History NightmareFuel / TheDragonPrince

* The episode's titular dragon is a massive juggernaut of flame and hate. Formally [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority king of the dragons]], he was powerful and callous enough to [[PersonOfMassDestruction singlehandedly obliterate an entire city]] just to [[DisproportionateRetribution punish a single rebellious mage]]... and that was ''before'' being driven mad by pain and blindness. In the present, he roams through Xadia attacking anything that gets in his way without knowing nor caring who he's trying to kill. And while he may have lost his title and his sight, he's retained ALL of his strength and fire. His fury is so intense that he's willing to murder Rayla and Zym, ''his own prince'', because they begged him to spare Callum's life.

* The transformed soldiers did not revert back to normal after the battle; what will life be like for them after the war is formally over? With the man who preformed the change presumed dead there may be no reversing the process, trapping them as soulless monsters for the rest of their lives.

* There is a deep groove worn into the floor of the Sunforge that the beam travels through on it's way to "purify" Viran. [[InferredHolocaust just how many "impure" people have the elves killed in such a way?]]

* Viren's, or rather, Aaravos's plan to fight the elves: steal the power of the sunfire elves and use it to transform the human army into a legion of burning monsters. This isn’t a legion of volunteers either. After converting the prince from another kingdom, he becomes big, scary, and seemingly no longer capable of forming words, Viren, seeing how the rest of the army still isn’t sold on this, he turns the spell into a large-scale AOE, which converts people half a mile away.

* Viren turning Runaan into a coin is pretty terrifying, complete with OminousLatinChanting and Viren's NightmareFace. To say nothing of Runaan's horrifying screams - to put this in perspective, the fearless assassin, who's shown little to no emotion up until that moment had been reduced to screaming in terror. And it's pretty clear that Viren has done this to other people in the past...

* Lujanne removing Ava's leg. Hey, remember that time when you were healed as a small child? Psyche! You were never healed! Enjoy being an amputee now!

* Rayla investigates a strange noise and finds someone spun up in a spider's web warning her to turn back. When she cuts them loose, the inside reveals nothing but dust. It's enough to freak her out to the point where she won't even tell Callum what she saw at first.
* The face on the spider's back. It's an awful SlasherSmile with sharp teeth.

*** Let that sink in; Viren can twist anyone he chooses into a monstrous slave. ''Anyone''. Even Callum, Ezran, or Rayla...

*** Let that sink in; Viran can twist anyone he chooses into a monstrous slave. ''Anyone''. Even Callum, Ezran, or Rayla...

** It must have been bad for Rayla as well; from her perspective, Callum had just killed himself in a futile effort to save her. If he hadn't pulled off that last minuet spell, those would have been her final thoughts.

* There is a deep groove worn into the floor of the Sunforge that the beam travels through on it's way to "purify" Viran. Given how obsessed the Sunfury elves are with purity, [[ImpliedHolocaust just how many people have been executed in such a manner?]]

* Viren's, or rather, Aaravos's plan to fight the elves: steal the power of the sunfire elves and use it to transform the human army into a legion of burning monsters.

* Remember that soul-leeching serpent that Viran had back in season 1? Rayla and Callum find where it came from. The midnight desert apparently has thousands of the damn things squirming beneath the sand, and a single bite does worse than just poison you; your own soul is devoured, leaving your body as a mindless, empty husk. It's best not to consider what your soul goes through after the serpents take them.

** [[FreezeFrameBonus Blink and you'll miss it]], but as the shot frames Claudia and Viren in profile and Claudia goes over to tend to him, you can see one lone boot sticking out from behind a cave rock, unmoving. Given that she had to kill a deer to heal Soren's paralysis, Claudia may have just killed a human to resurrect her father.

* The episode's titular dragon is a massive juggernaut of flame and hate. Formally [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority king of the dragons]], he was powerful and callous enough to [[PersonOfMassDestruction singlehandedly obliterate an entire city]] just to [[DisproportionateRetribution punish a single rebellious mage]]... and that was ''before'' being driven mad by pain and blindness. In the present, he roams through Xadia attacking anything that gets in his way without knowing nor caring who he's trying to kill. And while he may have lost his title and his sight, he's retained ALL of his strength and fire. His fury is so intense that he's willing to murder Rayla and Zim, ''his own prince'', because they begged him to spare Callum's life.

* Aaravos' familiar sewing a web of silk directly onto Viren's [[EyeScream eyeball]].

* A casual line from the sunfire queen towards Viren serves as this. All those times he's drained butterflies to restore his appearance? He hasn't been feeding on their energy to restore himself. He's just been using them to power an illusion of an ordinary appearance. Without it, he ''always'' looks like a corrupted shadow of himself.

* The episode's titular dragon is a massive juggernaut of flame, claws, and hate. A former king of the dragons, he was cruel, pitiless, and powerful enough to singlehandely obliterate an entire city full of innocent humans just to punish a single wayward mage... and that was ''before'' being driven mad by pain and blindness. He has since become a bitter and spiteful vagabond, stumbling through xadia at random and attacking anything unfortunate enough to get in his way without bothering to learn who or what he's trying to kill. And while he may have lost his title and his sight, he's retained ALL of his strength and fire. His fury is so intense that he's willing to murder Rayla and Zim, ''his own prince'', because they begged him to spare Callum.

* Aaravos whispers the fate of the sunfire queens grandmother to her, horrifying her, before doing something that causes her body to just ''dissolve'' into nothingness. Even better? Despite having the entirety of her face and head dissolved, she ''still'' somehow lets out a blood curdling scream as her armor falls from the tower.

* Aaravos whispers the fate of the sunfire queens grandmother to her, horrifying her, before doing something that causes her body to just ''dissolve'' into nothingness.

* The episode's titular dragon is a massive juggernaut of flame, claws, and hate. Once powerful enough to be considered the king of the dragons, he was cruel, pitiless, and powerful enough to singlehandely torch an entire city of innocents just to punish a single wayward mage... and that was ''before'' being driven mad by pain and blindness. Now he's a bitter and spiteful vagabond, stumbling through xadia at random, attacking anything unfortunate enough to get in his way before he even knows what it is. And while he may have lost his title and his sight, he's retained ALL of his strength and fire. His fury is so intense that he's willing to kill Zim, ''his own prince'', just because he and Rayla refused to abandon Callum to die.

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* The titular dragon himself is a massive juggernaut of fire and hate. Once powerful enough to be considered the king of the dragons, he was cruel and pitiless enough to torch an entire city just to proove a point... and that was ''before'' being driven insane by pain and blindness. Now he's a bitter and spiteful vagabond, stumbling through xadia at random, lashing out at anything in his path before he even knows what it is. And while he may have lost his title and his sight, he's retained ALL of his strength and fire. His fury is so intense that he's willing to kill Zim, ''his own prince'', just because he and Rayla refused to abandon Callum to die.
** His facial wounds are nothing to scoff at either; his scales have been melted away leaving a huge mess of scar tissue over a half melted face. It looks both revolting and painful in equal measure. We even get to see him [[FlashBack receive it]] during the ColdOpen.

* The slow, agonizing death of the Dragon King Avizandum (a.k.a. Thunder) by [[TakenForGranite petrification]]. Even King Harrow, who'd wanted Thunder dead in revenge for the death of his wife, was horrified.