Keeper's Skull

The Keeper's Skull was the skull of a deceased entity known as the Keeper, who was able to restrict other demons. In death, the skull still retained these abilities.
==History==
===Enchanting Chris Yen===
The Keeper's skeleton was found in a crypt in Colma, where it required a blood sacrifice in order to reveal itself. This allowed the Keeper's prisoner to escape. Ana Helstrom and Caretaker investigated the skeleton the following day, when it began whispering to Helstrom. Interested in the trance the skull put her in, Helstrom took it with her to her auction house. Helstrom researched the skull, eventually deciding to draw her own blood and place it over the symbol on the skull. She placed her hand on the skull and attempted to sense its past, causing an eye to appear to Helstrom within the skull's only eye socket.Helstrom: 1.01: Mother's Little Helpers
Helstrom placed the Keeper's Skull in the vault of her auction house, covering it with a cloth to prevent it from enchanting others. Later, Chris Yen put away a fake antique battle axe and began to walk away, when the cloth fell off the skull, which began whispering to Yen and enchanting him. Yen investigated the skull, about to touch is when Caretaker appeared and broke his concentration. Yen later sat down in front of the skull on the floor of the auction house, opening its mouth and allowing it to bite down on him, drawing blood from the skull.
Cameron Tate arrived at the auction house, investigating the apparent suicide of his brother. While the two briefly discuss Tate's knowledge that Yen was involved in his brother's death and Yen's knowledge that Tate helped his brother choose his murder victims, Yen consulted the skull, asking it what to do, much to Tate's confusion. Under the skull's influence, Yen retrieved the battle axe and used it to brutally murder Tate.Helstrom: 1.02: Viaticum
===Attacking Kthara===
The skull influenced Chris Yen to bring it to Portland, underneath Saint Teresa Center for Mental Health, where the Keeper's spirit began attacking Kthara, attempting to contain her, causing the demon great pain. While down there, Yen allowed the skull to bite down on his arm, and it influenced him to eat a dead spider off the ground. However, Yen quickly broke out of it and scolded the skull for influencing him in such a fashion.Helstrom: 1.04: Containment Ana Helstrom, Daimon Helstrom, and Caretaker eventually found Yen with the skull, so he ran away with it and got closer to Kthara. Daimon, believing the skull to be hurting Victoria Helstrom, pushed Yen to the side, knocking him unconscious while attempting to destroy the skull. Once the skull had a crack in it, Victoria sat up in her hospital bed and shouted for Daimon to stop. The skull was given to Victoria to use to contain Kthara so that she could retain control of her body.Helstrom: 1.05: Committed
===Destroyed===
Victoria Helstrom kept the Keeper's Skull with her in order to contain Kthara, carrying it with her in a backpack. However, during an elaborate plan by Basar to free Kthara, Magoth stole the backpack and fled, planning to destroy the skull. Chris Yen killed Magoth's host body, however, and gave the skull to Ana Helstrom. During a confrontation between Basar and Helstrom, the skull fell out of the backpack and rolled under a truck. Victoria reached for it while Daimon Helstrom fought Basar, and Ana then used it to destroy Basar's host body. Basar survived the attack, albeit with a completely mutilated body. The skull crumbled in the process and was destroyed.Helstrom: 1.06: Leviathan
Due to his exposure to the skull, Chris Yen slowly gained demonic abilities and became a Keeper Demon himself.Helstrom: 1.09: Vessels He used these abilities to protect Kthara until Marduk Kurios arrived and took her from him.Helstrom: 1.10: Helstrom
==Capabilities==
The Keeper's Skull has the same powers of the Keeper, able to contain demons such as Basar and Kthara. However, through a special process, Basar was still able to possess Keith Spivey. It is also able to draw people into it in a trance-like state such as Chris Yen, and even very powerful people such as Ana Helstrom. However, this only works if the skull is visible. The skull is able to influence people as well. While under the influence, Yen was convinced to kill Cameron Tate and bring the skull to Portland where the Keeper could hold back Kthara and allow Victoria Helstrom to resume control of her body. Prolonged exposure to the Keeper's Skull also turned Yen into a Keeper himself.
==Appearances==
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==References==
Category:Items
Category:Helstrom Items