Grim the End

Grim the End was one of the vessels of sin, inhabited by the Demon of Wrath. Nemesis Sudou was among its most prominent owners, taking part in the Leviantan Civil War.

Creation
After the original vessels of sin were released into the world by Hänsel and Gretel in EC 014, the Demon of Wrath eventually inhabited a golden key as its vessel.

Venomania Event
At some point, the vessel ended up in the hands of Yufina Marlon. Around EC 136, Yufina gave the key to Karchess Crim while she attended her husband's homecoming. Becoming aware of its powers, Karchess brought the vessel with him to Asmodean and later brandished it to Rajih. Later on in EC 137, the vessel transformed into a knife and was used by Karchess to fatally stab Sateriasis Venomania, possessed by the Demon of Lust. After staging a coup and establishing a "legitimate" Marlon government, Karchess kept the vessel in the Marlon Royal Family.

Evil Food Eater Conchita
Around the turn of the 4th century EC, the royal family discovered the magical capabilities of the key when combined with other ingredients. Using shavings produced by sharpening the vessel, Prince Carlos Marlon learned how to make a healing elixir from a shaman living in Held's Forest, regularly ingesting the concoction over the years to maintain its effects and infusing it with his body.

He later used the golden powder to poison two bowls of soup, serving them for himself and his beloved, Banica Conchita. Carlos then died shortly after ingesting the concoction while Banica survived and the Demon of Gluttony was slightly weakened. The next day, Banica devoured Carlos' golden dust-infused body, severely weakening the Demon of Gluttony even further.

Story of Evil
In the 5th century EC, an Asmodean soldier came into possession of the key and later died during a war in EC 468. The vessel was then kept as a keepsake by his daughter, Yvette, and she often played with it. In EC 477, the key transformed into a golden knife for the enraged Yvette and she murdered her stepfather with the weapon. Afterward, she fled with the key before sealing it away in the newly created Held Monastery in Lucifenia. At some point, the vessel escaped and ended up in cupboard in one of the rooms at the monastery.

In EC 505, the Demon of Wrath possessed Clarith and the vessel took the form of a knife before being taken from the cupboard of the nun's room by her. As Clarith attempted to murder Rin from behind, Allen Avadonia intervened and the demon left Clarith and returned to its vessel. Afterward, Clarith used the knife to cut Rin's hair short. Later that year, Abyss I.R. stole the key from the monastery.

Père Noël
In December of EC 609, Julia Abelard gave the key to Gatt Coulomb and tasked him with killing Seventh Magician and the lieutenant kept the vessel in the form of a dagger on his belt as he traveled to Rollam to fulfill the mission.

Leviantan Civil War
At some point, Nemesis Sudou came in contact with the vessel and became possessed by the Demon of Wrath. Enraged at Gallerian Marlon for having her kill her lover, Nemesis swore vengeance on her father in December of EC 982. Later on in August of the following year, the key was transformed into a golden bullet and loaded in Nemesis' revolver. Confronting the man possessed by the Demon of Greed at gunpoint, Gallerian refused Nemesis' demands and the bullet was fired into his skull, killing him. After the destruction of the Third Period in EC 998, Michaela summoned all seven vessels together for Allen Avadonia.

Mechanics
Similar to the other vessels of sin, the Key served as a container for the Demon of Wrath's essence and allowed the demon to possess or influence a host. From the key, the demon was able to influence its owner's anger and rage, often putting them in a vicious frenzy. As the demon was the source of Grim the End's magic, sealing the vessel subsequently supressed the demon and left the object powerless.

Grim the End had the ability to shift into multiple shapes, doing so in reaction to the passions of its wielder. When exposed to rage, it turned into a knife, a weapon capable of killing strong individuals and regarded as being even more powerful than Abyss I.R. The key was also extremely dangerous for the other Demons of Sin, capable of weakening and possibly even killing the demons over time.

Similarly, shaving the key created a powder holding its magic that acted as a deadly poison, making it just as effective when ingested by a normal person or a demon possessing its victim. The powder could also be combined with other substances with various effects, creating an amazing healing elixir when combined with the ink of a ziz tiama.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The vessel's representative sin is derived from Wrath of the Seven Deadly Sins.
 * The vessel is likely a reference to The Golden Key, a Brothers Grimm's fairy tale placed at the very end of the brothers' book for a long period of time; the tale itself ends on a cliffhanger, telling the reader they have to wait until the boy unlocks the small iron box with the golden key.
 * The vessel's name, "Grim the End", further connects to the Brothers Grimm and The Golden Key's placement at the end of the book.
 * Grim the End's ability to shapeshift may refer to the unstable and volatile nature of Wrath.

Curiosities

 * Although originally represented as green in Heartbeat Clocktower, the vessel was later represented by the color white in Chrono Story; it was again represented by the color green in Judgment of Corruption soon after.

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