Pain Keeper

This being comes into existence the moment its human is born. It grows with them, shadows their steps, and never leaves their side — not until the very end.

Inside the small orb it always carries, a dark swirl of pain lingers. When asked, the Keeper can draw that pain away, easing the human’s burden. It sustains itself on the energy that pain leaves behind.

At first, clumsy as a child, it struggles to control its power. That’s why young children often overflow with raw emotion — their Keeper hasn’t yet learned to shoulder the weight. But with time, it masters its role, becoming a living anchor, a quiet savior in the storm.

Don’t let its eerie form fool you. The Pain Keeper is gentleness itself. It guards its human with fierce devotion, and the human, in turn, guards it back.