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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 9478804" data-attributes="member: 57383">How about this: In life, the Keeper was a religious fanatic whose devotion to nihilistic mysticism was instrumental in the Seven Swords' descent into undeath. His title, the Keeper of the Keys, referred to his authority over the clan castle's gates, treasury strongboxes, and the  horrendous dungeons hidden below its keep. In Kara-Tur The Seven Swords were the leading members of the Ito clan and lived in Ito-Jo castle. The malign influence of a krakentoa led to their rule becoming tyrannical and eventually brought down a dreadful curse upon the Swords and the entire castle, turning it into a haunted place of the damned. The Seven Swords of Ito-Jo cannot be destroyed simply by destroying their sword charms. The only way to permanently lay them to rest is to slay the krakentoa responsible for the curse. The Keeper of the Keys was an elder statesman of the Ito. Officially retired, he secretly dominated the clan while praying in the family shrine at the heart of Ito-Jo castle. Hidden catches allow the shrine's altar to unlock and slide aside, opening a secret passage down into a underground dungeon teeming with undead and demonic spirits. The Keeper is now cursed to haunt the shrine and prevent access to the dungeon horrors it helped create. The entrance pit beneath the altar boils with a <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9479163" target="_blank">carnivorous beetle swarm</a>, descendants of insects the Keeper once used to dispose of bodies it had no other use for. I'll update the Carnivorous Beetle Swarm link once we stat up the monster.Which shouldn't take long, as it's a pretty simple beastie.</blockquote>

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