Slaughterhouse Nine

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The Slaughterhouse Nine, often simply called the Nine, were a rotating group of nine supervillains who roamed North-America. The group was founded by King, but was quickly taken over by Jack Slash, who killed King with the aid of Harbringer in 1987.<ref>“Jack,” Jacob said.  He kicked King’s body again.  “Fuck it.  He always called me Jacob, practically purring. 

His little killer in training.  As if I could match up to his Gray 

Boy.  I want to be more than that.  Get out from under his shadow.” - 21.x</ref>

Worm storyline

The Nine arrive in Brockton Bay in the wake of Leviathan's attack during Arc 11: Infestation. They recently visited Boston on the invitation of Ravager. At the time, the Nine have only eight members, so each member is sent out to find a candidate for membership.

Members at the time are:

1. Jack Slash
2. Bonesaw
3. Siberian
4. Mannequin
5. Crawler
6. Shatterbird
7. Burnscar
8. Cherish

In addition, Bonesaw has three creations with her that are composed of the corpses of other parahumans.

• Murder Rat - A fusion of Ravager and his rival, Mouse Protector. Murder Rat was considered a member at first, but was demoted as a result of mental degradation.

• Hatchet Face - who is eventually fused with Oni Lee to create Hack Job. A former member of the Nine, he was killed by Cherish.

• Pagoda - a fusion of Carnal and Prophet.

The nominees were forced into a deadly survival game where they were individually "tested" by each of the eight members of the Nine over the course of three days, with the survivor earning membership in the Slaughterhouse Nine. Jack Slash claimed that if more than one candidate survived the tests he would admit defeat and leave the Bay.<ref>Snare 13.1</ref>

Candidate	Nominator	Notes
Armsmaster	Mannequin	Mannequin is known for targeting other Tinkers.
Bitch	Siberian
Hookwolf	Shatterbird
Labyrinth	Burnscar
Noelle	Crawler
Oni Lee	Jack Slash
Panacea	Bonesaw
Purity	Jack Slash
Regent	Cherish

Jack Slash and Burnscar had no nominate any candidates. instead Burnscar used it as an opportunity to catch up with some old friends. Jack Slash did not find anyone he researched prior to coming to the Bay worth his attention. Oni Lee failing to meet his standards and opting out of a confrontation with Purity after having engineered a conflict between himself and Theo Anders for future entertainment.

He did end up expressing interest in Skitter due to her actions during the testing period. During the Brockton Bay invasion, Burnscar, Crawler, and Mannequin were killed, and Cherish was given a fate worse than death by Bonesaw.

Original Nine

The Nine was founded and led by King.

The Original Nine<ref name="I25">Interlude 25</ref>

1. King
2. Breed
3. Gray Boy
4. Harbinger
5. Jack Slash
6. Nyx
7. Psychosoma
8. Screamer
9. Crimson

History

Jack Slash and Harbinger eventually teamed up to kill King; Jack took control of the Nine, while Harbinger left to join Cauldron.

Jack's Nine

"Core" Members

• Jack Slash
• Bonesaw
• Siberian
• Mannequin
• Crawler
• Shatterbird

Other Known Members

• Winter
• Crimson
• Chuckles
• Miasma
• Nice Guy
• Night Hag
• Skinslip
• Burnscar
• Hatchet Face
• Gray Boy
• Cherish

History

The "core" members of Jack Slash's Nine up to their in-story invasion of Brockton Bay were those members that had either survived as members of the Nine for a very long time or were on their own considered A-class threats or worse. Bonesaw in particular was notable as single-handedly rating as an S-class threat due to her power giving her the ability to create tinker-tech pandemics, and Crawler had the potential to evolve into an S-class threat. The Siberian could extend its invulnerability to any other member of the Nine and infamously killed Hero, a founding member of the Protectorate, before carving out Alexandria's eye, cementing the Siberian's status as the Nine's new "untouchable" threat, restoring the Nine's reputation as being immune to retaliation, a reputation that they had lost after Glaistig Uaine managed to do the seemingly impossible and permanently kill Gray Boy. Mannequin was a "Simurgh-bomb" who went out of his way to kill any Tinkers that tried to make wide-reaching positive changes to the world, and Shatterbird had a power that could span entire cities.

The other known members were members that had either died prior to the Brockton Bay invasion or were filler members not expected to survive on the team for very long.

After Brockton Bay

Members<ref>Interlude 19.x</ref>

1. Jack Slash
2. Bonesaw
3. Siberian
4. Skinslip
5. Hookwolf
6. Damsel of Distress

History

Despite Jack Slash promising to leave if more than one candidate survived, Hookwolf was declared the winner and allowed to join the Slaughterhouse Nine. After fleeing Brockton Bay, they were chased by Dragon and Defiant, who managed to kill William Manton, and thus causing the Siberian to vanish. Damsel of Distress was picked up in order to help fill out the roster until more useful and long-term members could be found. They used technology taken from Toybox in order to hide in a pocket dimension.

All members of the Slaughterhouse Nine other than Bonesaw were placed in suspended animation for two years. During this time, Bonesaw was ordered to create nine clones of all past and present members of the Slaughterhouse Nine, with the exception of herself, Hookwolf and Jack Slash (who received no clones), and Gray Boy (who received only one clone). The biotinker Blasto was kidnapped in order to help Bonesaw accomplish this. She used research notes from the parahuman Cranial in order to help her implant the clones with false memories and trick the Passengers into believing the clones were the real deal so that they would receive the original's powers.

Contessa visited Bonesaw during this period in order to nudge events to facilitate Bonesaw switching sides during the Golden Morning and help the heroes.

Slaughterhouse 9000

Members

The final iteration of the Slaughterhouse 9 - referred to by fans as the Slaughterhouse 9000 - contained nine clones of every member to have ever been in the Slaughterhouse Nine, with the exceptions of Bonesaw, Jack Slash, Hookwolf, each of whom was the original. In the case of Gray Boy, his Passenger restored his original body, and it is implied that he held his original memories in addition to Bonesaw's implanted ones. His power also healed him of any brain modification forcing loyalty to Jack Slash.

In addition, Bonesaw created five "special" clones:<ref name="I25"/> Laughjob - Hatchet Face and Chuckles hybrid^{[citation needed]}.

Nighty Night - Nyx and Night Hag^{[citation needed]}.

Snowmann - Mannequin and Winter hybrid.<ref>Sting 26.5</ref>

Spawner - Breed and Crawler.<ref>Speck 30.4</ref>

Tyrant - King and Hatchet Face.<ref name="26.3">Sting 26.3</ref>

History

Jack's goal was to challenge Theo Anders as one of his endless games to stave off boredom, as well as to discover the method he was prophesied to end the world. If Theo failed to kill Jack, he would disband the 9000, leaving them to wreak havoc.

During the conflict, Gray Boy perceived weakness in Jack Slash and traps him in a timeloop to make him suffer what might as well be eternal torment. He also managed to trap Scion in a timeloop before being killed by Foil.

The timeloop Jack Slash was trapped in had enough time between loops to allow him to talk. It also made it impossible for the heroes to kill him. This, combined with his powers being based on broadcasting, meant that the heroes had no way to shut him up and stop him from instigating the Golden Morning.

As of the end of Worm, only four members are confirmed as alive. Jack Slash is trapped in a Grey Boy time bubble, Cherish is trapped at the bottom of a deep undersea trench with Mannequin's life support systems keeping her alive, Harbinger defected to Cauldron before the start of the main story, and Bonesaw defected to the Wardens. Several clones, including some Harbingers, may still be alive.

Known Members

Name:	Status:
King	Deceased
Jack Slash	Incapacitated
Harbinger	Defected
Gray Boy	Deceased
Breed	Deceased
Nyx	Deceased
Psychosoma	Deceased
Screamer	Deceased
Crimson	Deceased
Winter	Deceased
Night Hag	Deceased
Skinslip	Deceased
Nice Guy	Deceased
Miasma	Deceased
Chuckles	Deceased
Bonesaw	Defected
Shatterbird	Deceased
Crawler	Deceased
The Siberian	Deceased
Mannequin	Deceased
Burnscar	Deceased
Hatchet Face	Deceased
Cherish	Incapacitated
Murder Rat	Deceased
Hookwolf	Deceased
Damsel of Distress	Deceased

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