Rendell Locke

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Rendell Locke
Biographical information
Born	1987
Status	Deceased
Occupation	Guidance Counselor
Gender	Male
Cause of death	Gunshot
Killed by	Sam Lesser
Appearance
Played by	Bill Heck
First seen	Welcome to Matheson
Last seen	Farewell

Rendell Locke is a posthumous overarching character of Netflix Locke & Key series. He was the husband of Nina Locke, and the father of Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke.

Biography

Holding the Keys

Rendell Locke in his adolescence.

Little is known about Rendell's history other than that when he was younger, he would use the keys often with his brother, Duncan. They would often use the Ghost Key, and had many conversations with Chamberlain Locke. He was an athletic teenager and participated in track, garnering prestige there.

Later, he reveals the existence of the keys to his friends, including Ellie Whedon and Lucas Carravagio. They enjoy the keys for an unexplained amount of times, however when they use the Omega Key to open the Black Door in the Drowning Cave, they allow Dodge, a demon from another world, to enter their world and possess Lucas. Lucas later killed numerous of their friends before Rendell himself kills Lucas. With this, Erin, Mark, Rendell and Ellie split the remainder of the keys between them and vow never to use the keys again.

Before splitting the keys, Rendell and his friends decide to create the Memory Key in order to retain their memories of magic as adults. However, although Chamberlin teaches Rendell and Duncan the procedure, Rendell is unable to do it. Duncan is able to create the Memory Key for Rendell and his friends who use it, but remove Duncan's memories of the magic in order to protect him from the trauma of what he had witnessed. Rendell later argued with Erin over Memory Key as he believed it to be too dangerous for adults to remember the magic. This argument would be the last time that the two would ever see each other. Rendell hid the key at Matheson Academy in the concrete block holding a bench dedicated by the Locke family to the lost Keepers of the Keys.

Death and Legacy

Years later, Dodge convinces Sam Lesser to find the keys for her. He attacks Rendell and the Locke Family and ends up killing Rendell before being arrested by the police. This triggers the Locke Family to move to Keyhouse where their nightmare begins.

Erin Voss eventually reveals the existence of the Memory Key, how the Keepers of the Keys had used it to keep their memories, and that Rendell had hidden it somewhere. Using Erin's memory of her argument with Rendell about the key, Tyler is able to find it at Matheson Academy and use the Memory Key to properly restore the memories that Rendell and his friends had taken from Duncan.

While attempting to save Jackie Veda from demonic possession, Tyler discovers that Rendell had hidden a piece of Whispering Iron in his old fishing lure in case of an emergency. Tyler is able to use it to craft the Alpha Key with Duncan's help with that key being used to free Jackie, Lucas Caravaggio, and Frederick Gideon, killing the demons that were possessing them at the same time, including Dodge.

Bode lets Nina use the Head Key to see Rendell one last time and show her the magic. At Nina's request, Bode uses the Memory Key on her so that Nina can retain her memories of the magic.

Before casting the keys into the portal opened by the demonic Frederick Gideon to the demon world, the Locke's visit Rendell in the past using the Timeshift Key and share with him the stories of their adventures, finally getting the goodbye with Rendell that they had never had. Rendell agrees with the decision to get rid of the keys for good, stating that they are stronger than he ever was to be able to give the keys up for good.

Known Victims

• Lucas Caravaggio (head crushed by a fireplace pike)

Appearances

Season One

• Welcome to Matheson (Flashback/mention only)
• Trapper/Keeper (Flashback/mention only)
• Head Games (Flashback/mention only)
• The Keepers of the Keys (Flashback/mention only)
• The Black Door (Flashback/mention only)
• Dissection (Flashback/mention only)
• Ray of F*ing Sunshine (Flashback/mention only)
• Family Tree (Flashback/mention only)
• Echoes (Flashback/mention only)

Season Two

• Cliffhanger (Flashback/mention only)

Season Three

• Farewell (Time travel)

Trivia

• His friend Mark hid many keys and ignited himself into flames, but Dodge still found the keys with the help of Sam, who she recruited.
• Rendell is responsible for killing Lucas when he was possessed, and removing Duncan's memories.
• Chamberlin Locke revealed that he and Duncan used the Ghost Key regularly as children.
• He hid the Omega Key inside of his head and was one of the only ones to know where it was hidden.
• Unlike his brother and his son, Rendell lacked the ability to make keys of his own, although he did try.

Gallery

To be added.