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The '''seven keys''' are keys that belonged to seven knights who were ancestors to the [[Grimm]]s. The knights worked for the [[:Category:Seven Houses|seven families]] in the twelfth century. After sacking {{w|Constantinople}} in the [[Fourth Crusade]], they took a treasure back but decided not to give it to their benefactors. Instead, they made a map on the seven keys, and each knight took a key. Among the {{w|Knights Templar}} who fought in the siege of Constantinople was Grigory Wolf of Zollern, Schwarzwald, believed to be the paternal ancestor of a Grimm, Josef Nebojsa, who formerly had three keys.{{xref|510}} The keys, when put together, reveal the location of an unknown treasure. The treasure is supposed to be an artifact so powerful that, if held by the seven Royal families, it would allow them to rule the world. According to [[Sean Renard]], the [[Royals]] themselves don't know what the treasure is, but according to several legends, it could be either the prophet {{w|Muhammad|Muhammad's}} sword, the secret of alchemy, the secret to immortality, or the nails used in the {{w|Crucifixion of Jesus|crucifixion}} of {{w|Jesus}} along with possibly even some pieces of the {{w|True Cross|Cross}} itself. Renard also noted that it took the Royal families six hundred years and a great deal of bloodshed, even by their standards, to obtain just four of the keys.{{xref|219}}
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The '''seven keys''' are keys that belonged to seven knights who were ancestors to the [[Grimm]]s. The knights worked for the [[:Category:Seven Houses|seven families]] in the twelfth century. After sacking {{w|Constantinople}} in the [[Fourth Crusade]], they took a treasure back but decided not to give it to their benefactors. Instead, they made a map on the keys (of which legend said there were seven), and each knight took a key.{{Xref|201}} Among the {{w|Knights Templar}} who fought in the siege of Constantinople was Grigory Wolf of Zollern, Schwarzwald, believed to be the paternal ancestor of a Grimm, Josef Nebojsa, who formerly had three keys.{{xref|510}} The keys, when put together, reveal the location of an unknown treasure. The treasure is supposed to be an artifact so powerful that, if held by the seven Royal families, it would allow them to rule the world. According to [[Sean Renard]], the [[Royals]] themselves don't know what the treasure is, but according to several legends, it could be either the prophet {{w|Muhammad|Muhammad's}} sword, the secret of alchemy, the secret to immortality, or the nails used in the {{w|Crucifixion of Jesus|crucifixion}} of {{w|Jesus}} along with possibly even some pieces of the {{w|True Cross|Cross}} itself. Renard also noted that it took the Royal families six hundred years and a great deal of bloodshed, even by their standards, to obtain just four of the keys.{{xref|219}}
   
 
==Locations of the Keys==
 
==Locations of the Keys==

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Seven Keys
510-Matching two keys
Owned by: Nick Burkhardt (5 keys)
Unknown (2 keys)
Dead Knighted ancestors of Grimms (formerly)
Dead Marie Kessler (formerly)
Dead Kelly Burkhardt (formerly)
Dead Rolek Porter (formerly)
Dead Felix Dietrich (formerly)
Dead Josef Nebojsa (formerly)
Purpose: Map (exterior)
Unknown (key)
Location: Portland
Unknown
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The seven keys are keys that belonged to seven knights who were ancestors to the Grimms. The knights worked for the seven families in the twelfth century. After sacking Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade, they took a treasure back but decided not to give it to their benefactors. Instead, they made a map on the keys (of which legend said there were seven), and each knight took a key. ("Bad Teeth") Among the Knights Templar who fought in the siege of Constantinople was Grigory Wolf of Zollern, Schwarzwald, believed to be the paternal ancestor of a Grimm, Josef Nebojsa, who formerly had three keys. ("Map of the Seven Knights") The keys, when put together, reveal the location of an unknown treasure. The treasure is supposed to be an artifact so powerful that, if held by the seven Royal families, it would allow them to rule the world. According to Sean Renard, the Royals themselves don't know what the treasure is, but according to several legends, it could be either the prophet Muhammad's sword, the secret of alchemy, the secret to immortality, or the nails used in the crucifixion of Jesus along with possibly even some pieces of the Cross itself. Renard also noted that it took the Royal families six hundred years and a great deal of bloodshed, even by their standards, to obtain just four of the keys. ("Endangered")

Locations of the Keys

Since 2011, Nick has acquired five of the seven keys. He got his first key from his aunt, Marie Kessler soon before she passed away. ("Pilot") It wasn't until 2014 that Nick got his second key. Rolek Porter and his son, Josh, traveled from Philadelphia to Portland as Rolek wanted to give his Grimm memorabilia to Nick because he was very ill and dying, and Josh was not a Grimm. After Rolek passed away, Rolek's key was found in his cane and it was placed with Nick's other key under a floorboard in the spice shop. ("The Inheritance") In 2016, Monroe's uncle, Felix Dietrich, came to Portland to sell Nick some Grimm books after he acquired them in a chest from Andrea Stroh, who got the chest after Josef Nebojsa, a Grimm, passed away. Before any transactions could be completed, however, Felix was killed by two Black Claw Anubi who were after the books. After Nick and Monroe recovered the chest by killing the Anubi, they took the chest to the spice shop where Monroe noticed that the lock on the chest was bigger than it needed it be. He managed to pop the lock out to find a secret compartment where he found three more keys. ("Map of the Seven Knights")

The locations of the other two keys is currently unknown.

Treasure Location

510-Partial Key Map

Map made by Nick's 5 keys

For centuries, the exact location of the treasure was unknown, but Nick compared the partial map from his first key to an atlas, and the page from the atlas included the point where fifty-two degrees north latitude intersected the shoreline of continental Europe. When he showed Monroe, Monroe instantly recognized the map as a river in the northwestern part of the Swabian Circle, meaning the treasure was likely hidden somewhere in the Black Forest. ("Endangered") After putting the partial maps from both of Nick's keys together, Monroe confirmed that the map definitely leads to somewhere in the Black Forest. ("The Inheritance") After Monroe discovered three more keys in a secret compartment of Josef Nebojsa's trunk, all five of the keys' partial maps were put together, and Monroe was able to use three hills and the meeting point of two rivers as references to determine that the location of the treasure was somewhere just outside of Wolfach in the Black Forest. ("Map of the Seven Knights")

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