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* Ark's storyline, not even before you hit his second job advancement, treats us [[spoiler:to a flashback where Ark firsthandedly [[KickTheDog saw the genocide of an innocent species.]] The one afterwards shows the survivors presumably being ''burned alive'' while Albaire and Ark look on, followed by General Limbo showing off his "[[SlasherSmile true form]]", which is the current page image.]]

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* Ark's storyline, not even before you hit his second job advancement, treats us [[spoiler:to to a flashback where Ark firsthandedly [[KickTheDog saw the genocide of an innocent species.]] The one afterwards shows the survivors presumably being ''burned alive'' while Albaire and Ark look on, followed by General Limbo showing off his "[[SlasherSmile true form]]", which is the current page image.]]



** The [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/8/84/Mob_Sophilia_Doll_Ground.png/revision/latest?cb=20080125184156 Sophilia Doll monsters]] and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/29/Mob_Sophilia_Doll.png/revision/latest?cb=20080125184156 Sophilia Doll-head marionettes]], both which cry like little girls when defeated. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiiLGFpEZqI You really have to watch it to feel it.]]
*** It's worse if one knows the story behind the mansion and its people. The dolls are modeled after the daughter of the man who ran the toy-making shop in the mansion (it was noted that these dolls looked creepy enough even before they were possessed). Sophilia [[spoiler: was climbing up a chimney and fell to her death, causing her father to lock himself in his factory and eventually starve, and her butler to be overwhelmed by guilt. When the mansion was first released, those that got in could converse with the ghosts of the inhabitants, who were, aside from a few, unaware that they had been dead for what was probably decades.]] Now imagine that sweet, innocent Sophilia, who just wants her first doll, some candy, and to see her father, then imagine her wailing like the death cries of the dolls.

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** The [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/8/84/Mob_Sophilia_Doll_Ground.png/revision/latest?cb=20080125184156 Sophilia Doll monsters]] and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/29/Mob_Sophilia_Doll.png/revision/latest?cb=20080125184156 Sophilia Doll-head marionettes]], both which cry like little girls when defeated. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiiLGFpEZqI You really have to watch it to feel it.]]
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]] It's worse if one knows the story behind the mansion and its people. The dolls are modeled after the daughter of the man who ran the toy-making shop in the mansion (it was noted that these dolls looked creepy enough even before they were possessed). Sophilia [[spoiler: was climbing up a chimney and fell to her death, causing her father to lock himself in his factory and eventually starve, and her butler to be overwhelmed by guilt. When the mansion was first released, those that got in could converse with the ghosts of the inhabitants, who were, aside from a few, unaware that they had been dead for what was probably decades.]] Now imagine that sweet, innocent Sophilia, who just wants her first doll, some candy, and to see her father, then imagine her wailing like the death cries of the dolls.



* The Madhouse Event is one Nightmare Fuel after another. First off, if time runs out, the last thing you see before being kicked out of the dungeon is a glaring blue eye (presumably [[spoiler: TheMole Sean's]], right before she strikes with a ''skull for a pupil'' and a scream, presumably yours. If you enter a room without a light or take the wrong medicine, you wind up in a room where you find one of your friends being tortured. (Worse, the devices the doctors and orderlies are using on them? Those are ''chairs'' you can get from the Vending Machine if you ever want to see ''your'' character like that.) [[spoiler: Not to mention, as you put together Chloe's diary, you start to learn, one bit at a time, just what happened to her; and when compared to Sean's brief diary, found in the epilogue, you find ''her'' point of view, and discover the truth, when pieced together, [[SplitPersonality the truth of the killer's identity]] should come as a shock.
* [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/21/Mob_Alloy_Xenoroid_DX.png/revision/latest?cb=20150115035736 The]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/6/6a/Mob_Alloy_Xenoroid_EX.png/revision/latest?cb=20150115035738 Xenoroids]] in Black Heaven and the Scrapyard. Those guys just aren't right. (Although, storylines show they're [[DarkIsNotEvil just as capable of sentience and emotion]] as the other robots.)
** And what's more, it's clear that those are just mechanical [[{{Expy}} expies]] of [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/24/NPC_Xenon.png/revision/latest?cb=20170808080558 Xenon]] and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/8/82/Mob_Beryl.png/revision/latest?cb=20121228155640 Beryl]], which makes them all the more unnerving.

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* The Madhouse Event is one Nightmare Fuel after another. First off, if time runs out, the last thing you see before being kicked out of the dungeon is a glaring blue eye (presumably [[spoiler: TheMole Sean's]], Sean's, right before she strikes with a ''skull for a pupil'' and a scream, presumably yours. If you enter a room without a light or take the wrong medicine, you wind up in a room where you find one of your friends being tortured. (Worse, the devices the doctors and orderlies are using on them? Those are ''chairs'' you can get from the Vending Machine if you ever want to see ''your'' character like that.) [[spoiler: Not to mention, as you put together Chloe's diary, you start to learn, one bit at a time, just what happened to her; and when compared to Sean's brief diary, found in the epilogue, you find ''her'' point of view, and discover the truth, when pieced together, [[SplitPersonality the truth of the killer's identity]] should come as a shock.
* [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/21/Mob_Alloy_Xenoroid_DX.png/revision/latest?cb=20150115035736 The]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/6/6a/Mob_Alloy_Xenoroid_EX.png/revision/latest?cb=20150115035738 Xenoroids]] in Black Heaven and the Scrapyard. Those guys just aren't right. (Although, storylines show they're [[DarkIsNotEvil just as capable of sentience and emotion]] as the other robots.)
**
) And what's more, it's clear that those are just mechanical [[{{Expy}} expies]] of [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/24/NPC_Xenon.png/revision/latest?cb=20170808080558 Xenon]] and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/8/82/Mob_Beryl.png/revision/latest?cb=20121228155640 Beryl]], which makes them all the more unnerving.



* Previously in the Chinese and Taiwanese versions, you could find [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/5/5b/Mob_Blue_Kid_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155904 these]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/4/42/Mob_Purple_Female_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155911 mannequin]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/6/6c/Mob_Silver_Male_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155919 monsters]] in the Kerning Square, and they're... kind of unsettling.

!!Meta
* Rumors of the "White Lady" of Perion, a supposed character that would appear in Perion's town map very rarely. Some rumors suggest that Nexon put her there on purpose to honor someone who had died, some believe it was a bot-catching character, others believe it may have been a glitch(as the character appeared rendered from player sprites), while yet others believe it was a complete hoax. The character appears to be that of a female Warrior class with solid white skin and hair. Rumors have persisted for some time and there are even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yaf498gPVQ faked videos on Youtube]], some of which are downright scary. Some claims suggest that clicking on the character brings up a player info box with an infinity symbol for the level and no number stats listed. No evidence of the character in the game's files has been found but if it was called from player sprites as most claim, then there would be no specific NPC sprites. But as of Big Bang and the new town maps, if the character was genuine, it may have been dummied out from appearing.
* Maple World's magic is quite capable of bringing story books to life. Not only is Korean Folk Town the physical form taken from various books in the Ludibrium tower library but Ariant is filled with instances of books from Earth having been brought to Maple World and made into reality. That was long before the more recent and frequent dimensional crosses between Maple World and Earth began happening. Now imagine what would happen if the works of HP Lovecraft, Stephen King or other such horror writers were taken across and given life. The Black Mage would be nothing compared to Cthulhu given life.

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* Previously in the Chinese and Taiwanese versions, you could find [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/5/5b/Mob_Blue_Kid_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155904 these]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/4/42/Mob_Purple_Female_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155911 mannequin]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/6/6c/Mob_Silver_Male_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155919 monsters]] in the Kerning Square, and they're... kind of unsettling.

!!Meta
* Rumors of the "White Lady" of Perion, a supposed character that would appear in Perion's town map very rarely. Some rumors suggest that Nexon put her there on purpose to honor someone who had died, some believe it was a bot-catching character, others believe it may have been a glitch(as the character appeared rendered from player sprites), while yet others believe it was a complete hoax. The character appears to be that of a female Warrior class with solid white skin and hair. Rumors have persisted for some time and there are even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yaf498gPVQ faked videos on Youtube]], some of which are downright scary. Some claims suggest that clicking on the character brings up a player info box with an infinity symbol for the level and no number stats listed. No evidence of the character in the game's files has been found but if it was called from player sprites as most claim, then there would be no specific NPC sprites. But as of Big Bang and the new town maps, if the character was genuine, it may have been dummied out from appearing.
* Maple World's magic is quite capable of bringing story books to life. Not only is Korean Folk Town the physical form taken from various books in the Ludibrium tower library but Ariant is filled with instances of books from Earth having been brought to Maple World and made into reality. That was long before the more recent and frequent dimensional crosses between Maple World and Earth began happening. Now imagine what would happen if the works of HP Lovecraft, Stephen King or other such horror writers were taken across and given life. The Black Mage would be nothing compared to Cthulhu given life.
unsettling.
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* [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/21/Mob_Alloy_Xenoroid_DX.png/revision/latest?cb=20150115035736 The]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/6/6a/Mob_Alloy_Xenoroid_EX.png/revision/latest?cb=20150115035738 Xenoroids]] in Black Heaven and the Scrapyard. [[UncannyValley Those guys just aren't right.]] (Although, storylines show they're [[DarkIsNotEvil just as capable of sentience and emotion]] as the other robots.)

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* [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/21/Mob_Alloy_Xenoroid_DX.png/revision/latest?cb=20150115035736 The]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/6/6a/Mob_Alloy_Xenoroid_EX.png/revision/latest?cb=20150115035738 Xenoroids]] in Black Heaven and the Scrapyard. [[UncannyValley Those guys just aren't right.]] right. (Although, storylines show they're [[DarkIsNotEvil just as capable of sentience and emotion]] as the other robots.)



* Previously in the Chinese and Taiwanese versions, you could find [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/5/5b/Mob_Blue_Kid_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155904 these]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/4/42/Mob_Purple_Female_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155911 mannequin]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/6/6c/Mob_Silver_Male_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155919 monsters]] in the Kerning Square, and they're... kind of [[UncannyValley unsettling.]]

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* Previously in the Chinese and Taiwanese versions, you could find [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/5/5b/Mob_Blue_Kid_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155904 these]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/4/42/Mob_Purple_Female_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155911 mannequin]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/6/6c/Mob_Silver_Male_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155919 monsters]] in the Kerning Square, and they're... kind of [[UncannyValley unsettling.]]
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* If you choose Luminous' [[DrivenToVillainy Dark Path]], one of the quests has you ''[[WouldHurtAChild send a young boy]]'' through a portal to... ''somewhere.'' The FridgeHorror is that he doesn't reappear again, and his safety is never confirmed, though Grendel seems to hint that he may still be alive.



* In the Kinesis storyline, the six civilians that he rescues before level 60 are scared to death when he finds them - a couple even think that they're in Hell, ''literally''. Some are ''children''. The true FridgeHorror of this situation comes later, when you realize that the six you save are only six of ''thousand'' still missing, who have to ''wait'' to be rescued.



* The Madhouse Event is one Nightmare Fuel after another. First off, if time runs out, the last thing you see before being kicked out of the dungeon is a glaring blue eye (presumably [[spoiler: TheMole Sean's]], right before she strikes with a ''skull for a pupil'' and a scream, presumably yours. If you enter a room without a light or take the wrong medicine, you wind up in a room where you find one of your friends being tortured. (Worse, the devices the doctors and orderlies are using on them? Those are ''chairs'' you can get from the Vending Machine if you ever want to see ''your'' character like that.) [[spoiler: Not to mention, as you put together Chloe's diary, you start to learn, one bit at a time, just what happened to her; and when compared to Sean's brief diary, found in the epilogue, you find ''her'' point of view, and discover the truth, when pieced together, [[SplitPersonality the truth of the killer's identity]] should come as a shock, along with the realization that ''[[FridgeHorror you]]'' ''[[FridgeHorror killed her]].]]

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* The Madhouse Event is one Nightmare Fuel after another. First off, if time runs out, the last thing you see before being kicked out of the dungeon is a glaring blue eye (presumably [[spoiler: TheMole Sean's]], right before she strikes with a ''skull for a pupil'' and a scream, presumably yours. If you enter a room without a light or take the wrong medicine, you wind up in a room where you find one of your friends being tortured. (Worse, the devices the doctors and orderlies are using on them? Those are ''chairs'' you can get from the Vending Machine if you ever want to see ''your'' character like that.) [[spoiler: Not to mention, as you put together Chloe's diary, you start to learn, one bit at a time, just what happened to her; and when compared to Sean's brief diary, found in the epilogue, you find ''her'' point of view, and discover the truth, when pieced together, [[SplitPersonality the truth of the killer's identity]] should come as a shock, along with the realization that ''[[FridgeHorror you]]'' ''[[FridgeHorror killed her]].]]shock.
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* All Resistance members (safe for Demon Slayer) get the [[SarcasmMode absolute pleasure]] of meeting [[EvilGenius Gelimer.]] He's a MadScientist that [[AdultFear likes to kidnap young children]], [[{{Brainwash}} brainwash them]], subject them to UnwillingRobotization, and by the end of it, most of them have been turned into [[KillerRobot cyborg soldiers]] at his disposal.

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* All Resistance members (safe for Demon Slayer) get the [[SarcasmMode absolute pleasure]] of meeting [[EvilGenius Gelimer.]] He's a MadScientist that [[AdultFear [[InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers likes to kidnap young children]], [[{{Brainwash}} brainwash them]], subject them to UnwillingRobotization, and by the end of it, most of them have been turned into [[KillerRobot cyborg soldiers]] at his disposal.
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* Mechanical Hearts- first we learn early on that Aspire's new androids, which are being sold as consumer goods, have emotions rather than merely programmed responses. This doesn't stop Aspire researchers from tormenting them for testing purposes. Hundreds of them exist in constant pain for scientific research. Upon helping expose what's happening and shutting down Aspire, the mainframe develops an AI, goes insane and wants to punish all of humanity for the torment of the Wondroids. Robots left in the facility are activated, any human workers trapped inside were torn apart, bonded with machine parts and turned into security drones(with the heavy implication that they are fully aware yet can't do anything). Even after the AI is defeated, Aspire's CEO has her body destroyed and mind trapped in a computer that isn't connected to anything, and a former researcher is severely injured, requiring Wondroid parts to fix the damage to his body. The ending also implies further chapters may be added.
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** And what's more, it's clear that those are just mechanical [[Expy expies]] of [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/24/NPC_Xenon.png/revision/latest?cb=20170808080558 Xenon]] and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/8/82/Mob_Beryl.png/revision/latest?cb=20121228155640 Beryl]], which makes them all the more unnerving.

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** And what's more, it's clear that those are just mechanical [[Expy [[{{Expy}} expies]] of [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/24/NPC_Xenon.png/revision/latest?cb=20170808080558 Xenon]] and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/8/82/Mob_Beryl.png/revision/latest?cb=20121228155640 Beryl]], which makes them all the more unnerving.

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* Rumors of the "White Lady" of Perion, a supposed character that would appear in Perion's town map very rarely. Some rumors suggest that Nexon put her there on purpose to honor someone who had died, some believe it was a bot-catching character, others believe it may have been a glitch(as the character appeared rendered from player sprites), while yet others believe it was a complete hoax. The character appears to be that of a female Warrior class with solid white skin and hair. Rumors have persisted for some time and there are even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yaf498gPVQ faked videos on Youtube]], some of which are downright scary. Some claims suggest that clicking on the character brings up a player info box with an infinity symbol for the level and no number stats listed. No evidence of the character in the game's files has been found but if it was called from player sprites as most claim, then there would be no specific NPC sprites. But as of Big Bang and the new town maps, if the character was genuine, it may have been dummied out from appearing.
* The Black Mage himself, who encases the heroes who fought him in ice, and in the future [[TheBadGuyWins manages to corrupt Empress Cygnus and her knights and conquer all of Maple World in a bad future.]] He also is responsible for causing a cataclysm that dramatically changed Victoria Island once the Black Wings managed to remove his seal.
* The boss Alishar. [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/b/b2/Monster_Alishar.png At first glance]], it's already scary-looking: a mutant whale with glowing eyes, huge teeth, prominent nipples, and tiny legs. Then it flips over and attacks. ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NaMlEvDzMQ Those "nipples" are eyes to a demonic beast.]]''
** From Alishar's Death Magic in iTCG: "His clock knows the hour of your death."
* The Soul Teddy monsters. The first one, [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/a/a8/Monster_Soul_Teddy.png Soul Teddy]], doesn't seem so bad. The [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/8/84/Monster_Master_Soul_Teddy.png Master Soul Teddy]] is still more cute than scary. Then you run into [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/8/8f/Monster_Death_Teddy.png Death Teddy]] and [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/a/ab/Monster_Master_Death_Teddy.png Master Death Teddy]]. Their corruption of a teddy bear as a comfort object is what hits hardest.
* [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/4/45/Monster_Sophilia_Doll_Ground.png Little girl marionettes]] and [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/24/Monster_Sophilia_Doll.png flying head marionettes]], both which cry like little girls when defeated. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiiLGFpEZqI You really have to watch it to feel it.]]
** It's worse if one knows the story behind the mansion and its people. The dolls are modeled after the daughter of the man who ran the toy-making shop in the mansion (it was noted that these dolls looked creepy enough even before they were possessed). Sophilia [[spoiler: was climbing up a chimney and fell to her death, causing her father to lock himself in his factory and eventually starve, and her butler to be overwhelmed by guilt. When the mansion was first released, those that got in could converse with the ghosts of the inhabitants, who were, aside from a few, unaware that they had been dead for what was probably decades.]] Now imagine that sweet, innocent Sophilia, who just wants her first doll, some candy, and to see her father, then imagine her wailing like the death cries of the dolls.

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!!Character Storylines
* Rumors If you choose Luminous' [[DrivenToVillainy Dark Path]], one of the "White Lady" of Perion, quests has you ''[[WouldHurtAChild send a supposed character young boy]]'' through a portal to... ''somewhere.'' The FridgeHorror is that would appear in Perion's town map very rarely. Some rumors suggest he doesn't reappear again, and his safety is never confirmed, though Grendel seems to hint that Nexon put her there on purpose to honor someone who had died, some believe it was a bot-catching character, others believe it he may still be alive.
* All Resistance members (safe for Demon Slayer) get the [[SarcasmMode absolute pleasure]] of meeting [[EvilGenius Gelimer.]] He's a MadScientist that [[AdultFear likes to kidnap young children]], [[{{Brainwash}} brainwash them]], subject them to UnwillingRobotization, and by the end of it, most of them
have been a glitch(as turned into [[KillerRobot cyborg soldiers]] at his disposal.
* In
the character appeared rendered from player sprites), Kinesis storyline, the six civilians that he rescues before level 60 are scared to death when he finds them - a couple even think that they're in Hell, ''literally''. Some are ''children''. The true FridgeHorror of this situation comes later, when you realize that the six you save are only six of ''thousand'' still missing, who have to ''wait'' to be rescued.
* Ark's storyline, not even before you hit his second job advancement, treats us [[spoiler:to a flashback where Ark firsthandedly [[KickTheDog saw the genocide of an innocent species.]] The one afterwards shows the survivors presumably being ''burned alive''
while yet others believe it was a complete hoax. The character appears to be that of a female Warrior class with solid white skin Albaire and hair. Rumors have persisted for some time and there are even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yaf498gPVQ faked videos on Youtube]], some of Ark look on, followed by General Limbo showing off his "[[SlasherSmile true form]]", which are downright scary. Some claims suggest that clicking on is the character brings up a player info box with an infinity symbol for the level current page image.]]
!!Quests, Blockbusters,
and no number stats listed. No evidence of the character in the game's files has been found but if it was called from player sprites as most claim, then there would be no specific NPC sprites. But as of Big Bang and the new town maps, if the character was genuine, it may have been dummied out from appearing.
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* The Black Mage himself, who encases the heroes who fought him in ice, and in the future [[TheBadGuyWins manages to corrupt Empress Cygnus and her knights and conquer all of Maple World in a bad future.]] He also is responsible 2016 Masteria Haunted House event for causing a cataclysm that dramatically changed Victoria Island once the Black Wings managed to remove his seal.
*
Halloween:
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The boss Alishar. [[http://images2.[[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/b/b2/Monster_Alishar.png At first glance]], it's already scary-looking: a mutant whale with glowing eyes, huge teeth, prominent nipples, net/maplestory/images/8/84/Mob_Sophilia_Doll_Ground.png/revision/latest?cb=20080125184156 Sophilia Doll monsters]] and tiny legs. Then it flips over and attacks. ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NaMlEvDzMQ Those "nipples" are eyes to a demonic beast.]]''
** From Alishar's Death Magic in iTCG: "His clock knows the hour of your death."
* The Soul Teddy monsters. The first one, [[http://images2.
[[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/a/a8/Monster_Soul_Teddy.png Soul Teddy]], doesn't seem so bad. The [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/8/84/Monster_Master_Soul_Teddy.png Master Soul Teddy]] is still more cute than scary. Then you run into [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/8/8f/Monster_Death_Teddy.png Death Teddy]] and [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/a/ab/Monster_Master_Death_Teddy.png Master Death Teddy]]. Their corruption of a teddy bear as a comfort object is what hits hardest.
* [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/4/45/Monster_Sophilia_Doll_Ground.png Little girl marionettes]] and [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/24/Monster_Sophilia_Doll.png flying head
net/maplestory/images/2/29/Mob_Sophilia_Doll.png/revision/latest?cb=20080125184156 Sophilia Doll-head marionettes]], both which cry like little girls when defeated. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiiLGFpEZqI You really have to watch it to feel it.]]
** *** It's worse if one knows the story behind the mansion and its people. The dolls are modeled after the daughter of the man who ran the toy-making shop in the mansion (it was noted that these dolls looked creepy enough even before they were possessed). Sophilia [[spoiler: was climbing up a chimney and fell to her death, causing her father to lock himself in his factory and eventually starve, and her butler to be overwhelmed by guilt. When the mansion was first released, those that got in could converse with the ghosts of the inhabitants, who were, aside from a few, unaware that they had been dead for what was probably decades.]] Now imagine that sweet, innocent Sophilia, who just wants her first doll, some candy, and to see her father, then imagine her wailing like the death cries of the dolls.



* The Madhouse Event is one Nightmare Fuel after another. First off, if time runs out, the last thing you see before being kicked out of the dungeon is a glaring blue eye (presumably [[spoiler: TheMole Sean's]], right before she strikes with a ''skull for a pupil'' and a scream, presumably yours. If you enter a room without a light or take the wrong medicine, you wind up in a room where you find one of your friends being tortured. (Worse, the devices the doctors and orderlies are using on them? Those are ''chairs'' you can get from the Vending Machine if you ever want to see ''your'' character like that.) [[spoiler: Not to mention, as you put together Chloe's diary, you start to learn, one bit at a time, just what happened to her; and when compared to Sean's brief diary, found in the epilogue, you find ''her'' point of view, and discover the truth, when pieced together, [[SplitPersonality the truth of the killer's identity]] should come as a shock, along with the realization that ''[[FridgeHorror you]]'' ''[[FridgeHorror killed her]].]]
*[[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/21/Mob_Alloy_Xenoroid_DX.png/revision/latest?cb=20150115035736 The]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/6/6a/Mob_Alloy_Xenoroid_EX.png/revision/latest?cb=20150115035738 Xenoroids]] in Black Heaven and the Scrapyard. [[UncannyValley Those guys just aren't right.]] (Although, storylines show they're [[DarkIsNotEvil just as capable of sentience and emotion]] as the other robots.)
** And what's more, it's clear that those are just mechanical [[Expy expies]] of [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/24/NPC_Xenon.png/revision/latest?cb=20170808080558 Xenon]] and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/8/82/Mob_Beryl.png/revision/latest?cb=20121228155640 Beryl]], which makes them all the more unnerving.
* [[PersonalizedAfterlife The Afterlands.]] They may be the world that you go to after "dying". If that's so, then it means that the children in the Afterlands ''died''. In fact, all the characters in the Afterlands give off this vibe, since it is never explained how they originally arrived, and they don't even mind that they may be dead, despite there being a possible way out. Heck, even after the storyline is done, you don't know anything about what that world really is, and given how the old man who you help in the beginning wakes you up whenever you leave the Afterlands, it may be [[AllJustADream just a really bizarre dream]] (although the ending puts that into question).

!!Bosses, Monsters, and Areas
* The Black Mage himself, who encases the heroes who fought him in ice, and in the future [[TheBadGuyWins manages to corrupt Empress Cygnus and her knights and conquer all of Maple World in a bad future.]] He also is responsible for causing a cataclysm that dramatically changed Victoria Island once the Black Wings managed to remove his seal.
* The boss Alishar. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/7/77/Mob_Alishar.png/revision/latest?cb=20110901131115 At first glance]], it's already scary-looking: a mutant whale with glowing eyes, huge teeth, prominent nipples, and tiny legs. Then it flips over and attacks. ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NaMlEvDzMQ Those "nipples" are eyes to a demonic beast.]]''
** From Alishar's Death Magic in iTCG: "His clock knows the hour of your death."
* The Soul Teddy monsters. The first one, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/6/69/Mob_Soul_Teddy.png/revision/latest?cb=20080126050721 Soul Teddy]], doesn't seem so bad. The [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/1/12/Mob_Master_Soul_Teddy.png/revision/latest?cb=20080126054854 Master Soul Teddy]] is still more cute than scary. Then you run into [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/21/Mob_Death_Teddy.png/revision/latest?cb=20080126010307 Death Teddy]] and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/c/cf/Mob_Master_Death_Teddy.png/revision/latest?cb=20080126014054 Master Death Teddy]]. Their corruption of a teddy bear as a comfort object is what hits hardest.



* The Madhouse is one Nightmare Fuel after another. First off, if time runs out, the last thing you see before being kicked out of the dungeon is a glaring blue eye (presumably [[spoiler: TheMole Sean's]], right before she strikes with a ''skull for a pupil'' and a scream, presumably yours. If you enter a room without a light or take the wrong medicine, you wind up in a room where you find one of your friends being tortured. (Worse, the devices the doctors and orderlies are using on them? Those are ''chairs'' you can get from the Vending Machine if you ever want to see ''your'' character like that.) [[spoiler: Not to mention, as you put together Chloe's diary, you start to learn, one bit at a time, just what happened to her; and when compared to Sean's brief diary, found in the epilogue, you find ''her'' point of view, and discover the truth, when pieced together, [[SplitPersonality the truth of the killer's identity]] should come as a shock, along with the realization that ''[[FridgeHorror you]]'' ''[[FridgeHorror killed her]].]]
* These mannequin monsters [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100807064733/maplestory/images/2/2a/Monster_Kid_Mannequin.png]] [[http://static.basilmarket.com/monster/BasilMarket-com-Female-Mannequin.gif]] [[http://global.hidden-street.net/sites/global.hidden-street.net/files/monsters/male-mannequin.png]] are...kind of [[UncannyValley unsettling]]



* In the Kinesis storyline, the six civilians that he rescues before level 60 are scared to death when he finds them - a couple even think that they're in Hell, ''literally''. Some are ''children''. The true FridgeHorror of this situation comes later, when you realize that the six you save are only six of ''thousand'' still missing, who have to ''wait'' to be rescued.
* The [[SkeleBot9000 xenodroids]] in Black Heaven and the Scrapyard. [[UncannyValley Those guys just aren't right.]] (Although, storylines show they're [[DarkIsNotEvil just as capable of sentience and emotion]] as the other robots.)
* The Afterlands. They may be the world that you go to after "dying". If that's so, then it means that the children in the Afterlands ''died''. In fact, all the characters in the Afterlands give off this vibe, since it is never explained how they originally arrived, and they don't even mind that they may be dead, despite there being a possible way out. Heck, even after the storyline is done, you don't know anything about what that world really is, and given how the old man whom you help in the beginning wakes you up whenever you leave the Afterlands, it may be [[AllJustADream just a really bizarre dream]] (although the ending puts that into question).
* Maple World's magic is quite capable of bringing story books to life. Not only is Korean Folk Town the physical form taken from various books in the Ludibrium tower library but Ariant is filled with instances of books from Earth having been brought to Maple World and made into reality. That was long before the more recent and frequent dimensional crosses between Maple World and Earth began happening. Now imagine what would happen if the works of HP Lovecraft, Stephen King or other such horror writers were taken across and given life. The Black Mage would be nothing compared to Cthulhu given life.
* Ark's story mode, not even before you hit his second job advancement, treats us [[spoiler:to a flashback where Ark firsthandedly saw the genocide of an innocent species. The one afterwards shows the survivors presumably being ''burned alive'' while Albaire and Ark look on, followed by General Limbo showing off his "[[SlasherSmile true form]]" (also the page image).]]

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* In Previously in the Kinesis storyline, Chinese and Taiwanese versions, you could find [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/5/5b/Mob_Blue_Kid_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155904 these]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/4/42/Mob_Purple_Female_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155911 mannequin]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/6/6c/Mob_Silver_Male_Mannequin.png/revision/latest?cb=20130619155919 monsters]] in the six civilians that he rescues before level 60 are scared to death when he finds them - a couple even think that they're in Hell, ''literally''. Some are ''children''. The true FridgeHorror of this situation comes later, when you realize that the six you save are only six of ''thousand'' still missing, who have to ''wait'' to be rescued.
* The [[SkeleBot9000 xenodroids]] in Black Heaven
Kerning Square, and the Scrapyard. they're... kind of [[UncannyValley Those guys just aren't right.]] (Although, storylines show they're [[DarkIsNotEvil just as capable unsettling.]]

!!Meta
* Rumors
of sentience and emotion]] as the other robots.)
* The Afterlands. They may be the world
"White Lady" of Perion, a supposed character that you go to after "dying". If that's so, then it means would appear in Perion's town map very rarely. Some rumors suggest that Nexon put her there on purpose to honor someone who had died, some believe it was a bot-catching character, others believe it may have been a glitch(as the children character appeared rendered from player sprites), while yet others believe it was a complete hoax. The character appears to be that of a female Warrior class with solid white skin and hair. Rumors have persisted for some time and there are even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yaf498gPVQ faked videos on Youtube]], some of which are downright scary. Some claims suggest that clicking on the character brings up a player info box with an infinity symbol for the level and no number stats listed. No evidence of the character in the Afterlands ''died''. In fact, all the characters in the Afterlands give off this vibe, since game's files has been found but if it is never explained how they originally arrived, and they don't even mind that they may be dead, despite was called from player sprites as most claim, then there being a possible way out. Heck, even after would be no specific NPC sprites. But as of Big Bang and the storyline is done, you don't know anything about what that world really is, and given how new town maps, if the old man whom you help in the beginning wakes you up whenever you leave the Afterlands, character was genuine, it may be [[AllJustADream just a really bizarre dream]] (although the ending puts that into question).
have been dummied out from appearing.
* Maple World's magic is quite capable of bringing story books to life. Not only is Korean Folk Town the physical form taken from various books in the Ludibrium tower library but Ariant is filled with instances of books from Earth having been brought to Maple World and made into reality. That was long before the more recent and frequent dimensional crosses between Maple World and Earth began happening. Now imagine what would happen if the works of HP Lovecraft, Stephen King or other such horror writers were taken across and given life. The Black Mage would be nothing compared to Cthulhu given life.
* Ark's story mode, not even before you hit his second job advancement, treats us [[spoiler:to a flashback where Ark firsthandedly saw the genocide of an innocent species. The one afterwards shows the survivors presumably being ''burned alive'' while Albaire and Ark look on, followed by General Limbo showing off his "[[SlasherSmile true form]]" (also the page image).]]
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* Maple World's magic is quite capable of bringing story books to life. Not only is Korean Folk Town the physical form taken from various books in the Ludibrium tower library but Ariant is filled with instances of books from Earth having been brought to Maple World and made into reality. That was long before the more recent and frequent dimensional crosses between Maple World and Earth began happening. Now imagine what would happen if the works of HP Lovecraft, Stephen King or other such horror writers were taken across and given life. The Black Mage would be nothing compared to Cthulhu given life.

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* Maple World's magic is quite capable of bringing story books to life. Not only is Korean Folk Town the physical form taken from various books in the Ludibrium tower library but Ariant is filled with instances of books from Earth having been brought to Maple World and made into reality. That was long before the more recent and frequent dimensional crosses between Maple World and Earth began happening. Now imagine what would happen if the works of HP Lovecraft, Stephen King or other such horror writers were taken across and given life. The Black Mage would be nothing compared to Cthulhu given life.life.
* Ark's story mode, not even before you hit his second job advancement, treats us [[spoiler:to a flashback where Ark firsthandedly saw the genocide of an innocent species. The one afterwards shows the survivors presumably being ''burned alive'' while Albaire and Ark look on, followed by General Limbo showing off his "[[SlasherSmile true form]]" (also the page image).]]
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* The Afterlands. They may be the world that you go to after "dying". If that's so, then it means that the children in the Afterlands ''died''. In fact, all the characters in the Afterlands give off this vibe, since it is never explained how they originally arrived, and they don't even mind that they may be dead, despite there being a possible way out. Heck, even after the storyline is done, you don't know anything about what that world really is, and given how the old man whom you help in the beginning wakes you up whenever you leave the Afterlands, it may be [[AllJustADream just a really bizarre dream]] (although the ending puts that into question).

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* The Afterlands. They may be the world that you go to after "dying". If that's so, then it means that the children in the Afterlands ''died''. In fact, all the characters in the Afterlands give off this vibe, since it is never explained how they originally arrived, and they don't even mind that they may be dead, despite there being a possible way out. Heck, even after the storyline is done, you don't know anything about what that world really is, and given how the old man whom you help in the beginning wakes you up whenever you leave the Afterlands, it may be [[AllJustADream just a really bizarre dream]] (although the ending puts that into question).question).
* Maple World's magic is quite capable of bringing story books to life. Not only is Korean Folk Town the physical form taken from various books in the Ludibrium tower library but Ariant is filled with instances of books from Earth having been brought to Maple World and made into reality. That was long before the more recent and frequent dimensional crosses between Maple World and Earth began happening. Now imagine what would happen if the works of HP Lovecraft, Stephen King or other such horror writers were taken across and given life. The Black Mage would be nothing compared to Cthulhu given life.
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* The Afterlands. They may be the world that you go to after "dying". If that's so, then it means that the children in the Afterlands have ''died''. In fact, all the characters in the Afterlands give off this vibe, since it is never explained how they originally arrived, and they don't even mind that they may be dead, despite there being a possible way out.

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* The Afterlands. They may be the world that you go to after "dying". If that's so, then it means that the children in the Afterlands have ''died''. In fact, all the characters in the Afterlands give off this vibe, since it is never explained how they originally arrived, and they don't even mind that they may be dead, despite there being a possible way out. Heck, even after the storyline is done, you don't know anything about what that world really is, and given how the old man whom you help in the beginning wakes you up whenever you leave the Afterlands, it may be [[AllJustADream just a really bizarre dream]] (although the ending puts that into question).
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* The Afterlands. They may be the world that you go to after "dying". If that's so, then it means that the children in the Afterlands have ''died''. In fact, all the characters in the Afterlands give off this vibe, since it is never explained how they originally arrived, and they don't even mind that they may be dead, despite there being a possibly way out.

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* The Afterlands. They may be the world that you go to after "dying". If that's so, then it means that the children in the Afterlands have ''died''. In fact, all the characters in the Afterlands give off this vibe, since it is never explained how they originally arrived, and they don't even mind that they may be dead, despite there being a possibly possible way out.
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* The [[SkeleBot9000 xenodroids]] in Black Heaven and the Scrapyard. [[UncannyValley Those guys just aren't right.]] (Although, storylines show they're [[DarkIsNotEvil just as capable of sentience and emotion]] as the other robots.)

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* The [[SkeleBot9000 xenodroids]] in Black Heaven and the Scrapyard. [[UncannyValley Those guys just aren't right.]] (Although, storylines show they're [[DarkIsNotEvil just as capable of sentience and emotion]] as the other robots.))
* The Afterlands. They may be the world that you go to after "dying". If that's so, then it means that the children in the Afterlands have ''died''. In fact, all the characters in the Afterlands give off this vibe, since it is never explained how they originally arrived, and they don't even mind that they may be dead, despite there being a possibly way out.
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* The [[SkeleBot9000 xenodroids]] in Black Heaven and the Scrapyard. [[UncannyValley Those guys just aren't right.]] (Although, storylines show they're [[DarkIsNotEvil just as capable of sentience and emotion as the other robots.)

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* The [[SkeleBot9000 xenodroids]] in Black Heaven and the Scrapyard. [[UncannyValley Those guys just aren't right.]] (Although, storylines show they're [[DarkIsNotEvil just as capable of sentience and emotion emotion]] as the other robots.)
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* In the Kinesis storyline, the six civilians that he rescues before level 60 are scared to death when he finds them - a couple even think that they're in Hell, ''literally''. Some are ''children''. The true FridgeHorror of this situation comes later, when you realize that the six you save are only six of ''thousand'' still missing, who have to ''wait'' to be rescued.

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* In the Kinesis storyline, the six civilians that he rescues before level 60 are scared to death when he finds them - a couple even think that they're in Hell, ''literally''. Some are ''children''. The true FridgeHorror of this situation comes later, when you realize that the six you save are only six of ''thousand'' still missing, who have to ''wait'' to be rescued.rescued.
* The [[SkeleBot9000 xenodroids]] in Black Heaven and the Scrapyard. [[UncannyValley Those guys just aren't right.]] (Although, storylines show they're [[DarkIsNotEvil just as capable of sentience and emotion as the other robots.)
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* In the Kinesis storyline, the six children that he rescues before level 60 are scared to death when he finds them - a couple even think that they're in Hell, ''literally''. The true FridgeHorror of this situation comes later, when you realize that the six you save are only six of ''thousand'' still missing, who have to ''wait'' to be rescued.

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* In the Kinesis storyline, the six children civilians that he rescues before level 60 are scared to death when he finds them - a couple even think that they're in Hell, ''literally''.''literally''. Some are ''children''. The true FridgeHorror of this situation comes later, when you realize that the six you save are only six of ''thousand'' still missing, who have to ''wait'' to be rescued.
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* The SpikesOfDoom throughout the game can range anywhere from small and annoying to large and terrifying-looking.

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* The SpikesOfDoom throughout the game can range anywhere from small and annoying to large and terrifying-looking.terrifying-looking.
* In the Kinesis storyline, the six children that he rescues before level 60 are scared to death when he finds them - a couple even think that they're in Hell, ''literally''. The true FridgeHorror of this situation comes later, when you realize that the six you save are only six of ''thousand'' still missing, who have to ''wait'' to be rescued.
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* Some regular monsters, like Dreamy Ghosts and Eyes of Time look kind of cute, until they actually attack you and put on a rather horrific GameFace.
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* The Madhouse is one Nightmare Fuel after another. First off, if time runs out, the last thing you see before being kicked out of the dungeon is a glaring blue eye (presumably [[spoiler: TheMole Sean's]], right before she strikes]] with a ''skull for a pupil'' and a scream, presumably yours. If you enter a room without a light or take the wrong medicine, you wind up in a room where you find one of your friends being tortured. (Worse, the devices the doctors and orderlies are using on them? Those are ''chairs'' you can get from the Vending Machine if you ever want to see ''your'' character like that.) Not to mention, as you put together Chloe's diary, you start to learn, one bit at a time, just what happened to her; it seems [[spoiler:Sean [[PoisonousFriend tricked poor Chloe into trusting her]], only to lock her up and let her starve to death while some HatePlague turned the hospital into a demonic BedlamHouse. Just ''imagine'' what it was like for Chloe those final, miserable hours.]]

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* The Madhouse is one Nightmare Fuel after another. First off, if time runs out, the last thing you see before being kicked out of the dungeon is a glaring blue eye (presumably [[spoiler: TheMole Sean's]], right before she strikes]] strikes with a ''skull for a pupil'' and a scream, presumably yours. If you enter a room without a light or take the wrong medicine, you wind up in a room where you find one of your friends being tortured. (Worse, the devices the doctors and orderlies are using on them? Those are ''chairs'' you can get from the Vending Machine if you ever want to see ''your'' character like that.) [[spoiler: Not to mention, as you put together Chloe's diary, you start to learn, one bit at a time, just what happened to her; it seems [[spoiler:Sean [[PoisonousFriend tricked poor Chloe into trusting her]], only to lock her up and let her starve when compared to death while some HatePlague turned Sean's brief diary, found in the hospital into epilogue, you find ''her'' point of view, and discover the truth, when pieced together, [[SplitPersonality the truth of the killer's identity]] should come as a demonic BedlamHouse. Just ''imagine'' what it was like for Chloe those final, miserable hours.]] shock, along with the realization that ''[[FridgeHorror you]]'' ''[[FridgeHorror killed her]].]]
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* The Madhouse is one Nightmare Fuel after another. First off, if time runs out, the last thing you see before being kicked out of the dungeon is a glaring blue eye (presumably [[spoiler: TheMole Sean's]], right before she strikes]] with a ''skull for a pupil'' and a scream, presumably yours. If you enter a room without a light or take the wrong medicine, you wind up in a room where you find one of your friends being tortured. (Worse, the devices the doctors and orderlies are using on them? Those are ''chairs'' you can get from the Vending Machine if you ever want to see ''your'' character like that.) Not to mention, as you put together Chloe's diary, you start to learn, one bit at a time, just what happened to her; it seems [[spoiler:Sean [[PoisonousFriend tricked poor Chloe into trusting her]], only to lock her up and let her starve to death while some HatePlague turned the hospital into a demonic BedlamHouse. Just ''imagine'' what it was like for Chloe those final, miserable hours.]]
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** From Alishar's Death Magic in iTCG: ''His clock knows the hour of your death.''

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** From Alishar's Death Magic in iTCG: ''His "His clock knows the hour of your death.'' "
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* The Black Mage himself, who encases the heroes who fought him in ice, and in the future [[TheBadGuyWins manages to corrupt Empress Cygnus and her knights and conquer all of Maplestory]]. He also is responsible for causing a cataclysm that dramatically changed Victoria Island once the Black Wings managed to remove his seal.

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* The Black Mage himself, who encases the heroes who fought him in ice, and in the future [[TheBadGuyWins manages to corrupt Empress Cygnus and her knights and conquer all of Maplestory]]. Maple World in a bad future.]] He also is responsible for causing a cataclysm that dramatically changed Victoria Island once the Black Wings managed to remove his seal.
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* The boss Alishar. [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/b/b2/Monster_Alishar.png At first glance]], it's already UNDERStty scary-looking: a mutant whale with glowing eyes, huge teeth, prominent nipples, and tiny legs. Then it flips over and attacks. ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NaMlEvDzMQ Those "nipples" are eyes to a demonic beast.]]''

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* The boss Alishar. [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/b/b2/Monster_Alishar.png At first glance]], it's already UNDERStty scary-looking: a mutant whale with glowing eyes, huge teeth, prominent nipples, and tiny legs. Then it flips over and attacks. ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NaMlEvDzMQ Those "nipples" are eyes to a demonic beast.]]''
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Despite the innocent-looking game (or maybe moreso because of it), there's some frightening stuff.
* Rumors of the "White Lady" of Perion, a supposed character that would appear in Perion's town map very rarely. Some rumors suggest that Nexon put her there on purpose to honor someone who had died, some believe it was a bot-catching character, others believe it may have been a glitch(as the character appeared rendered from player sprites), while yet others believe it was a complete hoax. The character appears to be that of a female Warrior class with solid white skin and hair. Rumors have persisted for some time and there are even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yaf498gPVQ faked videos on Youtube]], some of which are downright scary. Some claims suggest that clicking on the character brings up a player info box with an infinity symbol for the level and no number stats listed. No evidence of the character in the game's files has been found but if it was called from player sprites as most claim, then there would be no specific NPC sprites. But as of Big Bang and the new town maps, if the character was genuine, it may have been dummied out from appearing.
* The Black Mage himself, who encases the heroes who fought him in ice, and in the future [[TheBadGuyWins manages to corrupt Empress Cygnus and her knights and conquer all of Maplestory]]. He also is responsible for causing a cataclysm that dramatically changed Victoria Island once the Black Wings managed to remove his seal.
* The boss Alishar. [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/b/b2/Monster_Alishar.png At first glance]], it's already UNDERStty scary-looking: a mutant whale with glowing eyes, huge teeth, prominent nipples, and tiny legs. Then it flips over and attacks. ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NaMlEvDzMQ Those "nipples" are eyes to a demonic beast.]]''
** From Alishar's Death Magic in iTCG: ''His clock knows the hour of your death.''
* The Soul Teddy monsters. The first one, [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/a/a8/Monster_Soul_Teddy.png Soul Teddy]], doesn't seem so bad. The [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/8/84/Monster_Master_Soul_Teddy.png Master Soul Teddy]] is still more cute than scary. Then you run into [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/8/8f/Monster_Death_Teddy.png Death Teddy]] and [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/a/ab/Monster_Master_Death_Teddy.png Master Death Teddy]]. Their corruption of a teddy bear as a comfort object is what hits hardest.
* [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/4/45/Monster_Sophilia_Doll_Ground.png Little girl marionettes]] and [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/maplestory/images/2/24/Monster_Sophilia_Doll.png flying head marionettes]], both which cry like little girls when defeated. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiiLGFpEZqI You really have to watch it to feel it.]]
** It's worse if one knows the story behind the mansion and its people. The dolls are modeled after the daughter of the man who ran the toy-making shop in the mansion (it was noted that these dolls looked creepy enough even before they were possessed). Sophilia [[spoiler: was climbing up a chimney and fell to her death, causing her father to lock himself in his factory and eventually starve, and her butler to be overwhelmed by guilt. When the mansion was first released, those that got in could converse with the ghosts of the inhabitants, who were, aside from a few, unaware that they had been dead for what was probably decades.]] Now imagine that sweet, innocent Sophilia, who just wants her first doll, some candy, and to see her father, then imagine her wailing like the death cries of the dolls.
** FromBadToWorse is practically a theme of the place! Poor Killian, oh yes, poor Killian, stuck roaming the woods which moan in the night, headless and an eternal slave of the Black Magician. THAT was a MoralEventHorizon crossing for the Black Magician, condemning someone to AndIMustScream for eternity.
* Some of the tree trunk interiors in the Ellinia woods simply look cavernous with a lot of tree bark to jump on. Some of the trunk interiors in the higher parts of the woods, however, look like something out of an alien horror film.
* When killed, Octopus monsters fall down [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence while their skin rips open exposing their flesh as their eyeballs drop from their orbits]]. This being the most disturbing animation in the game.
* These mannequin monsters [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100807064733/maplestory/images/2/2a/Monster_Kid_Mannequin.png]] [[http://static.basilmarket.com/monster/BasilMarket-com-Female-Mannequin.gif]] [[http://global.hidden-street.net/sites/global.hidden-street.net/files/monsters/male-mannequin.png]] are...kind of [[UncannyValley unsettling]]
* The SpikesOfDoom throughout the game can range anywhere from small and annoying to large and terrifying-looking.

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