Editing Case 53 (section)

==Details==
Case 53s were first discovered in out-of-the-way locations in urban areas across [[North America]] and around the world.<ref name="26.x">There were countless messages pouring in, each something that had been flagged as a point of interest for Dragon.  Every message on [[Parahumans Online]] that contained the word Scion or the phrase ‘[[End of the World|end of the world]]’, every reference to a class-S threat, even crime scene reports that raised questions.<br>He pored through them.  Some kid inquiring about an Endbringer cult.  A case fifty-three appearance in Ireland, with deaths.  [[Lisette|A woman]] claiming she could control Scion.  A tinker claiming he had a bomb that could start a new ice age. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/interlude-26-donation-bonus-1/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26.x|26.x (Donation Interlude; Saint)]]</ref> They all exhibit retrograde amnesia, with their first memories being waking up in a strange city.<ref name="5.x">[[Interlude 5]]</ref> They typically exhibit severe physical alterations or disfigurements, and are each marked somewhere on their body with a symbol resembling a stylized "C" or the Greek letter Omega. 

Although Case 53s are generally bizarre or monstrous in appearance (barring exceptions like [[Shamrock]]), it appears that over the years the external appearances of new Case 53s have become progressively more "normal". [[Faultline]] estimated that four out of five "monstrous"-looking [[parahumans]] were Case 53s.<ref name="5.x">[[Interlude 5]]</ref>