"It is an old box from the unsorted relics area," he answers, "Filled with rolls of silk.  I remember it vividly from my childhood, and it responded to the key my father entrusted to me.  This is surely the item my father attempted to dispose of."<br/><br/>The giant man breathes a heavy sigh.  "But alas, I still do not know what it does.  Surely there must be some repository of knowledge on this ancient item.  My father would have been keen to have this item passed into your hands unnoticed, but he would not have left you without a means to bind it or prevent its falling into the wrong hands.  Do you have a library, venerable monk?  I believe my father would have left something there in case the need ever arose to seek this item out."