#keysona

The Doomed Key represents characters whose fate is decided before they get the chance to fight it. While the doomed character CAN be the Protagonist or Antagonist, it’s rare that those characters don’t fall into the Hero or Villain roles, either way around. More often the holder of the doomed key progresses the story for the protagonist or antagonist, who will keep fighting without them. The doomed character will remain as ghost that haunts the narrative. Sometimes these characters are doomed not by the story, but by the author, and are written more so to drive the plot than they are to exist as their own character.

Because so many doomed characters die in their books, the key started cracking, remaining intact and alive but releasing radiation from within. This key was discontinued from use by Ex Libris due to the negative effects it had on holders, who gained a chronic sickness that worsened after each use of the key. (Think the peacock miraculous effect, but its Radium poisoning💀)

Also yes she is based off of the Radium Girls. Yes Radium was probably not discovered or in commercial use when the keys were forged (technically we don’t know the date but like probably not).

Examples of Doomed Characters in books:

Peony- Cinder

Piggy- Lord of the flies

Ru- the Hunger Games (honestly so many of the tributes would work tho)

Bianca- The Titans Curse 

Iphigenia and Polyxena

Sara- the Neptune Project

Beth March- Little Women

Examples from other media:

Eleven- Stranger Things (I didn’t want her to be but that’s just how they wrote her)

The Flying Graysons- DC

Hunter- The Owl House (Fate diverted due to the actions of other characters)

Simon- Iron Lung

Mercutio- Romeo and Juliet

Jimmy SolidarityGaming- Life Series