Editing Dauntless (section)

==Abilities, Appearance & Equipment==
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Dauntless can empower items by infusing them with a little bit of power each day, permanently enhancing them. He wields a spear, shield, and boots; all enhanced with this ability (see below). It is widely suspected that he would eventually equal or even surpass the [[Triumvirate]],<ref name="6.7"/> but no one was certain if his power would eventually level off.<ref>But they don't know that for sure. What if Dauntless hit a hard cap? Or his upgrades started plateauing? - [https://redd.it/3afhux Wildbow on Reddit]</ref>

Dauntless is constantly "charged" with energy, which builds up over time; every 20-30 hours it reaches a peak, allowing him to dump the excess charge into an object. This does not take as long to build up if his power is used often, and if he is engaged in field work.<ref name = "PM1">Dauntless is a Striker/Trump. The two aspects are irrevocably linked, thus the slash. In briefer terms, he'd simply be a Trump - he gives himself powers, in an indirect fashion. If his shard had manifested differently, he wouldn't have the need for 'totems' - objects linked to the manifestation of his power. He'd simply grant himself the power.<br/><br/>But the striker rating is because it's touch-based. It would be a very low rating - in a fight against a civilian, being able to grab something and empower it would maybe make a bit of a difference, but the resulting power is so weak it's questionable.<br/><br/>Give him a few months of regularly empowering said object, however, and you have a rather potent ability. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/17584328/ Private message by Wildbow,] archived on SpaceBattles</ref> His power is more effective if he charges the same object regularly; he compromises by focusing on three or four and cycling between them. When he dumps the charge into an object, it is briefly supercharged for a few minutes before levelling off at a point better than before.<ref name="WOG1">Dauntless can imbue objects. He can't consciously control what the imbuement does, but the passenger will generally make it something he can work with and likes, albeit with a tendency to destructive, combat-oriented effects. It also ties into the object itself. A shield is going to have protective effects, boots lean toward mobility, etc. It works with his subconscious in this regard - he won't be surprised when he sees what powers pop up.<br/><br/>He feels power moving through him and it wells up over time. Once every 20 to 30 hours he'll hit his peak, and feel distinctly uncomfortable until he can dump the charge into an object, boosting its efficacy for a short time (minutes) then leveling off at a point better than the last. It's sort of an uphill battle to get workable results from the object, as the charge initially makes the objects breaker-like with an emphasis on durability, then starts producing associated powers - by the 20th charge it'll start hitting the ceiling in terms of durability and start giving him raw output in terms of results and boosting the involved powers.. Charging an object is easier (and trends him closer to the 20 hour mark than the 30 hour mark) if he doesn't wait too long between charges, so he has three or four that he maintains and cycles between. It's also easier if he's engaged in field work.<br/><br/>Items require the charge that flows through him in order to operate. Someone couldn't pick up his spear and use it.<br/><br/>The way items develop, they form a starting point. Maybe after the 20th charge, he can push his power into the spear, and it flashes, goes full breaker, and turns into a semisolid laser, flashing out in either direction. Terrain isn't damaged and struck individuals and metal objects crackle with electricity, like a weak taser hit.<br/><br/>After the 400th, he could extend it into a full semienergy object that he could swing through the front half of a building a quarter mile away, wide enough to fill a room, could make it flash to blind everyone that could see it/him, and augment thrusts in melee range with a sort of 'matter if matter would do more damage, energy if energy would do more damage' pseudo-sting effect (though not nearly so universal).<br/><br/>In terms of rate of return, you could estimate that had he survived to the Scion fight, he'd have been just under Legend in terms of raw power level. Not as durable as Alexandria, but close. Not as mobile or versatile long ranged as Legend, but pretty damn mobile and still an artillery powerhouse. - [https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/posts/2464887/ Private message by Wildbow, found on Sufficient Velocity]</ref>

He selects what the imbuement does subconsciously; it is always tied to the object itself, and he is never surprised to learn what it does, but there is a bias towards direct combat applications. Objects gain general durability and physics-immunity at first, and then begin to gain other abilities after the 20th charge.<ref name="WOG1"/> It took around a month for him to develop a new power to the point where it would impact a confrontation.<ref name=R1>Except if you fought Dauntless under tinker rules, you'd fail pretty hard. He can't really be separated from his gear, standard tinker countermeasures won't work, and his ability to choose the direction in which he develops over multiple engagements isn't nearly as pronounced as tinker's would be. If you were to separate him from his gear (keeping in mind that it binds to him on a breaker-state-like-level) then he wouldn't be able to 'tinker' his way up to potency if given resources. It would be months or years before he was a relevant threat again, just like we're talking about months of time to develop a new ability that would impact another confrontation. - [https://redd.it/4ea77x Comment on Reddit]</ref>

His items cannot be used by someone without this "charge", preventing them from being stolen or used against him.<ref name="WOG1"/><ref name=R1/>

Had he survived until [[Gold Morning]], he would have been almost as powerful as Legend. Not as mobile or versatile at range, but fast and an artillery powerhouse, and almost as durable as Alexandria.<ref name="WOG1"/> It is implied that he could eventually grow powerful enough to annihilate a large area, similar to a nuclear bomb.<ref name="WOG2">So, question. What eventuality is this tightly packed biome of custom-made living things placed there for? Remember the long-term agenda, too. Conflict. What if he's there because the entities wanted something out there to generate chaos in the event that a Bakuda or a US army or a Level 9001 Dauntless annihilated the area and most of the local population? - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15024590/ Wildbow again on Spacebattles]</ref>

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===Arclance===
A spear that looks as if it is made of white lightning. The weapon could extend as far as he needed, elongating faster than the eye could follow. It was something between a solid and an energy, combining traits of both; people struck by it experienced a taser-like electrical charge in addition to the physical force.<ref name="6.7"/>

During the [[Battle at the Gallery]], it was too weak to noticeably affect [[Bitch]]'s dogs. Taylor likened it to using a taser on an elephant. However, it was strong enough to accidentally shatter glass.<ref name="6.7"/>

It was durable enough to parry a block from [[Circus]]' sledgehammer.<ref name="6.7"/>

[[Kid Win]] based his spark pistol, which shot "hard electricity", on data [[Colin Wallis|Armsmaster]] collected on the "hard light" used by Dauntless and Purity.<ref name="9.4">[[Sentinel 9.4]]</ref>
===Shield===
His shield, fixed to his left forearm, was a metal disc about the size of a dinner plate, surrounded by rings of the same energy that made up the spear.<ref name="6.7"/>

It could widen into a bubble-shaped forcefield of white energy ten feet wide around him. The field was seemingly able to "eat away" at [[Grue]]'s darkness in some fashion. It made a loud sizzling, crackling sound. The field created a painful arc of electricity when it brushed against [[Regent]]'s hand.<ref name="6.7"/>

He was able to raise it fast enough to deflect [[Circus]]' thrown knives. It "popped" when [[Ballistic]] used his power to smash cars into it so fast they were impossible to see, but not before stopping the car and holding it aloft long enough for it to roll off the top.<ref name="6.7"/>
===Boots===
His empowered boots made his feet look as if they were encased in white crackling energy when worn.<ref name="7.7">“According to the news and my, um, inside source,”  [[Lisa]] spoke, referring to her power, “Purity hasn’t stopped.  She’s doing strafing runs across the Docks.  She moves too fast for anyone but Dauntless or Velocity to catch, and she hits harder than both of them combined.  She’s knocked down four more buildings while we’ve talked, I’m pretty sure. How long before she happens to knock over our hideout?” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/buzz-7-7/ Excerpt] from [[Buzz 7.7]]</ref> They allowed him to fly.<ref name="cast">'''Dauntless''' – A member of Brockton Bay’s Protectorate team, Dauntless can charge objects with his power, granting them permanent benefits.  Accruing these benefits over time, he’s created boots that can fly, a spear that can create massive arcs of controlled electricity and a shield that generates forcefields, among other powers. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/ Cast (spoiler free)]</ref> According to [[Tattletale]], they made him fast enough to follow [[Purity]] while flying, faster than any of the other [[Brockton Bay]] [[Wards]] or [[Protectorate]] except [[Velocity]].<ref name="7.7">“According to the news and my, um, inside source,”  [[Lisa]] spoke, referring to her power, “Purity hasn’t stopped.  She’s doing strafing runs across the Docks.  She moves too fast for anyone but Dauntless or Velocity to catch, and she hits harder than both of them combined.  She’s knocked down four more buildings while we’ve talked, I’m pretty sure. How long before she happens to knock over our hideout?” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/buzz-7-7/ Excerpt] from [[Buzz 7.7]]</ref>
===Armor===
Dauntless wore gold and white armour. It was rumored that he had enhanced his armor with his power, but this wasn't visibly evident.<ref name="6.7e1"/> In reality, only "some" of his armour had recieved "a few" charges of his power, but it wasn't a major focus.<ref name="II12.0e1">Piece by piece, he strapped on his armor.  Some of it had only received a few crystallizations of power.  But the spear, in multiple pieces that he screwed together, the shield, which was small at the outset, and his helmet were all things he’d focused on over the years. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/26/heavens-12-none/ excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.none]]</ref> Immediately prior to fighting [[Leviathan]], he charged the breastplate, which granted him a small amount of extra durability.<ref name="II12.0e2"/>

He was briefly stunned when [[Grue]] landed full force on his helmet. When [[Circus]] hit him in the chest with their sledgehammer, he was seemingly knocked unconscious.<ref name="6.7"/>

[[Wildbow]] has stated that he could eventually have become almost as durable as [[Alexandria]], possibly reflecting the ultimate potential of the armor.<ref name="WOG1"/>

===Helmet===
Dauntless wore a gold Greek-style helmet, with slits for the eyes, a band of metal covering his nose, a slit running down over his mouth, and a metal "mohawk" on top.<ref name="6.7e1">Dauntless packed a few trademark pieces of gear.  He had his Arclance, a spear he held in one hand that looked like it was made of white lightning.  His shield, fixed to his left forearm, was a metal disc about the size of a dinner plate, surrounded by rings of the same kind of energy that made up the spear.  Finishing his current set of empowered items were his boots.  His feet looked like they were encased in the white crackling energy.  If rumor was to be believed, he was working on empowering his armor as well, but I couldn’t see any hints of that energy on the costume.  It was white and gold, and his golden helmet was in the Greek or Spartan style, with slits for the eyes, a band of metal covering his nose, and a slit running down lower half of his face.  A band of metal crested the top, like a mohawk. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/tangle-6-7/ excerpt] from [[Tangle 6.7]]</ref>

Although it wasn't among the items known to public, even in rumour, to have been empowered,<ref name="6.7e1"/> Dauntless had in fact extensively empowered his helmet as well.<ref name="II12.0e1"/> His empowered helmet granted him both sensory and protective abilities.<ref>The helmet did have some heft to it, Shawn found.  He bounced it in his hands, feeling that weight.  Concentrating, he tapped into that reserve of power he felt inside himself, and crystallized that power into the helmet’s capabilities.  Sensory, protective, and some general shielding capabilities.  - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/26/heavens-12-none/ excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.none]]</ref> Among the sensory abilities was letting him "think faster in a pinch". <ref name="II12.0e2">He had the day’s power to allocate.  A fractional bonus to one of his items.  The kind of thing that likely wouldn’t make a difference, but felt important.<br>
Weapon?  To better hurt the thing?<br>
Helmet, to better understand it, think faster in a pinch?<br>
Boots?  To move out of the way?<br>
Breastplate, something he’d neglected.  Potentially to turn something lethal into something he could survive.  He was struck by the thought of dying in muck, partially paralyzed, and he thought of Kel.<br>
He infused the breastplate, channeling the power in there, hand over heart.  - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/26/heavens-12-none/ excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.none]]</ref>These enhancements eventually allowed him to sense everything that was going on in nearby buildings, likely extending beyond that after the Gold Morning.

|-|The Kronos Titan=
After being thrown into the time bubble by Leviathan, Dauntless gained about 90 days worth of power in the span of a few seconds as time rapidly passed outside the bubble. In a panic, he pushed all of this power into his helmet. Doing so caused his thoughts to dramatically slow down. As such, despite the fact that his body was trapped in stopped time, his mind was moving at the same rate as the outside world.<ref name=THelm>No, was his thought, and things around him moved in the time it took him to form that thought.<br/><br/>The tail end of that single word was coupled with the dawning realization he had power available.  Not one day, not ten, not fifteen, not thirty or sixty or ninety-<br/><br/>No! was the follow-up thought.  His hand couldn’t meet anything before he had another ninety or more days pass.  Instead, he pushed power from head to helm.<br/><br/>He didn’t get to choose what happened.  But what happened made sense.<br/><br/>His thoughts slowed, and though his body was trapped in time, moving with glacial slowness, those ninety days of accumulated power were spent in the helm, giving him control over the speed of his own thinking. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/26 Excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.none]]</ref>

Over the next few days, Dauntless pushed more and more power into his helmet. This expanded his awareness beyond the bubble, allowing him to see and hear everything going on in the area around him.<ref>Sunrise came.  With it, he had more power to give.  Again, he chose the helmet.<br/><br/>His perception of the world beyond the bubble clarified.<br/><br/>And so it went.  Helmet.  Helmet.  Helmet.  For twenty-three days.<br/><br/>By the twenty-third, he was capable of seeing and hearing everything that went on in the buildings nearby.  Businesses.  He watched people like he would watch bad television. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/26 Excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.none]]</ref>

After four years, the bubble was popped by [[March]], and Dauntless immediately had a [[Broken Trigger|broken]] second [[trigger]]. This resulted in every single item of clothing that he had pushed power into, gaining this power all at once.<ref>The bubble popped.  His body was freed and his body was utterly trapped.  He’d infused power into every article of clothing he owned, sometimes years worth of power, and that power had come due.  Every time he had passed on power to his helmet, it had shifted imperceptibly.  To become something mythic, something to be proud of.<br/><br/>Now, however, it all came due at once. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/26 Excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.none]]</ref> Dauntless grew to the size of a skyscraper, tall enough for his head to be in the clouds.<ref>She hovered over a ledge, and that ledge overlooked the distant sight.  A figure so tall his heads were in the clouds.  The growth that extended up from the ‘head’ was fractal, geometric, crystal, but with veins instead of straight lines.<br/><br/>That growing extended to the legs, starting at the feet and working its way up.  A skirt, a dress, a lower body that was a mountain.  Limbs and body, all in the rough silhouette of a giant, a titan writ in a strike of white lightning that didn’t budge, flicker, readily change shape, nor stop. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/26 Excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.none]]</ref> His entire body crystallised.

This giant version of Dauntless appears to exist in every known universe.<ref>The dauntless titan stood in the ruins of Brockton Bay, mostly unmoving.  He or it was there in Earth Gimel, and he was there in Earth Bet at the same time.  He was in an equivalent location in Earth Cheit, in Earth N, and every earth they were aware of, as well as many they weren’t. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/26 Excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.none]]</ref> He is able to see everything in every dimension with the power of his helm.

Dauntless' attacks with his lance are now capable of moving miles away.<ref>But Dauntless was attacking, striking out with his lance from miles away, to carve out chunks of the Chevalier, sending him crashing into a building.  The Chevalier got to his feet and continued to retreat. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/10/15/sundown-17-5/ Excerpt] from [[Sundown 17.5]]</ref>
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