Editing The Simurgh (section)

===Relationships===
====[[Eidolon|Her Creator]]====
She calls [[Eidolon]] an administrator of the highest order<ref name="II19.z e4">Her creator was an administrator of the highest order, and she had been selected out of a pool of emergency resources.  All of her kind had.  Behemoth had been created to break stasis, Leviathan to take away resources in space and land, forcing communities into conflict as they were made to relocate. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/02/23/infrared-19-z/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.z]]</ref> and uses male pronouns when referring to her creator.<ref name="II19.z e6" /> Eidolon, who has [[Eden]]'s [[List_of_Shards#High_Priest|counterpart shard]] to [[Scion]]'s [[List_of_Shards#The_Administrator_.2F_Queen_Administrator|Queen Administrator]],<ref name="reddAdmin">'''HighSlayerRalton:''' Taylor is Eidolon's 'reflection'. Or rather, the Queen Administrator is the High Priest's reflection.<br><br>Taylor gets to administrate bugs, because Scion damaged and limited his Queen Administrator shard before distributing it.<br><br>Eidolon gets to administrate the pool of shards Eden was reorganising when she crashed (including the power-drawing ability), because Eden was still using her Queen Administrator counterpart to do that at the time.<br><br>The kid who controls bugs and the world's most powerful superhero are two sides of the same coin.<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Yeah, pretty sure I already confirmed this elsewhere, but this is a great summary of it. - Conversation with Wildbow on Reddit, [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/79765900 archived on Spacebattles]</ref> created her via the [[shard network]]<ref name="reddit eProduceNew">'''Medium-term consequence''': the shard network begins producing Endbringers that Superman can't stop that Eidolon could. - Wildbow on Reddit, [https://spacebattles.com/posts/77707099 archived on Spacebattles]</ref> out of Eden's<ref name="reddEndbringerLite">If people start forming alliances/peace and Eden sees it as too much trouble to sabotage, then she sics an Endbringer Lite on them, and then works with the remains. - Wildbow on Reddit, [https://spacebattles.com/posts/14727588 archived on Spacebattles]</ref><ref>Assuming that Cauldron's operatives maybe killed Eden but then just sat on their hands/died, the Endbringers don't exist, the cauldron vials aren't spread out, and there's less of the really powerful parahumans here and there who're capable of acting decisively. - Wildbow [https://spacebattles.com/posts/15024624 on Spacebattles]</ref> pool of emergency resources.<ref name="II19.z e4" /> The Simurgh is essentially a revamped version of the "Endbringer Lite" Eden would have theoretically created.<ref name="reddEndbringerLite" />

After [[Scion]] killed [[Eidolon]], she right away started to behave strangely<ref name="28.4 e3" /> such as appearing on the opposite side of the planet from [[Bohu]]<ref name="28.2 eStrangeBehavior2">It was hard to think of the terms that applied to Bohu alone.  Tohu and Bohu were usually referred to as the Twins.<br><br>But Tohu was nowhere to be seen.<br><br>And Bohu had situated herself in the middle of a field.  The ground was only beginning to reshape beneath her, twisting into structures, walls, a maze of stone, soil and grass, of arches and pillars without anything to support.<br><br>She simply loomed, her impossibly long arms hanging at her side, head slightly bowed, her eyes shut.<br><br>The other images showed the same thing from different angles.  One from the other side, then another from directly above, showing the alterations to her surroundings as concentric circles.<br><br>It was daylight.  Going by the times of the photos, she was on the opposite side of the planet, roughly, from the Simurgh.<br><br>“Holy fuck,” Canary murmured.  “Two at once?” - [[Cockroaches 28.2]]</ref> and remaining motionless.<ref name="28.2 eStrangeBehavior1">Defiant scrolled through the images of the Simurgh, floating in the air above the ocean in the middle of the day.  The last one was from just an hour ago, showing her in early evening, utterly still. - [[Cockroaches 28.2]]</ref> [[Valkyrie]] acknowledges her as Eidolon's long-time opponent; two years after his death, a mere mention of the Simurgh's name would agitate his shade.<ref>''The Simurgh'', was the reply.<br><br>Almost instinctively, another spirit deep inside her shifted, agitated.  Eidolon.  David.  The man’s battery was nearly spent, and the cost of replenishing it was high.<br><br>Stirred to life by the mere mention of his long-time opponent. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/10/20 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 9 II]]</ref> According to [[Tattletale]], she has a real love-hate relationship with him: the Simurgh respects him despite going to war against him.<ref name="28.4 e16" />

====[[Endbringers|Her Siblings]]====
She calls the other [[Endbringers]] her siblings and refers to them with either male or female pronouns.<ref name="28.x e17" /><ref name="28.x e18" /> After [[Scion]] killed [[Behemoth]], the Simurgh refers to [[Leviathan]] as her oldest living brother.<ref name="28.x e18" /> After Scion killed Leviathan, she refers to her deceased siblings as Behemoth and Leviathan.<ref name="II19.z e4" /> [[Tattletale]] believes the Simurgh shares some sense of kinship with her siblings.<ref name="28.4 e20" />

The Simurgh does not command her siblings. Although they share the common drive of going to war against their [[Eidolon|creator]], her siblings have a different paradigm and purpose as they were built with other fundamental drives.<ref name="II19.z e4" /><ref>The remaining three Endbringers [...] were created for a different paradigm and purpose. - [https://redd.it/2sju2u Wildbow on Reddit]</ref> The Simurgh cannot force them to take action; for example, if she becomes aware of a non-sabotaged individual trying to build legitimate spaceships to mass evacuate [[Earth Bet]], her siblings would not attack this target on her behalf.<ref name="SB massEvacuate">'''Khazit:''' Clearly, the best choice is to build a bunch of Leviathans (the spaceship) and evacuate Earth :p<br>[...]<br>'''Wildbow:''' If she tries to build leviathans to leave Earth, Ziz is probably going to catch wind of it (people on other side of the planet would probably hear about it, ziz passes overhead...) and send some heat seeking missiles Taylor's way (if she doesn't think she can go after Taylor specifically).<br>[...]<br>'''Wildbow:''' When I say guided missiles I mean more subtle ziz-tweaked individuals, set up to topple those dominoes and turn Taylor into a problem rather than an escape route, or just destroy Taylor. - Wildbow [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15144057 on Spac]eba[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15145172 ttles]</ref> Indeed, her siblings have their own objectives; they have their own criteria for attacking vulnerable targets.<ref>'''TheAnt:''' Was Brockton Bay built on an Indian Burial Ground? Because damn, this city is cursed. ABB bombings, Leviathan, The 9, Coil, Echidna. I would honestly not be surprised if the next Endbringer attacked the city again. It might actually have been a good idea to condemn it.<br><br>'''wildbow:''' It’s more that a lot of things led to the others coming to pass. The two primary threads are:<br>ABB-> Leviathan attacks city in conflict -> The 9 hit vulnerable target<br><br>And Travelers are invited to Brockton Bay by Coil -> Coil provokes/takes advantage of disasters to seize city -> Coil dies -> Noelle goes free.<br><br>There’s crossing-over of threads (Leviathan hitting city in part because of potential of contact with Noelle, Coil causing conflict with ABB that led to disaster) - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/scourge-19-5/#comment-11935 Comment by] Wildbow in [[Scourge 19.5]]</ref><ref>'''Asmora:''' Just thought I’d point this out, since no one else has mentioned it: Lyon was attacked twice. Is this an editing error on Wildbow’s part, attributable to the fact that he was rushed in writing this monstrously huge (and yet it felt like one of the shorter reads to me) chapter? I sincerely doubt it, given that Lyon is the last entry. Thus, we require WMG as to what the deal is there. Was there something in Lyon that interested Behemoth, but he was driven off before he got it on the first trip, so he came back for it? Did he decimate the city the first time, then get upset because they rebuilt it too quickly and thoroughly?<br><br>'''wildbow:''' Lyon is an area with a great many nuclear plants in the vicinity. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/22/interlude-24/#comment-29217 Comment by] Wildbow in [[Interlude 24.x]]</ref><ref>“Nothing’s truly random,” Colin explained, his voice tight, “Any data shows a pattern eventually, if you dig deep enough.  Dragon started work on an early warning system for the Endbringers, to see if we can’t anticipate where they’ll strike next, prepare to some degree.  We know there’s some rules they follow, though we don’t know why.  They come one at a time, months apart, rarely hitting the same area twice in a short span of time.  We know they’re drawn to areas where they perceive vulnerability, where they think they can cause the most damage.  Nuclear reactors, the Birdcage, places recently hit by natural disasters…”<br><br>He clicked the mouse, and the image zoomed in on a section of the coastline.<br><br>“…Or ongoing conflict,” Hannah finished for him, her eyes widening.  “The ABB, Empire Eighty-Eight, the fighting here?  It’s coming here?  Now?” - [[Interlude 7]]</ref><ref name="15.5 c3" /> For example, [[Leviathan]] attacked [[Kyushu]] in 1999 (i.e., before her creation) to satisfy his fundamental drives to war against Eidolon<ref>'''November 2nd, 1999'''<br>[...]<br>Eidolon was fighting now.  He hurled globes of energy the size of small houses at Leviathan, and each one was sufficient to knock the creature away, flaying away the thing’s skin and simultaneously slowing it.  The hero’s own hydrokinesis deflected the lizard’s ranged attacks, diverting them skyward or off to one side.  Leviathan couldn’t attack from range, and couldn’t get close without getting pummeled.  He attempted to run, only for Japan’s foremost team, the Sentai Elite, to step into his way, blocking his progress. - [[Interlude 22.y]]</ref> and to take away resources necessary for survival and thus force relocating communities into conflict.<ref name="II19.z e4" /><ref>In this setting, for example, Japan isn’t a world power and it’s still dependent on international assistance 12 years after Leviathan’s visit to Kyushu.<br><br>But even there, where do you say, “Ok, that’s the sum total of the damage done”? The disaster at Kyushu, the number of refugees seeking living space/work and the pressures on the rest of Asia’s pacific border might have led to some more unrest and tension. Some friction, some ‘small’ wars, infighting and intermingling. Refugees and immigrants. Many settle in major cities across America because President Bradley’s Preservation Act gives them a hand in getting on their feet.<br><br>Do you factor that last point into the damage as well? Lung comes to Brockton Bay in part because of the booming population of Asian immigrants (which hasn’t yet set down roots). Bakuda was born to a Westerner mother and Immigrant father. Do you count the damage they’ve done? - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/colony-15-5/#comment-5639 Comment by] Wildbow on [[Colony 15.5]]</ref>

Should their objectives align, the Simurgh can use her understanding of them to better persuade her siblings to pursue common interests.<ref name="28.x e17" /> If a [[String Theory]] Driver weapon that could kill them existed and [[Eidolon]] was alive, they would cooperate and carefully plan their appearances to avoid any setup of a proper hit.<ref name="Redd eStringTheoryCooperate">Put all of that aside and look at his fighting ability, the highest end of what he's done (punch the planet buster [surface wiping] beam, nullify/exceed that energy and have the force of the punch still affect the landscape halfway across the world) puts him on a level equal to or surpassing String Theory's Drive weapons. Could a hit from that heavy a punch conduct enough force through Behemoth to get to the Endbringer's core? I think it's likely/possible and would have to, barring extraordinary evidence to the contrary popping up in OPM, say 'definite kill'. [...] (Or, as in the case of String Theory, Endbringer cooperation/timing would keep her from ever being able to set up a proper hit). - Wildbow [https://redd.it/49fd14 on Reddit]</ref> After her recruitment during [[Gold Morning]] following Eidolon's death, the Simurgh communicated when she was able to with her remaining siblings;<ref name="28.x e15">She must be unmolested.  This is given freely to her.<br><br>She operates alongside the subjects.  This serves her aims on several fronts.  She communicates when she can with the others. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/17 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 28]]</ref> they all agreed to cooperate with humanity, remain calm, and attack designated targets when given permission by the groups they were following.<ref name="28.x e19">And so they have fallen into place.  They obey, they remain calm.<br><br>When given permission, they attack designated targets.  They cooperate with the subjects. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/17 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 28]]</ref> In [[Earth Gimel]], the remaining [[Endbringers]] all teamed up against [[Scion]],<ref>Which was the moment the Endbringers made their move.<br><br>The Simurgh plunged from the clouds, hitting Scion.<br><br>Leviathan, healed a touch, emerged from the water.<br><br>Bohu rose from the earth, going from a human sized head and shoulders at eye level to a tower.<br><br>Tohu, for her part, had Glaistig Uaine, Eidolon and Myrddin’s faces.<br><br>The Endbringers, come to the rescue.  I ''wished'' I could have felt relieved.  It was a reprieve, a chance to get our footing.  But there was an ominousness to it. - [[Speck 30.5]]</ref><ref>For the time being, we were holding fast.  Scion was still engaged with the Endbringers in Gimel.  We had seconds, a minute or two if we were lucky, to catch our breath, to think, plan and communicate. - [[Speck 30.6]]</ref><ref>I could remember the files, the information only for team leaders and Wardens.  Information on the Endbringers, provided in retrospect, only after Gold Morning when the Endbringers cooperated against Scion and the attacks stopped. - [[From Within 16.9]]</ref> who murdered Eidolon and their [[Behemoth|brother]].<ref name="28.4 e20" />

After [[Gold Morning]], her surviving siblings stayed dormant and did not assist her plot to take control of [[Fortuna]]'s network.<ref name="E.end e1">One window showed the various Endbringers, all of them motionless, but for the Simurgh, who was airborne.  The last of the original three. - [[Interlude: End]]</ref><ref name="II10.x e1" /> When [[Defiant]] started firing G-driver blasts at her, none came to her aid.<ref name="II20.a eFirstShot">The benefit of using ''this'' weapon was that it didn’t require exceptionally good aim.<br><br>An area of the city a fifth of a mile wide and a mile long was pulverized.  Buildings were driven into ground, and broke into chunks no larger than a human head.  The wavelength of the beam let those chunks lift up for a fraction of a second before the next wave of the beam thrust them down again with the same force as before.<br><br>The Simurgh was almost, ''almost'' out of the path of the beam.  He clipped her, and she reoriented, pulling out of the way even as she was hurled back and down.<br><br>Much of the lower body she had been building broke away from the force of the impact.  A wing shattered.  The remainder was lost in the plume of smoke that rose from the tract of land he had blasted. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/03/28/last-20-a/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.a]]</ref> According to Fortuna, the Simurgh can only command [[Khonsu]], [[Bohu]], and [[Tohu]] by successfully merging with her and then using an [[Eidolon]] shade via [[Valkyrie|Titan Valkyrie]];<ref>A great, long-fingered hand of silver with bone-white nails reached out.  The shadow of Eidolon stepped down onto the fingertip.<br><br>Titans appeared from clouds of darkness, arranging themselves in a formation around their new center and commander.<br><br>''Other'' things stepped out of clouds of darkness.<br><br>Not Titans, but scary enough in their own way.  Especially considering what all of this ''meant''.<br><br>Endbringers.  One tall and narrow, of a size to rival any Titan.  One small, a knot of formlessness, with faces periodically flashing out.  One with a great chrome orb for a midsection, a black, whiskered head, arms, and feet mounted at different positions around that orb.  There were other shapes that stood in the dark clouds, but they didn’t emerge or seem consistent.  Still taking shape. - [[Infrared 19.9]]</ref> the Simurgh-Fortuna amalgamation would then use her living siblings as bodyguards.<ref name="II19.10 e1" />