Keymaster

> I've become somebody who wants to protect people, but I've always been someone who wants to make others happy. Because I wasn't happy.
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> Keymaster, Delta Sumfest Directorate Panel 2021

## Media Information

### Portrayals

Stark Cameo (All media)

**Keymaster** is a male super under the Delta Alpha branch. He uses an absolute access core and is a B-ranked support. Keymaster is a member of the Lightning Squad, as well as a prominent member of Delta's engineering department.

## Biography

### Appearance

Keymaster is a muscular pegasus of average height with a white coat and a dark grey-green mane and tail, both cut short and choppy. All four of his legs are bionic. In uniform, Keymaster wears a neon magenta headset that emits a light glow, as well as a dark magenta jacket and pants. He also wears a dark magenta bandanna around his neck, dark magenta saddlebags and dark magenta boots, as well as a dark magenta strip mask that causes his eyes to appear magenta.

### Personality

Keymaster has a stern and stoic personality, though he becomes much more casual and agreeable when relaxed and around those he's close to. He takes his work very seriously and prioritizes it above all else. In the face of media, Keymaster becomes very charismatic and sociable, easily handling much of Delta Host's public communications when Sequence is unavailable. He is also incredibly determined, willing to throw himself in harm's way to protect his allies.

### Powers & Abilities

Keymaster utilizes an absolute access core that grants him access to any plane of existence or tangible location. This includes physical places such as vaults or nations, as well as metaphysical places like one's mind or dreams. He functions as a support, awaiting instruction from his team before porting to wherever he's most needed. This is often used to catch foes off-guard, restrain them from behind or communicate with them through their thoughts.

## Media Portrayals

### Television

Keymaster appears as a main character in the Lightning Squad television series, in which he is portrayed by Stark Cameo, the real Keymaster.

### Video Games

#### Delta Host: World of Combat

Keymaster appears as a playable character in Delta Host: World of Combat, in which he is an unlockable midweight support. He is represented by the Keymaster's Mindscape map.

* Attacks
* Specials

Keymaster swipes outwards with his sword.
 *Side* | **ACCESS IMPACT**
Keymaster bodychecks forward in the direction he is facing, dealing increased knockback on impact.
 *Up* | **SKYWARP**
Keymaster blinks upwards swiftly with his sword drawn, dealing damage to any foes in his path.
 *Down* | **EARTH CRACKER**
Keymaster jabs his sword into the ground, causing it to rumble and crack, dealing damage to adjacent foes.
Keymaster blinks downwards with his sword drawn, dealing damage to any in his path. This attack can be angled left or right.

Keymaster grabs his opponent and accesses their pain receptors, rapidly damaging them.
 *Side* | **BLINK THROUGH**
Keymaster blinks past his opponent, swiping at them with his sword as he passes.
 *Up* | **ACCESS: RISE**
Keymaster instantly warps high above the ground with a flash of purple light.
 *Down* | **DROP BEACON / ACCESS: BEACON**
Keymaster drops a teleporter beacon, marking his teleportation anchor on the map. If the beacon has already been placed, Keymaster will instead instantly warp directly to the beacon.
Same as ground.

#### Delta Blaze

Keymaster also appears in Delta Blaze as a character the player can encounter randomly in Maretropolis. He can be found in the Delta Host Alpha building's green room, where he has a 12.3% chance of spawning on any day. Keymaster will be sitting on the room's green bean bag, scrolling through his PDA. If approached, he will welcome the player to Delta Host and provide them with a Striking Pin before signing their autograph log.

### Books

Keymaster appears in all versions of the Delta Host Beginner's Herodex, with his most recent entry stating the following:

> *Second in command for the powerful Lightning Squad, Keymaster is an incredibly useful support. His power of absolute access gives him unlimited access to everything in the world, from locations to abstract concepts like thought and memory. Connected to his team through his headset, Keymaster can quickly and easily report his findings while dealing damage through his ability to access the nerves and pain receptors of his foes!*
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## Merchandise

As a member of Delta Host Alpha, Keymaster has considerably more merch than members of Deltas Beta through Theta. His unique birthday item is a fidget spinner featuring unique birthday art. In all scented merch, his assigned scent is raspberry. His specific event items and partners are as follows:

* Pink Tiger's Eye (Gemstone Event)
* Astilbe (Flower Event)
* High Voltage (Tag Team Event)
* Mulberry (Fruit Event)
* Clarinet (Symphonic Event)
* Turkish Delight (Candy Event)
* Spur (Coreswap Event)
* Flamingo (Bird Flight Event)
* Magician (Nightmare Night Event)
* Kokomon (Digimon Event)
* Abra (Pokémon Event)
* Sakura (Kit-Kat Event)
* Cream Soda (Fanta Event)
* Black Cherry (Just Chilling Event)
* Snow Leopard (Kigurumi Event)

Keymaster also has several unique merch items, including a popper, a polaroid camera, a face mask, a shaker keychain, a set of friendship bracelets shared with High Voltage, a set of friendship necklaces shared with High Voltage, a lantern, a microfigure display case, a bookmark and a felt figure.

## Trivia

* While Keymaster is an employee of Delta's engineering and media departments in the Delta universe, his real life counterpart is the current cooperating director of the real Delta Host.

## Gallery

Keymaster in uniformKeymaster out of uniform