The Keeper
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The Keeper is the lord of the underworld and is universally believed in. The Keeper is the polar opposite of the Creator and his hatred of life is endless. The Keeper wishes to swallow all life and hates it simply because it lives.
The veil is said to have been placed on the underworld by the hand of the Creator himself, to lock the Keeper in his domain of the dead and thwart his attempts to destroy his Creation. There are many other measures keeping the Keeper locked in his prison of the dead. The Keeper hates magic, because it is through this that the veil remains in tact.
Time has no meaning to the Keeper and he slowly uses his influence in the world of life to convert people to his cause; to swallow all life. Promising these agents or banelings immortality and other seductive promises if they work to free him, the Keeper gains many minions.
Such minions of the Keeper, pledge their soul to him through an oath, given in total darkness. The Keeper wishes to convert gifted to his cause more than any other form of person as they have more power to help tear the veil. Gifted who are sworn to him are granted greater power, including the limited use of Subtractive Magic.
