Editing Trigger Event (section)

==Known Triggers==
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*[[Skitter]] was shut in a [[Locker Incident|locker with piles of used tampons and pads]]. The realization that no one was coming to help her, compounded by the constant social isolation of the previous months, caused her to trigger.<ref name="4.3">[[Shell 4.3]]</ref> She likely had a double-trigger, based on the tests performed by [[Number Man]].
*[[Grue]] came face to face with the man who had been abusing his sister and had previously abused him.<ref name="4.3" />
*[[Tattletale]] triggered days after her brother committed suicide.
*[[Miss Militia]] was in [[Wikipedia:Kurdistan|Eastern Turkey/Kurdistan]], which was in the middle of an ongoing conflict, when Turkish soldiers gathered up the kids of a small village and used them as living subjects to clear the path of traps laid by the guerrilla fighters. She grew convinced she was about to die, either by walking into a trap or being shot, and her powers activated.<ref name="I7">[[Interlude 7]]</ref>
*[[Bitch]]'s pet dog [[Rollo]] was being drowned by her foster mother, causing Rachel to trigger.
*[[Scrub]] gained his powers during a free-for-all brawl that [[Skidmark]] instigated among his own followers, after being beaten and/or in a moment of panic.<ref name="11.6">[[Infestation 11.6]]</ref>
*[[Jack Slash]] was kept in a basement by his parents and told the world had ended.<ref>[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15029301 Comment by Wildbow on Spacebattles]</ref> He triggered after emerging to discover that the world was perfectly fine.
*[[Bonesaw]]'s family was tortured by the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]].
*[[Clockblocker]] triggered while donating bone marrow to his terminally ill father.
*[[Browbeat]] jumped into a freezing cold lake on a whim.
*[[Crusader]] was neglected in favor of his disabled sister, tried to kill her in retaliation, and was caught.<ref name=":2" />
*[[Purity]] was in a car crash, trapped in the wreckage by the side of the road, starving.<ref name=":2" />
*[[Imp]] triggered while being threatened by a group of men.
*[[Chevalier]] triggered after being trapped in a car crash that saw his younger brother being kidnapped.
*[[Dauntless]] triggered when he had to perform a C-section on his girlfriend, to save the life of his son, after their house was trapped in a mudslide.<ref>[[Interlude 12.none]]</ref>
*[[Lung]] triggered when his group of friends got knocked out and killed by a [[Contessa vs. Lung|mysterious woman]] while he was covered in drugs.<ref>[[Interlude 22.y]]</ref>
*[[Kenzie Martin|Lookout]] triggered after being separated from her foster fathers. In a desperate need to know why the people she loved were pulling away from her.
===Second Generation Capes===

*[[Glory Girl]] gained her powers after being fouled in gym class.<ref name="4.3 e1" />
*[[Panacea]] triggered when Glory Girl was injured in a fight.<ref>A gang attacked a mall, hurting Glory Girl. Basically told in the worm drafts, only it wasn't the S9. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15028199 Wildbow on Spacebattles]</ref>
*[[Golem]] triggered after being left alone by Purity and her group.
*[[Chicken Little]] triggered after waking up alone after sleep-walking and having night terrors.

===Second Triggers===

*[[Grue]] second triggered watching [[Bonesaw]] vivisect his teammates.
*[[King of Cups]] second triggered after [[Queen of Swords]] was killed during [[Gold Morning]].<ref name="29.2">[[Venom 29.2]]</ref>
*[[Narwhal]] second triggered and gained the ability to bypass the [[Manton Effect]].
*[[Glaistig Uaine]].
*All [[Titans]].

===Cauldron Capes===

*[[Battery]] purchased powers to defeat her nemesis [[Madcap]].
*[[The Travelers]] drank vials they found to help them in a crisis situation.
*[[Alexandria]] was approached by Cauldron while dying of cancer.
*[[Eidolon]] was approached by Cauldron after he attempted suicide.
*[[Newter]] was rescued by Alexandria from a dimension embroiled in global war.
*[[Garotte]] was kidnapped by monsters from her seaside village during a hurricane.<ref>[[Interlude 13.z II]]</ref>
*[[Shamrock]] was kidnapped from her temple-school in an unknown dimension.
*[[Triumph]]'s father bought powers for him to help him cheat at sports.<ref>[[Interlude 15]]</ref>
*[[William Manton]] drank a vial and fled [[Cauldron]] after his daughter was mutated.