- Terminus is a surprisingly dark character for such a relatively light-hearted game:
- Unlike other morally-dubious characters like Zhin and Androxus, there are tons of implications that Terminus is actually a decent person forcibly turned into an undead abomination and mind-controlled to commit atrocities. Oh, and he is still completely conscious the entire time, with his original self briefly resurfacing several times before getting overwritten again by his emotionless dominating personality.
- Terminus' champion teaser plays out like a monster movie, with Terminus as the unrelenting monster. Cassie and Talus are fearing for their lives for most of the teaser until they manage to slay him. Then the fear comes back when he reanimates.
- Androxus' curse has afflicted him with a hunger for souls. This means he has an urge to kill which he can never satisfy, making him kill more and more... Think what it must be for a man who was once a servant of justice to forcefully become an Ax-Crazy killer.
- Yagorath, a gigantic, acid spewing, spike-shooting, worm-like Eldritch Abomination that's single-handedly responsible for destroying the future Atlas came from, and can devour champions in a single gulp as her ult. The sinister fallen guardian Vora is her herald, and her presence is dangerous enough to get the Magistrate and Resistance to unite against her, even getting the Zhin to put aside his differences with others to protect the Realm. Except that she shrugs off almost everything thrown at her, ignoring Cassie's crossbow bolts and Viktor's grenades and assault rifle.
- With the Abyss gaining more power in the Realm, a Pyre Lord known as Azaan appeared and said that if the battle takes too long, he will come down and defeat them himself. Sounds like good news? Nope. That's not an offer of aid; it's a warning. Azaan does not care about collateral damage, and is perfectly willing to kill innocents if they happen to be in the way of his attacks, as shown in this card art◊ where he's holding a demon's severed head as innocent bystanders are burnt alive in the crossfire.
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