History NightmareFuel / TheSilmarillion

** Some earlier versions of the Silmarillion are even more chilling. Instead of being a Maia Umgoliant was a primeval spirit of darkness from the void (essentially outer space). Perhaps there are others like her dwelling in the darkness.

Some earlier versions of the Silmarillion are even more chilling. Instead of being a Maia Umgoliant was a primeval spirit of darkness from the void (essentially outer space). Perhaps there are others like her dwelling in the darkness.

* Ungoliant, as one would expect from a giant spider who brought Shelob into the world. A simple Maia, she drank the sap of the Two Trees and turned into the ''pure embodiment of darkness and gluttony'', and became the Broodmother of all spiders in existence (sorry arachnophobes!). She's never satisfied, and isn't picky about what she eats. She would devour the entire world if given the chance. She almost ate Morgoth himself. And what's worse, the published version of ''The Silmarillion'' does not confirm her fate. So...she could still be out there somewhere...always hungry...

* Just when you think that the good guys had won the battle, Morgoth unleashed the fires of Thrangorodrim unto them and to the nearby lands. Oh man! This is no joke, in fact this battle called Dagor Bragollach (Unnumbered Tears) itself is such a nightmare into its own right. People burned left and right, and they were not only burned, but consumed by the lava itself.

* Just when you think that the good guys had won the battle, Morgoth unleashed the fires of Thrangorodrim unto them and to the nearby lands. Oh man! This is no joke, in fact this battle called Dagor Bragollach itself is such a nightmare into its own right. People burned left and right as they were not only burned, but consumed by the lava itself.

* The fact that, [[Main/EverythingIsTryingToKillYou as if orcs, dragons and werewolves weren't enough]], Middle-Earth also has vampires.

* Ancalagon The Black. So humongously large, so large that he himself broke 3 mountains that are bigger than Mount Everest by his death. He has enough power to melt many of the rings of power. He is basically a walking natural disaster.

* The fact that, [[Main/EverythingIsTryingToKillYou as if orcs, dragons and werewolves weren't enough]], Middle-Earth also has vampires.

* The implications and flat put confirmation that Middle-Earth has vampires.

* Maedhros' torment on Thangorodrim. Morgoth catches him, tortures him, and then ''hangs him by the wrist'' from a sheer cliff face. It's not clear how long he was up there, but judging by other events in the timeline his imprisonment lasted for something like ''twenty years.'' It's so terrible that he can only [[MercyKill beg for death]] when his best friend Fingon finds him. Then, of course, Fingon has to chop off his hand in order to get him down.

* Imprisonment on the Isle of Werewolves. Trapped in a dungeon, with werewolves gradually picking the prisoners off. The Lay of Leithian even describes chains that eat their flesh.

** Most likely they were being enslaved and sacrificed to Morgoth, as it is mentioned that Numenorians did that to men of Middle-Earth.

** Most likely they were enslaved and sacrificed to Morgoth, as it is mentioned that Numenorians did that to men of Middle-Earth.

** Most likely they were enslaved and sacrificed to Morgoth.

* Ancalagon The Black. So humongously large, so large that he himself broke 3 mountains that are bigger than Mount Everest by his death. He has enough power to melt many of the rings of power. He is basically a walking natural disaster.

* What the [[TheEmpire imperialistic Numenoreans]] did while under Sauron's instruction to the peoples of Middle-Earth like the Haradrim, the Variags, and the Easterlings. [[NothingIsScarier We never get the details]], but whatever it was, it so fouled their hearts with hate and pain that centuries later they worshiped and served Sauron ''just so they could kill Numenor's descendants''.

* Ungoliant, as one would expect from a giant spider who brought Shelob into the world. A simple Maiar, she drank the sap of the Two Trees and turned into the ''pure embodiment of darkness and gluttony'', and became the Broodmother of all spiders in existence (sorry arachnophobes!). She's never satisfied, and isn't picky about what she eats. She would devour the entire world if given the chance. She almost ate Morgoth himself. And what's worse, the published version of ''The Silmarillion'' does not confirm her fate. So...she could still be out there somewhere...always hungry...

* Ungoliant, as one would expect from a giant spider who brought Shelob into the world. A simple Maiar, she drank the sap of the Two Trees turned into the ''pure embodiment of darkness and gluttony'', and became the Broodmother of all spiders in existence (sorry arachnophobes!). She's never satisfied, and isn't picky about what she eats. She would devour the entire world if given the chance. She almost ate Morgoth himself. And what's worse, the published version of ''The Silmarillion'' does not confirm her fate. So...she could still be out there somewhere...always hungry...

* Ungoliant, as one would expect from a giant spider who brought Shelob into the world. A living incarnation of Primordial Darkness that ''eats light.'' She's never satisfied, and isn't picky about what she eats. She would devour the entire world if given the chance. She almost ate Morgoth himself. And what's worse, the published version of ''The Silmarillion'' does not confirm her fate. So...she could still be out there somewhere...always hungry...
** It's worth emphasizing: Ungoliant utterly triumphed over Morgoth, making him scream with such pain that it echos forever, when Morgoth was one of the most powerful beings in existence. It took the combined efforts of ''every Balrog in existence'' to even drive her away from him, and none of this managed to actually hurt her.

** It's worth emphasizing: Ungoliant utterly triumphed over Morgoth, making him scream with such pain that it echos forever, when Morgoth was one of the most powerful beings in existence. It took the combined efforts of ''every Balrog in existence" to even drive her away from him, and none of this managed to actually hurt her.

* Ungoliant, as one would expect from a giant spider who brought Shelob into the world. A living incarnation of Primordial Darkness that ''eats light.'' She's never satisfied, and isn't picky about what she eats. She would devour the entire world if given the chance. She almost ate Morgoth himself. And what's worse, the published version of ''The Silmarillion'' does not confirm her fate. So...she could still be out there somewhere...always hungry...

* Ungoliant, as one would expect from a giant spider who brought Shelob into the world.