Editing Othala (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
Othala had the ability to grant any one of several temporary superpowers to people she touched. However, she couldn't grant any of these powers to herself, and she could only grant one power at a time per person.<ref name=":0">He tended to pair up with Othala, the girl who could grant powers, meaning Victor ''also'' had super speed, super strength or invincibility. If he was wounded, she could give him regeneration instead.<br/><br/>But her power demanded that she touch whoever she was using it on, and it limited her to granting one power at a time. If he had invincibility, it meant he didn’t have super strength, pyrokinesis or any of that. - [[Colony 15.2]]</ref>

Among the powers she could grant were pyrokinesis<ref name="12.2" />, invincibility,<ref name=":1">Someone stepped up to grab him mid-lunge – some woman I didn’t recognize, who Othala was touching. She was granting this woman some form of invincibility that let her take a hit and not get knocked away by Leviathan. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/extermination-8-3/ Excerpt] from [[Extermination 8.3]]</ref> regeneration,<ref name=":0" /> flight,<ref name="30.5">[[Speck 30.5]]</ref><ref name="Cast2">'''Othala''' – Can grant powers with a touch, drawing them from a limited, rather basic subset, including enhanced speed, strength, invincibility and flight.  Othala wears a red bodysuit with a rune at the chest. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast (in depth)]</ref> super-speed, and augmented strength.<ref name="Cast2">'''Othala''' – Can grant powers with a touch, drawing them from a limited, rather basic subset, including enhanced speed, strength, invincibility and flight.  Othala wears a red bodysuit with a rune at the chest. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast (in depth)]</ref> The invincibility she granted allowed the target to stand unmoved in the face of a punch from [[Leviathan]], an Endbringer.<ref name=":1" /> The regeneration required conscious effort from the user to activate,<ref name=":2">He touched my hand, held it between his own. I could feel something thrumming through me, willing me to take hold of it.<br/><br/>It took me a minute to figure out how. The exposed bone of my forehead itched, then sang in an exquisite agony as it mended. My skin was next. My seized up muscles were last. My power was last to mend, and I regained my control, though the diminished effect continued. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/snare-13-09/ Excerpt] from [[Snare 13.9]]</ref><ref>“So the healing?”<br/><br/>“Othala.  I was so worried she’d escape my darkness before I finished giving you guys regeneration.  I couldn’t just use her power on each of you, because it was only lasting a few seconds after I touched you.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/snare-13-10/ Excerpt] from [[Snare 13.10]]</ref> and it was slower on some body parts than others.<ref name="11e"> - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/interlude-11e/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11e]]</ref>

Othala's power was limited to one person at a time. The duration it lasted after she let go depended on the power, ranging from ~30 seconds to 2 minutes, with powers that "bend reality more" tending to "burn out" faster, in terms of duration.<ref>One person at a time. The duration depends on the power, ranging from ~30 seconds to 2 minutes. Powers that bend reality more tend to burn out faster in terms of duration and all that. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/21083791/ Private email conversation with Wildbow, archived on Spacebattles]</ref><ref name=":2" />