Editing Chevalier (section)

==History==
===Background===
The boy who would be Chevalier grew up in a family with at least one younger brother.

He would trigger during a car crash trapping him within a metal shell. He found out later his brother was kidnapped during the confusion; the crash had been deliberately set up by a kidnapping ring called the "Snatchers". Three years later, he heard about the group again and was almost given the codename "Relentless" for the way in which he pursued them. After taking them down, he was recruited into the [[Wards (Inaugural)|Inaugural Wards Team]] team by [[Alexandria]].<ref name="I24 e4"/> He became friends with [[Hannah]], even having a short relationship in high-school before they drifted apart as their roles ate up more of their lives.<ref name=lurve>He allowed himself a moment to think of Hannah. They’d dated briefly, then separated. It had been a high school romance, and they’d both been too busy to really pursue things. What had been one or two dates a week became ''maybes'', then had ceased to happen at all. He’d graduated to the Protectorate, changed cities, and they hadn’t said a word on the subject. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/22 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 24.x]]</ref>

He became a regular attendee of Endbringer attacks and stepped into a major role in the Protectorate.<ref name="C-PRT">Chevalier started out as a Ward, which gave him a buffer of a few years where he was trained, got an education, got a rundown in tactics and exercises, and wasn't involved in things. Then he 'graduated' and became Protectorate, and given the timeframe, pretty quickly became a leader, passing on the lessons he was taught as a Ward. He's never been much of a patrol type, and putting him in that role wouldn't leverage his strengths.<br><br>Heroes can take a variety of approaches, and this includes patrolling and presence, signaling virtues (often aimed at kids), liaising with police... and it can also include more targeted takedowns of key individuals and threats. Chevalier is the guy you call in when there's someone as scary or problematic as Lung who isn't as under-the-radar as Lung was 75% of the time. They don't set him up against time manipulators like Cody or niche threats, they use him as the wrecking ball against big threats. Most of the time the investigative work is already done, or the baseline work is done, and Chevalier is decent enough as an investigator by his baseline skills (he was tracking down people even before he was a Ward). His shard-vision lets him figure out where capes are, and though he won't explicitly go after capes in their civilian identities, it's pretty good as a tool to track them down in the first place.<br><br>Sic him against warlords and monsters, get video footage where necessary, bonus points if you have video where Myrddin is helping out and Chevalier is wading through a sea of ensnaring green mist, fire, or a storm of lightning (with precautions made) to punch out or cut down a seemingly unbreakable Brute. Sell him as a pillar of virtues in a way that gets traction with kids, ensure he's surrounded by other good capes who build up his image as he's portrayed front and center, and you've got a good cape with international traction. Play on that traction by sending him overseas to deal with warlords and giant robots, master-derived minions and other threats.<br><br>I wouldn't use the loss to Cody as a mark against him. That's like saying Skitter's worthless because August Prince and Nice Guy had her on the ropes. - [https://redd.it/dbdpze Chev's Career] ([[Wildbow]], Reddit.com, 2019-09-30)</ref> 

Chevalier and Myrddin encountered [[Faultline’s Crew]], according to [[Newter]] they failed to capture the mercenaries.<ref name="I5">“And you beat them,” the dark haired girl said, disbelieving.<br><br>“We didn’t lose!” Newter crowed.<br><br>“It was a close call,” Gregor added his own two cents. “Chevalier is leader of Protectorate in Philadelphia. Myrddin leads Protectorate of Chicago. These are people whole world recognizes. They got positions protecting big cities in America because they are strong, because they are smart and talented. We got the job done, as we always do, and we walked away.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/interlude-5/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 5]]</ref>

===Story Start===
He appears with many other heroes when forces are gathered to repel the [[Endbringer]] attack on [[Brockton Bay]].<ref>[[Extermination 8.1]]</ref>

When Skitter said she could track Leviathan with her bugs Chevalier gave the okay for her to be airlifted to keep track of the monstrosity.<ref>[[Extermination 8.5]]</ref>

===Post-Slaughterhouse Nine===
Returned to Brockton Bay to fight another S-Class threat.<ref>[[Queen 18.4]]</ref>

When [[The Triumvirate]] was incapacitated during the fight responding parahumans followed Chevalier's orders.

===Post-[[Battle against Echidna|Echidna]]===
Held a press conference for when Weaver was welcomed into the Protectorate.<ref>[[Cell 22.6]]</ref>

Informed [[Weaver]] of the compromise that [[Glenn Chambers]] proposed that allowed her to join the wards and by extension the Protectorate.<ref>[[Drone 23.3]]</ref>

As the leader of the [[Protectorate]], he participated in the [[Battle against Behemoth]]. In the early stages, he met with [[Tattletale]] and [[Accord]] to plan the attack on Endbringer only to be attacked by the [[perdition|rogue Yangban]] member intent on gaining revenge against the latter thinker. Coming to in the hospital he was briefed by Tattletale regarding the situation and personally entering single combat against [[Behemoth]] with the help of [[Usher|Usher's]] power.<ref name="I24">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/22 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 24.x]]</ref>

===Post-[[Timeskip]]===
In succeeding Legend as leader of the Protectorate Chevalier would also become the head of the New York Protectorate.<ref>Weaver spoke up, “I noted Shatterbirds and Burnscars leaving, some Damsels, bunch of others I didn’t catch, but they had weapons and I’m thinking Winter or Crimson. There were some I parsed as hostages, but it’s only in retrospect that I’m thinking they were Nice Guys.”<br><br>“The second group made their way to New York.”<br><br>“Bonesaw and a captive Nilbog that’s apparently rigged to create things on demand,” Weaver said. “Crawlers, Breeds and a handful of others I didn’t identify.”<br><br>Chevalier reacted to that, flinching.<br><br>''His city, Golem thought.'' - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/interlude-26a/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26a]]</ref>

===[[Gold Morning]]===
He rallied the Protectorate forces against the threat. He was wounded in the initial engagement and refused healing so he could actually get work done. He had to deal with visits from Ingenue. Eventually, he had a meeting with Legend and planned some last-ditch tactics. [[Glaistig Uaine]] came to talk to him.

Following the [[Rise of Khepri]] and the end of [[Gold Morning]], Chevalier helped head one of the known factions, the [[Wardens]] - forming from the remnants of the Protectorate - alongside Legend, and was there when [[Valkyrie]] was inaugurated.<ref> - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/11/02 Excerpt] from [[Teneral e.1]]</ref>

According to a conversation between [[Ingenue]] and [[Teacher]], Ingenue and Chevalier held some sort of relationship post-Gold Morning, though this is ending or has ended as of the conversation.<ref>[[Teneral e.5]]</ref>

===Early-[[Ward]]===
Was the leader and spokesperson for the Wardens and was considered a key member.<ref>[[Flare 2.1]]</ref> As such he had his own statue in the lobby of the Warden's HQ.<ref name="II3.6">Inside the building, statues of key members stood off to either side of the lobby. [[Chevalier]], [[Narwhal]], [[Valkyrie]], [[Legend]], [[Cinereal]], [[Stonewall]], [[Topflight]] and [[Miss Militia]].<br>[...]<br>“Is [[Weld]] getting a statue?” Tristan asked.<br><br>“Not for a while,” Sveta said. “That’s more for people who’ve put in the years, and he only just got in. He’s got a preliminary thing in the gift shop.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/23/glare-3-6/ Excerpt] from [[Glare 3.6]]</ref>

===Post-[[Mathers Compound Assault|Fallen Fall]]===
The Crowleys carried out a terrorist attack that caused widespread devastation, expanding the portals and stranding Chevalier, as well as other key members of the [[Wardens]].

At the time of the Hard Boil incident, when [[Breakthrough]] had gone public about Gold Morning, Chevalier found his way back and returned to his public relations role.<ref>[[Gleaming 9.2]]</ref>

===Post-[[Time Bubble Pop]]===
His group was defeated and captured by [[The Fallen]] during [[The Wardens]]' assault on [[Teacher]]'s Compound.<ref>[[Dying 15.6]]</ref> Chevalier was tortured by [[Christine Mathers]] for some time, before [[Precipice]], [[Love Lost]] and [[Colt]] arrived and disposed of the Fallen. He led survivors to Teacher's command post.<ref name="15.zII">[[Interlude 15.z II|Interlude 15.z]]</ref>

===Post-[[Attack on Teacher]]===
Following the invasion of a [[Shin]] [[The Gibborim Knight|super-weapon]], fashioned after Chevalier, into [[The City]] borders and [[The Kronos Titan]] attack on it. Chevalier and his people deployed against both of them.<ref name="II17.5">[[Sundown 17.5]]</ref> Chevalier blocked the path for Kronos with his sword, which proved enough to stop him and scare off [[The Simurgh]].<ref name="II17.6">[[Sundown 17.6]]</ref>

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Chevalier rallied the remaining parahumans of the city against the [[Titans]]<ref name="II18.2">[[Radiation 18.2]]</ref> and [[The Simurgh]]. He personally fought [[Fortuna]]'s titans<ref name="II19.d">[[Infrared 19.d]]</ref> and The Simurgh.<ref name="II20.1">[[Last 20.1]]</ref><ref name="II20.6">[[Last 20.6]]</ref> He was wounded in the final part of fighting.

Chevalier was initially reluctant to proceed with parahuman plague, but followed with it as the second after [[Colin Wallis|Defiant]].<ref name="II20.a">[[Last 20.a]]</ref>