# [[Cailean Key]]
![[Cailean Key.svg]]
A magical key that belonged to [[Otari Ilvashti]], one of the [[Roseguard]]. The party already has this item in their possession. It is one of the items needed to help restore the Roseguard or help them move on.
The key is part of the collection of items that Otari Ilvashti mentioned the party should find to help his friends and understand why they need him.
## Session 118 — Otari's Lost Power
[[Vayle]]'s research on [[The Roseguard]] at the [[Dawnflower Library]] revealed what the Key could do in [[Otari Ilvashti|Otari]]'s hands:
- **Liberation with a word**: Otari could free a creature that was *restrained, confused, paralyzed, or frightened* with a single word, channelled through the Key
- **Dormant in Vayle's hands**: The Key **can't do this yet** — its full liberating power has not awakened for Vayle, only its narrower "free a person who needs freeing" function (used on [[Siora Fallowglade|Siora]])
- **Hidden history**: That the Key was concealed in Otari's dagger is not widely known, though it is implied across many texts
## Session 116 — More Things to Free; Confusion About Ash
- **Wants to Free the Shadow in Siora**: Even after Session 115, the Key still wants to free [[Siora Fallowglade|Siora]] — but [[Vayle]] realizes that what the Key is actually sensing is the *shadow that is still in Siora*, not Siora herself
- **Wants to Free the Floating Eye**: When the party captures the silent metal floating eye on Level 4 of [[The Gauntlight]], the Key tells Vayle it wants to free that too. Vayle refuses, recognizing the device is not a person and might be dangerous
- **Detects More Entities Needing Freedom**: The Key continues to detect targets needing liberation as the party moves through the dungeon, suggesting its sense expands as Vayle uses it
- **MYSTERY — Ash Is "Not Bound, but Not Free"**: The Key is confused about [[Ashnefrotty|Ash]] and [[Zuhri]] — it says Ash is *not bound, but also not free*, and that neither Ash nor Zuhri is the one keeping him in this in-between state. This deepens the mystery of what Ash actually is and how he is held in this world
## [[Cayden Cailean]]'s Edicts (as expressed through the Key)
- Free slaves
- Drink
- Aid the oppressed
- Seek glory and adventure
Followers of Cayden Cailean should *not*:
- Waste alcohol
- Be mean or standoffish when drunk
- Oppress the vulnerable
- Own a slave
## Session 115 — Awakening Inside Vayle's Dagger
- **Hidden in the Hilt**: The Key had been hidden inside the hilt of [[Vayle]]'s dagger the entire time, dormant; in this session Vayle hears a warm, tugging voice on their person and traces it to the hilt
- **Awakens**: When Vayle pulls the Key from the dagger, it speaks in a booming voice — "Ah, finally, I'm free!" — and declares Vayle its new owner
- **Liberation Power**: Senses someone who needs to be freed and offers to free that person; the bearer must point it at the target, brandish it with a flourish, and say something nice
- **Frees Siora**: Used by Vayle against [[Siora Fallowglade|Siora]] on Level 5 of [[The Gauntlight]]; the counteract succeeds at rank 4 with a +19 modifier
- **Counteract Effect**: Breaks [[Belcorra]]'s hold on Siora, collapses the shadow duplicates, and also lifts Vayle's own Stupefied condition
- **Awakened by Prior Liberations**: The Key appears to have awakened because of the party's previous liberation actions (e.g., breaking Siora's Red Mantis contract in [[ttrpgs/The Undead Unkillers/113_20260411 Breaking the Binding of an Assassin|Session 113]])
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