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BESTIARY · THE NORTHERN RAMPART

The Cold Keeper

The thing in the Karth Deep's unmapped dark — older than the wights, older than the Imperium, the reason the cold persists and the Meltwardens believe their work matters.

No one who has seen it fully has come back to describe it. The Meltwardens do not call it a creature; they call it the cold's memory. It has kept the Deep cold since before the Sundering. The Listening College's missing tuners, the Meltwardens insist, are not dead — they are simply being kept.

KIND

monster

DANGER

Tier V

HAUNT

The Karth Deep

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model — human.glbrig_kind 'barbarian' → EnemyRig.KINDS · file missing on disk
Game Data (1)

Read live off disk from data/content/*.json — the game data itself, not a copy.

data/content/enemies.json

idthe_cold_keeper
nameThe Cold Keeper
difficulty9
rankboss
familyalpine
meshbrute
tint0.46, 0.56, 0.66
health7530
damage29
speed2.9
detect_range22
on_hit_statuschilled
resist{"frost":0.85,"fire":-0.6,"physical":0.4,"divine":-0.3}
model_scale1.51
loot{"id":"keeper_heart","name":"Keeper's Black Ice","rarity":"fine","value":144,"weight":0.4,"lore":"A fist of unmelting black ice from the thing in the Karth Deep's unmapped dark — older than the wights, older than the source it keeps.","type":"ingredient","effects":["damage_health","fortify_endurance","restore_magicka"]}
kindmonster
damage_elementfrost
rig_kindbarbarian
actions{"id":"bite","damage":26.1,"attack_range":2.2,"attack_windup":0.28,"weight":3,"cooldown":900,"postDelay":{"time":150}}, {"id":"claw_rake","damage":30.5,"attack_range":2.3,"attack_windup":0.32,"weight":2,"cooldown":1100,"postDelay":{"time":170}}, {"id":"charge","damage":43.5,"attack_range":3.6,"attack_windup":0.4,"weight":1,"cooldown":3800,"postDelay":{"time":300},"min_range":2.6}
canon_refcreature.the-cold-keeper
Type Fields
kindmonster
habitatplace.karth-deep
danger_tier5
behaviordoes not pursue above the unmapped dark; holds the cold; is aware of anyone who enters the lower Deep
dropsnothing — it keeps what it takes
rankboss
All Relationships (4)

guards

  • The Karth DeepThe Cold Keeper inhabits the unmapped dark of the Karth Deep — the reason the Meltwardens guard the throat and the Listening College's tuners never came back.
  • The First ForkThe Cold Keeper keeps the First Fork — whether by intent or proximity, retrieving the Fork means facing whatever holds the cold.

owns

  • The First ForkWhether by intent or proximity, the Fork is in the Cold Keeper's domain — taking it means taking it from the thing that keeps the cold.

references

  • quest.the-fork-in-the-cold (unresolved)The Cold Keeper is the ultimate obstacle in the Fork-in-the-Cold quest — the thing that guards the Deep's unmapped dark where the Fork rests.

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