Editing Myrddin (section)

==Personality==
Myrddin is outspoken with others and willing to take a stand. During [[the Simurgh]]'s attack on [[Madison|Madison, Wisconsin]], he strongly disagreed with escalating quarantine measures. He called out [[Dragon]] when she made the excuse of following orders despite disagreeing with these measures.<ref name="17.4 e8" />

He is a cautious individual. After [[Armsmaster]] attacked [[Gwerrus]] and set her ablaze,<ref name="17.4 e3">Krouse stood as the man in armor walked up to him.  Walked past him as though he weren’t even there.<br>[...]<br>There was a ''tink'' and she was set on fire, head to toe.<br><br>The flames were hot enough and close enough to Krouse that they could have burned him, ''should'' have burned him.  But he barely felt the warmth of them.  Barely felt anything.  The Simurgh’s scream had faded, and his own wounded hand was little more than a dull throb. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/11 Excerpt] from [[Migration 17.4]]</ref> Myrddin told Armsmaster that these actions were reckless as they did not know the particulars of her power.<ref name="17.4 e4">“Hey,” Krouse said, turning to the man in armor.  There was no response.  “Hey, my friend needs-”<br><br>“That was reckless,” Myrddin said, speaking over Krouse.  “Attacking when we didn’t know the particulars of her power.”<br><br>“Two most likely vectors for it,” the armored man said, talking as though he couldn’t hear Krouse.  He raised his voice a little to be heard over Gwerrus’ screams.  “Either she needed to see me, or there needed to be some correlation between me and the damage done.  Smoke plus a nonlethal bullet works as a test for the first case.  Besides, priority one is minimizing interactions, right?”<br><br>“Yes.  But it was still reckless.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/11 Excerpt] from [[Migration 17.4]]</ref> He considered it a priority to minimize exposure at [[Madison]].<ref name="17.4 e6" /><ref name="17.4 e9" /> During the [[Battle against Echidna]], when [[Tattletale]] proposed opening a [[portal]] to [[Earth Aleph]] with some of the present capes<ref name="19.4 e1">“I do.  I want to use Scrub’s power in conjunction with another power that draws heavily on accessing other worlds.  It’s why I contacted Faultline’s crew.  They’re our best bet.  Myrddin might work, but he’s unlikely to cooperate.  Scapegoat could work too, but I think it’d take too long, and it might need a human sacrifice, having Scrub hit someone who was heavily affected by the goat’s power.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/02 Excerpt] from  [[Scourge 19.4]]</ref> to bargain with the [[Travelers]],<ref name="19.4 e2">“You want to tear a hole in reality to send them ''home''?” Tecton asked.<br><br>“It’s the best bargaining chip we have, short of a cure for Noelle.”<br><br>“How do we even know which world it is?”<br><br>“We don’t, but we can ask,” Tattletale said.  “What I’m getting at is that this is our best weapon, our best bargaining chip and our best tool.  If I’m right, if I‘m ''close'' to right, then this is a way to shut powers off at the ''source''.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/02 Excerpt] from  [[Scourge 19.4]]</ref> he believed it was too risky, dangerous, and not guaranteed to work.<ref name="19.4 e3">“It’s too dangerous,” Myrddin said.  He stood by with Miss Militia and Chevalier beside him.<br><br>“It’s our best option,” Tattletale said.<br><br>“It’s a plan that puts everyone involved at an immense degree of risk, and it costs us time we don’t have.”<br><br>“We have a ''little'' time,” Tattletale retorted.  “I don’t see any movement there, do you?”<br><br>“We can’t even guarantee it’ll work,” Myrddin replied. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/02 Excerpt] from  [[Scourge 19.4]]</ref>

He styles himself as a wizard.<ref name="cast-page" /> Although it is unknown if he genuinely believes he is a wizard,<ref name="23.1 e1">“I know the basics,” I said.  I’d read the file in Tattletale’s office.  “They’re wizards, or they pretend to be, like Myrddin.  Led by a time traveller.” - [[Drone 23.1]]</ref> Myrddin did discuss the cynic-believer relationship with [[Chevalier]] and presumably mentioned magic.<ref name="I28x e1" />

===Reputation===
Myrddin was considered one of the most powerful heroes in the [[United States of America]], and a long-standing and highly valued member of the [[Protectorate]].<ref name="IRC topHeroes"><Wildbow> Armsmaster appears in the posters and such of the top Protectorate heroes.<br><Wildbow> When they do the image of everyone standing in a 'v' formation <br>[...]<br><Wildbow> Nah. Legend in front, Alex and Eidolon to the left and right, respectively. Then Myrddin, Chev, Cinereal, Narwhal, Rime, Exalt, Armsmaster, Dragon suit silhouette in the background, wings echoing the wings of the PRT logo over their heads. - Wildbow on IRC, [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/21173580 archived on Spacebattles]</ref><ref name="5.x e1"/><ref name="I28x e1" /><ref name="17.8 e2">“I’ll be just as bad as the Simurgh.  In a different way.  I touch someone, and then I spit out copies.  Uglier, stronger… meaner.  I can’t control them.  If I got my hands on one of the major heroes?  Someone like that Myrddin guy?” - [[Migration 17.8]]</ref> [[Gregor]] believed Myrddin was globally recognized and got his position because he was intelligent, strong, and talented.<ref name="5.x e1" /> When [[Raymancer]] was suffering from acute radiation poisoning, [[Tecton]] had faith that his superior would find someone who could help Raymancer.<ref name="19.3 e2">“Worrying about him is fine,” I said, and the image of Grue sitting at the base of the wall flickered through my mind’s eye, “But the best thing you can do for Raymancer is get through this thing alive, and when you’re done, you can do your job as team leader and find someone who can help him.”<br><br>“Myrddin will do that.”<br><br>“Maybe,” I said.  “But are you really willing to trust the well-being of your teammate to a supervisor?  Wouldn’t it feel better to handle it yourself?”<br><br>“Unless I have reason not to, I’ll rely on Myrddin and I’ll feel better doing that,” Tecton replied.  “All of this, this whole scenario, the organization of it all, it doesn’t work unless there’s a measure of trust.”<br><br>“Okay,” I said.  His reply had caught me off guard.  I hadn’t expected Tecton to have that kind of faith in his superiors, and I couldn’t be sure if it was my own bias or naiveté on his part that were at fault for this gap in understanding.  Even if I were right, though, it wasn’t my place to ‘fix’ him.  “You lead the way you have to.  Sorry to make assumptions.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/02/26 Excerpt] from [[Scourge 19.3]]</ref>

Myrddin is willing to interact with news organizations. He participated in at least one interview<ref name="I28x e1" /> and made a public statement about [[Madison]].<ref name="17.6 e1" />

According to [[Tattletale]], Myrddin considers himself the resident dimension manipulator for the [[Protectorate]].<ref name="19.4 e4">“Are you saying that because you consider yourself the resident dimension manipulator or because you’re afraid it’ll lead to a big revelation about Cauldron?”<br><br>I could have imagined it, but I could have sworn my bugs were aware of a collective intake of breath.  Not everyone present, not even one in five… but people did react.<br><br>How far did this reach?<br><br>“What are you talking about?”  Myrddin asked.<br><br>“No?  I’m not seeing anything from you.  Guess you’re in the clear,” Tattletale replied. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/02 Excerpt] from  [[Scourge 19.4]]</ref> He does not appear to be well-known to non-cape geeks in [[Earth Aleph]]; [[Noelle]] initially knew nothing about him despite being aware of heroes in [[Earth Bet]].<ref name="17.3 c1">I’d hoped it was clear – there’s shared information and media between universes (see chapter 3.3 or something like that where Dr. Haywire is first brought up), enough that Krouse and his friends know about the heroes in the other world, not so much that someone who isn’t a cape geek like Jess would know the details about the Simurgh’s power. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/migration-17-3/#comment-8896 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Migration 17.3]]</ref><ref name="17.7 e2">''Doing this all backwards, deciding on a strategy before I’ve fully tested my powers.  Don’t even know my own range.''<br>[...]<br>“I can swap us out with someone in the crowd, if it comes down to it.  Happen to know anything about Myrddin?  Maybe Jess said something?”<br><br>Noelle shook her head. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/14 Excerpt] from [[Migration 17.7]]</ref>
===Relationships===
====[[Chevalier]]====
Myrddin had a long time friendship with the pseudo-knight, leading into them working well together in the field.<ref name="19.5 e1"/> They had an ongoing debate on what differentiates believer and cynic.<ref name="I28x e1">“I bet I would,” Chevalier said.  He sighed.  “But you can find parallels between any two things if you look for them.”<br><br>“You’re a cynic,” she said.  She smiled a little.  “A little ''magic'' could temper that, and if you wanted to return the fav-”<br><br>“Check her phone,” Chevalier said.<br>[...]<br>“I’ll confess I spent all night reading up on you,” Ingenue said.<br><br>“I believe it,” Chevalier said.  “But the cynic-believer relationship, that was something Myrddin and I joked about.  Word for word, your quip just now, you borrowed that from the files.”<br><br>“A news interview with top members of the Protectorate,” Ingenue said.  Her head hung.<br><br>“Ten years ago.”<br><br>“Eleven.” - [[Cockroaches 28.x (Interlude)]]</ref>

====[[Alexandria]]====
The heroine considered Myrddin a dear friend.<ref name="22.4">“I don’t blame you,” she said. “I loved Hero. I loved Legend, and Eidolon, and Myrddin. I know what it means to pass through hell together, to take a desperate breath for air, to clutch for clarity of mind, and help each other find the briefest of respite in the little things, only to plunge into that hell once more. The little jokes, the familiarity, the gestures and small kindnesses, they count for a lot, when you’ve been through what we’ve been through-” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/11 Excerpt] from [[Cell 22.4]]</ref>

====[[Armsmaster]]====
May have had a hand in getting Armsmaster's transfer to [[Chicago]].<ref name="7.x e1">She stood there, paging through the folder of paperwork, stunned.  “Where are you going?”<br><br>“Chicago.”<br><br>Hannah broke into a smile, “Chicago!  That’s fantastic!  A bigger city, a bigger team!  Where’s Myrddin being moved?”<br><br>“He stays in Chicago.”<br><br>Hannah shook her head, “But…” she trailed off.<br><br>The hard look on Colin’s face was telling enough. - [[Interlude 7]]</ref> Armsmaster implies he considered Myrddin one of his few friends, though he notes that his relationships were weak enough that he's not sure most people would consider it friendship.<ref>“I’m very much the same, Lookout.  I made… almost no friends, over the years.  Chevalier, Myrddin, Miss Militia.  I’m not even sure most would look at those relationships and think of them as friendships.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/08/13 Excerpt] from [[From Within 16.1]]</ref>