Editing The Simurgh (section)

====[[Endbringers|Her Siblings]]====
She calls the other [[Endbringers]] her siblings and refers to them with either male or female pronouns.<ref name="28.x e17" /><ref name="28.x e18" /> After [[Scion]] killed [[Behemoth]], the Simurgh refers to [[Leviathan]] as her oldest living brother.<ref name="28.x e18" /> After Scion killed Leviathan, she refers to her deceased siblings as Behemoth and Leviathan.<ref name="II19.z e4" /> [[Tattletale]] believes the Simurgh shares some sense of kinship with her siblings.<ref name="28.4 e20" />

The Simurgh does not command her siblings. Although they share the common drive of going to war against their [[Eidolon|creator]], her siblings have a different paradigm and purpose as they were built with other fundamental drives.<ref name="II19.z e4" /><ref>The remaining three Endbringers [...] were created for a different paradigm and purpose. - [https://redd.it/2sju2u Wildbow on Reddit]</ref> The Simurgh cannot force them to take action; for example, if she becomes aware of a non-sabotaged individual trying to build legitimate spaceships to mass evacuate [[Earth Bet]], her siblings would not attack this target on her behalf.<ref name="SB massEvacuate">'''Khazit:''' Clearly, the best choice is to build a bunch of Leviathans (the spaceship) and evacuate Earth :p<br>[...]<br>'''Wildbow:''' If she tries to build leviathans to leave Earth, Ziz is probably going to catch wind of it (people on other side of the planet would probably hear about it, ziz passes overhead...) and send some heat seeking missiles Taylor's way (if she doesn't think she can go after Taylor specifically).<br>[...]<br>'''Wildbow:''' When I say guided missiles I mean more subtle ziz-tweaked individuals, set up to topple those dominoes and turn Taylor into a problem rather than an escape route, or just destroy Taylor. - Wildbow [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15144057 on Spac]eba[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15145172 ttles]</ref> Indeed, her siblings have their own objectives; they have their own criteria for attacking vulnerable targets.<ref>'''TheAnt:''' Was Brockton Bay built on an Indian Burial Ground? Because damn, this city is cursed. ABB bombings, Leviathan, The 9, Coil, Echidna. I would honestly not be surprised if the next Endbringer attacked the city again. It might actually have been a good idea to condemn it.<br><br>'''wildbow:''' It’s more that a lot of things led to the others coming to pass. The two primary threads are:<br>ABB-> Leviathan attacks city in conflict -> The 9 hit vulnerable target<br><br>And Travelers are invited to Brockton Bay by Coil -> Coil provokes/takes advantage of disasters to seize city -> Coil dies -> Noelle goes free.<br><br>There’s crossing-over of threads (Leviathan hitting city in part because of potential of contact with Noelle, Coil causing conflict with ABB that led to disaster) - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/scourge-19-5/#comment-11935 Comment by] Wildbow in [[Scourge 19.5]]</ref><ref>'''Asmora:''' Just thought I’d point this out, since no one else has mentioned it: Lyon was attacked twice. Is this an editing error on Wildbow’s part, attributable to the fact that he was rushed in writing this monstrously huge (and yet it felt like one of the shorter reads to me) chapter? I sincerely doubt it, given that Lyon is the last entry. Thus, we require WMG as to what the deal is there. Was there something in Lyon that interested Behemoth, but he was driven off before he got it on the first trip, so he came back for it? Did he decimate the city the first time, then get upset because they rebuilt it too quickly and thoroughly?<br><br>'''wildbow:''' Lyon is an area with a great many nuclear plants in the vicinity. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/22/interlude-24/#comment-29217 Comment by] Wildbow in [[Interlude 24.x]]</ref><ref>“Nothing’s truly random,” Colin explained, his voice tight, “Any data shows a pattern eventually, if you dig deep enough.  Dragon started work on an early warning system for the Endbringers, to see if we can’t anticipate where they’ll strike next, prepare to some degree.  We know there’s some rules they follow, though we don’t know why.  They come one at a time, months apart, rarely hitting the same area twice in a short span of time.  We know they’re drawn to areas where they perceive vulnerability, where they think they can cause the most damage.  Nuclear reactors, the Birdcage, places recently hit by natural disasters…”<br><br>He clicked the mouse, and the image zoomed in on a section of the coastline.<br><br>“…Or ongoing conflict,” Hannah finished for him, her eyes widening.  “The ABB, Empire Eighty-Eight, the fighting here?  It’s coming here?  Now?” - [[Interlude 7]]</ref><ref name="15.5 c3" /> For example, [[Leviathan]] attacked [[Kyushu]] in 1999 (i.e., before her creation) to satisfy his fundamental drives to war against Eidolon<ref>'''November 2nd, 1999'''<br>[...]<br>Eidolon was fighting now.  He hurled globes of energy the size of small houses at Leviathan, and each one was sufficient to knock the creature away, flaying away the thing’s skin and simultaneously slowing it.  The hero’s own hydrokinesis deflected the lizard’s ranged attacks, diverting them skyward or off to one side.  Leviathan couldn’t attack from range, and couldn’t get close without getting pummeled.  He attempted to run, only for Japan’s foremost team, the Sentai Elite, to step into his way, blocking his progress. - [[Interlude 22.y]]</ref> and to take away resources necessary for survival and thus force relocating communities into conflict.<ref name="II19.z e4" /><ref>In this setting, for example, Japan isn’t a world power and it’s still dependent on international assistance 12 years after Leviathan’s visit to Kyushu.<br><br>But even there, where do you say, “Ok, that’s the sum total of the damage done”? The disaster at Kyushu, the number of refugees seeking living space/work and the pressures on the rest of Asia’s pacific border might have led to some more unrest and tension. Some friction, some ‘small’ wars, infighting and intermingling. Refugees and immigrants. Many settle in major cities across America because President Bradley’s Preservation Act gives them a hand in getting on their feet.<br><br>Do you factor that last point into the damage as well? Lung comes to Brockton Bay in part because of the booming population of Asian immigrants (which hasn’t yet set down roots). Bakuda was born to a Westerner mother and Immigrant father. Do you count the damage they’ve done? - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/colony-15-5/#comment-5639 Comment by] Wildbow on [[Colony 15.5]]</ref>

Should their objectives align, the Simurgh can use her understanding of them to better persuade her siblings to pursue common interests.<ref name="28.x e17" /> If a [[String Theory]] Driver weapon that could kill them existed and [[Eidolon]] was alive, they would cooperate and carefully plan their appearances to avoid any setup of a proper hit.<ref name="Redd eStringTheoryCooperate">Put all of that aside and look at his fighting ability, the highest end of what he's done (punch the planet buster [surface wiping] beam, nullify/exceed that energy and have the force of the punch still affect the landscape halfway across the world) puts him on a level equal to or surpassing String Theory's Drive weapons. Could a hit from that heavy a punch conduct enough force through Behemoth to get to the Endbringer's core? I think it's likely/possible and would have to, barring extraordinary evidence to the contrary popping up in OPM, say 'definite kill'. [...] (Or, as in the case of String Theory, Endbringer cooperation/timing would keep her from ever being able to set up a proper hit). - Wildbow [https://redd.it/49fd14 on Reddit]</ref> After her recruitment during [[Gold Morning]] following Eidolon's death, the Simurgh communicated when she was able to with her remaining siblings;<ref name="28.x e15">She must be unmolested.  This is given freely to her.<br><br>She operates alongside the subjects.  This serves her aims on several fronts.  She communicates when she can with the others. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/17 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 28]]</ref> they all agreed to cooperate with humanity, remain calm, and attack designated targets when given permission by the groups they were following.<ref name="28.x e19">And so they have fallen into place.  They obey, they remain calm.<br><br>When given permission, they attack designated targets.  They cooperate with the subjects. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/17 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 28]]</ref> In [[Earth Gimel]], the remaining [[Endbringers]] all teamed up against [[Scion]],<ref>Which was the moment the Endbringers made their move.<br><br>The Simurgh plunged from the clouds, hitting Scion.<br><br>Leviathan, healed a touch, emerged from the water.<br><br>Bohu rose from the earth, going from a human sized head and shoulders at eye level to a tower.<br><br>Tohu, for her part, had Glaistig Uaine, Eidolon and Myrddin’s faces.<br><br>The Endbringers, come to the rescue.  I ''wished'' I could have felt relieved.  It was a reprieve, a chance to get our footing.  But there was an ominousness to it. - [[Speck 30.5]]</ref><ref>For the time being, we were holding fast.  Scion was still engaged with the Endbringers in Gimel.  We had seconds, a minute or two if we were lucky, to catch our breath, to think, plan and communicate. - [[Speck 30.6]]</ref><ref>I could remember the files, the information only for team leaders and Wardens.  Information on the Endbringers, provided in retrospect, only after Gold Morning when the Endbringers cooperated against Scion and the attacks stopped. - [[From Within 16.9]]</ref> who murdered Eidolon and their [[Behemoth|brother]].<ref name="28.4 e20" />

After [[Gold Morning]], her surviving siblings stayed dormant and did not assist her plot to take control of [[Fortuna]]'s network.<ref name="E.end e1">One window showed the various Endbringers, all of them motionless, but for the Simurgh, who was airborne.  The last of the original three. - [[Interlude: End]]</ref><ref name="II10.x e1" /> When [[Defiant]] started firing G-driver blasts at her, none came to her aid.<ref name="II20.a eFirstShot">The benefit of using ''this'' weapon was that it didn’t require exceptionally good aim.<br><br>An area of the city a fifth of a mile wide and a mile long was pulverized.  Buildings were driven into ground, and broke into chunks no larger than a human head.  The wavelength of the beam let those chunks lift up for a fraction of a second before the next wave of the beam thrust them down again with the same force as before.<br><br>The Simurgh was almost, ''almost'' out of the path of the beam.  He clipped her, and she reoriented, pulling out of the way even as she was hurled back and down.<br><br>Much of the lower body she had been building broke away from the force of the impact.  A wing shattered.  The remainder was lost in the plume of smoke that rose from the tract of land he had blasted. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/03/28/last-20-a/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.a]]</ref> According to Fortuna, the Simurgh can only command [[Khonsu]], [[Bohu]], and [[Tohu]] by successfully merging with her and then using an [[Eidolon]] shade via [[Valkyrie|Titan Valkyrie]];<ref>A great, long-fingered hand of silver with bone-white nails reached out.  The shadow of Eidolon stepped down onto the fingertip.<br><br>Titans appeared from clouds of darkness, arranging themselves in a formation around their new center and commander.<br><br>''Other'' things stepped out of clouds of darkness.<br><br>Not Titans, but scary enough in their own way.  Especially considering what all of this ''meant''.<br><br>Endbringers.  One tall and narrow, of a size to rival any Titan.  One small, a knot of formlessness, with faces periodically flashing out.  One with a great chrome orb for a midsection, a black, whiskered head, arms, and feet mounted at different positions around that orb.  There were other shapes that stood in the dark clouds, but they didn’t emerge or seem consistent.  Still taking shape. - [[Infrared 19.9]]</ref> the Simurgh-Fortuna amalgamation would then use her living siblings as bodyguards.<ref name="II19.10 e1" />