Editing Shadow Stalker (section)

==History==
===Background===
Sophia triggered at the age of 12.<ref>[[Interlude 19.z]] - Joins the Wards "three years and four months" before age 18 (14 and 8 months). Had powers "two and a half years" already (12 and 2-ish months).</ref> Active as a minor vigilante over the next two and half years, Shadow Stalker was eventually caught after having nearly killed a man, pinning him to a wall with her crossbow bolts. When given the option, she chose to join the [[Wards]] as a probationary member rather than be sent to juvenile detention. As a condition of her parole, she was given probationary status in the Wards and required to use nonlethal ammunition, a requirement she usually ignored when the Wards weren't looking.

She fought [[Behemoth]] in the attack prior to the [[Battle against Leviathan]], although she mostly did search and rescue,<ref name="27.3" /> presumably alongside the [[Wards]].

In her civilian guise, she was [[Emma|Emma's]] best friend and one of [[Taylor Hebert|Taylor’s]] tormentors, as well as a member of the high school's track and field team. She wasn't liked by many, beyond Emma and [[Madison Clements|Madison]], as she was fairly notorious for being mean spirited. Her brand of bullying tended more towards the physical than any of the other girls – tripping, punching, kicking, shoving, and so on; likely being the one who pushed Taylor [[Locker Incident|into the locker]].<ref name="Cast2">'''Sophia Hess''' – Emma’s best friend, a member of the track and field team.  Not liked by many, beyond Emma and Madison, as she’s fairly notorious for being mean spirited.  Taylor mentioned that Sophia’s own brand of bullying tends more towards the physical than any of the other girls – tripping, punching, kicking, shoving, and so on. Currently in juvenile detention.  Sophia is dark skinned and athletic, owing to her membership on the track and field team.  See Shadow Stalker in the Wards section, below. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast (in depth)]</ref><ref>[Sophia] was Emma’s best friend.  The person who had shoved me into the locker, back on the day I’d gotten my powers.  On countless occasions, she had pushed and tripped me, often several times a day.  She’d knocked me down the stairs, when I was near the bottom of the flight, even got others to do similar things.  Given that she’d been suspended after my last meeting with her, I somehow didn’t think she’d walk away without confrontation if she saw me. - [[Buzz 7.5]]</ref> She told Emma that her friend would be allowed into [[the Trio]] if she "laughed more at the pranks and jokes, stood a little straighter instead of cringing like a whipped dog".<ref name="20.3">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/26 Excerpt] from [[Chrysalis 20.3]]</ref>

===Story Start===
Sophia helped to bully Taylor as a member of the Trio. She helped Madison pour juice on Taylor, laughing "like it was the funniest thing in the world".<ref name="1.1" />

During the curfew necessitated by the [[ABB]]'s rampage, she was stationed at a shopping mall along with [[Battery]]. After seeing the concussed Taylor shove Emma unprovoked, she put her bullying victim in zip-ties and admonished the teen's father to keep a hold on his daughter.

Emma's father called the meeting despite the mountain of evidence that was against her, Sophia's position in the Ward's protected her from severe punishment.<ref>Blackwell was pushed by the PRT to go soft on Sophia. -[https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/4zr928/_/d6zeqkc Wildbow on Reddit]</ref>

After catching sight of Taylor Hebert kiss [[Brian Laborn|her seeming boyfriend]], Sophia stalked her to a bookstore and violently confronted her. She was then stopped by "the boyfriend" and fled.<ref name="7.6">[[Buzz 7.6]]</ref>

===Post-[[Battle against Leviathan|Leviathan]]===
Sophia harassed her teammate [[Vista]] on the Brockton Bay Wards. Later, her teammate [[Flechette]] was shocked by her brutality on patrol. <ref name="9.2" /> When Sophia was captured by the Undersiders, she was used as a puppet by their member, Regent. After forcing her to fight her own teammates, Regent sent evidence of Sophia's bullying to the police, and revealed her secret identity to her family.

She was accused of violating her probation shortly after [[Parasite|Arc 10]] and was sent to juvenile detention.<ref name="I10">[[Interlude 10]]</ref> When Skitter was revealed to be Taylor, Sophia could only scream in blind rage and shatter the TV.<ref name="I20">[[Interlude 20.x]]</ref>

===[[Gold Morning]]===
She was freed and joined [[Taylor]]'s group hunting down villains for a time after [[Gold Morning]]. She was successfully used as bait to message to the [[Simurgh]] due to her particularly active shard. During the voyage in the Firefly, she was consistently a voice of dissent in the group, going so far as getting into a fight with Lung.

She fought in the Cauldron siege, killing multiple Case 53's. When Zion visited the base, she retreated using her power and was picked up afterward.<ref>[[Venom 29.9]]</ref>

=== Post-Gold Morning ===
Sophia was spotted stalking [[Imp]] from the rooftop of a nearby building hunting some of [[The Heartbroken]]. Imp confronted her,<ref name="E.2 eTargetUndersiders">“As I was saying,” Imp said, not looking away from the hills and trees that glittered with snow, “You touch them, you’re ''really'' going to regret it.”<br><br>“I was thinking of taking ''you'' down,” Shadow Stalker said.<br><br>“Even dumber,” Imp replied.  “They’re pretty scary people, and I think some of them even ''like'' me.  I mean, really, do you want to fuck with ''that'' nest of hornets?”<br><br>“Doesn’t matter.  Situation didn’t call for it.”<br><br>Imp shrugged.  “All the villains out there, and you pick ''us''?  There’s a reason.”<br><br>“Some stuff was left unresolved,” Shadow Stalker said. - [[Teneral e.2]]</ref> and Sophia, upon seeing Imp's badge honoring the Gold Morning, gets irritated by it by claiming the victory wasn't earned due to everyone being controlled and "used", as well as trying to deny that it was Taylor's power that did it all. Imp correctly guesses, however, that Sophia is irritated by the badge because she knows deep down, no matter how hard she tries, she will never make a bigger impact than or be remembered like Taylor. Imp comments that Sophia will be reminded of this every time she sees the badge on someone, and then leaves her to stew in her anger.<ref name="e.2">[[Teneral e.2]]</ref>