All the other rooms were decorated with bright, vibrant colors. The last room was black with red windows. Guests avoided this room until the ebony clock struck midnight when a new guest appeared, dressed more ghoulishly than his counterparts. His mask looked like the face of a corpse, his garments resembled a funeral shroud, and his face revealed spots of blood suggesting that he was a victim of the Red Death. When the Prince confronted the new "guest", he died. Poe played off the fact that the Prince, Prospero - like propserous, was avoiding the plague outside, but the Prince's wealth didn't even save him.