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9	!!Back to the main page [[FanFic/WeaverNine here]].
10	!![[Characters/WeaverNineSponsoredHeroes Sponsored Heroes - Protectorate, New Wave, Etc.]]
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15	!The Society
16
17	[[folder:The Society (general)]]
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19	A dodgy group of outcasts, criminals, and fugitives forged into one of the most dangerous organizations on earth and united under Weaver's leadership. They are regarded as terrorists by most of the world and joining automatically grants a Kill Order. Based in Kenya, and suspected to be the real power controlling most of Africa, they are classified as an S-class threat by the Protectorate.
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22	* AntiHero: Everyone in the Society falls under this to some extent. They range from DrivenToVillainy[=/=]ForcedIntoEvil[=/=]FallenHero[=/=]AffablyEvil to EvilHero[=/=]NobleDemon, etc.
23	* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: Unusual for this Trope in that they are more professional than the Protectorate (who treat powers as largely part of a dangerous game or Public Relations effort) They have formal uniforms, excellent equipment, impeccable training, and [[BadPowersBadPeople usually more dangerous powers]]. Mostly as a consequence of [[HadToBeSharp their opposition]].
24	* BadassArmy: To the PRT and the Protectorate, an Endbringer attack is equivalent to a malicious natural disaster. An event they can't hope to truly stop, just drive off and minimise the damage. To the Society? It's time for weapons testing.
25	** The force defending Monrovia? Who repelled Leviathan without any casualties? Numbered twelve people and five missiles.
26	* BadPowersBadPeople[=/=]BadPowersGoodPeople: Many Socialites have powers that are almost impossible to use in a PR-friendly way. A great many were forced into villainy as a result. Even their healers fall prey to this: Detox- Addictive Healing; Paragon- Healed parts are replaced with replicas of her own body, and those who have been healed want to spread the 'healing'; Lab Rat- Serums are prone to random mutations, etc.
27	* BigBadEnsemble: A super-grouping of InUniverse {{Designated Villain}}s.
28	%%* {{Cult}}: Some perceptions of The Society fall under this.
29	* {{Demonization}}: PRT propaganda would have you believe Weaver's Society has a habit of forcing innocents into its service. Nothing could be further from the truth, especially since this is an extremely sore point for Taylor herself. Several assertions seem to follow this trend, and while it is unequivocally true the the Society has a lot of shady dealings and dubious methods, they are nothing approaching the bloodthirsty baby-eaters the PRT portrays them as.
30	* EliteArmy: Two instances of Society forces engaging Leviathan resulted in zero casualties for the Society. Contrast to the Protectorate, who lose ''one in four capes'' to every Endbringer fight, due to their ZergRush stratagem.
31	* EnemyMine: {{Subverted}} between the Society and the Protectorate. Apparently standard Protectorate protocol is to refuse Society aid during Endbringer attacks. [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten Probably]] because of their fondness for going for the [[NukeEm Nuclear option.]]
32	* HadToBeSharp: Weaver's Society is constantly besieged by bounty hunters, rival villain organizations, the Yangban, Cauldron and their puppets in the PRT and Protectorate. They survive because they are harder, stronger, and both more ruthless and more vicious than their opposition and willing to use every asset at their disposal. Up to, and including, the lobotomized bodies of their attackers.
33	* JerkassHasAPoint: The Society is prepared to sacrifice civilians and infrastructure without a second thought if it means preserving parahumans whose experience and powers might be vital in eventually defeating the Endbringer. But the fact is that it works. They manage to hit Leviathan harder than anyone short of [[PhysicalGod Scion.]]
34	* NGOSuperpower: Weaver's Society is all but legally a nation unto itself as it claims, holds, administers and maintains territory, infrastructure, population, and a standing army with nuclear arsenal. Most obvious when Weaver offers forty citizens to the defense of Brockton Bay, more than half the number of capes the local Protectorate could gather.
35	* NukeEm: It's implied - and eventually confirmed - that Weaver's Society has nuked the Endbringers before to little effect.
36	%%* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Started out like this.
37	%%* WarForFunAndProfit: The Society, and particularly Weaver, are believed to get in on this.
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39	[[/folder]]
40
41	!!Officers and Command Staff
42
43	[[folder:Queen/Weaver]]
44	!!Taylor (Queen/Weaver)
45	A tall black-haired woman from the USA and the protagonist of {{Literature/Worm}}.
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47	Founding member of the Slaughterhouse Nine. Killed King and seized leadership, reinventing them as The Society. Commonly believed to be a sentient swarm of insects, a misconception she gladly encourages.
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49	Overall Commander of the Society.
50	!!Classification: Changer/Thinker (actually Master/Thinker)
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53	%%* TheChessmaster: As in canon, Weaver is one in spades. She runs circles around the Protectorate.
54	%%* CrazyPrepared: Evident in how she dealt with Coil.
55	* TheDreaded: When she first shows up, everyone is on edge, even the strongest heroes present.
56	* EldritchAbomination: Weaver is believed to be a ghostly mind inhabiting the bodies of any nearby insects, impossible to kill.
57	* {{Expy}}: Her mindset is the same as Magneto when he's not being flanderized into wanting to kill all humans.
58	* TheFettered[=/=]TheUnfettered: Taylor has a vision of a better world, and there are very few things she will NOT do in pursuit of that goal. That said, the few lines she does have she will not cross for any reason. Recruiting innocents by force is one of them. Of course, if you go after Society citizens with malice aforethought, that "innocent" label disappears.
59	%%* ForWantOfANail: Taylor and Jacob being born in each other's places.
60	* HadToBeSharp: As with all the Society membership, she has fought her whole life against overwhelming odds- and won.
61	* SympatheticMurderer: Was forced into crime by King, and, as Jack Slash is in canon, implied to have been raped by King.
62	* TheWormThatWalks: A convenient misconception she encourages. The rest of the world, and most of the Society, believe her to be a disembodied consciousness that lives through the insects under her control.
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64	[[/folder]]
65
66	[[folder:Harbinger]]
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68	!!Harbinger
69	Founding member of the Slaughterhouse Nine. Assisted Queen in assassinating King and then followed her as her right-hand man. His power gives him the ability to interpret the world as mathematical analogues.
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71	Leads the Society’s Think Tank and oversees financial resources. Also one of their better tacticians.
72	!! Classification: Thinker
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74	%%* AwesomenessByAnalysis
75	%%* TheDragon
76	%%* GoodWithNumbers
77	* WalkingShirtlessScene: Not played for sex appeal. Harbinger is shirtless for the Leviathan fight, justified in that Weaver covers him in insects to convey complex coded messages through touch and movement patterns.
78	[[/folder]]
79
80	[[folder:Nyx]]
81
82	!!Nyx
83	Founding member of the Slaughterhouse Nine, and a Case 53. She has red skin, black eyes, and vents along her hairline, the back of her neck and down the backs of her arms.
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85	She can generate a poison gas from theses vents, which she forms into solid shapes that move at her will. If she chooses to release it or the shape is broken it releases the gas.
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87	Followed Queen in creating the Society and became a highly-placed officer.
88	!!Classification: Stranger
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90	* MasterOfIllusion: Generates life like illusions, the illusions are entirely tangible and mobile.
91	%%* PoisonousPerson: Her illusions are made of poison gas.
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93	[[/folder]]
94
95	[[folder:Screamer]]
96	!!Screamer
97	Founding member of the Slaughterhouse Nine. Followed Queen in creating the Society and became a highly-placed officer.
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99	Her power gives her awareness over and the ability to manipulate microvibration in a several-mile wide zone.
100	!!Classification: Shaker/Thinker
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102	* HellIsThatNoise: Weaponizes it by speaking into people's ears.
103	%%* InnerMonologue: After adapting to people's voices, she can imitate this.
104	* MakeMeWannaShout: Usually a subtle version of this, but is able to stun people with loud screeches.
105	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: She is normally calm and smooth like a DJ. So when she starts SuddenlyShouting, things just took a turn for the worse.
106	%%* VoiceChangeling: The primary use for her ability.
107	[[/folder]]
108
109	[[folder:Crane]]
110
111	!!Abigail Rowan-Sato (Crane the Harmonious)
112	Woman with the power to generate a large sphere similar to a giant glass bead that alters movement within its volume. This lets her redirect enemy attacks, focus friendly attacks precisely, and includes a superhumanly intuitive grasp of movement in general.
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114	Group leader of The Society’s frontline troops during the Brockton Bay fight with Leviathan.
115	!!Classification: Thinker/Trump
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118	%%* AllYourPowersCombined: She can pull this off by focusing multiple powers on a single point.
119	%%* ConvergingStreamWeapon
120	%%* DragonLady
121	%%* ForWantOfANail: Crane The Harmonious was not imprisoned in the Birdcage
122	[[/folder]]
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124	[[folder:Number Line]]
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126	!!Number Line
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128	Member of The Society's Think Tank. Commands in Harbinger's absence.
129	!!Classification: Thinker(?)
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131	%%* AwesomenessByAnalysis
132	* MythologyGag: His name is beleived to be this for ''Number Man''- [[ForWantOfANail Harbinger's moniker had he joined Cauldron]].
133	[[/folder]]
134
135	!!Other Socialites
136
137	[[folder:Bakuda]]
138
139	!!Grace Philips (Bakuda)
140	Japanese-American parahuman with the ability to devise and construct bombs. Joined the ABB. Spared by Weaver during the purging of Brockton Bay's villains and inducted after witnessing Lung's death.
141	!!Classification: Tinker (Explosives/Single-Use Devices)
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143	%%* HavingABlast
144	%%* StuffBlowingUp
145	%%* ThrowDownTheBomblet
146	[[/folder]]
147
148	[[folder:Crawler]]
149
150	!!Ned (Crawler)
151	Brute with a Reactive Evolution ability. Whenever he takes damage, he heals back stronger.
152	!!Classification: Brute
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154	[[/folder]]
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156	[[folder: Derrida]]
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158	!!Derrida
159
160	A former villain who claims that he was forced into a life of villainy. Gains the ability to place a teleporting mark, one each day, and can place that mark with skin contact. When he activates his power, the marked person is torn to pieces, and an identical copy of that person is created from raw materials at his location.
161	!!Classification: Striker/Mover
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163	%%* OriginalCharacter
164	[[/folder]]
165
166	[[folder: Dice]]
167
168	!!Dinah Allcott (Dice)
169	A young girl who prophecies that the world will soon end with over eighty percent of all humans dead. Joined Weaver after demanding that all villains in her hometown be disposed of.
170	!!Classification: Thinker
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172	%%* CreepyChild: It is unlikely that she understood exactly what Weaver would do to fullfill her request, but The Society are well known for killing their opponents and worse...
173	%%* CuteAndPsycho: Depending on how you interpret her request of Weaver, this might be the case.
174	%%* ForWantOfANail
175	[[/folder]]
176
177	[[folder:Dreamer]]
178
179	!!Dreamer
180	A whimsical woman with the ability to put anyone she can see to sleep, and drag them into a dreamworld. Prolonged exposure induces bodily changes and may grant new abilities.
181	!!Classification: Trump/Stranger
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183	%%* AffablyEvil
184	%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
185	%%* OriginalCharacter
186	%%* RealityWarper: Dreamer and Labyrinth both have powers like this. Dreamer's works on people.
187	* YourMindMakesItReal: Dreamer's power changes targets to resemble what they are like in the dreamscapes she creates for them.
188	[[/folder]]
189
190	[[folder:Galvanate]]
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192	!!Galvanate
193	A former Mob enforcer destined for the Birdcage. Freed by the Society’s agent, Madcap, he now serves as a bodyguard to Society leadership.
194	!!Classification: Trump
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196	%%* ForWantOfANail: Galvanate was broken out before reaching the Birdcage.
197	* InvincibilityPowerUp: Anyone he uses his power on are invulnerable to physical harm. He serves as a bodyguard for the Society's leaders because of this, should they ever be in significant danger it is his job to make them invulnerable and get them to safety.
198	* PoweredArmor: Wears a flight capable Tinkertech suit of power armor for defense due to the fact that he cannot make himself invulnerable, and to help him quickly evacuate Society leaders if they are in danger.
199	* ShockandAwe: Anyone he makes invulnerable gains an electric touch.
200	* SuperEmpowering: He can give up to five people a set of two powers.
201	[[/folder]]
202
203	[[folder:Heavenly Fist]]
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205	!!Heavenly Fist
206	Mover with the ability to teleport anything he punches into the stratosphere!
207	!!Classification: Striker/Mover
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209	%%* MegatonPunch
210	* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: His MegatonPunch does not have the RequiredSecondaryPowers of cushioning the impact afterwards or slowing the descent phase to humanly-survivable speeds. This means that its use as an escape mechanism is not recommended for anyone lacking SuperToughness, except in the most desperate circumstances.
211	[[/folder]]
212
213	[[folder: Jeopardy]]
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215	!!Jeopardy
216	A German who used his power to help his school quiz team win by taking knowledge from their rivals. Captured by the police, he was presumably broken out the Society.
217	!!Classification: Striker
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219	%%* MundaneUtility: His initial usage of his powers, as above.
220	* VampiricDraining: Jeopardy's power works by draining mental health from a victim and bestowing it to another, along with a temporary burst of knowledge from the victim. It also lets him cure power-induced headaches.
221	[[/folder]]
222
223	[[folder:Labyrinth]]
224
225	!!Elle (Labyrinth)
226	A young girl who was locked up in a mental institution and escaped during an attack by a mercenary goup.
227	!!Classification: Shaker
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229	%%* RealityWarper: Dreamer and Labyrinth both have powers like this. Labyrinth's works on places.
230	[[/folder]]
231
232	[[folder:Madcap]]
233	!!Madcap
234	One of Weaver’s agents. Breaks prisoners out of Protectorate custody and invites them to join the Society.
235	!!Classification: Striker
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237	%%* ForWantOfANail: Madcap is one of Weaver's agents, which means [[spoiler: the Protectorate don’t have Assault.]]
238	[[/folder]]
239
240	[[folder:Quarrel]]
241
242	!! Quarrel
243
244	!!Classification: Breaker
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246	* AlwaysAccurateAttack: her space-warping talent guarantees that her projectile attacks always hit -- unless her target is beyond the weapon's maximum range.
247	%%* ForWantOfANail: Quarrel is one of the Society's citizens, and not Butcher XIV.
248	[[/folder]]
249
250	[[folder:Regent]]
251
252	!!Jean-Paul Vasil/Alec (Regent)
253
254	!!Classification: Master
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256	[[/folder]]
257
258	[[folder:Setsu]]
259
260	!!Setsu
261	A monstrous woman transformed by prolonged exposure to Dreamer’s power. Has no innate powers besides mutations.
262	!!Classification: (?)
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264	%%* AffablyEvil
265	* BodyHorror: She has four brains, multiple hands and mouths, not all human-looking, and other currently unknown mutations.
266	%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
267	%%* OriginalCharacter
268	[[/folder]]
269
270	[[folder:Shatterbird]]
271
272	!!Shatterbird
273	A telekinetic of silicon, controlling the glass through high-frequency sounds. She was born in the Arab Emirates and dosed with a Cauldron formula, prompting the manifestation of her powers and the deaths of thousands.
274	!!Classification: Shaker/Mover
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276	* PersonOfMassDestruction: She can break (and then weaponize) glass over a radius of several miles.
277	[[/folder]]
278
279	[[folder:Tattletale]]
280
281	!! Lisa Wilborne (Tattletale)
282	A blonde girl from the USA. Born Sarah Livsey, her brother commited suicide under circumstances prompting her trigger. After discovering her powers, her parents blamed her for her brother's death but continued to use her to build their personal wealth. This in turn drove Sarah to run away from home.
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284	Forced into service under Coil, and subsequently freed and inducted by the Society.
285	!!Classification: Thinker
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287	%%* AwesomenessByAnalysis
288	%%* SherlockScan: The main component of her power.
289	[[/folder]]
290
291	[[folder:Tatu]]
292
293	!!Tatu
294	A tall, gangly Ugandan with the power to alter others' mental images of themselves and the position of their mental images relative to their physical bodies, such as giving people out-of-body experiences.
295	!!Classification: Striker
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297	%%* AstralProjection: A way of interpreting her powers.
298	%%* OriginalCharacter
299	[[/folder]]
300
301	[[folder:Tranquility]]
302
303	!!Tranquility
304	A young girl Weaver encountered on her first visit to Kenya. She was found starving to death in the corpse-strewn streets of an abandoned village. Tranquility triggered when her father was burned to death by his fellow villagers for being a 'witch', gaining an aura that extended fifteen feet around her body that automatically magnifies and reflects all harmful intent directed at the people inside.
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306	Tranquility protects the Society leaders in exchange for their help rescuing 'witches' from persecution.
307	!!Classification: Shaker/Stranger
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309	%%* OriginalCharacter
310	%%* {{Woobie}}
311	[[/folder]]
312
313	!!Captive Assets of The Society
314
315	[[folder:Chunnel]]
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317	!!Chunnel
318	Hero who went after the Society. Subsequently captured and re-purposed for use as a long-range transporter.
319	!!Classification: Mover
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