Editing The Number Man (section)

==Personality==

He disliked the endless white of the [[Cauldron Compound]] and went to some lengths to decorate his office.<ref name=":2"> - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/interlude-21-donation-bonus-1/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 21.x]]</ref> His office had no chairs because he believed sitting would leave him too vulnerable.<ref>No chairs.  He’d worked out the dangers of sitting against the convenience and decided it wasn’t worth falling into that trap.  When he did enter his office, he walked, paced, tapped his foot while pondering deeper problems, stood and stared out the window at whatever landscape he had outside his window in a given week. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/interlude-21-donation-bonus-1/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 21.x]]</ref> This may have involved the [https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/why-sitting-is-bad-for-you health risks] as well.

His participation in [[Cauldron]]'s experiments gave him a great deal of knowledge regarding how powers and [[agent]]s worked.<ref name=":2"/> He knew how to use the "EM readers" Cauldron used for brain scans to determine if someone had had a [[second trigger]].

He saw morality as a useful delusion perpetrated by society.<ref>“Ah,” the Number Man replied.  “Morals.”<br/><br/>Another delusion perpetuated by society.  ''Useful'', valuable, much like commerce, but still a delusion.  It only served its purpose so long as it was more constructive than ''not'' adhering to those beliefs, but people often lost sight of the fact, made it out to be something it wasn’t.<br/><br/>He’d suddenly lost a great deal of interest in this conversation. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 21.x]]</ref> Nevertheless, he disliked violence.<ref name=":4">“I was thinking we use you in the field, Number Man.”<br/><br/>The Number Man leaned back in his chair.  “Me.”<br/><br/>“You’d perform.  You ''have'' performed in the past.”<br/><br/>“I suppose,” he mused.  He rubbed his chin.  He needed to shave.  “A long time ago.”<br/><br/>“I know you wanted to get away from that business, but-”<br/><br/>He shook his head.  “No.  This is bigger than things I want.  If I can participate in this, I can get my hands dirty.  We’ll be looking for the Slaughterhouse Nine, I take it?” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/interlude-21-donation-bonus-1/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 21.x]]</ref> He believed that he worked to save lives, and only ever killed out of kindness.<ref name=":5">Jack was his other number, his inverse.  The Number Man was working to save lives, and he killed as a matter of kindness.  Jack considered killing a matter of fact, and any life he spared was only for his own twisted ends.<br/><br/>The Number Man still considered the man a friend, as much as he knew that friendship was one of those ephemeral constructs.  One of the delusions people subjected themselves to, to make the world make sense. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/27 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 21.x]]</ref> Number Man saw friendship as a sort of shared delusion, but nonetheless saw [[Jack Slash]] as a friend of sorts, as well as his polar opposite.<ref name=":5"/> He was also interested in fashion and money as constructs of society.<ref name=":2"/>

He seems to hate a small handful of things. The concept of zero and unnecessity. Related, has a noted his distaste for the [[Harbinger Clones|Harbinger clones]]. [[Bonesaw]] based their personalities according to word of mouth and rumors of his ruthlessness under that are attached to his abandoned alias, rather than acting more in line with his actual personality.<ref>"I'm sorry," the Number Man said, to Rachel.  "For the behavior of my clones.  They're inaccurate, based on hearsay and speculation more than fact.  I was more polite, back then, more efficient." - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/03 Excerpt] from [[Venom 29.7]]</ref> Thinks in imperial measurements.<ref>He’d measured the trajectory of the first hit as it carved through the ceiling, letting it slide past him by a mere one and three-quarter feet. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 21.x]]</ref>
===Reputation===
Number Man was known as ''the'' "supervillain banker".<ref name=":0">"And before I forget, I arranged individual accounts for each of you with a supervillain banker by the name of The Number Man, as paying for tonight's job in bills, naturally, was unfeasible.  My men will provide you with your account information and the instructions for accessing these accounts as you retrieve your dogs." - [[Tangle 6.8]]</ref> Major villain groups turn to him for help hiding and manipulating their finances, a job he has performed for them adequately for decades. He was irritated when his banking business lost customers,<ref name=":3">Tattletale had been actively separating herself from the Number Man, issuing new accounts to the Undersiders and her organization.  Not so surprising.  Eidolon had outed him, announcing the Number Man as a Cauldron-involved cape to a crowd.<br/><br/>Irritating. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/27 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 21.x]]</ref> and is more willing to interfere with organizations that didn't use his banking services.<ref>Gesellschaft hadn’t elected to seek out the Number Man and make use of his services, as so many supervillains around the world did.  He had no compunctions, as a consequence, about interfering with them. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/27 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 21.x]]</ref> According to [[Sveta]] and [[the Irregulars]], he bankrolled almost half of the villainous groups on [[Earth Bet]].<ref name="II9.z eReputation">"And the Number Man," Sveta added.  "Cauldron."<br><br>Tristan blinked.  That was a name he hadn't heard in a long time.  "I've heard that name.  The Number Man, I mean."<br><br>"Supervillain banker," Sveta murmured.  "He bankrolled almost half of the villainous groups on Earth Bet, serving a secondary role as a broker, protector and distributor of funds, launderer.  He was an assassin, acting as one arm of the 'bogeyman of the cape world' group.  The Irregulars were keeping track of him for a while." - [[Interlude 9.z II]]</ref>

In June 2011, [[Legend]] believed the Number Man was relatively little-known despite his immense influence.<ref>Legend glanced around the room.<br>[...]<br>The Number Man, with his laptop set in front of him, looking more like a businessman than one of the most influential and lesser-known parahumans on the planet. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/interlude-14-5-bonus-interlude/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 14.y]]</ref> That said, once Kurt began operating in the field for [[Cauldron]], he became known as one of the "bogeymen" alongside [[Contessa]].<ref name=":6">[[Sting 26.5]]</ref><ref name="II9.z eReputation" />

Harbinger's power was never revealed, unknown to the public. It was believed to be some kind of hyper-awareness of space and the movements of his body, most effective at close range.<ref name=":8">[[Interlude 26a]]</ref>

===Relationships===
====[[Citrine]]====
Had a genuine romantic relationship with the woman,<ref name="IRC"/> with both completely understanding the other and finding fulfillment in their relationship.
====[[Jack Slash]]====
Considered the mass serial killer to be a genuine friend.