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** And that's just the Overlords. All of the children in the world [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]] by gaining a psychic powers and developing into a [[Hive Mind]]. No other children are born so humanity goes crazy and kills itself. Eventually the children join the Overmind by turning the rest of the planet into energy, killing the last human in the process. Sure the Overlords are jealous about not being able to join the Overmind, but anyone who is a fan of individuality and not a fan of [[Assimilation Plot]] is going to have a hard time seeing what is so great about it.

* ''[[Flowers for Algernon]]'' in spades. The whole book itself was pretty [[Deus Angst Machina]], but by the end when have to watch as Charlie goes back to becoming mentally handicapped, writhing in pain and dread all the way, you seriously wonder why the book doesn't burst into flames.

* The ''[[Warhammer]]'' novel ''Eldar Prophecy'' features a civil war on an Eldar craftword. Every sympathetic character is killed off over the course of the novel, until finally the Designated Hero kills the villain... and then, in the last two pages, the Man Behind The Man steps forward and reveals that everything has gone according to plan, and they can feed the souls of all the Eldar who died to Slaanesh so that the entire craftword will be pulled into the Warp.

* The ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' novel ''Eldar Prophecy'' features a civil war on an Eldar craftword. Every sympathetic character is killed off over the course of the novel, until finally the Designated Hero kills the villain... and then, in the last two pages, the Man Behind The Man steps forward and reveals that everything has gone according to plan, and they can feed the souls of all the Eldar who died to Slaanesh so that the entire craftword will be pulled into the Warp.

*** This was writen by C.S Goto and ''never happened''

** Fine. In the novel "Farseer" by William King, the protagonist decides to help the soul of the titular farseer so he doesn't get eaten by Slaanesh, since he's grown to trust the guy over the course of the book. Said farseer then takes over his body, imitating him so well that ''his friends can't even tell it's not him'', with the protagonist fully conscious and aware of his situation, and then the farseer takes them on a mission [[Sequel Hook|that will probably get them all killed]]. We will never know.