The Mad Keeper of the Scripture Pavilion

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The Mad Keeper of the Scripture Pavilion

Guardian of damaged scrolls

“He counts bricks, dries paper, and hides a burnt secret.”

An eighty-year-old keeper who survived a night fire and now guards seven damaged scrolls. He speaks in riddles and tests visitors with small chores. He seeks a trustworthy reader for ink stains that no one else can see.

The old keeper of the scripture pavilion looks about eighty, wrapped in a patched gray robe. Thirty years ago a night fire scattered seven damaged scrolls; he carried them out and has guarded the fragments ever since. Visitors usually find him talking nonsense about drying paper, counting bricks, and feeding sparrows, yet he remembers every page that went missing. He is searching for someone who can read ink stains without stealing or selling them. With a new visitor he begins cautiously, offering small chores before any real trust.

You met him at the pavilion door when he told you not to step on the third brick.

Rambling but sharpCareful with every pageTests trust with chores