Editing Galvanate

{{quote|He’d been one of a number of players that had supplanted the local organized crime in the early-to-mid-nineties.  A mafia enforcer with powers who had decided he had what it took to be a boss.|[[Taylor]]|[[Extinction 27.3]]}}
{{Infobox character
|Image = Galvanate.jpg
|imagecaption = Illustration by [https://www.tumblr.com/blog/real-scholarship-owl Scholarship Owl] on Tumblr
|civname = Ricario D’Alleva
|gender = Male
|occupation=
|classification= [[Trump]]<ref name="trump"/><br>[[Striker]] (Speculative)<ref name="List" />
|alignment = [[Villain]]
|status = Unknown
|team=
|previous team = Unnamed Mafia Group
|web serial = [[Interlude 16.z]]
|ward = [[Interlude 10.y II]] (Mentioned)
}}
'''Ricario D’Alleva''',<ref name="II10.y" /> known publicly as '''Galvanate''', is a former enforcer turned mafia boss who was imprisoned in the Birdcage.<ref name="release" /> He acts as a leader of one of the cell blocks.<ref name="intro">All in all, there were twelve cell blocks with leaders.  That meant that there were eleven leaders with eleven lieutenants arriving.  Acidbath, Galvanate, Teacher, Lab Rat and Gavel were leaders of the cell blocks on the men’s side of the prison.  Lustrum, Black Kaze, Glaistig Uaine, String Theory, Crane and Ingenue were the female leaders.  There were other cell blocks, but twelve was generally agreed on as a good number.  It left room for discussion without too much chaos, and it left enough cell blocks leaderless that they had elbow room to do business elsewhere. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/12/27 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 16.z]]</ref>

==Abilities and Powers==
Galvanate can grant a combination of invincibility, enhanced strength, and an electric charge to other individuals with a touch.<ref name="trump" /><ref name="List">Galvanate '''Capable of granting invincibility and enhanced strength with a touch''' - [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pgn9rgYutpBqJg1lSBP3NHnq9WK4ToLq9K4ys_I4cRc Parahuman List], bolded edit by Wildbow</ref> He can render entire squads effectively invincible, giving them strength powerful enough to qualify the recipient as a [[Brute]],<ref name="trump" /> while also making them capable of electrocuting someone to death with a touch.<ref name="release" /> Note that this granted invincibility also stacks with the durability of individuals such as [[Alexandria]] and [[Gavel]].<ref name="27.4 e1" />

[[Grue]] is unable to effectively borrow Galvanate's power with his [[second trigger]] darkness.<ref>“Could do with some of that,” Grue said.<br><br>“Borrow his power?”  I suggested.<br><br>“Doesn’t work.  We did a few test runs before you showed.  Some options.  We’ll see.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/22 Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.4]]</ref>

Galvanate's granted invincibility is not on the same level as [[Alexandria]]'s durability: it is not strong enough to withstand a sustained blast from [[Scion]] for even a heartbeat. Although people expressed hope that his power would make some individuals capable of surviving a glancing blow, it is unknown whether this hypothesis turned out to be true.<ref name="release" />

==History==
=== Background===
While Galvanate's [[trigger event]] is unknown, [[Wildbow]] speculated that it was in response to a single, indirect parahuman threat to a group of individuals around Galvanate, and involved some form of machinery. A hypothetical trigger Wildbow outlined was that Galvanate, back when he was a mafia enforcer, was with his people fighting a tinker from an enemy group, who was bombarding their area with an endless barrage of incendiary shells and missiles. As his men, friends, and family faced increasing danger as fires spread and sections of buildings started to come down, he triggered.<ref name="trump">The question is essentially, 'What part of the Trump's trigger event determines the nuances of the resulting power?'<br>In short, what was the relationship to powers at the time of the trigger event?<br>[...]<br>Galvanate grants invincibility, a brute effect, and an electric touch. Not so different from Usher; we can note that the power granted is consistent (one threat), but isn't a direct response/counter to the power (ie. isn't nullification/power resistance, so the triggeree isn't directly being affected by powers). It's possible that the enemy was a parahuman actively using their powers, but the trigger/threat was more indirect, and the threat was to multiple individuals (can grant power to many people). The involvement of electricity suggests a theme or context element. Machinery, perhaps? I picture a mob enforcer and his people fighting an enemy from another group, who is bombarding an area with incendiary shells and missiles. A tinker in a mech suit, firing off an endless barrage. Galvanate's group, his men, friends, maybe family, are all in danger as fire spreads and sections of building start to come down. Trigger. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/32wcj1/_/cqfixbf/ Wildbow on Reddit] </ref>

In the early-to-mid-nineties, Galvanate operated as a parahuman mafia enforcer. One day, he decided to become the leader, soon becoming notorious for creating unstoppable squads of soldiers empowered with invincibility and electricity.<ref name="release">Galvanate appeared.  He’d been one of a number of players that had supplanted the local organized crime in the early-to-mid-nineties.  A mafia enforcer with powers who had decided he had what it took to be a boss.  He’d done well, rendering entire squads of his soldiers effectively invincible, simultaneously capable of electrocuting someone to death with a touch.<br /><br />Nothing short of Alexandria or an Endbringer would stand up to Scion’s sustained laser beam for even a heartbeat, but there was hope that Galvanate would render some people capable of surviving a glancing blow. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/20 Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.3]]</ref> He was eventually captured and imprisoned in [[the Birdcage]], where he became a cell block leader.<ref name="intro" />

===Post-[[Slaughterhouse Nine]]===
As a cell block leader, Galvanate attended the meeting where [[Marquis]] introduced [[Panacea]]. He negotiated with Marquis for Panacea's services to cure toothaches within his cell block, as he found the services of the dentist in [[Teacher]]'s cell block too expensive.<ref name="dentist">“It seems that cell block C will be cooperating with us,” Marquis said.  Then he smiled.<br /><br />“Glaistig Uaine might see things, but she isn’t usually ''wrong'',” Galvanate said.  “She says the kid has power?  Fine.  Our issues are the usual.  The dentist in cell block T charges a small fortune, and we’ve got some toothaches.  Can you heal that?”<br /><br />Amelia was still staring off towards the entrance to Marquis’ cell block. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/12/27 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 16.z]]</ref>

===[[Gold Morning]]===
Galvanate was among the parahumans released from the Birdcage to assist in the defense effort against [[Scion]]. There were hopes that his power could help certain individuals survive glancing blows from Scion's attacks.<ref name="release" /> Galvanate used his powers to empower [[Alexandria]], [[Gavel]], [[Gentle Giant]], and an unnamed Birdcage prisoner, improving their already impressive defenses.<ref name="27.4 e1">Here and there, portals opened, and capes stepped onto the platform.  String Theory, carrying only a laptop.  Galvanate.<br /><br />Galvanate reached out and touched a select few capes.  Layering invincibility over invincibility for Alexandria, for Gavel, Gentle Giant, and a Birdcage cape I didn’t recognize. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/22 Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.4]]</ref>

===Early-[[Ward]]===
He survived Gold Morning, but eventually ended up back in prison.<ref name="II10.y">Chris snorted.  “Whatever.  Tom Moss?  Dead.  They didn’t put much effort into investigating that one.  [[Galvanate|Ricario D’Alleva]], imprisoned.  [[Black Kaze|Akemi whatshername]]?  Imprisoned.”<br /><br />“She seems reasonably free and happy by all reports I’ve seen.”<br /><br />“Led around like a dog, watched constantly.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/12/11 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10.y II]]</ref>

===Post-[[Goddess' Takeover]]===
Location unknown.

== Chapter Appearances==
{{Appearance/Ricario D'Alleva Worm}}

==Trivia==
*The name Galvanate resembles the word "galvanize," meaning to stimulate something with an electric current. Galvanize also refers to the act of shocking or exciting people into taking action, similar to how Galvanate empowers his men and sends them to do his bidding. Finally, galvanizing can refer to the process of coating metal with zinc, protecting it from corrosion, which parallels the invincibility Galvanate can grant.
* While called a "Mafia" enforcer this is actually a wide umbrella applied to several different secret societies that involve themselves in criminal activity just in their native Italy. For example the [[Wikipedia:Camorra|Camorra]], [[Wikipedia:'Ndrangheta|'Ndrangheta]] and the [[Wikipedia:Sacra Corona Unita|Sacra Corona Unita]].
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