Damsel of Distress III

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Damsel of Distress III

</default></title> <image source="Image"></image> <image source="image"></image> <group> <header>Basic information</header> <label>Civilian name</label> <label>Alias(es)</label> <label>Gender</label> <label>Worm start</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Post-timeskip</label> <label>Ward start</label> </group> <group> <header>Personal Status</header> <label>Status</label> <label>General location</label> <label>Family</label> <label>Relationships</label> <label>Occupation</label> </group> <group> <header>Parahuman Status</header> <label>Legal status</label> <label>Team(s)</label> <label>Previous team(s)</label> <label>Power</label> <label>Known classifications</label> </group> <group> <header>Media</header> <label>First appearance</label> </group> </infobox> Ashley Stillons,<ref name="II3.6 e1">Group Text (@ Ashley Stillons, Chris Elman, Kenzie Martin, Rain Frazier, Sveta Karelia, Tristan Vera) - Excerpt from Glare 3.6</ref> known publicly as Damsel of Distress III, is a villain currently in the custody of the Wardens.

Personality

Still was not willing to mend her ways and place trust in people. She was much closer to the Damsel persona of old, haughty and stand offish, convinced of her superiority.<ref name=8.3e4>I looked at her, and I saw a reflection of Ashley, but one that casually wore the glares and haughty expressions that had been rarer or which had only emerged in times of stress. She stalked, eyes wide.

I was reminded of the Siberian, seeing her, what with the long pale hair across her face, the natural arrogance, and the dangerous look in her eyes. I didn’t see it in the Ashley that was hugging Lookout right now. - Excerpt from Beacon 8.3</ref>

Relationships

Swansong

Got along with her sister fine, though she questioned her life choices. Helped her with the prison investigation.

Appearance

Similar enough to her predecessor, a slim build with stark white hair from her power usage. Usually dresses in dark clothing. She maintains original upgrades made by Bonesaw.

Abilities and Powers

Main article: Damsel of Distress

Presumably her powers are largely unchanged,<ref name="list">Damsel of Distress High recoil 'shotgun' bursts of warped space, disintegration and gravity shearing destroy virtually anything, fling her back. Can be used as mover power Independent/Slaughterhouse 9 Mover Shaker - Parahuman List; bolded edit by Wildbow</ref> though her tinker modifyed arms give complete control of her blasts.<ref name="e.8 e1"/>

She is immune to her sisters power just as she is immune to her own.<ref name="e.8 e2">It was reassuring to see the only other person left in existence that understood, that she couldn’t hurt with her power, should a freak accident happen. It was terrifying. - Excerpt from Eclipse x.8</ref>

Equipment

Her arms count as weapon by themselves, exceptionally sharp,<ref name="e.8 e1">Her fingers were blades, long enough that she could stand up and have her fingertips touch the ground. Her power was wholly under her control and yet she still couldn’t reach out to touch anything.
[...]
Bladed fingers settled on either side of her face, enough pressure applied that a strong wind might have been enough to push the threshold and see blood drawn.

Her other self had the long hair, had wanted to keep the bladed fingers. The girl wore a long black dress and Ashley wore clothes that, while predominantly black, were more fit for the tribunal.

She had a voice, the claw-hands gave her the ability to master her power, with no misfires. - Excerpt from Eclipse x.8</ref> they interfere with her dexterity.

History

Background

Main article: Damsel of Distress

It is unknown how much Ashley retains of her past.<ref name="R5">Greendoor65: And Damsel snaps because she lost a training exercise. Honestly, it seems kinda really bad idea to have a former S9 member on your team, Amnesty or not for exactly this reason.

Also, huh, are they saying that the Clones retain some memories through the Shards (If distant and faded)? If so, that's interesting as hell.
ughzubat: In Riley's interlude she talks about the first batches of clones having some memory bleed over, she theorizes it's because of their shards
Wildbow: Good recall, yep. 15 points to Cauldryn. - Conversation with Wildbow on Reddit</ref>

Post-Echidna

When Defiant killed the original DoD her DNA was already preserved by Bonesaw, this was used to create several clones for The Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand.<ref name="P3">Glow-worm P.3</ref>

Post-Timeskip

She and her clone sisters were awakened with the rest of The Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand and was used in the rampage. Killing several people over the course of the event.<ref name="II3.3 e4">Ashley clenched one hand into a fist. “You realize if I hadn’t been holding back, I could have annihilated each and every one of you?”

“Woah,” Tristan said, with emphasis. “Ashley-”

She whirled on him, pointing, and he flinched, going silent. I stood from my seat.

“Ashley,” I said, because I wanted her attention off of Tristan.

“I’m not Ashley,” she said, her voice hard. “Nobody has called me that in a long, long time. I’m only Ashley because the therapists insisted and the others needed an actual name to put on the paperwork. I’m Damsel of Distress!”

“Okay,” I said. “Can we-”

I was spoken over. “I was a member of the Slaughterhouse Nine. They selected me. They had me kill and maim people. I didn’t mind doing it then, and I could do it here without blinking.”

“I don’t believe you,” Sveta said.

“I’ve died and I came back with only the vicious parts of me intact! All of the warmth, the good memories, the family, they’re just a fuzzy, indistinct dream. Those memories have no hold on me. The killing? Taking people’s arms and legs and watching them bleed out? That’s clear as anything. I could do the same to any of you.” - Excerpt from Glare 3.3</ref>

She was forced to surrender through Bonesaw's remote.<ref name="e.8"> - Excerpt from Eclipse x.8</ref>

Gold Morning

She was one of the instances of the cloned Damsel that survived the initial deployment. She formed a family unit with her fellow clone afterward. Then a goddess stepped in and Ashley was used along with other surviving parahumans to end Gold Morning.<ref>I found members of Bonesaw’s Slaughterhouse Nine. Clones who’d fled, or who’d been left behind, lurking in dark corners, or simply hiding. A Mannequin, two Damsels that were keeping each other company, a Night Hag-Nyx hybrid, and a Crawler-Breed hybrid. - Excerpt from Speck 30.4</ref>

Post-Gold Morning

Regained her voice, but decided to keep monstrous hands and old habits. Soon was arrested again and put into new prison for parahumans.<ref name="e.8"/>

Post-Fallen fall

Met with her sister again, they cleared some questions.<ref name="e.8"/>

Fell into something of a routine with her sister but wasn't able to meet her sisters friends and teammates.<ref name=8.3e5>Rain leaned forward, touching the intercom at the middle of the wide table. “Can the other Ashley Stillons join us?”

“Checking,” came the reply.
[...]
The intercom buzzed, but no voice came through. It took three or four seconds, and then there was only a “Permission refused.”

Too bad. It had been a long shot, to bring Swansong’s sister in. - Excerpt from Beacon 8.3</ref>

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