Danger Magnet

Lexicon Entry
Doleful Detective's ability, which attracts dangerous phenomena to his person.

Its exact mechanics are unclear, but an unkind explanation would be that he's "fatally unlucky."

Doleful may be an extreme example, but some people are just that ill-fated. There are any number of stories on TV about those who survived multiple serious accidents and were always able to bounce back.

That said, they are well-known simply because they survived.

There may well also be those unlucky souls who ied without recognition, completely unnoticed by the rest of the world.

Doleful's success as a detective is due to both his misfortune, which attracts danger, and his fortune, which allows his survival.