Quote Originally Posted by Mansion View Post
I don't get the point of the key if it were created by Azem too.
Azem was something of a maverick, but it's clear that amidst their rather chaotic and seemingly impulsive approach to solving problems there was typically an inherent method in their madness and they saw more than they let on, both literally and metaphorically.

The most common theories are:
- It was their answer to the Final Days, but they were unable to stop it/ be ready in time
- It was their answer to the Sundering/ issue of Rejoinings, either because they saw the necessity of the former or perhaps because it was unavoidable
- A last minute Plan B in response to either of the above
- Some gimgaw they were working on privately - as the short stories have stated, objects facilitating travel was kind of their thing
- They foresaw some other, as yet unclear event that necessitated its use

Were it a premonition, I'm guessing the issue of who may be using it was likely answered. In the event of something else, it may have been their only answer to whatever the problem was/ may be. Who knows!

I'm not quite as confident in the notion that "most people" would reject the addition of anything else to Azem, given how enthusiastically everything else has been received with regards to how our WoL connects with the world. Fray was immensely popular, and he was considered a suppressed facet of the WoL's personality.