Patrick Knight (Earth-30)

**Nicknames**
Pat, Patty, Patrick Star, Pops

**Friends**
Jane Harper (Elektra)
Alexis May
Ren Carter (Jinx)
Tyler Price (Night Surfer)
Hendrix Shays

The loving and wise **Patrick Knight** was a symbol of hope and stability in both The Daniels Household and the city of Las Vegas. Born in Vegas, Patrick would graduate from Spring Valley High School and enlist in the military to follow a misguided friend of his. During his time as a Marine and stationed in Japan, Patrick would learn what it meant to become a hero and a leader for his squadron but his misguided friend would pass away nevertheless. He would return to the states and join the LVMPD after gaining his Criminology degree in the army. He would eventually settle down and marry Jessamy Eden, bringing their son, Jordan Knight into the world. However, Jessamy would sadly pass away after complications during childbirth.

Now, with a child and having no idea what to do, Patrick would encounter Jennifer Daniels four years later who had her own child, a two-year old Shay Daniels. This led to Jennifer and Patrick falling in love and getting married and it was during this time, Patrick would assume the role of a father in Shay's life. Sadly, however, Patrick would die tragically and became the reason why Shay became The Spectacular Tarantula. While dead, Patrick's influence and legacy is felt throughout by individuals who knew him and has been stated by Evan Edwards that Patrick as a person and his subsequent death is the catalyst for the birth of the modern age of heroes. Darkly, Patrick will never be able to see this new age he bore.

## **Attributes**

### **Abilities**

* **Experienced Detective**: Patrick was known as "The Youngest Detective in LVMPD History" for a reason. He had solved cases that were thought cold or impossible and oftentimes did it with limited resources and evidence. He was an outstanding detective and a pillar in the community as most cases were given to him by people who needed his help. He was almost like a P.I. but still reported to the LVMPD and worked under them. However, he got special treatment because of his work on these cases, allowing him to take on his own or reopen cold ones. The last three cases he was working on were dark. The first was the case that got him killed which was a string of casino robberies while the second was a cold case given to him by a friend of his in the NYPD about a young woman who gave birth but died - allegedly - in childbirth. Patrick discovered that the young girl was Jane and even discovered that Shredder was the one who killed her mother and sent her to Vegas but couldn't tell Jane this as he died the next day. The third case was of Shay's father who had disappeared. Patrick had gotten an itch after seeing the spider that ate Shay on his sixteenth birthday and wanted to investigate it which led to Patrick discovering that Shay's father - only known as Dr. Daniels - was the one who discovered the race of spiders and the think-tank he was apart of. However - much like the previous case -, He died before he could do anything about it and his cases were gifted to his mother who kept them from both Shay and Jane. Even Hendrix claimed that Patrick was a better detective than him and the two became extremely close.

## **Notes/Trivia**

* Patrick was originally created to be within The Nevadaverse as Morpheus didn't want to follow the trope of "single mother" for Jennifer. In that reality, he didn't die but rather stayed alive for the entirety of Shay's life. Same with Oceans 47 and in Oceans specifically, Patrick got to meet his granddaughter, Cass Daniels.
* The idea of killing Patrick came from NeoFantasy as he and Morpheus both wanted to give Donuts Shay that moment in the Hero's Journey to be forced to be called to action. Donuts doesn't have a Mademoiselle Carver and so, Patrick died as a result of Shay's actions, much like Uncle Ben for 616-Peter.
* Patrick actually had a series of Jordan's himself.

## **References**

1. ↑ Welcome to the Show
2. ↑ Dummy
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mythos
4. ↑ Loud Noises & Scary Stances