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==The Demesnes-Keeper==
===Known hosts===
Commonly speculated to be [[Labyrinth]], as she and [[Glaistig Uaine]] have met,<ref group="Note">They were in the same room as during the [[Khonsu Meeting]].</ref> Taylor noted her as one of the people with power that would fit a 'noble' shard,<ref name=":2">“You view us both as queens, Faerie Queen?”<br><br>

“I do.  But let us drop the titles when we talk.”<br><br>

“Okay… Glaistig Uaine.  Anyone else?”<br><br>

"There are others who stand shoulder to shoulder with us, but queen is the wrong word, Administrator.  The champion, the high priest, the observer, the shaper, the demesnes-keeper.<br>[...]<br>

I have a special role in this.  I keep the company of the faerie who have left our metaphorical stage.<br>[...]<br>

The other nobles, their tasks are more immediate, shorter in term.  What makes us truly <em>noble</em> is our role before and after this act.  The others sleep, and we toil.  We're practiced, stronger, for that constant effort.  The champion and observer ensure the next act goes on without a hitch.  The shaper and demesnes-keeper clean up after we are all done here, one way or another.  So it goes." <br>[...] <br>

I could only think of one powerful individual who was on a par with the others she'd named.  Contessa and Glaistig Uaine were easily twelves or higher on the power-ratings scale, and I could look to others with powers in that neighborhood to figure out who she was referring to.  Panacea, Labyrinth… - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/22 excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.4]]
</ref> and her power fits both the name and apparent true use.

It has since been implied that the physical destruction of worlds at the end of the Cycle is the responsibility of [[Damsel of Distress]]' shard. Whether this means Damsel is the bearer of the Demesnes-Keeper is unclear.<ref name=":1"/>

===True use===
According to [[Glaistig Uaine]] it is one of two 'noble' shards responsible for end-cycle cleanup alongside [[List of Shards#The Shaper|the Shaper]].<ref name=":2" />  Given the final moments of [[The Cycle]], it is commonly assumed to involve the destruction of the worlds and elimination of the evidence of the entity's existence.<ref name=":1"/>