Editing The Adepts (section)

==Modus operandi==
The Adepts have practices involve the use of charms (called embellishments),<ref>“Wait,” I said.  The chain- there were charms on it.  “Those charms.”<br><br>“My ''embellishment'',” she said.<br><br>“Shit!” Jouster said.  “Clock!” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/ Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.1]]</ref> rituals, rites, or chants to acquire a mental state closer to their [[trigger event]] and boosting their powers as result.<ref>“Check the surroundings,” Jouster said.  “Tools?  The group’s practices involve using tools, ritual, rites, chants, and all that crap to try to achieve better control over their abilites.”<br><br>“Kind of makes sense,” I said.  “Abilities get stronger when you’re in a mental state closer to how you were thinking before your trigger event, so-”<br><br>“Wait, what?”  Clockblocker cut me off.<br><br>“Yeah,” I said.  “I triggered while I was in a locker.  I’ve been thinking, I get just a little stronger when I feel trapped, or when I despair, or when I feel betrayed.  My range extends.”<br><br>“It doesn’t matter,” Jouster said.  “Three of them.  No tools?” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/ Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.1]]</ref> They try to train their people to be more inventive with their powers.<ref>“Annoying,” she said.<br><br>“Admirable, almost,” Swoop commented.  “This is the sort of thing we hope to ''train'', and she’s already a fair hand at it, isn’t she?” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/ Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.1]]</ref> They have rules against killing.<ref>I frowned.  If I said no, it’d be a black mark in my record, and some of these people were obviously not interested in giving me any slack, unless it was to hang myself with.<br><br>“Okay,” I said.<br><br>“The Adepts don’t kill,” he said.  “If there’s a problem, it’s on you.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/ Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.1]]</ref>

While the PRT records described them as a low level threat,<ref name="21.7"/> the Adepts attempted to recruit [[Wards]] and members of [[the Protectorate]], attracting their ire.<ref name="poach"/> [[Tattletale]] speculated they might be a threat to [[Brockton Bay]] at some point.<ref>I moved on to boards of a different color.  The red bulletin boards and whiteboards with red writing: Brockton Bay.  ''Potential threats: the Teeth, Red Handed, Heartbreaker, Lost Garden, Adepts, the Orchard, The Fallen.'' - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/imago-21-7/ Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.7]]</ref>