Well. I finished it with five extra keys, the kid's copse , and no clue as to "the truth".
I'm guessing some of the keys were supposed to go in the things that looked like keyholes without locks.
I was just happy to be done at that point.
I would have strongly preferred if you'd stuck with the Keys match Lock idea. I bunch of times they were just random.
Finding the ancient axe as the very first axe I found was kinda odd. It made all the other axes pointless. and then I found two more of them.
All in all, not bad, but could use some tightening up.
I think theres a lot to be done with the pacing.
For those of you searching for the infamous note:
There is another hidden button inside the area next to the crystal. An inscribed one.
(No nested Spoilers?) It says:
At the end:
It looks like I need an orcish axe to put on the altar, but if I saw one, I didn't take it due to having an axe,
I don't know how to get into the cell, I'm guessing that's how. Maybe the secret is in there?