Editing Weld (section)

===Background===
Weld was what [[Cauldron]] called a deviation scenario.<ref>5) Did Noelle experience what was called a “Deviation scenario” as was mentioned in 11:7?<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>'''Yes and no. Deviation scenarios include Weld and Gully.''' - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/imago-21-1/#comment-17887 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Imago 21.1]]</ref> After he was ejected from their custody he woke up amnesiac in a scrapyard,<ref name="9.1c1">He states in one paragraph, as he contemplates his power, that he was found in dumped in a junkyard, presumably with metal bits stuck to him.<br/><br/>Miss Militia notes in her interlude that he’s a ‘Case 53’, or one of the ones with the tattoos. - 
[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/cell-9-1/#comment-1588 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Sentinel  9.1]]</ref> his body a fragment consisting of his head and a fragment of his chest.<ref name="14.11IIe1">Armstrong [...] was responsible for rescuing Weld after Weld had been dropped off, an amnesiac with a head and part of a chest, left in a scrapyard. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/06/22 Excerpt] from [[Breaking 14.11]]</ref> There he spent an inordinate amount of time consolidating and separating himself from the metal that had been fused to his body.<ref name="9.1e11">“I appreciate the thought,” he told her.  His physiology had the unfortunate drawback that he couldn’t help but attach to and absorb metal he touched.  While it had been crippling when he’d first been found, dumped in a junkyard, he had learned ways around it.  He could rearrange the metals that formed his body, separate them into their composite elements, and he extended this particular trick to push all the impurities in the metals out to his ‘skin’.  The impurities, unlike the metal that composed the rest of him, didn’t bond, giving him the ability to handle things with his hands and teeth if he needed to.  It didn’t always work – at least once a week there was one embarrassing moments where he bonded with someone’s wedding ring during a handshake or bumped into a shelf display – but it helped.  Clothes helped as well. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/cell-9-1/ Excerpt] from [[Sentinel 9.1]]</ref> It is unknown if this was in Boston, but he would eventually be recruited to the Boston Wards team by [[Director Armstrong]], who became something of a father figure to Weld.<ref name="9.1"/>

Weld was a Boston Ward for two years.<ref name="P.8e1">A two year tenure as a member of the Boston Wards with no offenses or misconduct reported to the media.  He was the third monstrous cape to feature as an actor on a television show, the first to make a second appearance on TV, and the first mutant with an onscreen kiss.  He was the subject of a viral online image, released with various humorous captions, and it was a combination of this and arguably his small-network television appearances that gave him his popularity.  He rode this success to a position as the first monstrous cape to be the team leader of the Wards. - [[Glow-worm P.8]]</ref> At some point, Weld was the subject of an internet meme featuring an image of him with various captions.<ref name="P.8e1"/> He also had something of an acting career during this period.<ref name="P.8e1"/>

Because of his work he was on track to be part of the PRT's push to incorporate more Case 53's into the Protectorate.<ref name="Cast2">'''Weld''' – Once the forerunner of a new phase in the Protectorate’s plan to acclimatize the public to capes, Weld was to be the ‘face’ of the more monstrous or unusual capes, taking over the Wards, with plans to eventually have him lead a city’s Protectorate team.  Left the Wards following the revelations about Eidolon and Alexandria’s involvement with Cauldron.  Now leads the Irregulars.  Weld has metal flesh, a consequence of his ability to absorb metal and incorporate it into his biology.  This renders him nigh-indestructible and gives him basic shapeshifting ability. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast (in depth)]</ref><ref name="19.4 c1">Weld was, in his introductory chapter and interlude, mentioned as being the forerunner and point man for the next phase of the PRT’s overarching plan to blend parahumans into society. The test case, if you will. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/scourge-19-4/#comment-11831 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Scourge 19.4]]</ref> He was the third monstrous cape to feature as an actor on a television show, the first to make a second appearance on TV, and the first with an onscreen kiss.<ref name="P.8e1"/>