Most of what's going on in the Pale still makes me cringe. Actually, most of the core Stormcloak regions are pretty lousy with ne'er'do'wells, but then again The Reach is pretty much one endless stream of evil.
I know. The Reach is something Lovecraft would dream up, its appearance is just a sinister as what lurks inside it.
Dont get me started about the pale, that necromancer is one of the few times I saw pure evil in Skyrim...