History TearJerker / TheHouseInFataMorgana

* Morgana's complete breakdown as her full past life memories return while sheltering from her abusive stepfather at Jacopo's place. When she confronts him about his, his memories also return and they have no choice but to confront their actions and feelings from before, including the re-discovered ''hatred'' Morgana has for him.

* [[YourDaysAreNumbered Imeon/Noemi's]] story. Her life was very similar to Michel's, both being former nobles driven from their homes due to circumstances outside of their control. Just as she begins to crack the barrier Michel has built up around himself, she dies from her illness and leaves him alone once again.

* Didier's ''ghost'' even shedding tears at the ending; despite having killed Michel, it's obvious he never got over it.

* Mell of Rose Manor's story. [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold A kind young man]] who wanted nothing but to live a peaceful life with his sister and love interest, a selfish act [[SinsOfOurFathers by both of his parents leads to the extinction of the family line]] and his suicide a few years later.

* Mell of Rose Manor's story. [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold A kind young man]] who wanted nothing but to live a peaceful life with his sister and love interest, a selfish act [[SinsOfOurFathers by both]] [[YourCheatingHeart of his parents]] [[ForWantOfANail leads to the extinction of the family line]] and his suicide a few years later.

* Mell of Rose Manor's story. [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold A kind young man]] who wanted nothing but to live a peaceful life with his sister and love interest, a selfish act [[SinsOfOurFathers by his father]] [[ForWantOfANail leads to the extinction of the family line]] and his suicide a few years later.

* [[WeUsedToBeFriends Jacopo and Maria's story.]] Despite being an overall unlikeable {{Jerkass}} and a [[DomesticAbuse domestic abuser]], it's hard not feel sorry for the guy once his past is revealed and the one he thought closest to him - and a friend he went out of his way to look out for - stabs him in the back.

* Michel's whole existence. Born {{Intersex}} during a time when people neither understood or accepted the condition, he was castigated as a "demon child" and "impure", abandoned by everyone he cared about, and kept in what was essentially solitary confinement for over ten years, culminating in his death and crucifixion by ''his brother'' and his corpse being burned by ''his own mother.'' His soul, unable to leave Earth after his death, is forced to watch the desecration and burning of his corpse.

** Just look at some of the lyrics for the music for Michel's death scene, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BETNLoHJaCc "Fábula Escrita":]]

** Just look at some of the lyrics for the music for Michel's death scene, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BETNLoHJaCc "Fábula Escrita":]]

* Near the end of the game, Michel travels back to Morgana's time to try and rescue the souls of both Morgana and the three men trapped in the mansion. It's revealed that while he can interact with them and change their actions and behaviors, [[YouCantFightFate he ultimately cannot avert their fates]] - Morgana [[DiedInYourArmsTonight dies in his arms in a heartbreaking scene]], and [[SlashedThroat Mell]], [[PerfectPoison Nellie]], [[TorchesAndPitchforks Yukimasa]], [[BurnTheWitch Pauline]], and [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice Jacopo]] still all die.

* The theme that plays during the game's saddest moments, appropriately titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1I9iz9dDJc "Everybody's Crying"]]. It's even worse when you realize that an alternate title for the track is called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwAR8i-kXcg&feature=youtu.be "The Wrongful Life of Michel Bollinger"]].

* Mell of Rose Manor's story. [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold A kind young man]] who wanted nothing but to live a peaceful life with his sister and love interest, [[YourCheatingHeart a selfish act]] [[SinsOfOurFathers by his father]] [[ForWantOfANail leads to the extinction of the family line]] and his suicide a few years later.

* Though the backstage is a welcome respite from the gamer's overall tone, it's still discouraging to see that [[HateSink Aimee]] shows no remorse for how she treated Michel, and [[KarmaHoudini even taunts him about "living a life of luxury" while he was burned at the stake.]]

* [[TeamMom Maria's]] [[TheBlackDeath ultimate fate.]] It's no wonder Morgana feels guilty upon meeting her in the backstage of the first game.

* [[TeamMom Maria's]] [[TheBlackDeath ultimate fate.]] It's no wonder Morgana feels guilty upon meeting her in the backstage of the first game.

* Jacopo finally gets around to making his LoveConfession to Morgana shortly before she dies, but [[SanitySlippage she is too far gone]] to acknowledge it. To make it worse, he delivers it [[IgnoredConfession in the middle of her telling him how much she hates him.]]

* Jacopo finally gets around to making his LoveConfession to Morgana shortly before she dies, but [[SanitySlippage she is too far gone]] to acknowledge it. To make it worse, he delivers it in the middle of her telling him how much she hates him.

* Jacopo's hard and fast fall from an AllLovingHero to a tyrant. The stresses of ruling and betrayals by former friends cause him to snap and become not much better than the original Barnier, becoming the Jacopo we see in the main game.

* Jacopo's hard and fast fall from an AllLovingHero to a tyrant. The stresses of ruling cause him to snap and become not much better than the original Barnier, becoming the Jacopo we see in the main game.

''The House In Fata Morgana'' is one ''massive'' {{Tearjerker}}. Michel, [[TheWoobie the protagonist,]] is basically the personification of one.

* The theme that plays during the game's saddest moments, appropriately titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1I9iz9dDJc "Everybody's Crying"]]. It's even worse when you realize that an alternate title for the track is called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwAR8i-kXcg&feature=youtu.be "The Wrongful Life of Michel Bollinger"]].

* The theme that plays during the game's saddest moments, appropriately titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1I9iz9dDJc "Everybody's Crying"]]. It's even worse when you realize that an alternate title for the track is called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwAR8i-kXcg&feature=youtu.be "The Wrongful Life of Michel Bollinger"]].

!!''A Requiem for Innocence''
* Ceren's story. She sees her parents slaughtered right in front of her, yet follows the killer because she [[AmbiguousDisorder doesn't know right from wrong.]] They abuse her, yet she still sticks with them until they tire of her and sell her into slavery. Her new masters eventually get creeped out by her lack of emotions, and don't attempt to retrieve her when she is stolen from them.