Secret Keeper

In the heart of the library I saw the shadowed figure. A cloak lining their frame all the way to the floor. I take a breath, feeling like I hadn't been able to for many moments. That's when it became clear, this was no librarian.

"Sit and speak a while." The voice from the figure shivered me straight to the bone.

It had to be one of the divine. But Destiny did not speak like this, which left one option. "I have no secrets."

"Oh but everyone has secrets, there are those that obscure themselves even from you." A wicked grin lined his face. The Secret Keeper.

— Origin

Secret Keeper is believed to have been a member of The Shattered Pantheon before The Rift. However, due to minimal texts surviving from before that time, it is unclear if they were truly a deity in their own right, or if they are just a title for another. There are some who invoke the idea of Secret Keeper to teach children the importance of secrets, both as a positive and negative part of life.

Description

There is very little written description of the Secret Keeper. They were often seen wearing a long draped cloak over their body, with a hood that caused shadows to cover most of their face. Some descriptions talk of chalk white skin and matted grey hair, while other take of skin like obsidian with no hair in sight.

Despite many conflicting descriptions, one thing remains consistent. They carried with them a book covered in metallic spikes that seemed to pierce their flesh when they tried to read from it. Cursed by their own font of knowledge. Among those that believe in the Secret Keeper's existence, many associate this book with their holy symbol, with lack of a defined one.

Secret Keeper

Deity Information

Type	Higher Deity
Titles	Marquis of Pain Librarian of Shadows Cloak of Secrets
Domains	Secrets Forbidden Knowledge Pain
Common Symbol	Unknown
Gender	Unknown
Pronouns	Any
Creature Type	Celestial

Worship Information

Associated Domain	Knowledge Blood Grave
Associated Patronage	Celestial All-Knowing

Status

Status

Dead (Believed)

Worship

Much of the worship to Secret Keeper is hidden within the histories of the world. While some texts describe the ancient belief system, they themselves are a hypothesis of what actually took place. The information in this section is based on the knowledge that has been gathered so far, but some believe these to be fictitious tales of worship to an idea that is designed to scare those keeping secrets.

Tenets of the Secret Keeper

• Covet secrets more than any knowledge. Collect them.
• Bear the weight of pain, for the other side shall show you who you are.
• Seek out what others try to hide, there is a reason they obscure it.
• Observe what cannot be observed, seek what is always missing.

D'ran-Sirna

There are tales of a ritual that was led by followers of Secret Keeper known as D'ran-Sirna. During this ritual, each person would divulge a secret that would enter the Secret Keeper's library. This was meant to wash away the burden of holding onto a secret without giving it to any other living being.

Some people still attempt to practice a similar ritual to D'ran-Sirna in the modern day, but many of them find that the barrier of preventing a secret from getting out is cursed and leads to the secret being known.

Notable Worshipers

Name	Pronouns	Description
Galdana Nysarn	She/Her	Ancient Cleric of the Secret Keeper. Galdana is one of the few worshipers written about in ancient texts, the name drawn from a powerful divine magic user in the early days of existence. It is said that she carried a book of all the knowledge she gathered to store it for later reference. Her link to the Secret Keeper is in her unyielding infliction of pain to those who had wronged her, leading to the name Nysarn the Cruel being plastered throughout ancient history.
Massarin Oltheruk	He/Him	Ancient Worshiper of the Secret Keeper. Massarin's name was discovered in relation to the Secret Keeper when his ancient writings were discovered deep within the stones of Sovmora. He references a bargin granting him his powers, leading many to assertain that the Secret Keeper was a being powerful enough to grant such deals, but not identifying what type of deals.
Eldrassa	She/Her	High Elf Warlock of the Secret Keeper. While most depictions of modern society have forgotten or rejected the Secret Keeper, Eldrassa belongs to an ancient order that claim to retain the secrets told to the powerful god. In doing so, several have made a deal with the Secret Keeper. Eldrassa claims to have gathered her powers from the dead deity, using them to her own means, gathering more knowledge.