Not classic?
I thought I remembered just killing him and taking his key on live. He can't be attacked currently however.
From :
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=5519
"Jan 31 2005 at 7:22 PMRating: Decent
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i jus killed him he dropped the key,didnt have 2 do the quest"