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* Creation of Mord-Sith. It involves choosing the nicest girls, and breaking them. How? It's done THREE times. First, she has to get used to pain. Second, she has to watch as your mother is made a slave and killed. Third, she must do the same herself to her father. Fortunately, Richard abandoned this practice, and all Mord-Sith respected him so much that they continued to serve him.
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* Creation of Mord-Sith. It involves choosing the nicest girls, and breaking them. How? It's done THREE times. First, she has to be broken in will and forced to get used to pain. Second, she has to watch be broken in empathy, which means watching as your her mother is made a slave and killed. tortured to death. Third, she must do be broken of her fear of causing pain, which means doing the same herself to her own father. Fortunately, As Denna tells Richard, there is nothing she does to torture him that hasn't been done to her many times over. Richard abandoned this practice, and all disbands the order when he comes to power, but the existing Mord-Sith respected transfer their loyalty to him so much that they continued to serve him.out of gratitude and put their deadly skills in his service.
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* In the first books, the gars are weirdly unnerving. There's a real hiding-from-the-bizarre-monster nightmare quality to their scenes. And it doesn't help that while you're hiding, their bloodflies are stinging and biting you and trying to get you to make just one move or one noise so that the gar spots you.
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** Rather chillingly, almost this exact scenario happened in 1984. It also appeared in George Fielding Eliot's ''The Copper Bowl'', NightmareFuel in itself, which dates from 1928.
* In "Blood of the Fold" we get introduced to Emperor Jagang, a Dream Walker whose magic abilities allow him to slip into the cracks of a wizard's thoughts and control them completely. He then proceeds to kill one of the Sisters of the Dark in front of the others, and then uses his power to [[spoiler: show them the extent of what their punishment in the Underworld will be if they displease him and die. At first the dark sisters think Jagang is torturing the victim. When asked how long he will keep this up before letting her die, he calmly explains that she was dead before she hit the floor. He lets them watch their comrade's thrashing, screaming corpse, all the while while rendering them immobile and while chowing down on some turkey. When they ask how long she will scream, he answers, "Until she rots." And then, he orders her corpse to be thrown into the privy pit.]]
* In "Blood of the Fold" we get introduced to Emperor Jagang, a Dream Walker whose magic abilities allow him to slip into the cracks of a wizard's thoughts and control them completely. He then proceeds to kill one of the Sisters of the Dark in front of the others, and then uses his power to [[spoiler: show them the extent of what their punishment in the Underworld will be if they displease him and die. At first the dark sisters think Jagang is torturing the victim. When asked how long he will keep this up before letting her die, he calmly explains that she was dead before she hit the floor. He lets them watch their comrade's thrashing, screaming corpse, all the while while rendering them immobile and while chowing down on some turkey. When they ask how long she will scream, he answers, "Until she rots." And then, he orders her corpse to be thrown into the privy pit.]]
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** Rather chillingly, almost this exact scenario happened in 1984.''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. It also appeared in George Fielding Eliot's ''The Copper Bowl'', NightmareFuel in itself, which dates from 1928.
* In "Blood of the Fold" we get introduced to Emperor Jagang, a Dream Walker whose magic abilities allow him to slip into the cracks ofa wizard's magic users' thoughts and control them completely. He then proceeds to kill one of the Sisters of the Dark in front of the others, and then uses his power to [[spoiler: show them the extent of what their punishment in the Underworld will be if they displease him and die. At first the dark sisters think Jagang is torturing the victim. When asked how long he will keep this up before letting her die, he calmly explains that she was dead before she hit the floor. He lets them watch their comrade's thrashing, screaming corpse, all the while while rendering them immobile and while chowing down on some turkey. When they ask how long she will scream, he answers, "Until she rots." And then, he orders her corpse to be thrown into the privy pit.]]
* In "Blood of the Fold" we get introduced to Emperor Jagang, a Dream Walker whose magic abilities allow him to slip into the cracks of
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* Creation of Mord-Sith. It involves choosing the nicest girls, and breaking them. How? It's done THREE times. First, she has to get used to pain. Second, you have she has to watch as your mother is made a slave and killed. Third, you she must do the same yourself herself to your her father. Fortunately, Richard abandoned this practice, and all Mord-Sith respected him so much that they continued to serve him.
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* Creation of Mord-Sith. It involves choosing the nicest girls, and breaking them. How? It's done THREE times. First, she has to get used to pain. Second, you have to watch as your mother is made a slave and killed. Third, you must do the it yourself to your father. Fortunately Richard abandoned this practise, and all Mord-Sith respected him so much that they continued to serve him.
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* Creation of Mord-Sith. It involves choosing the nicest girls, and breaking them. How? It's done THREE times. First, she has to get used to pain. Second, you have to watch as your mother is made a slave and killed. Third, you must do the it same yourself to your father. Fortunately Fortunately, Richard abandoned this practise, practice, and all Mord-Sith respected him so much that they continued to serve him.
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* Creation of Mord-Sith. It involves choosing the nicest girls, and breaking them. How? It's done THREE times. First, she has to get used to pain. Second, you have to make your father your slave and torture him to death. Third, you must do the same to your mother. Fortunately Richard abandoned this practise, and all Mord-Sith respected him so much that they continued to serve him.
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* Creation of Mord-Sith. It involves choosing the nicest girls, and breaking them. How? It's done THREE times. First, she has to get used to pain. Second, you have to make watch as your father your mother is made a slave and torture him to death. killed. Third, you must do the same it yourself to your mother.father. Fortunately Richard abandoned this practise, and all Mord-Sith respected him so much that they continued to serve him.
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* One of the earlier ''SwordOfTruth'' books has this thing toward the end with rats eating someone alive. To be more specific, the villain of the book has tied down one of the hero's allies, put a rat under a bucket on her stomach, and starts heating the bucket. He deliberately chose this torture because the victim had an earlier established fear of rats.
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* One of the earlier ''SwordOfTruth'' ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' books has this thing toward the end with rats eating someone alive. To be more specific, the villain of the book has tied down one of the hero's allies, put a rat under a bucket on her stomach, and starts heating the bucket. He deliberately chose this torture because the victim had an earlier established fear of rats.
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* The two young graduates of the WizardingSchool who have been lifelong friends and nominally in service to the Light, only to be told by the BigBad that one of them has to be flayed alive, whereas the other has to join the Dark Side and perform the flaying as part of his initiation.
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* The two young graduates of the WizardingSchool who have been lifelong friends and nominally in service to the Light, only to be told by the BigBad that one of them has to be flayed alive, whereas the other has to join the Dark Side and perform the flaying as part of his initiation. [[MoralEventHorizon And one of them did it.]]
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* Chickens aside, the idea that the Chimes of Death can just suddenly show up and make you drown yourself can be frightening.
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* Chickens aside, the idea that the Chimes of Death can just suddenly show up and make you drown yourself can be frightening.frightening.
* Creation of Mord-Sith. It involves choosing the nicest girls, and breaking them. How? It's done THREE times. First, she has to get used to pain. Second, you have to make your father your slave and torture him to death. Third, you must do the same to your mother. Fortunately Richard abandoned this practise, and all Mord-Sith respected him so much that they continued to serve him.
* Creation of Mord-Sith. It involves choosing the nicest girls, and breaking them. How? It's done THREE times. First, she has to get used to pain. Second, you have to make your father your slave and torture him to death. Third, you must do the same to your mother. Fortunately Richard abandoned this practise, and all Mord-Sith respected him so much that they continued to serve him.
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* The two young graduates of the WizardingSchool who have been lifelong friends and nominally in service to the Light, only to be told by the BigBad that one of them has to be flayed alive, whereas the other has to join the Dark Side and perform the flaying as part of his initiation.initiation.
* Chickens aside, the idea that the Chimes of Death can just suddenly show up and make you drown yourself can be frightening.
* Chickens aside, the idea that the Chimes of Death can just suddenly show up and make you drown yourself can be frightening.
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* One of the earlier ''SwordOfTruth'' books has this thing toward the end with rats eating someone alive. To be more specific, the villain of the book has tied down one of the hero's allies, put a rat under a bucket on her stomach, and starts heating the bucket. He deliberately chose this torture because the victim had an earlier established fear of rats.
** Rather chillingly, almost this exact scenario happened in 1984. It also appeared in George Fielding Eliot's ''The Copper Bowl'', NightmareFuel in itself, which dates from 1928.
* In "Blood of the Fold" we get introduced to Emperor Jagang, a Dream Walker whose magic abilities allow him to slip into the cracks of a wizard's thoughts and control them completely. He then proceeds to kill one of the Sisters of the Dark in front of the others, and then uses his power to [[spoiler: show them the extent of what their punishment in the Underworld will be if they displease him and die. At first the dark sisters think Jagang is torturing the victim. When asked how long he will keep this up before letting her die, he calmly explains that she was dead before she hit the floor. He lets them watch their comrade's thrashing, screaming corpse, all the while while rendering them immobile and while chowing down on some turkey. When they ask how long she will scream, he answers, "Until she rots." And then, he orders her corpse to be thrown into the privy pit.]]
* The chimes...the fricking chimes. Don't say their names out loud.
* The two young graduates of the WizardingSchool who have been lifelong friends and nominally in service to the Light, only to be told by the BigBad that one of them has to be flayed alive, whereas the other has to join the Dark Side and perform the flaying as part of his initiation.
** Rather chillingly, almost this exact scenario happened in 1984. It also appeared in George Fielding Eliot's ''The Copper Bowl'', NightmareFuel in itself, which dates from 1928.
* In "Blood of the Fold" we get introduced to Emperor Jagang, a Dream Walker whose magic abilities allow him to slip into the cracks of a wizard's thoughts and control them completely. He then proceeds to kill one of the Sisters of the Dark in front of the others, and then uses his power to [[spoiler: show them the extent of what their punishment in the Underworld will be if they displease him and die. At first the dark sisters think Jagang is torturing the victim. When asked how long he will keep this up before letting her die, he calmly explains that she was dead before she hit the floor. He lets them watch their comrade's thrashing, screaming corpse, all the while while rendering them immobile and while chowing down on some turkey. When they ask how long she will scream, he answers, "Until she rots." And then, he orders her corpse to be thrown into the privy pit.]]
* The chimes...the fricking chimes. Don't say their names out loud.
* The two young graduates of the WizardingSchool who have been lifelong friends and nominally in service to the Light, only to be told by the BigBad that one of them has to be flayed alive, whereas the other has to join the Dark Side and perform the flaying as part of his initiation.
