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EdgeOfDreams
Since: Jul, 2012
2012-10-01 16:47:50
Could it be the Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix? https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KeysToTheKingdom
PaulA
Since: Jan, 2010

When I was about 12 years old I read a fantasy series (can't remember how many books there were, but I'd say 3-5) where the protagonist went on a quest to collect keys from different characters and different places in order to get into a shrine or something, where the identity of the savior of the world would be revealed. In the end it turned out the protagonist was the savior. I haven't heard it mentioned anywhere, so I suppose it's not considered good by most standards, but it would be fun to know what series it was.