when Regis is fighting against Glauca, the latter ends up cutting off one of his fingers, dropping the Ring of the Lucii on the floor. He gives Nyx and Luna enough time to escape before getting ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice in front of them.

* The destruction of Insomnia sending everyone into a panic with nothing else to stop it. Some of the citizens are even killed in the process.

** When Lazarus puts on the ring, his body gets burned and he falls off to his death, screaming.

* The "Daemon" that's set loose by the Niflheim army in the opening battle. A giant, red-eyed monstrosity perpetually covered in smoke that proceeds to snuff out the HopeSpot that Crowe's firestorm provided to Lucis' army, before unleashing a massive barrage of projectiles not unlike the Diamond Weapon from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' (which it greatly draws its design from), wreaking havoc on the battlefield and turning the battle into a lost cause for the Kingsglaive. [[spoiler:It turns out to be only one Daemon out of ''several'' that Niflheim has in reserve, and they gleefully deploy the rest during the sacking of Insomnia, setting the city ablaze.]]

** Ravus's attempt to put on the ring [[spoiler:results in his arm getting burned]].
** When Lazarus puts on the ring, [[spoiler:his body gets burned and he falls off to his death, screaming]].
** [[spoiler:Nyx]] is judged unworthy and [[spoiler: his]] arm is set on fire, [[spoiler: until he proves himself worthy with his resolve to guard the future.]]
* The manner in which [[spoiler:Crowe's corpse]] is discovered. Two homeless men scrape the junks while discussing the consequences of the peace treaty. Then, one of them notices a human hand completely covered in insects that soon fly away to reveal a dead body.
* The scene leading up to the movie's [[TheReveal big reveal]] and DarkestHour. Nyx and Luna head to the rendezvous point designed by Drautos, and when no one seems to be there, Nyx decides to take a step out in the open and try to get in touch with the commander. [[spoiler:Suddenly, Nyx is shot twice and brought down to his knees, and surprise, Lazarus reveals himself as the shooter, a traitor Glaive and Crowe's murderer in quick succession. Leaving Nyx alone and chasing after Luna, he gets to savor a moment of power before the helpless princess, only to suffer a horrific immolation when he's tricked into wearing the Ring of the Lucii. Then, Drautos appears and seemingly approachs Nyx to tend to his wounds, before Libertus arrives in a car and decides to run over the former. This would illicit a WhatTheHellHero from Nyx... if not for Drautos revealing himself as General Glauca and flipping Libertus's car with disturbing ease. Nyx's betrayed expression sells it.]] Meanwhile, Niflheim warships are starting to drop Diamond Weapons into Insomnia, with the intent of burning the city to the ground.

** [[spoiler: Nyx]] is judged unworthy and [[spoiler: his]] arm is set on fire, [[spoiler: until he proves himself worthy with his resolve to guard the future.]]
* The manner in which [[spoiler:Crowe's corpse]] is discovered. Two homeless men scrape the junks while discussing the consequences of the peace treaty. Then, one of them notices a human hand completely covered in insects that soon fly away to reveal a dead body.

* The "Daemon" that's set loose by the joint Niflheim-Tenebrae force in the opening battle. A giant, red-eyed monstrosity perpetually covered in smoke that proceeds to snuff out the HopeSpot that Crowe's firestorm provided to Lucis' army, before unleashing a massive barrage of projectiles not unlike the Diamond Weapon from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' (which it greatly draws its design from), wreaking havoc on the battlefield and turning the battle into a lost cause for the Kingsglaive. [[spoiler:It turns out to be only one Daemon out of ''several'' that Niflheim has in reserve, and they gleefully deploy the rest during the sacking of Insomnia, setting the city ablaze.]]

* Just Pelna, who found where Lunafreya was held captive onboard the Niflheim warship, lets his guard down and tells an incoming Nyx that everything's fine (despite Nyx's warnings that it's a trap), a tentacle grabs the poor sap and trashes him around the corridor, before throwing him away and giving chase to Nyx and Luna. As we find out later, the tentacles belong to none other than a massive ''Ultros'', and it spends the rest of its screen time trying to get at the pair even as the Niflheim warship is about to crash down.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods Ultros]] [[NotSoHarmlessVillain isn't joking around anymore.]]]]

* Just when one of the glaives sent to retrieve Lunafreya from the Niflheim warship lets his guard down and tells an incoming Nyx that everything's fine (despite Nyx's warnings that it's a trap), a tentacle grabs the poor sap and trashes him around the corridor, before throwing him away and giving chase to Nyx and Luna. As we find out later, the tentacles belong to none other than a massive ''Ultros'', and it spends the rest of its screen time trying to get at the pair even as the Niflheim warship is about to crash down.

* Nyx discovering Crowe's dead body in a bag to find that it was slowly decaying.

** When Lazarus puts on the ring, [[spoiler:his body gets burned and he falls off to his death, screaming]].

* Just when one of the glaives sent to retrieve Lunafreya from the Niflheim warship lets his guard down and tells an incoming Nyx that everything's fine (despite Nyx's warnings that it's a trap), a tentacle grabs the poor sap and trashes him around the corridor, before throwing him away and giving chase to Nyx and Luna. As we find out later, the tentacles belong to none other than a massive ''Ultros'', and it spends the rest of its screen time trying to get at the pair even as the Niflheim warship is about to crash down.