Mystic Falls Founders Bell, also known as The Maxwell Bell, was mentioned in We Have History Together. It consists of three parts: a bell, the Staff of Arcadius, and the Striker.
Early History
The Bell was created by Harvey Maxwell in 1790 and spelled to be indestructible by the witches. This act would later warrant their deaths and be known as the massacre of a hundred witches.
The bell has been made by the Maxwell family, who were in charge of making church bells back when Mystic Falls was founded. Seline looked for the bell back in 1883.
Peter, a descendant of the Maxwell family, threw the bell in the lake under the Wickery Bridge in 1992, but it was retrieved by Elizabeth Forbes in 2009 when they pulled out Grayson and Miranda Gilbert's car from the river. After her death, all of her belongings were boxed up by Matt. Not having the heart to go through her mother's stuff, Caroline placed the boxes in the garage.
Sometime after Seline was hired as the twin's nanny, she found the bell and took it for herself.
Season Eight
In We Have History Together, Sybil and Caroline Forbes went looking for the bell in the garage of her house, but Seline managed to take it before them.
In The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch, Seline reveals that the bell can be assembled with the Striker (Maxwell Family Heirloom) and the Staff of Arcadius. Once together, Seline claims it holds terrible power, enough to kill her sister, Sybil. Later, she informs Dorian that only the Maxwell Family can use the bell's power and willingly hands it over to Matt.
In Nostalgia's a Bitch, Peter and Matt assemble the bell by welding the Staff of Arcadius and the Maxwell Striker together. Seline informs them that, to kill Sybil, a Maxwell must ring the bell 12 times. Later she elaborates to them and Stefan that the bell can kill sirens with hellfire (indirectly), as it rips open a hole in Cade's domain, his psychic imprint of his death (burned at the stake) and will kill everyone for miles. Later, Matt is compelled, yet with a free choice, to ring the bell 12 times if he can't forgive Damon for killing Vicki. He rings the bell 11 times before he is stopped.
Appearances
- Season 8
Trivia
- A replica of the bell was used in the Founders' Day Parade.
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