Pocket lore and story
An editorial guide to Pocket's background, motive for entering the Ritual, and possible wish from a Patron.
Who is Pocket?
Arin Fairfax, the eldest heir to Fairfax Industries, has been living in hiding for the past 5 years after being shot and left for dead on their 18th birthday. Arin doesn't know who is trying to keep them from taking control of their parent's company... but in the avarice fueled viper's nest that is Fairfax Industries it could be anyone. Taking on the name "Pocket", Arin desperately wants to keep their true identity a secret… not only for their own protection; but because they want to forge their own identity separate from their parents.
Pocket enters a Ritual in which six heroes aid a Patron against its rival. Victory matters beyond the match: the successful Patron can offer each ally a wish, turning every combatant's private motive into part of the city's larger occult crisis.
What would Pocket wish for?
To remain free from the powerful family and violent inheritance pursuing them—and perhaps to choose an identity outside it.
Strongly implied. Deadlock remains in development, so Lock Lab separates explicit canon from dialogue-based implication and editorial interpretation.Lock Lab reading
Pocket's story connects a personal problem to the larger struggle over the Amber Hand and Sapphire Flame. With a powerful shotgun and a thin frame, Pocket relies on their ability to briefly escape into a mystic suitcase and teleport via a flying cloak in order to survive close encounters. is the gameplay expression; the lore asks what someone with that temperament would risk for a single supernatural bargain.
The Patron bargain makes this motive important: a wish is not simply a reward, but a test of what Pocket values and what price they may accept when an elder power controls the terms.
Pocket's relationships
Character dialogue reveals alliances, suspicions, and personal history that biographies leave unstated. These dossiers summarize the clearest interactions currently supported by voice lines.
Lock Lab has not found enough reliable, character-specific dialogue to publish a relationship dossier for Pocket yet. We will add connections only when the underlying exchange can be reviewed.