Editing Marquis (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
Marquis' powers involve the manipulation of bone - his own and, if it became exposed enough for him to see, that of his enemies.<ref name="List">Marquis '''Skiled osteokinetic, produced and re-shaped a variety of bone constructions, could affect enemy's exposed bones.''' - [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pgn9rgYutpBqJg1lSBP3NHnq9WK4ToLq9K4ys_I4cRc/htmlview parahumanList], bolded edit by Wildbow.</ref> If it was his own, he could make it grow or shrink, reshape it and multiply it, although it grew harder the longer it was separated from him. His abilities with the bones of others were limited to simple reshaping or breaking.<ref name="I15"/> However, if it's bone that has been separated from him, he can exhibit the fine control he had if it was connected to him if he is in physical contact with it.<ref name="SPK30.1">[[Speck 30.1]]</ref>

His bone constructs can become harder than steel, are very quick to deploy,<ref>Instead, he focused on helping.  He extended and expanded bone before hardening it, because this new Hunter hit hard enough to demand he use bones harder than steel.  He created blade-like growths and set them into the ground with extended roots of bone penetrating frozen soil.  Walls to shield those running for safety. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/11/12 Excerpt] from [[Sundown 17.z]]</ref><ref name="I10.5 e7"/> and were capable of shielding him from Lung's flames.<ref name="SPK30.1"/>

He was remarkably versatile and inventive in his use of bone. He could project bone spikes and spears from every inch of his pores, no thicker than a needle, up to and over twelve to fifteen feet. He can create shields of bone taller and wider than he is to defend against attacks and lasers. He could turn broken-off shards of bone into caltrops with "ultrafine needle points" that would penetrate shoes. He could use his power to burrow underground or through floors and attack from beneath the ground. He could cause his bone constructs to 'explode', sending bone shrapnel over an area to injure or even kill opponents, which also allowed him to manipulate these scattered fragments to attack from multiple angles and granted him a lot of tactical environmental control over a battle. He could send bone through the ground or ceiling to spring out and trap his enemies with a "cylinder" or cage. He could create a giant scythe from his wrist, or a "ripple of bone" from his toes that knocked opponents off their feet,<ref name="I15"/> or a rapier from his fingertip.<ref name="I10.5 e7"/> He could create bat wings of bone and fly, manipulating holes in the wings to change air resistance as needed.<ref name="30.7 e1">A man, flying with great skeletal bat wings, a kind of lace or filigree of bone stretched between segments, rose into the air to intercept me.<br/><br/>No, to intercept a member of my swarm.<br/><br/>My swarm worked to cut him off, but he was agile, persistent. As massive and bulky as those wings seemed, they shapeshifted in the process of each flap, the lattice of bone opening up to let air pass through, then closing when he wanted the air resistance to bear himself higher, or to one side.<br/><br/>In the end, a forcefield appeared through one wing, and he dropped a solid thirty feet before he managed to catch himself. It gave me a window of opportunity. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/29/30-7/ Excerpt] from [[Speck 30.7]]</ref> He was also capable of creating larger imitations of human limb bones, such as a giant skeletal hand from his wrist to push and separate people. He has also covered himself in a set of ornate, decorative armour, with the only gaps being vertical slits at his eyes and mouth which were small enough that Taylor couldn't fit any bugs through.<ref name="SPK30.1">[[Speck 30.1]]</ref>

He was fully capable of taking on a squadron of Empire Eighty-Eight members and walking away.<ref name="27.3 e55" /> He was also able to take on most of the Brockton Bay Brigade, who would become [[New Wave]], at the same time, although he allowed himself to be injured to protect [[Amelia|his daughter]].<ref name="I15" />

Every time the bones connected to him break, he feels the appropriate level of unspeakable agony, but he trained himself not to show even the slightest sign of it.<ref name="16.z"/> Marquis also had minor regenerative ability that caused his cuts to seal shut when his bones retracted, even ones he had made by means other than his osteokinesis.<ref name="I10.5 e7">“She would be seventeen. If she had powers, they might have something to do with bone?” Marquis raised his hand, slashed his thumbnail across his index finger, and a needle-thin rapier blade of bone speared out of the wound. The blade retracted into his finger, and the cut sealed shut. - [http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/interlude-10-5-bonus/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10.5]]</ref> However, it seemingly had no effect on burns like those caused by [[Brandish]]'s power.<ref name="I15" />

He had what Glaistig Uaine called the "Shaper" faerie, which she claimed was on a par with her own and the [[Taylor Hebert|Queen Administrator]], and would "clean up after we are all done here, one way or another".<ref>"There are others who stand shoulder to shoulder with us, but queen is the wrong word, Administrator.  The champion, the high priest, the observer, the shaper, the demesnes-keeper[...] The shaper and demesnes-keeper clean up after we are all done here, one way or another.  So it goes."</ref><ref name="SB2" /> [[Panacea]]'s [[bud|budd]]ed from his,<ref name="SB2">Wildbow: Amy's power is related to Marquis'<br/>Wildbow: Just broader<br/>Gundor: Right<br/>Wildbow: Minus the limitations that were put on the Shaper shard - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15267907 Wildbow on IRC], archived on Spacebattles</ref><ref>"Is Panacea's shard a bud shard from Marquis or is she a first generation cape?"<br/>Yes. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/12852536 Wildbow on Spacebattles]</ref><ref>Marquis got the power that fit best at the time of his trigger. Panacea was more of a slow play in the midst of a promising situation. - [https://redd.it/51awfy Wildbow on Reddit]</ref> and was not related to [[Bonesaw]] in any way.<ref>Funny you mention that.<br/><br/>I’ve mentioned that I went through a lot of drafts before settling on Taylor’s story. One of the drafts was ‘Guts and Glory’, '''and''' that’s the same point in time I came up with the Slaughterhouse Nine and Bonesaw (by a different name, same concept). There was involvement between ‘Bonesaw’ and Panacea, and I’m thinking that’s something I’ll want to touch on at some point.<br/><br/>No relation though. I can banish that line of thought. - [http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/interlude-10-5-bonus/#comment-2121 Comment] on [[Interlude 10.5]]</ref>