It can do a variety of things, mostly destroy anything if given enough time and form strange " Nithlings" if combined with normal matter. Applied Phlebotinum: "Nothing", the stuff from which everything is made and everything will eventually return.The only exception is the New Architect holding the seven Keys, who can then start over in rebuilding everything from Nothing. Specifically, if the Incomparable Gardens are destroyed. If the House is consumed by Nothing, Earth and the rest of the Secondary Realms will be gone as well.
On the other hand, pretty much all the adult humans in the story are shown to be competent or even Reasonable Authority Figures. The Piper's Children are also shown to be much more helpful to Arthur than most Denizens. Adults Are Useless: The main heroes are children and the Denizens of the house are either too stupid or stubborn (or corrupt, or bureaucratic, or evil) to change anything.However, he also discovers difficulty not only with the House and its residents, but also with the fact that he may or may not be coming home. Initially reluctant, Arthur is charged with defeating each of the trustees and claiming their Keys. Ten thousand years later, Part One of The Will escapes its imprisonment and is partially successful at tricking one of the trustees into handing over part of his Key to a mortal Rightful Heir, Arthur Penhaligon. After the disappearance of The Architect, the seven most powerful denizens of The House decide not to appoint a mortal from the Secondary Realms as the Rightful Heir in accordance with The Will she had left behind, but instead to break and imprison The Will in seven parts and keep the power of the titular Keys To The Kingdom for themselves.
#KEYS TO THE KINGDOM SERIES#
This was the last Moody Blues album before their extravagant concert at Red Rocks and a series of symphonic tours with orchestras.A fantasy series of seven books by Garth Nix, consisting of Mister Monday, Grim Tuesday, Drowned Wednesday, Sir Thursday, Lady Friday, Superior Saturday, and Lord Sunday.Īt the epicentre of the universe is The House, a non-afterlife Celestial Bureaucracy created by The Architect to be responsible for recording everything that happens in the rest of the universe, the Secondary Realms. removing him from photographs that originally featured him - and they never had any future keyboardists become official members of the band. After a lawsuit (broadcast by Court TV) filed by Moraz, their future album and re-release booklets would distance themselves from Moraz – e.g. Keyboardist Patrick Moraz was fired from the band after completing only a few tracks for this album, and he is listed as an 'additional' keyboard player. Drum machines are still used heavily Graeme Edge only performs on three songs, with session drummer Andy Duncan providing live drums on two more, and the rest being programmed. It was recorded and mixed at four London studios: Olympic Studios, RG Jones Studios, Mayfair Studios and The Hit Factory (not to be confused with the NYC-based studio of the same name). Flautist Ray Thomas plays more of a substantial role on this record, with his first ambient flute piece in eight years. The album saw the band beginning to return to a more airy rock oriented sound (similar to The Present), rather than the previous two albums' forays into synthesiser pop. Although some of the tracks recall the songwriting on Sur la Mer, the failure of Keys of the Kingdom to produce any major hit singles would mark the beginning of the Moodies' decline in popularity with mainstream audiences after their success in the MTV video generation. Keys of the Kingdom is the fourteenth album by the rock band the Moody Blues, released in 1991. "Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back)".