The Gauntlet

The Gauntlet is an end-game area in Fear & Hunger. It becomes available after stabbing all three hearts of the God of the Depths and is accessed by entering through his mouth. It is necessary to enter to reach endings A and B and is impossible to return from. It contains several traps, such as periodically appearing spikes (touching which reduces health but does not bring it below 1hp), massive rolling boulders (which can insta-kill the player), and lizard mages. The player can also fall to the wrong parts of the gauntlet should they make a misstep, which will result in being chased by the double-headed crow mauler.

At the bottom of the area resides a pile of bodies, on which the player will face the final encounter - the god of fear & hunger, or traces of gro-goroth, depending on whether the player has the girl with them.