Editing Glaistig Uaine (section)

==History==
===Background===
[[Ms. Yamada]] believed that Ciara triggered at a very young age. She speculated that she was isolated both before and after her trigger, "surviving purely by your own methods", and at some point experienced a second [[trigger event]] that led to her powers eclipsing her personality. Ms. Yamada speculates that the cause was either stealing the wrong power, fighting someone and losing, or Ciara finding herself in a bad situation.<ref name="E.1e1"/>

When Glaistig Uaine's ability to harvest and use the powers of any recently deceased parahuman she had come in contact with became known, it evoked panic among the cape community. Multiple teams sent after her failed, with thirty-two capes fatally claimed by Glaistig Uaine, then an armed force of fifty parahumans was assigned, they retreated, thirteen of them having been claimed, "everything" was reportedly sent after her and only then did Glaistig Uaine willing enter the Birdcage.<ref name="27.3">Just like String Theory’s terror campaign had driven people to desperation in their attempts to stop her from her scheduled sprees of destruction, Glaistig Uaine had drawn entire ''flocks'' of capes down on her head, by virtue of her habit of finding, killing and claiming the ‘spirits’ of capes.<br><br>Thing was, they’d sent multiple teams after her, and they’d ''failed''.  Thirty two capes killed and claimed.<br><br>So they sent more after her.  Again, they failed.  Of the fifty who were forced into a retreat, thirteen were killed and claimed.<br><br>When that wasn’t enough, they hit her with ''everything'', only for her to surrender.<br><br>She walked into the Birdcage of her own will. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/20 Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.3]]</ref>

Glaistig Uaine's most notable accomplishment at this time was permanently killing [[Gray Boy]], something which was thought to be impossible due to his power resurrecting him whenever he died. Glaistig's ability to steal the powers of the recently deceased stopped Gray Boy from resurrecting. After this, she attacked the [[King's Men]] and killed Athrwys, before turning herself in to the authorities.<!---Scion, the Endbringers, they were the others who typically came up in the same breath as Eidolon.  He was the only one of them that was human.  He had less power than they did, but more power than most.

Glaistig Uaine was one of the others, a contender for the title, though not necessarily in the public’s perception.  The PRT had controlled how much information the public had about her, to keep people from getting too scared.  She was a nonfactor, a captive in the Birdcage.  She’d taken down Gray Boy, had attacked the King’s Men and slain Athrwys, and then she’d turned herself in.

 [[Interlyde 27]]
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Her killing of Gray Boy was orchestrated by [[Contessa]] to allow [[Cauldron]] to eliminate Gray Boy while still keeping his power in play for use against their true enemy.<ref>Cauldron permitted Gray Boy because he was the closest thing to a weapon they had against Scion since Eidolon. When the S9 started picking up and more parahumans started getting removed from the fiend than Gray Boy was theoretically worth, they moved in. Manuevering Glaistig Uaine into taking him over, so the power would still be in play. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/13172170 Comment by Wildbow on Spacebattles]</ref>

===Post-[[Slaughterhouse Nine]]===
As the leader of Cell Block C Glaistig Uaine welcomed [[Amelia]] to the Birdcage.<!-- Stuff about GU talking about Amelia's shard being kin to Marquis-->

===[[Gold Morning]]===
She was later shown having conversations with Eidolon about parahuman shards and [[Scion]]. She spoke cryptically and indicated that she intended for Scion to win the coming conflict. She referred to Eidolon as the "High Priest".

Glastaig Uaine began helping in the fight against Scion during the [[oil-rig battle]] in order to "force him back to sleep".<ref>“Then I will be here when you return, and we can have that great battle, fighting to drive <em>him</em> back into slumber.” - [[Speck 30.2]]</ref> Liberal application of [[Gray Boy]]'s power allowed her to effectively stall him, as every time Scion was trapped in a time loop he had to expend effort to break free.<ref name="27.5">[[Extinction 27.5]]</ref>

A major contribution to the battle was her hinting [[Eidolon]] that he could drain the energy of other parahuman's shards to re-charge his own powers. Most notably, it allowed him to use the Matter Eraser, a power that had been unavailable to him since before the emergence of [[Behemoth]], as well as a slew of other lethal powers so effective in combination with Glaistig Uaine's defensive abilities Scion had to resort to Path to Victory to defeat the pair.<ref name="I27"/><ref>“No.  Well, maybe.  I don’t know.  Haven’t exactly had a long conversation with her.  No.  I’m saying… well… Scion has it.  Her power.  That line he fed Eidolon?  It was calculated to devastate the man at the point he was flying highest, so the fall would be more catastrophic.  It’s something <em>I</em> couldn’t pull off.  I watched some footage of the fight, where Scion’s power didn’t nix the cameras.  Corroborates the evidence.  He wasn’t actively using the power, but there’s a confidence there.” - [[Cockroaches 28.6]]</ref>

Eidolon's death at Scion's hands allowed her to harvest his shard,<ref name="29.2">[[Venom 29.2]]</ref> making her the most powerful parahuman in history. She was shown to be able to resist being mastered by [[Khepri]]. She accomplished this by shunting Khepri's control from herself to one of her conjured parahuman ghosts.<ref>The Faerie Queen began to slip from my grasp.<br/><br/>She knew what was happening, and she was forcing my power to affect her spirits.  A single spirit.<br/><br/>Breaking free.<br/><br/>She moved her hand of her own volition.<br/><br/>And then she was free.  Inside my radius, but free.<br/><br/>
She turned to face me.  I met her gaze, as best as I was able.  My vision wavered. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/speck-30-6/ Excerpt] from [[Speck 30.6]].</ref> Over the course of Khepri's fight against Scion, she also claimed [[Doormaker]], still able to use his power despite Khepri depleting it earlier.<ref>''T-theyyyy fixxedd himmm.''<br/><br/>Except it wasn’t him.<br/><br/>It was the faerie girl.  She had him as a shadow-puppet.  A ghost.<br/><br/>I could hear my friend swear.  The others around her were tense.<br/><br/>They turned to run, sprinting through the portal. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/speck-30-6/ Excerpt] from [[Speck 30.6]]</ref>

After Khepri's victory against Scion, Glaistig Uaine was able to "convince" her to leave the dimension without incident and liberate her swarm, or so it seemed to others.<ref name="30.7 e67">“''The Faerie Queen was brought in.  You should remember her.  She’s the one who let you go.''”<br/><br/>“Yes,’ I said.<br/><br/>“''There were a lot of eyes on you two, at the end.  It reflected well on her, that she got you to free the captives.''”<br/><br/>She hadn’t, but I didn’t explain.  This woman probably knew, anyways. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/29/30-7 Excerpt] from [[Speck 30.7]]</ref>

===Post-[[Gold Morning]]===
After events she wound up taking a therapy with [[Jessica Yamada]], who got her to reexamine her life.<ref name="E.1"/>

Ciara presented herself to the world as Valkyrie to the grumbling of the other heroes.

Later she went to the basement of the Warden HQ where she met with [[Rinke]] and Riley. This interaction gave her an idea of what to do with her Flock.

===[[Glow-worm]]===
Two years after Gold Morning,<ref>''Evacuation is still underway even two years and two months after Gold Morning.'' - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2017/10/21/glowworm-p-1/ Excerpt] from [[Glow-worm P.1]]</ref> Valkyrie was known as a "rising star" in the [[Wardens]]. An interview with her was posted online and discussed on [[Parahumans Online]], where she deflected questions regarding her former identity.<ref name="GW">'''Valkyrie Interviewed''' and '''Thread Link'''<br/>Rising star in the Wardens.  Exceptionally powerful, many references to the Green Maiden or something?  Might harken back to before my time.  She is asked directly about this in the interview and deflects. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/glow-worm-p-3/ Excerpt] from [[Glow-worm P.3]]</ref>
===Early-[[Ward]]===
As a member of the Wardens and a new hero she was still considered one of the group's key members, and has her own statue in HQs lobby.<ref name="II3.6">Inside the building, statues of key members stood off to either side of the lobby.  [[Chevalier]], [[Narwhal]], [[Valkyrie]], Legend, [[Cinereal]], [[Stonewall]], Topflight and [[Miss Militia]].<br/>[...]<br/>“Is Weld getting a statue?” Tristan asked.<br/><br/>“Not for a while,” Sveta said.  “That’s more for people who’ve put in the years, and he only just got in.  He’s got a preliminary thing in the gift shop.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/23/glare-3-6/ Excerpt] from [[Glare 3.6]]</ref>

She was present at the briefing when [[Breakthrough|the team of new heroes]] gave their presentation about the viability of an assault on the Mathers compound.<ref>[[Shadow 5.6]]</ref>

===Post-[[Mathers Compound Assault|Fallen Fall]]===
At this point she had already amassed a group of resurrected parahumans, although something prevents her from continuing to pursue this path.<ref name="GleamingI9"/>

Survived the portal sabotage, but was very busy since then.<ref>[[Beacon 8.2]]</ref> Valkyrie was sent on many high-tier missions, including dealing with [[the Tower]], a dog with powers, an army of ghosts, and a warzone full of powered warlords. She was able to find the stranded Warden personnel.<ref name="GleamingI9"/>

===Post-[[Time Bubble Pop]]===
Valkyrie decided to produce more of [[The Flock]] to bolster anti-[[Teacher]] operation.<ref>She recently made more.  Sent them on this mission. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/07/13/dying-15-3/ Excerpt] from [[Dying 15.3]]</ref>

During the [[Wardens]]' assault on Teacher's base she was depowered and cornered by [[Ingenue]], with [[The Flock|her Flock]] attempting to protect her.<ref name="15.yII">[[Interlude 15.y II]]</ref>

===Post-[[Attack on Teacher]]===
Valkyrie allowed more freedom to the members of [[The Flock]], and started introducing them to their friends and relatives,<ref>[[Sundown 17.2]]</ref> while still keeping the core team near herself.<ref>Valkyrie sent some of her flock out to find people they used to work with, or to help the Wardens.  She wanted some of us, me included, to stick close to her, because we had tools she needed. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/02/11/infrared-19-f/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.f]]</ref>

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
She led the [[The Flock]] against [[Titan Auger]]. Before she was able to do anything substantial Auger recognized her and summoned [[Axehead]], which ambushed Valkyrie and thrown her into the thick of [[Machine Army]]. She had to be saved by [[Grue]] yet again.<ref name="II18.z">[[Radiation 18.z]]</ref>

Fell victim to the second Ice Break and became a Titan, leading to her Flock being scattered.<ref name="II19.6 eTitan">“Valkyrie,” Kenzie said.  “They got her.”<br><br>I swallowed, hard.  I found the notification marked out in gold.  The icon in the distance and the corresponding label too small to really see.<br><br>Titan Valkyrie. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/01/21/infrared-19-6/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.6]]</ref>

As a part of agreement between [[Contessa]] and [[Antares]] Titan [[Valkyrie]] delivered [[Riley Davis]], the parahuman plague, and the remainder of remote cape-volunteers to The Wardens' HQ.<ref name="II20.a">[[Last 20.a]]</ref>