Editing Contessa (section)

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
According to the Wardens' thinkers Simurgh interfered in Fortuna's communication.<ref name="II18.9 eInterfere">"Tattletale said the thinkers are analyzing Titan Fortuna and the Simurgh. With those two you can never be sure, but it looks like they aren't aligned. The Simurgh is interfering with the information Fortuna is trying to transmit to her network." - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/12/14/radiation-18-9/ Excerpt] from [[Radiation 18.9]]</ref>

Titan Fortuna, initially planning to become the new hub, was locked in the [[precog]]-duel with [[Simurgh]] and outplanned. With all the secondary and thousandary plans countered,<ref name="II18.z ePlanning">A path that began with Auger fighting that was intended to end with her networked to all titans, ready to end this world and scattered haphazardly and limping to other stars and planets... instead ended with this silver woman in control of the network, humanity mad and savage.<br><br>A path that began with the host Valkyrie being made Titan, intended to end with the network largely complete, the silver woman dead, and the scattering due to happen in ten years... instead ended with the silver woman in control of the network, half of humanity deranged and fighting the other half. To investigate why took time that the silver woman could use to gain purchase elsewhere.<br>[...]<br>Neither one moving, they calculated, they planned, they counter-planned.<br><br>She saw a thousand more paths that ended with the silver woman ruling, despite the fact the silver woman had a fraction of her strength.<br><br>Finally, she decided to cede ground. To look for the answer ''why''. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/12/21/interlude-18-z-radiation/ Excerpt] from [[Radiation 18.z]]</ref> the shard part of titan resorted to the guidance of the human part and Fortuna decided to postpone the ending of [[The Cycle]].<ref>The child refused to be a slave again. The Titan refused to be a slave for other reasons. But they were able to think and act in concert. [...] Step one: hold the cracks back, until the right moment, the Titan Fortuna and the child Fortuna thought in concert. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/12/21/interlude-18-z-radiation/ Excerpt] from [[Radiation 18.z]]</ref>

Following [[The Firmament]] bombing she led [[Ophion]] and [[Nemean]] to the [[Earth Shin]] portal. She skipped the most of the fighting with defending capes by initiating further dimensional collapse using the massive burst of titan-body regeneration caused by [[Legend]]'s full-power barrage.<ref name="II19.4">[[Infrared 19.4]]</ref> It shortly produced [[Shortcut|The Flowing]], [[Mystic Magic Impaler|The Impaler]], [[The Custodian]], [[Drillbit]] and [[Pouffe]] Titans.<ref name="II19.5">[[Infrared 19.5]]</ref>

[[Rain]] was able to deliver the message to Contessa through [[The Firmament]]. Shortly after that Fortuna either ordered her Titans to stand down or stopped commanding them, and went dormant herself for a while.<ref name="II19.7"/> However, one of the predestined cracks still reached [[Valkyrie]], turning her into a Titan too.<ref name="II19.6">[[Infrared 19.6]]</ref>

[[Breakthrough]] visited Contessa's seat of power inside [[the Shardrealm]],<ref name="II19.7">[[Infrared 19.7]]</ref> they received a series of visions regarding the nature of the Eye and the previous [[cycle]]s,<ref name="II19.8">[[Infrared 19.8]]</ref> and were warned about the Simurgh taking over Titan Fortuna and summoning more [[Endbringers]] with the help of Titan Valkyrie and [[Eidolon]]'s shade.<ref name="II19.9">[[Infrared 19.9]]</ref>

Titan Fortuna prepared defenses against the final attack of The Simurgh, with four drill-titans being ordered to destroy the segments of the [[The Shardspace]].<ref>The Titans had gathered and stood as a defensive line, spaced apart like each one's position mattered on some fundamental level. Four of the Titans had powers that drilled, dug, or carved. Titan Amenonuhoko, Titan Auger, Titan Drillbit, Titan Ghast. All four Titans were tearing up the crystal landscape below them, aiming for specific paths and locations. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/03/28/last-20-a/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.a]]</ref>

Contessa and [[Antares]] struck a deal. Fortuna received [[Dauntless]] under her control, allowing her to defeat [[The Simurgh]], while Antares got means to recover [[Riley Davis]], the parahuman plague, and distant capes through Titan Valkyrie.<ref name="II20.a"/>

Titan Fortuna proceeded with with her attempt to end the Cycle early,<ref name="II20.a">[[Last 20.a]]</ref> but was put into a stalemate by the deployment of the parahuman plague. It took the majority of available parahumans and their data hostage, and the distribution of the decision to heal them to the hands of unpowered public, who would perish if Fortuna attempted to leave. Thus forcing her to yield.<ref name="II20.b">[[Last 20.b]]</ref> Three titans, including Fortuna, immediately "crumbled" after that.