Grim the End

**Grim the End** was one of the Vessels of Sin, inhabited by the Demon of Wrath. Michelle Octo was among its most prominent owners, taking part in the Leviantan Civil War.

## History

### Creation

Sometime during the BT era, Pale Noël created an unknown number of magical tools to serve as vessels, one of them being his final creation, which he dubbed "Grim the End". When Adam and Eve Moonlit created the Vessels of Sin in EC 014, Grim the End was used as the vessel for Pale. Afterward, the couple released the vessels into the world. At some point, the spirit of Eve Moonlit also began occupying the vessel and the parasite began borrowing its powers to make contracts.

### Glassred Event

At some point, the vessel ended up in hands of the Marlon Royal Family, later given to Princess Yufina Marlon by her mother. In March of EC 136, Yufina gave the key to Lukana Octo while she attended her husband's homecoming. Becoming aware of its powers, Lukana brought the vessel with her to Asmodean. Later that year, Grim the End transformed into a knife and was used by Lukana to fatally stab Lady Gumina Glassred, possessed by the Demon of Lust. After staging a coup and establishing a "legitimate" Marlon government, Lukana gave the key to the Beelzenian Duke and it passed through the generations.

### Disappearance of Evil Food Eater Marlon

Around the turn of the 4th century EC, the Conchita Family discovered the magical capabilities of the key when combined with other ingredients. Using shavings produced by sharpening the vessel, Duke Banica Conchita 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 his body with the magic.

In EC 325, the duke used the golden powder to poison two bowls of soup, serving them for herself and her beloved, Carlos Marlon. Banica then died shortly after ingesting the concoction while Carlos survived and the Demon of Gluttony was slightly weakened. The next day, Carlos devoured Banica's 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 Grim the End and later died during a war in EC 468. The vessel was then kept as a keepsake by his daughter, Yvette Jacobi, 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 the Kingdom of 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 Michaela and the vessel took the form of a knife before being taken from the cupboard of the nun's room by her. As Michaela attempted to murder Allen from behind, Rin Avadonia intervened and the demon left Michaela and returned to its vessel. Afterward, Michaela used the knife to cut Allen's hair short. In the same year, the vessel was later given to Kyle Phutapie in EC 505 and the assassin used the gun to revive the Gula infected dead in Beelzenia as his undead army.

Later that year, Kyle used the gun to create another plague in northern Marlon, infecting and killing countless before the assassin revived them to build up another undead army. During the ensuing battle at Castle Hedgehog, Pale possessed Kyle completely and the assassin dropped the key before wildly attacking his half-sister Germaine. After the blue-haired boy was subdued, Germaine brought the gun to Lioness Castle and it was subsequently sealed by Gallerian Clockworker and Lemy.

Soon after, the mage took the key along with the other vessels of sin assembled at the castle and removed their seals. When the Marlon Spoon was used by the mage two weeks later, Kyle intervened and canceled out the Demon of Greed's power with his own. After the sorceress was defeated, the vessel was collected by Gallerian and Lemy and subsequently sealed. Sometime after, Gallerian lost the vessel to the mage.

### Père Noël

Sometime after, Grim the End fell into the possession of the Blankenheim Family. In the latter half of EC 608, Marchioness Margarita Blankenheim gave the vessel to Mayrana Blossom in exchange for membership in the criminal organization Père Noël. It was passed onto Julia Abelard shortly after and the mage stored it in her mansion's treasury in Rolled. In December of that year, Julia gave the vessel of Lieutenant General Gatt Coulomb for his assassination of Yuzette Ora and the soldier transformed it into a dagger, strapping it to his belt; following his failure to complete the mission, Gatt returned the vessel to Julia.

On October 6, Gretel moved Grim the End from Julia's treasury into the pocket of Renin Abelard. After she infiltrated the Corpa Mansion, Renin inserted the key into a door and it shapeshifted to match the lock, unlocking the room. Two days later, the girl returned the key to her mother Julia. On January 26, EC 611, Julia took the vessel while fleeing her mansion and stored it in Meta Salmhofer's tomb at Merrigod Plateau. On January 29, Gatt took the vessel and transformed it into a longsword before waiting on the outskirts of Calgaround to ambush Gallerian Clockworker and Lemy.

Once the mages' carriage passed, Gatt fired a blast of energy to behead the horse and crash the vehicle. Following the lieutenant general's swift defeat, Grim the End returned to its key form and Gallerian retrieved it, giving it to Lemy. During the Duel of Merrigod Plateau the next day, Lemy forged a temporary contract with Pale and the key transformed into a bullet, loading it into her Fireworks Gun before shooting and killing Renin, possessed by the Demon of Gluttony, Carlos Marlon.

After Irina Clockworker self-destructed her true body while activating Black Box Type S, the key was abandoned before the clash between Behemo Barisol, Irina, and Carlos leaked out through the dimensional hole the latter opened, blasting Pale and Eve out of Grim the End. Later that day, it was found by the World Police and stored in their vault.

In EC 842, the vessel arrived in Enbizaka, Jakoku on a merchant ship. It was later obtained by Levia Barisol and given to Rintan-douji; the girl then transformed it into a sword and used the vessel to execute Gakuga Octo. Following the execution, the key malfunctioned from its misuse without an occupying demon and went haywire, flying off elsewhere. It was again acquired by Pale Noël, who inhabited the key again when Lemy sent him back to the ground world to watch over Michelle Octo.

### Leviantan Civil War

To watch over the young Michelle, Pale Noël transformed the key into a Ziz Tiama so that he could freely move about. Once Michelle adopted him as her pet "Ziz-san", Pale possessed her as the Demon of Wrath and accompanied her everywhere under the guise of being a normal ziz tiama. After Michelle was forced to kill her lover in December of EC 982 and tried to kill herself, Pale transformed the golden key into a human being so he could speak with her directly, utilizing its transformation ability several times during the conversation.

Convincing Michelle not to kill herself, Pale transformed Grim the End into six golden bullets and reverted to his own mask form. Urged to use the bullets to shoot the people she considered the most evil, Michelle would go on to kill her mother Elluka Marlon in EC 983, her mentor Nikolay Tolle in EC 989, her former employer Gammon Zero in EC 993, and her father Ma in EC 999, using the bullets.

After the destruction of the Third Period in EC 999, Clarith summoned all seven vessels together for Rin Avadonia, including the Golden Key. In EC 1000, Michelle fired one of the golden bullets at Black Box Type X.

## Mechanics

Similar to the other vessels of sin, Grim the End served as a container for the Demon of Wrath's essence and allowed him to possess or influence a host, though much of contracts carried out were done by Eve. 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 of Wrath was the source of Grim the End's magic, sealing the vessel subsequently suppressed the demon.

Grim the End had the ability to shift into multiple shapes, including various weapons, bullets, and even living animals, although the key nonetheless had no will of its own. Its ability could be used even without the Demon of Wrath being present inside the vessel, although the key was at risk of malfunctioning without it. Similarly, the key's metal could be shaved infinitely to create a fine powder that still retained the demon's power. The vessel's wrath magic made it extremely poisonous and venomous when ingested or stabbed into organs. 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.

As a weapon, Grim the End could hurl a blast of energy at a target, able to cleanly cut through bone and flesh with ease from a sizable distance. It also had an "anti-demonic" magic that weakened or even killed the Demons of Sin, as well as weakening any other soul inhabiting a vessel of sin; aside from this, Grim the End could be used to restore an individual's sealed memories. Like all the vessels of sin, Grim the End was able to kill a demon contractor through the Demon of Wrath's power; because of its shapeshifting ability, the key was technically considered a contractor under the sun god's rules, making it possible for a Wrath contractor to additionally kill themselves with the key.

## Users

* Lukana Octo
* Banica Conchita
* Yvette Jacobi
* Michaela
* Renin Abelard
* Gatt Coulomb
* Lemy
* Rintan-douji
* Bufuko Tsukimoto
* Michelle Octo
* Rin Avadonia

## Trivia

### 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.

### 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.

## Appearances

* The Lunacy of Lady Glassred
* Drug of Gold
* The Daughter of Green
* Judgment of Corruption (appears in PV)
* Heartbeat Clocktower (first appearance in PV)
* Capriccio Farce (mentioned only)
* Master of the Hellish Yard (song)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (alternate timeline; appears in PV)
* Master of the Heavenly Yard (mentioned only)
* The Son of Evil: Wiegenlied of White
* The Son of Evil: Praeludium of Yellow (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Lunacy of Lady Glassred
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Evil Food Eater Marlon
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Prince who Brought Sleep (indirect mention only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Fifth Pierrot
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Michelle
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard
* Epic of Evil: The Son of Evil Fanbook
* The Son of Evil Schedule Book 2013
* Waltz of Evil: The Deadly Sins of Evil Guidebook
* The Daughter of Fog
* Gift Bonus Story
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (story) (alternate timeline)
* Outlaw & Lychgate (mentioned only)
* The Lunacy of Lady Glassred (manga)
* The Son of Evil (manga)
* Prelude to Forest (first mentioned)
* Evils Forest
* Evils Kingdom
* Evils Court (mentioned only)
* Four Melodies of Evil ~The Son of Evil Novel Music Collection~
* The Muzzle of Michelle (album)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (album)
* Master of the Heavenly Yard (album) (mentioned only)
* Clockwork Lullaby (album)