I actually enjoy the though of that.The scariest thing (to me) is probably what The Guide has to go through.
Like when his doll is dropped into lava to summon the WoF, I'm imagining him being slowly incinerated from the feet up.
And since that lava is a relatively viscous fluid, it'd have to be a pretty slow burn. Plus, because it's started from the feet and not the head, it doesn't kill him immediately.
He feels everything.
When I told my brother how to craft it, he cried.The crafting recipe for an ankh shield