Editing Sveta Karelia (section)

==History==
===Background===
Sveta recalls that she was a fisherman's daughter living in a small village with her family, probably on an alternate Earth.<ref name=29.7e1/> 

Known as Dimi and presenting male at that time, she was injured after falling off of a coastal cliff on the sharp rocks below. Her sister, Nayet, was also injured during the rescue.<ref name= 13.z>[[Interlude 13.z]]</ref><ref name="svetatrans" />

She and her sister were taken in the middle of a storm while delirious from fever by several other 'monstrous' capes, and given a Cauldron formula.<ref name="29.7">[[Venom 29.7]]</ref> Her sibling did not survive.<ref>She’d been imprisoned alongside- had it been her brother?  And then she had become this and they had become dead, crushed to death by the movements of a body of black stone, ground into wall and floor until there was only pulp, and black gobbets that creaked like rock and twitched like meat. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/05/14/13-z/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 13.z]]</ref> Following this, she was released from Cauldron's custody, into [[Russia]]<ref name="6.7II e1"/><ref name="29.7c1">She wasn’t based in America at the outset, so the PRT had no involvement for some time. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/venom-29-7/#comment-44656 Comment by WildBow] on [[Venom 29.7]]</ref> for an unknown purpose.<ref name="R5 e1">Cauldron capes were explicitly ''more'' stable. Case 53s (barring Shamrock, Madison and Dealer C53s) all had a reason for being dropped where they were, with individual programming. - Excerpt from a [https://redd.it/4plwx6 Reddit comment] by Wildbow.</ref>  While on the loose she accidentally killed well over hundred people<ref name="29.6"/> over the course of several years.<ref name=29.7e2/>

Eventually, she was captured by [[Wieldmaiden]] of the [[Guild]]<ref name=13.z/>, and placed in a [[Parahuman Asylum]] where she was contained and treated for her condition. Initially, she was physically unable to speak because of her underdeveloped lungs, but after a year she regained enough control to be able to learn language.<ref name=9.13e1>Kingdom Come opened Sveta’s mouth, worked her jaw.  No words came out.<br/><br/>She doesn’t have full lungs, Kingdom Come, I thought.  For her first year or so, she couldn’t talk or explain herself, not that she even knew the language. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/10/06 Excerpt] form [[gleaming 9.13]]</ref> As a consequence, she speaks with a soft faux-russian accent.

After a point when she was in the asylum she gained computer privileges, though she had to share with someone else.<!--was this case 53 also a tentacle monster?-->  She eventually found [[Parahumans Online]] and choose the username GstringGirl, for a laugh.<ref name="I19c2"/><ref name="P8 e1">Whippersnap: I saw you in the casey thread. you had your name changed but you did a bad job of covering up the change.<br/><br/>'''Space_Squid:''' I didn’t cover it up.  The old name was a lark at a time I needed to laugh but I’m done with it.  Its embarrassing now - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2017/11/04/glow-worm-p-8/ Excerpt] form [[Glow-worm P.8]]</ref>

===Post-[[Slaughterhouse Nine]]===
[[Jessica Yamada|Mrs. Yamada]] visited Sveta in June 16th as part of her regular rounds. The Case 53 girl was waiting above the doorway to her special containment room when Mrs. Yamada arrived for their session. Her tendrils wrapped around Mrs. Yamada's suit and then constricted before Sveta apologized. Mrs. Yamada told her to focus on her relaxation exercises, but Sveta said that it was just making it worse. An airbag gave way and Sveta apologized again before saying that they should've talked through the mirrors and that she didn't want Mrs. Yamada to die. Mrs. Yamada told her that the point of the sessions was to socialize her before hushing her and telling her to focus on her relaxation exercises.<ref name="18.z e2">'''Thursday, June 16th, 2011, 22:11'''<br/>[...] - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/02/07 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.z]]</ref>

Eventually, Sveta was able to uncoil from Mrs. Yamada's suit and move herself over to her 'bed' while settling her organs on a shelf on the post. She apologized again, but Mrs. Yamada said she understood. Sveta asked about the patient that Mrs. Yamada had seen, only for Mrs. Yamada to remind her that she couldn't talk to others about her patients. Sveta said she understood before asking if the patient was a bad guy like she had been - saying that she had killed people before. Mrs. Yamada told her that it was her power that had killed them and that they would talk about it in their session before telling her that a doctor might be able to tell her about the new patient through the intercom. 

Mrs. Yamada asked if she had been keeping her journal and Sveta grabbed it. The doctor asked if she could look at it and Sveta allowed her to. Mrs. Yamada then asked her what had her so agitated before Sveta asked her why she wasn't scared of her. Mrs. Yamada told her that she had no reason to be.<ref name="18.z">[[Interlude 18.z]]</ref><!--divide this up a bit-->

Yamada informed Sveta of the larger plan behind her treatment. And told her that there was a [[Glory Girl|new patient]] at the asylum. They were eventually introduced and though was initially reluctant to meet her<ref name ="12.1e2"/> they became fast friends.<!--there is a lot of stuff in ward about their friendship and experiences together, mentioned off handedly and such-->

She met Victoria's family several times.

===Post-[[Battle against Echidna|Echidna]]===
Distraught over her [[Weld|idol]] leaving the Protectorate, Sveta rapidly lost progress in her treatment.<ref name="23.4 e1">“It’s a matter of professional courtesy,” she said, more like she was talking to herself than to me.  She was still getting herself sorted out, her raincoat hung up, rain boots replaced with slippers she’d been holding beneath the coat.  “Being prompt, it indicates that I respect and value your time.  You can’t confide in me if I don’t respect you.”<br/><br/>''Respect me?''<br/><br/>I looked down at the floor for a moment.  She was looking at me when I raised my eyes to her.  “With all sincerity, it was due to forces entirely out of my control, with complications at every turn.”<br/><br/>“Bureaucracy,” I said.<br/><br/>“You’re not wrong,” she said, “But it was something else.  A patient of mine, institutionalized, she’s reacted badly to certain events in the last month.  Someone she idolized left the Wards, and-”<br/><br/>I could see her stop, composing herself, the stress and preoccupied attitude melting away.<br/><br/>“-And this isn’t about that.  This session is about you.”- [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/drone-23-4/ Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.4]]</ref> She was paid a visit and accepted an invitation to the Irregulars.<ref name="27.5e3">“Sveta idolizes me.  She sees me as a hero, a spokesperson for our kind.  Her therapist asked me to come visit, because she heard about what happened in the [[Echidna]] attack, what Cauldron was doing.  All of her progress, gone.  So her therapist wanted her hero to show up.  Give her guidance, support.  It worked.”<br/><br/>“That’s a good thing, isn’t it?” [[Taylor|I asked.]]  I saw Eidolon open fire, not a dramatic attack, but a subtle one, a series of darts that left dark streaks in the air.  My entire body tensed, as if I could jump into the fight. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/24/extinction-27-5/ Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.5]]</ref> She was eventually convinced to leave the asylum with Weld thanks to the intervention of Victoria.

===[[Gold Morning]]===
Sveta was with the [[Irregulars]] when they attended the meeting at the opening of the event. She was basically 'worn' by Weld but kept silent throughout.<ref>Weld’s Irregulars. Weld had altered his look, a little more edgy, a little less human. Segments of his metallic flesh stood out like horns or scales, and the veins and crevices were deeper.<br/><br/>Strangest of all was that he was ''wearing'' another of the case fifty-threes, in addition to his thick canvas pants. Tendrils encircled his arms and legs, wound around his fingers. Loops of metal, in turn, bound the tendrils, locking them into place, or helped direct them into and through his limbs. All of the tendrils led to the same point, to a pale girl’s face, with Cauldron’s mark on her cheekbone. She had no body I could make out, no hair, only the tendrils. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/17 Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.2]]</ref>

She deployed with the rest of the team to [[Oil-rig battle|the oil rig]]. She was heavily damaged by Scion while shielding her team. While notably still intact afterward she was nevertheless injured and reduced in effectiveness.<ref name="27.5e1">Scion erupted with golden light. It wasn’t the sort of attack one dodged. Instantaneous, hitting everything in every direction.<br/><br/>My skin began to blister, the golden light searing through it, appearing in the ridges between spots where flesh was simply being eaten away.<br/><br/>I scrambled for cover<br/>[...]<br/>The light faded. I checked, then climbed back over the edge.<br/><br/>Weld and his people had taken cover. Sanguine was covering injuries with scabs, but the damage was bad. The tendril girl’s tentacles were worn so thin they were barely there. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/24/extinction-27-5/ Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.5]]</ref>

She later took part in the mission to [[Cauldron's headquarters]]. During the mission, the container the Irregulars stored her in cracked, forcing Sveta to choose a target to attack. Sveta attempted to focus her tentacles on Scion, but was unable to maintain focus solely on him and inadvertently killed [[Doctor Mother]].<ref name="29.7 e9">Sveta's tendrils continued to extend, stretching out.<br/><br/>Each one chose the Doctor as the mark.<br/><br/>"Had to pick someone," Sveta whispered.  "Couldn't focus on him alone.  I'm sorry, but you're the best choice."<br/><br/>The tendrlis found points closer to the Doctor's midsection, crushing.<br/><br/>The Doctor's screams became strangled.<br/><br/>Sveta coiled around the Doctor, burying the woman beneath overlapping tendrils, until there was a cocoon and a girl's face, curled up on the stairs.  Blood pooled beneath them. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/venom-29-7/ Excerpt] from [[Venom 29.7]]</ref>

Helped halt [[Scion]] from destroying [[Taylor]]'s group and bought them time to escape. Sveta herself was able to escape later.<ref name="29.9 e1">I focused on my bugs. Searching the area. I didn’t have many, but two bugs floating a foot apart could fly at chest level and run into most people standing in a corridor.<br/><br/>A cluster of bugs died, wiped out by lashing tendrils.<br/><br/>''Sveta made it.'' - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/venom-29-9/ Excerpt] from [[Venom 29.9]]</ref>

Like the other capes she was snatched up by [[Khepri]] and was deposited in [[New York]] when [[Doormaker]] lost power. She rapidly tried to separate herself within an apartment and tried to calm down.<ref name="30.6">A rooftop overlooking New York, Earth Bet.  ''My'' New York.<br/>[...]<br/>I watched the monsters and the lunatics.  The tentacle girl was hanging back, hiding inside an apartment, trying to calm herself. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/26 Excerpt] from [[Speck 30.6]]</ref> 

===[[Glow-worm]]===
Two years after surviving Gold Morning, Sveta took a five-day trip with [[Weld]] to discover her homeland. While it ultimately failed she did have a very nice vacation.<ref name="GW8">[[Glow-worm P.8]]</ref> It involved sailing along a cost and got the chance to try swimming, an activity that she enjoyed.<ref name="2.7">“Traveling?” I asked.  Her smile was contagious.<br/><br/>“Traveling.  We had a boat, and when we weren’t around people, I got out of my hamster ball.  We stayed pretty close to the coasts, Weld sailing or driving the boat and me swimming.  It was really, really nice.”<br/><br/>“I can tell you got a lot of sun,” Tristan said.<br/><br/>Sveta smiled.  Her face was so pale that her complexion was borderline impossible for a human.  “I like swimming.  I want to find a way to get out and do it more.  It’s the first time I can remember moving and having there be resistance.  Everything else is too hard or too reflex.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/30/flare-2-7/ Excerpt] from [[Flare 2.7]]</ref> She found herself ostracized from the Case 53 community given Weld's actions, as well as her own. She took this in stride by deleting her PHO account and starting a new one.

===Early-[[Ward]]===
At some point prior to the start of Ward, she was able to have an artificial 'body' created for her, which she piloted from within using her tentacles.

Through talks with her therapy group she eventually decided to found a superhero team. She was sad about it.

Was able to meet an old friend after a long time after Ms. Yamada brought Victoria in to dissuade her and the group from forming the team. This was not successful but the two women rejoiced in meeting each other again. 

Victoria told her about the change to her power. Sveta didn't hold this silence against her old friend.

Participated in the [[Mathers Compound Assault]]. Was not appreciative of the lethal force used.<ref name="6.7II e1">“Wait, let me talk,” Sveta said.  “I’ve been thinking about this.  I talked about this in front of all of you at different times.  In the group, and in the room with Victoria.  My first clear memories, I was dropped into the middle of a populated area in Russia.  I killed a lot of people accidentally.  Civilians and army that came after me, and then people from the PRT.  I didn’t stop because I found a way to stop.  I stopped because they caught me.”<br/><br/>"You’ve talked about it,” Ashley said.  “Deaths stay with us.”<br/><br/>"They’re ''supposed'' to stay with us!” Sveta sounded plaintive and outraged at the same time.  “This is major.  I got each and every one of those names of the people I killed.  I learned about them.  I know it wasn’t my fault, but…” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/05/05 Excerpt] from [[Pitch 6.7]]</ref>

Was unable to protect Rain from [[Cradle]] and [[Operator Red]], but it wasn't at the cost of his life.

===Post-[[Mathers Compound Assault|Fallen Fall]]===
Worked with her team to try and stop the portal sabotage.

Finally decided on a cape name.<ref name=7.8e2> Capricorn said.  “Lookout.  Right.  Me, you.  Sveta?”<br/><br/>Sveta said a single word in Russian.  “It wasn’t my first choice, but Weld told me if I didn’t choose, someone would choose for me.  I guess our hands are being forced.  Tress.  Because it sounds pretty, at least.  But call me Sveta when it’s not official.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/06/16/torch-7-8/ excerpt] from [[Torch 7.8]]</ref>

===Post-[[Goddess' Takeover]]===
After her teammates were assaulted, and her shell-body was destroyed, she turned to [[Precipice]] and his power to increase control over her tendrils.<ref>[[Blinding 11.12]]</ref> It was quite successful.<ref>[[Heavens 12.1]]</ref>

Tangled with [[Thud]] who did not want to let her go.<ref>[[Heavens 12.3]]</ref>

Got on the wrong side of [[Brandish]].

She was able to steal [[Tattletale]] from [[Cradle]]'s egg.

Assisted Victoria in the final rush on Cradle by recovering Rain.

===Post-[[Time Bubble Pop]]===
Within a month her control of her form had skyrocketed.

Sveta joined Victoria and [[Tattletale]] on their visit to [[the Lodge]] while investigating the source of the cyber attacks.

Sveta was granted a human body by [[Mr. Bough]] of [[Orchard]].<ref>[[Interlude 13.z]]</ref>

Like the rest of her team she was involved in the [[Shin Diplomatic Crisis]]. After Victoria was hurt and drugged into unconsciousness Sveta was put into isolation for trying to defend her. Regardless she was able to communicate with her team and was able to save her [[Kamil Armstrong|father figure]] from an assassination attempt by a [[Crock o’Shit|foul mouthed parahuman killer.]]<ref>[[Interlude_14.z_II]]</ref>

Participates in the raid on [[Teacher]], where she encounters [[Contessa]] within the former [[Cauldron Compound]]. Reluctantly, she cooperates with her tormentor to fight against the common enemy.<ref>[[Dying 15.7]]</ref> She was severely wounded during the fight with elite soldiers of Teacher, nevertheless she was able to reach [[Dragonslayers]] in critical moment and disable [[Saint]].<ref name="15.xII">[[Interlude 15.x II]]</ref>

===Post-[[Attack on Teacher]]===
Sveta was one of the capes deployed to [[Shin]] to oversee [[The Mother of Mothers]]. She brought with her [[Egg]] an [[Engel]], planning to bribe [[Chris Elman]] into letting heroes inside his lab.<ref name="II17.7">[[Sundown 17.7]]</ref>

She served as a proxy spoke-person for [[Tattletale]] and [[Victoria Dallon]], eventually convincing [[The Red Queen]] to stand down, after the Shin escalated. [[Slician]] saved Sveta's life during the Amy's attack.<ref name="II17.8">[[Sundown 17.8]]</ref>

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Sveta was alongside [[The Undersiders]] and [[Breakthrough]] during the oversight duty of [[Titan Oberon]] and [[Fume Hood|Eve]], where she had some hearth-to-heart conversation with [[Antares]]

During the ensuing battle of titans she helped [[Rachel]] to deliver [[Foil]]-enchanted chainhook, but both of them had to be recovered by Antares.<ref name="II18.4">[[Radiation 18.4]]</ref> Later in the fight she was ensuring safety of the frontline heavy-hitters.<ref name="II18.6">[[Radiation 18.6]]</ref>

After the fight Sveta assisted in [[Armstrong]]'s side-project.<ref>“Armstrong asked me to join a discussion about case fifty-threes, do some tests, get scanned, have some Thinkers look at us,” Sveta said.  “Kenzie got some scans of things, others have their own data.  We’re thinking maybe the case fifty-threes are closer to what Titans are than humans.  Maybe there are insights there.  It’s a bit of a reach, in my opinion.”- [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/12/14/radiation-18-9/ Excerpt] from [[Radiation 18.9]]</ref> She met with other [[Case 53]]s there and was betrayed by the [[Weld]]'s makeshift plan.<ref name="II19.a">[[Infrared 19.a]]</ref> She returned to Breakthrough and took care of her teammates.

At the night she was assisting other capes during the defense of [[the Shardspace]] entry-point, and the battle against the [[Fortuna]]'s Titans in similar ways.<ref name="II19.1">[[Infrared 19.1]]</ref> She stayed together with [[Tristan]] to protect [[Furcate]] and [[Moonsong]].<ref name="II19.6">[[Infrared 19.6]]</ref> She recovered Furcate-clones, sparing them from following through with suicide attack.<ref name="II19.d">[[Infrared 19.d]]</ref>

After Tristan's death she and Byron followed [[Antares]] and [[Rain]] to [[the Shardrealm]], and met them near Contessa's crystal,<ref name="II19.7">[[Infrared 19.7]]</ref> she attempted to recover some more personal memories from the Contessa's shard.<ref name="II19.8">[[Infrared 19.8]]</ref>

Sveta participated in the Wardens' battles against [[The Simurgh]] and [[Machine Army]]. She was protecting her teammates and [[The Major Malfunctions]].<ref name="II20.1">[[Last 20.1]]</ref> During The Simurgh ambush in [[Cauldron Compound|The Wardens Compound]] she was able to entangle and pin down the Endbringer by subjecting herself to [[Clockblocker]] power.<ref name="II20.3">[[Last 20.3]]</ref>

After run-in with [[Bloodplay]] she insist on [[Breakthrough]] splitting up, with Antares and Byron seeking medical help in labs, and Sveta and Rain proceeding with the task of protecting [[Dinah Alcott]].<ref name="II20.4">[[Last 20.4]]</ref>

At the end of the third encounter with the Simurgh Sveta started unraveling, and regressed in her ability to control her body. She was comforted and calmed down by [[Victoria Dallon]] after the battle.<ref name="II20.7">[[Last 20.7]]</ref>

Sveta accepted the parahuman plague, but declined Victoria's company and left to wait plague's activation alone on the shore.<ref name="II20.10">[[Last 20.10]]</ref>