Editing Spawner

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{{Infobox character
| Image = SPOILER ZoaN1-lrX9g.png
| imagecaption = Illustration by [https://www.tumblr.com/blog/real-scholarship-owl Scholarship Owl] on Tumblr
| name = Spawner
| alias = Nedley<br/>Ned<br/>Bradley
| gender = Male
| age = 0
| post-timeskip = 0
| sequel = 2
| alignment = [[Villain]]
| occupation = 
| team = [[The Taught]], Ingenue's Harem
| previous team = [[Slaughterhouse 9000]]
| base of operations = [[Cauldron Compound]]
| classification =[[Brute]]<br/>[[Changer]]<br/>[[Master]]
| family = 
| web serial = [[Interlude 25]] (Mentioned)
| ward = [[Interlude 15.y II|Interlude 15.y]]<br/>[[Interlude 15.z II|Interlude 15.z]] (PoV)
|relations=[[Bonesaw]] (Creator)<br/>[[Breed]] (Original)<br/>[[Crawler]] (Original)|status=Deceased}}
'''Spawner''' is a special hybrid clone of [[Crawler]] and [[Breed]] created by [[Bonesaw]] during the [[The Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand|Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand]].

==Personality==
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He has a form of split personality, combining memories and characters of both [[Crawler]]'s and [[Breed]]'s, which, apparently were not much different.

Spawner is less reckless than Ned and more careful and methodical, but not outright cowardly as Bradley.<ref>Ned would have been driven by those taunts, pushed to attack despite the apparent trap.  Bradley would hang back, trusting his creations to do the work.<br/><br/>But it was a bitter feeling, for those two parts of himself to find their way to shared common ground.  A resentment of himself.<br/>[...]<br/>He could heal rapidly, and his creations could use material to piece him back together, but he had been maintaining a Bradley mindset to avoid being provoked, and Bradley was one to run first when he was unsure.<br/>[...]<br/>Time to not be Bradley anymore.  He would be strategic about this, lunge for the more vulnerable targets.- [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/08/10/dying-15-z/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.z II]]</ref>
===Relationships===
===[[Ingenue]]===
His master, her control stems from her own power.
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He has some bleed over from Damsel, as sees usual for clones. 
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==Appearance==
Spawner is tall, muscular, and grotesque.<ref>Her fourth hero was tall, muscular, with hair cropped close to the head, and a broad chin.  Veins stood out in his arms and neck, and a number of little features stood out as alien, like his eyes that were black from corner to corner- and there were more than two of those eyes.  Patterns stood out on his skin and gave his muscles interesting artistic shapes.  If he wasn’t so alien he would be grotesque, but his strange appearance lent him enough allure she could enjoy his companionship.<br/>[...]<br/>Touch was best, but Teacher had given her focus, no drawback, and she was learning to use it.  To alter powers and their courses without the need for touch.<br/>[...]<br/>With her power and with all of the focus in that power that Teacher had gifted her, she controlled the path of it.  She chose the designs that would have been nearly random before, put her hands on controls, and painted him with her own brushes.  To make him the beautiful sort of alien. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/08/06 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.y II]]</ref> He has peculiar patterns on his skin, courtesy of Ingenue tweaking his powers, and multiple sets of full-black eyes in addition to his other enhancements.

==Abilities and Powers==
Spawner powers are a combination of Breed and Crawler. While mostly humanoid, he has rapid regeneration, a prehensile tongue, gliding skinfolds, claws, and is completely alien internally.

He houses his bugs inside his body, and his body is completely shaped around this task, effectively turning him into a walking hive of birthing sacks.<ref>His entire body reformed and restructured, more gap than physical mass.  Webbings of skin stretched to cover gaps here and there, but they were so thin the light could shine through them. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/08/10/dying-15-z/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.z II]]</ref> He could carry around two hundred of them, and produce hundreds more in some minutes.

His bugs retrieve bits and pieces of his victims as fuel to accelerate Spawner's regeneration and cause him to evolve,<ref>Looking back, she could see the bugs climbing up Spawner’s legs and finding holes to nestle into.  Holes in the thigh, in the very nice but alien buttocks, in sides, back… they brought the food in with them, to deposit it inside and feed their mother-father.  The pieces helped accelerate the man’s regeneration, replacing missing skin and muscle. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/08/06/dying-15-y/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.y II]]</ref> which extend to his minions too.<ref>Fluids within his chest and stomach churned.  He could feel protein chains and calcium forming the basic infrastructure that would become full fledged children.  They were stronger now.  He had fed on the flesh from the Black Goat and from two of Valkyrie’s flock.  By feeding he evolved, and by evolving, he improved his children. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/08/10/dying-15-z/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.z II]]</ref> The bugs also actively help him to heal, and their biomass can be re-used.<ref>Someone struck him with lightning, and he felt it burn into his side.  His stored children crawled to fill that void, some to be resources, others to dismantle, others to build something to replace.  It was faster than healing on his own. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/08/10/dying-15-z/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.z II]]</ref>

Unlike Breed, Spawner is able to design and preprogram his bugs with specific tasks and orders in mind, choosing their evolutions, although he is still unable to control them beyond that.<ref name="15.zII">[[Interlude 15.z II|Interlude 15.z]]</ref>
==History==
===Background===
Spawner was one of five special hybrid clones that Bonesaw made for the [[The Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand|Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand]]. While he did not take part in any relevant S9k attacks, he is one of only two such creations to survive and participate in [[Gold Morning|Gold Morning,]] which he also survived.<ref name="Speck 30.4">I found members of Bonesaw’s Slaughterhouse Nine.  Clones who’d fled, or who’d been left behind, lurking in dark corners, or simply hiding.  A Mannequin, two Damsels that were keeping each other company, a [[Nighty Night|Night Hag-Nyx hybrid]], and a [[Spawner|Crawler-Breed hybrid]]. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/speck-30-4/ Excerpt] from [[Speck 30.4]]</ref>

===[[Ward]]===
His larger history is unknown, but within the two years since Gold Morning, Spawner was turned into [[Teacher]]'s thrall and added to [[Ingenue]]'s harem.<ref name="15.yII">[[Interlude 15.y II]]</ref>

===Post-[[Time Bubble Pop]]===
During the [[Wardens]]' assault on Teacher's base, Spawner guarded Ingenue against [[Valkyrie]]'s [[The Flock|Flock]]. Ingenue used him to teach a lesson to [[Black Goat]].<ref name="15.yII"/>

He was ordered to finish off [[Swansong]]. After killing several members of [[The Flock]], that attempted a rescue, he was eventually baited and eliminated by her.<ref name="15.zII"/>

==Chapter Appearances==
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