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'''Alatar Locke''' is a famous early explorer of Dereth<ref>1999/11 [[Release]] [[Letter from Alatar]]</ref><ref>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Quick Reference Card]]</ref> and a friend of [[Elysa Strathelar]].<ref>2003/05 [[Discoveries]] - [[A Crumpled Letter]]</ref> Alatar is the father of [[Ardivan Locke]].<ref>[[Zone Bestiary#Undead|Zone Bestiary: Undead]]</ref>
'''Alatar Locke''' is a famous early explorer of Dereth.<ref name="ANoteFromIquba">1999/11 [[Release]] - [[A note from Iquba]]</ref><ref name="TheLostLight">''Date Unknown'' [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Mysterious Portals Archive|The Mysterious Portals Archive]] - [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Mysterious Portals Archive/The Lost Light|The Lost Light]]</ref><ref name="GeneralHistoryOfDerethVolXI">2000/12 [[The Child of Daralet]] - [[General History of Dereth Vol. XI]]</ref><ref name="TheExplorationsOfAlatarLocke">2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke|The Explorations of Alatar Locke]]</ref>
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Alatar is of the highest education that Aluvia could provide, taught by the most brilliant Gharu'ndim scholars his father could afford.<ref name="AnExplorersNotes">2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke/An Explorer's Notes|An Explorer's Notes]]</ref> It is not known exactly when Alatar arrived in Dereth, however, it is known that he explored [[The Floating City]] at least a decade prior to any other Isparians,<ref name="TheExplorationsOfAlatarLocke">2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke|The Explorations of Alatar Locke]]</ref> which means he explored it in Harvestgain, [[Portal Year 1]], if not earlier.<ref name="GeneralHistoryOfDerethVolXI">2000/12 [[The Child of Daralet]] - [[General History of Dereth Vol. XI]]</ref>
Alatar is from a region of Aluvia not unlike the rich farmland of the [[Plains of Gaerwel]] on Dereth.<ref name="QuickRefCard">1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Quick Reference Card]]</ref> He is of the highest education that Aluvia could provide, taught by the most brilliant Gharu'ndim scholars his father could afford.<ref name="AnExplorersNotes">2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke/An Explorer's Notes|An Explorer's Notes]]</ref> It is not known exactly when Alatar arrived in Dereth, however, it is known that he explored [[The Floating City]] at least a decade prior to any other Isparians,<ref name="TheExplorationsOfAlatarLocke" /> which means he explored it in Harvestgain, [[Portal Year 1]], if not earlier.<ref name="GeneralHistoryOfDerethVolXI" />
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In his early days of exploration, Alatar was famously the first Isparian to chart the [[Direlands]],<ref name="TheExplorationsOfAlatarLocke" />, the first to explore the [[Halls of the Lost Light]],<ref name="TheExplorationsOfAlatarLocke" /><ref name="TheLostLight" /> and as previously mentioned, the first to explore [[The Floating City]].<ref name="TheExplorationsOfAlatarLocke" /> Alatar also explored the [[Swamp Temple (Yanshi)|Swamp Temple]] in the [[Blackmire Swamp]],<ref name="SwampTempleTome">1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Swamp Temple Tome]]</ref> and many other dungeons throughout Dereth.<ref name="InuoKonKousBook">1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Inuo-Kon Kou's Book]]</ref>
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Alatar is an old friend of [[Elysa Strathelar]], and the two corresponded up to [[Portal Year 4]].<ref name="ACrumpledLetter">2003/05 [[Discoveries]] - [[A Crumpled Letter]]</ref> Alatar was still active up to [[Portal Year 10]]. In his text on the festival stones, as well as the map credited to him that was provided to new arrivals, he mentions both the towns of [[Al-Arqas]] and [[Lytelthorpe]],<ref name="TheFestivalStonesOfTheEmpyrean">2000/03 [[Darkness Ascendant]] - [[The Festival Stones of the Empyrean]]</ref><ref name="QuickRefCard" /> which we know to have been founded in Portal Year 10.<ref name="ACManualAlArqas">1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Asheron's Call Manual/Al-Arqas|Asheron's Call Manual: Al-Arqas]]</ref><ref name="AlArqasTNSign">2010/06 [[Shifting Gears]] - [[Al-Arqas (Town Network Sign)]]</ref><ref name="ACManualLytelthorpe">1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Asheron's Call Manual/Lytelthorpe|Asheron's Call Manual: Lytelthorpe]]</ref><ref name="LytelthorpeTNSign">2010/06 [[Shifting Gears]] - [[Lytelthorpe (Town Network Sign)]]</ref>
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Despite this, by [[Harvestgain, 12 PY]], the scholars of the Zaikhal Arcanum feared that Alatar may have been lost before Lifestones rose.<ref name="ACDMCDLoreIntroduction">2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Introduction|AC:DM CD Lore: Introduction]]</ref><ref name="TheExplorationsOfAlatarLocke" /> It is not known why they thought this, but perhaps they were unaware of his more recent activity, or perhaps they thought he had never attuned to a lifestone.
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Thankfully, the Arcanum's judgement was wrong in this case. In [[Seedsow, 13 PY]], adventurers discovered Alatar Locke residing in the [[Precarious Sojourn]].<ref name="ArcanePedestalQuest">2002/06 [[Castling]] - [[Arcane Pedestal Quest#Dialog|Arcane Pedestal Quest: Dialog]]</ref> Alatar explained that he was a cartographer for the [[Exploration Society|Explorer Society]], and that he had ended up at this location after spending some time in the Floating City.<ref name="ArcanePedestalQuest" /> After resurfacing, Alatar sent correspondence to his old friend Elysa.<ref name="ACrumpledLetter" /> She wrote back to him around [[Solclaim, 14 PY]], however, her letter was intercepted and found its way into the possession of the [[Mite Warrior Queen]].<ref name="ACrumpledLetter" />
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Presumably also after resurfacing, Alatar helped Elysa and her allies identify the Tursh Totem, which Elysa's Royal Guard had found some years prior to [[Snowreap, 16 PY]].<ref name="ReplicaOfATurshTotem">2005/01 [[Assault]] - [[Replica of a Tursh Totem]]</ref> After searching through a series of ancient Empyrean texts, Alatar discovered that Tursh was some sort of being worshiped as a god by a group of cannibalistic savages that once lived in the snow-covered peaks of Dereth. Tursh was purported to be the god of Hunger, though no other reference to Tursh's specific powers or exploits were uncovered in Alatar's research.<ref name="ReplicaOfATurshTotem" />
 
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=== Theories and Discoveries ===
<!--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]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke/An Explorer's Notes|An Explorer's Notes]]</ref><ref>2000/11 [[Hollow Victory]] - [[A Stained Book]]</ref><ref>[[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Mysterious Portals Archive/Petroglyphs|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>-->


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>[[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Mysterious Portals Archive/The Lost Light|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]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke|The Explorations of Alatar Locke]]</ref>
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According to old articles about the Undead, Alatar has a son named [[Ardivan Locke]].<ref name="TheUndead">''Date Unknown'' [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Mysterious Portals Archive|The Mysterious Portals Archive]] - [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Mysterious Portals Archive/The Undead|The Undead]]</ref><ref name="ZoneBestiaryUndead">''Date Unknown'' [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Call Handbook|Asheron's Call Handbook]] - [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Call Handbook/Bestiary#Undead|Bestiary: Undead]]</ref> Since this version of the backstory for Undead was [[Continuity/Undead|retconned]] later, it is unknown if Ardivan still exists in canon.
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]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke/An Explorer's Notes|An Explorer's Notes]]</ref><ref>2000/11 [[Hollow Victory]] - [[A Stained Book]]</ref><ref>[[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Mysterious Portals Archive/Petroglyphs|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>
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Alatar currently resides at the [[Precarious Sojourn]], where he makes [[Unframed map of Dereth|Unframed maps of Dereth]].
The Official strategy guide for Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty lists stats for Alatar's Battle Axe, Alatar's Helm, and Alatar's Platemail Hauberk.<ref name="ACDMSybexGuide">2001/10 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[Asheron's Call Dark Majesty: Sybex Official Strategies and Secrets]]</ref> These items have never been discovered and are considered [[Unimplemented and Unfinished Content]]. The do provide some insight as to how the developers may have seen Alatar, though. Despite being very well educated and known for his exploration and research, he also would have been a capable fighter, able to wield heavy plate armor and fight with an axe.


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** [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke/An Explorer's Notes|An Explorer's Notes]]
** [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke/An Explorer's Notes|An Explorer's Notes]]
** [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke/Halls of Lost Light|Halls of Lost Light]]
** [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke/Halls of Lost Light|Halls of Lost Light]]
** [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke/Swamp Temple Tome|wamp Temple Tome]]
** [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke/Swamp Temple Tome|Swamp Temple Tome]]
** [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke/Festival Stones|Festival Stones]]
** [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke/Festival Stones|Festival Stones]]
** [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Explorations of Alatar Locke/A Stained Book|A Stained Book]]
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* [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Mysterious Portals Archive/Petroglyphs|The Mysterious Portals Archive: Petroglyphs]]
* [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Mysterious Portals Archive/The Lost Light|The Mysterious Portals Archive: The Lost Light]]
* [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Mysterious Portals Archive/The Lost Light|The Mysterious Portals Archive: The Lost Light]]
* [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Mysterious Portals Archive/The Undead|Microsoft Zone Archive: The Undead]]
* [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Mysterious Portals Archive/The Undead|The Mysterious Portals Archive: The Undead]]


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* [[Quick Reference Card]]

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Alatar Locke is a famous early explorer of Dereth.[1][2][3][4]

Alatar is from a region of Aluvia not unlike the rich farmland of the Plains of Gaerwel on Dereth.[5] He is of the highest education that Aluvia could provide, taught by the most brilliant Gharu'ndim scholars his father could afford.[6] It is not known exactly when Alatar arrived in Dereth, however, it is known that he explored The Floating City at least a decade prior to any other Isparians,[4] which means he explored it in Harvestgain, Portal Year 1, if not earlier.[3]

In his early days of exploration, Alatar was famously the first Isparian to chart the Direlands,[4], the first to explore the Halls of the Lost Light,[4][2] and as previously mentioned, the first to explore The Floating City.[4] Alatar also explored the Swamp Temple in the Blackmire Swamp,[7] and many other dungeons throughout Dereth.[8]

Alatar is an old friend of Elysa Strathelar, and the two corresponded up to Portal Year 4.[9] Alatar was still active up to Portal Year 10. In his text on the festival stones, as well as the map credited to him that was provided to new arrivals, he mentions both the towns of Al-Arqas and Lytelthorpe,[10][5] which we know to have been founded in Portal Year 10.[11][12][13][14]

Despite this, by Harvestgain, 12 PY, the scholars of the Zaikhal Arcanum feared that Alatar may have been lost before Lifestones rose.[15][4] It is not known why they thought this, but perhaps they were unaware of his more recent activity, or perhaps they thought he had never attuned to a lifestone.

Thankfully, the Arcanum's judgement was wrong in this case. In Seedsow, 13 PY, adventurers discovered Alatar Locke residing in the Precarious Sojourn.[16] Alatar explained that he was a cartographer for the Explorer Society, and that he had ended up at this location after spending some time in the Floating City.[16] After resurfacing, Alatar sent correspondence to his old friend Elysa.[9] She wrote back to him around Solclaim, 14 PY, however, her letter was intercepted and found its way into the possession of the Mite Warrior Queen.[9]

Presumably also after resurfacing, Alatar helped Elysa and her allies identify the Tursh Totem, which Elysa's Royal Guard had found some years prior to Snowreap, 16 PY.[17] After searching through a series of ancient Empyrean texts, Alatar discovered that Tursh was some sort of being worshiped as a god by a group of cannibalistic savages that once lived in the snow-covered peaks of Dereth. Tursh was purported to be the god of Hunger, though no other reference to Tursh's specific powers or exploits were uncovered in Alatar's research.[17]

Relationships

Theories and Discoveries

Non-Canonical Information

According to old articles about the Undead, Alatar has a son named Ardivan Locke.[18][19] Since this version of the backstory for Undead was retconned later, it is unknown if Ardivan still exists in canon.

The Official strategy guide for Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty lists stats for Alatar's Battle Axe, Alatar's Helm, and Alatar's Platemail Hauberk.[20] These items have never been discovered and are considered Unimplemented and Unfinished Content. The do provide some insight as to how the developers may have seen Alatar, though. Despite being very well educated and known for his exploration and research, he also would have been a capable fighter, able to wield heavy plate armor and fight with an axe.

Related Pages

Articles

Items

Unframed map of Dereth Tursh Totem Shard (40+) Tursh Totem Shard (60+) Tursh Totem Shard (80+) Tursh Totem Shard (100+) Replica of a Tursh Totem Sublime Elari Wood Bow

Texts

A Crumpled Letter A note from Iquba A Stained Book General History of Dereth Vol. XI Inuo-Kon Kou's Book Letter from Alatar Of Lord Cambarth The Festival Stones of the Empyrean The Legend of Lilitha Swamp Temple Tome

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References

  1. ↑ 1999/11 Release - A note from Iquba
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Date Unknown The Mysterious Portals Archive - The Lost Light
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 2000/12 The Child of Daralet - General History of Dereth Vol. XI
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 2001/11 Dark Majesty - The Explorations of Alatar Locke
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 1999/11 Release - Quick Reference Card
  6. ↑ 2001/11 Dark Majesty - An Explorer's Notes
  7. ↑ 1999/11 Release - Swamp Temple Tome
  8. ↑ 1999/11 Release - Inuo-Kon Kou's Book
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 2003/05 Discoveries - A Crumpled Letter
  10. ↑ 2000/03 Darkness Ascendant - The Festival Stones of the Empyrean
  11. ↑ 1999/11 Release - Asheron's Call Manual: Al-Arqas
  12. ↑ 2010/06 Shifting Gears - Al-Arqas (Town Network Sign)
  13. ↑ 1999/11 Release - Asheron's Call Manual: Lytelthorpe
  14. ↑ 2010/06 Shifting Gears - Lytelthorpe (Town Network Sign)
  15. ↑ 2001/11 Dark Majesty - AC:DM CD Lore: Introduction
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 2002/06 Castling - Arcane Pedestal Quest: Dialog
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 2005/01 Assault - Replica of a Tursh Totem
  18. ↑ Date Unknown The Mysterious Portals Archive - The Undead
  19. ↑ Date Unknown Asheron's Call Handbook - Bestiary: Undead
  20. ↑ 2001/10 Dark Majesty - Asheron's Call Dark Majesty: Sybex Official Strategies and Secrets
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