Vecna is a fearsome sentient creature aligned with the Upside Down World, who has humble origins as the human Henry Creel. After moving to a new home in Hawkins in March 1959, young Henry discovered that he had remarkable psychokinetic abilities and that he could alter the perception of others. Motivated by a nihilistic and misanthropic philosophy, Henry used his powers to psychologically torture his family, eventually killing his mother and sister, and then framing his father for these crimes, which led to his death. craziness.
These events would attract the interest of Dr. Martin Brenner, who took it to the Hawkins National Laboratory to be studied; Henry was designated 001, becoming the lab's first test subject. Brenner implanted Soteria in Henry's neck, a miniature device that suppressed his powers and tracked his every move; in Henry's own words, he had become a 'prisoner'. Over time, Henry became one of several stretcher bearers who assisted Brenner and ran the lab. Brenner would go on to replicate Henry's powers on various child test subjects, who also had their movements restricted to the confines of the laboratory.
In 1979, Henry tricked Test Subject Eleven into removing the Soteria chip with his powers. In a fit of rage, Henry used his restored powers to brutally murder the other test subjects and attempted to do the same to Eleven. However, Eleven stood her ground and eventually overpowered him, sending him through a gate to the Upside Down World; there, he gradually transformed into the being known as Vecna. He became an explorer of the realm, discovered an exotic storm-like mass of particles and used his powers to reconstitute it into a giant spider-like entity which is named The Mind Flayer.
In 1986, Vecna resurfaced and began murdering a large number of Hawkins residents, tormenting her victims with her curse and using their deaths to open a series of new portals. Dustin, Nancy, Max, and others began investigating the murders, dubbing the killer 'Vecna' after a D&D character.
External Links[]
- Vecna at the Villains Wiki.