Editing William Manton (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
Manton is intelligent, highly observant and a trained scientist, specializing in Parahumans and their abilities.
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In a throes of grief and guilt from ruining his daughters life by giving her a [[Cauldron vial|vial]], Manton imbibed one for himself.<ref name="Discord1">Dwood:2017 July 11 4:19 PM:<br/>Was Manton Simurghed?<br/><br/>Wildbow:2017 July 11 4:20 PM:<br/>Manton went off rails after his daughter had a bad vial reaction<br/>and the Simurgh only factored in later, post-Hero-kill.<br/><br/>Twei:2017 July 11 4:22 PM:<br/>Like, it's not just that he went off the rails<br/>It's how far he goes off the rails and how fast<br/><br/>Wildbow:2017 July 11 4:23 PM:<br/>It's almost like drinking a psychically<br/>sensitive/reactive potion of dead god-virus-space-whale while in the throes of grief and guilt isn't a good idea. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/37024231/ Discord conversation], archived on Spacebattles</ref>

After taking the Cauldron vial, Manton is able to project an image of his daughter, though naked and striped in black and white, hence her name - the [[Siberian]].

The Siberian can ignore natural forces as she sees fit, and is effectively invulnerable. She is also able to project this invulnerability to other people by being in physical contact with them, though she is not able to make Manton himself invulnerable.<ref name="26.4c1">Siberian can touch him, s/he can’t use her power on him. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/27/sting-26-4/#comment-34493 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Sting 26.4]]</ref>

There are several other limitations. It likely takes concentrated mental effort from Manton to be able to use the [[Siberian]].<ref>Primary swarm in first.  As one singular mass, they flowed inside.  The capsaicin-laced bugs joined them, going straight for the eyes.<br><br>Jack reacted, as did the man, but Bonesaw was unfazed.  I saw Siberian flicker.  Legend noticed as well.  He snapped his eyes to me, and then the shelter.<br><br>''The creator needs to concentrate?'' - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/prey-14-7/ Excerpt] from [[Prey 14.7]]</ref><ref name="13.10 e2">“It was more like… a forcefield.  Except not.  A hole in reality, and it took something out of me to feed and shape itself.” - [[Snare 13.10]]</ref> His power has a range limit<ref>No.  My gut told me Siberian wouldn’t operate like this if there wasn’t some link.  There had to be some kind of range limit on the projection, or he wouldn’t have any reason to follow Siberian from city to city.  The fact that he was supposedly in this area meant it might even be a fairly short range. - [[Prey 14.2]]</ref> on the projection that is at least 1000 feet.<ref>“Let us put some distance between ourselves and the being,” the Doctor said.  “One thousand feet seems like the safest bet.”<br><br>''A thousand feet'', I thought.  “Is this safehouse even that big?”<br><br>“Certainly,” the Doctor said.  “William.”<br><br>“Doctor,” Manton said.<br><br>“I’m going to ask you to position Siberian up here.  We’ll see if she can do any damage.”<br><br>“Yes,” Manton agreed.<br><br>The Siberian stepped forward. - [[Venom 29.7]]</ref> [[Tattletale]] suspected he could stay miles away and still manage some control over the [[Siberian]], but stayed close by (such as when he was within range of [[Grue]]'s [[second trigger]] darkness<ref>I could feel another person, someone who hadn’t been there a moment ago.  A man standing in the darkness.<br><br>The man strode forward, uncaring about the darkness.  He caught Burnscar around the face with one broad hand, and he brought it down hard against the counter.  I was dropped to the ground.  Burnscar fell across me, limp and unmoving, and the man flickered out of existence.<br>[...]<br>It was Brian, but it wasn’t.  It was colored in monochrome, with one eye open, the other half-formed.  Markings in white covered his flesh, spiraling out from one pectoral, covering his chest and stomach.  His hands were white to the elbow, and he was sexless.  A ken doll with only more white patterns between his legs. - [[Snare 13.9]]</ref>) for voyeuristic purposes or improved control and faster response times.<ref>“The power has range.  I suspect the creator can stay miles away and still manage some control, but ventures closer for voyeuristic purposes or because it offers more control and faster response times.” - [[Prey 14.4]]</ref> Presumably, Manton cannot alter or change the [[Siberian]].<ref name="13.10 e2" /><ref>“She’s a projection.  Like Genesis is, as I’m sure you’re aware.  Like Crusader’s duplicates.  A quirk in reality that draws from her creator’s brain to create a body complete with all the physiological substructure.  Which is largely for aesthetic effect, and I’d guess it gives her real self something the brain is familiar with controlling anyways.”<br>[...]<br>“Man.  The person who projects Siberian is male.  But he creates a female body.  I think it’s tied into his trigger event.  Someone he lost.  If I had to guess, he sought revenge for her, but something happened.  A side effect of the power, or just a seriously unhinged mental state… he lost it.” - [[Prey 14.4]]</ref> Whether he can maintain the projection while he is asleep is not known.