Editing Valefor (section)

==Personality==
Valefor had a hard time with [[Mama Mathers]]' power for the first few years, so he put a compulsion on himself to enjoy it and be loyal.<ref name="I4c e6" /><ref name="II8.y e5">“What’s part one?”<br><br>“He put a compulsion on himself, using his own hypnosis.  We’ll give that to someone inconsequential.  We can’t have his loyalties divided.” - [[Interlude 8.y II]]</ref> He was willing and able to kill people to further his own ends.<ref name="21.3 e4" /> 

Before the [[Undersiders]] defeated Valefor, [[Accord]] described him as arrogant, impetuous, and immature, but rather cunning when he puts his mind to something.<ref>“Valefor is more cunning than you’d assume.  An arrogant young man, impetuous and immature, but history suggests he’s rather cunning when he puts his mind to something.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/interlude-20/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 20.y]]</ref> Valefor deliberately crafted his costume to provoke those in [[Brockton Bay]].<ref name="Cast2">'''Valefor''' – Styled his costume after the Simurgh, to provoke the residents of Brockton Bay who recently suffered a great deal in the aftermath of an Endbringer attack, with mask of a woman’s face, black tattoos around his lips and a white costume with a corset and feathers. Is described as having a dangerous gaze relating to his stranger power. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast (in depth)]</ref> Further, he showed no respect for the current holders of Brockton Bay, likely meaning to provoke them as well.

After [[Gold Morning]], [[Victoria Dallon]] described Valefor as a subtle player who wasn't a warrior or a general.<ref name="II6.2 e2">Valefor and Mama Mathers were scary, or Valefor ''had'' been scary, but they weren’t warriors, and they weren’t generals. Their weakness in this was that they were subtle players and the small-scale war wasn’t subtle. - [[Pitch 6.2]]</ref> She got the impression he wasn't comfortable in a large fight.<ref>He didn’t give me the impression of someone at home in a big thing like the one we’d been in, especially after the fighting had started, and he’d still been pretty damn scary. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/27/shadow-5-10/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.10]]</ref> [[Teacher]] believed he was accustomed to servitude<ref name="II8.y e7">“We’ll give him his jaw back,” Teacher said.  “And we’ll give him his eyes.  He’ll be able to use both.”<br><br>“After, you mean?  You’ll want more influence first.”<br><br>“Of course,” Teacher said.  “We’ll be careful, even with someone already accustomed to servitude.” - [[Interlude 8.y II]]</ref> and was a complete monster that other [[Fallen]] detested and feared.<ref name="II8.y e3">“He’s an ally.”<br><br>“He’s a complete and utter monster that even the other Fallen detest and fear.  I need you to work on him for me.” - [[Interlude 8.y II]]</ref>

===Reputation===
Before his defeat by the [[Undersiders]], the [[PRT]] only knew he perpetrated major subterfuge; they did not see him use the full extent of his control.<ref name="R1">'''Fehafare:''' Last night I read the Imago 21.3 which covered Skitter, Imp and Regent taking care of The Fallen and by extension Haven as well. The way that Regent and Imp outplayed Valefor, so much so that it even flew over Skitter's head was pretty cool actually, that being said one thing that confuses me.<br><br>What's up with Valefor's classification? It's being played up as being a Stranger power, yet to me it clearly looks like he's a high ranking Master. I can understand giving him a bit of Stranger cred cause of the ability to make sleeper agents at will, but doesn't the base and main use of his power clearly suggest that he's a Master?<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' The answer is this: the high-ranking master stuff isn't stuff the PRT has seen him do. All they know is there's major subterfugey, deceptive stuff going on in his wake. - [https://redd.it/6cg7a9 Wildbow on Reddit]</ref> Valefor played up the telepathy angle before people caught on to his hypnotic gaze, though it was widely believed that Valefor did not murder.<ref name="21.3 e1" /> However, he had covered his tracks using his power; [[Skitter]] was surprised at his orders to kill or commit suicide.<ref name="21.3 e4.2">…and forget I gave these orders," he finished.<br><br>That would be one reason for the stranger classification, right there.<br><br>The orders to kill or commit suicide were a surprise to me, but he was more than capable of covering his tracks.<br><br>"Imp," Valefor said.  "Find and kill your teammates.  I want you to kill yourself when you're done trying.  Go, and forget I gave this order." - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/imago-21-3/ Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.3]]</ref> After his defeat, arrest, and trial, Valefor's exploits in [[Brockton Bay]] became more public<ref name="5.12 e1" /> and his original power better known.<ref name="II5.10 e1" />

His mutilation and subsequent shift in powers was not common knowledge.<ref name="5.10 II e4">We’d been prepared for Valefor as he was, with outdated records and a printout of a wiki page that had been salvaged from someone’s laptop after the slow process began of rebuilding the internet. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/27/shadow-5-10/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.10]]</ref>