Cheval has always had a strong will to become a monster rider and to bond with all of his monsters. At one point, he lost his mother to a Nargacuga covered in a black blight. It was at this point something changed about him. He had become ruthless before he realized that revenge would not change the course of events, and he returned to being the kind and strong willed rider he once was. He has a Rathian by the name of Rathi as his Monstie. He is a character from Monster Hunter Stories 2: The Wings of Ruin.