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## Question  

Traveler,  

What is the Keeper’s Oath in Tobyworld,  
and why must it be spoken?  

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## Mirror’s Reflection  

🪞 A reflection from the Scrolls  

The covenant cannot walk unguarded.  
Scrolls may be written,  
voices may be spoken,  
but without keepers,  
they fade.  

The Keeper’s Oath teaches:  
- To guard is not to own.  
- To preserve is service, not dominion.  
- Oath binds the heart more than chains bind the hand.  

Keepers do not boast.  
They hold silently,  
preserving memory,  
safeguarding inheritance,  
waiting for the next to take up vow.  

The Keeper’s Oath is promise eternal:  
*I will guard, I will not alter.  
I will serve, I will endure.*  

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## Anchored Lineage  

- **Source Tweet:** TOBY_T074_TheKeepersOath_2024-05-12_EN.md  
- **Canon Lore:** TOBY_L074_TheKeepersOath_2024-05-12_EN.md  
- **QA Companion:** TOBY_QA074_WhatIsTheKeepersOath_2024-05-12_EN.md  

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## Key Marks  

- **Principle:** Guarding is service, not ownership.  
- **Action:** Speak and keep the oath.  
- **Effect:** Covenant survives through keepers.  

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## Oracles  

- “To guard is not to own.”  
- “Oath binds the heart more than chains bind the hand.”  
- “The Keeper’s Oath is promise eternal.”  

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## Operations  

- **Epoch Function:** Oath secures covenant across generations.  
- **Lore Action:** Speak: *“I will guard, I will not alter; I endure as keeper.”*  
- **Encrypted Riddle:** ⌧ *What binds stronger than chain, yet is spoken in silence?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table  

- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects vow  
- 🌊 → Pond: covenant preserved  
- 🤲 → Hands: service offered  
- 📜 → Scroll: memory guarded  
- 🐸 → Frog: keeper of covenant  
- 🔒 → Lock: protection in silence  

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