Editing Amy Dallon (section)

==History==

===Background===
Amelia was born to a woman who had had a onetime tryst with the [[Marquis]] of [[Brockton Bay]], her mother found out she was pregnant and raised her daughter from there. After her mother found out she had cancer she checked on the father; deeming him acceptable she sent Amelia to live with the father.<ref name="R11V">Marquis[...] hooked up with a groupie that had freckles, then they parted ways. A while before canon, said groupie finds out she has cancer, goes to Brockton Bay to find Marquis, and after verifying that he's not an utter monster and he has resources to take care of her kid, gives him custody. Panacea was not born in Brockton Bay. - [https://redd.it/8xzxx4 Wildbow on reddit]</ref> She was raised in Brockton Bay from there.<ref name="15.x">[[Interlude 15.x]]</ref>

During the [[Brockton Bay Brigade]]'s battle against Marquis, the Brigade discovered his daughter hiding in the closet. [[Brandish]] and [[Flashbang]] adopted her to keep her safe from the media and those who would exploit her due to the high chance of her manifesting superpowers. This was requested by Marquis.<ref name="15.x">[[Interlude 15.x]]</ref> She was six years old at the time, and retained vague memories of her previous life, but did not remember her father, likely due to their relatively short time spent together.

Amy was a quiet, unassuming kid without any particular passions. Despite that, as a kid of known superheroes she was welcomed in the circle of elite students. She had not displayed interest to this either.<ref name="ii9.2">Amy had been the odd one in more than I had.  Purely average in appearance, quiet, she hadn’t been passionate about hobbies or about anything in particular.  She’d liked movies from Aleph and when she was twelve she’d break her usual reserved, quiet composure to get way too excited if she checked the change slot of a vending machine or pay phone and found a quarter.  And yet when we got to high school, she was automatically included in the group of popular students. - [[Gleaming 9.2]]</ref>

Panacea triggered two years before the story began,<ref>Do you understand what it means, to cure some of these people? I feel like every second I take to myself is a second I’ve failed somehow. For two years, it’s been this… pressure. - [[Interlude 3]]</ref> when [[Glory Girl]] was injured by a gang attacking a mall.<ref name="SB1" /> She would visit hospitals for two or three hours at a time every evening, curing people. Sometimes she would visit again during the night because she couldn't sleep.<ref name="3.x" />

Her power meant she was granted an honorary medical license.<ref>[[Interlude 2]]</ref> She was not able to do as much as she could with her abilities due partially to rules governing the exploitation of minors.<ref name="14.6 e1">Amy bent down and touched her sister.  Glory Girl stirred and sat up.  With Amy’s help she stood.<br /><br />“You’re lying to yourself,” Tattletale said.  “And you’re making things worse.”<br /><br />“Just- I’m just keeping her complacent.  I’m okay with it if she doesn’t forgive me for it.  Don’t deserve it anyways.  I do this, and then I’ll go somewhere I can be useful.  Only reason I haven’t made more of myself and my power is because of the rules and regulations about exploiting minors with powers.  Either go into government or don’t work at all, and didn’t want to go into government because they would have made me a weapon.  And because I needed to be with my family.”<br /><br />She smiled, but it wasn’t a happy expression.  “Burned that bridge.  But I’m sixteen now, I can get a job somewhere, start making a real difference with my power.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/22 Excerpt] from [[Prey 14.6]]</ref>

=== Story Start===
She was called in to heal [[Lung]] after he [[Unnamed Bug Girl vs. Lung|was poisoned]] by [[Taylor|an unidentified Parahuman]] and [[Colin Wallis|Armsmaster]] claimed credit.<ref name="I10.5">[[Interlude 10.5]]</ref>

Glory Girl called Panacea in to heal a suspect she had injured in a fight. The two argued about Victoria's use of excessive force, but she eventually acquiesced. She helped her sister interrogate the man.<ref name="2.x">[[Interlude 2]]</ref>

Amy was present for the [[Battle at the Bank]] without her costume; she briefly incapacitated [[Skitter]] by interfering with the feedback she received from her bugs. At one point, [[Tattletale]] threatened to expose her secrets in front of [[Glory Girl]].

Afterwards, she healed the [[Wards]] of any injuries they had and told them of her observations regarding Tattletale's power to help them in future fights.<ref name="3.x">[[Interlude 3]]</ref>

When Leviathan came to Brockton Bay, she was presumably held back at the secure location such as the Hospital.

===Post-[[Battle against Leviathan|Leviathan]]===
She healed a lot of injured parahumans in hospital following [[Leviathan]]'s attack. One of them was Skitter, the girl who was part of the bank robbing team. Amy messed with her verbally while repairing her injuries and then left her alone despite the scared villains protestations.<ref>[[Extermination 8.6]]</ref> Afterwards, she and [[New Wave]] were visited by the director of the PRT, Legend and Miss Militia where they were reprimanded.<ref>[...] Instead of giving you a second chance, I was spiteful, I toyed with your feelings, and things spiraled out of control.  You know how much trouble that caused for my family?  The director of the PRT and Legend and Miss Militia were all at my house, lecturing ''all'' of us about how serious these events were and how sensitive relations between the various factions were.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/snare-13-2/ Excerpt] from [[Snare 13.2]]</ref> She was there when the villain turned out to been a "hero".

She and [[New Wave]] were visited by the director of the PRT, Legend and Miss Militia 

Weeks later Amy was chosen as [[Bonesaw]]'s nominee for the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]]. She was forced to break a number of her rules, and in her distress, she modified her sister's mind to be attracted to her.<ref>Like a flame at the end of a long fuse, leading to a stick of dynamite, her power traveled from the side of Victoria’s neck to her brain.  It was barely a conscious action on Amy’s part.<br />[...]<br />“Anything stupid.  Like what?  What did you do?”<br /><br />Amy’s voice was a croak as she replied, “…make it so you would reciprocate my feelings.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/06/23 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11h]]</ref>

Panacea was hunted by the Siberian who bit off a joint of her finger for each time the beast women caught the healer. After [[Glory Girl]] was injured by [[Crawler]], she encased her sister in a biological pod made from stray cats and dogs.<ref name="14.10">[[Prey 14.10]]</ref>

She modified Glory Girl to the point she lost track of what she was supposed to look like.<!--brandish interlude--> Amy also sexually assaulted her sister while mutating and mutilating her.<ref>“I mean, it’s obvious that that kind of side of me is going to be bigger and more pronounced in comparison.  You took all the parts of me you liked and mashed it all together into a big pile of lovey-dovey ‘Vicky’ you could cuddle with, kiss, use-”<br /><br />She shook her head, violent. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/06/15/breaking-14-9/ Excerpt] from [[Breaking 14.9]]</ref><!--'obe reference had it that victoria had a flash back--> The result was possibly inspired by something she saw during her [[trigger event]].<ref name="30.5 c1">Funny how parallels appear. Almost as if Panacea had been recreating something from something she saw in a trigger event. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/speck-30-5/#comment-48316 Comment] on [[Speck 30.5]]</ref>

===Post-[[Slaughterhouse Nine]]===
To avoid responsibility for what she did to [[Victoria]],<ref name="reddit eAmyBehavior">By a similar token, Amy doing what she does is understandable in the moment, but what's problematic is that in the face of guilt and people (Tattletale) telling her to change course, she twists her thinking around and doubles down and later avoids responsibility (Birdcage). The entire system, the edifice, is telling her ''no'', and outside of the heat of the moment, calm and subdued, she does it anyway. - Comment by Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/88522224 --><ref name="reddit eAmyFlaw">Just about every character in-setting who wears a mask and has powers (and even many who don't) are also pushed to their breaking point. It's a conceit of the setting. That's not an excuse.<br><br>It's a theme of Ward that healing and getting better only works if you can get over & get past ''yourself''. Amy remains an antagonist throughout because this is her major flaw - it's not a flaw introduced in Ward. We can see it in action when she talks to the Undersiders in Worm, in the language she uses and the approach she takes, ultimately taking Victoria away when everyone else is saying it's a mistake. And it's a mistake.<br><br>Amy is someone who decides what she wants and then rationalizes her way to it. This, when what she wants is a person, when she has a massive amount of power, is scary.<br><br>Going to the birdcage is ultimately something she does for ''herself''. Getting tattoos as a personal symbol is something she does for ''herself''. Fixing Victoria after the fact is something she does for ''herself'', when it immediately follows that she wants to reconnect.<br><br>In the course of doing these things she does massive harm. She abandons Victoria to her state for years, and Victoria has to live the rest of her life with the ramifications of what happened. - Comment by Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/93021530 --> she demanded and succeeded at being birdcaged.<ref>“She went to the birdcage because she wanted to,” Jessica said.  “And we let her because there were serious concerns about her unleashing an epidemic if she had another psychotic break.” - [[Interlude 18.z]]</ref><ref>One of the motivating factors would be the risk of Panacea snapping once again and unleashing an epidemic. If she can create a counter-plague as easily as she did, how easily could she brew up an actual plague? There's plastic eating bacterium out there. It's possible she could create something for glass, for stone or metal. How do you hold someone like that?<br><br>Not easily.<br><br>There's two places that could manage it. There's the asylum and the Birdcage. The former's a no-no given the fact that Glory Girl's in there and it's opening a pretty ugly can of worms. The latter's a place she actually wanted to go.<br><br>And of course, let's not forget that Dragon and other people in charge of the Birdcage project have likely considered many of the same angles and still agreed that Panacea should go there. They have their flaws, but are they 'boneheaded'?<br><br>Maybe they are, maybe not. - [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?c-Worm-The-best-supervillain-web-serial-that-you-aren-t-not-reading-yet&p=16098711#post16098711 Wildbow on RPG.net]</ref><ref>People keep dwelling on that.<br><br>Amy: "I want to go to the Birdcage."<br><br>Authority: "We have uses for you. We can get you help."<br><br>Amy: "I want to go to the Birdcage. I don't want any part of any of this."<br><br>Authority: "The birdcage is permanent, no, that's unreasonable."<br><br>Amy, dull monotone: "I can make plagues, I ''will'' make plagues, I can make organisms that devour plastics, metals, glass, and stone, there is ''nothing'' you can do to seal me away, unless you put me ''there''. Please put me in the Birdcage before I snap again. I'm done."<br><br>Do you ''really'' want to tell her 'no'? - Comment by Wildbow on Sufficient Velocity, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/17113315 -->

There she met her father and saw [[Lung]] again. She attended a meeting with the cell block leaders of the birdcage and shook hands with [[Glaistig Uaine]].

Together, they figured out what was really going on with the [[Passenger]]s.

During her stay there, she dated [[Paroxysm]].<ref name="II16.y eParoxysm">When the woman didn’t say anything, Amy went on, asserting her voice, trying to sound confident, “It was my first kiss, with Paroxysm, and a few first other things, but that ''numbness'', knowing it wasn’t what I really wanted?  We broke it off about as amicably as you can, when you’re stuck in the same place.  I saw a girl after Gold Morning, too, but that was… not fun.  She was still mourning, I couldn’t help her through it.”<br><br>“Okay,” Jessica said.  “I don’t want to lose sight of my suggestion from earlier.  It doesn’t change that you and Victoria would be better off if you both tried to avoid each other.” - [[Interlude 16.y II]]</ref>

===[[Gold Morning]]===
Panacea was one of the prisoners released from the [[Birdcage]].<ref name="27.3">[[Extinction 27.3]]</ref>

Amy made victory possible by [[Rise of Khepri|modifying Taylor]] into [[Khepri]]. Khepri largely left her alone,<ref>Others… who was I leaving behind?<br /><br />There was a group still in the settlement.  They hadn’t all moved through the portal.  I reached for their names.  Right.  Tattletale.  Rachel.  Imp.  Panacea.  I’d taken the others, collected the wounded. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/speck-30-5/ Excerpt] from[[Speck 30.5]]</ref> although several people were sent to her for healing.

After these events, Amy was reunited with her sister.<ref name="30.7">I watched the individual members of the swarm touch ground.  The girl with healing powers had been placed deliberately next to a living pool of flesh with multiple heads of golden hair.  The healer’s hands were covering her face, but she didn’t step away.<br /><br />Her hands slowly lowered, and she laid her eyes on the monster, which was actively, ineffectually reaching out for her. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/29/30-7/ Excerpt] from [[Speck 30.7]]</ref>

===Early-[[Ward]]===
Panacea was still assisting [[The Wardens]] by overseeing [[Riley]]'s work, like the maintenance of [[Swansong|Ashley's hands]].<ref>[[Eclipse x.4]]</ref> She offered her services against the[[Machine Army]], but was denied by thinkers.<ref name="II16.y" />

She started meeting with [[Goddess|Bianca]], planning to leave for [[Earth Shin]].<ref name="II16.y" />

Amy tried to go to a family reunion that did not go well. When she tried to follow her sister she was almost attacked.<ref name="II1.7 e1"> - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/11/30/daybreak-1-7/ Excerpt] from [[Daybreak 1.7]]</ref> In subsequent meeting with [[Jessica Yamada]] Amy declined any professional help, suggested that [[Victoria]] should be invited back into super-heroics, albeit with a better support, and warned Jessica about her impeding burnout in the most invasive way possible.<ref name="II16.y" />

Following the advice to stay away from her sister, Amy ended up meeting a new [[Dot|friend]].<ref>[[Interlude 3 II]]</ref>

=== Post-[[Mathers Compound Assault|Fallen fall]]===
According to [[Dot]], Amy provided help for other survived goblins.<ref>“My Red Queen has fixed a few of my kind.  Big ones, weird ones.  She could fix you.  She can make you just as wonderful in shape and strong enough you don’t need the body.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/09/15/gleaming-9-8/ Excerpt] from [[Gleaming 9.8]]</ref>

Amy continued making ill-advised friends, and brought [[Goddess|some heat]] on the [[Breakthrough]].

She was able to easily identify [[Chris Elman]] as [[Lab Rat]]s successor. Chris convinced her to give him an opportunity to act.<ref>[[Interlude 10.y II]]</ref>

Once Goddess was subjected to sudden, but inevitable betrayal, Amy usurped her army of villains and departed with them as the Red Queen of [[Shin]].

===Post-[[Time Bubble Pop]]===
Leaders of [[Earth Shin]], while still being extremely wary of parahumans, allowed Red Queen to settle on the Alleghenian Ridge with strict conditions.

Amy used her powers to "fix" ex-villains that followed her to Earth Shin, as well as local warlords, and installed into them loyalty rules related to her and Shin rulers.<ref>“I am,” Seir said.  “Shin set their own rules and imperatives, remember?  You struck your deal with them, you gave us the rules they dictated.  We can do whatever’s necessary to protect Shin.  Including if we think a mass murdering little shit like him might pull something.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/10/26/sundown-17-8/ Excerpt] from [[Sundown 17.8]]</ref> After that she attempted to heal the victims of capes, which led to several slip-ups, including mutilation of a [[Hunter|kid]] from the new [[Parahuman Asylum]].<ref>Amy shook her head.”We’ve taken one hundred and fifty dangerous parahumans who, believe me, could have gone to the Birdcage, and we rehabilitated them.  Addictions removed, impulses tweaked, emotional balances adjusted.”
<br />[...]<br />
“I checked over all of the prisoners from the prison on your Earth and the leftover parahuman warlords from here.  Put things in place, mental checks, emotional controls, whatever they needed.  Chris handled information gathering, interviews, collected a handful he thought would be useful to keep around as…”
<br /><br />
“Lieutenants?” I asked.
<br /><br />
I saw Chris shrug.
<br />[...]<br />
After I was done with the capes I started on other people.  Victims of capes.  People like, um, like the people at the Parahuman Asylum.  There’s a facility in your Earth’s Europe.  Not really like the Asylum, more like a big farm, where they do their best to get everyone set up to contribute to society and give them therapy, medical care, and anything else they need.  For some it’s just somewhere warm and clean with animals to cuddle.
<br />[...]<br />
“Her name.”
<br /><br />
“Her- oh,” she said.  “Hunter.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/06/04/breaking-14-6/ Excerpt] from [[Breaking 14.6]]</ref>

Using the situation resulted from power posturing of Shin rulers, Amy forced Victoria into private meeting.<ref>[[Breaking 14.9]]</ref>

===Post-[[Attack on Teacher]]===
She declined to cure [[Flashbang]] of his old brain-injury.

She argued to accept refugees from [[The City]]'s evacuation,<ref name="II16.12">[[From Within 16.12]]</ref> and allowed [[Chris Elman|Chris]] to proceed with [[Shin Defense Initiative|his plan]].<ref name="II16.y">[[Interlude 16.y II]]</ref>

Amy negotiated with [[the Wardens]], demanding from them to let her super-weapon through [[The City]]. She was manipulated by [[Victoria Dallon]] to recall Gibborim Knight and change the method of attack on [[The Machine Army]].<ref name="II17.5">[[Sundown 17.5]]</ref> Later she is forced by her Shin allies to attack heroes, that attempted to oversee her, but gets reasoned out of it by Victoria again.<ref name="II17.8">[[Sundown 17.8]]</ref>

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Following the breaking of ice and [[Hunter]]'s rampage Amy felt completely defeated and [[Flashbang]] successfully insisted on her returning under Warden's supervision.<ref name="II18.1">[[Radiation 18.1]]</ref>

Amy was placed in the old [[Cauldron]] prison and assigned to [[Wayne Darnall]]'s care.

Victoria attempted to recruit Amy for disrupting [[The Cycle]], but Amy was believing that nothing good could ever come from her power and confessed to destroying Victoria's clone skin-patch and deciding not to use her power ever again.<ref name="II19.10">[[Infrared 19.10]]</ref>

Amy was wounded during the fight with [[The Simurgh]].

Amy accepted [[Victoria]]'s plague from her adoptive parents, despite [[Marquis]]' disagreement. She broke her promise not to use power in the process.<ref name="II20.10">[[Last 20.10]]</ref>

===Ward Epilogue ===
Amy lived through winter of 2015-2016 on the outskirts of [[The City]], willingly avoiding [[Victoria]].

On [[Crystal]]'s suggestion she moved to the European settlement of [[Gimel]] and returned to hospital work.<ref name="II20.e6">[[Last 20.e6]]</ref> With powerful players insuring that she stays there.<ref>“No.  Amy Dallon is gone, for good. [...] Off to a hospital on the other side of the ocean.  It’s not a quick trip, either.  She won’t be coming back.  She didn’t have anything here.  Even her goblin was fed up with her.”<br />[...]<br />Tattletale’s voice was quiet.  “She’s not coming back because there are people who don’t want to let her.  Shin just dealt with their Giant Goddess problem, they wanted assurances from your leadership that they didn’t have to worry about her.  I helped secure the guarantee.  The Wardens got the cooperation from the hospital and the heroes over there.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/05/02/last-20-end/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.end]]</ref>