Locke Artorius Gaude is an unlucky, isolated, nobody Warlock with very little going well for him. After growing up in the sewers beneath Baldur's Gate, Locke's known nearly nothing but pain, loss, hunger, death, and nightmares. After failing his apprenticeship as a novice Necromancer, Locke stands atop the tallest building he could access to contemplate his life before being knocked out and snatched away by mind flayers.