Now a real bpx - [link]

"LeMarchands Companion" [link]
Physical description: Mahogany base with face panels of brass - each panel has a distressed finish

Perhaps the greatest find of modern times, this is the sister box to the now famous - or perhaps more accurately infamous, "Box of Sorrows" (Lament Configuration).

The box of Grief was thought only to be a rumour until the book collection of satanist Alistair Crowley was sold at private auction, bringing to light the only known copy of "LeMarchands Dreams" [link] , a book which lists the known works of LeMarchand from his earliest period. It contains a section devoted to the box of grief and states that it was created at the same time and with the same materials as the Box of Sorrows but never intended for sale.
LeMarchand reputedly kept this box about his person at all times and was once seen stroking and speaking softly to it, in the words of the witness "as if it were the most beauteous of women"
the book also contained, sandwiched between its pages and the back cover, an approximately 100 year old photograph of an unknown young woman [link] holding the box, this effectively proved the existence of the distress configuration and set in motion the search to find it.

The current owner of the box , known only as N.G., put up a reward of £2 million to whoever found the Box of Grief and delivered it safely to him - this lead to the creation of numerous forgeries, many of which still circulate amongst collectors. According to those who have held the true box however, there is no mistaking it. One collector allowed to view the box at the home of N.G. had this to say of it:

"As soon as one enters the same room as LeMarchands Companion, one senses her presence... indeed, I had the unnerving sensation that she sensed my presence also. N.G. was kind, or perhaps vicious enough to let me hold her, an experience I shall never forget - Were I 40 years younger I very much doubt that I would have allowed her to be taken back from me. The rush of jealous hatred and bloodlust that I felt as N.G. prised her from my frail fingers was most exhilarating and by far the most powerful sensation I had felt in my life to that date. My nights since that day have been filled with dreams of her and the secrets she whispered to me, my days filled with the grief of her loss I felt that day as she was taken from me.. it is just as well for him that N.G. went into hiding after my visit.
He cannot hide forever. My men will find him. I shall take her back."

The location of N.G. and LeMarchands Companion remain unknown.
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Inspired by Hellraisers "Box of Sorrows" and made in entirely in photoshop by Steelgohst

other hellraiser inspired boxes -
Box of Gateways- [link]
Box of Pleasures - [link]
Enigme - [link]
the Acerbus configuration - [link]
LeMarchands Ring - [link]