Editing Rain O'Fire Frazier (section)

===Blaster Power===
Rain's primary ability was a [[blaster]] power that renders the target fragile.<ref name="II2.6 eBlasterPower">“The powers wax, wane, and shuffle around.  I try to keep track.  He was loaded to bear on that day, if I’m remembering right.  The only power he didn’t have a lot of was mine, and maybe a little bit less of his own.”<br/><br/>“Right,” I said.  “Which is yours?”<br/><br/>“Uh.  Mine is a blaster power,” Rain said.  “It’s pretty mediocre.  I shoot things or people and they’re vulnerable to being broken for a short while after.  To put it simply.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/26/flare-2-6/ Excerpt] from [[Flare 2.6]]</ref> The name of his primary shard is [[List_of_Shards#.27Mall_Stampede_Cluster.27|Cloven Stranger]].<ref>[[Heavens 12.f]]</ref> He creates a slightly bent blade of silver light in his hand, which curves in the air when he throws it, like a boomerang. The blades create long silver lines of fragility on the target; if the target is struck, they split along the line. This power is not [[Manton Limit]]ed,<ref name="II3.4">[[Glare 3.4]]</ref> but when it does hit a target, it will affect any covering it has before affecting the flesh, such as clothing.<ref name="I4b II e935">Instead, fabric draped over Rain’s head.<br/><br/>“Replace it,” his uncle said.  Perhaps the eleventh and twelfth words Rain had ever heard the man say to him.<br/><br/>Rain reached up and pulled the fabric away.  The plaid shirt.  Sliced across the middle.  His uncle was fine, because-<br/><br/>Because, Rain realized, closing his eyes, the power only affected one thing at a time.  It would hit clothes first, the person second. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/02/13/shade-interlude-4b/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 4b II]]</ref> The blades glow strong enough to be an adequate replacement for a phone light.<ref>He paused, after pointing, then created a blade of silvery light.<br/><br/>“Problem?”<br/><br/>“No,” he said.  “Just realizing I’m an idiot.  Just realized my blades shed more light than my phone.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/01/08/blinding-11-6/ Excerpt] from [[Blinding 11.6]]</ref>

Rain's blades are powerful enough to affect an [[Endbringer]] even at their lowest.<ref name=2ofthem>We closed the distance, and the blade met the Simurgh’s silver flesh, carving out a shimmering silver line, so close in color that it looked like there was no line at all.  From shoulder to back, to hip.<br/><br/>[...]<br/>I couldn’t drop Rain, or risk losing him, which meant I had to use me.  I kicked out, hard, my foot meeting the silver line.  It flared, bright, and the Simurgh’s wings spread out around us, until they were ninety percent of what I could see.  The pain of the jolt reaching my ribs and collarbone made my vision split.  I couldn’t see straight.<br/>[...]<br/>Below us, more than half of the Simurgh’s body, including one arm, some smaller wings, and both legs, lay on the basement level of the facility.  The accumulated damage from the Wardens, Rain, the beams, and the temperature shifts had added up enough for it to break away entirely.  It lay there, limp and still. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/03/17/last-20-7/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.7]]</ref>

On one occasion, he suggested that this was the only one of his abilities that got a "boost" sometimes as part of the multitrigger schedule.<ref>“My blaster power can get a bump some days.  My others, no.  They stay at about that power level.  The others change it up more, they’ll act on days they’re strong.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/26/flare-2-6/ Excerpt] from [[Flare 2.6]]</ref> However, this wasn't entirely true: he received a boost to this power every five days, but did get boosts to the others according to a longer, more complex schedule. On the days when his blaster power was boosted, the blades he could throw were larger, faster and more numerous, and the lines lasted 10-20% longer.<ref name="II3.4"/>