Ward

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Ward, also known as Parahumans 2<ref>Interim chapters start next update day, not Parahumans 2 chapters. - Wildbow on Reddit</ref> or Worm 2,<ref>Table of Contents</ref><ref>If it comes up it'll be in Worm 2. If not there, or if Parian were to get killed off, it'd have to be in some prequel or supplementary material. - Wildbow on Reddit</ref> is the sequel to Worm.

Chapters

Torch

Daybreak {{#if: 9 | | Chapter Count || 9 }} {{#if: 51,622 | | Word Count || 51,622 }} Daybreak Arc 1 Date started 11 November 2017 Date finished 5 December 2017 Arc Guide Previous Glow-worm Next Flare Daybreak is the first arc of Ward. This arc is followed by Flare. Summary Two years since Gold Morning, refugees from Earth Bet persist in constructing and populating The City, a metropolis on the northeast coast of Earth Gimel's North America. Our protagonist, Victoria Dallon, is responsible for training a high school patrol block established by Sean Gilpatrick. Gilpatrick sends her patrol (including her friend Jasper) on a mission to guard Fume Hood, a villain-turned-hero set to debut at the Norfair Community Center. She agrees, wary of anti-parahuman sentiment and Fume Hood's involvement in a tragic accident years ago. Despite the protection of Victoria's patrol and the local heroes, the Community Center is attacked by a group of parahuman mercenaries led by Lord of Loss. The mercenaries are ostensibly out to capture Fume Hood, but Victoria suspects that there are ulterior motives at play. During the attack, Victoria releases an aura of fear while battling against Snag, a cluster cape with emotion-affecting gauntlets. The fight ends abruptly when Fume Hood is shot (non-fatally) by a civilian, and the villains agree to leave. Gilpatrick reluctantly informs Victoria that she has lost her position, with her powers and mental state an apparent danger to the new recruits. Later that night, she attends a barbecue with her family, only to learn that her mom invited Amy, Victoria's adopted sister. Amy's actions afflicted Victoria with a warped body and psyche for years at the Parahuman Asylum. The experience has distorted her powers, and the memories haunt Victoria on a daily basis. Victoria leaves the party in disgust, vowing to find a new home away from her immediate family. After spending the night at her former workplace, her cousin Crystal offers accommodations. Victoria expresses her duty to perform hero work, despite regretting the aggression she exhibited under the identity of Glory Girl. Gilpatrick brings in Jessica Yamada, Victoria's former therapist at the Asylum. Jessica, though currently occupied with other parahuman clients, offers to befriend Victoria and guide her recovery. In the interlude, Prancer and his accomplices arrive at The Lodge, a corner world villain hideout. Lord of Loss's team arrives shortly after and earns the right to meet with Marquis on the second floor. Prancer develops a covert plan to unite the other B-list villains and carve out their own niche. Chapters Daybreak 1.1 Daybreak 1.2 Daybreak 1.3 Daybreak 1.4 Daybreak 1.5 Daybreak 1.6 Daybreak 1.7 Daybreak 1.8 1.x (Interlude; Prancer) Site Navigation Parahumans Story Arcs Worm Arcs Gestation • Insinuation • Agitation • Shell • Hive • Tangle • Buzz • Extermination • Sentinel • Parasite • Infestation • Plague • Snare • Prey • Colony • Monarch • Migration • Queen • Scourge • Chrysalis • Imago • Cell • Drone • Crushed • Scarab • Sting • Extinction • Cockroaches • Venom • Speck • Teneral Ward Arcs Glow-worm • Daybreak • Flare • Glare • Shade • Shadow • Pitch • Torch • Eclipse • Beacon • Gleaming • Polarize • Blinding • Heavens • Black • Breaking • Dying • From Within • Sundown • Radiation • Infrared • Last Daybreak Chapters 1.1 • 1.2 • 1.3 • 1.4 • 1.5 • 1.6 • 1.7 • 1.8 • 1.x Battles and Events Norfair Community Center Attack	Flare {{#if: 8 | | Chapter Count || 8 }} {{#if: 58,786 | | Word Count || 58,786 }} Flare Arc 2 Date started 9 December 2017 Date finished 2 January 2018 Arc Guide Previous Daybreak Next Glare Flare is the second arc in Ward. It is preceded by Daybreak and followed by Glare. Summary Victoria struggles to settle into her new housing situation at Crystal’s apartment. She tries to find employment among several hero teams, to no avail. Foresight considers her to be too unstable, Auzure is only interested in her connection to Amy, and The Shepherds/The Attendant see her as too brash when dealing with a Crowley recruitment drive. She finds temporary solace in visiting the hospital where Fume Hood is recovering. There she discovers that one of the young patients has a friend who has developed powers. After contacting Jessica Yamada, Victoria is distracted by a construction worker protest which has entangled diplomatic relations with alternate earths. Later that night, Victoria and Crystal watch over the protest, which takes a catastrophic turn when 92 of the workers are massacred by a chain reaction of broken triggers. Two weeks later, Victoria and Mrs. Yamada meet at a coffee shop to briefly discuss the new parahuman, only for Mrs. Yamada to ask for assistance with some of her group therapy clients. Victoria agrees to sit in on one of the sessions, meeting Jessica’s clients: Kenzie (a rambunctious young tinker), Sveta (her old friend at the Asylum, now with a prosthetic body and a close relationship with Weld), Tristan (a suave Weld fan), Rain (a ragged older teen), Chris (an off-putting tween), and Ashley (an intense ex-member of the Slaughterhouse Nine). Jessica explains that the group aspire to become a hero team, despite some of them not having reached a safe degree of mental stability. Victoria does her best to educate the group on the challenges of hero work, both financial and emotional. Over the course of the conversation, she learns that Rain is threatened by the rest of his multitrigger cluster, including Snag. Tristan is revealed to be a case 70, inhabiting one body with his twin brother Byron. Realizing that the group’s drive is unwavering, Victoria volunteers to act as a tutor. On the way out, she meets Rain’s friend Erin. The following morning, Victoria scouts out a potential training ground at Cedar Point, only to run into a villainous mercenary, Cleat. He’s a messenger for Tattletale, who warns Victoria to stay away from Cedar Point. The neighborhood has been renamed to Hollow Point and is under the control of villains. Victoria rejects the warning and decides that this would be an ideal test for the new hero group. In the interlude, Crystalclear is monitoring a portal station as the newest member of Foresight. A trio of militaristic ambassadors from Earth Cheit arrive with Weld and Narwhal, seeking council with the major politicians and industry leaders of the Megalopolis. Cheit citizens were among the victims of the broken trigger, and the theocrats are using the tragedy as leverage over Gimel’s politics. The Wardens are suspicious about the shifting balance of power and would like Foresight to act as their watchdog. Chapters Flare 2.1 Flare 2.2 Flare 2.3 Flare 2.4 Flare 2.5 Flare 2.6 Flare 2.7 2.x (Interlude; Crystalclear) Site Navigation Parahumans Story Arcs Worm Arcs Gestation • Insinuation • Agitation • Shell • Hive • Tangle • Buzz • Extermination • Sentinel • Parasite • Infestation • Plague • Snare • Prey • Colony • Monarch • Migration • Queen • Scourge • Chrysalis • Imago • Cell • Drone • Crushed • Scarab • Sting • Extinction • Cockroaches • Venom • Speck • Teneral Ward Arcs Glow-worm • Daybreak • Flare • Glare • Shade • Shadow • Pitch • Torch • Eclipse • Beacon • Gleaming • Polarize • Blinding • Heavens • Black • Breaking • Dying • From Within • Sundown • Radiation • Infrared • Last Flare Chapters 2.1 • 2.2 • 2.3 • 2.4 • 2.5 • 2.6 • 2.7 • 2.x Battles and Events The Construction Protest Broken Trigger	Glare {{#if: 7 | | Chapter Count || 7 }} {{#if: 47,502 | | Word Count || 47,502 }} Glare Arc 3 Date started 6 January 2018 Date finished 25 January 2018 Arc Guide Previous Flare Next Shade Glare is the third arc in Ward. It is preceded by Flare and followed by Shade. Summary Victoria travels to New Brockton to have a conversation with Tattletale. Tattletale is not directly involved with the Hollow Point villains, though she does owe them intel. She suspects that their niche will soon be consumed by bigger players, and states that Victoria has no place in that balance. The whole conversation was recorded by Kenzie, and the therapy group decide to progress regardless. Apart from Rain (who was running late), they train together through a match of capture-the-flag, with Tristan, Sveta, and Victoria against Ashley, Chris, and Kenzie. After a close game with clever usage of powers, Sveta manages to pull off a victory, and Ashley storms off, furious over the loss. Rain arrives and they all agree that his safety should be the top priority. Tristan proposes sending Ashley into Hollow Point as a double agent, with Chris as backup. Even if their plan doesn’t evolve to completion, they’d at least acquire valuable information which they can sell to other hero teams. Victoria is suspicious of Rain’s living arrangements, and begins to follow him back home before calling it off in respect for his privacy. Back at Crystal’s apartment, Victoria’s dad shows up and tries to apologize for going along with Carol’s scheme at the barbecue. Victoria eventually agrees to meet with her mom at the Wardens HQ, strictly for the purpose of finding a legal counsel for the new team. Victoria, Tristan, Kenzie, and Sveta arrive at the HQ and learn that a counsel may be available in a few months, though otherwise the meeting is hostile and unproductive. The group then runs into Moonsong, who claims that Tristan is a power-hungry sociopath. Byron and several members of Foresight intervene to avert further conflict. Foresight is tentatively receptive to the Hollow Point espionage plan, and agrees to provide costumes for the new team. In the interlude, Dot, an unsavory creature, rummages through an abandoned supermarket overrun by murderous machines. Dot learns from a dying heroine that ‘her king’, who can heal her people, is imprisoned on Earth Gimel. She hitches a ride on a train and narrowly evades capture from Ratcatcher, finally making it to the secure facility where her king is guarded by ‘Alice’ and ‘The Red Queen’. King Rinke has no desire to fight the humans, so Dot decides to invent her own destiny, and discovers a new ally in The Red Queen. Chapters Glare 3.1 Glare 3.2 Glare 3.3 Glare 3.4 Glare 3.5 Glare 3.6 3.x (Interlude; Dot) Site Navigation Parahumans Story Arcs Worm Arcs Gestation • Insinuation • Agitation • Shell • Hive • Tangle • Buzz • Extermination • Sentinel • Parasite • Infestation • Plague • Snare • Prey • Colony • Monarch • Migration • Queen • Scourge • Chrysalis • Imago • Cell • Drone • Crushed • Scarab • Sting • Extinction • Cockroaches • Venom • Speck • Teneral Ward Arcs Glow-worm • Daybreak • Flare • Glare • Shade • Shadow • Pitch • Torch • Eclipse • Beacon • Gleaming • Polarize • Blinding • Heavens • Black • Breaking • Dying • From Within • Sundown • Radiation • Infrared • Last Glare Chapters 3.1 • 3.2 • 3.3 • 3.4 • 3.5 • 3.6 • 3.x
Shade {{#if: 10 | | Chapter Count || 10 }} {{#if: 83,477 | | Word Count || 83,477 }} Shade Arc 4 Date started 27 January 2018 Date finished 22 February 2018 Arc Guide Previous Glare Next Shadow Shade is the fourth arc in Ward; preceded by Glare and followed by Shadow. Summery The group puts their plan into motion with Cedar Point, stirring the hornet's nest. Victoria finds her way into the group. Meanwhile Rain and his cluster are explored. Chapters Shade 4.1 Shade 4.2 Shade 4.3 4.a (Cluster; Snag’s night) Shade 4.4 Shade 4.5 4.b (Cluster; Cradle’s night) Shade 4.6 Shade 4.7 4.c (Cluster; Love Lost’s night) Site Navigation Parahumans Story Arcs Worm Arcs Gestation • Insinuation • Agitation • Shell • Hive • Tangle • Buzz • Extermination • Sentinel • Parasite • Infestation • Plague • Snare • Prey • Colony • Monarch • Migration • Queen • Scourge • Chrysalis • Imago • Cell • Drone • Crushed • Scarab • Sting • Extinction • Cockroaches • Venom • Speck • Teneral Ward Arcs Glow-worm • Daybreak • Flare • Glare • Shade • Shadow • Pitch • Torch • Eclipse • Beacon • Gleaming • Polarize • Blinding • Heavens • Black • Breaking • Dying • From Within • Sundown • Radiation • Infrared • Last Shade Chapters 4.1 • 4.2 • 4.3 • 4.a • 4.4 • 4.5 • 4.b • 4.6 • 4.7 • 4.c	Shadow {{#if: 15 | | Chapter Count || 15 }} {{#if: 107,792 | | Word Count || 107,792 }} Shadow Arc 5 Date started 24 February 2018 Date finished 10 April 2018 Arc Guide Previous Shade Next Pitch Shadow is the fifth arc in Ward; preceded by Shade and followed by Pitch. Summary In this corner a tenuously united group of heroes and in this corner a moderately tied group of villains. Let's get ready to rumble! The attack ends in ignominious retreat lets try setting it up for another round, everyone lick your wounds and hug your beaus. Lets try this again, in this corner a tenuously united group of villains and in this corner a cult of fanatic world-ending monstrosity worshipers. In the middle is the finest and not so finest mishmash of heroes civilization has to offer. It's going to be bloody folks so place your bets! Chapters Shadow 5.1 Shadow 5.2 Shadow 5.3 Shadow 5.4 Shadow 5.5 5.d (Cluster; Rain’s night) Shadow 5.6 Shadow 5.7 Shadow 5.8 Shadow 5.9 Shadow 5.10 Shadow 5.11 Shadow 5.12 5.x (Interlude; Citrine) 5.y (Interlude; Snag) Site Navigation Parahumans Story Arcs Worm Arcs Gestation • Insinuation • Agitation • Shell • Hive • Tangle • Buzz • Extermination • Sentinel • Parasite • Infestation • Plague • Snare • Prey • Colony • Monarch • Migration • Queen • Scourge • Chrysalis • Imago • Cell • Drone • Crushed • Scarab • Sting • Extinction • Cockroaches • Venom • Speck • Teneral Ward Arcs Glow-worm • Daybreak • Flare • Glare • Shade • Shadow • Pitch • Torch • Eclipse • Beacon • Gleaming • Polarize • Blinding • Heavens • Black • Breaking • Dying • From Within • Sundown • Radiation • Infrared • Last Shadow Chapters 5.1 • 5.2 • 5.3 • 5.4 • 5.5 • 5.d • 5.6 • 5.7 • 5.8 • 5.9 • 5.10 • 5.11 • 5.12 • 5.x • 5.y Battles and Events Skirmish in Cedar Point • Mathers Compound Assault	Pitch [[Category:{{#switch:|File=Files|Template=Templates|articles}} in need of completion]] {{#if: 9 | | Chapter Count || 9 }} {{#if: 55,725 | | Word Count || 55,725 }} Pitch Arc 6 Date started 14 April 2018 Date finished 11 May 2018 Arc Guide Previous Shadow Next Torch Pitch is the sixth arc in Ward. It is preceded by Shadow and followed by Torch. Summary Whats after the twilight of the gods? Can it get worse? Because things are definitely getting worse. The Fallen continue to be more puissant then initially believed. Even after defeat they try to spite their "opressors". Chapters Pitch 6.1 Pitch 6.2 Pitch 6.3 Pitch 6.4 Pitch 6.5 Pitch 6.6 Pitch 6.7 Pitch 6.8 Pitch 6.9 Trivia Pitch is an arc title with numerous meanings relevant to its events: With the standard theme of darkness and light, it can be shorthand for the color pitch black the pitch in pitch black, in turn, refers to an extremely dark and viscous type of tar Pitch is a measure of frequency, and can apply to both light and sound, such as in descriptions of the well-known Doppler effect dealing with rising and falling pitches. Pitch can also refer to a playing field such as a baseball field, and the act of throwing an object. Pitch is also part of several escalation and conflict-related idioms in English, such as "fevered pitch" meaning an agitated state (especially of a group or collective activity), or a "pitched battle" for large-scale violent combat In business jargon, pitch has several additional idiomatic meanings- for example a "sales pitch" is an attempt to convince someone to agree to a purchase or deal, and an "elevator pitch" is a proposal summarized such that it can be delivered to the captive audience on an elevator before it reaches the destination floor. Site Navigation Parahumans Story Arcs Worm Arcs Gestation • Insinuation • Agitation • Shell • Hive • Tangle • Buzz • Extermination • Sentinel • Parasite • Infestation • Plague • Snare • Prey • Colony • Monarch • Migration • Queen • Scourge • Chrysalis • Imago • Cell • Drone • Crushed • Scarab • Sting • Extinction • Cockroaches • Venom • Speck • Teneral Ward Arcs Glow-worm • Daybreak • Flare • Glare • Shade • Shadow • Pitch • Torch • Eclipse • Beacon • Gleaming • Polarize • Blinding • Heavens • Black • Breaking • Dying • From Within • Sundown • Radiation • Infrared • Last Pitch Chapters 6.1 • 6.2 • 6.3 • 6.4 • 6.5 • 6.6 • 6.7 • 6.8 • 6.9 Battles and Events Mathers Compound Assault

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Torch
Arc 7
Date started 15 May 2018	Date finished 30 June 2018
Arc Guide
Previous Pitch	Next Eclipse Beacon

Torch is the seventh arc in Ward. It is preceded by Pitch and followed by Beacon.

Eclipse is the concurrent interlude arc, that recalls events of the Boston Blowback.

Summary

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Aftermath.

New therapist.

Trial chapters.

Eclipse begin

Ashley has a trial. Turns down the video Kenzie made for her. Ashley has people talk in her defense. She goes to containment and meets up with her sister.

Eclipse end

Kenzie is her regular amazing self.

Chapters

• Torch 7.1
• Torch 7.2
• Torch 7.3
• Torch 7.4
• Torch 7.5
• Torch 7.6
• Torch 7.7
• Torch 7.8
• Torch 7.9
• Torch 7.10
• 7.x (Interlude; Kenzie)
• 7.y (Interlude; Gary)

Trivia

• Similar to the Migration Arc and the Anniversary interludes; Eclipse was written and posted over sequential days, despite risks to health, sanity, format and spelling.
• Whereas the rest of Ward uses the '⊙' circled dot symbol to separate sections within chapters, the Eclipse interlude arc uses the '☽' quarter moon symbol for this purpose.

References

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History

The story began with Daybreak 1.1 on November 11th 2017 and updates on what is essentially a tuesday-saturday schedule.

Wildbow previously wrote two unrelated web serials, Pact and Twig, before returning to the Parahumans setting.

Timeline

Main article: Timeline

See more at the events category page or on the link above.

See also

• Ward Audiobook Project

Trivia

• Taylor Hebert is not the protagonist or the point of view character.
• Despite early speculations the sequal was not titled "Glow".<ref>Wildbow on Reddit</ref> From the Glow part of Glow-worm, as if there was some sort of transition. Glow could possibly be a future arc heading.

References

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