Editing Atlantic Archipelago (section)

== History ==
===Background===
Given the divergence point during the 1980s, it is unknown how the [[Wikipedia:Northern Ireland peace process|Northern Ireland peace process]] went.<ref>The author has intimated the process is different but has not gone on record about it.</ref>

London was attacked by the [[Simurgh]] in 2003. 

At one point a football stadium full of people in Cardiff was targeted by one of [[String Theory]]'s weapons.<ref name="27.3 e1">String Theory and Lab Rat stepped out of the same portal.  String Theory was short, shorter with her slouch, and petite, her dark hair tied back into a braid, her lips pulled back into a wide expression halfway between a grin and a smile.  With her glasses, it made me think of a frog, or a small lizard.<br/>[...]<br/>String Theory had made her tinker devices and then auctioned away ‘safeties’.  Not uses of the weapon or offering targets, but only guarantees that the owner of a ‘safety’ wouldn’t be one of her randomly selected targets.  The targets had ranged from gas stations in [[Indonesia]] to a filled football stadium in Cardiff.<br><br>As one could imagine, there had been a high demand for her arrest. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/20 Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.3]]</ref>

A prime minister of England was successfully assassinated by [[Teacher]].<ref>Crimes: conspiracy to assassinate the Vice President of the United States.  Successful.  Conspiracy to assassinate the Prime Minister of England.  Successful.  He picked big targets, took his time and was successful.  Setting up his pawns and giving them the low level thinker powers they needed for observation and information gathering, for getting glimpses of the future or intuitively knowing how to hack or decrypt, or for knowing the weaknesses of their enemies and how best to hurt them. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/20 Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.3]]</ref>

===[[Timeskip]]===
Manchester was attacked by the Simurgh. It is speculated that she may have been targeting Lord Walston.<ref name="25.6">'''Manchester''', June 5th, 2012 // Simurgh<br/>Notes: Defeat, no kill.<br>Target/consequence: still unknown.  Tie to '''Lord Walston'''? - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/13 Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.6]]</ref> It is unknown to what extent the city was quarantined.

===Post-[[Timeskip]]===
A [[Case 53]] parahuman appeared in Ireland, which coincided with several deaths in the area.<ref>A [[Case 53|case fifty-three]] appearance in Ireland, with deaths. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/25 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26.x]]</ref>

===[[Gold Morning]]===
Gold Morning began with [[Scion]] shattering the island of Great Britain, destroying it completely and devastating the surrounding archipelago with the shockwaves.<ref>It gathered its power, then aimed at the nearest, largest population center.  Kevin Norton’s birthplace.<br/><br/>The golden light speared forth, and the island shattered, folding, parts of it rising from the ocean.  Crumpled like paper in a fist.<br/><br/>The entity did not eliminate the smoke or the waves that followed.  It simply let the aftermath occur. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/25 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26.x]]</ref><ref>Withdrawal said.  “I had family in Scotland when Gold Morning happened, but that was so far away, and I only ever saw them once every five years.  Didn’t really impact me.  Today was the first time someone I know has died.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/11/23 Excerpt] from [[Radiation 18.3]]</ref>