The Lock Keeper ~ Story Idea

THE LOCK KEEPER
©2010 Bonnie Watson

Summary
The rate that humans consume energy for magical purposes is growing. To those who have shared this energy through Nature are now facing certain extinction. But the greatest power of all has yet to be discovered.

To best protect its treasure, Nature locks it away in an unbreakable chest. Thus the chest is hidden deep within a place no human dared venture unprepared. To break its seal, one must first find the guardian, one that bares the protected symbol over the heart. A key, shaped and sharpened to perfection, is cast away into the endless depths of the fiery chasms beyond the sea. Only when all three are together can the chest be open. But to do so, a life must be lost, a heart must be broken, and a soul must be restored to its proper place. The balance of magic hangs by a thread.


CHARACTERS

Name: Eamon Lorccàn
Nickname: Wick
Gender: Male
Origin: Irish
Meaning: Fierce Guardian
Purpose: Guards both the chest and key, but does not know its true purpose to the balance

Name: Skype
Gender: Male
Purpose: To locate the lock and key in order to open the chest of forbidden secrets

Name: Karin
Gender: Female
Purpose: A scavenger from the last war. Discovers the lock and seeks the secrets of the chest in hopes of ending all future wars

Name: Dareth Hartmoore
Gender: Male
Purpose: King of the Insguard Isles. Believes opening the chest will separate the land more so than it already is, and swears to protect its secrets.

Name: Cophen Hopeland
Nickname: Hope
Gender: Female
Purpose: Chosen to seek out both lock and key - a spy between several individuals.

Name: Hammond Ratphpitter
Gender: Male
Purpose: Is responsible for the first series of attacks that ravage the lands. Masterminds the consumption of energy from the land. Believes finding the priceless chest will help him control the uncivilized and become a great power source.


QUOTES

“Even I do not know what’s inside, for if I did it wouldn’t be a secret, now would it?”
~ Wick ~

“Bringing it here will only destroy what I swore to protect, and by my life will I uphold that promise!”
~ Dareth ~

“You protect a secret that you yourself do not even know until it’s opened, and when it you’ll never know whether that secret was meant to help, or to hurt… Don’t talk to me about what’s fair! You chose your fate. Now I’m choosing mine.”
~ Hammond ~

“Brings a whole new meaning to ‘guarding with your life’, doesn’t it?”
~ Wick ~

“So the legend is true. There really is such a thing as a ‘living’ lock.”
~ Skype ~

“Don’t look at me! It wasn’t my idea to journey into Hell for something you ‘think’ looks like a key!”
~ Hope ~

“The Roseepod People spoke of a chest. They said it contained a secret only one person is allowed to hear.”
~ Karin ~