Editing Los Angeles (section)

=== Villains ===

==== The Elite ====
{{main|The Elite}}
Active in Los Angeles, keeping little room for local villains,<ref name="itinerant"/> although their exact methods are unknown.<ref>Being on the West Coast, LA is caught up with the Elite, which is the second largest cape group in the US and the largest villain group, though it's villainy is ambiguous. I won't say much more, but they appear in brief in Worm. Long story short is that they snap up all of the rogues (ie. if Brockton Bay were on the west coast, Parian would be leveraged into joining one of the Elite's subsidiaries) and they control a lot of corporate 'hero' teams from behind the scenes. They're organized crime with an emphasis on organized and a varying emphasis on crime, depending on the city. - [https://redd.it/50g7x6/ reddit comment] by Wildbow.</ref>

==== Bambina ====
{{main|Bambina}}
Spends less than five percent of her time in Los Angeles, but is rooted in the villain ratings game.<ref name="itinerant"/> She tries to grab ratings and rankings on top villain lists by taking action and showing off in other cities, and leverages the notability for back-alley sponsorship deals and merchandising.<ref name="bambina"/> She returns to Los Angeles in between her episodes, spending her money on training, counseling, and living a life of luxury.<ref name="bambina">Bambina is an example of an itinerant: she hits other cities to make a splash, she shows off, and she tries to grab ratings and rankings on top villain lists that she can then leverage into back-alley sponsorship deals and merchandising. Between her episodes, she returns to LA, lives a life of luxury, and gets spends good money on training and counseling in (villain) branding and kicking ass. - [https://redd.it/50g7x6/ reddit comment] by Wildbow.</ref>

==== Strongarm and Mongler ====
Two individuals taken down by [[Alexandria]] while she was still an independent hero.<ref name="Strongarm_Mongler"/>