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| {{Infobox character
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| | Image = QcQCapricorn_by_Sheep.jpg
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| | imagecaption = Image by [https://lonsheep.deviantart.com/ Lonsheep]
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| | civname = Byron & Tristan Vera
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| | alias = The Capricorn Twins
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| | gender = Male
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| | age = Teenager
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| | sequel = 17
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| | alignment = [[Heroes|Hero]]
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| | occupation = <!-- civilian job, if any -->
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| | team = [[Breakthrough]]
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| | previous team = [[Team Reach]]
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| | base of operations = [[The City]]
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| | classification = [[Shaker]] (speculative)
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| | power = Matter generation
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| | family =
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| | web serial = [[Glow-worm]], [[Glow-worm P.2|Part 2]]<br>[[Ward]], [[Flare 2.5]] (Tristan)<br>[[Ward]], [[Flare 2.7]] (Byron)
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| }}
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| '''Capricorn''', PHO username '''Cap''', real names '''Tristan''' and '''Byron Vera''''<ref name="II3.6">[[Glare 3.6]]</ref>, are a [[Case 70]], a power expression phenomenon where two people share a body after the trigger.
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| They were members of [[Team Reach]] pre-[[Gold Morning]].
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| ==Personality==
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| Tristan and Byron were twins of Hispanic origin.<ref name="P2">'''3A::u@T_Enki''': can we maybe not talk about commemorative plates? maybe action figures? plates make me think of my abuela - [[Glow-worm P.2]]</ref> Their family is Christian and they continue to attend Church with them.<ref>Cap: shoot. would love to chat but am being asked to go to church.<br>Heart_Shaped_Pupil: at noon?<br>Cap: family is asking. church gets overcrowded these days so we attend during certain blocks of time. - [[Glow-worm P.7]]</ref>
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| Tristan and Byron take two-hour shifts in controlling the body, while the other twin is conscious within.<ref>Tristan was strong, and he spent half of his life locked away in a lightless, motionless prison, only a window that looked out through his brother’s eyes and listened through his brother’s ears. It would be so easy for him to go off the deep end. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/20/glare-3-5/ Excerpt] from [[Glare 3.5]]</ref> It is unknown what effect this has Tristan has a proclaimed interest in becoming a super-hero again for the money. Byron opposes the super-heroing.<!-- does he? he seems to be skeptical of _that_ particular group-->
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| The twins have contrasting personalities. Tristan is more positive overall and more of a go getter. Byron is more passive and is known for complaining about things without offering concrete solutions.<ref name="II3.2 e6">Tristan’s face was at an angle that saw him looking down at the ground. At first I thought he was trying to keep the water out of his face. Then, as he changed the angle of his head a little, I saw his face.<br><br>“For the record,” Tristan said, “If it’s my two hours and I ask you a question and then pass the baton, I’d ''really'' appreciate it if you didn’t take up extra time and use it to try and sabotage me.”<br><br>“I did say hi to him,” I said.<br><br>Tristan shrugged. “He didn’t have to say all that. He’s quick to say there’s a problem but he doesn’t suggest alternatives. He whines about the circumstances but he won’t attend the therapy and he doesn’t want to work on figuring out better courses of action. It pisses me off sometimes, especially when he elbows into my time to make what I’m trying to accomplish harder.”<br><br>His tone was hard. Pissed off seemed like an apt description. I’d seen Tristan, casual and smiling some before he’d changed, and now this felt like a complete, sudden shift.<br><br>It was easy to forget that he was in there while Byron was out here, feeling things, thinking, his mood changing during that short conversation. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/09/glare-3-2/ Excerpt] from [[Glare 3.2]]</ref> Tristan is buoyed by conflict while Byron is drained by it.<ref>[[Shade 4.4]]</ref> They even have different ways of speaking.<ref name="II5.7 e2">I was bewildered on two counts. That I heard Tristan’s voice but it sounded off, in a way that made me think someone had died or something had gone wrong. The other half of it was that I thought he meant the villains. Tattletale. Here somehow at the same time they were clearly elsewhere, on the video on my laptop.<br><br>It wasn’t Tristan speaking oddly, but Byron speaking normally. His armor was the same general style as Tristan’s, but it had a blue tint, and it was scale, not plate, with fins and conch spirals instead of spiraling horns. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/20/shadow-5-7/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.7]]</ref>
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| Tristan is gay, or more accurately non-heterosexual.<ref>“Look me in the eye,” Tristan said. “Say something like, ‘hey Tristan, I used to be the kind of guy who’d call you a faggot or look down on you because you really like the dick.'" [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/02/06/shade-interlude-4a/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 4a II]]</ref><ref>[[Shadow 5.6]]</ref> Byron seems to be heterosexual.<ref>I glanced back at the room, and saw Byron was looking at me while he was saying something to Mrs. Yamada. The up-down look, followed by the quick glance away when he realized I’d seen him.<br><br>''You’re too young for me and you’re not my type, based on what little I’ve seen and heard,'' I thought. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/30/flare-2-7/ Excerpt] from [[Flare 2.7]]</ref>
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| ===Relationships===
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| The twins live with family in [[The City]]
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| Their relationship with each other is highly fractious though they do still love each other. Whether they can put things like hiring a hitman against one of them is an open question.
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| ====[[Rain]]====
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| Of the superhero team the twins are with Rain is the closest to them. Rain goes out of his way to hang out with both of them.
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| ===[[Moonsong]]===
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| [[Moonsong]] of Team Reach liked Byron, but not Tristan. Tristan considered her judgmental. Tristan was close with [[Furcate]] of Team Reach before leaving.
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| ===[[Weld]]===
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| They know [[Weld]] well enough to defend him on [[PHO]].<ref name="P.8">[[Glow-worm P.8]]</ref> They were long term fans of his.
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| ===Parents===
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| Tristan has strained relationships with his parents, due to his previous run-in with the law.<ref name="Torch7.3">“It goes back to what happened with Reach. I tried to do it all and when I couldn’t do it anymore I let something slip, I became a villain and didn’t even realize it. I got arrested, I lost most of my friends from back then, my team, my academic record, and I lost my family. My dad doesn’t want to do dad things with me. My mom is really careful around me, like it’s all forced. They don’t call me, it’s always me calling them.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/05/22/torch-7-3/ Excerpt] from [[Torch 7.3]]</ref>
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| ==Appearance and Equipment==
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| ===Civilian===
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| The twins had brown skin and curly black hair.<ref name="II2.5e1"/>
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| Tristan tended to dress well with some changes to distinguish himself from Byron, such as painting his rolling hair (cut short at the back and sides) magenta.<ref name="II2.5e1">Beside him was a guy, brown-skinned, with the sides and back of his hair cut short. The hair on top had to have been painted rather than dyed, because it was magenta, and I couldn’t imagine getting black hair dyed magenta without bleaching it to the point of destroying it, and the rolling curls retained their shape despite the droplets of rain that clung to it. He was smiling, but more because he looked like the type that very much enjoyed others being happy. The magenta-haired guy’s shirt was form-fitting to his upper body, showing off lean muscle, and looked like a surfer’s rash guard. He wore black shorts and sandals. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/23/flare-2-5/ Excerpt] from [[Flare 2.5]]</ref> Tristan took to wearing goat themed jewelry to work with his theme.<ref name="5.3 e1">“Yep,” Tristan said, as he straightened up. He pulled off the v-neck long sleeved shirt he was wearing, undid the necklace with steel beads and a metal ram’s horn, and dropped them into a corner of the plastic bucket. He had his non-armor costume on under his clothes, form-fitting and covered in patterns that gave some character to what was visible in the gaps between the individual pieces of armor. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/02/27/shadow-5-2/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.3]]</ref>
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| Byron differs from his twin by wearing his medium-long dark hair slicked back, with accompanying dark clothing. He lacks the air of bravado that Tristan exudes.<ref name="II2.7 e3">I glanced back into the room, to see if Mrs. Yamada had anything she wanted to convey with a look or gesture. Instead, I saw her talking to someone who wasn’t Tristan.<br><br>Byron had black hair, shorter than Tristan’s, slicked back with something that shone in the room’s lights. He wore a jacket, a black v-neck shirt, and jeans. The contrast between him and Tristan in everything but facial features were striking- Tristan had been bright haired, his top and shorts all about contrasts with light and dark, color and lack thereof. He’d brimmed with confidence.<br><br>Byron didn’t. He looked distinctly uncomfortable, his hands in his jacket pockets, shoulders forward, a look of concern on his face. The muted gray-blue of his jacket, the black v-neck shirt, the jeans, there weren’t any of the intentional contrasts I’d seen in Tristan. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/30/flare-2-7/ Excerpt] from [[Flare 2.7]]</ref>
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| ===Cape===
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| Armored metal costume that is a little heavier then normal thanks to their increased strength. Tristan has an orange goat theme with multiple spiraling horns<ref name="II3.2 e7">His costume was armor. It struck a balance between function and appearance, but it looked like it was a pretty good quality. Each segment was framed with goat’s heads and horns, spirals and ridges. Where it wasn’t brushed metal, things were painted or tinted red or light red. He saw me looking and smiled.<br><br>“Byron is the fish theme, then?” I asked.<br><br>“Water as much as fish. Yeah,” Tristan said.<br><br>“You have some kind of superstrength, right?”<br><br>“A very small amount. Helps when you’re wearing armor as heavy as this, or when you’re using a power that can make heavy things.”<br><br>“Seems like a good place to get us started,” I said.<br><br>Tristan turned around, seating himself firmly on the sloped ground, his armor partially unpacked and arranged beside him. Some bits were already fastened into place on his arms and legs, over a bodysuit that seemed designed to go between him and his armor. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/09/glare-3-2/ Excerpt] from [[Glare 3.2]]</ref> while Byron would wear a blue ichthyology themed one with fins and scales and similar.<ref name="II5.7 e2"/> They knew how to keep the armor in good repair.<ref name="II3.5 e1">I waited for Tristan to stop talking about his armor, and the tools he used to fix the scuffs. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/20/glare-3-5 Excerpt] from [[Glare 3.5]]</ref><!-- Costume and distinguishing features go here. Worm descriptions tend to be sparse, so include as much as possible. -->
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| ==Abilities and Powers==
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| Capricorn is a matter creator; both Tristan and Byron generate and shape glowing energy that they then transform into their respective element. These start out as motes that then have lines link up between them which then become their respective element. Tristan makes rock, Byron makes water.<ref>[[Glare 3.2]]</ref> The rock can be used to create tools or something as big as a wall. These are never wholly what they want to be however. They can swap identities rapid fire if they have to,<ref name="5.12 e1">“He’s enduring because he’s weird,” Capricorn said. “What can we do here? These people-”<br><br>“You don’t do anything,” Valefor interrupted. “They’re ours.”<br><br>“Yours!?” Tristan-as-Capricorn asked, voice raised, blurring. Byron-as-Capricorn shook his head, and offered a more sedate, “No.”<br>[...]<br>Capricorn was… it looked like he was changing forms rapidfire to switch identities, so no one self heard a single whole utterance referring directly to them. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/03/shadow-5-12/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.12]]</ref> but this does not seem to protect them from [[Master]] effects.<ref name="5.10 e1">“Tristan couldn’t switch to me, I don’t think,” Byron said. “When we were talking about capes we might run into last night, we theorized it was a thing we could do, that if he switched to me I might not be compelled, but he didn’t switch.”<br><br>“It’s okay,” I said. “We knew there were a half-dozen things we could ''maybe'' do, and some worked, some didn’t.”<br><br>“I hate- I hate losing control. I only have control over half my life to begin with,” Byron said. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/27 Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.10]]</ref>
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| They are able to create enough material for things like a fort.<ref>[[Glare 3.3]]</ref> And can shape the material around single objects and people. It is unknown if it can be safely carried out on living objects. What they can do is for Byron to spray people with water and then switch to Tristan to turn the water into rock and encase the subject.<ref name="II3.2 e11">“Yeah,” Tristan said. He looked away. “I can keep my shapes ‘alive’. If they’re still alive when I change, they become water. If they aren’t, they’re there to stay. Same for Byron’s water. It’s effective if he makes water, sloshes it over someone, and then changes, to make it solid. We’ve tagged a good dozen villains that way.”<br><br>“A dozen is a really good number for a teenage hero.”<br><br>“Yeah,” Tristan said.<br><br>“You’re pretty lucky, getting a name that fitting for a power like that.”<br><br>“Constellations forming rock and water?” Tristan asked. He snorted air through his nostrils. “Want to know the hilarious thing?”<br><br>“I do,” I said. I wasn’t sure whatever he was going to say was ‘hilarious’, given his tone, but I’d ''hoped'' today would be a lighter endeavor, and any humor would help.<br><br>“We weren’t even rock and water, originally. Reach bought the name from the last Capricorn. She got wounded in battle and she retired. Win-win. We got settled into the role, got our name, our armor, our brand, and… power changed to match.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/09 Excerpt] from [[Glare 3.2]]</ref> This switch can only happen if the shapes are "alive" with more energy to back it up. If they let it die a switch can not happen. Water evaporates and the stone easily crumbles.<ref>[[Beacon 8.5]]</ref>
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| Tristan and Byron possess different moderately enhanced physical abilities. Tristan said his former cape Team, Reach, though "it’s a straight multiplier. I have one point three to one point six times the strength and overall fitness.” This super-strength helps Tristan to move around in heavier than usual armor.<ref name="II3.2 e7"/><!--
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| Will likely need to chop this up into sections--> Tristan said Byron has “A bit of resistance to temperature extremes. He gets a higher percent, he’d probably remember his specific numbers better than I do, but unless it’s winter or we’re dealing with a heat wave, it doesn’t apply as often.” Byron also has an enhanced way of breathing, as shown by his being able to continue speaking while being choked out.
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| Interestingly, their powers took on its present form after they had fully assumed their [[cape]] identity from the previous holder.<ref name="II3.2 e11"/> Previously Byron could create ice instead of water for example, and claims that it could change again.<ref>“There was a time I made ice.”<br><br>“Really.”<br><br>“Uh huh. There have been other things.”<br><br>“Can you change back? Is that a thing you could do if you tried, or could you change to something new?”<br><br>“I could,” Byron said. “But I don’t want to go back, and I’m worried about how I’d get somewhere new.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/05/01/pitch-6-6/ Excerpt] from [[Pitch 6.6]]</ref>
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| ==History==
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| ===Background===
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| Had an extremely [[Case 70|rare]] trigger event.
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| They were recruited into [[Team Reach]] well before Gold Morning. The team set them up with the Capricorn identity after they came on board. At some point he left the team. Several new members have been recruited since then.
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| Claimed that he was in the running to lead Reach.<ref name="II3.3 e3">He made a small amused sound, his face obscured by his helmet, his hands busy adjusting the fit of his armor as he paced. “There was a time I thought I might end up being in charge of Reach. Things fell through before then. I don’t know if my current mindset works for it, but let’s give this a try.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/13/glare-3-3/ Excerpt] from [[Glare 3.3]]</ref>
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| At some point he committed unspecified crime and was arrested. He explained it as result of his natural desire to perform his best at all his roles while having only half of the time. This incident has left him without a team and pretty much anything else.<ref name="Torch7.3"/>
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| Tristan used lethal force at least once.<ref>[[Interlude 4c II]]</ref>
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| ===[[Gold Morning]]===
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| Capricorn was "dragged into" the event.
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| ===[[Glow-worm]]===
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| Talked to Team Reach on the newly-revived [[Parahumans Online]]. Hired an assassin online for purposes of maintaining the two hour time swap. Participated in a group chat on PHO with several users he knew offline regarding an unspecified "project".<ref>[[Glow-worm P.3]]</ref>
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| ===Early-[[Ward]]===
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| Tristan wants to become a hero again while Byron doesn't agree with this.
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| Tristan hit it off while Byron wasn't as happy with things. The mistakes of their past continue to dog them.
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| ==Trivia==
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| * Capricorn, literally "goat-horned", is the tenth sign in the Western Zodiac. It is known as the sea-goat which the Twins divide up between them with their Fish and Goat costume motifs.
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| * Tristan and Byron are at least the second Hero named Capricorn, the one before them was a women who gave up the identity after a career ending injury.<ref name="II3.2 e11" />
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| * Used the disposable alias Enki,<ref name="P2"/> which seems to be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Enki|horned Sumerian god of water and mischief]].
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| ==Fanart Gallery==
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| <gallery widths="198" navigation="true">
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| Tristan.jpg|Image by [https://lonsheep.deviantart.com/ Lonsheep]|link=https://redd.it/7mzxx5
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| twincaps-smaller.jpg|Image by [https://kingdaume.tumblr.com/ Kingdaume]|link=http://kingdaume.tumblr.com/post/175551995221/tristan-and-byron-vera-aka-sharkboy-and-lavadude
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| </gallery>
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| {{Reflist}}
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