Editing Brandish (section)

==History==
===Background===
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Carol [[trigger]]ed while kidnapped,<ref name="15.x e1">He’d tried to attack them? Carol couldn’t understand it. He was the one who’d taken care of them. When he’d appeared, she’d been happy. And now it felt like that had been ruined, spoiled.<br/><br/>She felt betrayed and she couldn’t understand why.<br/><br/>Again, the gun fired. She flinched, and not because of the noise. It was like she’d been slapped.<br/><br/>Then silence.<br/><br/>Silence, no hunger, no pain, no sense of betrayal. Even Sarah and the wall of light she’d put together were gone.<br/><br/>A flat plain stretched out around her, but she had no body. She could see in every direction.<br/><br/>A crack split the ground. Once the dust had settled, nothing happened for a long time.<br/><br/>More cracks.<br/><br/>''It’s an egg'', she realized, just in time to see it hatch.<br/><br/>The egg’s occupant tore free from the crack, unfolding from a condensed point to grow larger with every moment and movement.<br/><br/>Others were hatching from the same egg, spreading out like sparks from the shell of a firework. Each unfolding into something vast and incomprehensible within seconds of its birth.<br/><br/>But her attention was on the first. She felt it reach out and connect with another that shared a similar trajectory. Still more were doing the same, pairing off. Forming into trios, in some cases, but most chose to form pairs.<br/><br/>A mate? A partner?<br/><br/>Each settled into a position around the ruined egg, embracing their chosen companions, rubbing against, into and through one another as they continued to grow.<br/><br/>The egg vibrated. Or did it? No, it was an illusion. There were multiple copies of the egg, multiple versions, and they each stirred, deviating from one another until subtle double images appeared.<br/><br/>Then, one by one, they crumpled into a single point. The egg at the center of the formation of these creatures was the last, and for the briefest of moments, it roiled with the pressure and energy of all of the others.<br/><br/>Then it detonated, and the creatures came alive, soaring out into the vastness of the void, trails of dust following in their wake, each with a partner, a companion, traveling in a different direction.<br/><br/>And she was back in the dark room, staring at the man. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/interlude-15-donation-bonus/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.x]]</ref> about to be executed by her captors, feeling betrayed that the captor who had fed them, whom she had liked, tried to kill her. She killed him with her power.<ref name="I11h"/> Either she or [[Lady Photon]] (who triggered first) had a connection with a shard, which then budded to the other.<ref>'''WyldCard4:''' Do Brandish and Lady Photon have closely related or bud shards?<br/>'''Wildbow:''' Yes. Bud shards. One had it, then the stress they were under prompted it to bud, it found the nearby host who met the prerequisites. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/12852536 Comment] by Wildbow on Spacebattles</ref>

She joined the [[Brockton Bay Brigade]] during a period when there were few heroes in [[Brockton Bay]], without the [[Unwritten Rules]]. There she met her husband, [[Mark Dallon]]. They joined [[New Wave]] when it was founded.<ref name="15.x"/><ref name="I11h">[[Interlude 11h]]</ref><ref name="3.2">[[Agitation 3.12]]</ref>

She had [[Victoria]] at 18, she stopped attending therapy around the same time.<ref name="VicBirth"/>

She tried for a normal life and began a career as a criminal lawyer.<ref name="WoG1"/>

She was persuaded to adopt [[Panacea]] when they found her in [[Marquis]]' lair, out of worries that another group might seek to use her for whatever powers she developed.<ref name="15.x"/> She accepted in the end because she had a job, while her sister already had two children.<ref name="I11h">[[Interlude 11h]]</ref>

===[[Boston Games]]===
Halfheartedly tried to return [[Damsel of Distress|runaway girl]] into the fold. Barely evaded obliteration.<ref>[[Eclipse x.5]]</ref>

===Story Start===
With the change over from the Brigade to New Wave and subsequent tragedies, Carol was effectively forced to act as manager for the team; handling legal affairs, public relations, and media contacts.<ref name="WoG1"/>

When the [[E88]]'s [[Collapse of the Empire Eighty-Eight|identities were revealed]] Brandish and Flashbang confronted [[Krieg]] and his subordinates with New Wave.

Carol fought [[Leviathan]] alongside the rest of [[New Wave]].

===Post-[[Leviathan]]===
Following the deaths of much of New Wave and her husband's head injury, Carol considered disbanding New Wave. She received a letter from [[Dragon]] warning her that [[Marquis]] believed his daughter was in danger.<ref name="I11h">[[Interlude 11h]]</ref>

===Post-[[Slaughterhouse Nine]]===
Was working late when her colleague [[alan Barnes|Alan]] got back to her over a trifling matter.

Using a tip from [[Tattletale]] she was able to find her daughters only to discover that she had lost them; Amy had mutilated Victoria with her power, and was subsequently imprisoned in the birdcage.

===[[Gold Morning]]===
Carol briefly reunited with both of her daughters; she saw them for only a short time before the fighting began in earnest.

===Early-[[Ward]]===
Carol was set up in a house in the suburbs of the city. She tried to get her daughters into the same house, in the hopes of forcing a reconciliation; this backfired and estranged her from Victoria.<ref>[[Daybreak 1.7]]</ref>

She acted as a lawyer for the [[Wardens]].<ref>[[Glare 3.6]]</ref>

===Post-[[Mathers Compound Assault|Fallen fall]]===
Carol continued lawyering for the remains of the Wardens under [[Dragon]]'s leadership, but returned to cape activities as part of a minor team.<ref>[[Beacon 8.1]]</ref>

===Post-[[Goddess' Takeover]]===
Brandish joined her [[Breakthrough|daughter's team]] on a revenge mission to [[Earth N]]. In the final fight of it she got accidentally mauled by The Wretch, severely damaging her head and spine. She had to be brought to [[Amy]] on [[Earth Shin]].

===Post-[[Time Bubble Pop]]===
When [[Breakthrough]] visited Shin, Carol expressed concern for [[Amy]].

Once [[Shin Diplomatic Crisis]] was resolved Carol returned to [[The City]] alongside [[Victoria]].

Carol moved in with [[Laserdream|Crystal]] for a time, they prepared to evacuate from the city together.<ref>[[From Within 16.12]]</ref>

===Post-[[Attack on Teacher]]===
She had a talk with her daughter about Victoria's father.<ref name="VicPArentage"/>

Carol reunited with [[Sarah Pelham|her sister]].<ref>[[Sundown 17.2]]</ref>

She was invited into the Wardens' situation room during the second Shin crisis. Carol helped [[Vista]] to deal with [[Narwhal]],<ref name="II17.4">[[Sundown 17.4]]</ref> and participated in negotiations with [[The Red Queen]].<ref name="II17.5">[[Sundown 17.5]]</ref>

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Carol appeared in [[the Wardens]] headquarters after the ice broke.<ref name="II18.1">[[Radiation 18.1]]</ref>

She met [[Breakthrough]], when they were returning from [[The Firmament]], and led [[Victoria]] to [[Amy]].<ref name="II19.10">[[Infrared 19.10]]</ref>

Carol and [[Flashbang|Mark]] offered [[Victoria]]'s plague to [[Amy]].<ref name="II20.10">[[Last 20.10]]</ref>