Gallant
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<infobox> <title source="name"><default>Gallant</default></title>
<image source="Image"></image> <image source="image"></image> <group><header>Basic Information</header> <label>Civilian Name</label> <label>Aliases</label> <label>Gender</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Death</label> <label>Age</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Post-timeskip</label> <label>Ward start</label> <label>Relations</label> <label>Family</label></group> <group><header>Professional Status</header> <label>Occupation</label> <label>Classification</label> <label>Unique Features</label> <label>Alignment</label>
<label>Status</label><format><label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Previous Team(s)</label> <label>Base of Operations</label></group> <group><header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label></group> </infobox> Dean Stansfield is a member of the Brockton Bay Wards and the on-and-off again boyfriend of Victoria Dallon.
Personality
Seems to be a natural gentalmen, which may have been influenced by his ability to see people emotions in a way no one could hide.
When in costume he pretended to be a tinker in public by wearing 'secondhand' power armor. He thought he would be able to deal with the damage that Glory Girl's projection ability was doing to to her sister Panacea.<ref name="R1">Gallant knew, he was aware of where Amy was at and where she was going. He also knew that pushing her too hard or too fast would end in disaster. He gently raises the subject, she reacts badly, he backs off. She avoids him, he continues to act friendly in the hopes that when things start getting bad, she can get past her jealousy of him and reach out. He couldn't read minds, but he could get enough of a sense of where she was emotionally to plot this all out pretty damn well. Left alone, it's very possible he could have walked her through it. But life isn't that simple. He plants the seed, he offers his help, but then the city gets chaotic and busy and Amy is off helping people who were affected by Bakuda's bombs and he's patrolling the streets and off doing jobs and they only see each other in passing. Then Leviathan comes, and in Gallant's last moment, he thinks of the girl he genuinely cares about and he has a flash of fear, a moment of regret that he didn't leave a message somewhere to let someone know what was going on with Amy.Rebuttal by wildbow on Reddit</ref>
Relationships
He had a good relationship with Vicky even if they were on again off again broken up patching things together or any number of changes.<ref name="9.3">Sentinel 9.3</ref>
Moved in the same circles as the Anders family, and knew Theo.[citation needed]
Liked spending time with Vista despite the school girl crush she had on him.
Appearence & Equipment
As Gallant, Dean wears futuristic set of silver and gunmetal power armor<ref name="Cast1">Cast (spoiler free)</ref> with an aesthetic grounded in the medieval past. a suit of power armor that takes cues from medival plate armor. This power-suit was created by Kid Win<ref name="23.5"> It’s not customary for tinkers to design things for teammates. If they do, it’s on a relatively small scale, simple. Kid Win making Gallant’s armor, for example. Drone 23.5</ref> and maintained for him by Armsmaster.<ref name="Cast2">Cast (in depth)</ref> Functionally it is largely similar to Armsmasters own power-armor, but much of the enhanced strength this striped down version offers is geared toward letting Gallent move around freely despite it's heavy weight. It allowed him to survive a tousle with Hellhound's enhanced dogs with only a broken rib.<ref name="3.10"/> What strength it does give him allows a large advantage in CQC.<ref name="SB1">Wildbow on Spacebattles</ref>
Abilities and Powers
Dean is an empath capable of generating concussive blasts of energy that can alter emotions in addition to packing a punch.<ref name="Cast2"/> He was somewhat versatile in how he used this energy being able to lob cannonball sized orbs or shoot them from his fingertips in tight beams.<ref name="SB1"/>
He is capable of inflicting specific emotions on his opponents with these blasts. The effect is unreliable when used on individuals like Hellhound, who are not neurotypical.<ref name="3.10">His light blasts were charged with energy that made the people struck feel a particular emotion. Gallant could blast you with one that made you hopeless, scared, sad, ashamed…(snip)...So he’d shot the dangerous psychopath with a blast that made her angry. Someone would have to explain that one to me at a later date. Agitation 3.10</ref> <ref name="SB1"/> Dean is also capable of sensing the emotions of those around himself, though he seems to have issues distinguishing between them.<ref name="I3">Interlude 3</ref>
Glory girl's aura made her unreadable by Gallants aura vision.[citation needed]
History
Background
Was the heir of some company or the other. while going to Arcadia High Dean met and started dating Victoria. When she was fouled in a important basketball game she triggered gaining her powers.
Story Start
Dean was a member of the 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 in Leviathan's attack on Brockton Bay.
His final thoughts were with 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"/>
Post-Leviathan
His passing left Victoria distraught
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