A Child Shall Lead Them: Gorath became chieftain at age twelve when his tribe, including his father, the previous chieftain, got almost completely massacred.Abhorrent Admirer: He has one in Caern.In doing so, he goes from being chieftain of a prominent clan and a major contender for the throne to a hunted fugitive and despised traitor. When a new leader emerges to pull the moredhel back into war, Gorath sets out to warn the humans, his sworn enemies, so that they may mount an early counteroffensive and nip the conflict in the bud. ".What value in all Murmandamus' speeches did we gain but to learn that we are weak? What spirit did we discover in defeat except that we corrupt from within? The time has come to blunt our blades and look to our own, to put down the monsters that we have become." Straight Man: when teamed up with Deadpan Snarker Jimmy, Locklear inevitably takes on this role.Mechanically, he's the most skilled among the PCs at the start of the game. Master Swordsman: He's a faster blade than Jimmy the Hand, who is himself renowned for his great skill.Heterosexual Life-Partners: with Jimmy, though it isn't quite as prominent in the game as in the novels.Afterwards, the reason he gives for releasing Gorath of his chains is that they're both chased by moredhel wanting to kill them, and have more to gain from working together. Enemy Mine: Locklear sees someone being chased by a moredhel, jumps in to help them, and discovers the rescuee is moredhel as well, namely Gorath.In fact, his charm with the ladies is probably his most prominent trait, other than "James's friend and a good swordsman." In the novelization Locklear was banished to the northern border in the first place due to a tryst he had with the wife of a wealthy merchant.Then her husband is at the door, and well. The Casanova: If you visit a house in Kenting Rush with Locklear, he notes that he knows the girl who lives there (and notes that in the middle of the night she snuck into his room during a previous visit).Adaptation Dye-Job: Blond in the books, brown in the game.Locklear has close relations with the royal family and a long-standing friendship with Jimmy the Hand. A noble and swordsman of celebrated skill and great renown, Locklear was investigating rumours of trouble in the Northlands along the northern border when he happened upon Gorath, who demanded to be taken to the Prince as a messenger.
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