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For the group of Japanese heroes, see Sentai Elite{{#if:| and [[{{{3}}}]]}}.

The Elite is the largest villain organization and arguably the second-largest parahuman organization in the United States.

Modus operandi

The Elite do not pursue traditional villainous enterprises, instead seizing an area on the economic or political level before undermining local opposition using sabotage, connection to organized crime and blitzkrieg-style strikes while remaining consistently off the public’s radar by subterfuge or careful manipulation of the media.

The Elite than forces other villains and villain groups to be beholden to the Elite and nobody else. Rogues are folded into the organization to function as performers, Thinkers, designers and innovators, while the Elite also control a lot of corporate 'hero' teams from behind the scenes.

As the Elite take control of an area, resistance is systematically crushed. Once an area is firmly under control, resources are leveraged to expand elsewhere.

Structure

The Elite consists of a loose pyramid-style structure of cells, with the top cell managing interests on the national scale from San Francisco. Each established cell is independent and able to operate however it sees fit. Some, such as the one headed by Uppercrust, are strictly corporate ventures. Others, such as Bastard Son’s are considered only slightly better than the Slaughterhouse Nine.

The Elite control territories across the Western seaboard, maintaining presences in:

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States where the Elite control territory in red.

The states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Florida.
Tentatively, the state of New York.
Tentatively, various cape cities, including the city of Anchorage.

The Number Man speculated that the Elite would reach Brockton Bay around June 2010.

PRT Response

While the PRT designates the Elite as hostile, the Elite and PRT are not open adversaries. In fact, interaction with the Elite, or even cooperation, is a hotly debated subject within the PRT, from the lowest to the highest levels; the Elite do reduce crime numbers where they are active, but they also aggressively target rogues and powerful parahumans the PRT would rather support. The PRT’s current stance is to address the Elite on a case by case basis.

History

The Elite started in San Francisco as Uppermost, an organization composed of rogues, involved in production and entertainment. In 1998, Uppermost asked the PRT for assistance in managing the NEPEA-5 bill, which sought to curtail parahuman involvement in business and media, and was arguably targeted directly at Uppermost.

After a great deal of consideration, the PRT’s head office turned down the offer for assistance. NEPEA-5 was passed, and Uppermost disbanded. Many former members of Uppermost joined either the Protectorate or Wards to manage the fines and fees that followed the bill’s passage and avoid bankruptcy.

However, Uppermost’s core group took a different course. They divided themselves, and set up their own businesses within the new laws, while keeping in contact outside the PRT’s and public’s knowledge. By the time this became apparent, the members had combined assets, employees and businesses as a loose confederation, under the banner new group dubbed the Elite, quintupling Uppermost at its peak. Many core members have since been supplanted by a more ruthless leadership, titling themselves after elements of aristocracy, combined with ostentatious as possible costume choices.

During Golden Morning, the Elite attended the meeting at Cauldron’s headquarters, but decided to spend resources to build a new society gather than fighting Scion. The Undersiders set Leviathan on them in retaliation, leading to their demise.

Anchorage

In a bid to finalize their hold on the western coast of North America, the Elite send a small team to Anchorage, rooted in the company Estrella.

Members

Name	Description
Leadership
Agnes Court	Attended Cauldron's meeting. Could grow organic structures that hardened to stone, able to build a city in two and a half days. Killed by Leviathan.
Bastard Son	Runs one of the more violent cells, called only slightly better than the Slaughterhouse Nine. Speculated to operate in Las Vegas.
Blueblood	Attended Cauldron's meeting.
The Gentleman	Speculated to operate in Las Vegas.
Nonpareil	Attended Cauldron's meeting.
Patrician	Attended Cauldron's meeting.
Regis Rex
Uppercrust	Operating from New York, but is dying from the same medical problem that led to his trigger event. Runs one of the least violent cells.
Anchorage
Entourage (Gabriella Vargas)	CEO of Estrella. A young Hispanic woman with long-range duplication abilities.
Erik Granholme	A low level member R&D personnel employed by Estrella. A Tinker with an emphasis on drones and remote tanks with a crystal core.
Speaker of the House (Marion Dirks)	Human resources director of Estrella. A former singer and actress with unknown powers.
Upperhand (Don Fraser)	Financial manager of Estrella. A Trump that can copy the general nature of powers with an output, and produces his own output in form of powerful hyper-gravity.

Trivia

Both Parian and Panacea are mentioned as possible targets for the Elite by Wildbow.
The Elite featured in an early draft of Worm, titled Circus and the Elite.

References

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-{{distinguish|the American villain group|[[Circus and the Elite|the early draft of Worm]] or [[Sentai|the Japanese heroes]]}}
+{{for|the group of Japanese heroes|Sentai Elite}}
-The '''Elite''' are an organized crime syndicate, they are major players in the world of Worm but they are not seen much within the story itself.
-==Goals and Methods==
+'''The Elite''' is the largest [[villain]] organization and arguably the second-largest [[parahuman]] organization in the [[United States]].
-[[File:Elite Presence.png|thumb|300x300px|States where the Elite control territory in red. ]]
-The organization forms a loose pyramid-style structure of cells.  The head cell, based in San Francisco, manages interests on the national scale, while each step down involves a step down in scale.  The Elite expect villains and groups to be beholden to the Elite and nobody else, Rogues are folded into the organization, and resistance is systematically crushed.  Once an area is firmly under control, these resources are leveraged to expand elsewhere.<ref name="Wildbow PRT">[https://docs.google.com/document/d/18xcEYRK0Ts-k6--ZOuDFh-ILK9hLzcgkDTIf6L_G90s/edit Wildbow PRT Quest Archive]</ref>
-Each established cell is independent and able to operate however it sees fit. Some are strictly corporate ventures like the one headed by '''Uppercrust'''. Others, like '''Bastard Son's''' group are held in the same regard as the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]].<ref name="PRT82">[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/14752783 PRT Quest thread ii p82]</ref> They are said to be a sponsor behind several corporate cape teams.<ref name="R1">[https://www.reddit.com/r/Weaverdice/comments/50g7x6/populate_my_world_los_angeles_friendorfoe/ Wildbow on Reddit]</ref> Generally this bleeds into costume choices where things are as ostentatious as possible with no overarching theme.<ref name="27.2"/>
+==Modus operandi==
+The Elite do not pursue traditional villainous enterprises, instead seizing an area on the economic or political level before undermining local opposition using sabotage, connection to organized crime and blitzkrieg-style strikes while remaining consistently off the public’s radar by subterfuge or careful manipulation of the media.
-Primarily a West Coast organization,<ref name="R1"/> Cauldron did not consider them to be developing fast enough to be useful.<ref>[[21.x (Donation Interlude]]</ref>
+The Elite than forces other villains and villain groups to be beholden to the Elite and nobody else. [[Rogue]]s are folded into the organization to function as performers, [[Thinker]]s, designers and innovators, while the Elite also control a lot of corporate 'hero' teams from behind the scenes.
-<!--relevant quote: The Elite, a villain group expanding a subtle control over the western seaboard of America, putting pressure on rogues to bring them under their thumb as performers, thinkers, designers and innovators.  He could see the numbers, extrapolate from the data to gauge their rate of growth.  They were developing too slowly to be useful, not developing fast enough to outpace the predicted end of the world.  They’d reach Brockton Bay in about a year.  There would be time to decide if countermeasures were needed in the meantime.
-Extinction 27.2 said:
+As the Elite take control of an area, resistance is systematically crushed. Once an area is firmly under control, resources are leveraged to expand elsewhere.
-We were joined by a group of the Yàngbǎn, in flowing uniforms that fit somewhere between martial arts outfits and army gear, with masks like multifaceted gems. Faceless, with only numbers to identify them. There were capes I knew to be the Elite: Nonpareil and Patrician, Agnes Court and Blueblood. They were the opposite of faceless, taking great pride in their appearance and their powers. The Elite were an organized crime syndicate, shutting down anyone who tried to use their powers for profit, unless those people worked for them.-->
-==Leaders==
+==Structure==
-{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"|-
+The Elite consists of a loose pyramid-style structure of cells, with the top cell managing interests on the national scale from [[San Francisco]]. Each established cell is independent and able to operate however it sees fit. Some, such as the one headed by Uppercrust, are strictly corporate ventures. Others, such as Bastard Son’s are considered only slightly better than the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]].
+The Elite control territories across the Western seaboard, maintaining presences in:[[File:Elite Presence.png|thumb|300x300px|States where the Elite control territory in red.]]
+*The states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Florida.
+*Tentatively, the state of New York.
+*Tentatively, various cape cities, including the city of [[Anchorage]].
+[[The Number Man]] speculated that the Elite would reach [[Brockton Bay]] around June 2010.
+==PRT Response==
+While the [[PRT]] designates the Elite as hostile, the Elite and PRT are not open adversaries. In fact, interaction with the Elite, or even cooperation, is a hotly debated subject within the PRT, from the lowest to the highest levels; the Elite do reduce crime numbers where they are active, but they also aggressively target rogues and powerful parahumans the PRT would rather support. The PRT’s current stance is to address the Elite on a case by case basis.
+==History==
+The Elite started in [[San Francisco]] as Uppermost, an organization composed of [[rogues]], involved in production and entertainment. In 1998, Uppermost asked the PRT for assistance in managing the NEPEA-5 bill, which sought to curtail parahuman involvement in business and media, and was arguably targeted directly at Uppermost.
+After a great deal of consideration, the PRT’s head office turned down the offer for assistance. NEPEA-5 was passed, and Uppermost disbanded. Many former members of Uppermost joined either [[the Protectorate]] or [[Wards]] to manage the fines and fees that followed the bill’s passage and avoid bankruptcy.
+However, Uppermost’s core group took a different course. They divided themselves, and set up their own businesses within the new laws, while keeping in contact outside the PRT’s and public’s knowledge. By the time this became apparent, the members had combined assets, employees and businesses as a loose confederation, under the banner new group dubbed the Elite, quintupling Uppermost at its peak. Many core members have since been supplanted by a more ruthless leadership, titling themselves after elements of aristocracy, combined with ostentatious as possible costume choices.
+During [[Golden Morning]], the Elite attended the meeting at [[Cauldron]]’s headquarters, but decided to spend resources to build a new society gather than fighting [[Scion]]. [[The Undersiders]] set [[Leviathan]] on them in retaliation, leading to their demise.
+==Anchorage==
+In a bid to finalize their hold on the western coast of North America, the Elite send a small team to [[Anchorage]], rooted in the company Estrella.
+==Members==
+{|class="mw-collapsible article-table" style="width:100%"
+!style="width: 18%; vertical-align: top;"|Name
+!style="width: 82%; vertical-align: top;"|Description
 |-
-! scope="col"|Name:
+!colspan="2"|<center>Leadership</center>
-! scope="col"|Status:
 |-
 |[[Agnes Court]]
-|Missing
+|Attended Cauldron's meeting. Could grow organic structures that hardened to stone, able to build a city in two and a half days. Killed by Leviathan.
 |-
-|[[Parahuman Characters#Bastard Son|Bastard Son]]
+|[[Bastard Son]]
-|Alive
+|Runs one of the more violent cells, called only slightly better than the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]]. Speculated to operate in Las Vegas.
 |-
 |Blueblood
-|Alive
+|Attended Cauldron's meeting.
-|-
-|[[Entourage]]
-|Alive
 |-
 |The Gentleman
-|Alive
+|Speculated to operate in Las Vegas.
 |-
 |Nonpareil
-|Alive
+|Attended Cauldron's meeting.
 |-
 |Patrician
-|Alive
+|Attended Cauldron's meeting.
 |-
 |Regis Rex
-|Alive
+|
 |-
 |Uppercrust
-|Sick
+|Operating from [[New York]], but is dying from the same medical problem that led to his [[trigger event]]. Runs one of the least violent cells.
 |-
+!colspan="2"|<center>Anchorage</center>
+|-
+|[[Entourage]] (Gabriella Vargas)
+|CEO of Estrella. A young Hispanic woman with long-range duplication abilities.
+|-
+|Erik Granholme
+|A low level member R&D personnel employed by Estrella. A [[Tinker]] with an emphasis on drones and remote tanks with a crystal core.
+|-
+|Speaker of the House (Marion Dirks)
+|Human resources director of Estrella. A former singer and actress with unknown powers.
+|-
+|Upperhand (Don Fraser)
+|Financial manager of Estrella. A [[Trump]] that can copy the general nature of powers with an output, and produces his own output in form of powerful hyper-gravity.
 |}
-==History==
+==Trivia==
-===Background===
+*Both [[Parian]] and [[Panacea]] are mentioned as possible targets for the Elite by [[Wildbow]].
-The Elite got their start in San Francisco as ‘Uppermost’, an organization for rogues by rogues, involved in production and entertainment, managed by parahumans.<ref name="PRT Quest">[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Swjz8BZZNE4bq6lTkHanTK4sJ-K_xVlFudxA16mYjH4/edit#heading=h.ry6hr0z1e3p2 PRT Quest document P.25]</ref>.
+*The Elite featured in an early draft of Worm, titled [[Circus and the Elite]].
-In 1998, Uppermost reached out to the [[PRT]] for assistance in dealing with a bill (NEPEA-5) that sought to curtail parahuman involvement in business and media, arguably targeted directly at Uppermost.  After a great deal of consideration, the head office  turned down the offer for assistance, the bill was passed, and Uppermost disbanded. Many members of Uppermost found their way to the [[Protectorate]] and [[Wards]] as a way of avoiding bankruptcy and to manage the fines and fees that followed the bill’s passage.<ref name="PRT Quest"/>
-The events that followed have been pieced together from hearsay and investigation - Uppermost’s core group divided and started up their own businesses and independent directions, still in the open, in keeping with NEPEA-5. Unbeknownst to the PRT and the public, this group of members were still in contact. By the time it became apparent what they were doing, the new group, dubbed the Elite, had combined assets, employees and businesses quintupling Uppermost at its peak, and formed a loose confederation. Many core members have been supplanted by a more ruthless leadership, titling themselves after elements of the aristocracy.<ref name="PRT Quest"/>
-=== [[The Timeskip]] ===
-Attempted to expand into Anchorage following the PRT setting up and office there.
-===[[Golden Morning]]===
-Attended [[Cauldron Compound|Cauldron meeting]] at the start of the Golden Morning.<ref name="27.2">[[Extinction 27.2]]</ref>
-Tried to set up a territory to restart civilization, failed, as they attacked civilians during a time of crisis and punitive measures were taken.<ref name="28.5">[[Cockroaches 28.5]]</ref>
-== Trivia ==
-* Would have head-hunted Panacea had they been given the opportunity.<ref name="R2">[https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/4arfdp/spoilers_all_what_if/ Speculation by wildbow on Reddit]</ref>
-* Regis Rex shares his name with [[Circus and the Elite#Elite|Harmon Rex]] an enforcer character for an early version of the Elite whose traits would be broken up between the [[Siberian]] and [[Gavel]].
-==References==
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-<!--The Dragonfly crew passing into another world and noticing the damage did to the Elite and the city they made:
-Cockroaches 28.5 said:
-The Dragonfly passed through the portal.
-Heavy rain showered down around us. The Dragonfly faltered for an instant as it changed settings, very nearly nosediving into the ground beneath us.
-Defiant pulled the craft up.
-Agnes Court, I thought. I’d studied all of the major players in anticipation of the end of the world, I knew who the Elite were, and I knew who had built this.
-She fit somewhere between Labyrinth and the Yàngbǎn’s Ziggurat. Organically grown structures. Seeds that swelled into pillars, stairs, houses and bigger things, given enough time in proximity to their master. The wood-like substance hardened to stone of varying colors after she terminated the growth.
-In the span of two and a half days, she’d grown a walled city, one with an elaborate castle at the northmost end, with shelters and what looked like a sewer system, if I was judging the perfectly round hole in the cliff face below right. It was gushing water.
-Two days to make this.
-Leviathan had taken less than an hour to demolish it.
-The wall, taller than some skyscrapers, was shattered in three places, damaged enough to serve little purpose in others. A shallow river flowed through the spots where the damage to the wall reached the ground.
-Leviathan had perched himself atop the castle’s highest tower, though the tower wasn’t broad enough for him to put anything more than two clawed hands and two feet on the very top. His tail wound around the structure, in one window and out another.
-Even through the rain, his five eyes glowed.
-“Oh no,” I said. “The civilians. The refugees.”
-“Relatively few,” Tattletale said. “That’s… yeah. I don’t think we offed people in any substantial numbers.”
-Weaver and Tattletale defending their choice of sending Leviathan to the Elite:
-Cockroaches 28.5 said:
-“They were attacking civilians.”
-“They were nonviolent. Refugees in the vicinity of the portal were evacuated. The Elite then made contact with possible settlers who they thought would be interested in paying a premium for good shelter, for resources and supplies. If not paying with cash, then paying with skills. Doctors, talented artists, scholars… it was one of our best bets for re-establishing a hub of development across all of the Earths.”
-“They broke the truce,” Tattletale said.
-“Again, they were an asset. They were cooperating. The truce hardly stands in this dark hour.”
-“They broke the truce,” I echoed Tattletale. “The code has been there since the beginning. If a bigger threat shows up, we band together. We don’t distract each other with attacks or murder attempts, we don’t take advantage of the situation to fuck with civilians. The truce is there for a reason, and it has weight because everyone knows that they can’t handle the trouble that gets express-delivered to their doorsteps when they’ve defied it.”-->
+{{reflist}}
 [[Category:Rogues]]
 [[Category:Groups and Organizations]]
 [[Category:Villains]]