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. 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. Here, Locklear met and fell in love with Bronwynn Alpress. Their relationship was tragically cut short when Bronwynn was killed by a moredhel soldier. 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.