A character followed by doom and despair. He himself won't feel the full sting of this cloud of doom. Instead, any character who he knows, is friends with, is related to, or even makes eye contact with, is inevitably doomed to some wretched fate, be it death, or something worse. A character like this is usually does one of two things: He either goes about his life, uncaring that this is happening, or he goes about life lamenting about how he can't stop causing suffering. Basically, a character who always indirectly has collateral damage all around them. Examples of Doom Magnet include: