Editing Valefor (section)

===Post-[[Battle against Echidna|Echidna]]===
Valefor traveled to [[Brockton Bay]] alongside [[Eligos]] before setting up residence somewhere within [[Imp]]'s territory.<ref name="20.1 e1">A pair of villains from the Fallen were lurking somewhere in Imp’s territory, and their presence meant that Haven felt obliged to send two or three capes our way as well.  Until the Fallen were dead or gone, Haven would have something of a local presence. - [[Chrysalis 20.1]]</ref> At one point, [[Skitter]] tried to help find them, but she was unable to root them out despite having [[Tattletale]]'s help in identifying the general area.<ref name="20.1 e2">I’d done my part to try to help find the two Fallen, just a few days ago, but even with Tattletale’s help in identifying the general area, I hadn’t been able to root them out. - [[Chrysalis 20.1]]</ref> However, [[Tattletale]] suspected that one of the two was Valefor.<ref name="20.1 e3">Her gut told her that one of the two was Valefor. - [[Chrysalis 20.1]]</ref>

He and [[Eligos]] were invited to a meeting with the [[Undersiders]] to talk business.<!--
Valefor is greeted 

He tried to get a reaction from Skitter, and she informs him she can remove him herself. [[Accord]] backs this 

he had tried
Valefor then went on to say that it was embarrassing and that he didn't see why someone like Skitter was sitting at the head of the table. Skitter told him that she'd gladly deal with him if everyone agreed to suspend the usual rules before informing him that she would take him one-on-one. He considered it before [[Accord]] spoke up, telling him that he had already lost. When Accord told him that he had gained respect for Skitter after seeing what she had done, Valefor told him he was a fool before Accord told him that he wouldn't condone fighting. After Butcher said that she agreed with Accord, Valefor frowned.

When Accord asked Skitter how far she would go, Valefor asked him if he was playing some kind of head-game. Accord told him that it wasn't and said that it would shed some light on what they were to discuss before Skitter said that killing would be her last resort. When Skitter told him to take a seat or leave, he looked around before shrugging and taking a seat. He contested the Skitter's claim that the Undersiders had prior claim on the city by telling her that they had only had it for a week and a half only for her to ignore him.--> Valefor scoffed at the warladies "rules" and informed her that she would be fighting her soon, ignoring that Skitter saying he and Eligos wouldn't be in the Bay long.<ref name="I20.y">[[Interlude 20.y]]</ref>

At some point after this meeting, [[Skitter]], via her swarm, found [[Haven]] members [[Rosary]] and [[Halo]] attempting to arrest [[Eligos]] in [[Regent]]'s territory.<ref>I was still thinking on the subject of Regent, searching for an angle I could use to convince him, when I was distracted.  My swarm noted a number of soft movements, like a flurry of leaves in the wind.<br><br>Autumn was months away, there weren’t many trees around, and there wasn’t wind.<br><br>“Found them,” I said.<br><br>“Which?” Regent asked.<br><br>“Haven.  The Fallen will be nearby.  We’ve got Rosary in a combat mode, and Halo’s not in the air, as far as I can see, so they’re obviously geared up for a fight.  In your territory,” I said, eyeing Regent. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/16 Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.3]]</ref><ref>Up until the point where the petals converged together, reforming into a car tire, ten feet in the air.  A man hurried to leap out of the way before it struck him.  I realized it was Eligos.  He wasn’t wearing the Endbringer costume.  Something similar, but without the same theme.  He hurried out of the way as more tires appeared above him. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/16 Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.3]]</ref> [[Skitter]] believed Valefor had to be somewhere nearby [[Eligos]].<ref name="21.3 e" /> However, while [[Skitter]] and [[Regent]] started attacking [[Eligos]] and [[Haven]] to look like the top dogs,<ref>“We’re going on the offensive,” I said.  “We don’t come out looking like the top dogs if either of the two groups win.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/16 Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.3]]</ref> Valefor took this time to prepare. He had disguised himself as a teenage girl before using his power on Imp, who strayed away from Skitter and Regent. At a grocery store near [[Eligos]]'s location, a visible [[Imp]] then informed him about [[Skitter]].<ref>I stopped.  Imp had appeared at a grocery store nearby.  She was speaking in a low voice, murmuring.<br><br>“…Skitter said she’d take you on and she can use her bugs to attack you without being seen and she can hear and see this so she knows…”<br><br>“Fuck!” I growled the word.<br><br>“Valefor got her,” Regent drew the obvious conclusion..<br><br>“I told her to stay close,” I said, breaking into a run.  Rosary wasn’t even a consideration.<br><br>“She’s not the type to listen!”  Regent huffed.  Rosary started to follow us, then hesitated, glancing at Eligos. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/16 Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.3]]</ref> He compelled a woman to pretend to be his mother and hid in her embrace.

When Skitter and Regent arrived at the grocery store with a swarm as cover, he then stepped out and told the hostages listening to him to kill themselves or to kill Skitter and Regent if they moved. He finished by telling them to forget he had given them orders and directed a visible Imp to go out and kill her teammates before killing herself.

A visible Imp charged at the swarm before Regent hijacked her and had her charge at Valefor. Valefor tried to get everyone to kill themselves, but Imp's body kicked him between the legs. Imp's body pinned him against the ground, knife to his throat, and demanded he cancel his orders. He tried to ask how she had managed to free herself of his influence only to be slapped across the face. After the crowd dispersed, the no longer hijacked Imp struck him again but stopped when Skitter told her to.<ref name="21.3 e4">“To everyone listening, if that swarm or any of the people inside move away from that spot, or if something happens to me,” a young girl spoke in a man’s voice, stepping out of the sheltering embrace of a middle-aged woman. “Kill yourselves or do your best to kill them, I don’t care which.”<br/>[...]<br/>“…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.”<br/><br/>Imp drew her knife with one hand and her taser with the other. She paused a second, and then charged for Regent and I.<br/><br/>I tensed. I had options, but if any of his hostages read it as a cue to kill themselves- no.<br/><br/>I could shoot from the midst of the cloud, but then we’d be paralyzed. There was no guarantee that Valefor’s influence would end with his death.<br/><br/>I’d told myself I’d be heartless, but this wasn’t what I’d meant.<br/><br/>Imp turned a right angle, moments before plunging into the swarm. She charged for Valefor.<br/><br/>He reacted, giving an order, “Everyone listening, kill yo-”<br/><br/>He didn’t get any further. She kicked, directing the attack between Valefor’s legs.<br/><br/>Valefor hit the ground, and Imp kicked him between the legs once more for good measure.<br/><br/>“Cancel the orders, fuckwit!” she growled, dropping on top of him. Her knife pressed against Valefor’s throat.<br/><br/>“How-”<br/><br/>She backhanded him across the face, striking him in one cheekbone with the knife handle.<br/><br/>“Cancel!”<br/><br/>I could sense the crowd relaxing. People hurried away from the scene. It took more than a minute before they were all gone.<br/><br/>Imp struck Valefor again.<br/><br/>“Stop,” I said.<br/><br/>“Regent got one in, I wanted one too,” she said. She spat at Valefor.<br/><br/>I tentatively moved bugs, then settled them around his eyes. Valefor struggled, but froze when Imp pressed the knife against his throat.<br/><br/>Regent got one in?<br/><br/>Oh.<br/><br/>“You… voluntarily gave him control over you?” I asked.<br/><br/>“Little while back,” Imp said. “I wanted to see what it was like. Could come in handy. Did come in handy.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/16 Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.3]]</ref>

Valefor tried to struggle but stopped when Imp pressed the knife against his throat. Skitter blinded him with insects before Imp managed to get the knife in his mouth. Sometime later, he heard someone approaching him and managed to shake off enough bugs to open his eyes. He fixed his gaze on Skitter before the insects she had dropped onto him. He tried to use his power to make her stop only for Imp to move the knife and then bring her knee into his chin. Skitter then stepped on his hand and his struggles intensified until he turned his head to throw up.<ref name="21.3 e4" />

Eventually, Skitter told Imp to let Valefor get up before ordering him to walk. Valefor, blinded and exhausted from the ordeal, was then marched to where [[Rosary]] was. Skitter shoved him towards Rosary and he tripped. After Rosary realized what Skitter had done, Skitter told her that he would need antibiotics for his eyes and that the choice of saving his vision was up to her.<ref name="21.3 e5">I approached Valefor and Imp.<br/><br/>Valefor heard the footsteps, must have felt the impact as I stepped forward, standing over him. He shook his head violently, oblivious to the knife Imp had placed in his mouth. That, or he’d overheard something I’d said and didn’t care anymore.<br/><br/>He managed to shake enough bugs off that he could open his eyes. He fixed his gaze on me, and I froze. My thoughts dissolved to warm, wet, white noise.<br/><br/>The maggots, millipedes and centipedes dropped from my hand. A part of me that was aware without being quite conscious controlled them, carried out my intent. They spilled onto his face, and moved toward his eyes. The stronger bugs helped pave the way for the others, leveraging the eyelids away from the eyes so the maggots could pass beneath.<br/><br/>“No!” he shouted, around the knife. “Sto-”<br/><br/>Imp shifted position. She was kneeling on his chest, and she moved the knife, bringing one knee into Valefor’s chin. I could feel the force of the impact through the bugs on his face.<br/><br/>“Oh god,” Imp said, “Gross. Gross, gross, gross. Did I get any of them on me?”<br/><br/>My thoughts were clearing. I blinked, and the movement felt painfully slow, as though I were almost asleep.<br/><br/>“You didn’t get any bugs on you,” I said, stepping on Valefor’s right hand. Imp held his left with one hand, and held the knife’s blade against Valefor’s makeup-caked lips. He groaned and writhed beneath her grip.<br/><br/>“They stink,” Imp complained.<br/><br/>“You’re imagining it.”<br/><br/>“I’m really not.”<br/><br/>Valefor’s struggles continued. His writhing intensified, and it got to the point where he had to turn his head to throw up.<br/><br/>When he turned his head my way, his eyes moved over me, unseeing. His chest was heaving as though he’d just run a long distance.<br/>[...]<br/>“He’s blind,” she voiced the realization out loud. “You blinded him.”<br/><br/>I nodded, still silent.<br/><br/>“Permanently?”<br/><br/>I had to give a response, now. “He’ll need antibiotics. Both Valefor and Eligos will need medical care. It’s up to you whether you save his vision.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/imago-21-3/ Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.3]]</ref>

After being given to the Protectorate he was charged and presumably jailed.<ref name="5.12 e1">“I thought it was another kind of brainwashing after I heard about Valefor’s exploits in Brockton Bay, with the arrest and trial,” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/03/shadow-5-12/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.12]]</ref>