Editing Dauntless (section)

==Personality==
Dauntless does not want a lot of things from life.

He is mindful of collateral damage even after his transformation.<ref>Dauntless only advanced.  He didn’t walk, his body more a pillar between sky and ground than a body.  He flowed forward, scraped past the city, navigating a path that favored lakes and water, parks and open spaces.  Some buildings fell, but the damage to the city proper was minimal, all considering.  Had he been moving in a straight line, he would have caught the Knight already. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/10/19/sundown-17-6/ Excerpt] from [[Sundown 17.6]]</ref>

===Reputation===
Although he [[trigger]]s near the end of the summer in 1996,<sup>[[Timeline#1996|&#91;*&#93;]]</sup> he did not know what his power did for a good while (e.g., he was not sure if he should keep charging an item repeatedly). However, once Shawn realized how his power really works, he became such a rising star that by April 2011, he was on a trajectory to supplant [[Armsmaster]].<ref name=":0">'''DevourMistress:''' I'm curious about one thing; according to Worm and Ward, Shawn/Dauntless triggered all the way back in 1996, yet in Worm he's relatively weak to what he should be. There's also the fact that according to WOG (well, more like someone claiming he had private PM with Wildbow) that had dauntless survived without time stop bubble in leviathan, he'd be at near Alexandria / Legend's power level when GM started.<br><br>So why is he so weak during worm? He had more than enough time between 1996 and 2011 to get powerful, yet we're expected to believe he could go from high-average cape to triumvirate in just 2 years when he couldn't get there in the last ... 15 years? Sure, he had family thing and everything, but i'd expect him to at least be far more powerful at that point.<br><br>So, can anyone explain to me why his power level is so inconsistent, other than "maybe wildbow didn't think it through" ?<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Because he didn't know what his power did for a good while. It provides an initial kick and then tapers off, but the tapered part sticks. With the initial applications, what sticks is so minor that it's negligible and hard to notice- more of a curious side effect than "This is the point of what I do." The effect is that he thought he was essentially Gambit from X-men for a while, with his costume(s) having traces of invested power he wasn't sure if he should overdo, in case it ruined the costume.<br><br>The realization about how his power really works is part of why he got his start earlier but is such a rising star at the time of Worm's canon, on trajectory to supplant Armsmaster. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/wbsf1x/dauntless_power_level_at_start_of_worm_confuse_me/ Comment by Wildbow on Reddit]</ref>

His power and its implications were then widely known, making him a popular hometown hero in [[Brockton Bay]].<ref name="6.7 e1" />

===Relationships===
====Kelly====
Kelly was Shawn's significant other and while they never married, they did have Addison together and cared for each other deeply. He was understanding even though she left him and Addison soon after giving birth.<ref name=12.none>- [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/26 Excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.none]]</ref> 
====Jennifer====
Shawn met and married Jennifer after Kelly left him and Addison. Jennifer was ambitious and looked after the couples financial future, something Shawn didn't worry about.<ref name=12.none/> 

While ruminating on [[Assault]] and [[Battery]]'s relationship, he realized how mismatched he and Jennifer really were.<ref name=12.none/> Sometime after this, Dauntless was seen inquiring about a divorce.<ref name="I19.z"/> 

The couple did not have any children.<ref name=R2/>
====Addison====
Addison is Shawns son, who he cares about deeply.<ref name=12.none/> 
====Armsmaster====
Because of his meteoric rise to fame, he was resented by [[Colin Wallis|Armsmaster]]; his power allowing him to easily advance in the [[Protectorate]] where Armsmaster struggled to get where he was through diligent effort.<ref name="I15"/><ref name="6.7"/><ref>Armsmaster gives up everything, including family, friends, for the sake of the mission.<br/>Dauntless doesn't need to build or train, he just gets the power, rank, and family. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/50288377 Wildbow on Discord], archived on Spacebattles.</ref> It was widely acknowledged that Dauntless might eventually replace Armsmaster as head of the team.<ref name="I15">[[Interlude 15]]</ref> Nevertheless, he was willing to wear earbuds so only Armsmaster could communicate with him, preventing [[Tattletale]] from speaking to him.<ref name="6.7">[[Tangle 6.7]]</ref>