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3* The ending of Act 1 is one of the most horrifying things to witness, as much for its implications as for what happens. The Luminary is seemingly killed, his powers stolen from him, and then Mordegon destroys Yggdrasil. The Yggdrasil, however, isn't just some super important tree, but the literal afterlife of all people in the world, managing the cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth. Without it, humans cannot be reborn and will be doomed to eventually rise as undead monsters like Deadnauts, [[note]] [[TheBusCameBack Making their grand return in the series]] since ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII''.[[/note]] forced to serve the forces of evil. Without Yggdrasil, there is no escape, even in death. In fact, dying will doom you to rise and be used as a weapon against humanity forever.
4** There's also the implication that, without the Yggdrasil, birth is no longer possible at all, since all souls are supposed to pass through the tree before being reborn. Without the World Tree, it doesn't matter if there's an endless onslaught of monsters and demons seeking to wipe out all of humanity since given enough time, humanity will end up dying out eventually regardless.
5* At the start of Act 2, when Queen Marina shows the Luminary the current state of the world, they see a little girl stumble into a church. It initially appears abandoned, but a flash of lightning illuminates the building and it is ''filled'' with corpses.
6* Also, Alizarin and his troops attacking Nautica and destroying the protection barrier. It is also a tear jerker moment as well.
7* Finding Rab at the top of the mountain near Angri-La, you come across a mummy that looks like it went through a Sokushinbutsu ritual. Rab spent two weeks at the summit of that mountain meditating just to learn his master's secrets from beyond the grave.
8* The Gloomnivore. Think for a second of a monster than keeps a person in a state of perpetual undeath for years on end, making them relive the worst moments in their lives to feed of their depression. The creature is closer to a true demon than any monster or villain in the game.
9* The flashback to Erik's past when his sister is turned into a golden statue. The process is slow all while she's crying out for help complete with FutileHandReach.
10* So the party has to enter a martial arts tournament in Octagonia to get their PlotCoupon. The Luminary is paired up with the returning champion, Vince, who has a good-luck ritual of drinking some strange juice before fights. Other competitors have also been going missing for a while. How are those last two things connected? Vince is kidnapping them and bringing them to a GiantSpider under the city, who apparently ''drains the life out of them'' to give Vince a boost in power. Fortunately, the heroes intervene before anyone dies from this, but upon first entering that giant boss chamber full of webbed cocoons, a player would be forgiven for thinking at least a few of them contain corpses. And then said spider boss, Arachtagon, comes back in Act 3 with the ability to brainwash people, turning the MMA fighters disturbingly bloodthirsty in the process.
11* When the Luminary has his powers stolen at the Heart of Yggdrasil by Mordegon, it looks as though [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil he’s being violated and the Luminary is in pain struggling to get Mordegon out of him!]] No wonder he’s in tears once he escaped Nautica, away from Alizarin’s rampage.
12* The whole Gyldyyga subplot. Mia was given a necklace from Erik that gives her Midas touch powers. Erik at first doesn't think much of it, but he puts his foot down when Mia turns a seagull into gold.
13* While storming Mordegon's Fortress of Fear, the party reunite with Veronica. Happy to see them, she asks them a favor: to die. She then creepily whines about how she had to die and it wasn't fair and asks the others to return the favor. Thankfully, it was a mere illusion created by Jasper which Serena easily gets rid of because she knows Veronica would never say such horrid things.

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