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Shadowkey:Crypt Caretaker

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Crypt Caretaker
Location Crypt of Hearts I
Race Nord Gender Male
The Crypt Caretaker

The Crypt Caretaker is the last of the workers assigned to watch over the Crypt of Hearts; the others have fled before the influx of evil in recent times. This last caretaker also wants to flee, but needs your help to clear his path to the exit in return for some valuable information about what lies ahead.

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"Go away, you undead fiends!"
I'm here to help.
"You sound… alive!"
Thus far. Please open up.
(You hear a mechanical clack of a ponderous mechanism. The mechanism stops with a thud, and the door unlocks.)
"Blessed be! Someone whose heart still beats. That wretched Shadow Master came, conjured, and killed so many of us."
Shadow Master?
"Some mage, undead by the look of him. He is nurturing some beast in the depths of the crypt's third level.
If you would be so kind as to remove the monsters at the entrance of this now evil place, I would be happy to share what I know with you."
Consider it done.
(The Caretaker looks at you with hope in his eyes, smiles, then begins to pack his belongings.)

If spoken to again:

"What can I help you with?"
Braziers.
"The braziers bless the worthy. Those on this level fortify the body. Those on the next level increase the mind, and the spirit is fortified on the final level."
Shadow Gate.
"The one across the way? It requires three Shadowkeys to open. Mind you, I have never seen a single key.
Rumor is, it locks in some pattern for a suit of armor; lower keys produce lighter armor, higher keys heavier armor, or some such.
There is another Shadow Gate on the next level, but it's behind a maze of doors I have never negotiated."
Star Teeth.
"The Vault of the Heavens is the next level down, in the southwest. If you have enough, place the Star Teeth in the holders.
The result is a powerful enhancement which can help you against creatures of shadow, but it is restricted to the Vault of the Heavens.
You would have to lure the beasts in to the vault for the enchantment to help you."

Once the monsters have been killed:

(The Caretaker's eyes well up, looking at you with disbelief.)
"You did it, didn't you!
I am going to live. I didn't think it possible until this moment."
(He clasps your hand. He then exits the crypts to go look for his family.)