Alatar Locke

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Alatar Locke

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Famous early explorer and cartographer of Dereth<ref>1999/11 Release Letter from Alatar</ref><ref>1999/11 Release - Quick Reference Card</ref> and friend of Elysa Strathelar.<ref>2003/05 Discoveries - A Crumpled Letter</ref> Father of Ardivan Locke.<ref>Zone Bestiary#Undead</ref>

Alatar Locke was the first great human explorer in the vast lands of Dereth. He was the first to chart the Direlands, the first to delve into the Halls of Lost Light<ref>The Lost Light</ref>, and discovered the Empyrean "The Floating City<ref>2000/10 Hollow Victory - A Stained Book</ref>" at least a decade before any other Isparian encountered it. <ref>2001/11 Dark Majesty - The Explorations of Alatar Locke</ref>

He also, as he endlessly reminded the intelligentsia, coined the term "Empyrean" and much of his research and explorations focused on Empyreans and their structures.<ref>2000/11 Hollow Victory - General History of Dereth Vol. XI</ref><ref name=AnExplorersNotes>2001/11 Dark Majesty - An Explorer's Notes</ref><ref>2000/11 Hollow Victory - A Stained Book</ref><ref>Petroglyphs</ref><ref>2000/03 Darkness Ascendant - The Festival Stones of the Empyrean</ref><ref>1999/11 Release - Swamp Temple Tome</ref> After searching through a series of ancient Empyrean texts, Alatar Locke discovered that Tursh was some sort of being worshiped as a god.<ref>2005/01 Assault - Replica of a Tursh Totem (Description)</ref>