diff --git a/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/error.rs b/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/error.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ab61db..0000000
--- a/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/error.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-use mlua::prelude::*;
-
-/**
-    Source of a stack trace line parsed from a [`LuaError`].
-*/
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
-pub enum StackTraceSource {
-    /// Error originated from a C function.
-    C,
-    /// Error originated from a Rust function.
-    Rust,
-    /// Error originated from [`mlua`].
-    Mlua,
-    /// Error originated from a Lua (user) function.
-    User,
-}
-
-/**
-    Stack trace line parsed from a [`LuaError`].
-*/
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct StackTraceLine {
-    source: StackTraceSource,
-    path: Option<String>,
-    line_number: Option<usize>,
-    function_name: Option<String>,
-}
-
-impl StackTraceLine {
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn source(&self) -> StackTraceSource {
-        self.source
-    }
-
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn path(&self) -> Option<&str> {
-        self.path.as_deref()
-    }
-
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn line_number(&self) -> Option<usize> {
-        self.line_number
-    }
-
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn function_name(&self) -> Option<&str> {
-        self.function_name.as_deref()
-    }
-}
-
-/**
-    Stack trace parsed from a [`LuaError`].
-*/
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct StackTrace {
-    lines: Vec<StackTraceLine>,
-}
-
-impl StackTrace {
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn lines(&self) -> &[StackTraceLine] {
-        &self.lines
-    }
-}
-
-/**
-    Error components parsed from a [`LuaError`].
-*/
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct ErrorComponents {
-    message: String,
-    trace: StackTrace,
-}
-
-impl ErrorComponents {
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn message(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.message
-    }
-
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn trace(&self) -> &StackTrace {
-        &self.trace
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/error/components.rs b/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/error/components.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..941b8d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/error/components.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+use std::fmt;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use console::style;
+use mlua::prelude::*;
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+
+use super::StackTrace;
+
+static STYLED_STACK_BEGIN: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    format!(
+        "{}{}{}",
+        style("[").dim(),
+        style("Stack Begin").blue(),
+        style("]").dim()
+    )
+});
+
+static STYLED_STACK_END: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    format!(
+        "{}{}{}",
+        style("[").dim(),
+        style("Stack End").blue(),
+        style("]").dim()
+    )
+});
+
+/**
+    Error components parsed from a [`LuaError`].
+
+    Can be used to display a human-friendly error message
+    and stack trace, in the following Roblox-inspired format:
+
+    ```plaintext
+    Error message
+    [Stack Begin]
+        Stack trace line
+        Stack trace line
+        Stack trace line
+    [Stack End]
+    ```
+*/
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
+pub struct ErrorComponents {
+    messages: Vec<String>,
+    trace: Option<StackTrace>,
+}
+
+impl ErrorComponents {
+    /**
+        Returns the error messages.
+    */
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn messages(&self) -> &[String] {
+        &self.messages
+    }
+
+    /**
+        Returns the stack trace, if it exists.
+    */
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn trace(&self) -> Option<&StackTrace> {
+        self.trace.as_ref()
+    }
+
+    /**
+        Returns `true` if the error has a non-empty stack trace.
+
+        Note that a trace may still *exist*, but it may be empty.
+    */
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn has_trace(&self) -> bool {
+        self.trace
+            .as_ref()
+            .is_some_and(|trace| !trace.lines().is_empty())
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for ErrorComponents {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        for message in self.messages() {
+            writeln!(f, "{message}")?;
+        }
+        if self.has_trace() {
+            let trace = self.trace.as_ref().unwrap();
+            writeln!(f, "{}", *STYLED_STACK_BEGIN)?;
+            for line in trace.lines() {
+                writeln!(f, "\t{line}")?;
+            }
+            writeln!(f, "{}", *STYLED_STACK_END)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<LuaError> for ErrorComponents {
+    fn from(error: LuaError) -> Self {
+        fn lua_error_message(e: &LuaError) -> String {
+            if let LuaError::RuntimeError(s) = e {
+                s.to_string()
+            } else {
+                e.to_string()
+            }
+        }
+
+        fn lua_stack_trace(source: &str) -> Option<StackTrace> {
+            // FUTURE: Preserve a parsing error here somehow?
+            // Maybe we can emit parsing errors using tracing?
+            StackTrace::from_str(source).ok()
+        }
+
+        // Extract any additional "context" messages before the actual error(s)
+        // The Arc is necessary here because mlua wraps all inner errors in an Arc
+        let mut error = Arc::new(error);
+        let mut messages = Vec::new();
+        while let LuaError::WithContext {
+            ref context,
+            ref cause,
+        } = *error
+        {
+            messages.push(context.to_string());
+            error = cause.clone();
+        }
+
+        // We will then try to extract any stack trace
+        let trace = if let LuaError::CallbackError {
+            ref traceback,
+            ref cause,
+        } = *error
+        {
+            messages.push(lua_error_message(cause));
+            lua_stack_trace(traceback)
+        } else if let LuaError::RuntimeError(ref s) = *error {
+            // NOTE: Runtime errors may include tracebacks, but they're
+            // joined with error messages, so we need to split them out
+            if let Some(pos) = s.find("stack traceback:") {
+                let (message, traceback) = s.split_at(pos);
+                messages.push(message.trim().to_string());
+                lua_stack_trace(traceback)
+            } else {
+                messages.push(s.to_string());
+                None
+            }
+        } else {
+            messages.push(lua_error_message(&error));
+            None
+        };
+
+        ErrorComponents { messages, trace }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/error/mod.rs b/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/error/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57ac11e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/error/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+mod components;
+mod stack_trace;
+
+pub use self::components::ErrorComponents;
+pub use self::stack_trace::{StackTrace, StackTraceLine, StackTraceSource};
diff --git a/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/error/stack_trace.rs b/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/error/stack_trace.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a33ec9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/error/stack_trace.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+use std::fmt;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+fn parse_path(s: &str) -> Option<(&str, &str)> {
+    let path = s.strip_prefix("[string \"")?;
+    let (path, after) = path.split_once("\"]:")?;
+
+    // Remove line number after any found colon, this may
+    // exist if the source path is from a rust source file
+    let path = match path.split_once(':') {
+        Some((before, _)) => before,
+        None => path,
+    };
+
+    Some((path, after))
+}
+
+fn parse_function_name(s: &str) -> Option<&str> {
+    s.strip_prefix("in function '")
+        .and_then(|s| s.strip_suffix('\''))
+}
+
+fn parse_line_number(s: &str) -> (Option<usize>, &str) {
+    match s.split_once(':') {
+        Some((before, after)) => (before.parse::<usize>().ok(), after),
+        None => (None, s),
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+    Source of a stack trace line parsed from a [`LuaError`].
+*/
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Copy)]
+pub enum StackTraceSource {
+    /// Error originated from a C / Rust function.
+    C,
+    /// Error originated from a Lua (user) function.
+    #[default]
+    Lua,
+}
+
+/**
+    Stack trace line parsed from a [`LuaError`].
+*/
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
+pub struct StackTraceLine {
+    source: StackTraceSource,
+    path: Option<String>,
+    line_number: Option<usize>,
+    function_name: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl StackTraceLine {
+    /**
+        Returns the source of the stack trace line.
+    */
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn source(&self) -> StackTraceSource {
+        self.source
+    }
+
+    /**
+        Returns the path, if it exists.
+    */
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn path(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.path.as_deref()
+    }
+
+    /**
+        Returns the line number, if it exists.
+    */
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn line_number(&self) -> Option<usize> {
+        self.line_number
+    }
+
+    /**
+        Returns the function name, if it exists.
+    */
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn function_name(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.function_name.as_deref()
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for StackTraceLine {
+    type Err = String;
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        if let Some(after) = s.strip_prefix("[C]: ") {
+            let function_name = parse_function_name(after).map(ToString::to_string);
+
+            Ok(Self {
+                source: StackTraceSource::C,
+                path: None,
+                line_number: None,
+                function_name,
+            })
+        } else if let Some((path, after)) = parse_path(s) {
+            let (line_number, after) = parse_line_number(after);
+            let function_name = parse_function_name(after).map(ToString::to_string);
+
+            Ok(Self {
+                source: StackTraceSource::Lua,
+                path: Some(path.to_string()),
+                line_number,
+                function_name,
+            })
+        } else {
+            Err(String::from("unknown format"))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for StackTraceLine {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        if matches!(self.source, StackTraceSource::C) {
+            write!(f, "Script '[C]'")?;
+        } else {
+            write!(f, "Script '{}'", self.path.as_deref().unwrap_or("[?]"))?;
+            if let Some(line_number) = self.line_number {
+                write!(f, ", Line {line_number}")?;
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(function_name) = self.function_name.as_deref() {
+            write!(f, " - function '{function_name}'")?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+    Stack trace parsed from a [`LuaError`].
+*/
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
+pub struct StackTrace {
+    lines: Vec<StackTraceLine>,
+}
+
+impl StackTrace {
+    /**
+        Returns the individual stack trace lines.
+    */
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn lines(&self) -> &[StackTraceLine] {
+        &self.lines
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for StackTrace {
+    type Err = String;
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let (_, after) = s
+            .split_once("stack traceback:")
+            .ok_or_else(|| String::from("missing 'stack traceback:' prefix"))?;
+        let lines = after
+            .trim()
+            .lines()
+            .filter_map(|line| {
+                let line = line.trim();
+                if line.is_empty() {
+                    None
+                } else {
+                    Some(line.parse())
+                }
+            })
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+        Ok(StackTrace { lines })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/mod.rs b/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/mod.rs
index 4d1e86a..d3e3311 100644
--- a/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 mod error;
 mod label;
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests;
+
 pub use self::error::{ErrorComponents, StackTrace, StackTraceLine, StackTraceSource};
 pub use self::label::Label;
diff --git a/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/tests.rs b/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff5a5f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/lune-utils/src/fmt/tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+use mlua::prelude::*;
+
+use crate::fmt::ErrorComponents;
+
+fn new_lua_result() -> LuaResult<()> {
+    let lua = Lua::new();
+
+    lua.globals()
+        .set(
+            "f",
+            LuaFunction::wrap(|_, (): ()| {
+                Err::<(), _>(LuaError::runtime("oh no, a runtime error"))
+            }),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+    lua.load("f()").set_name("chunk_name").eval()
+}
+
+// Tests for error context stack
+mod context {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn preserves_original() {
+        let lua_error = new_lua_result().context("additional context").unwrap_err();
+        let components = ErrorComponents::from(lua_error);
+
+        assert_eq!(components.messages()[0], "additional context");
+        assert_eq!(components.messages()[1], "oh no, a runtime error");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn preserves_levels() {
+        // NOTE: The behavior in mlua is to preserve a single level of context
+        // and not all levels (context gets replaced on each call to `context`)
+        let lua_error = new_lua_result()
+            .context("level 1")
+            .context("level 2")
+            .context("level 3")
+            .unwrap_err();
+        let components = ErrorComponents::from(lua_error);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            components.messages(),
+            &["level 3", "oh no, a runtime error"]
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+// Tests for error components struct: separated messages + stack trace
+mod error_components {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn message() {
+        let lua_error = new_lua_result().unwrap_err();
+        let components = ErrorComponents::from(lua_error);
+
+        assert_eq!(components.messages()[0], "oh no, a runtime error");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn stack_begin_end() {
+        let lua_error = new_lua_result().unwrap_err();
+        let formatted = format!("{}", ErrorComponents::from(lua_error));
+
+        assert!(formatted.contains("Stack Begin"));
+        assert!(formatted.contains("Stack End"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn stack_lines() {
+        let lua_error = new_lua_result().unwrap_err();
+        let components = ErrorComponents::from(lua_error);
+
+        let mut lines = components.trace().unwrap().lines().iter();
+        let line_1 = lines.next().unwrap().to_string();
+        let line_2 = lines.next().unwrap().to_string();
+        assert!(lines.next().is_none());
+
+        assert_eq!(line_1, "Script '[C]' - function 'f'");
+        assert_eq!(line_2, "Script 'chunk_name', Line 1");
+    }
+}