Editing Timeline (section)

===2008===
*Sophia Hess triggers.<ref name="19.z e4">There was a shuffling of papers at the other end of the long table.  “We, the committee, have reviewed the documents, and agree that case one-six-three-one, Shadow Stalker, has met the necessary requirements.  With stipulations to be named at a future date, specific to her powers and the charges previously laid against her, she is now a probationary member of the Wards, until such a time as she turns eighteen or violates the terms of this probationary status.  Congratulations, Shadow Stalker.”<br>[...]<br>“Of course I’m angry.  Stipulations, rules and regulations.  I’ve had my powers for two and a half years and I’ve stopped more bad guys than half the capes in that room!”<br>[...]<br>“It’s only three years.  Better than prison.”<br><br>“Three years and four months.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/19 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 19.z]]</ref>
*January
**[[Group trigger]] occurs in [[New York]], involving a [[The Subway Cluster|subway train]], [[Lily]], and [[March|May]].<ref name="Reddit eFlechetteMoney">'''Wages:''' ''Wards are granted a trust of $50,000 a year, as well as a base minimum wage salary, the latter of which is doubled with full membership''. (From the PRT Master Reference/various WoGs)<br><br>Note that this is a bare minimum and higher risk departments (of which Brockton Bay is one) and larger departments (of which New York is one) pay more. Lily is a full member with accommodations, school, and base needs paid for, so account for that as well. She also gets a cut of merchandising money.<br><br>Given she triggered in 2008, she had one year of earning ~40k/year, and two more of ~80k/year, with no major expenses. This is not counting the trust, which is at about 150k. Given the tone and circumstances (AKA: the hell that is Brockton Bay, that they sent her into) surrounding Lily's abdication you could assume they're not about to go through a protracted and costly (in terms of PR & attention) legal battle to withhold funds she is legally entitled to.<br><br>She has money. - Comment by Wildbow [https://redd.it/qyxwzz on Reddit]</ref><ref name="Foil" />
**Lily joins the New York [[Wards]] as Flechette.<ref name="II12.z eFlechetteDebut" /><ref name="Reddit eFlechetteMoney" />
*February 1st
**Flechette starts patrolling the streets of New York.<ref name="II12.z eFlechetteDebut">“What are you watching?” as she approached the couch.  A twenty-ish girl was sitting there, laptop out, while three people crowded around.<br><br>“New hero,” the girl said.<br>[...]<br>The letters on the screen spelled out ‘Flechette’.  An edited-in graphic stamped in ‘Ward – NY1’ below it.<br><br>“You’ll see me patrolling the streets of New York, starting February first,” Flechette said.  She picked up a new bottle with blue liquid inside, took a drink, then flipped the bottlecap back.  Without turning around, she threw a dart behind her. - [[Interlude 12.z II]]</ref>
*April 10th
**[[Newter]] imbibes a Cauldron vial.<ref>'''April 10th, 2008'''<br><br>[...]<br><br>Entering one cell, she brushed the hair from the young man’s face once more, then propped him up while she administered the sample the Doctor had left for her.<br><br>She stepped back while he convulsed, his wounds filling in, his breathing growing steady enough for him to scream.<br><br>[...]<br><br>This entry was posted in 15.x (Bonus Interlude #3) and tagged Alexandria, Behemoth, Contessa, Doctor Mother, Eidolon, Legend, Newter, Number Man, Siberian by wildbow. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/08 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.z]]</ref>
*A few months after January<ref>Maybe the insatiable curiosity was Flechette’s.  Maybe the poor girl was enduring her first few months with the PRT, being expected to learn these things, and it was being raised as a talent or inclination, discarded because Flechette had other priorities. - [[Interlude 12.z II]]</ref>
**[[March]] and Jan meet [[Tori Heflin]], [[Megan]], and Jace at a pub.<ref>When Jan and March reached the town, there were three.<br><br>Three at a table in a shitty pub, four looking worn out, scared.<br>[...]<br>“Hi Megan.”<br><br>“They made a hole between worlds.  And… some people here started using it.  A few years back.”<br><br>“Me,” Tori said.  “Jace.”<br><br>The guy raised a hand. - [[Interlude 12.z II]]</ref>
*Spring
**Rachel Lindt triggers and becomes [[Bitch]].<ref name="Bitch" /> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%"><div class="mw-collapsible-content"><small>Taylor finds an article saying that Bitch was solo for roughly two years, and she joined the Undersiders in July 2010. That, coupled with Rollo having fallen into a swimming pool with an open cover (would have been closed in Winter, and she was in school at the time) suggests that she triggered around Spring 2008.</small><ref>...She had apparently been homeless through most of her criminal career, just living on the streets and moving on whenever police or a cape came after her. '''The sightings and encounters with the homeless girl ended around a year ago''' – I figured that was when she joined forces with Grue, Tattletale and Regent.<br><br>According to the wiki entry, her powers manifested when she was fourteen, followed almost immediately by her demolishing the foster home she had been living in, injuring her foster mother and two other foster children in the process. '''This was followed by a two year series of skirmishes and retreats across Maine''' as various heroes and teams tried to apprehend her, and she either defeated them or successfully evaded capture. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/insinuation-2-2/ Excerpt] from [[Insinuation 2.2]]</ref></div>
*September
** [[Jamestowner]] attacked another nuclear facility in the midwest.<ref name="PHO1" />
*Annette Hebert dies.<ref name="21.2"/>
*Kayden Russel marries Max Anders, becoming [[Kayden Anders]]. Purity becomes Kaiser’s second-in-command.<ref name="4.x.1"/><ref name="7.4">The brunette woman was Purity, according to the email.  Far mousier than I might have thought, given the sheer presence she had in costume.  Real name, Kayden Anders.  Interior decorator.  Single mother of one Aster Anders.  Purity was promoted to Kaiser’s second in command in the same week that Kayden Russel took Max’s hand in marriage to become Kayden Anders.  Their separation occurred within the same time period as Purity leaving Empire Eighty Eight to apparently strike out on her own.  Little citations pointed to files apparently in the attached zip file. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/01/28 Excerpt] from [[Buzz 7.4]]</ref>
*[[Triumph]] joins [[Brockton Bay]] Wards.<ref>He was still relatively new to this.  Three years of duty, most of which had been spent among the Wards.  Was he the only one who was just old enough to speak out, not yet so old and jaded that he acceded to authority over anything else? - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/20 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15]]</ref>
*[[Lightslinger]] joins Eminent.<ref name="Lightslinger">A Japanese refugee, Lightslinger moved to San Francisco for a time where he found work with corporate sponsored team, ‘Eminent’, from 2008 to 2010.  Lightslinger left the team and the area, moving to Alaska where he roamed, changing locations with some regularity before being approached for placement in Anchorage’s Protectorate team. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Swjz8BZZNE4bq6lTkHanTK4sJ-K_xVlFudxA16mYjH4 PRT Quest (Anchorage)]</ref>
*Carlos triggers and becomes [[Aegis]].<ref>Aegis is 17, very nearly 18, old for his grade level, he's already graduated high school and is taking prelim college courses (not the same courses as Faultline & Glory Girl). He triggered at 15. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/17584328/ Private conversation with Wildbow, archived on Spacebattles]</ref>
*Brian Laborn triggers and becomes [[Grue]].<ref>“So even if I was only fifteen, I was tall for my age, I was fit, and I knew how to throw a punch.  I didn’t say a word, didn’t make a sound.  I put my sister down and beat my mother’s boyfriend within an inch of his life, my mother screaming and wailing the entire time.  When I was done, I picked my sister up and returned to the cab.  We went to my father’s that night, and we went to the police station in the morning.”<br><br>“When you throw a punch barehanded, it doesn’t leave your hands pristine.  A few good swings, you connect solidly with someone’s face, someone’s teeth, and it tears the fuck out of your knuckles.  It was at my father’s place that night, washing and cleaning my hands, when I saw it.  It wasn’t just blood leaking out of my torn up knuckles, but there was the darkness too, like wisps of really black smoke.  You hear about the trigger event, you might think it’s all about rage or fear.  But I’m a testament that it can be just the opposite.  I didn’t feel a fucking thing.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/10/04 Excerpt] from [[Shell 4.4]]</ref>
*Lung comes to America and fights Protectorate ENE for the first time <small>(Speculative, could be between 2007 (i.e., after Battery and Assault join Protectorate) and 2009 (i.e., before ABB attack on Emma)</small>.<ref>“It was the name of the group I joined when I came to America.”<br><br>“See, that’s what I don’t get.  You’re a badass, fine.  You tested the waters, took on a whole team of local heroes, and you walked away.  Right?”<br><br>“I fought Armsmaster, Dauntless, Miss Militia, Velocity, Challenger, Assault and Battery,” he said.  “Yes.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/interlude-22-donation-bonus-1/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 22.y]]</ref><ref>Lung has a high classification but a relatively low level of ambition. He had one powered minion (until early 2011 when he recruited Bakuda) and sought primarily to hold the docks as his territory. He ruled like a lesser king, had prostitutes and sex slaves, a protection racket and drug dealing, but he wasn’t fighting for a footing downtown.<br><br>For all his (potential) power, he’d settled into a role as a street thug and gang leader. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/cell-22-4/#comment-22333 Comment by] Wildbow on [[Cell 22.4]]</ref>