Editing Moord Nag (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
Moord Nag's power, near as anyone can tell, is an enormous living shadow named Aasdier that follows her around. It has an instinctual reaction to anything that could possibly harm her,<ref name="SB1"/><ref name="25.6 e3"/> it bases this off of intent and it will even destroy attempts to investigate himself or his master.<ref name="25.5 e1">I could make out a station with a woman, black, accompanied by a massive shadow of a monster with an auroch’s skull for a head.  The woman’s head hung, her hair braided or bound into dreads, I couldn’t be sure.  I moved my bugs closer to check to see if she had any weapons, and her pet shadow reached out to block the swarm.  They died so quickly it was almost as though the shadow had killed before it made contact.<br><br>I decided to leave her alone. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/scarab-25-5/ Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.5]]</ref> Aasdier gained an ongoing expansion of pursuance and stature when it ingested humans, dead <ref name="list">Moord Nag '''Master pet 'scavenger' gains permanent increase in size and power by consuming the dead'''	Independent - [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pgn9rgYutpBqJg1lSBP3NHnq9WK4ToLq9K4ys_I4cRc/edit#gid=0 Parahuman List], bolded edit by Wildbow.</ref> or possibly alive.<ref name="25.5 e4"/> Originally, he could fit in the palm of her hand<ref name="SB1"/> and was very weak,<ref name="R2">Scavenger doesn't start off strong or big, though. - [https://redd.it/5iblo6 And yet another comment by Wildbow on Reddit]</ref> by 2011, it was large enough for her to ride on. It switches out various skulls, including bovine, humanoid, avian, rodent, serpentine and crocodilian all scaled up to fit the size of Aasdier. It is unknown if these are added or a feature of Aasdier himself.

It is unclear if there is an upper limit to how powerful Aasdier can become and how many lives he can take to fuel and empower himself, each absorption usually only gives him an extra teaspoon of mass or so. Aasdier can, however, lose mass with certain failures on the part of his host or other monumentally damaging effects,<ref name="SB1" /><ref name="30.6 e2" /> splitting or sectioning him apart is ineffective as he will simply reintegrate.<ref name="25.6 e2">The shadow’s head had taken on the appearance of a serpent’s skull, complete with fangs, and the body was a column behind it, stirring around ''Moord Nag'' without touching her.<br><br>It lunged, and fragments flew off Khonsu’s shoulder as the  shadow made contact, rubbed against him.  It was as though the shadow’s body were a series of circular saws, a rasp.<br><br>Khonsu’s field made contact with the shadow’s body, catching the middle of its body.  ''Moord Nag'' didn’t even flinch as her serpent was trisected, the middle section dragged away.<br><br>The serpent was winding around Khonsu now, maximizing the surface area that was making contact.  Khonsu elected to ignore it, floating forward to put himself in reach of more of the defending capes.<br>[...]<br>Apparently deeming that the circles weren’t working in this situation, Khonsu banished all three.  ''Moord Nag’s'' shadow was freed, and rejoined the remainder of the mass.  Khonsu’s forward advance was momentarily paused by the impact.  He created the circles anew, placing them in spots where people at the epicenter couldn’t move fast enough to escape. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/13 Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.6]]</ref> Aasdier further shows some immunity to space-time effects. Moord Nag requests five thousand lives as her price for fighting an [[Endbringer]] (with the implication being that Aasdier needs that amount to be strong enough to challenge an Endbringer) so she was confident that she could use that amount.<ref name="SB1" /><ref name="25.5 e4">''“Vyf duisend, lewendig, dit maak nie saak of hulle mag het of nie.  ‘N Fraksie van wat jy die gek aangebied het.”''<br><br>“No,” Dragon said, before the translator could speak.<br><br>“Yes,” the Doctor said, just as readily.  “I caught the number, I can figure out the rest.  You’ll get what you need.”<br><br>“I can’t stand by and watch this, not like this,” Chevalier said.<br><br>“How many more will die if we don’t act?” the Doctor said.  “The ''Thanda'' will counteract the Endbringer’s teleportation ability, at least for a time.  ''Moord Nag'' gives you much-needed clout.  Again, at least for a short time.”<br><br>“In exchange for five thousand lives?” Dragon asked.<br><br>“A small price to pay.  How many have died as we conducted this meeting?”<br><br>“''Jy praat asof dit saak maak. Die kontrak is verseël. Sal ons gaan nou,''” Moord Nag said.<br><br>“What did she just say?” Chevalier asked.  ''Moord Nag'' was already walking away, stepping away from the panel and into the recessed passage beside it, almost completely hidden in shadow.  I could only make out the rodent’s skull, overlarge and pale in the darkness.<br><br>“The contract is settled,” Dragon said.  “She sees it as inviolable, now.”<br><br>“I ''like'' her,” Marquis commented.  “Mass murder aside, anyways.  Woman of her word.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/11 Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.5]]</ref> Despite being seemingly composed of smoke, Aasdier cannot go through walls, at least without destroying them first, the same effect that can kill people and bugs<ref name="25.5 e1" /> and scour the body of Endbringers.<ref name="25.6 e2" /><ref name="25.6 e3" />

Moord Nag's connection with Aasdier and by extension her shard are much like that of Breaker-type cape.<ref name="R3">Some powers are simply more leashed to shard goodwill than others. Often the case with breakers (Moord Nag's pet is breaker-ish) and the more unbounded powers such as Eidolon (who has a dead shard, for the record), Leet, Glaistig Uaine, and Panacea. People who were slated to fall pre-powers are set up to fall in a bad way. - [https://redd.it/6htmfq Excerpt from a comment] by WildBow on Reddit]</ref> They have a deep bond of trust.<ref name="SB1"/>