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| image               = Daniel Allard TKH.jpg
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| name                = Daniel Webster Allard
| birthdate           = [[2997]]
| died                = 12 June [[3069]]<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p.??</ref>
| othernames          = 
| affiliation         = [[House Allard]]
| rank                = [[Lieutenant Colonel]]
| title               = 
| position            = 
| profession          = [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]
| parents             = [[Quintus Allard]] (father)<br>[[Tamara Kearney]] (mother)
| siblings            = [[Justin Allard]] (half-brother)<br>[[Riva Allard]]
| spouse              = [[Megan Kell]]<ref name=FM:Mp65>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 65</ref>
| children            = [[Tempest Allard]]<br/>[[Harrison Allard]]<br/>[[Mark Allard]]<ref name=MH55p63>''Mercenary's Handbook: 3055'', p. 63</ref>
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'''Daniel Webster Allard''' was a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] with the [[Kell Hounds]]. Dan, as he was more commonly known,  steadily rose up the ranks of the unit, to full command of the unit after [[Morgan Kell]] retired from active command. The brother of [[Justin Allard]] and uncle of [[Kai Allard-Liao]], Dan married Morgan's illegitimate daughter [[Megan Kell]].

==History==
===Early Years===
Daniel Allard attended [[New Avalon Military Academy]] where he became friends with [[Jacques de Gambier]], whose grandfather had served in the same 'Mech unit as his own.<ref name=W:Rc25>''Warrior: Riposte'', ch. 25</ref>

===Kell Hounds===
Allard was assigned to the Kell Hounds by [[Hanse Davion]]<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', p. 42</ref> for his six year assignment in [[3015]].<ref name=W:EGp26>''Warrior: En Garde'', p. 26: Dan reflects it had been only eleven years since he joined the Kell Hounds (in 3026).</ref> During the Hounds' final action on [[Mallory's World]] in [[3016]], then-[[Lieutenant]] Daniel Allard commanded the Scout/Recon Lance of First Company, First Battalion ("Relentless Wolves").<ref name=KHp27>''The Kell Hounds'', p. 27</ref>  After the battle, he found himself holding the unit together after Morgan Kell reduced the Hounds to a [[battalion]]-sized unit.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', p. 52: Daniel tells Morgan Kell about the hurt Kell inflicted on him.</ref>

===Clan Invasion===
During the [[Battle of Luthien (3052)|Battle of Luthien]] during [[Operation REVIVAL]], Allard and his signature ''[[Wolfhound]]'' were present during the fighting against [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] and [[Clan Nova Cat]].<ref name=LSPp50>''Luthien'', p. 50: "Defender"</ref> 

On [[3055]], Daniel, then Lieutenant Colonel, was part of the [[Red Corsair]] affair. When the Hounds were traveling to [[Elissa]], on [[Alyina]], the local commander, [[Star Colonel]] [[Taman Malthus]], was unwilling to allow them pass, despite the orders of [[Wolf Clan]] [[Khan of Clan Wolf|Khan]] [[Phelan Ward]], but he agreed out of respect to Daniel Allard, for being the uncle of Kai Allard-Liao, whom Malthus considered a comrade.<ref>''Natural Selection'', pp. 300–301: Taman Malthus provides jump charges to the Kell Hounds</ref>

===Death===
Allard continued to pilot his [['Mech]] despite rising to command of the Kell Hounds, until his death on [[Graceland]] in [[3069]] during combat against [[Clan Jade Falcon]], on 12 June [[3069]], when the Falcons abandoned ''zellbringen''. His killer, ironically, was his nephew's friend, [[Taman Malthus]].
Daniel's death was deeply felt by the Hounds. Despite Allard being replaced at command by [[Akira Brahe]], the troops were so demoralized by their loss than had to evacuate Graceland. On Arc-Royal, Duke Morgan Kell declared a week of mourning, and Margrave [[Adam Steiner]] postumously awarded Allard with the Alliance Medal of Honor in a heartfelt ceremony on [[Atocongo]].<ref name=TRO:3050Up32>''Technical Readout: 3050 (Upgrade)'', p. 32: "Wolfhound"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. ??</ref><ref>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'' p. 75</ref>

==BattleMechs==
Originally piloting a ''[[Valkyrie]]'', Daniel Allard sacrificed it to temporarily stop [[Yorinaga Kurita]] on [[Styx]].<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', ch. ?</ref> After its destruction, Allard received a prototype ''Wolfhound'',<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', ch. ?</ref> which became his signature 'Mech and he piloted it until his death. At some point during the [[Clan Invasion]], his 'Mech was fully enhanced with [[Clan]] technology.<ref name=FM:MRp77>''Field Manual: Mercenaries (Revised)'' p. 77: "Kell Hounds"</ref>

==Gallery==
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Dan Allard - D. Alexander Gregory.jpg|Daniel Allard, by D. Alexander Gregory
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Endgame]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries (Revised)]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3070]]''
* ''[[Luthien (scenario pack)|Luthien]]''
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''
* ''[[Warrior: En Garde]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Warrior: Riposte]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Warrior: Coupé]]'' (novel)
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