Hero

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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> Hero was one of the founding members of the Protectorate.

Personality

Hero was a genial, encouraging man who secretly supplied the first Wards team with video games and movies so that they could have an enjoyable pastime between their work as heroes and after school.<ref>Crushed 24.x (Interlude; Chevalier)</ref><ref name="Wog1">Parahumans IRC said: Wildbow I think Hero was a genuinely good guy. He was genuinely interested in doing good and addressing problems, and his particular stance and focus could have put Cauldron on a different tilt, more focused on improving things than on surviving.

Wildbow He was angry when we see him because he was starting to plant his feet and get ready to push for better things. Not happy with the direction things were taking, and savvy enough to see hints of the problems in Cauldron's approach. - Wildbow, archived on Spacebattles</ref>

Riddled with health problems from an early age, Hero considered Cauldron heroes after the formula they gave him cured his illnesses.<ref name="I29e1"/>

He had a leadership position in the early Protectorate, even though he believed that he would not be suited to one.<ref name="14.y">Interlude 14.5 (Bonus Interlude)</ref>

Appearance

Hero had blond hair<ref name="I29e1"/> and wore a golden helmet and body armor with blue chain mesh.<ref name="14.y" /><ref>13.x (Interlude; Piggot)</ref>

Abilities and Powers

Hero was considered to be the preeminent Tinker of his day. Hero's specialization was not known because he lived before Tinker specializations were considered, but Legend correctly theorized that Hero specialized in wavelength manipulation, similar to the stilling powers that Zion and Eden employed, with broad applications stemming from few restrictions on his shard.<ref>Keep in mind that wavelengths are reference specifically by Scion in relation to Jack and Jack's secondary power. They're also mentioned frequently in the context of Scion - ripples and waves. Finally, it's also suggested that they didn't even really realize he had a focus at all - he was broad in what he could do.

Do you see how these ideas connect?

Eden was the scholar, Scion the soldier. They had the same tools, but empathized different ones. So picture Eden taking the primary tools that Scion had and giving them to a tinker so the human could use human ingenuity to explore those tools. Naturally it would be paced out by needing to design and tinker and find materials, using those materials in a sorta kludgy way (ie. have to carry the items, pull triggers, type stuff in), and would have some limitations she tacked on. Except she broke down before she could tailor the restriction part, leading to a vial giving some Scion Lite tools to an otherwise unrestricted tinker, who then joined/helped form an organization that gave him endless materials. That's Hero.

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Reddit comment by Wildbow</ref>

His creations included a helmet-camera, a disintegration gun, a jetpack, sonic weapons, and small, surprisingly effective power sources and explosives.<ref name="14.y" />

History

Background

For much of his early life he was beset with terminal health problems such as organ problems, diabetes, tremors, and chronic headaches until an unmitigated Cauldron formula cured him of his illnesses.<ref name="I29e1">“Hey,” the blond guy said, “I spent my entire life with this heart problem, you know? Heart going a little too fast, reedy, thin heartbeat. Reminding me it could pop at any moment. Organs are garbage, diabetes at twenty-two, liver problems turn me yellow if I’m not careful, throwing up bile every morning and every night. Every moment of every day, there’s something making me miserable. Except, right now, I’m sort of feeling every part of my body, and the heart’s good, no headache, nothing in my throat, nothing in my gut. No tremor in my hand…” - Excerpt from Interlude 29</ref>

Career

In 1988, Hero was introduced to Alexandria and agreed to her idea of forming a government-regulated superhero team with Cauldron's backing.

Hero was present when Behemoth emerged for the first time in 1992.

In 1993, he was sworn in alongside Alexandria, Legend, and Eidolon as one of the founding members of the Protectorate.

On September 15, 2000, Siberian bisected him in a confrontation between her and the Triumvirate. Eidolon attempted to heal Hero, but he ultimately died.<ref name="15.z">15.z (Donation Interlude 3; Alexandria)</ref>

Legacy

His loss splintered the Triumvirate, resulting in the members going their separate ways.<ref name="R1">Around the time that they were a group, they were simply 'the Protectorate' or 'the guys at the top'. You could say, perhaps, that the loss of Hero splintered the team. They didn't hate each other or resent each other, but it was about time, and served as the catalyst to the group each going to their own individual cities - New York, LA, & Houston. - Wildbow on Reddit</ref>

Hero remained in the public eye even after his death, recognized as both the first Tinker and one of the best. Because of this, other Tinkers, such as Kid Win, strived to emulate his model.<ref name="14.y" />

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