History TearJerker / TheHouseInFataMorgana

* 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 an impulsive act]] [[SinsOfOurFathers by his father]] [[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]], [[YourCheatingHeart an impulsive act]] [[SinsOfOurFathers by his father]] [[ForWantOfANail leads to the extinction of the family line]] and his suicide a few years later.

* Mell of Rose Manor's story. [[YourCheatingHeart An impulsive act]] [[SinsOfOurFathers by his father]] [[ForWantOfANail leads to the extinction of the family line]] and his suicide a few years later.

* Mell of Rose Manor's story. [[YourCheatingHeart An impulsive act]] [[SinsOfOurFathers by his father]] [[ForWantOfANail leads to the extinction of the family line and his suicide a few years later.

* The fate of the Rhodes family in 1603. The family patriarch is poisoned by his own son to gain his inheritance faster; [[LaserGuidedKarma consequently,]] the poisoner's [[YourCheatingHeart wife cheats on him]] and the [[ForWantOfANail entire family line is destroyed from this selfish act.]] His son becomes a priest and commits suicide a few years later, while his daughter also dies from an illness a few years later.

* The fate of the Rhodes family in 1603. The family patriarch is poisoned by his own son to gain his inheritance faster [[KickTheDog (when the patriarch was going to give his son everything anyways)]]; [[LaserGuidedKarma consequently,]] the poisoner's [[YourCheatingHeart wife cheats on him]] and the [[ForWantOfANail entire family line is destroyed from his impulsive act.]] His son becomes a priest and commits suicide a few years later, while his daughter also dies from an illness a few years later.

** On thate note, [[PrecociousCrush Jacopo and Morgana's story]], particularly if you've played ''A Requiem For Innocence.'' Going from rescuing her, [[DefrostingIceQueen to getting her to open up to others,]] and then to inflicting the same kind of pain on her the previous lord did is rather depressing to watch.

* [[PrecociousCrush Jacopo and Morgana's story]], particularly if you've played ''A Requiem For Innocence.'' Going from rescuing her, [[DefrostingIceQueen to getting her to open up to others,]] and then to inflicting the same kind of pain on her the previous lord did is rather depressing to watch.

* Morgana's past. Truly believing herself to be capable of [[HealingHands miraculous healing powers]], she aspired to do nothing but help people. [[MadeASlave Sold into slavery]] by her charlatan mother, she suffered terrible abuse by an EvilOverlord, permanently disfiguring her. After experiencing a few happy years, she is re-captured by the local lord [[WeUsedToBeFriends (who turns out to be the young man who rescued her]] from the EvilOverlord), [[AnArmAndALeg gets her arm severed by a mercenary]], is regularly drained of her blood (again), and imprisoned until she dies shortly after - at the [[SarcasmMode ripe old age]] of sixteen.

* Morgana's past. Truly believing herself to be capable of [[HealingHands miraculous healing powers]], she aspired to do nothing but help people. [[MadeASlave Sold into slavery]] by her charlatan mother, she suffered terrible abuse by an EvilOverlord, permanently disfiguring her. After experiencing a few happy years, she is re-captured by the local lord [[WeUsedToBeFriends (who turns out to be the young man who rescued her from the EvilOverlord)]], [[AnArmAndALeg gets her arm severed by a mercenary]], is regularly drained of her blood (again), and imprisoned until she dies shortly after - at the [[SarcasmMode ripe old age]] of sixteen.

* Morgana's past. Truly believing herself to be capable of [[HealingHands miraculous healing powers]], she aspired to do nothing but help people. [[MadeASlave Sold into slavery]] by her own mother, she suffered terrible abuse by an EvilOverlord, permanently disfiguring her. After experiencing a few happy years, she is re-captured by the local lord [[WeUsedToBeFriends (who turns out to be the young man who rescued her)]], [[AnArmAndALeg gets her arm chopped off by a mercenary]], is regularly drained of her blood (again), and imprisoned until she dies shortly after - at the [[SarcasmMode ripe old age]] of sixteen.

* Morgana's past. Truly believing herself to be capable of [[HealingHands miraculous healing powers]], she aspired to do nothing but help people. [[MadeASlave Sold into slavery]] by her own mother, she suffered terrible abuse by an EvilOverlord, permanently disfiguring her. After experiencing a few happy years, she is re-captured by the local lord [[WeUsedToBeFriends (who turns out to be her first love)]], [[AnArmAndALeg gets her arm chopped off by a mercenary]], is regularly drained of her blood (again), and imprisoned until she dies shortly after - at the [[SarcasmMode ripe old age]] of sixteen.

* The fate of the Rhodes family in 1603. The family patriarch is poisoned by his own son to gain his inheritance faster [[KickTheDog (when the patriarch was going to give his son everything anyways)]]; [[LaserGuidedKarma consequently,]] the poisoner is [[YourCheatingHeart cheated on by his wife]] and the [[ForWantOfANail entire family line is destroyed from his impulsive act.]] His son becomes a priest and commits suicide a few years later, while his daughter also dies from an illness a few years later.

* The fate of the Rhodes family in 1603. The family patriarch is poisoned by his own son to gain his inheritance faster [[KickTheDog (when the patriarch was going to give his son everything anyways)]]; [[LaserGuidedKarma consequently,]] the poisoner is [[YourCheatingHeart cheated on by his wife]] and the [[DisasterDominoes entire family line is destroyed from his impulsive act.]] His son becomes a priest and commits suicide a few years later, while his daughter also dies from an illness a few years later.

* The fate of the Rhodes family in 1603. The family patriarch is poisoned by his own son; [[LaserGuidedKarma consequently,]] the poisoner is [[YourCheatingHeart cheated on by his wife]] and the entire [[ForWantOfANail family line is destroyed from this seemingly minor act.]] His son becomes a priest and commits suicide a few years later, while his daughter also dies from an illness a few years later.

* The theme that plays during the game's saddest moments, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1I9iz9dDJc "Everybody's Crying"]]. It's 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"]].

* 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 Mell, Nellie, Yukimasa, and Jacopo still all die.

** 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 Mell, Nellie, Yukimasa, and Jacopo still all die.

* The theme that plays during the game's saddest moments, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1I9iz9dDJc "Everybody's Crying".]]

* Morgana's past. Truly believing herself to be capable of [[HealingHands miraculous healing powers]], she aspired to do nothing but help people. [[MadeASlave Sold into slavery]] by her own mother, she suffered terrible abuse by an EvilOverlord, permanently disfiguring her. After experiencing a few happy years, she is re-captured by the local lord [[WeUsedToBeFriends (who turns out to be her first love)]], [[AnArmAndALeg gets her arm chopped off by a mercenary]], is regularly drained of her blood, and imprisoned until she dies shortly after - at the [[SarcasmMode ripe old age]] of sixteen.

* 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.''

* Michel's soul, unable to leave Earth after his death, is forced to watch the desecration and burning of his corpse.

* [[CryForTheDevil Yukimasa.]] Despite being a {{sadist}} and a killer, it's hard not to feel bad for him when you realize what he's gone through, particularly if you have ever been the victim of racial discrimination. This ends in the deaths of both his loved ones and [[KillEmAll an entire village]] (including probably himself).

-->will ever bring me salvation in this world devoid of light.

-->Neither God nor His angels,
-->the Devil or the witch,
-->and certainly not man,
-->will ever bring me salvation
-->in this world devoid of light.

-->Are they right - or is this madness?
-->[[TorchesAndPitchforks They're drunk on holy justice,]]
-->reveling in their twisted euphoria.

-->Their eyes are blind to the impure truth.