Editing King (section)

===Background===
Gabriel Maxberry was from a well to do family and a star athlete in college occupying the top of the social pyramid. Reaching the top only exacerbated his issues however.<ref name="SB3e5">'''Panda:''' Figure I would get my major curiosities satisfied first.<br/><br/>'''Wildbow:''' Because in terms of shaping him, it's made him a hedonist. He's used to being unstoppable, he's used to being absolutely, completely in control, and being in control of some scary motherfuckers (in your case, the other careers).<br/><br/>'''Wildbow:''' He's smarter than he lets on (Tyrant, by contrast, was a little limited by the hatchet face in him) and he's always been a very, very good bully. In the wormverse, he was top of the heap. Police chief's son, top dog in high school, top dog in the fraternity, top student, top athlete. He found out very quickly that nothing could really affect him.<br/><br/>'''Wildbow:''' So he kept pushing limits and finding that nobody would stop him. Terrorizing pledges, going after girls on campus, tormenting professors he didn't like, etc.<br/><br/>'''Wildbow:''' But it's lonely at the top (ergo the master power) and he simply didn't know how to continue rising or proving himself when he was already at the top, already proven, so he took to substance abuse and grueling fitness regiments, which ultimately started to kill him. (The brute aspect) [...] and he triggered (in the Wormverse). It sort of settled something in him, resolved an internal dilemma. He found his place, and his focus became something entirely different. Control, securing his place.<br/><br/>'''Wildbow:''' He's the king. The only entity higher than the king is God, in the great heirarchy, and godhood... well, that requires infrastructure.<br/><br/>'''Wildbow:''' It's not really something he's *actually* aspiring towards, but that's sort of... maybe the general abstract of his thought pattern. [...] Being worshiped, and worship through fear and awe is the sort of worship he understands.<br/><br/>'''Wildbow:''' Having guys like Harbinger and Crimson at his beck and call, knowing that he could, if he desired, make them lick his feet. Knowing that -others- are aware that there's this group of scary-as-fuck killers out there and he's the guy in charge.<br/><br/>'''Wildbow:''' King in a coconut shell. (nutshell is too small for all that text) - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/45136810/ Conversation with Wildbow] on the IRC, Archived on Spaccebattles.</ref>

King was the initial leader of the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]].<ref>The first iteration formed twenty years ago. They were a very different group, led by King (mistakenly called Rex in a previous chapter). Jack was a junior member, as was Gray Boy. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/imago-21-1/#comment-17887 Comment] by  Wildbow on [[Imago 21.1]]</ref> He was the one who gave [[Harbinger]] his name.<ref>“We ''have'' names.”<br><br>“A ''reputation''.  Don’t tell me you don’t feel like there is something bigger, something better.  You call yourself ''Harbinger''.  That’s all about the things to come.”<br><br>“His name for me, not mine,” Harbinger said. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/27 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 21.x]]</ref> King's immunity to [[Gray Boy]] allowed King to recruit him.<ref name="SB2" />

According to [[Weaver]]'s research, he ran the [[Nine]] as more of a "brute squad" similar to [[the Teeth]].<ref>Crimson was a mainstay of King's era, when he'd ruled the Nine as more of a brute squad, not dissimilar to the Teeth back in Brockton Bay. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/20/sting-26-2/ Excerpt] from [[Sting 26.2]]</ref> That said, [[the Number Man]]'s memories reveal that King started the Nine's habit of announcing their presence with clues and glimpses.<ref>“We’re announcing ourselves?” Kurt asked.<br><br>“We’ll give them clues.  Glimpses.  Already there are more appearing,” King said.  “If we aren’t careful, we’ll be overshadowed.” - [[Last 20.e3]]</ref><ref>“Same number-” Weld raised an eyebrow, “Why… Oh.  ''Shit''.  I think I follow.”<br>[...]<br>“Three crime scenes with three bodies each.  So it’d be nine bodies?” Clockblocker asked, “Each killed in some different way?  I don’t see what killer that would fit with.”<br><br>“Not one killer,” Kid Win answered, “Nine bodies, each for different killers.”<br><br>“The Slaughterhouse Nine,” Clockblocker leaned back in his seat, groaning, “Fuck, that’d be all we needed.” - [[Sentinel 9.4]]</ref><ref>Regent asked the question for me, “The Slaughterhouse Nine?”<br><br>“At least some of their members have been seen in town, preying on the locals, disrupting recovery efforts.  The recent chaos makes the city a playground for them,” Coil spoke.  “One of my teams is bound to run up against them soon.” - [[Parasite 10.6]]</ref> When King initiated an attack on a town, he had the Nine kill twenty, subject a person to hell on earth via [[Gray Boy]], and informed the rest of the town that every remaining townsperson must cut off a finger and place it at their doorsteps to be spared.<ref>“Tonight,” King said, and he was talking to Screamer.  “Twenty die.  One will experience hell on Earth, with a fate so horrific and remarkable that the entire world will speak of it.  If they wish to be spared, they must lop off a finger and place it at their doorsteps.  One for every person in the home.”<br>[...]<br>“Hell on earth.  Are you prepared, Nicholas?”<br><br>“Yes, sir,” Nicholas said.  The boy was standing in the doorway.  Monochrome, tidy, wearing a school uniform.<br>[...]<br>Screamer’s voice began reciting the instructions King had provided, whispering the promise that twenty would die.  Kurt tuned it out. - [[Last 20.e3]]</ref>

He was killed at the hands of [[Jacob]] and [[Kurt]] in 1987.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="SB3e4" />