Endbringers

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“	The Endbringers were something we all understood. A fact of reality, something that touched everyone, struck a chord of fear in cape and civilian alike.	”
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The Endbringers are monstrous beings that take turn attacking locations around the globe to cause as much damage as they possibly can. Apparently unkillable, the Endbringers retreat to their respective domains to heal after they have sustained sufficient damage, only to attack again months later.

Biology

According to Tattletale’s power, the Endbringers were never human and have no vulnerable organs. Rather, the Endbringers appear to be made out some type of a crystalline material. In addition, they consist of about 200 layers in the main body and 33 in the limbs, each one approximately twice as hard as the previous one. These layers surround its core, the only part of its body that is actually vital.

An Endbringer's skin is "hard as aluminum alloy, but flexible"; and it's strength, toughness, and healing factor increase exponentially. 3% deeper in toward core of arms, legs, claws, tail, or .5% in toward core of head, trunk, neck, tissues are hard as steel. The tensile strength of the material roughly doubles with each layer, every 0.5% of the way towards the center of his body and every 3% of the way toward the center of their extremities; Wildbow has confirmed <ref>Wildbow on reddit</ref><ref>Wildbow on reddit (again)</ref> that "extremities would take 30 trillion atmospheres of pressure to damage." The core of an Endbringer would require around five hundred and sixty novemdecillion<ref>definition of novemdecillion</ref> MPa of pressure; in practice, only parahumans capable of breaking the laws of physics can seriously harm an Endbringer.<ref>Who would Win?:JLA vs. Endbringers</ref>

Due to their density, Endbringers are immune to most teleporters. They count as living matter for the purposes of the Manton Effect.<ref>Discussion on Extermination 8.4</ref><ref>Discussion on Extermination 8.4</ref>

When they take damage they leak a thick ichor-like substance, suggesting a non-standard cardiac system. Their nervous system is also foreign enough to prevent body control powers from working. They regenerate quickly as well, even in the middle of a battle. The deeper layers regenerate faster because the material from the intact layers expands to fill in any damaged or missing areas.

"The outer shell, the concept, the execution, they’re tapping into religious metaphors. The devil, the serpent, the angel, buddha, mother earth, the maiden, each connected in turn to fundamental forces. Flame, water, fate, time, earth, the self. Things deep-seated and fundamental to their creator’s belief system, because that’s how the passengers interpret our world. Through us. But deep down? Beyond that surface, beyond the basic programming that drives them to do what they’ve been doing for thirty years? It’s the passenger’s brush strokes"

--Tattletale on the Endbringers <ref>Cockroaches 28.4</ref>

Timeline

Marun Field, Iran, 12/13/1992 São Paulo, Brazil, 7/6/1993 New York, United States, 3/26/1994 Jakarta, Indonesia, 11/1/1994 Moscow, Russia, 6/18/1995 Johannesburg, South Africa, 1/3/1996 Oslo, Norway, 6/9/1996 Cologne, Germany, 11/6/1996 Busan, South Korea, 4/23/1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina, 9/30/1997 Sydney, Australia, 1/18/1998 Jinzhou, China, 7/3/1998 Madrid, Spain, 12/25/1998 Ankara, Turkey, 7/21/1999 Kyushu, Japan, 11/2/1999 Lyon, France, 4/10/2000 Naples, Italy, 9/16/2000 Vanderhoof, Canada, 2/25/2001 Hyderabad, India, 7/6/2001 Lagos, Nigeria 12/6/2001 Shanghai, China, 4/23/2002 Bogotá, Columbia, 8/20/2002 Lausanne, Switzerland, 12/30/2002 Seattle, United States, 4/1/2003 London, United Kingdom 8/12/2003 Lyon, France, 10/3/2003 Newfoundland, Canada, 5/9/2005 Madison, United States, 12/??/2009 Canberra, Australia, 2/24/2011 Brockton Bay, United States, 5/15/2011 New Delhi, India, 7/26/2011 Flight BA178, International waters North Atlantic 11/25/2011 Indiscriminate, January 20th, 2012 Lüderitz, Namibia, 4/2/2012 Manchester, England, 6/5/2012 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8/15/2012 Bucharest, Romania, 10/10/2012 Paris, France, 12/19/2012 Indiscriminate, 2/5/2013 Los Angeles, United States, 5/17/2013

Known Endbringers

Behemoth

• See: Behemoth

Behemoth — also known as "Hadhayosh" and "Prathama" — appeared on December 13, 1992<ref name="24.x">Crushed 24.x</ref>. It has the ability to manipulate multiple forms of energy (electrical, thermal, kinetic, and etc.) while bypassing the Manton Effect.

Leviathan

• See: Leviathan

Leviathan — also known as "Jormungand" or "Jörmungandr"<ref name="WoG1">Edit by Wildbow</ref> — appeared in 1996<ref name="24.x"/>. It has macro-hydrokinesis, speed, and a water "afterimage" that follows behind it and moves as fast as Leviathan is.

Simurgh

• See: Simurgh

The Simurgh - also known as "Ziz" - appeared in 2002<ref name="24.x"/>. It has psionic abilities, precognition, and the ability to draw on Tinker powers around it in order to build its own Tinker devices.

The Simurgh is known to adjust the events in places it attacks to set up the survivors to be "walking disasters" that happen days, months, or even years after.

Khonsu

• See: Khonsu

Khonsu appeared in Japan in 2012. It has the ability to create circular fields that trap people inside. People from the outside see the field as increasing the speed of time, but it passes normally to those inside. It also has world-wide teleportation abilities.

Tohu and Bohu

• See: Tohu and Bohu

Tohu and Bohu appeared in Bucharest in 2012. Bohu manipulates the battlefield - setting up traps for defending parahumans and manipulates the area in a set pattern. Tohu chooses three capes and then copies their powers to defend its "sister" Bohu.

Origins

Had Cauldron ceased to exist soon after killing Eden, the Endbringers would not have existed.<ref>Assuming that Cauldron's operatives maybe killed Eden but then just sat on their hands/died, the Endbringers don't exist, the cauldron vials aren't spread out, and there's less of the really powerful parahumans here and there who're capable of acting decisively. - Wildbow on Spacebattles</ref> They began "acting funny" after Eidolon's death, and Tattletale speculated that he may have created them, possibly as an excuse to "flex his abilities to their fullest".<ref>"Let's face the facts, Simurgh. Ziz. Israfel. Ulama. Whatever you want to go by. You started acting funny pretty much right away, after Eidolon bit it. Maybe that's mourning. Maybe you respected him as an enemy, 'cause he was one of only two individuals who could really give you guys a run for your money. Or maybe you had a different relationship."
Tattletale let the words hang in the air.
"Maybe a parent-child relationship? Maybe he created you. [...] loneliness breeds the best masters, and it's awfully lonely at the top," Tattletale said. "Nobody that can really put up a fight, no excuse to flex his abilities to their fullest, nothing that can really give the man any real stature, next to Legend, who had all the face time with the media. No real role to play, compared to Alexandria, who was managing the PRT. Odd man out." - [parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-21/arc-28-cockroaches/28-04/

Excerpt] from Cockroaches 28.4</ref> She was 60% sure of this.<ref>"He's really their creator?"  Defiant asked.  "Eidolon?"

"…Sixty percent sure. Eidolon's some kind of exception, on a lot of levels. His power works by different vectors, the innate limits aren't there… something broke, and I'm betting the Endbringers are tied to it. Like, this entity is fissioning off into countless fragments that impregnate hosts and somehow a little extra gets tacked on. Or Cauldron's method of replicating the fragments gets that little extra." - [parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-21/arc-28-cockroaches/28-04/

Excerpt] from Cockroaches 28.4</ref>

References

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