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Not to be confused with [[Sealed Evil in a Can]], where the object ''contains'' something evil; this [[MacGuffin]] ''is'' innately bad. Related to the [[Amulet of Dependency]], the [[Evil Weapon]], and the [[Artifact of Doom]], where an item like this is [[Obviously Evil]].
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In the ''[[Inheritance Cycle]]'', the sword Eragon gets from Brom, Zar'roc, is later found out to have belonged to the last of the Forsworn, Morzan, who was killed by Brom.
* Over the course of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', the One Ring is treated something like this—it's Bilbo's most prized artifact and gets him out of a lot of trouble, but once its true nature is exposed, it takes a narrative six times longer than the first book to destroy it safely.
* Gurthang, the sword of [[Iron Woobie|Túrin Turambar]] in J.R.R.Tolkien's ''[[The Silmarillion]]''. It enables him to slay dragon Glaurung, but it also claims the lives of many of his friends and loved ones, and [[Driven to Suicide|in the end his own]]. (It's a very hungry sword and it will drink the blood of anyone, including its wielder.)
* In ''[[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn]]'', the swords they believe they need to gather to stop the [[Big Bad|Storm King]] are actually the key to his return. This becomes the third version, as, after the reveal, the focus of the story abruptly shifts to how to ''stop'' the badguys from using them. Of course, [[You Are Too Late]], forcing the heroes to [[Take a Third Option]].
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