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* Outside of the literature within Morrowind, Lady Almalexia, one of the three mortal gods of the Morrowind Tribunal, goes insane with power and uses her reincarnated lover (whom she betrayed to his death the first time) to carry out her increasingly unsettling orders, and finally sends him off to murder one of the other members of the Tribunal based on sketchy evidence. When the player arrives, they find Sotha Sil already dead, and Almalexia arrives to try to murder you before going on to take care of Vivec so that she will be the sole ruler of the Temple.

* Depending on the player's choices in ''[[Devil Survivor]]'', different people can end up crossing the line. One major example is {{spoiler|Keisuke Tagaki}}, who [[Freak-Out|loses it]] after finding out that demons aren't the only threat in the lockdown and decides to deal with it by slaughtering anyone they judge irredeemable. Again, the player decides whether they've gone too far with their [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|well-intentioned extremism]], or if they want to pull them back from the brink.

* Lord Yuna of ''[[Breath of Fire]] 4'' at first appears to be a simple officer of the Fou Empire's forces. He doesn't even appear to be as evil as some of the other members of the army (CoughRassoCough). Then you learn near the end of the game that {{spoiler|not only did he kidnap Elina (as opposed to all the times he told your group that she was no longer in the Empire), but he has forcibly genetically modified her body into that of a god, though one rendered immoble because her organs grew large enough to consume an entire building. The worst part? The entire point of this operation was so that he could use her as a source of ammo for the Carronade, a [[Nightmare Fuel]]-ish weapon that typically sacrifices the life of a person to fire a devastating Hex shot that leaves entire cities uninhabitable. The more physical and emotional pain the victim is put through before being sacrificed and the closer their connection to the target, the stronger the hex. His aim was to make Elina immortal so he could brutally torture her without her dying so he could fire the strongest shot possible at her kingdom.}} After learning all that, there isn't a Breath of Fire fan that doesn't consider him a [[Complete Monster]], especially since {{spoiler|the game's ending hints that he goes on to create even MORE monstrosities like what he did to Elina.}}

* Lord Yuna of ''[[Breath of Fire]] 4'' at first appears to be a simple officer of the Fou Empire's forces. He doesn't even appear to be as evil as some of the other members of the army (CoughRassoCough). Then you learn near the end of the game that {{spoiler|not only did he kidnap Elina (as opposed to all the times he told your group that she was no longer in the Empire), but he has forcibly genetically modified her body into that of a god, though one rendered immoble because her organs grew large enough to consume an entire building. The worst part? The entire point of this operation was so that he could use her as a source of ammo for the Carronade, a [[Nightmare Fuel]]-ish weapon that typically sacrifices the life of a person to fire a devastating Hex shot that leaves entire cities uninhabitable. The more physical and emotional pain the victim is put through before being sacrificed and the closer their connection to the target, the stronger the hex. His aim was to make Elina immortal so he could brutally torture her without her dying so he could fire the strongest shot possible at her kingdom.}} After learning all that, there isn't a ''Breath of Fire'' fan that doesn't consider him a [[Complete Monster]], especially since {{spoiler|the game's ending hints that he goes on to create even MORE monstrosities like what he did to Elina.}}

* Wiseman from ''[[Baten Kaitos]] Origins'' crosses it in a big way when he {{spoiler|kills everyone in Naos}}, an act so evil that Seph, perhaps the best example of a [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Blue Oni]] in the game up to this point, goes completely berserk. To the point where he {{spoiler|makes a [[Deal with the Devil]] just so that he can personally kill Wiseman}}.

** Shanath isn't any better in this regard. Even as someone who had been a major pain in the ass for pretty much the entire game, he manages to take it to a new level when he {{spoiler|rips off Gena's wings}}. This pisses off Sagi to such a massive degree that when it is revealed later in the game that this wasn't Shanath's idea, but {{spoiler|Quaestor Verus'}}, it's treated as ''that character'' crossing the [[Moral Event Horizon]] as well. Yes, the same event counts for two different people.