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A pill created by Crake that was intended to wipe out the human species, so he could replace them with his Crakers.

Lecter was a model patient until the afternoon of July 8, 1976. Upon complaining of chest pains, he was taken to the infirmary where his restraints were removed. He attacked a nurse who was then placing leads for an electrocardiogram onto his chest,…

The white rose is a symbol to represent President Snow. Snow is most always seen in contact with a white rose, on his lapel or otherwise in his garden of roses or decoration around his home. The rose stands a symbol for President Snow's need to…

Description based off of the USS Walker in the Destroyermen series, not its real life counterpart.

The USS Walker is a World War 1 Wickes class destroyer aka as a “four stacker” because of its four smokestacks that release steam from its four…

This ax, wielded by Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, was stolen from a caretaker's woodshed with the intention of murdering Alyona Ivanovna, an old and withered, but cruel pawnbroker who cheats poor people out of their money.

After several blows,…

Part raccoon, part skunk. The main character of the first book in the series had one named Killer that he kept as a pet until his mother set her free.

The raven is a black bird that sits on a bust of Pallas above a door. The bird repeats the word "Nevermore" in response to the questions of the resident of the house he is sitting in.

The significance of the raven is that it is often known as a…

The Flying Dutchman is a legendary ghost ship that can never make port and is doomed to sail the oceans forever. The myth is likely to have originated from 17th-century nautical folklore.

Sightings in the 19th and 20th centuries reported the ship…

The Federation Akira class starship entered service in the 2370s where several ships of this class participated in The Battle of Sector 001 and several battles throughout the Dominion War. Akira class starships are a part of the first wave of newly…

Skíðblaðnir [skeed-blahd-nir] is a mighty ship owned by the god Freyr and made by two elves. It comes from Norse mythology. References to the ship occur in the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and Heimskringla, the latter two written in the 13th century…