Editing Alexandria (section)

===Invincibility===
Alexandria's body is virtually invincible.<ref name="Cast2"/> She is bulletproof<ref>Miss Militia took aim with her rifle and shot.  The bullet sparked as it clipped Alexandria’s forehead.<br><br>Alexandria shook her head. - [[Scourge 19.5]]</ref> and, unlike [[Echidna]], could survive for nearly a minute inside [[Sundancer]]'s orb without injury.<ref>The sun flew forward, melting pavement as it traveled, before it enveloped Echidna, Alexandria and the prison of ice and stone.<br><br>It hung there for nearly a minute, deafening with its sizzling and crackling.<br><br>The sun flickered and went out. Echidna wasn’t there any more.  Only sections of her feet were still in contact with the ground, bones and claws scorched black, crumbling and decaying like any part of her did when disconnected from the core that supplied her with power.<br><br>Alexandria was there in the midst of it, panting for breath.  Her costume had burned away, and only the metal pieces remained, including helmet, belt and metal underwear, each so hot they were melting and running over her skin. - [[Scourge 19.7]]</ref> [[Behemoth]]'s kill aura, which can ignore the [[Manton effect]] and produced a flame hot enough to melt sand into glass, did not burn her.<ref name="15.y eKillAura">He struck her and drove her into the ground.  His flame burned through her, the sand was turning to glass around her, burning her costume, but it didn’t burn ''her''.<br><br>But she couldn’t breathe.  She flew back and out of the way until she had air again.  She stared at the scene that was unfolding, the heroes beating a hasty retreat as that thing advanced, slow and implacable. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/interlude-15-donation-bonus-3/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.z]]</ref> She can even tank [[Scion]]'s Stilling attacks to an extent.<ref name="27.3 e1">Nothing short of Alexandria or an Endbringer would stand up to Scion’s sustained laser beam for even a heartbeat, but there was hope that Galvanate would render some people capable of surviving a glancing blow. - [[Extinction 27.3]]</ref><ref name="30.4 e1">It took excruciating minutes to get my head out of that sludge, and to make sense of what I was looking at.  ''Minutes'', as Scion tore into Alexandria, to convince myself that it was all in my head, and that Scion wasn’t actively tearing apart reality. - [[Speck 30.4]]</ref><ref name="30.5 e2">The tougher capes I had fell into two categories.  There were ones who could take the fight to Scion, like Alexandria or the late Ash Beast, and there were ones who couldn’t, like Lung, Menja and Chevalier. - [[Speck 30.5]]</ref>

Alexandria's seeming invincibility derives from her body being in a form of stasis.<ref name="List">Rebecca Costa Brown	Alexandria	'''Invincibility via. body in stasis, flight and vastly enhanced strength, with perfect eidetic recall and consequent mastery of many skills'''	Protectorate/Cauldron	Brute Mover Thinker - [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pgn9rgYutpBqJg1lSBP3NHnq9WK4ToLq9K4ys_I4cRc/edit#gid=0 Parahuman List], bolded edit by Wildbow</ref> Although she continued to age and grow when she first gained her powers, Alexandria eventually stopped aging shortly after adolescence.<ref name="SB3" /> Her nails and hair then stopped growing;<ref name="I24.y"/> [[Khepri]] described the broken fragments of her body as being more like a statue than flesh.<ref name="30.5 e5" /> [[Pretender]] believed Alexandria's body was as warped as any [[Case 53]].<ref name="I24.y"/> That said, [[Wildbow]] speculated that her skin is still soft to the touch.<ref>'''Tayyy:''' are Scion's teeth white or gold?<br>[...]<br>i have so many dumb questions<br>and Wildbow never answers them<br>like if Fenja/Menja can birth a giant baby<br>or is Alexandria's boobs are hard like a statue or soft yet indestructible<br>or how the hell Lab Rat's backup thing worked<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' White, yes, not so, probably not, the latter, tinkers are bullshit. - Conversation with Wildbow on Cauldron Discord</ref>

Alexandria does not have [[All-or-Nothing]] invulnerability as she is vulnerable to [[Sleeper]]'s storm<ref name="II16.2 e1">Naphtha was striding down the hallway, coming in our direction.  He stopped us.  “Changers?”<br><br>“No changers in our team,” Tristan said.  “Why?”<br><br>Naphtha getting close enough meant I felt the oil touch my skin, as it touched everything in a certain radius of Naphtha.  He pulled it away from me as it touched me, but my skin crawled with the memory of the feel of it.<br><br>“Another crisis.  Similar to the others.  Going to announce it to the dining hall,” Naphtha explained.  “I don’t suppose any of you feel brave enough to go up against Sleeper?  Absolute invulnerability better than Alexandria’s, special brains, absolute annihilation powers?” - [[From Within 16.2]]</ref> and did not pop the [[Siberian]].<ref name="15.z eEyeLoss" /> Although she normally feels no pain, she still experiences pain from attacks that injure her.<ref name="15.z eEyeLoss">Alexandria moved in close, hoping to stop Siberian, to catch her and slow her down, saw Siberian swing, pulled back out of the way.<br><br>Her visor fell free, clattering to the ground.  Then she felt the blood.<br><br>Saw, in her one remaining good eye, the chunks of her own face that were falling to the ground around her, bouncing off her right breast, the spray of blood.<br><br>It had been so long since she’d felt pain.<br><br>Legend called out the order and buried her in containment foam, hiding her from sight. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/08 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.z]]</ref><ref>Mortars, bombs and air-to-ground missiles rained down around her. It had been a decade and a half since she had really felt pain, and she still couldn’t help but flinch as they struck ground in her immediate vicinity.  Still, she continued walking, her cape and hair fluttering behind her. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/08 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.z]]</ref> Abilities that make heavy use of inter-dimensional phenomena or are All-or-Nothing, such as Siberian, [[Flechette]], [[Damsel of Distress]], [[Scrub]], [[March]], and [[Grey Boy]], can penetrate Alexandria's defense.<ref name="R5qn">Siberian, Damsel, Scrub, Flechette, and Grey Boy are Worm capes at the 'if anything can penetrate that defense, these guys penetrate that defense' level of attack. Eidolon and Glaistig Uaine have such attacks in their toolkits.<br>[...]<br>Alexandria is basically a superman expy with top tier (beaten only by people in the first paragraph) durability and a super brain that's picked up martial arts. - Wildbow [https://redd.it/5qnn3s on Reddit]</ref><ref name="R527">'''HamiltonsGhost:''' Obviously we don't know the mechanics of Alexandria's powers, but I have always guessed that it was some kind of interdimensional or multi-dimensional attack. Not that I have any evidence, but the all-powerful nature of Sting combined with the fact that all powers are cross-dimensional in nature to some extent (because the power source/computing substrate is in another dimension) makes me think that it had to be something like that.<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' This would be an accurate guess, though the bit in brackets is a little off.<br>The likes of Scrub, Damsel, Foil, or March would be able to damage Alexandria. - [https://redd.it/527ql6 Wildbow on Reddit]</ref> [[Eidolon]] made use of this vulnerability to destroy [[Apocrypha|her clones]].<ref name="19.7 e1">A series of neon green concentric circles exploded outward from a point in the sky above, rippling out to disappear over each horizon.  Eidolon had engaged one Alexandria-clone, and whatever he’d done seemed to have finished her off.  One left.<br>[...]<br>Another circle exploded across the sky.  Alexandria-clone-two was down.  Legend and Eidolon descended in Echidna’s direction, keeping a healthier distance.<br><br>Whatever Eidolon had been hitting the clones with, considering the area it was covering and the fact that it was apparently taking ''Alexandria'' out of action, it suggested a kind of attack that couldn’t be used near the ground, because it might have leveled whole sections of the city. - [[Scourge 19.7]]</ref><ref>'''Cvde:'''  What power did Eidolon equip to defeat Alexandria's clone so quickly?<br>[...]<br>'''Wildbow:''' Something along the lines of a damsel, scrub, or foil shot, cede - Conversation with Wildbow on Discord, [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/17497077 archived on Spacebattles]</ref><ref name="R5qn" /> [[Scion]]'s Stilling attacks could eventually destroy her.<ref name="30.5 e3">He was tearing into Alexandria.  Literally.  But she doggedly held on, delivering one crushing blow for every pound of flesh Scion ripped from her midsection.  He was roaring as he did it, teeth bared, face contorted.<br><br>The nature of his attack, the stilling, it didn’t fit.  Not in tune with the anger.<br><br>It had been another use of his ‘automatic victory’ power.  Looking to the future, seeing how he could do the most damage, then following through.  A feint, followed by the critical blow. - [[Speck 30.5]]</ref><ref name="30.5 e5">Scion emerged from the other world, having broken down the barrier we’d set.  Fragments of Alexandria’s body tumbled to the ground, more like a statue than flesh.  He had to flex his hand and use his power to free it of the left side of her skull. - [[Speck 30.5]]</ref>

She is not an immovable object as she can be pushed around by external forces:
* [[Leviathan]] grabbed Alexandria and whipped her around before pinning her to the ground.<ref name="8.y e2">Whatever advantage Alexandria had gained, it didn’t last long.  Leviathan’s tail snaked up and around the heroine’s neck, catching her.  He whipped her into the ground, beside him, up into a wall, then back down.  This time, he held her beneath the water, using one claw to help pin her. - [[Interlude 8.y]]</ref>
* [[Behemoth]]'s physical strikes could slam her to the ground.<ref name="15.y eKillAura" /><ref>Alexandria charged, trying to drive it home, and Behemoth struck out with one claw, a swipe.<br><br>He must have captured all of her forward momentum and motive impact and redirected it at her, because he didn’t move an inch in response to the hit, and she crashed into the ground at a shallow diagonal angle.  Her body carved a trench a few hundred feet long, judging by the cloud of dust that rose in her wake. - [[Crushed 24.4]]</ref> Without cover, the force of his roar could throw her flight off course.<ref>She shook herself free of glass and dirt and threw herself back into the fray.  A bad situation was suddenly critical.  The creature roared again, and the force of the noise threw her flight off course.  Eidolon’s makeshift walls collapsed and more heroes fell, bleeding from heavy internal damage. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/interlude-15-donation-bonus-3/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.z]]</ref>
* On one occasion, [[the Simurgh]] telekinetically grabbed Alexandria's cape when Alexandria dove at her and then took advantage of this momentum to force Alexandria into the street.<ref name="17.2 e1">They ran, putting distance between themselves, Grandiose’s remains and the fighting with the Simurgh.  One wave of capes was retreating, backed up by another squad.  A woman with a black costume, a heavy cape and straight black hair flowing from the back of her helmet led the charge.  ''Alexandria''.<br><br>The heroine dove at the Simurgh, and the Endbringer was quick to fly to one side, reaching out to catch Alexandria with her telekinesis and use her momentum to force her into the street.  The road caved in, sections of pavement with accompanying drifts of snow falling into a sewer or storm drain beneath the street. - [[Migration 17.2]]</ref>
* A glancing blow from [[Scion]]'s Stilling blast slammed her body towards the ground.<ref name="27.4 e1">Galvanate reached out and touched a select few capes.  Layering invincibility over invincibility for Alexandria, for Gavel, Gentle Giant, and a Birdcage cape I didn’t recognize.<br>[...]<br>An enemy that hit too hard to defend against, too tough to hurt.  Eidolon teleported rather than try to stand up to his lasers, Alexandria took a glancing blow and plunged to the ground.  Legend peppered Scion, paused, then hit him with a bigger laser. - [[Extinction 27.4]]</ref>