Editing Theo Anders (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
Theo received martial arts training from [[Crusader]]<ref name="18.y">[[Interlude 18.y]]</ref> though Crusader was initially dismayed with Theo's poor form, and further training for his powers under the mentor-ship of [[Weaver]]<ref name="25.2">[[Scarab 25.2]]</ref> during their time with the Chicago Wards. Theo lost all his sparring matches with Weaver barring one near the deadline for the end of the world, which he suspects to be an intentional loss from Weaver in an attempt to encourage him.<ref>It reminded Golem of sparring against Taylor.<br/><br/>He hadn’t won those fights either.<br/><br/>Hadn’t won any, up until the point where the deadline for the end of the world was imminent.  He suspected that was a mercy, a small encouragement.  An intentional loss. [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/interlude-26b/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26b]]</ref>

Theo has the ability to embed his limbs into a surface in order to create larger versions some distance away from surfaces with a similar material. Theo is able to use this power with his face though this is not considered useful. The effect works more slowly the larger he works.<ref>“Alright.  Golem?”<br/><br/>Golem had to stop running to demonstrate.  He dropped to one knee and plunged a hand into the street.<br/><br/>Ahead of us, there was a crash, a grinding noise.  A hand made of pavement was reaching out of the ground, five feet long from the base of the wrist to the tip of the middle finger.  The fingers seemed to move in slow motion as the hand pushed against stopped cars that were sort of in our way, shoving them to one side of the road.<br/><br/>The hand submerged back into the road as he withdrew his own hand from the street.<br/><br/>“Okay,” I said.  ''There’s synergy with Annex.  Maybe Tecton too''.  “Anything I need to know?  Limitations?”<br/><br/>“Whatever I use my hand on, has to match the exit point, pretty much.  Asphalt for asphalt, metal for metal, wood for wood.”<br/><br/>I nodded.<br/><br/>“Bigger the thing I’m making, slower it comes out, slower it moves when I try to use my fingers.”<br/><br/>“Anything else?”<br/><br/>“Lots more, but mainly I can only use my hands, arms, feet and legs.  My face, but that’s not too useful.” [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/08/crushed-24-1/ Excerpt] from [[Crushed 24.1]]</ref> Theo's power is not hampered by wearing gauntlets or boots as his powers extends through them, resulting in large gauntlets and boots being created when Theo sinks his limbs into surfaces while wearing his costume.<ref>Golem started to push his hands into the plate.  The gauntlet’s fingertips were already emerging, a mirror-replica to Golem’s own gauntlet.  A hand half as wide as a house, slowly rising from the platform. [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/08/crushed-24-1/ Excerpt] from [[Crushed 24.1]]</ref><ref>It had backfired, if anything.  The hand caught the tip of the blade, but the sword slid free of the grip and flew around with ''more'' force.  Golem leaped back, letting himself fall, and let his feet slide into the pavement.  Two boots rose from the ground, shielding him as the slash caught the surface. [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/interlude-26a/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26a]]</ref>

Theo's costume includes plates made from common materials, which allows him more mobility while using his powers. The material plates on his costume includes steel, iron, aluminum, woods, stone, brick, asphalt, concrete, and porcelain. Theo is able to sense the position of surfaces with materials similar to the ones touched by his limbs, and by touching the plates on his costume in succession he is able to create a mental map of the terrain.<ref>Golem appeared a full four feet above the ground.  He hit the ground and let his legs sink in, absorbing some of the fall.  A second later, he pushed himself out.<br/><br/>Just the use of his power gave him a sense of the area.  Touching the pavement gave him a sense of how all of the pavement around him was organized.  It had been folded into itself, folded around, thinned, thickened, bent at right angles.<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>Jack let the blade’s point swing idly at calf-level, pointed off to one side.  Cuts gouged the road’s surface.  Theo let his fingers trace the panels on his armor.  Steel, iron, aluminum, woods, stone…<br/><br/>His second sense marked various items in the surrounding area that were made of the same substance, even marked the trap off to his left, but it didn’t touch any part of the sword.<br/><br/>“All on your lonesome,” Jack said.<br/><br/>“Yes,” Theo answered, sounding braver than he felt.<br/><br/>His finger touched other panels.  Brick, asphalt, concrete, porcelain…<br/><br/>The sword remained out of his power’s reach.  He’d put so much stock in being able to disarm Jack.<br/><br/>With each contact, he felt the accompanying flashes, tried to put together a mental picture of his surroundings.<br/><br/>Two false building faces, just a little ahead of him.  They had to be Nyx-made.  If he advanced, she’d break the illusion, and he’d be surrounded in the noxious smoke.  At best, he’d pass out.  At worst, he’d pass out and wake up to permanent brain damage and organ failure.  Or being in the clutches of the Nine. [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/interlude-26a/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26a]]</ref> To prevent himself from being disarmed by Theo's powers, Jack Slash acquired a claymore and knife made from materials too different from the ones Theo has on his costume, which were likely made by a [[Mannequin]] clone.<ref>“No.  It’s very, very real, Theodore,” Jack said.  He paced a little, letting the sword drag on the ground.  The blade was white, Golem noted.  White, exceptionally sharp.<br/><br/>Mannequin-made? [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/interlude-26a/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26a]]</ref>

His ability to create limbs and faces comes from his mother's powers while the mechanism itself comes from his father.<ref name="R1">*The progression of Allfather -> Kaiser -> Golem is largely informed and inspired by interactions with other shards. Golem from his mother, namely. This isn't a 'progression'. Just the shard reaching further afield. It could just have easily backtracked from Blade projectiles -> Blades from surfaces -> Blade Projectiles, given the right inspiration. - [https://redd.it/51awfy Second Gen Capes, Buds, Pings, and Second Triggers] ([[Wildbow]], Reddit.com, 2016)</ref> Weaver took inspiration from Kaiser's use of his abilities to teach Theo how to use his, though she kept this a secret as Theo is unlikely to appreciate it.<ref>Golem had both hands free, and he used the same double-hand technique to strike again.  A second hand, sprouting from the first, which emerged from the rooftop in turn.  The hands caught Crimson in the side of the leg, slamming into the knee, using the curve of the thumb to catch the leg and limit the range of movement.<br/><br/>Strong as Crimson was, he was still bound by physics and general physical limitations.  Being struck in the knees ''hurt'', and he still needed to maintain a sense of balance.  He toppled.<br/><br/>Another double-hand strike, and Golem caught Crimson in the groin as he landed on his hands and feet, shoved him off to the right.<br/><br/>Two more strikes, this time not doubled-up, catching Crimson in the left arm and left leg, respectively, keeping him off-balance.<br/><br/>The key was to deny leverage.<br/><br/>An arm looped over one leg and one arm, binding them to the rooftop.  Crimson tore free with little effort, but the act meant he shifted his weight to one side.  Golem capitalized on it with another double-speed strike to his side, pushing in the same direction the blood-gorged killer was already moving.  That was followed in turn by one larger hand, moving slower, to scoop Crimson up and tip him off the edge of the rooftop.<br/><br/>Crimson fell.  Not a fatal fall, but it would hurt some.<br/><br/>A gauntlet of concrete seized the large hand Golem had just created and tore it free of the rooftop, then let it roll free to fall right on top of Crimson.<br/><br/>With the villain in an alley, the ensuing takedown was just as brutal and tenacious as before, with the added advantage that there were walls on either side to strike from.  Hands struck out, and they remained there.  As the villain was denied any footing, any balance, the hands around him increased in number, folding around him, sliding into gaps.<br/><br/>It was a parallel to Kaiser’s pyramid of blades technique, that he’d used to try to entrap Lung.  I’d passed it on to Golem, but I hadn’t told him the source.  I got the sense he wouldn’t appreciate it. [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/20/sting-26-2/ Excerpt] from [[Sting 26.2]]</ref>