The Keep is a living tower located within the Swamp of Titan's Blooms. It is the home and creator of Lord Arum, as well as the creator of all life within the Swamp.
Early Life[]
The Keep is the font from which every creature in the Swamp of Titan's Blooms, plant and animal alike, grows. Its life force is connected to all of these creatures, and if it died, every creature from the Swamp would die in turn.
Among all of its creatures, The Keep has one familiar at any given time, a 'symbiotic soldier' who harnesses its infinite power and lives solely to protect it. The Keep's familiar during the time of the podcast is Lord Arum, though he makes reference to at least one previous familiar, 'Keep-Lord Purple-Plumed Vaxellius'.
History[]
When the Keep becomes struck with a spreading petrification, Lord Arum kidnaps Amaryllis of Exile, a gifted herbalist, and charges her with curing the Keep's ailment in exchange for her freedom. Arum himself also works tirelessly to cure the ailment, predominantly through the use of the Moonlit Hermit, and the Keep attends him during his research. At one point during their weeks of work, the Keep sings a lullaby to Arum so that he will get some sleep, but he is awoken by Amaryllis.
The Keep punches the monster Amaryllis created using the Moonlit Hermit out of its walls but does not succeed in killing it. It aids Amaryllis and Arum in developing a real cure for its ailment the day after Amaryllis's attempted escape, but before it can apply the cure to its form, it's petrification gets so bad that it cannot move enough to do so.
Later on, Amaryllis and Arum realize that the source of its weakened immune system is sleep deprivation, and sing the Keep to sleep. The Keep can no longer serve or defend Arum while asleep. Arum comments that he did not know that the Keep slept before, which would imply the Keep usually only slept while Arum was asleep or away.
The Keep convinces Arum not to kill Sir Marc after they capture him, because they like the human Rilla. Arum tries to disagree with this, but Marc convinces him with his recording of Rilla and Damien's voices. Marc helps Arum defend the Keep against the monsters of the swamp that are being forced to attack the keep by the Fear-Bug.
When Marc drops off Olala with Arum, and Arum asks the Keep to babysit. The Keep is incredibly indulgent of her, and creates waterslides for her and gives her sweets when she asks.
The Keep helps Arum, Rilla and Damien prepare for the Petrichorus, participating in their rehearsals.
A month after the battle at the Center of the Universe, the Keep helps the three lovers prepare for their second Petrichorus, where they create a child together and name her Hyacinth.
Personality[]
The Keep has a very doting and affectionate personality. It enjoys taking care of people, particularly its familiar Arum, and children[1]. It is very loyal, sworn to protect Arum at all costs just as he is sworn to protect it. It can be overbearing at times.
Abilities[]
The Keep has the ability to grow and change the inside of its form to accommodate its familiar. It can also use its vines and growths to attack things, as seen with Amaryllis's saw monster.
It also has a nice singing voice and is apt at taking care of the survival needs of various creatures.
Relationships[]
Lord Arum[]
Lord Arum is the Keep's familiar and creation. It cares for Arum like a son and contradicts him when he tells Amaryllis the Keep is not his mom.
Amaryllis of Exile[]
The Keep seemed to get along with Amaryllis and enjoy taking care of her.
Episode Appearances[]
| Episodes Featuring The Keep |
|---|
| Season 2 |
| Season 3 |
| Season 4 |
| Season 5 |
Trivia[]
- The Keep is the second character conceived of by Harley Takagi Kaner and Kevin Vibert to be voiced by Kat Buckingham and Kate Jones singing in unison, but the episode the unnamed first character belonged to was scrapped.
References[]
| Second Citadel Characters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Major |
Sir Caroline · Sir Angelo · Sir Damien · Amaryllis of Exile · Sir Marc · Sir Talfryn · Lord Arum · Quanyii · Olala · Ale | |
| Recurring |
Queen Mira · The Keep · Sir Lamorak · Sir Absolon · Sir Galahad · Dampierre · Gawain · The Monster Senate | |
| Pilot | ||
| Season 2 | Major | |
| Minor |
Brother Hengist and Sister Horsa · Sunny Budkin · Pitley · Pix · David | |
| Season 3 | Major | |
| Minor | ||
| Season 4 | Major |
Sir Tristan · Sir Pellinore · Amma · Cobbleston the Guardgoyle · The Wolf · Corpse-Golem · The Nosferatu |
| Minor |
Augustus of Ingenue · Frank · Finlet · Bekko · Capuchin · Crickatilly · Enoch | |
| Season 5 | Major | |
| Minor | ||