| Echo Key | |
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| Use | Create a living echo |
| Door | Wellhouse |
| Creator | Benjamin Locke |
| Issues | 10 |
History
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The Echo Key was created by Benjamin Locke, in June 1775.[1] Benjamin seemed to not know what function the key would have, and described in his journal that entering the Wellhouse, he was asked who he sought. When he said Joshua's name and he appeared, Benjamin fled.
UsesEdit
The Echo Key is used to summon a tangible "echo" of a dead person to the Wellhouse. Entering the Wellhouse, the user is asked "Who?" Saying the name of someone summons their soul as a tangible Echo that rises from the well.
The Echo is trapped in the Wellhouse, as attempting to leave through the door results in the Echo fading away.[2] The Echo can only leave the Wellhouse through use of the Anywhere Key, where they technically aren't walking through the Wellhouse door.[3]
Chamberlin Locke speculated that an Echo "longs for the warmth and comfort of "That Other Place", and that using the Echo Key is selfish.[4] Ellie Whedon also believed that Echoes are at peace, and therefore struggle to understand complex human emotion.[2]
Known EchoesEdit
- Joshua Locke (summoned by Benjamin Locke)[4]
- Rendell's Mother (summoned by Rendell Locke)[2]
- Lucas Caravaggio (Dodge) (summoned by Ellie Whedon[5] and Tyler Locke[6] at various points).
- Rendell Locke (summoned by Tyler Locke).[6]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Locke & Key: Clockworks #3, "The Tamers of the Tempest". December 14, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Locke & Key: Clockworks #5, "Grown-Ups". March 14, 2012
- ↑ Locke & Key: Welcome To Lovecraft #2. March 12, 2008
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys. November 23, 2011
- ↑ Locke & Key: Head Games #6, "Army of One". July 1, 2009
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Locke & Key: Alpha #2, "The End", December 18, 2013
