Editing Dying 15.6

{{Infobox Ward chapter
| work       = Ward
| book       = [[Dying]]
| number     = 15.6
[[File:Dying 15.6 contessa imp.jpg|thumb|Image by [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/ciligg/ward_fan_art_hey_guys_look_who_i_found/ NumberWangMan]]]
| dateposted = 23 July 2019
| link       = https://www.parahumans.net/2019/07/23/dying-15-6/ 
| previous   = [[Dying 15.5]]
| next       = [[Dying 15.7]]
}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the seventh chapter of [[Dying]]. The group stops to recuperate and intuit the Wardens battle strategy against Teacher.  Kenzie gives the group a look at other battles in the compound.  Custodian attacks, and Contessa is found.

==Plot==
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==Major Events==
*Breakthrough deduces squad compositions and attack directions, and that the first wave Shepherds and the Undersiders should be somewhere near them.
*Lookout slowly takes over Compound and gives us an overview of the battlefield.
*The Heartbroken spot someone familiar in [[The Flock]].
*Imp liberates a prisoner.

==Characters==
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===[[Breakthrough]]===
*[[Antares]]
*[[Swansong]]
*[[Sveta Karelia]]
*[[Capricorn]]
*[[Precipice]]
**[[Colt]]
**[[Love Lost]]
*[[Kenzie Martin]] (via comms)

===[[Advance Guard]]===
*[[Siren]]

===[[The Wardens]]===
*[[Balk]] {{M}}
**[[Lady Photon|Sarah]]
** The swordsman
*[[Stonewall]]
* Unnamed medic cyber-tinker
*[[Furcate]]
*[[Cinereal]]
**[[Vista]]
**[[Golem]]
*[[Legend]]
** 50-strong squad of capes
*[[Chevalier]]
*[[Narwhal]]
*[[Valkyrie]]
**[[The Flock]]
*** [[Roucouler|Roucouler the Liar]] {{M}}

===[[The Heartbroken]]===
*[[Imp]]
*[[Roman Vasil]]
*[[Samuel Vasil]]
*[[Chastity Vasil]]
*[[Juliette Vasil]]

===[[Mortari]]===
*[[Venarum]]
*[[Grapnel]]
*[[Harbinger Clones]] {{M}}

===[[The Major Malfunctions]]===
*[[Withdrawal]]
*[[Caryatid]]
*[[Fume Hood]]

===[[The Undersiders]]===
*[[Bitch]]
**[[Cassie]] {{M}}
*[[Foil]]
*[[Parian]]
*[[Tattletale]] {{M}}
*[[Snuff]] {{M}}

===[[The Shepherds]]===

===[[Teacher's Group]]===
* Army of thralls and parahumans
*[[Teacher]]
*[[Saint]]
** The Warrior mecha-angel
** The Halo mecha-angel and [[Dobrynja|its pilot]]
** The Winged
*[[Speedrunners]]
**[[Last Minute]] (unnamed)
*[[The Yàngbǎn]] (unnamed)
*[[Ingenue]]
*[[Mama Mathers]]
*[[Valefor]]
*[[Moord Nag]]
*[[The Custodian]]

===Old Acquaintance===
*[[Contessa|Woman in a dress suit]]

===Mentioned===
*[[The Irregulars]]
*[[Cradle]]
*[[Everlyn]]
*[[Earth Shin]]
*[[Earth Cheit]]
*[[Crystalclear]]
*[[Tempera]]
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==Trivia==
*There are some disparities in the stated ages of Roman and Caryatid in this chapter. Roman previously was called 12 years old, Caryatid - at least 16. Here the age difference shrunk to a year or two.
*The was also an initial mix-up with Heartbroken contingent.<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/cigtk8/_/ev5u3z3/?context=3 Wildbow's comment] on reddit.</ref>
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