Editing Cherish (section)

==History==
===Background===
Cherie Vasil was born in Montreal, Canada to [[Nikos Vasil]] and one of his "wives". At some point, she triggered and took part in the wider family business of exploitation.<ref name="I26">It took thirty minutes before the first hit registered.  A traffic camera, a busload of young women.  A row of identical faces, looking out the window.  An unusual element, raising flags with the active programs.  The faces took center stage as they were checked against a database.  An image popped up: surveillance camera footage of a teenage girl in a shopping mall, followed by young men that each carried loads of packages.<br/><br/>Eyebrows, brow to hairline length, nose length, eye width…<br/><br/>The words popped up.  Cherie Vasil. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/interlude-26-donation-bonus-1/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26.x|26.x (Donation Interlude; Saint)]]</ref> Eventually she grew tired of her father's short sightedness and decided to run away in order to escape her father. Her father sent two of her brothers after her who chased her,<ref name="I11g"/> until she decided to join the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]].

Nominating herself to fill a vacancy in the Slaughterhouse Nine's ranks, Cherish ambushed [[Hatchet Face]], killing him. After this, Cherish had to go through seven tests from the remaining members to join the Slaughterhouse Nine. [[Crawler]], not feeling Cherish was even worth his time, took the murder of Hatchet Face as his test completed in advance. [[Bonesaw]] infected her with a parasite which nullified her powers for forty-eight hours, the effects of which would become permanent unless she drank "lots of blood" - but Bonesaw didn't tell her how much blood was needed, nor if blood from animals would work.  [[Siberian]] did her usual test, and chased her for three days and three nights (starting on the second day of Bonesaw's parasite), biting off a finger joint each time she was caught until time was up. Five minutes after Siberian's test ended,  [[Shatterbird]] stuck Cherish in a blacked out room with a shard of glass pursuing her for an undisclosed period of time. [[Burnscar]]'s test is not known; Burnscar generally requires potential members to face their greatest fear, but what that meant for Cherish is unknown. Cherish failed that test, but it's also unknown what the penalty for failure was. [[Mannequin]] ordered her to get a massive, hideous tattoo that would degrade her in other's eyes.<ref name="12.4tats">Jack laughed, “Ah, adding to the challenge?  Fair.  She killed Hatchet Face.  Crawler took that as his test completed in advance, didn’t think of her as worth his time.  Little Bonesaw, for her test, designed a parasite that would stay in her system for forty-eight hours and strip her of her powers for as long as it remained.”<br/><br/>“Because it’s not ''fair'' that Hatchet Face didn’t get to give his test.  And I wanted to break her out of her rut, so I made it so the parasite’s effects would be permanent if she didn’t drink lots of blood.”<br/><br/>“Of course,” Jack tapped the heel of his hand against his forehead, “That was an interesting little twist.  Of course, you didn’t tell her how much she needed to drink, or if a certain species counted…  Well.  It broke her stride, didn’t it?  Siberian went after her, starting on day two of Bonesaw’s parasitic infection.  Three days and three nights of cat and mouse.  To her credit, she did very well.  It came down to a hair.  Another ten minutes and Siberian might have caught her a third time.”<br/><br/>A dark look passed over Cherish’s face.<br/><br/>“Shatterbird likes the psychological tests, and she was in a ''hell'' of a mood after Cherish nominated herself for the team.  Our Cherie didn’t have five minutes to rest before Shatterbird drove her into a room and sealed her in.  No food, no light, barely any water.  The room was empty, but for one glass shard.  Always edging towards her, ready to prick, cut, slice and stab the second she stopped, the moment she tried to rest.”<br/>[...]<br/>“Burnscar’s test, she failed.  Afraid I’m not spoiling that one.  Doesn’t have the same impact if you know it’s coming.  That left only two tests for her to pass. [...] Mannequin demands that a candidate changes themselves, and that it be hard.  Having just faced the punishment Burnscar gave for failing her test, Cherish wasn’t about to pay ''his''.”<br/>[...]<br/>“Oh, I knew it would be almost impossible to top Mannequin’s test.  He caught her at the exact right moment, struck the right nerve, and pushed her to her very limits.  Still, I think I managed to top it. [...] I made her do the other six tests all over again.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/07/07 Excerpt] from [[Plague 12.4]]</ref>

When she finally got to [[Jack Slash|Jack Slash's]] test, he was slightly upset that she was already broken, so his test was to go through the other tests all over again. Bonesaw even revived Hatchet Face for it, and Cherish was forced to kill him again, this time without the advantage of surprise.<ref>[[Plague 12.4]]</ref>

=== Post-[[Battle against Leviathan|Leviathan]] ===
Cherish was used by the Nine to locate potential members upon arriving at Brockton Bay. After a less then cordial reunion with her brother she accompanied Jack when they had an impromptu meeting with the Undersiders and the Travelers. Her machinations to subvert and control the Nine were revealed by [[Tattletale]] and leaving Cherish fearful for her life. When the Slaughterhouse Nine disposed of the Merchants, Jack did nothing to assuage her of her fears, though he implied that she could earn a reprieve. When Cherish discovered an [[Imp|anonymous stranger]] amongst the Nine she tried to cut a deal.<ref>[[Interlude 13.5 (Donation Bonus)]]</ref> 

After she was captured by [[The Undersiders]], Cherish was held by [[Coil]] on an abandoned boat in the [[Boat Graveyard]] and interrogated. She later got in touch with Jack, telling him her location and that he was destined to destroy the world.

As they left, the remaining members of the Nine visited her prison, taking their revenge for her treachery. Bonesaw modified her to only sense negative emotions and removed her filters. They then placed her in a prison of Mannequin's design to keep her alive and immobilized indefinitely, throwing her into the bay,<ref>[[Prey 14.11]]</ref> she rested in the [[Boat Graveyard]].<ref name="Cast2">'''Cherish (Imprisoned)''' – Regent’s sister, has the ability to manipulate emotions and sense emotions in a distinct enough way to track and identify individuals at a distance.  Attempted to use her power in a subtle fashion on the rest of the group, only to find that they knew what she was planning.  Following the escapades in Brockton Bay, she was trapped in an impervious, life-sustaining shell of Mannequin’s design and sunk to the bottom of the derelict [[Boat Graveyard]], where she is expected to live for several thousand (or tens of thousands of) years. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast Page (In-Depth)]</ref>

She barely lasted a month in the Nine.<ref>“Mantis,” I said, voicing the password,  “Don’t respond to her.  It’s what she wants.  Take out Cherish ASAP, if she’s here, Screamer after that.”<br/><br/>“''I’m hurt.  I rate second after the new girl who barely lasted a month?''“<br/><br/>“''Have to find them first'',” Golem said. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/20/sting-26-2/ Excerpt] from [[Sting 26.2]]</ref> 
===Post-[[Slaughterhouse Nine]]===                                          
Being locked into a state she felt and could influence negative emotions she caused havoc in a small area around the docks. This was brought up in the mayoral debates.<ref name="16.8 e1">That’s not getting into the cost of actually refurbishing the area and updating it to modern standards.  Or the fact that anyone approaching within a mile and a half of the area is subjected to uncontrollable, suicidal despair. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/monarch-16-8/ Excerpt] from [[Monarch 16.8]]</ref> Danny told Taylor that the zone she was creating was getting in the way of the Dock workers' projects.<ref name="20.3 e1">“''Taylor'',” my dad spoke.<br/><br/>“Hi dad,” I said.<br/><br/>“''How’s the work?''”<br/><br/>“It’s not,” I said.  “I got a call from someone I’ve been working with on and off, and stopped by the school.  Where are you?”<br/><br/>“''The boat graveyard.  We’re trying to do some problem solving, and it’s slowing us down.  Which school?''” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/monarch-16-8/ Excerpt] from [[Chrysalis 20.3]]</ref><ref name="20.3 c1">This is Cherish. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/chrysalis-20-3/#comment-14698 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Chrysalis 20.3]]</ref>

Cherish was later used in the battle against [[Butcher]].<ref name="Re2">Cherish was placed in a perpetual-life sarcophagus and dropped to the bottom of the bay, in the boat graveyard. In the mayoral debates, they remark on the ambient aura of suicidal depression that was hitting anyone who ventured into that area - Cherish's power working without targets or limiters.<br/>Butcher was lured into that area. - [https://redd.it/6jpggx Another Comment by Wildbow on reddit]</ref> The villain was lured into her range, and thanks to the multiple voices inside his head, Butcher was more influenced by her power, committing suicide. Butcher's powers then presumably transferred to her. She was then transported deeper in the ocean where she could contemplate her predicament,<ref name="Re1">Cherish was dragged away from the harbor and let to sink to a point that was pretty deep in, in partial hopes that she would be far enough away from any living beings that the Butcher wouldn't jump to a new host. - [https://redd.it/65332b Comment by Wildbow on reddit]</ref> likely for a very long time.<ref name="20.3 c2">She’s hooked up to the same systems that keep Mannequin going. Chances are strong she’ll live for a few thousand years. Maybe ten or twenty thousand, depending on the degree of wear from tides. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/chrysalis-20-3/#comment-14702  Comment by Wildbow] on [[Chrysalis 20.3]]</ref>

===Post-Timeskip===
Nine Cherish clones were created as a part of the [[Slaughterhouse 9000]]. One is killed by [[Golem]] and his allies at the start of the event.<ref>[[Sting 26.2]]</ref> Seven are killed by [[Dragon]],<ref> - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/interlude-26-donation-bonus-1/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26.x|26.x (Donation Interlude; Saint)]]</ref> and the ninth was offed by [[Weaver]].<ref>[[Sting 26.6]]</ref>

===[[Gold Morning]]===
Cherish may have died when the Eastern Seaboard on North America was destroyed.<ref>[[Interlude 26]]</ref> However, no nearby capes are recorded as inheriting Butcher's powers, so she could have survived. On the other hand, she is not mentioned later in the Gold Morning, despite having an extremely useful power.