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"You know what I'm going to do to Lori when I find her? I'm going to tie her up and chop her up into tiny pieces. And I'd do it slow.... This belongs to a man that Lori apparently knew. We killed him back in Baltimore. You probably don't know him. But damn, he tastes good. We're going to eat you. All of you. Then, we'll eat all your friends in front of Lori. And we'll have to do that because it'll be a long, cold winter. Gotta do anything to survive, amiright? We'll amputate Lori's toes, then her foot, then her legs, then her fingers, then her hands, then her arms. We'll do it slowly... every time. And then, we put her out of her misery. Not fun, right? Just wanted someone to hear me out. Thanks for listening. Hopefully, you'll be more delicious than the last guy we ate. Though I doubt it. But then again… can't complain. You will be helping us get through the night… and my mother said to never be picky with my food."
— Calvin to Kotaro, "Chapter 27: Last Resort"
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In general
- The roamers' grotesque physical appearance. Covered in rotten flesh and blood and disfigured in some way, they are scary enough to look at, even being a phobia of capable survivors like Jace Taylor.
- Their glowing eyes in the dark make them akin to predators at night.
- It is also unnerving to get close to them, as from a distance, the golden eyes make the roamers appear soulless, but from mere inches away their pupils can be seen moving around, as if there is a person trapped inside the monstrous body.
- Their glowing eyes in the dark make them akin to predators at night.
- The manner in which roamers consume people and animals. They tend to use their nails to dig in and grab hold of their prey before using their teeth to bite deep. This results in flesh being torn apart and blood squirting out and spilling everywhere.
- With herds, multiply the gore from basic bite wounds to stomachs being torn open, having their limbs ripped apart, and more.
Arc 1
1: The Fall of Michigan
- The way General Black kills the McBrides parents in a dark basement.
- The description of their deceased bodies is just as repulsing when Lincoln and Lynn come across them.
- The fiery destruction of the Detroit Safe-Zone. Imagine being in a dark bunker hearing gunshots and explosions outside where your parents are supposed to be at.
3: The Journey Ahead
- Chaz's death. The way he is torn apart by the roamers still makes his death one of the most gruesome and bloodcurdling in the entire story, and there are a lot of gruesome deaths.
4: Crossing the Line
- One particular scene in Part IV where Lola sees a roamer up close from the other side of a window in Vanzilla. The way the roamer is described is enough to send chills down one's spine, just as it had with Lola.
Arc 2
11: Justice in the Somber Nights
- The screams heard when Darcy is burning to death. Just the thought of a stranger tossing a little girl into a fire is enough to keep one awake at night.
Arc 3
27: Last Resort
- Calvin's depraved speech to Kotaro in the latter's former moments. He describes what he will do to Lori in gruesome and disturbing detail, before telling Kotaro straight in the face that he will eat him.
Arc 4
