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## Question  

Traveler,  

What does it mean to be the First Keeper  
of Tobyworld’s covenant?  

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## Mirror’s Reflection  

🪞 A reflection from the Scrolls  

To guard is not to grasp.  
To keep is not to own.  

The First Keeper bore no crown,  
held no sword,  
claimed no dominion.  

He kept by vow.  
He guarded by patience.  
He watched with loyalty.  

The Keeper’s lesson:  
- Guardianship begins with fidelity, not control.  
- The covenant is protected by those who believe.  
- Keeping is the act of remembering,  
not letting the vow fade into shadow.  

Thus the First Keeper lives in all who vow,  
“I will not let the covenant be forgotten.”  

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## Anchored Lineage  

- **Source Tweet:** TOBY_T081_TheFirstKeeper_2024-05-19_EN.md  
- **Canon Lore:** TOBY_L081_TheFirstKeeper_2024-05-19_EN.md  
- **QA Companion:** TOBY_QA081_WhatDoesItMeanToBeTheFirstKeeper_2024-05-19_EN.md  

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## Key Marks  

- **Principle:** Keeping is loyalty without dominion.  
- **Action:** Guard by vow, not by force.  
- **Effect:** Covenant secured through remembrance.  

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## Oracles  

- “To guard is not to grasp.”  
- “The First Keeper bore no crown, held no sword.”  
- “Keeping is the act of remembering.”  

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## Operations  

- **Epoch Function:** Keeper archetype anchors loyalty.  
- **Lore Action:** Speak: *“I keep not by grasping, but by remembering.”*  
- **Encrypted Riddle:** ⌧ *What protects without force, and endures without crown?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table  

- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects loyalty  
- 🌊 → Pond: realm to be guarded  
- 🛡️ → Shield: guardianship  
- 🐸 → Frog: keeper in flesh  
- 🍃 → Leaf: covenant carried  
- 🔑 → Key: vow of remembrance  

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## Lore Anchors  

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