Circus

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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> Circus was an independant villain<ref>Comment by Wildbow on Spacebattles</ref><ref name="6.7"/><ref>Comment by Wildbow on Reddit</ref> and grab-bag cape.

Appearance

Circus appeared to be a man while in civilian clothes, and an older teen/early-twenties girl while in costume.<ref name="R1">Comment by Wildbow on Reddit</ref><ref name="16.10">Monarch 16.10</ref><ref name="6.7"/>

Circus' costume, makeup and color scheme were different every time they went out, but the theme was always more or less the same<ref name="6.7">Tangle 6.7</ref>. On one occasion, they wore a costume and makeup of red and gold<ref name="7.11">Buzz 7.11</ref>. On another, Circus wore clown makeup and a jester’s cap, with a teal and orange skintight costume complete with coattails, and bells jangled from the tips of their cap, their coattails, their gloves and boots<ref name="6.7"/>.

Personality

Circus is best described as a "genderfluid cross-dresser"<ref name="C16.10">Comment by Wildbow on 16.10</ref>. This makes it impossible for Tattletale to determine whether they're "a guy posing as a girl when in costume or a girl who poses as a guy when in plainclothes"<ref name="16.10"/>, because both suppositions are essentially correct<ref name="C16.10"/>.

Circus was one of the more successful solo villains around Brockton Bay, a burglar and thief both quick and versatile enough to win or slip away if they crossed paths with a hero. At some point, they were offered a position on the Undersiders and vehemently refused, although they were willing to work for Coil alongside his other agents<ref name="6.7"/>.

In exchange for a great deal of money, Circus agreed to leave Brockton Bay, and never work under the same costumed identity again<ref name="16.10"/>.

Abilities and Powers

Circus' power granted them superhuman reflexes, enhanced aim<ref name="16.10"/>, minor pyrokinesis<ref name="6.7"/>, and an extradimensional storage space, which they used to store a variety of items<ref name="6.7"/>, potentially including disguises.<ref name="R1"/> They were considered a "grab-bag cape".<ref name="6.7"/>

Circus' aiming skills are sufficient to hit a horsefly out of the air by spitting,<ref name="16.10"/> place throwing knives only in nonlethal areas,<ref name="16.10"/><ref name="16.8"/> and hit their targets without looking.

Equipment

Circus habitually carries a large, colorfully painted sledgehammer, colored streamers trailing from it, which they could make disappear after each hit, and reappear in a raised position or while spinning to speed up assaults.<ref name="6.7"/><ref name="16.8">Morarch 16.8</ref> They wielded throwing-knives, which benefited from their enhanced aim.<ref name="16.8"/><ref name="16.10"/><ref name="6.7"/>

Trivia

• Circus was the protagonist of several early stories that eventually became Worm, including one called "Circus and the Elite", where they faced a Slaughterhouse Nine-like group<ref>Comment by Wildbow on Interlude 20</ref><ref>Comment by Wildbow on Prey 14.8</ref>.
• Copies of Circus by Echidna are called 'Carnie's, mirroring how Circus's name is used to describe traveling shows.

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