Editing William Manton (section)

==History==
===Background===
William is known as a famous researcher into capes, and the one for whom the [[Manton Effect]] - i.e. the inability of most parahumans to affect living matter - was named after.

He worked at [[Cauldron]] for some time. However, after he went through a very ugly divorce, he tried to give his daughter superpowers using one of their formulas. It failed, and he quit and fled with stolen formula.<ref name="15.z">[[Interlude 15.z]]</ref>

===Story Start===
Manton is currently presumed missing. Cauldron falsely told [[Legend]] that Manton was responsible for the [[Case 53]]'s having absconded with stolen vials.<ref name="I14.y">“I’ll explain for those of you who lack access to the PRT records or the time to peruse them.  Siberian is ''not'' a brute-class cape.  Siberian is a ‘master’, and the striped woman is a projection.  I caught a glimpse of the ''man'' who is creating the projection before they retreated.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/interlude-14-5-bonus-interlude/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 14.y]]</ref>

===Post-[[Battle against Leviathan|Leviathan]]===
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| The formula William stole allowed him to become the Siberian.

His true identity was discovered through the efforts of the [[The Undersiders|Undersiders]] and the [[Travelers]]. Though having safely followed the Nine from a distance, when his Siberian was testing Panacea his projection is confronted by the joined group and told by [[Tattletale]] that they know his secret.

He dismisses and reforms the Siberian closer to his location. While the rest of the Protectorate leaves to fight the Nine's other members, Legend and Siberian continue their battle, while Manton reveals his existence to Jack and Bonesaw before hiding with them in an Endbringer shelter. Skitter finds them and attacks the trio with a swarm on insects, grievously injuring Manton. 

Manton is able to use the Siberian to save Jack and Bonesaw from the PRT's second bombing. Skitter is able to attack him as he races to save them.

Bonesaw cocoons him for an hour in a specialized case created with some Mannequin components to regenerate/weather the venoms.<ref name="14.10">[[Prey 14.10]]</ref><ref>Except the Nine were now covering their tracks with a dozen decoys, mechanical spiders leaving trails of bug-killing smoke, leaving me to guess which direction they’d gone.<br><br>Two solid possibilities dwelled with me.<br><br>The first was that they’d headed back downtown to rendezvous with Siberian.  If I was drawing the right conclusions from what I’d overheard, Bonesaw had drawn together a cocoon for Siberian similar to the one that Amy had created for Glory Girl. - [http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/09 Excerpt] on [[Prey 14.11]]</ref> Afterwards, this same casket would house [[Cherish]].<ref name="14.11 c1">Might as well share: Siberian’s real body was being kept in a specialized case created by Bonesaw with some Mannequin components. Left in there for an hour to regenerate/weather the venoms. Relatively easy process to get him out, put Cherish in, do the surgery on her corona aurora, change some settings and seal her inside. - [http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/prey-14-11/#comment-4799 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Prey 14.11]]</ref> 

He is recovered after Jack and Bonesaw return from fighting Skitter and Panacea, and is taken along with them when they deal with Cherish and leave the city with [[Hookwolf]] in tow.

Cauldron had used Manton as a scapegoat for the [[Case 53]] phenomenon when in fact they were doing it themselves unknown to everyone, including [[Legend]].
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===Post-[[Slaughterhouse Nine]]===
The truth about his abilities were revealed by [[Legend]], who repeated the lie that it was Manton who was responsible for the [[Case 53]]'s when explaining the Protectorate's connection with Cauldron to [[Gully]] and [[Weld]].<ref name="19.4">[[Scourge 19.4]]</ref>

===Post-[[Echidna]]===
During the conflict in Boston between [[Colin Wallis|Defiant]], [[Dragon]] and the Slaughterhouse Nine, Manton is caught in the mechanical jaws of one of Dragon's armored craft and killed.

===Post-[[Timeskip]]===
Was resurrected by [[Bonesaw]] as part of the [[The Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand|Slaugherhouse 9000]].

===[[Gold Morning]]===
Manton's clone would rejoin Cauldron, and fight against Scion.