Objects found in the characters’ hands as they woke in the Nightmare City in Chapter 1.
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- Gull’s torch was comprised of a broken table leg wrapped with a soiled diaper.
- Dora’s knitting needle had an eyeball impaled on the end of it.
- Ray’s chain seemed oddly large and was wrapped tightly around his fist.
- Grip’s rock was a piece of volcanic stone.
In Grip's dream in Chapter 5, he imagined himself running across a rubble-strewn desert towards a giant volcano.
In Gull's dream in Chapter 8, he imagined himself wearing soiled diapers and thought of it as his “true form.”
In Ray's dream in Chapter 22, he imagined a chain in his hand leading him to his own death.
Also in Chapter 22, Grip again dreamed of himself clutching a rock and hurling it in fear.
In Dora's dream in Chapter 26, Dora handed her dream daughter a knitting needle and told her to “aim for the eye.”
In the Act II Interlude, flashbacks and Jinmenju-spawned memories linked these objects to the moments when each of the characters met the Stranger for the first time.
In Chapter 107, while entering the Dreamlands, Dora, Grip & Vik saw a vision of a needle piercing an eyeball.
In Chapter 116, while entering the Dreamlands, Dora, Grip & Vik saw a vision of a shard of volcanic black rock cutting into the side of a gray-skinned head.
In Chapter 125, while entering the Dreamlands, Dora, Grip & Vik saw a vision of a shard of a lit torch, flying end over end, soaring upwards.
Dora saw a knitting needle out in the Eastern Desert as the party made their crossing during Chapter 150 (Part 1).
In Chapter 150 (Part 3), these objects were revealed to be the implements with which Dora, Grip, Ray, and Vik first committed murder.
First Reference: Prologue
Other Notable References: Chapter 5, Chapter 8, Chapter 22, Chapter 26, Act II Interlude, Chapter 107, Chapter 116, Chapter 125, Chapter 150 (Part 1), Chapter 150 (Part 3)