Editing Boston Games

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{{Event|prev=[[Ellisburg incursion]]
|next = [[Locker Incident]]
|name = Boston Games
|conflict = 
|date = ~2007<ref>[[Damsel|She]] bent down to pick up her hook and bags, pausing to clench her right hand. She’d broken it after killing the giant four years prior, and it hadn’t healed quite right, despite her best efforts. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/06/02/eclipse-x-8/ Excerpt] from [[Eclipse x.8]]</ref>
|result = 
*New villain groups rise to power in Boston.
*Damsel of Distress gains some reputation for her actions.
|participants =
Villains
*[[Damsel of Distress]] and minions
*[[Clockwork Dogs]]
**[[Mystic's Mass]]
**[[Morning Glory]]
**[[The Unmasked]]
**[[Dark Society]]
*[[Blastgerm]]
*[[Orchard]]
*[[The Four]]
*[[Mullen Brothers]]
*[[Soldat]]
*[[Digger]]'s Bikers
*Miscellaneous minor villains
Heroes
*[[Boston#The Protectorate|Boston Protectorate]]
*[[New Wave]]
*[[Edict]] and [[Licit]]
*[[Dovetail]]
*[[Aerobat]]
|place = [[Boston]]
}}The '''{{PAGENAME}}''', also known as the '''Boston Blowback''',<ref>[[Eclipse x.2]]</ref> were a series of conflicts among both villain groups to fill a power vacuum created after the toppling of most previously established gangs in Boston.
==Prelude==
Following several arrests in Boston, the local [[Protectorate]] team removed almost all villains from power, creating a large void in power that attracted villains of various standings to try and establish themselves in the city. Multiple villain groups began to divide up territory throughout the city, while the [[PRT]] and other hero groups mainly served to oversee and manage the situation until it calmed down.<ref name=II2.5>For the rest of the room, I explained, keeping half of an eye on Mrs. Yamada, to make sure I wasn’t overstepping.  “A series of arrests in Boston saw a shift in the power balance of local gangs.  That’s a pretty common thing, but the Protectorate team followed up on it hard, toppling just about every major and most minor gangs and villains in the city, leaving a void that was bigger than usual.  Villains of every power level and stripe flocked to the city, villains in neighboring cities had a vested interest in having a foothold there as a place to retreat to or a place to expand, and it became an entangled nightmare of villain politics and power plays.”<br><br>“Time of my life,” Ashley said.<br><br>“Heroes, like the PRT, and like my family’s team, followed, to try and keep the peace until things settled.  My family’s team was Lady Photon, Manpower, Flashbang, Brandish, Lightstar and Fleur.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/23/flare-2-5/ Excerpt] from [[Flare 2.5]]</ref>
==Events==
One of the villains who flocked to Boston seeking power was [[Damsel of Distress]], a young villain who had been met with limited success in her hometown of Stafford, New Hampshire. She was able to travel to Boston by bus without alerting the authorities, though Stafford's local heroes, [[Edict]] and [[Licit]], soon noticed her absence and followed.<ref>“She disappeared?”<br><br>“I patrolled last night, trying to do the polyphasic sleep schedule, she wasn’t at home.  I couldn’t find her.”<br><br>“Shit.  Who would even tell her, though?”<br><br>The office door opened.  Aaron emerged.<br><br>“We’re going to Boston?” Licit asked.<br><br>“Afraid so,” Aaron said.  “Edict, what was the last time you saw Damsel?”<br><br>“Last night, nine thirty, ten?  It’s in my notes.”<br><br>“That’s the last sighting,” Aaron said.  “Someone of her likeness was seen on a bus.  It means the station wasn’t paying attention.  We don’t know for sure.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/05/26/eclipse-x-1/ Excerpt] from [[Eclipse x.1]]</ref> Upon arriving in the city, Damsel gained information from some local teens and set out to claim the neighborhood of Dorchester, also known as 'Deathchester,' as her own. She eventually made her way to a meeting among the villains seeking to claim territory in the southeast of the city.<ref name="x.2">[[Eclipse x.2]]</ref>

Among the villains hoping to stake claims in southeast Boston were the [[Clockwork Dogs]], [[The Four]], [[Orchard]], and [[Blastgerm]], as well as some other groups.<ref name="x.2" /> [[Detente]] of the Clockwork Dogs proposed a plan to divide territory and form a loose alliance, but was met with only minor interest, with Blastgerm and a biker group refusing the plan. The major groups soon left the meeting, and the smaller villains, including Damsel, began a second meeting; Damsel talked with an ex-employee of the villain group [[Soldat]] and attracted interest from several teens for hire. Later, Damsel attacked a truck transporting supplies, sparking a fight between Soldat and another group; though Edict showed up and tried to get her to join the heroes, Damsel refused.<ref>[[Eclipse x.3]]</ref>

As the major groups continued to organize themselves, Damsel chose Blastgerm as her next target; as her new minions collected information and distracted the group's capes, Damsel went alone to Blastgerm's headquarters, and discovered that Blastgerm's assembly of capes, whom they claimed had been recruited online, were actually lab-grown. In exchange for a share of money and an agreement not to take Dorchester, Damsel agreed not to reveal the secret.<ref>[[Eclipse x.4]]</ref>

After having completed four jobs, Damsel gradually acquired more mostly teenage minions, in particular growing close to one minion, J; with more money to spend, she acquired a house to use as an HQ. Damsel's group also had a brief encounter with the hero team [[New Wave]].<ref>[[Eclipse x.5]]</ref> Blastgerm soon made its next move by deploying a giant monster in the bay, what would be later known as the Woad Giant; though the Giant was mostly passive, its presence drew attention to the city and stood as a constant threat. Damsel encountered Licit while on a mission, who let her know that [[Director Armstrong]] wanted to speak with her, but Damsel, growing increasingly frustrated and paranoid, refused.<ref>[[Eclipse x.6]]</ref>

At another villain meeting, Blasto defended the presence of the Giant as a symbol; the larger development, however, was that of the Clockwork Dogs moving territory and loaning out their capes to four newcomer teams. Blastgerm and the new villain teams make agreements about territory which Damsel is excluded from; she tries to assert herself, but Accord disparages her, and Damsel is removed from the meeting.<ref name="x.7">[[Eclipse x.7]]</ref>

Following these events, Damsel's minions dropped from forty-eight in number to only eighteen; she eventually decided to call Director Armstrong, who warned her that Accord was working with a [[Cauldron|group on par with the PRT]] and that he may be tracking her. Increasingly paranoid, Damsel kills J, suspecting him to be a plant for Accord, and prepares to leave Boston; on her way out, she kills the Woad Giant.<ref name=x.7 />

==Aftermath==
The situation in Boston eventually settled some time after Damsel's departure; by 2011, Accord and his [[Ambassadors]] were a well-established presence in Boston, though Blasto and [[The Teeth]] were still present in the city.<ref>[[Interlude 19.x]]</ref>

Despite not coming away from the Boston Games with the power she wanted, Damsel of Distress gained some repute for having destroyed the Woad Giant and killed [[Jewel]]<ref name="DoD CS">[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y9EM6krS6MfQy04IJYNkIKRri5jMpHaOTAvvSegpmgI/ Damsel of Distress Character Sheet BACKGROUND]</ref> Her [[Damsel of Distress II|successor]] looked back on the Games fondly. Upon meeting Ashley, [[Victoria Dallon]] recognized her and recalled Damsel's run-in with her parents' team.<ref name=II2.5/> 
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