Crypt Keeper

"“Is that thing a priest of Nezeril?”""-Yoseph Thelandir minutes before his death at the hands of the Crypt Keeper"The Crypt Keeper was a shadowy hulking figure that stalked the tunnels of Tarabrenth. Yoseph suspected it was a priest of Nezeril. The Crypt Keeper had seemingly great strength and an ancient aura about it. It never communicated with the people it encountered. Encounters with the Crypt Keeper were prefaced by a tingling in one’s ear and a rhythmic stomp and scrape.

History
In the mid 300’s the Crypt Keeper may have been encountered by an expedition team sent to chart the tunnels. Most of them never made it back and those who did refused to speak of their trip. But a map they made did indicate a room as the "Crypt Keeper's Ward"

In AeP 446 Tarron Kesvin, Veldud Mirthfow, Yoseph Thelandir, and Zayn Shmitty entered the tunnels below Tarabrenth. Infrequently they felt a strange tingling in their ears and heard the Stomp Scrape of the Crypt Keeper. It became apparent to them that something was maintaining the area of the tunnels they were in and that the area was a temple to Nezeril. They heard the Crypt Keeper follow them and ran from it. Eventually they came to a part of the tunnel they had been already but one exit was gone. That was when they first saw the Crypt Keeper. Veldud tried to hide while the others ran. It seemed the Crypt Keeper noticed Veldud but decided to ignore him in favor of the others. It killed Zayn before turning back. Veldud ran to its Ward and found a shrine to Nezeril and a god stone. He only escape by harnessing the power of Nezeril to shuffle the tunnels. So it went back for the other two. Though Yospeh had prayed repeatedly to Rallia for protection, the Crypt Keeper caught him. Yoseph was killed and Tarron escaped.

Appearance
Taller than any human, the Crypt Keeper was over seven feet. It was wide and solid. Its clothes were layers of black tattered cloaks that obstructed almost every feature. It also seemed to be wrapped in shadows and its face was completely hidden. It carried a massive scythe of dark metal and a handle of twisted gnarled wood. The Crypt Keeper walked with a limp favoring its left side. When it stomped it seemed to be heavier than it looked.

Powers
No matter where Tarron, Yoseph, Veldud, and Zayn ran in the crypts, the Crypt Keeper seemed to know their location. It also had the power to rearrange the tunnels it occupied. This was most likely from use of Nezeril’s godstones. It also clearly had great strength but the exact extent was unknown.

List of Appearances
Campaigns
 * 1) Crypts of Carufell