Editing The Teeth (section)

==History==
=== Background ===
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 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.y]]</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="I11b">“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 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11b]]</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 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" /> 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 e3">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 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 Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.7]]</ref>