Rise of Khepri

Rise of Khepri Conflict: Date: Location:
Outcome
Taylor becomes Khepri
Participants
Taylor Tattletale Panacea Lung Marquis Cinderhands Spruce
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The Rise of Khepri is an event taking place during Gold Morning. It focuses on the rise in power of Taylor Hebert after her shard is deregulated by Panacea.

Prelude

Following the raid on Cauldron west African base, Taylor was given more information on how second triggers worked and how powers changed and evolved. <ref name="DoctorMother">“We did. I can tell you about them, or I can answer your questions. What information do you desire, Weaver? What insights on the entity could win this for us?”

I swallowed.

“Second Triggers,” I said. [...] - Excerpt from Venom 29.7 </ref>

This leads Taylor to consider the idea of removing restrictions that help regulate powers in her brain, in the hopes of gaining an advantage in the fight against Zion. She asks Bonesaw for help<ref name="ShardSpeech">“Second triggers are about knocking down walls,” I said. My eyes fell on Bonesaw. “Removing restrictions the entity put in place. If this part of the brain is a part that the entity shaped to help regulate powers on our end, then I need you to de-regulate.” - Excerpt from Venom 29.9</ref>, but Panacea decides to help instead, arguing she can do a cleaner job herself. <ref name="PanaceaArgument"> “I’m inexperienced, yeah,” Panacea said. “But even inexperienced, I think I can do a cleaner job than you. And Tattletale’s less likely to catch on if you aren’t sawing Taylor’s skull open. - Excerpt from Venom 29.9 </ref>

As a result of the procedure Taylor's range of her power drops to 16 feet<ref name="Tattletale"> “Sixteen feet,” Tattletale said, her voice quiet. “Fifteen point nine-eight feet, to be exact, but we can ballpark it.” - Excerpt from Speck 30.1 </ref>, but she gains ability to control the parahumans within that range. She loses the ability to communicate <ref name="Marquis"> “Ah,” Marquis said. “Shame. A communication problem makes it harder to gauge how much we can trust her.” - Excerpt from Speck 30.1 </ref>, and as time goes on more and more of her personality becomes subsumed by her shard.

Events

In the immediate aftermath Marquis tries to contain Taylor and send her away to a different world, until the time that the fight with Scion is complete. <ref name="MarquisCompromise">“Weaver is an unknown quantity. We’ll leave her here, as safe as anyone on any Earth is, and we conclude this fight against Scion, win or lose. When all’s said and done, we come back and we see what we can do for her.” -

Excerpt from Speck 30.1 </ref>

Taylor manages to break free and goes on to fight Scion and experiment with her powers using capes that fall under her control in the course of the fight. She meets Glaistig Uaine and receives advice on practicing her capabilities. <ref name="GlaistigPractice"> “If you want to get a full understanding of your new capabilities, you must figure that out on your own,” she said. “Practice, and it will soon be second nature.” - Excerpt from Speck 30.2 </ref>

She begins targeting specific parahumans that are able to assist her task, starting with Doormaker and Clairvoyant, subsuming Teacher's students, the Yàngbǎn, and still incarcerated prisoners in the Birdcage. This led to Dragon, her friend and mentor, to oppose her.

Aftermath

Following her disabling of Dragon, Taylor — or as she would later be known as, Khepri — was now ready to turn her full attention to Zion.<ref name="30.4">Speck 30.4</ref>

Trivia

• Just as with her surrender to the PRT, Taylor again shows her willingness to make important decisions without consulting those closest to her.

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