The Old One (The Keys to the Kingdom)
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The Old One is a character from Garth Nix's Keys to the Kingdom.
Overview
Husband of The Architect, The Old One is the second ever thing to emerge from Nothing. For attempting to meddle with her work, the Old One was chained up to an enormous clock and at twelve o'clock each day, strange creatures would tear out his liver. Later they tore out his eyes.
In Mister Monday, The Old One is feared by many. Any Denizen who approaches him has not returned and only Arthur Penhaligon the rightful heir managed to speak with him and learn about the Improbable Stair.
the old ones son the piper tried to free the old one and was punished by lord sunday and banished into nothing