====== Dark Keeper ======

A **Dark Keeper** is any [[wp>vermin]] that has been possessed by the [[lore:Everdark]]. This typically occurs by minuscule fragments of the Everdark separating from a [[creatures:Dark Vampire]]. These fragments are sentient and seek out dark and hidden places to survive. They will often latch unto any living creature found and possess it.


===== Classification =====

  * **Type**: [[creatures:Spirit]]
  * **Habitat**: Any
  * **Native Plane**: [[lore:Shadow Realms]], [[lore:Everdark]]
  * **Distinctions**:
    * Matte black surface over possessed creature
    * Cold to the touch


===== History =====

The first Dark Keepers arrived at nearly the same time as the Dark Vampires. When they were forcibly pulled into this world the Everdark shattered in the [[lore:mortal plane]]. This caused fragments of the Everdark to scatter across the world. 


===== Ecology =====

Dark Keepers live in large packs. As a Dark Keeper gets more powerful it will not grow, instead it will possess more creatures. It becomes a larger pack.

==== Society ====

While a Dark Keeper may be seen as a large pack of vermin, this is only a single Dark Keeper. Dark Keepers prefer to live alone and when two Dark Keepers meet they will fight to the death for supremacy - the winner taking the loser's Everdark.


===== See Also =====

  * [[creatures:Shadow Realms Biome]]
  * [[lists:Spirits|List of Spirits]]
  * [[lists:Vermin|List of Vermin]]


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