Editing Gray Boy (section)

===Background===
Originally a young boy named Nicholas, Gray Boy was created by [[Cauldron]], much like [[Shatterbird]] and [[The Siberian]].<ref name="costume">''“It meant more people with powers to fight the Endbringers, that was the lie we told ourselves.  But we created the Siberian and Shatterbird, in a roundabout way.  We created the Gray Boy, selling him powers, finding ourselves unable to stop him when he went out of bounds.  There were countless others.  Echidna is just the latest in a long series of grave mistakes.”'' - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/scourge-19-6/ Excerpt] from [[Scourge 19.6]]</ref><ref>“Gray Boy?  Siberian?  Human experimentation?”<br /><br />“Yes to all of the above,” Doctor Mother said.  “I won’t lie to you at this juncture.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/interlude-27/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 27.x|27.x (Interlude, Eidolon)]]</ref> Cauldron sold him powers and set him out to infiltrate the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]], knowing that [[King]] saw a reflection of himself in disturbed young boys like [[Jack Slash|Jacob]] and [[The Number Man|Harbinger]]. However, Gray Boy's mind was too affected by his powers, and he answered every question he was asked, revealing where he'd come from and why.<ref>“Hell on earth.  Are you prepared, Nicholas?”<br><br>“Yes, sir,” Nicholas said.  The boy was standing in the doorway.  Monochrome, tidy, wearing a school uniform.<br><br>Nicholas had told King that he had been given his powers.  Not by demons, not by angels, not by Scion.  By humans.  He’d told King that they knew King collected boys- he saw himself in children like Kurt and Jacob.  They’d wanted Nicholas to infiltrate.  It hadn’t worked- his mind was too affected by his own power, and he answered every question he was given, revealing where he’d come from. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/04/18/last-20-e3/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.e3]]</ref> Out of Cauldron's control, he fell in line with King and became one of the founding members of the Slaughterhouse Nine.<ref name="I25e1">[[Bonesaw|Her]] eyes tracked the rows and columns of incubation chambers.  They weren’t her field either.  A different row for each member of the Slaughterhouse Nine, past or present.<br /><br />[[King]]<br />[[Screamer]]<br />[[Harbinger]]<br />[[Breed]]<br />[[Crimson]]<br />[[Gray Boy]]<br />[[Nyx]]<br />[[Psychosoma]]<br /><br />There were ten of each in various glass chambers. The original members. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/interlude-25/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 25]]</ref>

In terms of power-usage, the original Gray Boy acted similar to [[Labyrinth]] at full power; using his powers indiscriminately while staying within an area. King was effectively immune to him, as any loop used on King would be transferred to someone he had touched within the last 24 hours. His immunity to Gray Boy's power allowed him to introduce himself to him in the first place, and eventually lead him around and wield him as a weapon.<ref name="SB1">King had a flimsy hold, Jack had a stronger hold. The former Gray Boy was closer to a Labyrinth in full-on powers mode than anything else. Using powers indiscriminately, staying within an area. King was effectively immune to him, and used this to introduce himself and start leading him around.<br /><br />Jack cheats. He instinctively, intuitively knows how other parahumans operate, their weak points and their motivations, and was able to leverage original Gray Boy in this way, and the new Gray Boy in a similar way.<br /><br />Cauldron permitted Gray Boy because he was the closest thing to a weapon they had against Scion since Eidolon. When the S9 started picking up and more parahumans started getting removed from the fiend than Gray Boy was theoretically worth, they moved in. Maneuvering Glaistig Uaine into taking him over, so the power would still be in play. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/13172170 Wildbow on Spacebattles]</ref> Despite this, King had only a flimsy hold over Gray Boy. When King died and Jack Slash took over, Jack's power allowed him to leverage Gray Boy and control him.<ref name="SB1" />

Cauldron allowed Gray Boy to survive because he was the closest thing to a weapon they had against Scion since [[Eidolon]]. When the Slaughterhouse Nine started picking up momentum and more powerful parahumans started getting removed from the field, the losses became greater than Gray Boy's theoretical worth, and Cauldron moved in, maneuvering [[Glaistig Uaine]] into killing him and taking his power for herself, so that Gray Boy's power would still be available against Scion.<ref name="SB1" />