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Contents.Plot summary This plot is presented in chronological order. During the, a group of Rebels, hiding beneath the future Keyhouse, discover a portal to another dimension, the filled with demons who can mesmerize anyone that sees them and possess them through touch.
However, when the demons attempt to enter the real world, they transformed into 'whispering' iron which young smith Benjamin Locke forged into a variety of magical keys, including the Omega Key, which seals the entrance to the dimension. The magic of the Keyhouse gradually evolves over the years, including a spell which causes occupants to forget about the keys and the magic of the house when they pass their 18th birthday. In 1988, a group of teenagers, having used the keys extensively in their high school years to their great delight, decide to open the black door with the Omega Key, hoping to trick a demon into entering the real world in order to provide more metal with which to make more keys. Rendell Locke's younger brother follows the group and is mesmerized by the door and when attempting to walk through it, he is stopped by Dodge who accidentally puts his hand through the door, becoming possessed. After plotting and attempting to kill his friends and enslave the others at the behest of the Child of Leng possessing him, Dodge is killed by Rendell.Many years later, Dodge's spirit re-enters the physical world through the well at Keyhouse, due to actions taken by Dodge prior to his death. Trapped in the well, Dodge's spirit reaches out to a young abused prodigy, Sam Lesser, and convinces him to attack the Lockes and kill Rendell, looking for the Omega Key, as well as the Anywhere Key, which is capable of freeing Dodge from the well. After the gruesome murder of their father, the Locke kids, Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode move with their mother Nina across the country to Keyhouse and begin discovering its secrets.
Sam escapes prison and follows the Lockes to Massachusetts. He attacks the family again at Keyhouse, at which time Dodge tricks Bode into bringing him the Anywhere Key. Dodge escapes from the well, kills Sam and returns to Lovecraft in the same body as he had thirty years before.Dodge re-enters high school under the guise of a new student, intimidating his way into the home of one of Kinsey's teachers and Dodge's former friends. Over the next year, Dodge secretly tries to recover the various keys - in particular the Omega Key - from the children, collecting many, though hindered by Tyler and Kinsey. Dodge is eventually discovered but manages to switch bodies and possess Bode before they can kill him. Now free to explore the house as Bode, Dodge finally finds the Omega Key and plans his takeover after-prom party in the caves. He releases several demons and many of the students are killed.
Dodge is ultimately undone by Tyler and Dodge's spirit is forced back into the well, though Bode's empty body is cremated before Bode's soul has a chance to return to it. In the epilogue, Tyler returns to the well to finally free Dodge's spirit from the demon, having used a sliver of whispering iron inherited from his father to forge an 'Alpha Key' capable of undoing possession. Tyler is able to speak with his father one last time, and he restores Bode's physical form.Publication history The narrative of Locke & Key is structured in three acts. Each act consists of two storylines of six monthly issues. Act One's first, Welcome to Lovecraft, was a six-issue published. The first issue of Welcome to Lovecraft was released on February 20, 2008 and sold out in a single day, requiring a second printing to be done immediately.
The second arc of Act One, entitled Head Games, commenced with the release of the first issue on January 22, 2009. The actual Head Games story was printed in four issues, with a standalone prologue ('Intermission' or 'The Joe Ridgeway Story') and a standalone conclusion ('Army Of One').Act Two of the Locke & Key story consists of two limited, six-issue miniseries; the first storyline of Act Two, Crown of Shadows, began in late 2009. The second storyline, Keys to the Kingdom, began in August 2010.The first storyline of Act Three was announced as Time & Tide, but was retitled Clockworks. The second, and concluding, storyline is entitled Alpha & Omega.The first five story arcs were to have been released in a monthly format with the sixth published as an original. The plan changed and the concluding story arc appeared in monthly installments. Keys In the universe of Locke & Key, there are many keys created from whispering iron that have different magical properties.
Some of them are extensively featured in the series, while others are featured very briefly. The known keys are:. Age Key: Can turn the bearer into an older version of themself, possibly other ages. Alpha Key: Removes demons from possessed people's souls when inserted into their chests. It instantly turns a demon to whispering iron, so if it is still inside the host, it is fatal.
Angel Key: Inserted into a harness with large feathered wings, it grants a person the power of winged flight. Animal Key: Used on the right door in Keyhouse, it allows the user to travel through the door and transform into an animal. (It is unclear whether they have choice in the matter.
It appears that the key assigns the animal, according to some spiritual affinity.) Returning back through the door transforms a person back into a human. This works for human ghosts that have possessed animal bodies. Animals may also transform into humans if they enter through the opposite side of the door. Anywhere Key: Opens a door to anywhere the bearer can visualize in their mind.
Chain Key: Controls the Great Lock, which guards the catacombs with entangling chains. Echo Key: Allows entry to the Keyhouse well house and, with the Echo Key in hand, allows a person to return a spirit from the dead to the world of the living.
Leaving through the well house door, however, banishes the spirit back to wherever it came from. Gender Key: Unlocks a half-sized door between rooms which changes the sex of a person who enters it. Ghost Key: When used in the right door in Keyhouse, it separates the soul from the body of whoever travels through the door.
The body falls dead while their ghost is free to roam the Keyhouse grounds. This table is in format, but may read better as. You can help by, if appropriate. Is available. ( May 2016)'Welcome to Lovecraft' IssueReleaseSummary#1February 20, 2008After the murder of their father, Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke relocate with their mother to the family estate of Keyhouse, located in Lovecraft, Massachusetts.
Sam Lesser, one of the teens who murdered Mr. Locke, is in a juvenile detention center and, by gazing in water, communicates with a supernatural force that promises to free him. Bode Locke, the youngest of the family, uncovers The Ghost Door, which separates his spirit from his body.#2March 26, 2008Bode continues to experiment with The Ghost Door and, in his incorporeal form, spies on his brother, sister, and mother. During his journeys, Bode discovers a well that houses a creature who appears as a girl, the supernatural force previously communicating with Sam Lesser.#3April 30, 2008Sam Lesser uses the tools the girl gave him to escape from the detention center.#4May 28, 2008Sam Lesser travels across America, making his way towards Keyhouse. His cross-country journey is mirrored by a series of flashbacks into his memories.#5June 25, 2008The Locke family is taken hostage by Sam Lesser who is seeking the Anywhere Key for his Master, the girl in the well.#6July 30, 2008Bode uncovers the Anywhere Key and trades it with the girl in the well for a promise that she'll stop Sam Lesser.
Freed from her prison, she keeps her promise by throwing Sam through the Ghost Door with no chance to return.' Head Games' IssueReleaseChapter TitleSummary#1January 28, 2009IntermissionProfessor Joe Ridgeway recognizes Zack Wells as Lucas Caravaggio, a teenager who disappeared over twenty years before, along with several other students, and who has long been presumed dead. Joe soon sets out to dig up the truth on Wells, but Zack proves ruthless in his desire for secrecy.#2February 25, 2009Chapter OneA shocking death throws Kinsey and Tyler Locke into choppy emotional waters. They turn to Zack Wells for support, not knowing him to be the murderer. See also:acquired the film and television rights for Welcome to Lovecraft from with the intent of developing the property as a feature with producing.
In February 2010, it was announced that Dimension had lost the adaptation rights to Dreamworks with and signed on to develop and produce the project. In August 2010 also joined as a producer, and the production became a TV series rather than a movie adaptation, with writing episodes for the show and acting as show-runner.The TV series adaptation then landed at. The network greenlit a, produced by and through the latter's deal with 20th Century Fox TV.played Nina Locke, was Kinsey Locke and co-starred as Duncan Locke. Skylar Gaertner played 6-year old Bode, and Harrison Thomas played a teenager possessed by an evil spirit. Actor and singer appeared as Ty Locke, the series' male lead and was cast as Dodge.directed the pilot episode, which was filmed at the mansion in and in, in February 2011.
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If you look at it broadly, it has a bit of a three-act structure, so the first 12 issues are one act something happens at the end of issue #12 which begins to change things. The next 12 issues are Act 2, and then that final graphic novel will be Act 3. Rodriguez, Gabriel (2008-07-29).
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