Editing Mantellum (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
Mantellum's area-of-effect power creates increasingly protective layers that block perception powers<ref name="List">Mantellum	'''Case 53.  Blocks out sensory aspects of powers progressively more with proximity.'''	Irregulars															- [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pgn9rgYutpBqJg1lSBP3NHnq9WK4ToLq9K4ys_I4cRc/edit Parahuman List], bolded edit by Wildbow</ref> into or out of his radius<ref name="R49">Mantellum operates in a different way than Hatchet Face, blocking all power use into or out of his radius. It becomes a contest of strength. Make your decision accordingly. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/32y8lk/worm_whowouldwin_bracket/cqg0bsq?context=3 Comment] by Wildbow on Reddit</ref> by blinding [[shards]].<ref>
:'''How do you nullify a power in Wormverse? Would any old power nullifier from another universe work, or does it need to be done in a specific way? Similarly, what would it take to duplicate a Wormverse power?'''
Mantellum was a power nullifier who basically blinded shards. He arguably wouldn't have any effect on a sensory power that wasn't a Worm power.  - [https://redd.it/5jmo6d Comment] by Wildbow on Reddit</ref> This even affects subconscious ones such as [[Lung]]'s transformation, and human senses.<ref name=":1">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/26 Excerpt] from [[Venom 29.4]]</ref> This effect is so intensive that it blocks even [[Contessa]]'s power, although it does not work across dimensional boundaries,<ref name=":2">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/interlude-29/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 29]]</ref> or video.<ref name=":1"/>

According to [[Cauldron]] records, his power nullifies sensory aspects of powers<ref name="List" /> within 15 feet of him and conventional senses within 5 feet. However, during the [[Irregulars]]' raid, his power's radius was around 100 feet.<ref>“''It’s a power with layers.  Each successive layer enhances the level of protection.  Except everything on record says the range it blocks powers only extends about fifteen feet.  Get within five feet, no senses work.  It’s not supposed to be a hundred feet like this.''”<br><br>“Six times the range,” Cuff said.<br><br>“''Somehow''.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/28/venom-29-5/ Excerpt] from [[Venom 29.5]]</ref> Although [[Doctor Mother]] speculates the Irregulars used a [[Tinker]] or a power-boosting [[Trump]] to help develop his power,<ref name="28.x eDevelopment">“Ah.  We didn’t think his powers were developing.”<br><br>“You do,” Weld said.  “But he, ''we'', found workarounds.”<br><br>“Curious.  Can I ask?”<br><br>“No,” Weld said.  “Bad form, to outline that sort of thing.”<br><br>''A tinker, perhaps, or the right power-boosting trump''. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/interlude-28/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 28]]</ref> [[Sveta]] states that they helped him get strong mostly by giving him a chance to figure out how his power worked.<ref name="18.9 e1" />