Editing Sleeper (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
From an out-of-universe perspective, relatively little is known about his power.<ref name="Interview"/> However, Sleeper deserves his reputation: he does not have a [[Stranger]] power to be inherently viewed as a dangerous [[S-Class|S-Class threat]].<ref>'''Yamakaky:''' A fan theory is that it power is to be viewed as a dangerous class S threat.<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' I've said this isn't it several times now. - Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!--http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/34356529--> During [[Gold Morning]], [[Khepri]] declines to capture him while collecting [[parahumans]] to use against [[Scion]], believing him to be "more trouble than he was worth".<ref name="30.4 e1"/>

===Storm===
His power manifests as a 'storm' that from a distance crackled, boiled, and popped.<ref name="storm"/> The storm looks like a cloud of rainbow shimmers;<ref name="II20.b e1">It was her first good view of it, and it kept getting more intense, but what had drawn their attention and brought everyone to the rooftop was the cloud of rainbow shimmers that hung over one part of the city. She'd heard about what it was, she'd seen pictures. She'd heard about what it was, she'd seen pictures. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/04/04/last-20-b/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.b]]</ref> according to [[Defiant]], the rainbow sheen somehow felt nonsensical with the way the colors unfolded.<ref name="storm"/> Sleeper's storm appears to move relatively slowly; it crept forward at the horizon<ref name="II20.a e1">Sleeper's storm was creeping forward.<br>[...]<br>Sleeper was at the horizon, south of the Simurgh and Titan Fortuna's small army of Titans. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/03/28/last-20-a/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 20.a II]]</ref> when the [[Wardens]] lured Sleeper to [[the City]].<ref name="II20.b e3"/> Defiant describes the storm as being Sleeper: this could possibly imply Sleeper has a [[Breaker]] power where the awake state is the storm<ref name="storm"/> and the dormant state is humanoid.<ref name="30.4 e1"/> The storm was large enough to hang over one part of the City while Sleeper was present in the area.<ref name="II20.b e1"/>

During [[Gold Morning]], Sleeper went through the Zayin portal<ref name="27.3"/> while refugees were still setting up the settlements at [[Earths#Earth Zayin|Earth Zayin]] and the storm swept over them.<ref name="29.9 e1">The largest settlements that remained, the most obvious targets. There was one in Zayin, but the Sleeper had followed the refugees in there. Even if it still stood after Scion's visit, there was no helping any of the refugees there. - [[Venom 29.9]]</ref><ref name="Zcamp"/> Although Sleeper's storm did not cover a large area, it still swelled in size to be large enough to encapsulate the portal, every nearby settlement, and most of its fleeing inhabitants.<ref name="Zcamp"/> The storm disrupts communications in the affected area; by settling near the portal, he blocked the refugees who escaped the area from getting back via the portal.<ref name="Zcamp">When everyone at the Zayin settlements had still been getting set up, that same cloud had swept over them. Nobody had been able to get a message to them to warn them. They'd fled, but communication had been all over the place, a few people had been left behind, most of the others hadn't fled far enough. The storm had swelled in size, and it had encapsulated every settlement in Zayin. It hadn't been a large area, but it had still been mostly everyone, and it had included the portal the rest needed to get back.<br><br>Bye bye Zayin. Entirely at Sleeper's mercy, now. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/04/04/last-20-b/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.b]]</ref>

When [[the Simurgh]] was flung into Sleeper's storm, she was trapped, lay prone, and was taken out of the picture entirely.<ref name="storm"/><ref name="II20.10 e1">The Simurgh was out of action. Sleeper had her. - [[Last 20.10]]</ref> She was still dealt with even after he retreated from the area.<ref name="II20.b e3"/> [[Wildbow]] mentioned the following hypothetical capes would be 'goners' trying to survive and escape Sleeper:
*A [[Breaker]] cape that can transform into a lightning-like state with similar-ish speed and can cause damage in this state by firing lightning bolts.<ref>'''NamedByAFish:''' Can transform your body into a "lightning" state, from which you also have a blaster power of -- you guessed it -- lightning bolts. Strong, but it acts like real electricity and tends to make both your lighting bolts and yourself follow a path of least resistance. Your lightning-like state is immune to damage, but can only cause damage via lightning bolts. You can also move nearly as fast as real electricity in your lightning state, but again find it hard to deviate from the path of least resistance.<br>[...]<br>'''Wildbow:'''
:You: Goner. 0/10.
Fixed. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/32mr7r/know_what_ill_just_get_the_next_exit/cqcu82a/ Wildbow on Reddit]</ref>
*A cape that can absorb her own body volume of any inanimate matter more durable than herself to temporarily take on its properties (except for appearance and mass), permanently destroying whatever she consumes.<ref>'''NamedByAFish:''' Can absorb her own body volume of any inanimate matter more durable than herself to take on all properties of the material aside from appearance and mass. This also grants her the necessary strength to move her body volume of the material as easily as she would normally move something weighing the same as herself. Using her ability permanently destroys whatever she consumes, but the effect to her only lasts for five minutes per "charge." She can "recharge" by any amount whenever she has access to the material she used for the original charge, but if she wants to change to using a different material, she has to use something more durable than whatever material she is currently mimicking. Synergizes well with your power if she chooses a conductive material. Causes property damage whenever she uses it for obvious reasons.<br>[...]<br>'''Wildbow:'''
:Your GF: Goner. 0/15.
Fixed. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/32mr7r/know_what_ill_just_get_the_next_exit/cqcu82a/ Wildbow on Reddit]</ref>
*A cape that can sense and understand the emotions of others involuntarily.<ref>A bit of a "fourth wheel" to your synergizing trio. He senses and understands the emotions of others involuntarily. If he focuses, he can see why they feel that way, giving him a constrained but powerful retrocognitive ability. Adept at using this knowledge to his advantage during negotiations.<br>[...]<br>'''Wildbow:'''
:Your GF's Sister's BF: Goner. 0/12
Fixed. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/32mr7r/know_what_ill_just_get_the_next_exit/cqcu82a/ Wildbow on Reddit]</ref>

The [[Wardens]] had specific countermeasures in mind and looked for capes with any of the following to go up against Sleeper:<ref name="II16.2 e1">Naphtha was striding down the hallway, coming in our direction. He stopped us. "Changers?"<br><br>"No changers in our team," Tristan said. "Why?"<br><br>Naphtha getting close enough meant I felt the oil touch my skin, as it touched everything in a certain radius of Naphtha. He pulled it away from me as it touched me, but my skin crawled with the memory of the feel of it.<br><br>"Another crisis. Similar to the others. Going to announce it to the dining hall," Naphtha explained. "I don't suppose any of you feel brave enough to go up against Sleeper? Absolute invulnerability better than Alexandria's, special brains, absolute annihilation powers?" - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/08/17/from-within-16-2/ Excerpt] from [[From Within 16.2]]</ref>
*[[Changer|Changers]].
*[[All-or-Nothing|Absolute]] invulnerability better than [[Alexandria]].
*Special brains.
*Absolute annihilation powers.

[[Wildbow]] speculates that [[Torso]] could counter and defeat Sleeper in a straight fight<ref>'''SteelRadiance:''' someone was memeing about Torso killing the Sleeper, and Wildbow was all "yeah, I guess so"<br><br>'''kippos:''' Remember that it's talking about someone airdropping torso onto Sleeper's head<br>Not a straight fight<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Straight fight, I think Torso could win.<br>More so than the airdrop. - Comment by Wildbow on Discord</ref> or even when airdropped on top of him.<ref>'''museofdoom2:''' Torso is metal as fuck. He is a truly top TIER cape, drop him over Sleeper and there will be no more Sleeper anymore :). I fucking love his character already. Weird, crazy ass OP power and his personality is pretty cool too.<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' You might be right. I was just thinking about it. - Comment by Wildbow on Reddit</ref><!--https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/fd80aj/last_203_parahumans_2/fjfuecp/?context=1--> When Sleeper started to emerge at one point after the [[Attack on Teacher]], [[Legend]] leveled around 30 km<sup>2</sup> of city in an unknown timeframe to cause him to go dormant again.<ref name="II17.9 e1"/>

[[Wildbow]] notes that a hypothetical [[Shaker]] capable of transforming the atoms of any solid within 200 m into a crystal-like organization and slowly spreading this crystal effect through connected solids would have a very slim chance of surviving against Sleeper despite being [[Manton Effect|Manton limited]] against herself and biological matter. This crystal-like matter is chemically inert, extremely heat-resistant, durable, and electrically-and-heat-conductive. However, her odds are still so poor that it would take a miracle for her to survive.<ref>'''NamedByAFish:''' Can transform the atoms of any solid matter within 200 meters into a crystal-like organization. Chemically, this substance straddles the line between covalent crystal and metallic crystal: it is nearly as durable as carbon crystals (diamond and graphite) and is chemically inert, but has an extremely high melting point and is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity. This crystal effect slowly spreads through any connected solids after three seconds of sustained contact with an affected surface. Synergizes very well with her sister's ability and yours, as this arrangement of atoms is both extremely durable and a good conductor. Manton limited against herself and any other biological matter.<br>[...]<br>'''Wildbow:'''
:Your GF's Sister: Would take a miracle. 1/36
Fixed. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/32mr7r/know_what_ill_just_get_the_next_exit/cqcu82a/ Wildbow on Reddit]</ref>

Based on the countermeasures and capes effective against Sleeper, some speculations can be made. The storm likely appears to be capable of devastating anyone inside unless they have [[All-or-Nothing]] defense, can physically keep taking on different forms, or have a special enough brain. His power might be fueled by some forms of matter or is related to some form of matter subversion/creation, as [[Legend]] leveling areas of city could deter Sleeper and the hypothetical [[Shaker]] had a very slim chance of survival. Destructive attacks that are All-or-Nothing are likely effective against the storm itself.<!--It might possibly spread by contact with already-subverted matter to an extent, causing matter to be altered to serve him in some way, likely capable of the alteration of the brains of others to serve him in some way.-->

===Other Abilities===
Sleeper is a blind spot to the typical [[Thinker]] [[precognitive|precognition]].<ref name="II11.4 e1">It wasn't Jeanne who answered. Cinereal gave me my reply. "Thinkers say no. They're either drawing blanks or they don't like what they see."<br><br>"Nothing specific? No details?"<br><br>"No," Cinereal said. "But if you look at some of the other major thinker blind spots, you're going to find yourself running into topics like Eidolon, Sleeper, the Endbringers, Valkyrie, the Island-state, the Pastor incident..."<br><br>"Concentrations of power," I said.<br><br>Jeanne shook her head. "''Complexity'' of power, most often. Whatever thinker powers come into play, with these cases, there's often too many variables to fully consider, thinkers report that their powers are fuzzy, inconsistent, or blacked out." - [[Blinding 11.4]]</ref> However, he is not on the list of blind spots for [[Contessa]] as of the [[Attack on Teacher]];<ref name="II15.7 e1">Not as I or my power understand circumstances, and my power understands everything outside of the blind spots that are Teacher, Valkyrie, the Simurgh, and two broken triggers that authorities aren't aware happened." - [[Dying 15.7]]</ref> [[Titan Fortuna]] created a path that involved Sleeper.<ref name="storm"/> He is not a blind spot for the [[Clairvoyant]].<ref name="30.4 e1">''Sleeper''. I could see him, sitting on a lawn chair on a balcony, reading a book out loud to himself.<br><br>More trouble than he was worth. I let him be. - [[Speck 30.4]]</ref>