Key Master

Key Master
Released								27 August 2015 (Update)
Members								Yes
Race								Human
Quest								Bear Your Soul
Location								Cerberus' Lair
League region								Asgarnia✓
Gender								Male
Options								Talk-to, Listen
Examine								The keeper of keys, cursed and bound to protect the Arceuus Family.
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Advanced data
NPC ID								12599

The Key Master is the keeper of the keys to the three gates that contain Cerberus. He will only allow players who are on a hellhound or Cerberus slayer task to battle her.

Treasure Trails

• The Key Master is the solution to the master cryptic clue: My life was spared but these voices remain, now guarding these iron gates is my bane. (There is no Slayer level required to reach him.)

History

The Key Master was once a wealthy businessman who owned several apothecaries across Great Kourend, a large kingdom west of Tirannwn.

He sought to create the perfect potion, spending some time finding special herbs and exotic weeds. He eventually succeeded, stating that it tasted delicious, but claimed it was missing a crucial ingredient. He added magic roots to the potion, causing it to pulsate and glow. When he took a sip of it he had felt "like a million gold". However, a few seconds later, several negative side effects (a blurring vision and throbbing brain) had caused him to collapse.

Waking up, he began to scream in pain and blue foam had been coming out of his mouth. In addition, his eyesight worsened, but was able to see three of the Arceuus Elders, who wielded green banners. The tallest of them approached him, at the brink of death, claiming that they can save his life, and so they did. However, this came at a cost: he was still blind, and horns began to grow on his head. He was cursed to take on the role of the key master, where he is tasked to prevent Cerberus, guardian of the river of souls, from escaping the iron gates that hold her.

When an adventurer learned soul bearer after reading Aretha's book, The Journey of Souls, Aretha revealed that it did exist and told them where they could dig it up. As the item was damaged, she also revealed that the Key Master would know how to repair it. The adventurer dug the soul bearer up and brought it to him, who gladly repaired it for them, before telling them that the "voices" in his head told them to use it wisely.

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Dialogue

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Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:21 August 2024| |0}} {{#explode:21 August 2024| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:21 August 2024| |2}}]] (update)	The aforementioned changes were reverted.
[[{{#explode:14 August 2024| |0}} {{#explode:14 August 2024| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:14 August 2024| |2}}]] (update)	?vislevel=0 has been erroneously added to the Key Master's examine text. The Key Master has been given a visible combat level of 1.
[[{{#explode:21 February 2024| |0}} {{#explode:21 February 2024| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:21 February 2024| |2}}]] (update)	The Key Master will now tell players whether there are other players fighting Cerberus from any of the three Iron Winches, rather than the one the player is peeking from. Additionally, he has a new "Listen" option that conveys the same information.
[[{{#explode:28 January 2016| |0}} {{#explode:28 January 2016| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:28 January 2016| |2}}]] (update)	The word "Archeus" in the Key Master's dialogue and examine text was changed to "Arceuus".

Trivia

• The Key Master is one of the few human NPCs to have visible "fingers".
• The Key Master's chathead (image) is considerably larger than it appears in the chatbox.