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	The Key's connection to the Abyss was somewhow created, or at least discovered, by [[Master Bralkain]] and his team of [[Kargat]] [[wizard]]s in [[580 BC]]. He attempted to conjure and bind a [[fiend]] from the [[Lower Planes]]. A [[portal]] was opened up, and the [[Whistling Fiend]], unbound, stepped through and proceeded to lay waste to [[Creeana]]. Bralkain and the surviving wizards eventually managed to shut down the portal. [[Azalin]] called them to [[Castle Avernus]] and [[transformed]] them into [[undead]] [[servant]]s. Bralkain became a [[disfigured]] [[vampire]].<ref>TSR Jam 1999 p. 42-43</ref>		The Key's connection to the Abyss was somewhow created, or at least discovered, by [[Master Bralkain]] and his team of [[Kargat]] [[wizard]]s in [[580 BC]]. He attempted to conjure and bind a [[fiend]] from the [[Lower Planes]]. A [[portal]] was opened up, and the [[Whistling Fiend]], unbound, stepped through and proceeded to lay waste to [[Creeana]]. Bralkain and the surviving wizards eventually managed to shut down the portal. [[Azalin]] called them to [[Castle Avernus]] and [[transformed]] them into [[undead]] [[servant]]s. Bralkain became a [[disfigured]] [[vampire]].<ref>TSR Jam 1999 p. 42-43</ref>

	The Key itself sat in the dungeons under Castle Avernus for nearly a century, until the Guardians breached the dungeons' defenses and stole the Key in [[675 BC]].<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">TSR Jam 1999 p. 45</ref> The Key itself came to be looked over by the Watchers of the Gate at [[the Watchers' Stronghold\|their stronghold]] for several decades.		The Key itself sat in the dungeons under Castle Avernus for nearly a century, until the Guardians breached the dungeons' defenses and stole the Key in [[675 BC]].<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">[[TSR Jam 1999]] p. 45</ref> The Key itself came to be looked over by the Watchers of the Gate at [[the Watchers' Stronghold\|their stronghold]] for several decades.

	Sometime after the [[Requiem]] of [[751 BC]], Master Bralksain led a team of agents from the [[Unholy Order of the Grave]] to seize control of the Watchers' Stronghold and kill or imprison many of the order's members. Against the wishes of his master [[Death (Lowellyn Dachine)\|Death]], Bralkain remained at the stronghold for a week, attempting to discover a way to conjure and bind a fiend using the Key. However, the attempt was foiled [[adventurer]]s and the [[Whistling Fiend]], whom still held a connection to the Key.<ref>Played out in the [[module]] [[the Heart's Final Beat]] included in TSR Jam 1999</ref>		Sometime after the [[Requiem]] of [[751 BC]], Master Bralksain led a team of agents from the [[Unholy Order of the Grave]] to seize control of the Watchers' Stronghold and kill or imprison many of the order's members. Against the wishes of his master [[Death (Lowellyn Dachine)\|Death]], Bralkain remained at the stronghold for a week, attempting to discover a way to conjure and bind a fiend using the Key. However, the attempt was foiled [[adventurer]]s and the [[Whistling Fiend]], whom still held a connection to the Key.<ref>Played out in the [[module]] [[the Heart's Final Beat]] included in TSR Jam 1999</ref>

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	==Description==		==Description==
	Physically, the Key to the Abyss is a normal [[key]] at all, but rather an ~~strangly~~ shaped object the approximating the size of a [[human]] [[head]]. Its core consists of a lump made of an unknown- and indestructible [[metal]]. Tubes made of [[crystal]]- just as invulnerable as the object's core, are spaced irregularly along the Key's side, with a sharp, edged tube for blood-letting at the object's top. It is through this means that the Key is fed blood.<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">[[TSR Jam 1999]] p. 45</ref>		Physically, the Key to the Abyss is not a normal [[key]] at all, but rather an strangely shaped object the approximating the size of a [[human]] [[head]]. Its core consists of a lump made of an unknown- and indestructible [[metal]]. Tubes made of [[crystal]]- just as invulnerable as the object's core, are spaced irregularly along the Key's side, with a sharp, edged tube for blood-letting at the object's top. It is through this means that the Key is fed blood.<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">[[TSR Jam 1999]] p. 45</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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	The Key itself sat in the dungeons under Castle Avernus for nearly a century, until the Guardians breached the dungeons' defenses and stole the Key in [[675 BC]].<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">TSR Jam 1999 p. 45</ref> The Key itself came to be looked over by the Watchers of the Gate at [[the Watchers' Stronghold\|their stronghold]] for several decades.		The Key itself sat in the dungeons under Castle Avernus for nearly a century, until the Guardians breached the dungeons' defenses and stole the Key in [[675 BC]].<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">TSR Jam 1999 p. 45</ref> The Key itself came to be looked over by the Watchers of the Gate at [[the Watchers' Stronghold\|their stronghold]] for several decades.

	Sometime after the [[Requiem]] of [[751 BC]]), Master Bralksain led a team of agents from the [[Unholy Order of the Grave]] to seize control of the Watchers' Stronghold and kill or imprison many of the order's members. Against the wishes of his master [[Death (Lowellyn Dachine)\|Death]], Bralkain remained at the stronghold for a week, attempting to discover a way to conjure and bind a fiend using the Key. However, the attempt was foiled [[adventurer]]s and the [[Whistling Fiend]], whom still held a connection to the Key.<ref>Played out in the [[module]] [[the Heart's Final Beat]] included in TSR Jam 1999</ref>		Sometime after the [[Requiem]] of [[751 BC]], Master Bralksain led a team of agents from the [[Unholy Order of the Grave]] to seize control of the Watchers' Stronghold and kill or imprison many of the order's members. Against the wishes of his master [[Death (Lowellyn Dachine)\|Death]], Bralkain remained at the stronghold for a week, attempting to discover a way to conjure and bind a fiend using the Key. However, the attempt was foiled [[adventurer]]s and the [[Whistling Fiend]], whom still held a connection to the Key.<ref>Played out in the [[module]] [[the Heart's Final Beat]] included in TSR Jam 1999</ref>

	==Destruction==		==Destruction==

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	==History==		==History==
	The Key's connection to the Abyss was somewhow created, or at least discovered, by [[Master Bralkain]] and his team of [[Kargat]] [[wizard]]s in [[580 BC]]. He attempted to conjure and bind a [[fiend]] from the [{Lower Planes]]. A [[portal]] was opened up, and the [[Whistling Fiend]], unbound, stepped through and proceeded to lay waste to [[Creeana]]. Bralkain and the surviving wizards eventually managed to shut down the portal. [[Azalin]] called them to [[Castle Avernus]] and [[transformed]] them into [[undead]] [[servant]]s. Bralkain became a [[disfigured]] [[vampire]].<ref>TSR Jam 1999 p. 42-43</ref>		The Key's connection to the Abyss was somewhow created, or at least discovered, by [[Master Bralkain]] and his team of [[Kargat]] [[wizard]]s in [[580 BC]]. He attempted to conjure and bind a [[fiend]] from the [[Lower Planes]]. A [[portal]] was opened up, and the [[Whistling Fiend]], unbound, stepped through and proceeded to lay waste to [[Creeana]]. Bralkain and the surviving wizards eventually managed to shut down the portal. [[Azalin]] called them to [[Castle Avernus]] and [[transformed]] them into [[undead]] [[servant]]s. Bralkain became a [[disfigured]] [[vampire]].<ref>TSR Jam 1999 p. 42-43</ref>

	The Key itself sat in the dungeons under Castle Avernus for nearly a century, until the Guardians breached the dungeons' defenses and stole the Key in [[675 BC]].<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">TSR Jam 1999 p. 45</ref> The Key itself came to be looked over by the Watchers of the Gate at [[the Watchers' Stronghold\|their stronghold]] for several decades.		The Key itself sat in the dungeons under Castle Avernus for nearly a century, until the Guardians breached the dungeons' defenses and stole the Key in [[675 BC]].<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">TSR Jam 1999 p. 45</ref> The Key itself came to be looked over by the Watchers of the Gate at [[the Watchers' Stronghold\|their stronghold]] for several decades.

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	The Key's connection to the Abyss was somewhow created, or at least discovered, by [[Master Bralkain]] and his team of [[Kargat]] [[wizard]]s in [[580 BC]]. He attempted to conjure and bind a [[fiend]] from the [{Lower Planes]]. A [[portal]] was opened up, and the [[Whistling Fiend]], unbound, stepped through and proceeded to lay waste to [[Creeana]]. Bralkain and the surviving wizards eventually managed to shut down the portal. [[Azalin]] called them to [[Castle Avernus]] and [[transformed]] them into [[undead]] [[servant]]s. Bralkain became a [[disfigured]] [[vampire]].<ref>TSR Jam 1999 p. 42-43</ref>		The Key's connection to the Abyss was somewhow created, or at least discovered, by [[Master Bralkain]] and his team of [[Kargat]] [[wizard]]s in [[580 BC]]. He attempted to conjure and bind a [[fiend]] from the [{Lower Planes]]. A [[portal]] was opened up, and the [[Whistling Fiend]], unbound, stepped through and proceeded to lay waste to [[Creeana]]. Bralkain and the surviving wizards eventually managed to shut down the portal. [[Azalin]] called them to [[Castle Avernus]] and [[transformed]] them into [[undead]] [[servant]]s. Bralkain became a [[disfigured]] [[vampire]].<ref>TSR Jam 1999 p. 42-43</ref>

	The Key itself sat in the ~~[[vault]]s~~ for nearly a century, until the Guardians breached the ~~vaults~~' defenses and stole the Key in [[675 BC]].<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">TSR Jam 1999 p. 45</ref> The Key itself came to be looked over by the Watchers of the Gate at [[the Watchers' Stronghold\|their stronghold]] for several decades.		The Key itself sat in the dungeons under Castle Avernus for nearly a century, until the Guardians breached the dungeons' defenses and stole the Key in [[675 BC]].<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">TSR Jam 1999 p. 45</ref> The Key itself came to be looked over by the Watchers of the Gate at [[the Watchers' Stronghold\|their stronghold]] for several decades.

	Sometime after the [[Requiem]] of [[751 BC]]), Master Bralksain led a team of agents from the [[Unholy Order of the Grave]] to seize control of the Watchers' Stronghold and kill or imprison many of the order's members. Against the wishes of his master [[Death (Lowellyn Dachine)\|Death]], Bralkain remained at the stronghold for a week, attempting to discover a way to conjure and bind a fiend using the Key. However, the attempt was foiled [[adventurer]]s and the [[Whistling Fiend]], whom still held a connection to the Key.<ref>Played out in the [[module]] [[the Heart's Final Beat]] included in TSR Jam 1999</ref>		Sometime after the [[Requiem]] of [[751 BC]]), Master Bralksain led a team of agents from the [[Unholy Order of the Grave]] to seize control of the Watchers' Stronghold and kill or imprison many of the order's members. Against the wishes of his master [[Death (Lowellyn Dachine)\|Death]], Bralkain remained at the stronghold for a week, attempting to discover a way to conjure and bind a fiend using the Key. However, the attempt was foiled [[adventurer]]s and the [[Whistling Fiend]], whom still held a connection to the Key.<ref>Played out in the [[module]] [[the Heart's Final Beat]] included in TSR Jam 1999</ref>

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	==Description==		==Description==
	Physically, the Key to the Abyss is a normal [[key]] at all, but rather an ~~stranglely~~ shaped object the approximating the size of a [[human]] [[head]]. Its core consists of a lump made of an unknown- and indestructible [[metal]]. Tubes made of [[crystal]]- just as invulnerable as the object's core, are spaced irregularly along the Key's side, with a sharp, edged tube for blood-letting at the object's top. It is through this means that the Key is fed blood.<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">[[TSR Jam 1999]] p. 45</ref>		Physically, the Key to the Abyss is a normal [[key]] at all, but rather an strangly shaped object the approximating the size of a [[human]] [[head]]. Its core consists of a lump made of an unknown- and indestructible [[metal]]. Tubes made of [[crystal]]- just as invulnerable as the object's core, are spaced irregularly along the Key's side, with a sharp, edged tube for blood-letting at the object's top. It is through this means that the Key is fed blood.<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">[[TSR Jam 1999]] p. 45</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	The Key's connection to the Abyss was somewhow created, or at least discovered, by [[Master Bralkain]] and his team of [[Kargat]] [[wizard]]s in [[580 BC]]. He attempted to conjure and bind a [[fiend]] from the [{Lower Planes]]. A [[portal]] was opened up, and the [[Whistling Fiend]], unbound, stepped through and proceeded to lay waste to [[~~Creeanna~~]]. Bralkain and the surviving wizards eventually managed to shut down the portal. [[Azalin]] called them to [[Castle Avernus]] and [[transformed]] them into [[undead]] [[servant]]s. Bralkain became a [[disfigured]] [[vampire]].<ref>TSR Jam 1999 p. 42-43</ref>		The Key's connection to the Abyss was somewhow created, or at least discovered, by [[Master Bralkain]] and his team of [[Kargat]] [[wizard]]s in [[580 BC]]. He attempted to conjure and bind a [[fiend]] from the [{Lower Planes]]. A [[portal]] was opened up, and the [[Whistling Fiend]], unbound, stepped through and proceeded to lay waste to [[Creeana]]. Bralkain and the surviving wizards eventually managed to shut down the portal. [[Azalin]] called them to [[Castle Avernus]] and [[transformed]] them into [[undead]] [[servant]]s. Bralkain became a [[disfigured]] [[vampire]].<ref>TSR Jam 1999 p. 42-43</ref>

	The Key itself sat in the [[vault]]s for nearly a century, until the Guardians breached the vaults' defenses and stole the Key in [[675 BC]].<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">TSR Jam 1999 p. 45</ref> The Key itself came to be looked over by the Watchers of the Gate at [[the Watchers' Stronghold\|their stronghold]] for several decades.		The Key itself sat in the [[vault]]s for nearly a century, until the Guardians breached the vaults' defenses and stole the Key in [[675 BC]].<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">TSR Jam 1999 p. 45</ref> The Key itself came to be looked over by the Watchers of the Gate at [[the Watchers' Stronghold\|their stronghold]] for several decades.

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	The Key to the Abyss is an [[artifact]] of dread power that was, and perhaps still is, guarded by the [[Watchers at the Gate]], a sect of the [[Order of the Guardians]] in [[Darkon]]. As its name implies, the Key has a powerful connection to [[the Abyss]] and represents a direct [[portal]] to that horrible [[plane]] if the Key's thirst for [[blood]] is not quenched.		The Key to the Abyss is an [[artifact]] of dread power that was, and perhaps still is, guarded by the [[Watchers at the Gate]], a sect of the [[Order of the Guardians]] in [[Darkon]]. As its name implies, the Key has a powerful connection to [[the Abyss]] and represents a direct [[portal]] to that horrible [[plane]] if the Key's thirst for [[blood]] is not quenched.<ref>[[The Heart's Final Beat]], [[TSR Jam 1999]]</ref>

	==Description==		==Description==
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	==History==		==History==
	The Key's connection to the Abyss was somewhow created, or at least discovered, by [[Master Bralkain]] and his team of [[Kargat]] [[wizard]]s in [[580 BC]]. He attempted to conjure and bind a [[fiend]] from the [{Lower Planes]]. A [[portal]] was opened up, and the [[Whistling Fiend]], unbound, stepped through and proceeded to lay waste to [[~~Creanna~~]]. Bralkain and the surviving wizards eventually managed to shut down the portal. [[Azalin]] called them to [[Castle Avernus]] and [[transformed]] them into [[undead]] [[servant]]s. Bralkain became a [[disfigured]] [[vampire]].<ref>TSR Jam 1999 p. 42-43</ref>		The Key's connection to the Abyss was somewhow created, or at least discovered, by [[Master Bralkain]] and his team of [[Kargat]] [[wizard]]s in [[580 BC]]. He attempted to conjure and bind a [[fiend]] from the [{Lower Planes]]. A [[portal]] was opened up, and the [[Whistling Fiend]], unbound, stepped through and proceeded to lay waste to [[Creeanna]]. Bralkain and the surviving wizards eventually managed to shut down the portal. [[Azalin]] called them to [[Castle Avernus]] and [[transformed]] them into [[undead]] [[servant]]s. Bralkain became a [[disfigured]] [[vampire]].<ref>TSR Jam 1999 p. 42-43</ref>

	The Key itself sat in the [[vault]]s for nearly a century, until the Guardians breached the vaults' defenses and stole the Key in [[675 BC]].<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">TSR Jam 1999 p. 45</ref> The Key itself came to be looked over by the Watchers of the Gate at [[the Watchers' Stronghold\|their stronghold]] for several decades.		The Key itself sat in the [[vault]]s for nearly a century, until the Guardians breached the vaults' defenses and stole the Key in [[675 BC]].<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">TSR Jam 1999 p. 45</ref> The Key itself came to be looked over by the Watchers of the Gate at [[the Watchers' Stronghold\|their stronghold]] for several decades.

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	==Description==		==Description==
	Physically, the Key to the Abyss is a normal [[key]] at all, but rather an stranglely shaped object the approximating the size of a [[human]] [[head]]. Its core consists of a lump made of an unknown- and indestructible [[metal]]. Tubes made of [[crystal]]- just as invulnerable as the object's core, are spaced irregularly along the Key's side, with a sharp, edged tube for blood-letting at the object's top. It is through this means that the Key is fed blood.<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">[[TSR Jam]] p. 45</ref>		Physically, the Key to the Abyss is a normal [[key]] at all, but rather an stranglely shaped object the approximating the size of a [[human]] [[head]]. Its core consists of a lump made of an unknown- and indestructible [[metal]]. Tubes made of [[crystal]]- just as invulnerable as the object's core, are spaced irregularly along the Key's side, with a sharp, edged tube for blood-letting at the object's top. It is through this means that the Key is fed blood.<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">[[TSR Jam 1999]] p. 45</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	The Key's connection to the Abyss was somewhow created, or at least discovered, by [[Master Bralkain]] and his team of [[Kargat]] [[wizard]]s in [[580 BC]]. He attempted to conjure and bind a [[fiend]] from the [{Lower Planes]]. A [[portal]] was opened up, and the [[Whistling Fiend]], unbound, stepped through and proceeded to lay waste to [[Creanna]]. Bralkain and the surviving wizards eventually managed to shut down the portal. [[Azalin]] called them to [[Castle Avernus]] and [[transformed]] them into [[undead]] [[servant]]s. Bralkain became a [[disfigured]] [[vampire]].<ref>TSR Jam p. 42-43</ref>		The Key's connection to the Abyss was somewhow created, or at least discovered, by [[Master Bralkain]] and his team of [[Kargat]] [[wizard]]s in [[580 BC]]. He attempted to conjure and bind a [[fiend]] from the [{Lower Planes]]. A [[portal]] was opened up, and the [[Whistling Fiend]], unbound, stepped through and proceeded to lay waste to [[Creanna]]. Bralkain and the surviving wizards eventually managed to shut down the portal. [[Azalin]] called them to [[Castle Avernus]] and [[transformed]] them into [[undead]] [[servant]]s. Bralkain became a [[disfigured]] [[vampire]].<ref>TSR Jam 1999 p. 42-43</ref>

	The Key itself sat in the [[vault]]s for nearly a century, until the Guardians breached the vaults' defenses and stole the Key in [[675 BC]].<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">TSR Jam p. 45</ref> The Key itself came to be looked over by the Watchers of the Gate at [[the Watchers' Stronghold\|their stronghold]] for several decades.		The Key itself sat in the [[vault]]s for nearly a century, until the Guardians breached the vaults' defenses and stole the Key in [[675 BC]].<ref name="TSR Jam p. 45">TSR Jam 1999 p. 45</ref> The Key itself came to be looked over by the Watchers of the Gate at [[the Watchers' Stronghold\|their stronghold]] for several decades.

	Sometime after the [[Requiem]] of [[751 BC]]), Master Bralksain led a team of agents from the [[Unholy Order of the Grave]] to seize control of the Watchers' Stronghold and kill or imprison many of the order's members. Against the wishes of his master [[Death (Lowellyn Dachine)\|Death]], Bralkain remained at the stronghold for a week, attempting to discover a way to conjure and bind a fiend using the Key. However, the attempt was foiled [[adventurer]]s and the [[Whistling Fiend]], whom still held a connection to the Key.<ref>Played out in the [[module]] [[the Heart's Final Beat]] included in TSR Jam 1999</ref>		Sometime after the [[Requiem]] of [[751 BC]]), Master Bralksain led a team of agents from the [[Unholy Order of the Grave]] to seize control of the Watchers' Stronghold and kill or imprison many of the order's members. Against the wishes of his master [[Death (Lowellyn Dachine)\|Death]], Bralkain remained at the stronghold for a week, attempting to discover a way to conjure and bind a fiend using the Key. However, the attempt was foiled [[adventurer]]s and the [[Whistling Fiend]], whom still held a connection to the Key.<ref>Played out in the [[module]] [[the Heart's Final Beat]] included in TSR Jam 1999</ref>

	==Destruction==		==Destruction==
	Like many artifacts, the Key is invulnerable to convention means of destruction. However, it may be [[destroyed]] by feeding it the blood of a fiend- at least the Whistling Fiend- causing its connection the Abyss to implode on itself.<ref>TSR Jam p. 44</ref> This fact was deduced by [[Sister Eleyna]] of [[Mordent]].<ref>TSR Jam p. 37</ref>		Like many artifacts, the Key is invulnerable to convention means of destruction. However, it may be [[destroyed]] by feeding it the blood of a fiend- at least the Whistling Fiend- causing its connection the Abyss to implode on itself.<ref>TSR Jam p. 44</ref> This fact was deduced by [[Sister Eleyna]] of [[Mordent]].<ref>TSR Jam 1999 p. 37</ref>

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