Editing Gallant (section)

==History==
===Background===
Dean was the heir of his parents' company. They were rich enough to buy him superpowers.<ref name="R6">Hpflylesspretentious:You know, I've been wondering for ages what Gallant's trigger was. Thinker/Blaster/Master is an odd combination. i wonder what would cause that. I don't think it's been mentioned anywhere.<br><br>Wildbow:$=c - [https://redd.it/6adbms/ Comment by WildBow on Reddit]</ref><ref name="deadshard"> We are dead and broken now, as her boyfriend’s power once was. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/02/heavens-12-all/ Excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.all]]</ref>

While going to [[Arcadia High]], Dean met and, later, started dating Victoria Dallon. Dean was nearby when she [[trigger]]ed and gained her powers, and since his [[shard]] was stubborn enough to maintain broadcast signal, despite being disconnected, Victoria's aura is influenced by his powers.<ref>And another, dead and broken, consumed and connected anyway, was so vainly trying to broadcast that it communicated as my host and I connected and ‘went live’.  On air.  Power button pressed.  That fleeting contact and the jettison that came with it would be another facet of us.  An emotion power.  The host of that dead and broken thing would later connect to my host.  Fuck her.  Make love to her.  Whisper to her.  Fight with her.  Hold her.  Laugh with her.  Talk to her of vulnerabilities.  Of hopes and dreams.  Of identity.  Of school.  Of costume.- [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/02/heavens-12-all/ Excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.all]]</ref><ref>'''Darchiasq''':<br>It's not breaking SoD that Gallant is a bud off Glory Girl, but it seems very unlikely. I think Gallant has been a cape too long for that to be possible. Another big argument for Aegis being a Cauldron cape is that his powers majorly changed his physiology, which is a telltale sign of being one. However, I don't think it's unlikely that he could be an Eden natural trigger, like Leet and String Theory.<br><br>'''Andrew Greaves''':<br>It occurred to me, belatedly, that something like the reverse might be possible.<br><br>We know that Glory Girl is a second generation Cape, and the origins of her force field power are rather obvious. But what about her empathic aura? Where did that come from?<br><br>It's well known that second Triggers involve polling any other Shards within range and such, but does this also happen with first Triggers? Could Gallant have already been a cape and nearby when she Triggered?<br><br>Of course, she could have also second Triggered with him nearby at some point. Incidentally, as a second gen, I'd surmise that her second Trigger would be psychologically comparable to a first gen's first Trigger.<br><br>'''Wildbow''':<br>You're thinking along the right lines, re: the source of her aura, Andrew. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/14795766/ Comment by Wildbow]</ref><ref name="R4">Nice post. Right on the mark.<br>On the subject of why they don't always hand out powerful vials - they don't always know the power level of a given vial. They've got this landscape of Eden, they take pieces of it, make it into concoctions and feed them to people. One vial might have fantastic results in one situation and peter out or end up horrific in another.<br>So they've spent the last 30 years figuring it out, trying to get as many vials to people as they can in the most constructive way they can. When they do get a set of powerful vials, they try to hold on to them and give them to the people they can make the most use out of. Often those are people in power (ie. the mayor of a town with a lot of capes, who then gives it to [[Triumph|his son]]), people with access (an [[Coil|ex-PRT captain]] with the potential to be Director), or people with money. - [https://redd.it/3lowq1 Cauldron SOP]</ref>

His family kept horses.<ref> - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/24/pitch-6-4/ Excerpt] from [[Pitch 6.4]]</ref>

===Story Start===
Dean was a member of the [[The Wards|Brockton Bay Wards]].

Was seen at the cape gathering for the defense against the coming [[Endbringer]], holding hands with Glory Girl.<ref>[[Extermination 8.1]]</ref>

He was killed during Leviathan's attack on Brockton Bay. His final thoughts were of Victoria and with a flash of foreboding he remembered that he had not told anyone how close to a mental breakdown [[Amy]] actually was.<ref name="R1" /> He passed away in the hospital.<ref name="9.5">“Flechette said you were sounding pretty fatalistic when you were on patrol, a little while ago.  I know you were fond of Gallant, that you were pretty inconsolable when you were in the hospital, at his bedside.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/04/17 Excerpt] from [[Sentinel 9.5]]</ref>
===Post-[[Battle against Leviathan|Leviathan]]===
His passing left Victoria distraught. Vista was not faring much better.

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Dean appeared in [[Victoria|Victoria']]s dreams, where the two had a long awaited conversation.<ref>[[Last 20.11]]</ref>