Princess Mia's Cursed Cage

Princess Mia's Cursed Cage was a jewellery case made using wood from the "Unicorn's Horn" tree in the Sealence Forest. It was commissioned by Viscount Berman in an attempt to buy off Princess Mia's - and ultimately her father's - support for cutting down part of the Sealence Forest in order to expand his own domain.



Item Properties
The Cursed Cage was a jewellery case made from the "Unicorn's Horn" tree's wood. It appears to be beautifully ornamented. Its distinctive characteristic was said to be the curse it bore, causing its owner to meet their own demise, a curse having started with Princess Mia herself.

Guillotine Timeline
In the initial timeline, Viscount Berman bribed officials at the Ebony Moon Ministry in order to send soldiers that would eliminate the Lulu Tribe and allow him to cut down the Sealence Forest to a wide extend in order to expand his domain. When the soldiers refused to engage with the tribe, instead maintaining a strict policy of staying only to uphold public order, Viscount Berman commissions the creation of the box, which he orders to be made specifically with wood from the "Unicorn's Horn" tree. He presumably gifts the case to Mia, which in turn agrees to apply pressure to the soldiers to move against the Lulu tribe.

The battle between the soldiers and the Lulu tribe ultimately goes horribly wrong, with only Dion Alaia, their commander, surviving. This causes Dion to gain a deep resentment against Mia, which leads him to join the revolution and in the end become her executioner at the guillotine, thus giving rise to the legend of its curse.

Empress Timeline
In the Empress timeline, Princess Mia receives the unicorn's hairpin from Wagul Lulu as a thank you for saving him, which she proceeds to constantly wear. While Viscount Berman is hatching his plot, he learns of Mia's fascination with that item from his valet, thus dismissing the idea of commissioning the cage, his reasoning being that since Mia likes hairpins, it makes sense to prepare one instead of a jewelry case (Manga, Chapter 23). However, when Mia was able to resolve the conflict between Viscount Berman and the Lulu tribe, the existence of the object would be completely erased. It would also lead to Mia's journal disappearing as she no longer would be put to death by the guillotine due to resolving one of the more significant incidents that led to the downfall of the Tearmoon Empire without any casualties.

Trivia

 * Ironically, the wood that was used to create this cursed cage in the Guillotine Timeline was instead be willingly donated by the Lulu tribe to create a statue of Mia in honor of her saving their tribe rather than leading to their massacre.