Editing The Folk (section)

==History==
===Background===
Unlike many cape groups they were able to evolve with the times of [[Parahumans]] working their way into various enterprises criminal and otherwise.<ref name="25.3 e1">The apartment was one of many detours in an extended distribution chain that saw guns and drugs making their way to the Folk, one of the rare criminal organizations that predated capes and still functioned in more or less the same fashion today.  Topsy and his underlings were guarantors, middlemen who made it possible for diehard enemies to do business.  If a fight erupted, he and his minions would deal with the situation quickly, promptly and efficiently.<br><br>It was a simple job, and it was one he’d done for nearly a decade.  In the process, he’d apparently grown exceedingly rich, and he had recently started to become more ambitious.  Campanile and Shuffle had interfered with a deal, and Topsy had hired some mercenaries to seek out retaliation.  If the escalation of the situation wasn’t bad enough, the mercenaries had crossed lines, and Topsy had been relocated to the heroes’ shit list as a consequence.  He was an acceptable target.<br><br>The only thing that would make Campanile and Shuffle happier than us fucking up and giving them an excuse to step in would be a perfectly executed operation and a humiliating loss for Topsy.  I’d do my best to oblige on that front. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/scarab-25-3/ Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.3]]</ref><ref name="Sv1">It's worth stating that one of the underling ideas driving the formation of groups and ideological factions in the Wormverse is the notion that some people get a voice where they otherwise wouldn't. Give an immense amount of power to a (relatively) random section of the population and you'll see certain shifts in the overlying sentiments.<br><br>All the more so when you think that a parahuman with aspirations might latch on to an idea, concept, or group to get reputation, resources, and contacts. - [https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/posts/3216834/ Comment by Wildbow] on Sufficient Velocity</ref> The group was around in its current format for roughly ten years.<ref name="25.2 e1">Simply making sure we were in the right place at the right time, luring a local power into a fight, with  a plan already in mind…<br>[...]<br>“Tecton,” I called out, as my eyes fell on a portrait of a supervillain with a mask of an upside-down face.  An established power, located at the city’s edge for nearly ten years.<br>''Too established?''  I didn’t want to set another ABB fiasco in motion. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/scarab-25-2/ Exerpt] from [[Scarab 25.2]]</ref><ref name="25.3 e1"/>
===Post-[[Battle against Echidna|Echidna]]===
Harmed a Protectorate member leading to the organization moving against them.

[[Taylor Hebert|Weaver]] worked out a plan to deal with them, it succeeded. She was able to convince an allied villain cape group<ref name=25.3e3>They had a different plan in mind.  They reversed direction and headed straight for a restaurant with a sign showing a gold dragon against a red background.<br><br>“Grace,” I said.  “Wei shu wu?  Does typing it into the computer turn up anything?”<br><br>“''A cover business for a group with affiliations to the Folk,''” Revel volunteered.<br><br>“We safe to harass them, or-”<br><br>''“No.  They have people with powers, and that’s beyond the scope of this manhunt.”'' - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/scarab-25-3/ Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.3]]</ref> to give them up.

It is unknown what occurred to them after this, but, barring the Chicago Wards or Protectorate choosing to fully remove them at some point in the years between this and the end of life on Earth Bet, they presumably continued to operate in this fashion for another two years. Like the overwhelming majority of human-run institutions active on Earth Bet in 2013, it is extremely unlikely that they survived Scion's rampage in any recognizable form.