Crusader

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<label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Previous Team(s)</label> <label>Base of Operations</label></group> <group><header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label></group> </infobox> Crusader was a member of Empire Eighty-Eight.

Appearance

Crusader wears armor and carries a ten-foot-long spear.<ref name="7.9">Buzz 7.9</ref>

Personality

Crusader was a neo-Nazi; he believed that he was a patriot, that America belonged to a certain kind of people, and that it was being "polluted" by "people with differences".<ref name="I18"/>

He regarded himself as a "simple man with simple tastes": he was heterosexual, a fan of American football, enjoyed steak and potatoes and a good fight. He disliked organizations that he felt were overly focused on the "big picture" to the exclusion of ordinary Americans, like Gesellschaft.<ref name="I18"/>

Abilities and Powers

Crusader had the power to create ghostly duplicates of himself and his possessions that could fly and pass through inorganic objects.<ref name="Cast1">Crusader – One of Brockton Bay's white supremacists, Crusader wears armor and carries a spear. He can create ghostly duplicates of himself and his possessions, which pass through inorganic objects, but not organic ones. - Cast (spoiler free)</ref> These replicas could lift him into the air, giving him a limited form of flight.<ref name="Cast2">Crusader, Justin – Can create ghostly replicas of himself that can float and can pass through body armor and walls. These replicas can lift him into the air, giving him a limited form of flight. - Cast (in depth)</ref>

He described his replicas as "immune to any strike or bullet, yet fully capable of pushing a man down the stairs or strangling them".<ref name="I18"/> They were favourably Manton-limited, allowing them to pass through inorganic matter only;<ref name="List">Justin Crusader Can create shades of himself to fight, lift himself. Favorably manton limited as shades ignore inorganic matter, penetrating armor and passing through walls. E88/The Pure Master 6 - parahumanList, bolded edit by Wildbow.</ref> they could impale a person through armor or walls with their spears,<ref name="7.9"/><ref name="List"/> and Skitter's bugs couldn't pass through them.<ref name="15.2">Colony 15.2</ref>

He was "dimly" aware of the actions of his duplicates, and direct them mentally, although they appeared to operate with some degree of autonomy.<ref name="I18"/> Taylor speculated that they were "infused with fragments of his ego".<ref name="7.9"/>

His clones appeared overlapping with his body, and he was able to create a clone and leave it overlapping him, using its flight to lift himself into the air.<ref name="I18">Excerpt from Interlude 18.y</ref>

History

Background

Justin triggered when he was caught attempting to murder his developmentally disabled sister after years of her getting all the attention and being forced to undergo transplants to help her.<ref name="I18">Excerpt from Interlude 18.y</ref>

Story Start

Helped during the fight against Leviathan, but was downed when Leviathan created a tidal wave.<ref name="8.3">The Armband spoke. Losses are as follows: Debaser, Ascendant, Gallant, Zigzag, Prince of Blades, Vitiator, Humble, Halo, Whirlygig, Night, Crusader, Uglymug, Victor, Furrow, Barker, Elegance, Quark, Pelter, Snowflake, Ballistic, Mama Bear, Mister Eminent, Flashbang, Biter...Excerpt from Extermination 8.3</ref>

Post-Slaughterhouse Nine

Went with Purity, Aster, and Theo to Harvard to inquire into ways to help Theo trigger.<ref name="I18"/> Settled on the idea of abandonment, and deliberately left Theo behind when police and PRT showed up at the college. Purity was reluctant at first but he talked her around.

Was trapped in a time loop by Gray Boy.

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Empire Eighty-Eight
Leader	Allfather {{#switch: deceased	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Kaiser {{#switch: deceased	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }}
Leiutenants	Hookwolf {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Krieg {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Purity {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }}
Members	Alabaster {{#switch: deceased	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Cricket {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Crusader {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Fenja {{#switch: deceased	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Fog {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Heith Anders {{#switch: deceased	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Iron Rain {{#switch: deceased	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Menja {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Night {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Othala {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Rune {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Stormtiger {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Victor {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }}
Associates	Aster Anders {{#switch: deceased	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Theo Anders {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }}

The Pure
Leader	Purity
Members	Theo Anders {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Crusader • Fog • Night
Associates	Aster Anders {{#switch: deceased	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Krieg