Pascal Deveraux

Pascal Deveraux (aka The Hawk) is the secondary antagonist in Stronghold 2. He is featured as an AI character in Kingmaker mode.
==Appearance and personality==
Pascal looks a lot like Sir William, being brothers. The Hawk often wears a black hood over his head, so that only his face can be seen. Like all other characters, Pascal wears a cloak, which is turquoise/teal in color.
The Hawk is a shrewd character. He seems to still have some affection for his brother, trying to persuade him to Lord Barclay's side rather than kill him straight away. When it becomes obvious that Sir William will not budge, he seems ready to kill anyone, including his brother, to get power. Pascal also seems has a tendency to be cruel to those who defy him.
==Biography==
The Hawk is an influential lord in England, who assists Lord Barclay in his cause to overthrow the King. He is mostly seen as a second-in-command for Barclay, who supplies him with political advice and work in return for reputation. Deveraux also seeks power and the extension of his influence in his personal quest.
Pascal is responsible for the ignition of a series of events that left the Royal Court in shambles. Deveraux was initially an aid of the King, who was to celebrate the fifth anniversary of peace. He used his position to organize a plot to dethrone the King. As a first event, the King was poisoned by him, as the feast was about to begin. His brother and aid, Sir William was summoned to take care of the King, however he was quickly lured away to a campaign, as Pascal hired Olaf Grimtooth to start a devastating campaign. As William left, Deveraux gained control over the Royal Guard. He quickly sold the weaponry of the Guard, effectively dismantling it. The defenseless King quickly gathered and escaped with the help of constable John Briggs, but this did not stop the country from shaking and being cast into turmoil.
Pascal is summoned by Lord Barclay, after he is notified of the escape of his brother (Sir William), from Barclay's castle. He has not heard of him long ago, however he is determined to finish him off. Hence, he entrusts Barclay to hire Olaf for the job. Grimtooth heads out to dispatch William and Steele, however fails to do so.
Pascal takes part in the siege of Edwin Blackfly's castle, after Edwin is repelled and fails to control Lord Barclay's lands. As the attack starts, Lady Seren joins their ranks and convinces them to negotiate Steele's surrender. After a brief moment, she betrays them and her army turns against them. Desperately starting the siege, they fail to tip off Steele and William. Nonetheless, Steele's talent and persistence grabs their attention. Barclay offers Steele the chance to join their ranks.
===The Blue Path===
Deveraux and Barclay try to siege Lady Seren's abbey after Steele refuses to join them. Unsuccessful to conquer the castle, Pascal retreats to his homeland. Sir William bears arms immediately to take care of him. As Pascal is threatened by William's army, his own vassals trap William in his bog, but William also destroys a vital bridge to the mainland, cutting him off. By the time he finishes rebuilding the bridge, William is rescued by Steele and his vassals slain.
In an attempt to avenge his friends, Pascal sets out with an army along with the Bull to remove Steele. He asks Barclay to assist, but he refuses and instead offers to guard his rear. Steele's troops eventually kill Pascal, where Barclay revealed that he had intentionally let him die so he would have one less competitor to the crown.
===The Green Path===
Pascal only appears after the siege of the Abbey, after he is out in a mission to uncover the King's hiding place. Although he is unsuccessful in doing so, he and Barclay sends Steele to deal with William. While Steele is busy removing his former superior, Deveraux calms down the outrage coming from the Abbey's siege. Afterwards, Barclay and Steele sign a treaty that the new King should be the one who fells the current King.
Eventually, the King's castle is found and quickly comes under attack. Barclay, Steele and Pascal each lead their own armies in a race to the crown. Although they suffer heavy casualties, Steele's forces land the killing blow, forcing Pascal to swear fealty to him alongside Barclay.
==Castles and strategies==
The Hawk emphasizes harassment over strong armies. He fuels a robust economy, takes care of his defense and prefers the usage of siege equipment in warfare.
===Castle===
Pascal's castles are mostly rectangular, fielding numerous towers and multiple gatehouses. Lookout towers are frequent, however square towers also host mangonels and ballistae. Archers and outlaws guard strategic spots. Rolling logs are mounted sporadically on the walls, while wall lines are defended by man traps.
===Economy===
The Hawk runs an extensive, albeit small economy. He gathers all types of food and produces a small array of royal food for feasts. Running archers as his only barracks units, he makes plenty of fletcher's workshops to supply his archers.
To counter his high taxes, the Hawk runs an inn.
===Unit compositions===
Similarly to his brother, Pascal produces many archers, although the swordsmen are replaced with outlaws as he does not build Armourer's Workshops and blacksmiths despite harvesting iron. His armies are also noticeably smaller.
*Defense: archer (guarding walls), outlaw (personal defense, guarding spots)
*Harassment/estate force: archer, catapult, fire ballista
*Offense: archer, spearman, outlaw, catapult, fire ballista, cat, mantlet
==How to deal with==
===Defense===
Due to a glitch of not making poleturners' workshops to produce spearmen for a siege, the Hawk will generally run small groups of siege equipment and archers, which can be dealt with easily regardless if walls are built or not.
===Offense===
Similarly to Lady Seren, Pascal has a very small keep enclosure. Unlike his brother William, Pascal runs magonels on his large towers rather than ballistae. The small enclosure generally ensures that his interior remains safe, although his exterior tends to take a beating as a result.
To defeat Pascal, simply run a few catapults to destroy his stone buildings; laddermen for walls instead if those aren't being brought along. You may want to pre-siege with trebuchets first to handle any rolling log placements.
A few knights will generally have no issue taking down Pascal, although you may also want to run some other melee units to handle the archers around the castle walls.
==Quotes==
For the Kingmaker quotes of Pascal, see: /Quotes
==Trivia==
*The Hawk does not siege with the original castle designs, due to not recruiting spearmen. This can be solved by giving him poleturners. An AI Castle pack fixing the problem can be found here Heavengames mod.
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==References==
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Category:Stronghold 2 Characters