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** --->'''Deathshead:''' Well, Agent Blazkowicz. You are a most impressive specimen. It would be my pleasure to dissect you piece by piece. Let me introduce you to someone. Do not confuse it with the mere prototypes you've encountered. This is the pinnacle of all my research. Das Über-Soldat. The Super Soldier. It will be my pleasure to watch it destroy you.

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** --->'''Deathshead:''' Well, Agent Blazkowicz. You are a most impressive specimen. It would be my pleasure to dissect you piece by piece. Let me introduce you to someone. Do not confuse it with the mere prototypes you've encountered. This is the pinnacle of all my research. Das Über-Soldat. The Super Soldier. It will be my pleasure to watch it destroy you.
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** '''Deathshead:''' Well, Agent Blazkowicz. You are a most impressive specimen. It would be my pleasure to dissect you piece by piece. Let me introduce you to someone. Do not confuse it with the mere prototypes you've encountered. This is the pinnacle of all my research. Das Über-Soldat. The Super Soldier. It will be my pleasure to watch it destroy you.

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** '''Deathshead:''' --->'''Deathshead:''' Well, Agent Blazkowicz. You are a most impressive specimen. It would be my pleasure to dissect you piece by piece. Let me introduce you to someone. Do not confuse it with the mere prototypes you've encountered. This is the pinnacle of all my research. Das Über-Soldat. The Super Soldier. It will be my pleasure to watch it destroy you.
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** '''Deathshead:'' Well, Agent Blazkowicz. You are a most impressive specimen. It would be my pleasure to dissect you piece by piece. Let me introduce you to someone. Do not confuse it with the mere prototypes you've encountered. This is the pinnacle of all my research. Das Über-Soldat. The Super Soldier. It will be my pleasure to watch it destroy you.

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** '''Deathshead:'' '''Deathshead:''' Well, Agent Blazkowicz. You are a most impressive specimen. It would be my pleasure to dissect you piece by piece. Let me introduce you to someone. Do not confuse it with the mere prototypes you've encountered. This is the pinnacle of all my research. Das Über-Soldat. The Super Soldier. It will be my pleasure to watch it destroy you.
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** '''Deathshead:'' Well, Agent Blazkowicz. You are a most impressive specimen. It would be my pleasure to dissect you piece by piece. Let me introduce you to someone. Do not confuse it with the mere prototypes you've encountered. This is the pinnacle of all my research. Das Über-Soldat. The Super Soldier. It will be my pleasure to watch it destroy you.
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--->'''Nazi 1:''' [[HellIsThatNoise Did you hear that?!]]
--->'''Nazi 2:''' Yeah, and I wish I hadn't!

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* Olaric (the first boss in the game) is an [[EldritchAbomination abomination]] that seems made of rotten muscles and skulls stitched together. He has also [[LudicrousGibs butchered Olga von Bulow to bloody bits]] and sends screaming ghosts at B.J.'s face that cause TemporaryBlindness.

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* Olaric (the first boss in the game) is an [[EldritchAbomination abomination]] that seems made of rotten muscles and skulls stitched together. He has also [[LudicrousGibs butchered Olga Helga von Bulow to bloody bits]] and sends screaming ghosts at B.J.'s face that cause TemporaryBlindness.
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** Judging by the NoodleIncident involving Helga losing an eye to the undead in 1939, it's clear that this isn't the first time this has happened.

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* [[MadScientist Oberst. Wilhelm Strasse]]'s {{cyborg}} X-Creatures. God knows how many human guinea pigs he [[BodyHorror butchered]] when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments... He isn't nicknamed [[Deathshead TheButcher]] for nothing: he's basically the StupidJetpackHitler version of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele Dr. Mengele]].

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* [[MadScientist Oberst. Wilhelm Strasse]]'s {{cyborg}} X-Creatures. God knows how many human guinea pigs he [[BodyHorror butchered]] when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments... He isn't nicknamed [[Deathshead TheButcher]] [[TheButcher Deathshead]] for nothing: he's basically the StupidJetpackHitler version of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele Dr. Mengele]].
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* [[MadScientist General Deathshead]]'s {{cyborg}} X-Creatures. God knows how many human guinea pigs he [[BodyHorror butchered]] when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments... He isn't nicknamed TheButcher for nothing: he's basically the StupidJetpackHitler version of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele Dr. Mengele]].

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* [[MadScientist General Deathshead]]'s Oberst. Wilhelm Strasse]]'s {{cyborg}} X-Creatures. God knows how many human guinea pigs he [[BodyHorror butchered]] when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments... He isn't nicknamed TheButcher [[Deathshead TheButcher]] for nothing: he's basically the StupidJetpackHitler version of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele Dr. Mengele]].

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* [[MadScientist General Deathshead]]'s [[Cyborg X-Creatures]]. God knows how many human guinea pigs he [[BodyHorror butchered]] when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments... He isn't nicknamed TheButcher for nothing: he's basically the StupidJetpackHitler version of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele Dr. Mengele]].

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* [[MadScientist General Deathshead]]'s [[Cyborg X-Creatures]].{{cyborg}} X-Creatures. God knows how many human guinea pigs he [[BodyHorror butchered]] when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments... He isn't nicknamed TheButcher for nothing: he's basically the StupidJetpackHitler version of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele Dr. Mengele]].


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** And then there's the pinnacle of his work: Das Über-Soldat. The Super Soldier. It makes the Proto-Soldiers look like child's play.
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* [[MadScientist Deathshead]]'s {{cyborg}}s. God knows how many human guinea pigs he [[BodyHorror butchered]] when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments... He isn't nicknamed TheButcher for nothing: he's basically the StupidJetpackHitler version of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele Dr. Mengele]].

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* [[MadScientist General Deathshead]]'s {{cyborg}}s.[[Cyborg X-Creatures]]. God knows how many human guinea pigs he [[BodyHorror butchered]] when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments... He isn't nicknamed TheButcher for nothing: he's basically the StupidJetpackHitler version of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele Dr. Mengele]].
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** Special mention to the intro cutscene of the first Crypt level where 3 Nazi soldiers overhear the dying screams of one of their fellow soldiers and run to the entrance, only to discover that the ladder was destroyed by their own side to hopefully keep TheUndead sealed in there.

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** Special mention to the intro cutscene of the first Crypt level where 3 Nazi soldiers overhear the dying screams of one of their fellow soldiers and run to the entrance, only to discover that the ladder was destroyed by their own side to hopefully keep TheUndead sealed in there. "Get ready. They're coming!"
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* Some tracks on the OST are chilling and set the mood very well: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-sH4ewNioM The Undead]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GirADcFCMVw The Cave]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtsNwQIhhno Graveyard]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnYCHN3qw2g Un-Natural]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLU8546lvQU Arena]]
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Not only was ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'' the first game of the ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' franchise to make the jump to UsefulNotes/{{polygonal graphics}}, it did so with plenty of SurvivalHorror elements.

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Not only was ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'' the first game of the ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' franchise to make the jump to UsefulNotes/{{polygonal graphics}}, it did so with plenty of also introduced SurvivalHorror elements.elements in it.
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Not only was ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'' the first game of the ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' franchise to make the jump to UsefulNotes/{{polygonal graphics}}, it did so with plenty of SurvivalHorror.

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Not only was ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'' the first game of the ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' franchise to make the jump to UsefulNotes/{{polygonal graphics}}, it did so with plenty of SurvivalHorror.SurvivalHorror elements.
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Not only was ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'' the first game of the ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' to make the jump to UsefulNotes/{{polygonal graphics}}, it did so with plenty of SurvivalHorror elements.

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Not only was ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'' the first game of the ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' franchise to make the jump to UsefulNotes/{{polygonal graphics}}, it did so with plenty of SurvivalHorror elements.SurvivalHorror.
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* ThoseWackyNazis have awakened various types of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mummies and ghouls]] when they DugTooDeep in their frantic search for artifacts. Those who ran out of ammos got dismembered and [[EatenAlive devoured]]. Their screams of horror and pain can be heard in the "Crypt" levels and in the penultimate level ("Castle"). The player better ''not'' run out of ammos in these levels...
** There is some {{Foreshadowing}} late in the first Village level where two Nazi officers comment about the chilling [[HellIsThatNoise screams]] coming from the catacombs, and [[EvenEvilHasStandards lament]] that their [[AFatherToHisMen own men]] were sealed in there.
** Special mention to the intro cutscene of the first Crypt level where 3 Nazi soldiers overhear the dying screams of one of their fellow soldiers and run to the entrance, only to discover that the ladder was destroyed by their own side to hopefully keep TheUndead sealed in there.

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* ThoseWackyNazis have awakened various types of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mummies and ghouls]] when they DugTooDeep in their frantic search for artifacts. Those who ran out of ammos ammo got dismembered and [[EatenAlive devoured]]. Their screams of horror and pain can be heard in the "Crypt" levels and in the penultimate level ("Castle"). The player better ''not'' run out of ammos ammo in these levels...
** There is some {{Foreshadowing}} {{foreshadowing}} late in the first Village level where two Nazi officers comment about the chilling [[HellIsThatNoise screams]] coming from the catacombs, and [[EvenEvilHasStandards lament]] that their [[AFatherToHisMen own men]] were sealed in there.
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** Special mention to the intro cutscene of the first Crypt level where 3 Nazi soldiers overhear the dying screams of one of their fellow soldiers and run to the entrance, only to discover that the ladder was destroyed by their own side to hopefully keep TheUndead sealed in there.
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-->'''Nazi 1:''' [[HellIsThatNoise Did you hear that?!]]
-->'''Nazi 2:''' Yeah, and I wish I hadn't!

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-->'''Nazi --->'''Nazi 2:''' Yeah, and I wish I hadn't!

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* [[MadScientist Deathshead]]'s {{cyborg}}s. God knows how many human guinea pigs he butchered when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments... He isn't nicknamed TheButcher for nothing: he's basically the StupidJetpackHitler version of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele Dr. Mengele]].

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* [[MadScientist Deathshead]]'s {{cyborg}}s. God knows how many human guinea pigs he butchered [[BodyHorror butchered]] when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments... He isn't nicknamed TheButcher for nothing: he's basically the StupidJetpackHitler version of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele Dr. Mengele]].


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** The Proto-Soldiers are still a hundred percent loyal to the Nazis, but they're MadeOfIron DemonicSpiders equipped with [[MoreDakka Venom guns]] and [[StuffBlowingUp Panzerfausts]]. And the Nazis want to mass produce them to use them against the Allies. [[OneManArmy Blazkowicz]] wins against them because he's just that badass, but the Allies really wouldn't stand a chance.
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** There is some {{Foreshadowing}} late in the first Village level where two Nazi officers comment about the chilling [[HellIsThatNoise screams]] coming from the catacombs, and [[EvenEvilHasStandards lament]] that their [[AFatherToHisMen own men]] were sealed in there.
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* [[MadScientist Deathshead]]'s {{cyborg}}s. God knows how many human guinea pigs he butchered when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments...
** The Loper creatures in particular are completely out of control and casually murder the Nazis who created them.

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* [[MadScientist Deathshead]]'s {{cyborg}}s. God knows how many human guinea pigs he butchered when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments...
experiments... He isn't nicknamed TheButcher for nothing: he's basically the StupidJetpackHitler version of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele Dr. Mengele]].
** The Loper creatures in particular are completely out of control and casually murder the Nazis who created them.fry anyone they turn their attention to with glee.

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* ThoseWackyNazis have awakened various types of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mummies and ghouls]] when they DugTooDeep in their frantic search for artifacts. Those who ran out of ammos got dismembered and devoured. Their screams of horror and pain can be heard in the "Crypt" levels and in the penultimate level ("Castle"). The player better ''not'' run out of ammos in these levels...

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* ThoseWackyNazis have awakened various types of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mummies and ghouls]] when they DugTooDeep in their frantic search for artifacts. Those who ran out of ammos got dismembered and devoured.[[EatenAlive devoured]]. Their screams of horror and pain can be heard in the "Crypt" levels and in the penultimate level ("Castle"). The player better ''not'' run out of ammos in these levels...levels...
** Special mention to the intro cutscene of the first Crypt level where 3 Nazi soldiers overhear the dying screams of one of their fellow soldiers and run to the entrance, only to discover that the ladder was destroyed by their own side to hopefully keep TheUndead sealed in there.
-->'''Nazi 1:''' [[HellIsThatNoise Did you hear that?!]]
-->'''Nazi 2:''' Yeah, and I wish I hadn't!
** There is a VideoGameSetPiece early on in the Castle level where a Nazi is heard being dismembered alive by the zombies and [[NothingIsScarier the only thing we see are pieces of flesh rolling down a staircase]].


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** The horrific gasping of Blazkowicz as he's attacked by ghosts is another layer of nightmare fuel.


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** The Loper creatures in particular are completely out of control and casually murder the Nazis who created them.
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* Olaric (the first boss in the game) is an [[EldritchAbomination abomination]] that seems made of rotten muscles and skulls stitched together. He has also [[LudicrousGibs butchered Olga von Bulow to bloody bits]] and sends ghosts at B.J.'s face.

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* Olaric (the first boss in the game) is an [[EldritchAbomination abomination]] that seems made of rotten muscles and skulls stitched together. He has also [[LudicrousGibs butchered Olga von Bulow to bloody bits]] and sends screaming ghosts at B.J.'s face.face that cause TemporaryBlindness.
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* ThoseWackyNazis have awakened various types of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mummies and ghouls]] when they DugTooDeep in their frantic search for artifacts. Those who ran out of ammos got dismembered and devoured. Their screams of horror and pain can be heard in the Crypt levels and in the penultimate Castle level. The player better ''not'' run out of ammos in these levels...

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* ThoseWackyNazis have awakened various types of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mummies and ghouls]] when they DugTooDeep in their frantic search for artifacts. Those who ran out of ammos got dismembered and devoured. Their screams of horror and pain can be heard in the Crypt "Crypt" levels and in the penultimate Castle level.level ("Castle"). The player better ''not'' run out of ammos in these levels...
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* Deathshead's {{cyborg}}s. God knows how many human guinea pigs he butchered when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments...

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* Deathshead's [[MadScientist Deathshead]]'s {{cyborg}}s. God knows how many human guinea pigs he butchered when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments...
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* [[HerrDoktor Doktor Zee]] torturing B.J.'s teammate to death [[ElectricTorture with electricity]]. Cue the [[StockScream screams]].
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* Nazis have awakened various types of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mummies and ghouls]] when they DugTooDeep in their frantic search for artifacts. Those who ran out of ammos got dismembered and devoured. Their screams of horror and pain can be heard in the Crypt levels and in the penultimate Castle level. The player better ''not'' run out of ammos in these levels...

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* Nazis ThoseWackyNazis have awakened various types of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mummies and ghouls]] when they DugTooDeep in their frantic search for artifacts. Those who ran out of ammos got dismembered and devoured. Their screams of horror and pain can be heard in the Crypt levels and in the penultimate Castle level. The player better ''not'' run out of ammos in these levels...

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* Nazis have awakened various types of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mummies and ghouls]] when they DugTooDeep in their frantic search for artifacts. Those who ran out of ammos got dismembered and devoured. Their screams of horror and pain can be heard in the Crypt levels and in the penultimate Castle level.
* Olaric is an [[EldritchAbomination abomination]] that seems made of rotten muscles and skulls stitched together. He has also [[LudicrousGibs butchered Olga von Bulow to bloody bits]].

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* Nazis have awakened various types of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mummies and ghouls]] when they DugTooDeep in their frantic search for artifacts. Those who ran out of ammos got dismembered and devoured. Their screams of horror and pain can be heard in the Crypt levels and in the penultimate Castle level. \n The player better ''not'' run out of ammos in these levels...
* Olaric (the first boss in the game) is an [[EldritchAbomination abomination]] that seems made of rotten muscles and skulls stitched together. He has also [[LudicrousGibs butchered Olga von Bulow to bloody bits]].bits]] and sends ghosts at B.J.'s face.
* Deathshead's {{cyborg}}s. God knows how many human guinea pigs he butchered when doing his {{Frankenstein|s Monster}}-esque experiments...
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* Nazis have awakened various types of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mummies and ghouls]] when they DugTooDeep in their frantic search for artifacts. Those who ran out of ammos got dismembered and devoured. Their screams of horro and pain can be heard in the Crypt levels and in the penultimate Castle level.
* Olaric is an [[EldritchAbomination abomination]] that seems made of souls stitched together. He has also [[LudicrousGibs butchered Olga von Bulow to bloody bits]].

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* Nazis have awakened various types of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mummies and ghouls]] when they DugTooDeep in their frantic search for artifacts. Those who ran out of ammos got dismembered and devoured. Their screams of horro horror and pain can be heard in the Crypt levels and in the penultimate Castle level.
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* Olaric is an [[EldritchAbomination abomination]] that seems made of souls rotten muscles and skulls stitched together. He has also [[LudicrousGibs butchered Olga von Bulow to bloody bits]].
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* Nazis have awakened various types of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mummies and ghouls]] when they DugTooDeep in their frantic search for artifacts. Those who ran out of ammos got dismembered and devoured. Their screams of horro and pain can be heard in the Crypt levels and in the penultimate Castle level.
* Olaric is an [[EldritchAbomination abomination]] that seems made of souls stitched together. He has also [[LudicrousGibs butchered Olga von Bulow to bloody bits]].

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