Rendell Locke

Rendell Locke was the husband of Nina Locke, the father of Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke, and the posthumous overarching deuteragonist in both seasons of . He was a guidance counselor to disturbed students such as Sam Lesser, but he gunned him down when he tried to resist being interrogated about Keyhouse Manor, setting the tone for the entire show — from beyond the grave, his presence is continuously felt by his kin and he manifests in numerous flashbacks. 
He is portrayed by .
==Biography==
===Lifetime===
Rendell organized the Keepers of the Keys, but they all disbanded following Dodge's arrival on Earth. He married a girl named Nina. While bare-chested and doing hygiene in the mirror, Nina took note for the first time of a small, teardrop-shaped scar on his upper chest. He would never open up to her about his life at Keyhouse, and was eventually gunned down when Sam came knocking. Unbeknownst to him, Dodge had returned through the Echo Key and communed with Sam to retrieve her magical keys.
===Legacy===
The death of Rendell Locke was the driving factor that would lead to the Locke family moving to Keyhouse Manor, even though he had warned them never to go there. It also led Dodge to regard Sam with considerable disdain. His legacy would endure, as Nina mentioned Rendell to Joe after seeing an identical scar on Ellie, wondering if Sam's words prior to the shooting were relevant. Much later, Bode showed a flashback to Nina through the Head Key in which he and his wife interacted joyfully.
It was eventually revealed by Erin Voss that, before removing Duncan's memories, Rendell and his friends had Duncan create the Memory Key which enabled adults to keep their memories of the magic. The use of the Memory Key was the cause of the scars on Rendell and his surviving friends' chests: it was the location where the key was inserted and the use of it left behind a key shaped scar. Erin revealed that Rendell had eventually hidden away the key because of the danger of the magic, but they were able to use Erin's memory of her argument with Rendell about it to find the key. Tyler, Kinsey and Erin would later use the Memory Key to help restore Duncan's memories. Later, the Locke family used the key to ensure that Nina, Tyler, Kinsey and Bode forever kept their memories of the magic.
While trying to create a key of his own in order to save Jackie Veda from possession, Tyler discovered that Rendell had kept a piece of Whispering Iron hidden inside of his old fishing lure. This would be used by Tyler to craft the Alpha Key which was subsequently used to kill Dodge, Frederick Gideon's demon and the demon that was possessing Jackie, freeing their hosts.
Before sending the keys through a portal to the demon world, the Locke family used the Timeshift Key to visit Rendell in the past and say a proper goodbye to him, although the nature of the key meant that Rendell would forget the meeting.
==Personality==
Rendell was a mysterious man with uncertain motives and ambitions. On one hand, he was jaded by his discovery of the magical keys and he never learned the same creature that owned them had been the one to kill two of his dear friends. Indeed, Rendell is responsible for killing Lucas when he was possessed, and removing Duncan's memories. On the other hand, he is also a loving, protective, and dedicated parent and spouse. His admirable regard for sapient life was shown in that he wouldn't kill spiders in the house.
==Victims==
Lucas Caravaggio (head crushed by a fireplace pike)
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