Character structure and summaries

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4.3 Event-Critical and Limited-Run Secondary Layer

These characters may not remain long-term pillars, but they matter because their choices, deaths, or absences reshape other arcs.

Character	Classification	Notes
Octavia Blake	Event-critical / legacy secondary	Important through Clarke, Raven, memory, loss, and past trauma. Not a stable city pillar unless changed later.
Alex Wilder	Event-critical / limited-run secondary	Similar functional category to Octavia. His death matters, especially for Nico, Karolina, Molly, and the Runaways layer. Not a regular recurring secondary.
Nate Heywood	Event-critical secondary	Death or loss can carry Legends grief and city cost.
Zane Donovan	Event-critical secondary	Infrastructure/science loss if killed, should matter beyond shock.
Costia	Legacy secondary	Foundational to Lexa, not a present-time living arc, but emotionally structural.
Ted Wheeler	Legacy / sub-secondary	Dead family weight, especially for Nancy/Karen/Holly.
Martha and Jim	Legacy / sub-secondary	Caskett family memory if used.
Thea and Diane	Legacy / sub-secondary	Vauseman/Theo emotional origin.

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