Editing Keymaker (section)

==Backstory and role==
The Keymaker is an "Exile", a program whose usefulness has come to an end and that has chosen to hide in the Matrix rather than be deleted. The [[Oracle (The Matrix)|Oracle]] tells [[Neo (The Matrix)|Neo]] that he will need the Keymaker's help in order to reach the Source, the machine mainframe; however, he is being held captive by a dangerous Exile known as the [[Merovingian (The Matrix)|Merovingian]]. Neo, [[Morpheus (The Matrix)|Morpheus]], and [[Trinity (The Matrix)|Trinity]] are rebuffed when they demand that the Merovingian release the Keymaker, but his wife [[Persephone (The Matrix)|Persephone]] betrays him and takes them to where the Keymaker is being held: a small room in which he toils over a key-cutting machine. Thousands of previously made keys hang in bunches on the walls.

Morpheus and Trinity, separated from Neo, flee with the Keymaker as the Merovingian's [[Twins (The Matrix)|Twins]], the police, and three [[Agent (The Matrix)|Agents]] (sent to terminate the Keymaker as he is an Exile) pursue them onto the city freeways. The Keymaker assists in the escape by quickly providing Trinity with the ignition key needed to start a motorcycle, saving her the time of waiting for hot-wiring instructions to be uploaded into her mind.

Following the escape, the Keymaker meets with three crews of Zion rebels to describe the security measures in place around the building which houses the door that leads to the Source. Two electric power stations must both be shut down in order to disable the alarm system, after which Neo will have only a short time to reach the Source before the building is destroyed by explosives; in addition, if the door is opened while the alarm is still active or if anyone other than Neo tries to open it, the explosives will detonate. As the other two crews attack the power stations, the Keymaker leads Neo and Morpheus to a hall within the building, filled with doors that represent [[backdoor (computing)|backdoor access]] to other parts of the Matrix.

They are interrupted by the arrival of [[Agent Smith]] and dozens of copies he has made of himself. The Keymaker hurriedly opens a door, allowing Neo and Morpheus to take cover inside a room as the Smiths open fire, but sustains multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. Before dying, he gives Neo a single key on a chain around his neck—the one needed to reach the Source—and points Morpheus toward a door that will allow him to re-enter the Matrix proper.