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*** In Honest Hearts, Joshua Graham, who was covered in pitch and set on fire, claims that every time he changes the bandages on his body he exposes his wounds to open air and goes through the feeling of being burned alive and due to being [[Immune to Drugs]] chems such as Stimpacks or Med-X (AKA morphine) are useless to him. Being [[The Atoner]], he believes that he deserves just this. They don't call him "The Burned Man" for nothing.
*** Lonesome Road introduces the Marked Men, Ghouls whose flesh have been stripped off by the harsh winds of The Divide, kept alive through [[The Power of Hate|pure rage and hatred]].
** In ''[[Fallout 4]]: Nuka-World'', the head of Nuka-Cola inventor John-Caleb Bradberton is trapped underground, still alive, and has been like this for over 200 years.
* [[Fate/stay night]]. Fate route. [[Nightmare Fuel|Under the church.]] Made worse by the fact that if you DON'T go there it's game over for you. Despite the protagonist actually saying that he feels a massive evil pressence from the church's basement and that he should leave. This feeling has saved his and Saber's life around 5 times before, but the game designers suddenly just expect you to go against it. And the reward is [[Body Horror]]. [[Sarcasm Mode|Joy.]]
** And then there's the Bad End where Caster turns Shirou into a living wand for projection magecraft. ''[[Nightmare Fuel|Yeesh.]]''
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* ''[[Diablo]]''. See, there are these things called soulstones, used to imprison the spirits of the main [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] of the game. But one of them, Baal, managed to shatter his. The biggest shard left wasn't powerful enough to hold him. A very powerful mage named Tal Rasha selflessly offers his powers to contain the demon in the soulstone. Guess what this entails? ''They strap his body to a giant stone tablet in an ancient tomb in the middle of a desert, shove the stone into his chest, and leave him to eternally battle a demon for his mind!'' {{spoiler|About halfway through the second game, the main evil party releases Baal from his body, with the side effect of killing Tal Rasha.}}
** In another example, an [http://diablo.wikia.com/wiki/Inarius immortal angel] made a stupid move to attack one of the main villains when not thoroughly prepared. Proceed to angel being captured by a pissed off [[Big Bad]]. They ''slowly'' ripped off his wings, and then put huge barbed hooks through his skin and stretched it out. After that, they trapped him in a chamber of mirrors, with his eyelids torn off. ''So that the only thing he can see for all eternity is his torn, bloated figure.''
* As revealed in ''[[Mega Man Zero]] 4'', this was
** He suffers an even ''worse'' fate than that later. After Zero {{spoiler|defeated him for good, Weil, [[Body Horror|fused to the remains of]] [[Colony Drop|Ragnarok]], remains immortal, but now, he's completely immobile. He could've stayed that way forever if it weren't for an unlucky group of humans that ''just'' happen to find his remains, and he [[Demonic Possession|possesses one of them]], still intent on revenge on humanity.}} Try to guess who is responsible for everything that's happened in the ''[[Mega Man ZX]]'' series?
* Gremio's fate in ''[[Suikoden I]]'' - {{spoiler|if being eaten alive by flesh-eating spores isn't a classic case, I don't know what is}}.
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** Meanwhile, the [[When Trees Attack|Sylvans]] of the Brecilian Forest are the disastrous results of a Fade spirit possessing a tree; deprived of sight and voice, most of them have reverted to slaughtering travellers in fits of insane jealousy.
** As well as the {{spoiler|Ancient Elven Arcane Warrior frozen in the phylactery for centuries in the Elven Ruins of the Brecilian Forest. When the player character finds him/her, he/she is practically insane except for the knowledge of the Arcane Warrior. You have the choice to free him/her or forever trap him/her in the state he/she is in.}}
* ''[[Maple Story]]'',
**
** He's not very pleased about this, especially when he finds out this [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|caused Aran to forget him.]]
*** Well think about it: {{spoiler|Maha}} had to sit {{spoiler|in the polearm}} for hundreds of years. He can't speak to Aran over the distance and is possibly kept sane by the thoughts of Aran coming to save him. Cue Aran walking past him several times, not noticing him. When Aran finally sees {{spoiler|Maha}} again Aran's forgotten all about him.
** Many of the heroes who were around during the Black Mage’s initial reign of terror, including the whole population of Elluel [[Would Hurt A Child|(even the children!)]] were cursed by the villain with [[Human Popsicle]] as well, and it was only through the Elf Queen's intervention (who saw this coming and tried but failed to prevent it) who used powerful spell to ease their suffering by letting them sleep until future heroes could break the curse. Zero Beta, however, wasn’t so lucky, she was conscious the whole time. She even lampshades this later if the player gets a bad score in an attempt to raise their crafting skill - "I was in that temple for a thousand years, and ''that'' was boring!"
** Another example, Lucid, who suffers this fate ''three times'':
*** Initially, Lucid was a friend of Mercedes from childhood, but always believed she was [[The Unfavorite]] to their mentor, Athena Pierce. After mastering dream magic, jealously eventually caused her to forsake the elves entirely, and used dark magic to purge the memory of her from her kin. So, when the Black Mage’s curse took hold, she was exempt from the Elf Queen’s spell, remaining conscious and awake the whole time. But unlike Zero Beta, she lacked the iron will of a Transcendent, and spending centuries in this miserable condition (which ironically, ended when the Black Mage found her [[The Force Is Strong with This One|and saw potential]] in her powers) [[Non-Indicative Name| slowly drove her mad.]]
*** But it did not end there for poor Lucid. When she realized that the Black Mage’s intent was to eradicate all of existence (himself included) she decided to present him with an alternate plan. She created Lachelein, a city created from her own dreams where festivity never ends and happiness is eternal, which would spread over Maple World. She hoped her master would see this exquisite splendor and change his mind. But when the City of Dreams was complete, a brief moment of sanity made her realize the scope of what she had done, and she tried to flee. She could not. Her own creation has made her both ruler and prisoner of the dream that has now become a nightmare.
*** When finally defeated by the player, Lucid is still not given the mercy of dying. Her defeat gives her a [[Heel Realization]] that fully cures her madness. In an attempt to atone for all she has done, she travels through the astral plane into the subconsciuos of the Black Mage himself, determined to convince him to halt his mad plan, even if she dies in the attempt. She does not. Delving into the darkest part of his psyche, she instead sees the motvation for his goals, the unbridled hate he has for beings who made him what he is. This ghastly revelation causes her to flee, only to be catapulted into a void of utter darkness, where she remains not only alone and helpless, but knowing she was abandoned by the being she had so long revered. She was finally rescued at the end of the whole Arcane River storyline by Protective Mask, who unbeknowst to her (and everyone else) was an embodiment of her own conscience, which had taken the form of Mercedes. The real Mercedes took custody of her old friend and brought her back to Elluel - whether Lucid will ever truly recover remains to be seen.
* A nice handful of people in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]]'' have pretty horrible fates. No worries, though. [[Messianic Archetype|Sora]]'s probably going to save 'em, along with any other good person who dies and/or disappears in the series.
** Also implied to happen to Ansem the Wise after the betrayal of his apprentices, when he was trapped in the realm of Darkness {{spoiler|1=and became DiZ.}}
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** What about [[GLaDOS]]? She tells you that she had to relive her last two minutes over and over again for HUNDREDS of YEARS!
*** For perspective: Let's take 300 years, as it is the most oft-quoted figure. [[Shown Their Work|Taking into account the 72 leap days in 300 years (every 100 years a leap day is missed)]], [[GLaDOS]] watched her own death ''78,891,840 times.'' And she could do nothing about it.
** GLaDOS intends to get revenge on Chell by forcing her to go through the Apature Center tests at least until she dies of old age, and claims she will spend the time researching ways to animate the dead in order to make it even longer. {{spoiler| Amazingly though, she eventually forgives Chell and lets her leave, though it's mostly because she finds dealing with Chell to be more trouble than it's worth.}}
* The Lord of the Dead in ''[[King's Quest]] 6'' was once a man, but while still alive he was enslaved to the throne of the Underworld. Unable to free himself or move anything more than his hand, he was forced to witness every horror and tragedy when the spirits of the dead made their way to him. His humanity seeped away as he grew numb to the horror and became something else entirely. And he will never be free of what has been done to him.
{{quote|'''Narrator''': ''His is an existence that has no possibility of redemption, no end.''}}
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** In the Void, {{spoiler|Arronax}} was defeated by [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|Kerghan}} and imprisoned for 2000 years in some kind of force field just wide enough for him to stand, speaking only ocasionally with {{spoiler|Kerghan}}. And the Void is the weird place where the only way to die is by violence. However, not only did it not affect {{spoiler|Arronax}}'s sanity, but, as he states, actually gave him time to think about his life and deeds, eventually leading to his [[Heel Face Turn]].
*** Interestingly, a spiritual snake-like creature which has been sustaining {{spoiler|Arronax}}'s magical prison suffered almost the same fate, being summoned from the other world and forced to roam the same room for all 2000 years, apparently able to communicate only with the owner of the control medaiilon (which was given to the undead). If you get the medallion in posession, it will say that this place hurts it, and plead for release.
* ''[[Monkey Hero]]'' : This is the fate of the Great Dragon in the Dragon Mountain . He was reduced to an immobile yet sentient skeleton by the [[Big Bad|the Nightmare King]] and locked away in a room inside a dungeon all alone. He even [[
* The previous {{spoiler|Steef guardian of the Grubbs}} in ''[[Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath]]''. {{spoiler|He had his body [[Personal Space Invader|taken over and used as a host by Sekto]], who then proceeded to hunt down other Steef and have their heads ''mounted on his wall''. Not only that, but Sekto also dammed the river and persecuted the Grubbs that that particular Steef used to protect. And it's implied that the Steef was concious the ''whole time''. To top it all off, Stranger kills him, only learning that he's a [[Last of His Kind|fellow Steef]] after Sekto has [[Villain Exit Stage Left|abandoned the body and escaped into the river]]. But at least the Steef [[Dying as Yourself|dies as himself]], and with the knowledge that the river is free.}}
* Thaddius in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' zig-zags this. When you read up on Thaddius, you find out that Thaddius is made from the flesh of women and children, and their souls are stuck underneath that. By the way, you know that "Please noooo!" and "Help me! Save me!" cries you hear? That's Thaddius. When you run after these voices, Thaddius shouts, "You are too late, I must obey!". Zig-zagged the most because upon death, Thaddius says, "Thank...you."
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* In the standard ending of the [[Interactive Fiction]] game ''The Act of Misdirection'' you end up as a {{spoiler|sentient bust in a hat store}}. You are in this state for a few turns before the game ends with the implication that you will be like that forever. In these few turns you can try several actions including "shout" and "move" and the game will disturbingly remark on your inability to do them.
* One of the endings in the [[Cthulhu Mythos|Lovecraftian]] [[Interactive Fiction]] ''[[Anchorhead]]'' involves the protagonist being trapped in a dimension filled with nothing but "the necrotic folds of the womb of Nehilim".
* In the original ''[[Castlevania]]'' timeline, {{spoiler|this is the possible fate of Sara, the girl who, in ''[[Castlevania: Lament of Innocence]]'', willingly sacrificed her tainted soul to Rinaldo's whip, turning it into the Vampire Killer, the weapon the Belmont Clan would wield from that point on against Dracula. But in ''[[Castlevania: Chronicles of Sorrow]]'', Chaos is destroyed, meaning Dracula's foul legacy is forever vanquished and the Vampire Killer's purpose is fulfilled. But then, what of Sara? Optimistic fans might surmise that she finally went to her just reward, but the darker possibility is, her soul will be trapped in the weapon forever.}} fara
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