After the tragedy that strikes Rendell and his friends, Ellie becomes the protector of the Identity and Echo Keys. The Echo Key can bring back the dead, but only as an echo of themselves, so to speak. Ellie uses it to revive Lucas. However, she instead brings back Dodge, who had possessed Lucas at the time of his death. Dodge's echo ends up at the bottom of the well at Keyhouse, until Bode gives Dodge the Anywhere Key.