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He can't pull anything from thin air. He needs to be in contact with X amount of helpless biomass to produce X amount of minion stuff. If the target can move, they can fight free of the enclosing sac. Once enclosed, it's a question of being transferred from one point of contact with Nilbog to another, processed as they pass through his body. The hunchback and robe are basically containers for the biomass (rendered into a slurry) that he's carrying on his person, and he wears a goblin suit (basically a created goblin with a Nilbog-shaped hole he can climb into) for the strength to haul it about. | He can't pull anything from thin air. He needs to be in contact with X amount of helpless biomass to produce X amount of minion stuff. If the target can move, they can fight free of the enclosing sac. Once enclosed, it's a question of being transferred from one point of contact with Nilbog to another, processed as they pass through his body. The hunchback and robe are basically containers for the biomass (rendered into a slurry) that he's carrying on his person, and he wears a goblin suit (basically a created goblin with a Nilbog-shaped hole he can climb into) for the strength to haul it about. | ||
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== Geography/Description == | == Geography/Description == | ||
Ellisburg was a relatively ordinary mid -sized Midwestern town with a population of about five thousand people and one movie theater<ref name="I16">[[Interlude 16]]</ref>. | Ellisburg was a relatively ordinary mid -sized Midwestern town with a population of about five thousand people and one movie theater<ref name="I16">[[Interlude 16x (Donation Bonus)|Interlude 16]]</ref>. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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And then in 2001, Jamie Rinke had a [[Trigger Event]], and nothing happened for a few days. | And then in 2001, Jamie Rinke had a [[Trigger Event]], and nothing happened for a few days. | ||
In late January, The local police started getting reports of pets going missing from backyards.<ref name="SB1">[https://forums.spacebattles.com/ | In late January, The local police started getting reports of pets going missing from backyards.<ref name="SB1">[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15111083 Comment by Wildbow on spacebattles]</ref> | ||
the next day cell phone towers are attacked<ref name="R1"/> | the next day cell phone towers are attacked<ref name="R1"/> | ||
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<infobox> <title source="name"><default>Ellisburg</default></title>
<image source="image"><default>File:Placeholder location.png</default></image> <header>Basic Information</header> <image source="map"></image> <label>Type</label> <label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Inhabitants</label> <header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label> </infobox> Ellisburg was a town taken over by the supervillain Nilbog.
Geography/Description
Ellisburg was a relatively ordinary mid -sized Midwestern town with a population of about five thousand people and one movie theater<ref name="I16">Interlude 16</ref>.
History
Background
And then in 2001, Jamie Rinke had a Trigger Event, and nothing happened for a few days.
In late January, The local police started getting reports of pets going missing from backyards.<ref name="SB1">Comment by Wildbow on spacebattles</ref>
the next day cell phone towers are attacked<ref name="R1"/>
a number of new villains are appearing but the common motive between them pointed to the local authorities dealing with one shifter type villain
The creator of these creatures now revealed as Nilbog had successfully killed all the inhabitants and replaced them with his creations.
No one escaped the town, human or otherwise.<ref name="20.2">Comment by Wildbow in Chrysalis 20.2</ref>
Faced with a town that had disappeared off of a map The PRT sent in mixed cape and PRT Squads to try and find Rinke.
Containment
The city was walled in by the PRT, whose Thinkers warned them that Nilbog had created countermeasures who would survive should they bomb the place.
Monster-Town
Ellisburg was maintained in a state resembling a fantasy kingdom by Nilbog's creatures until the Slaughterhouse Nine came calling.
When Nilbog was removed his subject/children rioted<ref name="26.5">Sting 26.5</ref>.
It was destroyed by the forces of the Protectorate.
References
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