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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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*** 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'':
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*** 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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