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2	[[caption-width-right:291:The grim reaper has some competition.]]
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6	Huge mountain lions, locust swarms, and ominous hooded figures. This ought to be fun.
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8	* Briar, aka The Hooded One, is pretty freaky-looking when she's revealed. Think [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the Wicked Queen's hag disguise]] and you're on the right track.
9	** Not to mention the fact that since she was originally killed by being chopped in half, locusts have to hold her together.
10	* Tarsil is also [[FacialHorror pretty horrifying in appearance]] when he reveals his face.
11	** When The Hooded One and Tarsil face off, she casts an illusion ''of his old, handsome face.'' The real Tarsil's face is so mangled that his look of shock is barely discernable even as she rushes him and cuts him in half at the waist before he can react.
12	* Kingdok and the other Rat Creatures have pretty nasty moments given their featureless eyes and [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily rows of teeth]]. Even the two Stupid Rat Creatures get a few creepy moments before their bickering sets off.
13	* The ghost circles. Invisible, ill-defined zones of corruption created by the Hooded One. There is no way to tell them apart from the general devastation of the war, and with one touch, anything living [[NothingIsScarier simply vanishes, with a little puff of smoke and a hiss]]. They only becoming slightly less unnerving when the reader finally sees the inside of one, revealing an area seemingly left pristine... but haunted with the ghosts of those trapped in them when they first fell down.
14	* The time Briar appears in Thorn's dreams, wearing the face of Gran'ma Ben is really freaky. So is when Fone Bone has a dream of being in Moby Dick, with Phoney as Ahab, and the dragon eats him.
15	** His MajorInjuryUnderreaction to being eaten alive is great NightmareRetardant though:
16	--> ''"Now what did he have to go and do that for?"''
17	* "Eye of the Storm" has such moments, but the one that tops them off is the [[DeathGlare intense expression]] in Gran'ma's eyes when it's revealed she's listening in on Thorn and Fone Bone's conversation. It's notably the first time we see her eyes, and she's never looked so angry before.
18	* The entirety of Book 7, "Ghost Circles. It's a sudden departure from the lively, lush Valley the readers have known since "Out from Boneville", instead replaced with this barren, lifeless plane of ash.
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20	!! ''Rose''
21	* Rose following a mysterious figure into the mountains on her way to Old Man's Cave, only to be suddenly attacked by a gigantic swarm of locusts cast in the shape of herself. What makes it even more terrifying is how out of nowhere the event is, and how the visage bellows in her face for her to turn back.
22	* Balsaad, an AxCrazy nigh-indestructible river dragon who turned to the side of the Locust for his own personal glory and power. His [[HealingFactor healing ability]] allows him to rejoin missing body parts regardless of how many times they are severed from him, and it's unavoidably clear that he takes immense joy and pleasure in killing innocents.
23	** His mindless slaughter of a village full of innocent people. Any time someone tries to escape, Balsaad drives them back with a blast of fire, promising to kill every single one of them if they try to run while he's gone.
24	* The Locust's attempt to possess Rose's body and make her [[ApocalypseMaiden the Emancipator]]. Firstly, he appears to her as Mim, the first queen of the dragons, ranting about how his plans for world destruction were ruined by Mim going mad. Then he morphs into a twisted mixture of Mim and a locust, briefly takes the form of Lucius to tempt her further, before finally assuming the form of a [[BigCreepyCrawlies giant locust]]. The way he creepily caresses Rose's face with his mandibles is enough to make one's skin craw, ''especially'' [[{{Squick}} when he tries to kiss her as Lucius.]]
25	** Briar's betrayal of her sister. While Briar treated her sister coldly at the best of times and was usually cruel and condescending, when the Locust attempts to use Rose for the ritual, she goes completely ballistic and reveals her unabashed ''hatred'' of her sister. It's then further revealed that the Locust has been in contact with Briar throughout her entire life, fostering [[GreenEyedMonster her jealousy and resentment of Rose]], feeding her ego, and promising her vengeance over every imagined slight. When the Locust finally agrees to let Briar have control of Rose's dreams, Briar sports a truly frightening SlasherSmile as she sends Rose plummeting over a cliff edge into a pit of spikes.
26	-->'''Briar:''' Oh, thank you, my master. And thank you, my sister.
27	-->'''Rose:''' What happened?
28	-->'''Briar:''' (grinning manically) I have won, [[AloneWithThePsycho and he has left you to me...]] For years I have begged the Locust to let me take control of your dreams, leaving you to wither and ''die''.
29	-->'''Rose:''' Briar, ''don't-''
30	-->(Briar sends Rose flying over a cliff)

Context NightmareFuel / Bone