Editing Endbringers (section)

==History==
===Background===
The first Endbringer, [[Behemoth]], appeared in 1992 in the Marun oil field of Iran, beginning a series of attacks at various locations worldwide, roughly once a year. The appearance of Behemoth was a major factor towards the creation of the [[PRT]], which labelled the Endbringer as Case 2 in their [[Case Files|case files]].<ref>Case two was Behemoth, his rise had incited the creation of the PRT.<br>[...]<br>The first cases had inspired things, major functions and interests.  Committees had been formed and those committees had become something.  Even though a whole chunk of the early ones were minor or fabrications in the end, the virus theory included, they’d led to things like a dedicated parahuman science department. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/27/shadow-5-10/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.10]]</ref> For the [[Triumvirate]], the presence of Behemoth, as well as the potential for future capes of his caliber, was also a major motivating factor for the formation of their team and the continued work of [[Cauldron]].<ref>“The point we’re getting around to,” Alexandria spoke, “Is that even if the Doctor can get better results with time and effort, the explosion in the natural parahuman population is inevitably going to produce an individual with powers that outstrip our own.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/interlude-15-donation-bonus-3/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15]]</ref>

Over the next several years, the Endbringer attacks continued to escalate. Once Behemoth began to be "too predictable," the second Endbringer, [[Leviathan]], appeared in 1996, in Oslo, Norway.<ref name="I24y 1">“It’s okay to worry,” Tecton said.  He gestured towards Weaver.  “Weaver said as much.  They’ve got a nasty habit of escalating, in the fights themselves and in the grand scheme of things.  Behemoth got too predictable, so Leviathan started to show up.  We started to coordinate defenses, get the world on board to deal with them, Simurgh comes.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/25/interlude-24-donation-bonus-1/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 24.y]]</ref> Attacks started occurring roughly every five months.<ref name="25.4 e1" /> Worldwide defense efforts began to coordinate forces against Endbringer attacks; apparently in response to these efforts, in 2002, the third Endbringer, the [[Simurgh]], made her first appearance, appearing docile at first before attacking and revealing herself to be an Endbringer.<ref>"It’s what happened in… what was that place called?  Lausanne?  Switzerland.  She showed up, and nobody wanted to pick a fight with her, and they were curious, so they studied her, and tried to communicate with her.  Tons of people gathered.  Then she… sang?  Screamed?  Whatever this is.  There was chaos, people didn’t know what was happening, so they weren’t able to evacuate that well.  Roads clogged.  And then they started flipping out...." - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/migration-17-3/ Excerpt] from [[Migration 17.3]]</ref><ref name="I24y 1" />

The three Endbringers continued their worldwide attacks over the next decade, creating immense destruction. An attack from Leviathan on Newfoundland sunk the entire island, killing the tinker [[Andrew Richter]], whose creation [[Dragon]] later joined the [[Guild]]<ref>[[Interlude 10.5]]</ref>; a [[Lung tests Leviathan|separate attack]] from Leviathan sunk the island of Kyushu, despite resistance from [[Lung]].<ref>[[Interlude 22.y]]</ref> The benevolent tinker Sphere was turned into future Slaughterhouse Nine member [[Mannequin]] by an attack from the Simurgh; another Simurgh attack on [[Madison|Madison, Wisconsin]] brought the [[Travelers]] to [[Earths#Earth Bet|Earth Bet]], later bringing about the [[Echidna]].<ref>[[Migration]]</ref>
===Leviathan Attack on Brockton Bay, 2011===
{{main|Battle against Leviathan}}
On May 15, 2011, [[Brockton Bay]] was the target of an attack by Leviathan; [[Miss Militia]] believed the attack to be in response to the recent gang conflicts plaguing the city<ref name="I7">“Nothing’s truly random,” Colin explained, his voice tight, “Any data shows a pattern eventually, if you dig deep enough.  Dragon started work on an early warning system for the Endbringers, to see if we can’t anticipate where they’ll strike next, prepare to some degree.  We know there’s some rules they follow, though we don’t know why.  They come one at a time, months apart, rarely hitting the same area twice in a short span of time.  We know they’re drawn to areas where they perceive vulnerability, where they think they can cause the most damage.  Nuclear reactors, the Birdcage, places recently hit by natural disasters…”<br><br>He clicked the mouse, and the image zoomed in on a section of the coastline.<br><br>“…Or ongoing conflict,” Hannah finished for him, her eyes widening.  “The ABB, Empire Eighty-Eight, the fighting here?  It’s coming here?  Now?”<br><br>Colin didn’t have a reply for her.  “Dragon?  Brockton Bay falls within the predicted zone, and the city is on the list of locations that rate high enough on the sensitivity or negative media scale.  Add my data, the correlations between abrupt microshifts in temperature, air pressure and-”<br><br>“The data is good.” Dragon’s voice, synthesized to mask the most telling details about her identity, held no trace of doubt. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/interlude-7/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 7]]</ref>, while the [[Travelers]] suspected [[Noelle Meinhardt]] to be the target of the attack, a theory which [[Tattletale]] later agreed with.<ref>Coil shook his head, “One thing at a time.  If he is here because he’s seeking someone who could harm him, the only individuals on site who would be capable are Sundancer and your Noelle.”<br><br>[...]<br><br>“''Shit,''” Trickster swore.  “That’s why he’s here.  Just like Leviathan, Crawler’s coming after her?” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/interlude-11f/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11f]]</ref><ref name="24.3" /> Early-warning programs operated by [[Armsmaster]] and [[Dragon]] were able to foresee the attack and give local and foreign capes a chance to organize against it.<ref name="I7" /> Leviathan still devastated the parahuman resistance, only retreating with the appearance of [[Scion]], and destroyed a large part of the city. The number of casualties was the lowest for an Endbringer attack in years, however, leading [[Taylor Hebert]] to later reflect on the attack as a "good day" compared to other attacks.<ref name="24.5 e1">The fight with Leviathan in Brockton Bay had been a good day.  We’d lost people, we’d lost good capes, but we’d more or less bounced back, made it three-quarters of the way back to where we needed to be, in a matter of months.  There had been ugliness, infighting, a hell of a lot of doubt, but we’d started to make our way back to where we should be.  It had been the lowest number of casualties we’d had in an Endbringer attack in years, not counting a few of the Simurgh attacks.  A good day.<br><br>''This?  This isn’t a good day.'' - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/20/crushed-24-5/ Excerpt] from [[Crushed 24.5]]</ref>

The Leviathan attack nevertheless had significant and long-lasting consequences for the city; large swaths of it were left without power and resources, while others were destroyed entirely. The local Protectorate team was weakened by the death of [[Velocity]] and [[Dauntless]], and the retirement of [[Armsmaster]], while the deaths of [[Aegis]] and [[Gallant]] severely hurt morale among the local Wards and required the arrival of [[Weld]] and [[Flechette]] to bolster their ranks.<ref name="9.1">“...This young man has been observed in the south end, moving at over a hundred miles an hour with the assistance of a mechanical suit.  His inclusion on a local team would help fill gaps left by the death of Velocity, a local Protectorate member, and Armsmaster’s retirement.”<br><br>Weld nodded.<br><br>“Others may make themselves known, and we will approach each of them in turn.  To help fill the gap in the meantime, Flechette is arriving from New York.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/cell-9-1/ Excerpt] from [[Sentinel 9.1]]</ref> [[New Wave]] was also hit hard by the deaths of [[Shielder]] and [[Manpower]], and the injury of [[Flashbang]]. Meanwhile, with the city's major gangs removed from power and the heroes still recovering, the [[Undersiders]] and the [[Travelers]] were able to claim territory, furthering their employer [[Coil|Coil's]] plans to take over the city.<ref>“In the meantime, we move on to the next phase of my plan,” Coil spoke.  “You may be wondering about this location, how it is similar to the new headquarters I provided you.  I have outfitted these areas to be your stations, points from which you will operate, work to seize and keep territory.  I have several more.  If you’re amenable, I would have each of you take one of these stations for yourself.  Grue, this would be your station, shared with Imp, which I assume is alright?” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/parasite-10-6/ Excerpt] from [[Parasite 10.6]]</ref>

Despite these issues, the city was able to recover to a reasonable position within several months.<ref name="24.5 e1" /> However, its poor state soon after the attack ultimately attracted the attention of the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]], whose presence in the city eventually set the stage for the [[End of the World|end of the world]].<ref>“Priority number one, I want the data on the Slaughterhouse Nine.”<br><br>I felt a chill, but didn’t say anything.  Was he intending to hire them?  It would be a huge mistake in my book, if he was.<br><br>Regent asked the question for me, “The Slaughterhouse Nine?”<br><br>“At least some of their members have been seen in town, preying on the locals, disrupting recovery efforts.  The recent chaos makes the city a playground for them,” Coil spoke.  “One of my teams is bound to run up against them soon.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/parasite-10-6/ Excerpt] from [[Parasite 10.6]]</ref>
===Behemoth Attack on New Delhi, 2011===
{{main|Battle against Behemoth}}
The next Endbringer attack occurred on July 26, 2011, when Behemoth attacked New Delhi. The battle was attended by both the local cape groups of the [[Garama]] and [[Thanda]], as well as capes from the [[Protectorate]] and the [[Yàngbǎn]], as well as the [[Undersiders]] and [[Ambassadors]]. The Endbringer's goal was likely a "time bomb" operated by local 'cold' cape [[Phir Sē]], composed of light looped repeatedly through portals, accumulating power.<ref name="24.3">Another note:<br>
:they want to lose I think.  set themselves up to fail.  but not fail so bad they risk dying.  levi was after something, noelle I think.  but why didn’t he show up closer to downtown?<br>
“I don’t know,” I said.  I felt a little chilled at the idea that ''this'' was the Endbringers pulling their punches.<br>
:big b wants something.  not at india gate.  somewhere past it.  why not come up right underneath it?<br>
“I don’t know,” I repeated myself.  “''It doesn’t matter.''”<br>
:matters.  looked at past attacks.  pattern.  small pattern.  behe attacks nuclear reactor, appears some distance away.  attacks birdcage, appears in rockies, no sign he was close or beneath cage.  pattern says he wouldn’t emerge this close if he just wanted to attack india gate.  He attacking something north of it. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/crushed-24-3/ Excerpt] from [[Crushed 24.3]]</ref><ref>“A weapon,” he said.  “A… how do you Americans say it?  Time bomb?  Only this is joke.”<br><br>“He makes portals,” Kismet said.  “Using them, he can send things back in time.  Something goes in portal B, comes out of portal A a few minutes earlier.  Or the other way around.”<br><br>“Or, as I discover, I make loop,” Phir Sē said.  “Weaponize.  Simple light, captured in one moment, redoubled many times over.  I move gate, and that light will pour forth and clean.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/crushed-24-3/ Excerpt] from [[Crushed 24.3]]</ref> Phir Sē eventually deployed this energy weapon, dealing the most damage to an Endbringer ever done, but it only succeeded in removing the Endbringer's outer layers, leaving his 'skeleton' intact.<ref name="24.x e5">But Behemoth… the Endbringer was little more than a skeleton with extensive padding.  He’d never seen this much damage delivered. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/22/interlude-24/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 24.x]]</ref> After further fighting, Scion arrived, and having been instructed by [[Kevin Norton]] to slay the Endbringers, he killed Behemoth.<ref>“Those Endbringer motherfuckers.  I told you that you need to stop them, that you need to fight and protect people.  And you have been.”<br><br>He clenched his hands, stared down at the ground, “And god help me, maybe I wasn’t specific enough.  Maybe I didn’t realize you’d interpret me literally.  We need you to kill the things.  Destroy every last trace of them, throw them into space.  Don’t know.  But fight to kill, don’t just… God, I hope I’m wrong, that I’m remembering the words I chose all wrong, and that you didn’t hear my suggestion and take it to mean you should fight for fighting’s sake, or fight to stop them, but not to stop them for good.  You understand?  Don’t just stop them from doing what they were doing.  Stop them permanently.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/interlude-18x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.x]]</ref><ref name="24.x e8" />

In addition to the deaths of numerous civilians, the attack saw the deaths of noted capes such as [[Regent]], [[Rime]], and [[Accord]]. [[Alexandria|Alexandria's]] body, possessed by [[Pretender]], notably made an appearance at the attack. In addition, the [[Chicago#The Wards|Chicago Wards]], after cooperating with [[Weaver]], made the decision to let her onto their team.<ref>[[Interlude 24.y]]</ref> The largest consequence of the attack on New Delhi, however, was the death of Behemoth. The Endbringers, long seen as a fact of life, were shown in this battle to be killable, prompting questions about the next steps forward regarding the other Endbringers, as well as what they would do to escalate next.<ref>Tecton ventured a reply instead.  “I think I understand what Cuff means.  It’s hard to believe he’s gone.  It’s like, you’re five years old, and Leviathan appears for the first time, and your parents have to explain that a bunch of people died, and it’s because of these monsters and yet nobody has figured out ''why''.”<br><br>“Yeah,” Cuff said.  “What happens next?  Leviathan or the Simurgh?  We kill them?  Stop them from blowing up or doing their version of blowing up?  I can’t really imagine that we’d beat them, give our all and hope that Scion shows up and fights like that again, kill them, and then have everything be okay.”<br>[...]<br>“And now we killed one, so how do they escalate from there?” Grace asked.<br><br>“It’s a concern,” Tecton said, “And it’s one that people all around the world are going to be discussing.  Rely on them.  Don’t take the full weight of the world onto your shoulders.  We fought, you guys made a good show of it,” Tecton said. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/25/interlude-24-donation-bonus-1/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 24.y]]</ref> As information about the attack spread to the public, it was similarly met with both celebration and skepticism about the defeat, with some expressing concerns that Behemoth was not actually dead, or that the defeat would provoke the remaining Endbringers.<ref>“All around the world, people seem to be celebrating, but it’s a markedly ''cautious'' celebration.  Early polls on the UKCC web site suggest that a full ''eighteen'' percent of people who voted are waiting for more information or verification before celebrating the heroes’ victory, and ''ten'' percent of people don’t intend to celebrate at ''all''.”<br><br>“Not at all?”<br><br>“No, Lizbeth.  In the comments thread of the poll, a common trend seems to be the feeling that he isn’t or can’t be dead, that the heroes were mistaken, or that this might even provoke a response from the remaining Endbringers.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/25/interlude-24-donation-bonus-1/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 24.y]]</ref>
===Post-Behemoth Defeat===
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The first Endbringer attack following the death of Behemoth was an attack from the Simurgh on November 25, 2011, on Flight BA178; unlike prior attacks, the fight lasted only forty minutes, with little lead-up and no casualties besides the passengers of the plane.<ref name="25.6 eWarp">A fire started on the body of the ship as Eidolon tore into the Simurgh with a reality warping power of some kind, complete with lightning, fire, distorted light, and ice.  The Simurgh cast the craft aside in the following instant, letting it flip, burn and tumble before hitting the water and virtually disintegrating.<br><br>That done, the Simurgh ascended, rising into the clouds.  A few capes tried to follow, but Scion wasn’t among them.<br><br>“How long was the fight?” I asked.<br><br>“Not long enough for Scion to show,” was all Wanton said.<br><br>“Forty minutes?” Tecton asked.  “About forty minutes.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/scarab-25-2/ Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.2]]</ref> This attack marked a change in strategy for Leviathan and the Simurgh, both of them beginning to use guerrilla tactics.<ref name="25.6 e2"><b>Flight BA178</b>, November 25th, 2011 // Simurgh<br>Notes: Loss?  Plane destroyed, Eidolon/Pretender drive off Endbringer.  Marks start of guerilla tactics from Simurgh and Leviathan.<br><br>[...]<br><br><b>Lüderitz</b>, April 2nd, 2012 // Leviathan<br>Notes:  Loss?  Driven away by Eidolon.  Secondary targets Swakopmund, Gamba, Port-Gentil and Sulima.<br>Target/Consquence: <u>'''Moord Na'''</u><b>g</b>.  Guerilla tactics continue, losses in notable but not devastating numbers, but his target survives. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/scarab-25-6/ Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.6]]</ref>

The most notable development regarding the Endbringers occurred with the appearance of the fourth Endbringer, [[Khonsu]], on January 20, 2012. In contrast to prior Endbringer attacks, Khonsu teleported to attack multiple locations worldwide for a period of three days, requiring intense [[Khonsu Meeting|negotiations and coordination]] from [[Cauldron]] to drive off.<ref>Three days.<br><br>Nearly three days and we hadn’t managed to kill him.<br><br>A new target every thirty minutes, give or take.  Ten to twenty minutes for the defending forces to get their shit together.  The remainder of that time was our capes trying to hurt him.  Chipping away at him. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/scarab-25-5/ Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.5]]</ref> In addition, the proximity of Khonsu's attack to the Simurgh's only two months before suggested not only an altered schedule, but given the precedent, the appearance of a fifth Endbringer.<ref name="25.4 e1">She took my cue.  “New costumes, a new group.  Behemoth is defeated and it looks like the Endbringers might have reverted to the schedule they had pre-2002.  An attack every four to five months.”<br>[...]<br>Two attacks, two months apart.  Had their schedule changed?  Would the next attack come in a mere two months, or would it be more unpredictable than that?<br><br>No, I thought, with a dawning horror.  No, it was worse than that.  The Endbringer’s schedule of attack had always depended on the number of Endbringers in the rotation.<br><br>If they were keeping to their usual rules, it promised a fifth, waiting in the wings. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/scarab-25-4/ Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.4]]</ref> On October 10 later that year, this fear was confirmed with the appearance of the Endbringers [[Tohu]] and [[Bohu]], collectively [[The Twins]].

Over the course of the [[Timeskip]], the now-five Endbringers continued their attacks, making use of hit-and-run tactics and other strategies to counter and avoid Scion.
===Gold Morning===
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Following the death of [[Eidolon]], the Endbringers began behaving strangely. The Simurgh and Bohu appeared at the same time on [[Earths#Earth Bet|Earth Bet]], something never before seen, but both remained motionless.<ref name="28.2 eStrangeBehavior1">Defiant scrolled through the images of the Simurgh, floating in the air above the ocean in the middle of the day.  The last one was from just an hour ago, showing her in early evening, utterly still. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/cockroaches-28-2/ Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.2]]</ref><ref name="28.2 eStrangeBehavior2">It was hard to think of the terms that applied to Bohu alone.  Tohu and Bohu were usually referred to as the Twins.<br><br>But Tohu was nowhere to be seen.<br><br>And Bohu had situated herself in the middle of a field.  The ground was only beginning to reshape beneath her, twisting into structures, walls, a maze of stone, soil and grass, of arches and pillars without anything to support.<br><br>She simply loomed, her impossibly long arms hanging at her side, head slightly bowed, her eyes shut.<br><br>The other images showed the same thing from different angles.  One from the other side, then another from directly above, showing the alterations to her surroundings as concentric circles.<br><br>It was daylight.  Going by the times of the photos, she was on the opposite side of the planet, roughly, from the Simurgh.<br><br>“Holy fuck,” Canary murmured.  “Two at once?” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/cockroaches-28-2/ Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.2]]</ref> Reviewing footage from Eidolon's last minutes before death, [[Tattletale]] concluded that Eidolon's death had caused their unusual behavior and  attempted to communicate with the Simurgh, asking her to organize the Endbringers against Scion.<ref name="28.4 e2" /><ref name="28.4 e4">Tattletale continued without pause, not responding or reacting to this information.  “All I’m saying, all I’m ''proposing'', is that Scion’s a better bet than we are.  You want to give someone a fucking hard time?  Make that someone ''Scion''.  You want to terrorize people?  Terrorize Scion.  Bigger challenge, and you’ll probably have the rest of us fucking scared out of our minds if you pull it off.  You want to fucking end the world?  Get in line, chickadee, because Scion’s going to beat you to the punch if you don’t stop him.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/cockroaches-28-4/ Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.4]]</ref> After several attempts, Tattletale appeared to have successfully convinced the Endbringer, managing to get the Simurgh, as well as Leviathan, to follow the group and attack on command; in addition to having the Simurgh 'imprint' on Tattletale, soon later Khonsu imprinted on an individual in [[Teacher|Teacher's]] group, whose services were sold to Cauldron.<ref>Well, we knew who she was following.<br><br>“Fuck me,” I could hear Tattletale muttering with the bugs I’d planted on her.  The Simurgh came to a stop directly above her.  She repeated herself, as if for emphasis.  “''Fuck me''. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/14/cockroaches-28-6/ Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.6]]”</ref><ref name="28.5 e3">“The place Khonsu or Tohu were supposed to appear,” Tattletale said.<br><br>“Quite.  It was Khonsu.  The Endbringer has imprinted on Teacher’s group, and he has offered to sell that squad, along with the Endbringer, to a sufficiently wealthy buyer.  We agreed, if only to keep this from becoming a ''monopoly'' on Endbringers.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/cockroaches-28-5/ Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.5]]</ref> The Simurgh modified Leviathan, incorporating [[Nano-thorn|nano-thorn technology]] into his body.<ref name="28.5 e2">Fins.  Leviathan had fins.<br><br>They were like blades, points sweeping backwards.  A fin rooted in the side of his arm, from wrist to elbow, the point scything back.  Had it not been limp enough to trail on the ground, it might have reached his shoulder.  More at the sides of his neck and along the length of his spine, forming an almost serrated pattern where multiple fins overlapped.  Perhaps some at his legs.  The fins ran down the length of his tail, and ended in a cluster at the end, like the tuft of fur at the end of a lion’s tail, exaggerated many times over in size.<br><br>He flexed a claw, and I could see webbing between each finger, mottled in black and an iridescent green that matched his eyes.  It made me think of the bioluminescence of a jellyfish in the deep ocean.<br><br>In synchronous motions, the Simurgh unfurled her wings, stretching them to their full length, and Leviathan flexed his fins, letting them unfold in kind.  Each fin was the same as the webbing, mottled black and a eerie green, and the echo-image of water that accompanied his movement produced mist as it washed over the fins.  It obscured him almost completely, and as much as the pouring rain served to drive it away, the rainwater produced more mist as it touched the fins. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/cockroaches-28-5/ Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.5]]</ref>

The Endbringers, sans Khonsu, later held off Scion during the rise of [[Khepri]].<ref>Which was the moment the Endbringers made their move.<br><br>The Simurgh plunged from the clouds, hitting Scion.<br><br>Leviathan, healed a touch, emerged from the water.<br><br>Bohu rose from the earth, going from a human sized head and shoulders at eye level to a tower.<br><br>Tohu, for her part, had Glaistig Uaine, Eidolon and Myrddin’s faces.<br><br>The Endbringers, come to the rescue.  I wished I could have felt relieved.  It was a reprieve, a chance to get our footing.  But there was an ominousness to it. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/speck-30-5/ Excerpt] from [[Speck 30.5]]</ref> The four Endbringers were able to distract Scion as Khepri made her moves, but eventually were incapacitated, with Leviathan killed and the others severely damaged.<ref name="30.6 e2">The Endbringer fell.  The color went out of Leviathan, his flesh breaking up, like clay overbaked in a kiln.  The fins were the first thing to crumble, the rest of his body following suit.<br><br>We’d taunted him.  Teased him with the one thing he wanted most in the world, then we’d taken it away.<br><br>He turned his attention to the winged Endbringer and her smaller companion.  The towering Endbringer was already so damaged that she could only pull herself together.  The fat Endbringer was gone.<br><br>No, he was alive.  He’d created a time field around himself, and was healing in a more distant location. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/speck-30-6/ Excerpt] from [[Speck 30.6]]</ref> Following Scion's defeat, the remaining four Endbringers were largely dormant.<ref>“I’ve never been one to couch my words.  I’m direct, like my lasers,” Legend said.  “It’s beautiful and it’s frankly terrifying.  The Endbringers are, we’re praying, dormant.  The major players are busy recovering and rebuilding, giving us six straight months of peace for the first time in twenty years.  If you count non-parahuman conflict on a global scale, well, I don’t know how long it’s been.  It’s been a hell of a while, if ever.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/11/02/teneral-e-1/ Excerpt] from [[Teneral e.1]]</ref><ref name="E.end eDormantEB">Video footage showed a replay of Lung’s fighting retreat from an area in downtown New York B.  There was footage of the PRT base, Valkyrie standing off to the side, trying to look far less interested than she was as a young man tried on a white bodysuit.  One window showed the various Endbringers, all of them motionless, but for the Simurgh, who was airborne.  The last of the original three. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/interlude-end/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude: End]]</ref> The Simurgh appeared to be active, however, apparently having used Tinker technology to grow a baby with an unusual resemblance to Eidolon.<ref name="E.5 eDestroyClone" /><ref name="E.5 eProtectProject">Over and over, the Simurgh had protected the weapon.  He’d seen it, had checked the footage, had seen her go out of her way to shield it with her wings.  She’d done it subtly, most of the time, events contriving to make it look more accidental than anything.<br>[...]<br>One or two years old?  Accelerated aging?  Where had the Simurgh been in contact with a tinker with that particular knowledge?  Bonesaw? - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/teneral-e-5/ Excerpt] from [[Teneral e.5]]</ref>