Travis Navarre

"'Can you put on some clothes? Your ass is offensive and I'm at suicide risk.' - Travis to Chevelle"Travis Navarre (ナバラ) is significant character in both seasons of Finding the Garden of Eden.

Background
Corporal Travis Navarre was born on January 28th, 2230 and raised in Junktown on his family's ranch, along with his younger brother Jett who was born in 2235. Their parents were captured and presumably killed by a group of Raiders in 2238, and the two had to fend for themselves. In 2250 he joined the NCR and became close friends with Alexander Fordyce and C-Money, until Alexander deserted Fireteam Foxtrot. Travis was later stationed at a camp somewhere in New California in 2255, where newborn Chevelle Fordyce is brought to him by Atlas with a letter.

Season two
Travis is assigned by Melissa Byrne to be Chevelle's guardian until he'd be adopted, which Travis is reluctant to. He even asks Private James if he'd adopt Chevelle, as he took a liking to him over anyone else but James declined due to future deployment. Chevelle was never adopted which prevented Travis from being relocated elsewhere until Chevelle was of age to enlist (17). During the seventeen year period, Travis was almost entirely absent from Chevelle's life and rarely talked to him, only doing the bare minimum of making sure he was fed and healthy to the NCR's standards. In 2272 once Chevelle was seventeen and enlisted, Travis was able to return to the front lines and was stationed at the Mojave Outpost. In 2280 he was moved to Camp McCarran, with Chevelle stationed at the nearby New Vegas Strip as an MP. After Travis confirmed through Chevelle that Jett was part of the Fiends in September of 2281, he swore Jett off as an enemy and disowned him as a brother. He then hired Ranger Long to stage Jett's death, which inadvertently distanced Chevelle from Travis even further before Chevelle gets deployed to Forlorn Hope. The day Chevelle leaves, Travis tells Chevelle about Alex and Hita, and hugs him for the first time in 26 years.

After the NCR's success in Second Battle of Hoover Dam, Chevelle resigns from the NCR, and Navarre can be seen looking disappointed for reasons unknown. Ranger Andrew gets his orders moved to North Vegas Square to be closer to his home with Chevelle, and is positioned with Long and Navarre to be present in the settlement. Chevelle requests Andrew bring him to the settlement to talk to Navarre, and Chevelle assaults him. The fight is quickly ended when Long apprehends Chevelle, which results in an argument between Travis, Long, and Andrew the next day. Navarre admits he wasn't a fit parent for Chevelle, and Long begins to believe Andrew's defense for Chevelle.

In 2283 Navarre is found by Melissa consuming Psycho, where Navarre admits he had his doubts for how he raised Chevelle, and confesses his love for Alex to her. After speculations of Chevelle's success, Navarre decides to resign from the NCR. Shortly after no luck of finding a better lifestyle, he ironically ends up as a Fiend. Navarre ends up residing in Vault 3, where he had by then changed his alias to Wither to hide the fact he was responsible for Jett's "death". When Chevelle is kidnapped by the Fiends later on, Travis is confronted with the surprise that Chevelle was pregnant. He insults Chevelle, where Chevelle kicks him in the groin and proceeds to get locked in a prison cell as punishment. In the meantime while Tycho and Cyr attempt to break Chevelle out of the Vault, Travis reveals to Chevelle the exact reasons why he hates him, confronting his past and never having closure with his past relationship with Alex. He discloses that he and Alex were together intimately, but not exclusively as he had left Navarre for Hita which broke his heart. Chevelle on the contrary forgives Navarre for the things he's done, telling him that he doesn't hate him. Tycho and Cyr find Chevelle after killing the Fiend leader Motor Runner, sparing Travis' life for the key to the cell Chevelle was locked in.

Some months after Motor Runner was killed, the Fiends were left without a leader and were disbanding and wearing thin across the Mojave. Travis decides to leave the Fiends to reflect on his poor life choices, meeting up with Melissa in North Vegas to ask if she knew anything about Chevelle's whereabouts, and that he wanted to tell Chevelle he was sorry for the things he had done. She tells Navarre that Chevelle just had a baby and might not want to hear his apology, but Navarre insisted and shows up later on in front of Chevelle and Elizabeth's neighboring homes. He is confronted by ANGEL to state his business, and to surrender his weapons. Elizabeth escorts Travis into Chevelle's home where he recognizes Tycho, and then comes face to face with Chevelle and Cyr. Cyr is understandably defensive for Chevelle, not wanting to hear Navarre's apologies. Chevelle hears Navarre out, and calls him out on the fact that Jett is still alive. Once everything is talked out, Chevelle finds it in his heart to forgive him and invites him to be part of his family. Navarre agrees, getting to meet Chevelle and his friends, and his newborn son Eden.