Heart of Darkness



The Heart of Darkness is the hidden main antagonist of the dark fantasy videogame Darkest Dungeon. It's the eldritch abomination responsible for the insanity of the Ancestor and all the monsters and horrors plaguing the land.

Story
Through the guise of the Ancestor, it claims it created humanity, then went to sleep in the depths of the world until it was roused during the Ancestor's quest for knowledge and power caused by his dissatisfaction with his previous life of debauchery.

It is a slumbering, ethereal, and omnipresent deity manifested through the Ancestor's misdeeds, whose body became a vessel for the entity to cross over, and is revered by the cultists and priests of the Darkest Dungeon who have, under the influence of its cosmic power, became deformed monsters of multiple mouths, eyes, claws and tentacled appendages.

Powers and abilities
His most powerful attack is Come Unto Your Maker, which instantly kills a member of the gamer's party. The Heart uses it two times during the boss fight.