Editing Butcher (section)

==History==
===Background===

The original Butcher may have triggered from being held at death's door for a long time.<ref name=Fig /> In some circumstance he ended up running the original iteration of The Teeth in Brockton Bay.<ref name="20.y" /><ref name="20.y 21"> - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/interlude-20/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 20.y]]</ref>

The Teeth originally operated in Brockton Bay,<ref name="Cast2" /> where they participated in a turf war with [[Empire Eighty-Eight]] at some point, killing [[Heith Anders]].<ref name="I18 e1">“Heith.”<br/><br/>Justin sighed.  Heith was Fenja and Menja’s cousin and guardian, Kaiser’s first wife, killed in a turf war with the Teeth, back in the old days of Brockton Bay.  ''She has powers after all.''<br/><br/>Somehow, all of this would be easier if he could believe that Theo was illegitimate. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/interlude-18-donation-bonus-2/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.y|18.y (Donation Interlude 2; Crusader)]]</ref> They eventually participated in a bidding war to hire the services of [[the Slaughterhouse Nine]], instructing them to kill some members of [[the Protectorate]]. After completing the task, the Nine turned on them, nearly wiping them out.<ref name="Brockton_bay">“Years ago.  Allfather still ruled Empire Eighty-Eight then.  They held a big meeting between all of the factions.  We stopped by.  Great fun.  I don’t think they accomplished a thing that day.  We provoked a bidding war instead.  Group called the Teeth wound up hiring us to kill some members of the Protectorate team.  We did it, and then we wiped out the Teeth before leaving the city.”<br/><br/>The Slaughterhouse Nine must have been new, then.  People today would know better.  Hopefully. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/interlude-11b/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11b|Interlude 11b (Anniversary Bonus)]]</ref> 

=== Story Start ===
However, they settled elsewhere and bounced back,<ref name="parian">The Teeth had tried to take a bite out of Parian’s territory.  They had a history in the bay, and like the Ambassadors they had been nearly wiped out, only it was nearly a decade ago.  They’d settled elsewhere while they bounced back, with a turnover rate high enough that none of the original members persisted.  There was only the name, and an ethos of violence, anarchy, and profit at any cost, not unlike the ABB.  Parian seemed to be making a point of not asking for our help, and I wasn’t intending to offer it until she did. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/chrysalis-20-1/ Excerpt] from [[Chrysalis 20.1]]</ref> with operations in [[Boston]] and [[New York]], although none of their original members remain.<ref name="Cast2" />

=== Post-[[Battle against Echidna|Echidna]] ===
The Teeth return to [[Brockton Bay]] after the battle of [[Echidna]] to oust [[the Undersiders]] and claim territory,<ref name="Cast2">
* '''Butcher XIV, Quarrel''' – The fourteenth in her line, Butcher was once Quarrel, before challenging the leader.  Since the original Butcher was killed by a subordinate, both the accrued powers (only a fraction) and consciousnesses of the previous Butchers have been passed on to the one who kills them, the combined voices driving the subject mad if they do not follow the proper procedure of challenging the leader.  As such, Quarrel gained a share of thirteen sets of powers on top of her own – the ability to make any attack strike its target, provided they are in range.  Is a tall Asian woman with a costume described as stylized samurai armor, festooned with barbed blades, and a string of skulls at one shoulder.  Uses enhanced strength to carry a gatling gun that would normally require a turret mount. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast (In Depth)]</ref> first targeting [[Parian]].<ref name="parian"/> The Undersiders try to negotiate with both [[the Fallen]] and the Teeth, although these quickly fail.<ref name="I20.y">Skitter turned her attention to the other leader.  “Butcher?”<br/><br/>“No,” the woman replied, standing from the table.<br/><br/>“I didn’t think so.  Do you have any other business you’d like to bring up, while we’re all here?”<br/><br/>“You die,” Butcher said.  “You can’t kill me.  I will win.”<br/><br/>With that, her longest statement yet, she turned and walked away.<br/><br/>“Not good enemies to have,” Accord commented.  It was just his group and the Undersiders now. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/interlude-20/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 20.y]]</ref> After an extensive battle in which Butcher is killed by a remnant of [[Cherish]]'s power,<ref>“Success,” I said.<br/><br/>The entire group, even the straight-backed Ambassadors, seemed to react with relief.<br/><br/>“Guess my sister has one more kill under her belt,” Regent commented.  “Fourteen voices in Cherish’s head to keep her company as she spends the next few centuries alone at the bottom of the bay.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/imago-21-6/ Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.6]]</ref> the Teeth are marginalized.<ref name="aftermath">I had let two days pass since my conversation with Miss Militia.  Dealt with the Teeth.  They weren’t all gone.  Hemorrhagia had slipped away, as had Reaver, and there were rank and file troops.  Parian still had some cleaning up to do, at the very least, but the Teeth weren’t the presence they had been. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/imago-21-6/ Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.6]]</ref> [[Tattletale]] still considered them a potential threat afterward.<ref>I moved on to boards of a different color.  The red bulletin boards and whiteboards with red writing: Brockton Bay.  ''Potential threats: the Teeth, Red Handed, Heartbreaker, Lost Garden, Adepts, the Orchard, The Fallen.'' - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/imago-21-7/ Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.7]]</ref>

===[[Gold Morning]]===
Butcher XV may have died as collateral damage from [[Scion]]'s blast hitting the Eastern coast of the [[United States]].<ref>She touched something on her desk, and the various panels behind each booth ''changed''.  They were video screens, three times as tall as they were wide, and each showed the same clip of Scion’s rampage.<br><br>“United Kingdom, first target struck.  Obliteration,” the Doctor said.  “Eastern coast of Canada and the United States, damaged, but casualties were a third of what they were in the initial strike.” - [[Extinction 27.2]]</ref> However, [[Cherish]] after become the Butcher was dragged far away from [[Brockton Bay]]'s harbor into a deeper area of the ocean.<ref>'''dragonlibrarian:''' Does Cherish live through Golden Morning? One of the only two people I've ever gotten to read Wildbow's works with me asked me that today, and I honestly had no idea. Is she ever mentioned again after she becomes the newest Butcher, or does the information on her fate stop there? Any WoG on this one?<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Cherish was dragged away from the harbor and let to sink to a point that was pretty deep in, in partial hopes that she would be far enough away from any living beings that the Butcher wouldn't jump to a new host.  - Conversation with Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/34159831 --><ref name="21.y eDrag" /> Indeed, no nearby capes (or Scion) are recorded as inheriting the Butcher's powers, so she could have survived. On the other hand, she is not mentioned later during the events of [[Gold Morning]], despite having a useful power.