Editing Alatar Locke (section)

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The Arcanum described Alatar locke as the first great human Explorer of Dereth.<ref name="TheExplorationsOfAlatarLocke" /> He is notable for his exploration of the Direlands and many dungeons throughout Dereth.<ref name="TheExplorationsOfAlatarLocke" /><ref name="TheLostLight" /><ref name="SwampTempleTome" /><ref name="InuoKonKousBook" /> While he is credited as the first to ''chart'' the Direlands, legend claims that [[Lilitha]] was the first human to travel through them.<ref name="TheLegendOfLilitha">1999/11 [[Release]] - [[The Legend of Lilitha]]</ref>

Alatar is also noteworthy for his study of the [[Empyrean]]. The very term Empyrean was coined by Alatar Locke.<ref name="TheExplorationsOfAlatarLocke" /><ref name="AnExplorersNotes" /> Alatar also theorized that, contrary to the beliefs of Isparian scholars at the time, the Empyreans were not all from a single culture, but instead there were several eras of vastly different Empyrean civilizations.<ref name="AnExplorersNotes" /> In some of his early writings, Alatar wrote of the different Empyrean cultures.<ref name="SwampTempleTome" /><ref name="AnExplorersNotes" /> He described the architecture and some rituals of the Falatacot, although he did not call them Falatacot at that time.<ref name="SwampTempleTome" /><ref name="AnExplorersNotes" /> By the time he explored the Floating City, Alatar was using the term Falatacot,<ref name="AStainedBookLostChamber">2000/10 [[Hollow Victory]] - [[A Stained Book (Lost Chamber)]]</ref> and knew of the [[Millennium War]] and the fall of the [[Ice Throne]].<ref name="AStainedBookLostChamber" /><ref name="AStainedBookMuseum">2000/10 [[Hollow Victory]] - [[A Stained Book (Museum)]]</ref>

Another theory of Alatar's was that Asheron's discovery of portal magic was actually a rediscovery.<ref name="AStainedBookLostChamber" /><ref name="AStainedBookBanderlingArea">2000/10 [[Hollow Victory]] - [[A Stained Book (Banderling Area)]]</ref> This was later confirmed, as Asheron based his portal magic on the work of [[Nilrhem Facill]].<ref name="ABriefHistoryForTravelersTheChildOfDaralet">2000/12 [[The Child of Daralet]] - [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/A Brief History for Travelers|A Brief History for Travelers]]: [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/A Brief History for Travelers/Should the Stars Fall and The Child of Daralet|Should the Stars Fall and The Child of Daralet]]</ref><ref name="AerfallesLetter">2000/07 [[To Raise a Banner of Flame]] - [[Aerfalle's Letter]]</ref><ref name="TheBookOfMinesh">1999/12 [[Sudden Season]] - [[The Book of Minesh]]</ref><ref name="AJournal">2000/02 [[Shadows of the Past]] - [[A Journal]]</ref> And later still, we learned of the Falatacot and their portals to Bur. Perhaps the most bold claim made by Alatar is that the Empyrean are not native to Auberean, and that long ago, before the time of the Falatacot, the Empyrean willingly came to Auberean with a singular purpose.<ref name="AStainedBookLostChamber" /> What that purpose was, Alatar was not certain, and he believes that even the Empyrean forgot this purpose.<ref name="AStainedBookLostChamber" /> Whether or not this theory is true remains a mystery.

Some of Alatar's other theories are:
* Old Falatacot dungeons, noted for their geometry, symmetry, and repetition of forms that resemble spirals or perfect squares or other such constructs, served a magical purpose.<ref name="AnExplorersNotes" />
* The [[A'mun Desert]] was once lush and fertile.<ref name="TheFestivalStonesOfTheEmpyrean" />
* The cove of [[Yaraq]] was once an [[Inner Sea]] port used by the Empyrean.<ref name="TheFestivalStonesOfTheEmpyrean" />
* The area of the festival stone of Darktide, where [[Ayan Baqur]] would later be founded, was once a port.<ref name="TheFestivalStonesOfTheEmpyrean" />
* [[Mount Esper]] was once a sizable Empyrean town, and they refined pyreal in the fiery core of the mountain.<ref name="TheFestivalStonesOfTheEmpyrean" />
* The Halls of the Lost Light bore witness to a long struggle against darkness, and when the defenders within perished, their corpses were reanimated by evil magic.<ref name="LetterFromAlatar">1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Letter from Alatar]]</ref>
* The Yalaini living in the Floating City that became trapped there after the portals became too unstable eventually turned to necromancy.<ref name="AStainedBookMuseum">2000/10 [[Hollow Victory]] - [[A Stained Book (Museum)]]</ref>