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** Both of her swords are {{Absurdly Sharp Blade}}s (thanks to Muramasa and Tock Tick)? She's using swords made with Tinkertech[[/note]](which is admittedly at least partly true)[[note]]!

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** Both of her swords are {{Absurdly Sharp Blade}}s (thanks to Muramasa and Tock Tick)? She's using swords made with Tinkertech[[/note]](which Tinkertech[[note]](which is admittedly at least partly true)[[note]]! true)[[/note]]!

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The current bearer of the Butcher's mantle, which she gained by accidentally killing the then-current Butcher (Quarrel) in the midst of her own Trigger Event. Thanks to her Trigger Event, Taylor possesses one of the most powerful Master abilities in recorded history, being able to finely control all insects, crustaceans, arachnids and arthropods within a radius around her roughly equivalent to that of three city blocks. Unlike the previous Butchers, though, her insect control also manifests in her being able to temporarily "silence" each of the Butcher's voices within the Chorus (at the cost of temporarily deadening her emotions). Taking advantage of this opportunity, Taylor has decided to strike out on her own and make a name herself as the independent Hero Tinker "Elpis" by fixing up Brockton Bay.

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The current bearer of the Butcher's mantle, which she gained by accidentally killing the then-current Butcher (Quarrel) in the midst of her own Trigger Event. Thanks to her Trigger Event, Taylor possesses one of the most powerful Master abilities in recorded history, being able to [[PestController finely control all insects, crustaceans, arachnids and arthropods within a radius around her roughly equivalent to that of three city blocks.blocks]]. Unlike the previous Butchers, though, her insect control also manifests in her being able to temporarily "silence" each of the Butcher's voices within the Chorus (at the cost of temporarily deadening her emotions). Taking advantage of this opportunity, Taylor has decided to strike out on her own and make a name herself as the independent Hero Tinker "Elpis" by fixing up Brockton Bay.



* PestController: As in canon, Taylor has the natural ability to mentally control all invertebrates within a radius of roughly three city blocks around herself.



** Both of her swords are {{Absurdly Sharp Blade}}s (thanks to Muramasa and Tock Tick)? She's using swords made with Tinkertech (which is admittedly at least partly true)!

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** Both of her swords are {{Absurdly Sharp Blade}}s (thanks to Muramasa and Tock Tick)? She's using swords made with Tinkertech (which Tinkertech[[/note]](which is admittedly at least partly true)! true)[[note]]!



* RageBreakingPoint: As soon as Madison snidely refers to the horrific bullying campaign against Taylor that nearly ''killed her'' as "just some jokes [Taylor's] not getting over", Taylor immediately stops taking the high road -- as in, she grabs Madison by the throat, ''pins her to the locker room wall'', and snarls out a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Madison for the absolute Hell she, Sophia and Emma put her through for roughly two years all while being fully intent on gutting her right then and there. It's only thanks to both Amy and Flinch that Taylor is prevented from killing Madison on the spot.

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* RageBreakingPoint: As soon as Madison snidely refers to the horrific bullying campaign against Taylor that nearly ''killed ''nearly killed her'' as "just some jokes [Taylor's] not getting over", Taylor immediately stops taking the high road -- as in, she grabs Madison by the throat, ''pins her to the locker room wall'', and snarls out a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Madison for the absolute Hell she, Sophia and Emma put her through for roughly two years all while being fully intent on gutting her right then and there. It's only thanks to both Amy and Flinch that Taylor is prevented from killing Madison on the spot.

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* CastOfSnowflakes: All of the Butchers are described as having very unique visual designs and racial/ethnic backgrounds. Looking just at them without taking into account their various outfits, both Butcher and Anchorage are African-American, Vladimir, Dirty Rotter, Tock Tick, Tactical, Stoneknapper, Bearskin and Taylor are all white, Flinch is heavily implied to be of Hispanic descent, Muramasa and Quarrel are both Japanese-American, Needler is Southeast Asian-American (specifically Indonesian), Firecracker's ethnicity is never stated, and Nemean is a [[HumanoidAbomination Case-53]].

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* CastOfSnowflakes: All of the Butchers are described as having very unique visual designs and racial/ethnic backgrounds. Looking just at them without taking into account their various outfits, both Butcher and Anchorage are African-American, Vladimir, Dirty Rotter, Tock Tick, Tactical, Stoneknapper, Bearskin and Taylor are all white, Flinch is heavily implied to be of Hispanic descent, Muramasa and Quarrel are both Japanese-American, Needler is Southeast Asian-American (specifically Indonesian), Firecracker's ethnicity is never stated, and Nemean is a [[HumanoidAbomination Case-53]].Case 53]].



* HorrifyingTheHorror: All of them are '''terrified''' of fighting the Simurgh, since even outside of her being [[TheDreaded one of]] [[{{Kaiju}} the Endbringers]], her MindRape abilities could potentially turn the effectively immortal Butcher construct into a permanent [[DisasterDominoes "Simurgh time bomb"]]. One of the Butchers even outright tells Taylor that they shouldn't be on the same ''continent'' as the Simurgh whenever possible.

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* HorrifyingTheHorror: All of them are '''terrified''' of fighting the Simurgh, since even outside of her being [[TheDreaded one of]] one]] [[HeroKiller of the]] [[{{Kaiju}} the Endbringers]], her MindRape abilities could potentially turn the effectively immortal Butcher construct into a permanent [[DisasterDominoes "Simurgh time bomb"]]. One of the Butchers even outright tells Taylor that they shouldn't be on the same ''continent'' as the Simurgh "the feathered bitch" whenever possible.



* AbsurdlySharpBlade: To the point where the maximum limit of his power is ''monoatomic''.

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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: To His power in a nutshell, with him being able to increase the sharpness of any pointed object he touches to the point where the maximum limit of his power is said to be ''monoatomic''.



* AbsurdlySharpClaws: As he transforms, he grows a set of viciously sharp talons from his fingers that can shred through steel like it is made of wet paper.

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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: As he transforms, he grows a set of viciously sharp talons from his fingers that can shred through steel like it is made of wet paper.















* GlassCannon: Sundancer is incredibly dangerous offensively, however she's still as durable as any average person.

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* GlassCannon: Sundancer is incredibly dangerous offensively, however she's still but is otherwise only as durable as any the average person.






!!Faultline's Crew/Palanquin In General
A formidable band of parahuman mercenaries based in the Brockton Bay night club "Palanquin". Made up mostly of [[HumanoidAbomination Case 53s]], Faultline's Crew prides themselves on their professionalism and try to keep a neutral presence in local cape politics.
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* ALighterShadeOfGrey: While they're still technically regarded as parahuman villains, their status as professional mercenaries who are most concerned with a stable paycheck results in the Protectorate regarding them as not worth their time, and so are more or less left alone.
* BadassCrew: All of them are skilled warriors and mercenaries who have rightfully made a name for themselves in the parahuman community as efficient & {{Consummate Professional}}s.
* TrueCompanions: They regard each other as close friends and family thanks to the majority of them being Case [=53s=] and thus having no memory of their previous lives.



** As his power only works on metal, this understandably makes [[PlayingWithFire heat-based]] and [[ShockAndAwe electrical attacks]] a major threat to him.

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** As his power only works on metal, this understandably makes [[PlayingWithFire heat-based]] and [[ShockAndAwe electrical attacks]] a major threat to him. Relatedly, he can't carry a cell phone on hand since his power being partly based around magnetism results in him frying any electronics he's left in prolonged proximity with.



* DefiantToTheEnd: An Empire Eighty-Eight thug even mocks Danny when, even after being tortured to the point where he's almost passing out, he's [[SpitefulSpit still trying to spit]] in the white supremacist's face.

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* DefiantToTheEnd: An Empire Eighty-Eight thug even mocks Danny when, even after being he's been tortured to the point where he's almost passing passed out, he's [[SpitefulSpit still trying to spit]] in the white supremacist's face.



* DeadpanSnarker: A lot of her internal dialogue is sarcastic and filtered through her jaded worldview.

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* DeadpanSnarker: A lot of her internal dialogue is heavily sarcastic and filtered through her jaded worldview.



* JerkassHasAPoint: While her bitterness regarding parahumans borders on FantasticRacism, Earth Bet is as much of a CrapsackWorld as it is largely thanks to parahumans and associated phenomena, and this her belief that all parahumans are to be closely monitored & not fully trusted is perfectly understandable.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: While her bitterness regarding parahumans borders on FantasticRacism, Earth Bet is as much of a CrapsackWorld as it is largely thanks to parahumans and their associated phenomena, and this thus her belief that all parahumans are to be closely monitored & not fully trusted is perfectly understandable.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Piggot tries her damndest to keep Brockton Bay standing through careful management and cooperation between her various agents and assigned heroes. As an example, in Hostile Takeover she ultimately agrees with the assessments of Miss Militia, Armsmaster and Deputy Director Renick that Taylor's heroic actions as Butcher [=XV=] have thus far shown that she shouldn't be officially treated as a villain and should instead be re-classified as "only" a vigilante while making sure to put zero pressure on her so they don't arouse her anger... but she also agrees with [=PRT=] Consultant Thomas Calvert to covertly arrange meetings with Faultline's Crew to assist in the possible capture of Taylor if she ever goes off the deep end and also has Armsmaster continue to work on a special tranquilizer to take her down non-lethally if necessary.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Piggot tries her damndest to keep Brockton Bay standing through careful management and cooperation between her various agents and assigned heroes. As an example, in Hostile Takeover ''Hostile Takeover'' she ultimately agrees with the assessments of Miss Militia, Armsmaster and Deputy Director Renick that Taylor's heroic actions as Butcher [=XV=] have thus far shown that she shouldn't be officially treated as a villain and should instead be re-classified as "only" a vigilante while making sure to put zero pressure on her so they don't arouse her anger... but she also agrees with [=PRT=] Consultant Thomas Calvert to covertly arrange meetings with Faultline's Crew to assist in the possible capture of Taylor if she ever goes off the deep end end, and also has Armsmaster continue to work on a special tranquilizer to take her down non-lethally if necessary.it's ever necessary.
* SoleSurvivor: She and Thomas Calvert are the only [=PRT=] agents to have survived the initial -- and disastrous -- attack by the Protectorate against Nilbog.

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