> Codex Entry: The Crowned Oathkeeper
Classification: Relic-Bound Aberrant
Threat Level: Tier V (Projected)
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The Oathkeepers were not kings, but their blades kept kingdoms alive. In the final years of the Crowned Age, when noble banners still bled across fractured skies, Oathkeepers stood as sworn shields to rulers and bloodlines. Their vows were binding, anchored by ritual, system, and soul.
But when the thrones fell, the oaths did not. Instead, they calcified into chains. Those who lived long enough to see their kings slaughtered, their sigils erased, became something else.
Legends say the last Oathkeeper fell inside the Black Vault, refusing to surrender the keys of his sovereign even as the world crumbled. His vow devoured him, fusing flesh with steel, binding his will to a law that no longer exists.
Now, fragmented echoes of that vow linger. Broken but not extinguished. Where the Wraithborne Sentinels mimic discipline, the Crowned Oathkeeper is discipline made manifest—unyielding, relentless, unbroken even in death.
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Known Attributes
Vow-Bound: Every strike carries weight beyond steel. His blows are said to scale in force proportional to the will of his opponent.
Vault-Warden: Bound to thresholds, gates, and sealed chambers. Cannot stray far from relic grounds.
Memory of Sigils: Cloaked in fragments of royal insignias, burned into corrupted armor.
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System Note
[Flamewake Protocol: High Resonance Detected.]
[Warning: Encounter Probability Rising.]
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Silna Farros recorded a fragmented account from a shattered mural within the Vault:
"They said he would never fall. That even if the heavens themselves split, the Oathkeeper would hold the door shut. If that's true… then Kael isn't breaking into an empty tomb. He's trespassing on
an unbroken vow."
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[End of Codex 20.5]