Editing Tristan Vera (section)

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Tristan was alongside [[The Undersiders]] and [[Breakthrough]] during the oversight duty of [[Titan Oberon]] and [[Fume Hood|Eve]]. During the battle he was counteracting the flow of the gas from Eve.<ref name="II18.4">[[Radiation 18.4]]</ref> Later in the fight he was making safe pathways through torn-up terrain.<ref>Capricorn was bridging gaps and making the shattered landscape easier to traverse.  I could see evidence he’d shored up a building nearby. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/12/03/radiation-18-6/ Excerpt] from [[Radiation 18.6]]</ref>

At the night he 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> He was visibly frustrated by his power change, and eventually insisted on staying in the battle to protect [[Furcate]] and [[Moonsong]]. [[Sveta Karelia]] stayed with him.<ref name="II19.6">[[Infrared 19.6]]</ref>

Getting involved in a fight with the [[Nemean Titan]], Tristan joins the [[Shepherds]] in fighting it off, and they successfully manage to force it into one of the cracks in reality.<ref>[[Interlude 19.d II]]</ref> From there, they ventured into the [[Firmament]] and got into a fight with [[Skadi]]. A miscalculation on Tristan's part sees [[Tribute]] killed with Byron's power, and the guilt is enough that the cracks in reality begin to make their way towards him. Noticing this, Tristan decided to kill himself instead of becoming a [[Titan]] and putting the rest of heroes, and his brother at risk.<ref>[[Interlude 19.e II]]</ref>

Tristan's shard-ghost was immediately contacted by [[Kenzie Martin]], who used the same tech to communicate with [[Contessa]]. Tristan confessed that he retained some power-connection to his brother, but was unwilling to risk Byron's wellbeing in an attempt to recover him from the Shardspace.<ref>“If you all try and fail then By has to live with knowing I’m half-buried in here. Half in dreams, but I can look through his eyes and hear through his ears if I try. I know him.  I know he’s too considerate of me, it’ll change how he lives his life. He won’t be free." - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/04/25/last-20-e5/Excerpt] from [[Last 20.e5]]</ref> It played a part in Kenzie's breakdown.

Tristan remained disconnected during the plague dream and had not visited anyone from [[Breakthrough]], intentionally or not.<ref>[[Last 20.11]]</ref>