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This was the book that told the stories of all the art in the room at the chateau. The book tells the fateful story of the oval portrait, where a husband incessantly strives for the perfect portrait of his wife which eventually takes her life..

When the narrator moves the candelabra he notices the oval portrait in the corner of the room. This strikes the narrators curiosity to find and read about the painting in the book, where the tragedy of painting it is told.

The actual oval portrait that takes the life of the wife, because the painter she marries is as much in love with this painting as he is with her. The wife ends up dying by the time he completes the painting.

The horseman of War, as told in the story of Revelations, rides upon a red horse. The color red is associated with war in many mythologies - one example being the Celtic goddess Morrigan, the goddess of war.
Along with the similarities in other…

The king's wine goblet serves as the straw that broke the camels back in the short story "Hop Frog." Hop Frog, the court jester, plotted revenge after the king threw wine from the goblet in Trippetta's face; all because she was trying to save Hop…

The jester of fool shown here was a used in ancient kings courts to ridicule or belittle. This was an important theme in "Hop Frog" to show just how careless and cruel the king was.

The hovercraft is used for a variety of reason a couple of which are retrieving dead tributes from the arena, tracking down runaway civilians and basic government transport.

An hourglass enclosed in a circle and used for time travel throughout the latter novels of the Harry Potter Series. Its first appearance is in The Prisoner of Azkaban where Dumblerdore grants it to Hermione for her studies.

Created by Duke Roger and wielded by Alanna of Trebond and Olau, the crystal sword contained magic to wild and great to be wielded by lesser mages. Gray in color, and imbedded with a symbol on the hilt, this sword infuses anyone who holds it with…

Used by Alice to slay the Jabberwocky, the Vorpal Sword is the Jabberwocky’s enemy and is used to behead the beast. This sword is unique because, as explained to Alice, it can only be used against the Jabberwocky.