William Manton

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William Manton was a former member of Cauldron and one of the foremost experts on parahumans.

Personality

Described a being selfish

Relationships

He is known to have a wife, since divorced, and a daughter.

Little is known about his wife, including whether she is dead or alive.

His daughter forms the basis of the Siberians projection, assuming that it is realistic image and is not an idealised version that manton consciously or subconsciously created, then she is relatively young, definitely post-pubescent, and possibly younger than thirty.

Appearance

William has a tattoo on the back of each hand, one of which is an omega symbol, and the other is a stylized swan. Used to mark victims of the Simurgh and those who stood in solidarity with those same victims.

Abilities and Powers

observant and a trained scientist, specialising in Parahumans and their abilities.

After taking a cauldron vial, Manton is able to project an image of his Daughter, though naked and striped in Black and White, hence her name, the Siberian.

The Siberian can ignore various natural forces, including friction, and is considered invulnerable. She is also able to project this invulnerability to other people by touching them, though she is not able to make Manton himself invulnerable.

Equipment

While on the run Manton used a car primarily to keep up with the Siberian projection, as it is far faster than any normal human on foot, and secondarily as protection, as the Siberian is unable to project her invulnerability on Manton.

History

Background

William is known as a famous researcher into capes, and the one for whom the Manton Effect - i.e. the inability of most parahumans to affect both living and nonliving matter - was named after.

He went through a very ugly divorce.

He worked for Cauldron for some time, but when he tried to give his daughter superpowers using one of their formulas and failed, he quit and fled with stolen formula.

Story Start

Manton is currently presumed missing

Post- Reveal

William is known as a famous researcher into capes, and the one for whom the Manton Effect - i.e. the inability of most parahumans to affect both living and nonliving matter - was named after. He worked for Cauldron for some time, but when he tried to give his daughter superpowers using one of their formulas and failed, he quit and used a stolen formula to become Siberian.

Golden Morning

Manton would rejoin Cauldron

Trivia

• Manton took Cauldron vial F-1-6-1-1, ‘Deus’, the same vial as Genesis<ref>Discussion with Wildbow on RPG.net</ref>.

References

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