Editing Endbringers (section)

===Creation===
[[Eidolon]], who has [[Eden]]'s [[List_of_Shards#High_Priest|counterpart shard]] to [[Scion]]'s [[List_of_Shards#The_Administrator_.2F_Queen_Administrator|Queen Administrator]],<ref name="reddAdmin">'''HighSlayerRalton:''' Taylor is Eidolon's 'reflection'. Or rather, the Queen Administrator is the High Priest's reflection.<br><br>Taylor gets to administrate bugs, because Scion damaged and limited his Queen Administrator shard before distributing it.<br><br>Eidolon gets to administrate the pool of shards Eden was reorganising when she crashed (including the power-drawing ability), because Eden was still using her Queen Administrator counterpart to do that at the time.<br><br>The kid who controls bugs and the world's most powerful superhero are two sides of the same coin.<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Yeah, pretty sure I already confirmed this elsewhere, but this is a great summary of it. - Conversation with Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/79765900 --> is the unwitting<ref>If it was something he knew/had grokked already, it wouldn’t have hit him like it did. - Comment by Wildbow on [[Interlude 27.y]], archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/36662542 --> creator of the Endbringers.<ref name="II19.z e4" /><ref name="II19.z e6" /> His power gives him what he needs;<ref>“Eidolon’s power… he chooses what powers he gets?”<br><br>“He gets the powers he needs,” Dispatch said.  “He can be receptive to new ones, hold tighter to ones he wants to keep, but that’s it.”<br><br>I nodded.  He was at the mercy of his passenger, it seemed. - [[Crushed 24.4]]</ref><ref>'''Eidolon''' –  Third member of the Protectorate’s ‘Triumvirate’.  Eidolon has the ability to use any power he needs at a given point in time, maintaining a set of two to four powers at a time.  Adopting a new power is not immediate, but after minutes, his abilities with that power grow to the point they rival or surpass veteran users of the same abilities. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast (In Depth)]</ref><ref>'''Eidolon''' – Member of the Triumvirate and head of the Houston branch of the Protectorate.  Viewed by many as one of the most powerful capes in the world, can manifest a handful of powers at a time, with virtually no restrictions, automatically gaining whatever abilities he needs to face a given crisis.  Wears a green-white costume with a hood, and a glow emanating from both hood and sleeves. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/ Cast (spoiler-free)]</ref> according to Scion, Eidolon subconsciously needs worthy opponents.<ref>Some people don't believe it's the case, saying that Scion only said it because it was a way to blow ''Eidolon'''s mind. Some say it was truth.<br><br>But Eidolon's power gives him what he needs. Scion says Eidolon needed worthy opponents. - Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/35365744 --><ref name="27.y e1">“''You needed worthy opponents.''” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/interlude-27b/ The entirety] of [[Interlude 27.y]]</ref> As a result, Eidolon's [[shard]] will order the [[shard network]] to begin production of Endbringers when needed<ref name="reddit eProduceNew" /> out of Eden's<ref name="reddEndbringerLite">If people start forming alliances/peace and Eden sees it as too much trouble to sabotage, then she sics an Endbringer Lite on them, and then works with the remains. - Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://spacebattles.com/posts/14727588 --><ref name="SB eNoVials" /> pool of emergency resources<ref name="II19.z e4" /> on an alternate [[Earth]].<ref name="prtSquadMission e1" /> After this manufacturing process completes, the shard network will then transport the finished Endbringer to [[Earth Bet]].<ref name="25.4 eKhonsuFirst">“Japan,” Wanton said.<br><br>The camera was shaking, and the view on the screen reacted in kind.<br><br>Dust rose in clouds, billowing, until they obscured the camera’s view.<br><br>The audience was reacting.  Moans, cries of alarm and despair.  They knew what was going on.<br>[...]<br>The timing, the fact that it was happening so soon after Behemoth had died… it was all wrong.<br>[...]<br>The fourth, it seemed, was appearing in plain sight.<br><br>The dust took forever to clear.  But for a few mutters here and there, small animal sounds of despair from the audience and studio employees who were watching, the studio had plunged into quiet horror.<br><br>It stood somewhere between Leviathan and Behemoth in height, if I ballparked by the number of stories in the adjacent buildings.  I waited patiently for the view to clear, revealing more details.  Clues, as if there was a solution to what we faced here. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/scarab-25-4/ Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.4]]</ref>

As their creator, [[Eidolon]]'s belief system influenced how the Endbringers function.<ref name="28.4 eBelief">“They run on different patterns.  Fair bit of anger, room for some vengeance.  Cleverness, sure.  More in her than in Behemoth.  Some killer instinct, maybe… a blend of fear and caution.  Not so they’re ''afraid'', but so they can temper their actions.  This?  Right here?  It’s the closest we’re about to get to communicating directly with a passenger.”<br>[...]<br>“They’re passengers?” I asked.<br><br>“The shell?  No.  The outer shell, the concept, the ''execution'', they’re tapping into religious metaphors.  The devil, the serpent, the angel, buddha, mother earth, the maiden, each connected in turn to fundamental ''forces''.  Flame, water, fate, time, earth, the ''self''.  Things deep-seated and fundamental to their creator’s belief system, because that’s how the passengers interpret our world.  Through ''us''.  But deep down?  Beyond that surface, beyond the basic programming that drives them to do what they’ve been doing for thirty years?  It’s the passenger’s brush strokes.  And I’m ''getting'' to her.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/cockroaches-28-4/ Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.4]]</ref> For example, [[Endbringers#Appearance|their appearance]] taps into metaphors derived from his experiences as a religious man.<ref>“I wanted to talk to you,” Eidolon said, sounding very normal, “because there are few I can trust to listen.  I might have found a priest, but it’s late, and there are so few good ones out there.  I’ve used psychometry to view the past few days of your life.  You’ll do what I need you to do.” - [[Interlude 18.z]]</ref><ref>“If you were a priest,” he said, “I would have you say a prayer and bless my endeavor tonight.  I will settle for having you wish me luck.” - [[Interlude 18.z]]</ref><ref>He frowned behind his mask.  His voice was just a touch harder than it had been.  “This ‘High Priest’ you speak of doesn’t sound like any priest I know.”<br><br>“I have little love for gods or the godly, High Priest.  I may have to apologize for choosing such an unflattering title to describe you, but it fit as described, fit on other levels.” - [[Interlude 27.x]]</ref><ref>He prayed.<br><br>''God, let me see.  The agent never listens, but please, for all that is right and just in the world, let it give me the ability to see.'' - [[Interlude 27.x]]</ref><ref>To dig so deep for something mental, it was scary.<br><br>Something he’d explored, but not like this.<br><br>He took a deep breath, murmured an indistinct prayer, and tried to empty his mind of all of the other needs and wishes and fears. - [[Interlude 27.x]]</ref> Eidolon created Endbringers more powerful than the ones in [[Eden]]'s [[Endbringers#Original Plan|original plan]].<ref name="reddEndbringerLite" /> However, he is still capable of stopping his creations in combat by design.<ref name="reddit eProduceNew" /><ref>'''Running an Endbringer fight'''<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' As Wrandm suggests, I'd treat this as a mass combat - except against one foe. The objective as GM isn't to drop a huge unkillable monster on the board and expect them to kill it, but to have a list of objectives and scenarios.<br>[...]<br>Hit them with a briefing, and outline the rules for what's going on. Win conditions: get through to the end. There's no guarantee the major players (like Scion) are going to show up, but after X segments there's a d20 die roll: on a 20+ Scion shows. On a 18-19 Eidolon shows.<br><br>Rule for Eidolon - Survive through 3 objectives from the time he arrives to win. If an objective is completely failed, doesn't count for progression. Continue to roll for Scion.<br><br>Rule for Scion - survive for two more 'rounds', no more objectives except for surviving. - Wildbow on Reddit</ref><!-- https://redd.it/arsedt --><ref name="18.z eReserve" /><ref name="28.4 e2" />

If an individual other than [[Eidolon]] kills an Endbringer, or if an individual other than Eidolon and [[Scion]] decisively drives it into submission,<ref name="reddit eLeviathanSuperman" /> he would unknowingly order the [[shard network]] to make an attempt at producing Endbringers that could not be stopped by that individual but could still be stopped by Eidolon.<ref name="reddit eProduceNew">'''Medium-term consequence:''' the shard network begins producing Endbringers that Superman can't stop that Eidolon could. [...] Eidolon gets to be more of a hero with worthy opponents (but the power drain starts accelerating). - Wildbow on Reddit, [https://spacebattles.com/posts/77707099 archived on Spacebattles]</ref> After Scion killed [[Behemoth]], the shard network produced [[Khonsu]]<ref name="25.4 eKhonsuFirst" /> whose [[Khonsu#Teleportation|teleportation]] allowed him to escape Scion<ref>“Helpful,” Tattletale commented.  “Enough with the bullshit and posturing.  We were brought here for one reason.  Well, a lot of reasons, but the main one that ties us all together is that we’ve got that monster rampaging around and we’re not making headway.  We whittle him down, he heals.  Scion attacks, he teleports, and the golden fool doesn’t follow.  So let’s be honest, let’s talk about this and introduce ourselves before we say anything so we’re not completely in the dark-” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/scarab-25-5/ Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.5]]</ref> while still allowing Eidolon to be more of a hero with worthy opponents.<ref name="25.6 e14">'''Indiscriminate''', February 5th, 2013 // Khonsu<br/>Notes:  Victory by Eidolon/The Guild.  List of the twenty-nine targets '''here'''. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/scarab-25-6/ Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.6]]</ref> The shard network can also get an order to produce new Endbringers if the current ones are insufficient opponents. For example, the shard network produced [[Leviathan]] as a response to defenders banding together against the too predictable<ref name="I24y 1" /> Behemoth; Leviathan is the better combatant against humans.<ref name="IRC eLeviathanTactics">I'd argue he's stronger than Behemoth. In a fight, and in terms of the damage he can do, and against humans, he's stronger. People tend to underestimate the value of enhanced speed. He can use skitter tactics. He doesn't have to, but he can. But honestly, imagine fighting Skitter, right? Except he's nigh invincible, he has super speed, and he has tidal waves instead of bug swarms. He only fights the fights he wants to. Give them a little hope, then crush it. Then, when all is said and done, just keep his distance from anyone and everyone and let the tidal waves finish them off. That fight against Lung, he destroyed Japan. In his damn /introduction/ the heroes warn not to underestimate him. I'll just add that he's sort of a response to the fact that the heroes have banded together, ready to organize to defeat this monster Behemoth. So he's there alternately as a coward and a duellist, to bait out fights and crush morale. - Comment by Wildbow on IRC, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15988245 --> The shard network later produced [[the Simurgh]] when defenders started coordinating defenses globally against the Endbringers.<ref name="I24y 1" />

In theory, it is possible for [[Eidolon]] to find a worthy opponent without needing an Endbringer; this would presumably stop further production of new Endbringers.<ref name="reddit eRefill" />