Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-7673575-20180915162630/@comment-26444017-20180915194142

I'll try to field most of those questions.

The staircase and the house it's in move periodically, and have existed for 5,500 years. Their creator climbed to the top of the steps himself, and died, leaving his skull behind, which is the source of power that the protagonists wish to gain. The gatekeeper is the spirit of the first person to attempt the challenge, and he steals the bodies of those who try and fail, which is everyone.

200 years ago, the staircase and surrounding home appeared in America. For the last 50 years, no one has entered the building. Then the first entry happens, and from there people appear every few days, which is what the collaboration details.

Previous locations are largely irrelevant, mainly because it's been in America so long. The mansion and the stairway move together. The mansion appears differently to different people, but is always run down and decrepit, while the stairs remain in mint conditon. The stairs also appear slightly differently to different people.

The stairway is mobile, so I doubt there are any real threats to it. The number of victims is unknown, but likely varies, since it's unknown how the staircase chooses when to move. The staircase seems not to be too well known, with most either coming across it by accident or hearing legends of it.

The gatekeeper has been around for 5,500 years, since the beginning. He was the first to attempt the trial, and his failure forced him to be the gatekeeper. He switches bodies to keep things fresh, but he has grown weary of the task, since he's been at it so long and seen every person that tries fail. He probably doesn't care either way about people showing up, though it may be a nice distraction for him, and he can get a new body out of it.

The staircase and gatekeeper are likely eternal. The gatekeeper likely keeps people from cheating, if not the staircase itself, so no anchoring or anything like that. The prize is only described as power beyond human imagination. What that actually entails is never reall specified, but use your imagination on that one.

As for the rest, I really cannot say, but I think the above information is at least somewhat accurate. This should help clear up a lot.