Initially refusing his request to meet with Prince Arutha, Locklear was persuaded when the moredhel whispered " Murmandamus lives".Įscorting Gorath to Krondor from the Northlands, he took pains to keep both alive, pursued by 2 moredhel assassins. It was during one of his routine patrols that Locklear encountered Gorath of the Ardanien, a renegade moredhel being pursued by his own kind. An unfortunate affair, however, saw him being "punished" by Arutha, who sent him to the border city of Tyr-Sog for a period of ten years, to which Locklear begged James to use his influence to shorten. Squire Locklear matured, becoming a much respected (and well-liked among the ladies) Seigneur of Krondor, as well as one of the finest swordsmen in the Kingdom. Ten years of peace followed the Battle of Sethanon. Squire Locklear briefly entered military service under a daring garrison leader named Baron Moyiet who watched the Moredhel with an unforgiving eye. He killed the soldiers, and hid with them in the cellars, where James found him, busy, when the battle is over. Fighting desperate battles on the streets, Locklear came upon a girl attempting to protect her younger brothers from the moredhel. When this city, too, was overrun, what remained of the Kingdom forces made their last stand in Murmandamus's ultimate objective: the city of Sethanon. Squire "Locky" died that day, and the future Seigneur Locklear was born, as he began cutting down moredhel left and right, as his friend James mourn the loss of his friend's innocence.Īrmengar was soon abandoned, and the refugees fled to Highcastle. Their relationship was tragically cut short when Bronwynn was killed by a mountain troll. Here, Locklear met and fell in love with Bronwynn Alpress.
Their journey brought them to Armengar, where an exiled noble of the Kingdom, Guy du Bas-Tyra, commanded the inhabitants of the city as the Kingdom's first line of defense against the moredhel invasion. A shy person, his life changed forever when he decided to join James and accompany Arutha to investigate the attempts on the Prince's life.