Slaughterhouse Nine

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<image source="Image"></image> <image source="image"></image> <header>Information</header> <label>Alignment</label> <label>Leader(s)</label> <label>Leader(s)</label> <label>Allies</label> <label>Allies</label> <label>Status</label> <label>Location</label> <label>First Appearance</label> <header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label> </infobox> 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 name="21.x">“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.” - Excerpt from Interlude 21.x</ref>

History

Pre-canon

The Slaughterhouse Nine was originally founded by King. In 1987, Jack Slash and Harbinger managed to kill King, allowing Jack Slash to take command of the group. Following King’s death, Harbinger retired from the Nine.

At some point in the late 1990s, the Nine came to Brockton Bay and interrupted a meeting between Empire Eighty-Eight, Marquis, and the Teeth. Jack provoked a bidding war for the Nine’s services, which the Teeth won. The Nine carried out the Teeth’s request to attack the Protectorate, then turned on the Teeth and drove them out of Brockton Bay.<ref>Interlude 11b</ref>

Brockton Bay

The Slaughterhouse Nine arrived in Brockton Bay for a second time in early June of 2011.<ref>Interlude 10.x</ref> They initially split up in order to recruit each of their chosen individuals as candidates for membership, scouting out these candidates for several days and speaking to them on June 7th and 8th.<ref>Interlude 12.1</ref> Their arrival prompted the heroes and villains of Brockton Bay to meet in order to discuss how to combat the Nine.

During this time, Cauldron also sent Battery a note warning telling her to let Siberian and Shatterbird escape the city alive.<ref>Interlude 12.x</ref>

After the Undersiders were forced to leave the meeting, the Slaughterhouse Nine confronted them in a parking garage. Jack Slash told them that each candidate would be tested by every member of the Nine in turn, ending in Jack Slash; failure of a test would lead to death or worse.<ref>Plague 12.4</ref> During this confrontation, Tattletale revealed that Cherish was plotting to take control of the Slaughterhouse Nine, something Jack Slash and Bonesaw had already countered. Jack Slash injured Tattletale for revealing this information. After this, Tattletale proposed a game to Jack Slash: if more than half of the candidates survived the tests, the Nine would only take the voluntary recruits with them and leave the remaining survivors.

Shatterbird sang thirty minutes after this confrontation. Following this in quick succession, Mannequin attacked Skitter’s territory and was driven off by her, and the Slaughterhouse Nine killed all the Merchants except for Scrub, who could harm Crawler.<ref>Interlude 12.x</ref>

Jack delivered the finalized rules of the game the next morning, giving each member of the Nine a time limit to administer their tests and prohibiting individuals who were not Brockton Bay residents from interfering. The Nine’s rules stated that they would win if they managed to kill five of the six candidates.

In between the game’s beginning and the first attack, Imp infiltrated the Slaughterhouse Nine and failed to kill Bonesaw. She instead struck a deal with Cherish.

Mannequin was the first to take part, attacking Skitter once more. He was driven off by the Undersiders and saved by Burnscar, forfeiting his turn. The Nine were then ambushed by the Travelers and the Undersiders, who captured Shatterbird and Cherish. In the same confrontation, Grue was captured by the Nine and and later tortured by Bonesaw. The Nine captured Skitter, Tattletale, Imp, Trickster, Sundancer, and Ballistic when they attempted to rescue Grue. Bonesaw began to torture them, but was blindsided by Parian. Grue underwent a second trigger, killing Burnscar and freeing his allies.

The Nine and the collective Parahumans of Brockton Bay continued to clash, ultimately resulting in Bonesaw releasing a plague causing agnosia so that none of the defending parahumans could recognize each other. Panacea cured the plague, but the Nine managed to escape, recruiting Hookwolf and leaving behind a modified Cherish on the bottom of the Bay as punishment.

After Brockton Bay

Following their escape from Brockton Bay, the Slaughterhouse Nine visited several towns, including Stafford and Enfield in Connecticut, in order to recruit new capes to bolster their ranks. Bonesaw kidnapped Blasto from his new base in Boston, although the Siberian was killed in a skirmish with Dragon and Defiant. The Nine proceeded to invade the Toybox in order to use their technology. They set up a pocket dimension in a small town and Bonesaw placed the rest of the Nine in stasis while she began to clone their members, both past and present.

Contessa intercepted Bonesaw when she left the pocket dimension to get groceries and told Bonesaw to implant a control switch into the clones and give the switch to her at a later date. Bonesaw denied that she would do it, but over the course of the next year and a half, she came to change her mind.<ref>Interlude 25</ref> She turned the switch over to Cauldron in June of 2013 following an interrogation by Tattletale.<ref>Extinction 27.2</ref>

Slaughterhouse 9000

The Slaughterhouse Nine, bolstered by their clones, began their killing spree in the small town of Kiillington, setting traps and bodies in a spiral outwards from a message in town hall. One Nice Guy was left behind to ambush the investigation team, which was made up of the Red Hand, the Undersiders, Weaver, and Golem. The Nice Guy was killed by Imp. Jack Slash also left a message for Golem, telling him that he didn’t meet his deadline. In spite of this, Jack Slash gave Golem another chance to kill him, without help. The deadline for this was set for five days away on the 24th at noon. Following this, multiple teams of Parahumans worked together in order to chase down the remaining clones and kill them.<ref>Sting 26.1</ref>

Jack slash then went to Ellisburg in order to recruit Nilbog and his minions. Weaver and Golem attempted to convince Nilbog not to join, but Nilbog attacked, resulting in Weaver killing him. His monsters, in revolt, join with Jack, who escapes with Nilbog’s body.<ref>Sting 26.4</ref>

The Slaughterhouse Nine were then pursued into their pocket dimension. The Nine having taken Aster, Weaver killed her along with a Cherish and a Screamer in case Aster’s power was what sparked the end of the world. The rest of the Nine escaped the pocket dimension.<ref>Sting 26.6</ref>

Golem and Weaver’s group pursued them to Los Angeles, which had been warped by Bohu. They confronted Jack, Gray Boy, the remaining Siberian, and other various members of the Slaughterhouse Nine Thousand.<ref>Interlude 26.a</ref>

After observing how Jack seemed to be aware of everything around him, Golem ordered a PRT trooper to attack Jack, successfully distracting him for a few seconds. Sensing weakness, Grey Boy looped Jack before being killed by Foil. Jack was buried in containment foam.<ref>Interlude 26.b</ref>

Despite being trapped, Jack was able to talk to Scion about his views on predation and cruelty. Scion broke Gray Boy’s loop and then went on to destroy the United Kingdom, beginning Golden Morning.<ref>Interlude 26.x</ref>

Members

Former Members

Name	Power	Founding Member	Notes
Breed	Spawns large insects which devour humans in order to grow more powerful, eventually gaining acid spit.	Yes
Chuckles	Super strength in his torso and arms, super speed in his legs and head.
Crimson	Gains super strength by consuming the blood of his victims.		Lover of Winter.
Damsel of Distress	Creates zones of matter destruction, as well as recoil for a Mover rating.		Recruited after Arc 11
Gray Boy	Can trap areas in permanent monochrome time loops.	Yes	Killed by Glaistig Uaine. Similar to Labyrinth in mental influence from shard. Cauldron cape.
Harbinger	Thinker power allowing for superfast processing of math. Serves as combat precognition.	Yes	Retired and joined Cauldron.
Hatchet Face	Brute with an aura of power-nullification.		Killed by Cherish, revived by Bonesaw and fused with Oni Lee.
King	Able to pass any injury onto other people he touched in the last 24 hours.	Yes	Leader of the Nine until killed by Jack Slash.
Miasma	Turns into an invisible, odorless gas which has deleterious effects.
Nice Guy	Is always perceived by someone as harmless when seen in person.
Night Hag	Breaker that infects and controls the landscape.		Recruited after Arc 11
Nyx	Releases a poisonous gas that can be shaped into solid forms.	Yes	Twin sister of Nix. Cauldron cape.
Psychosoma	Warps people temporarily into monsters under his control.	Yes
Screamer	Able to control sound at long range.	Yes
Skinslip	Able to control skin attached to him.		Recruited after Arc 11
Winter	Creates a dampening effect that decreases momentum, inertia, and human will.		Lover of Crimson.

Members as of Arc 11

Name	Power	Nominee	Notes
Jack Slash	Able to project blades. Subconscious Thinker power about understanding capes.	Oni Lee, who was killed and made part of Hack Job.	Leader of the Nine, sole permanent member.
Bonesaw	Surgical Tinker.	Panacea.
Siberian	Invulnerable, able to pass on invulnerability to touched object.	Bitch. Gave Bitch the wolf Bastard.	Projection of William Manton, Cauldron cape.
Crawler	Adaptive regeneration.	Noelle
Shatterbird	Wide scale silicate control.	Hookwolf	Cauldron cape.
Cherish	Long range emotion detection and short range emotion control.	Regent	Regent’s sister.
Burnscar	Pyrokinetic, teleportation through fire.	Labyrinth, only to visit, not to nominate.
Murder Rat	Teleportation, enhanced reflexes, worsens inflicted wounds.		Bonesaw creation from Mouse Protector and Ravager.
Hack Job	Close range power nullification, teleportation that leaves behind clones, Brute.		Bonesaw creation from Oni Lee and Hatchet Face.
Pagoda	Rapid regeneration.		Bonesaw creation from Carnal and Prophet.

Additional Slaughterhouse Nine Thousand Members

Name	Combination of
Laughjob	Hatchet Face and Chuckles
Nighty Night	Nyx and Night Hag
Snowmann	Mannequin and Winter
Spawner	Breed and Crawler
Tyrant	King and Hatchet Face

Trivia

The Slaughterhouse Nine were the focus of Worm's one year anniversary bonus, a series of eight interludes released over the course of a week. Each update, for the most part, centered around the 'Nine' and their meetings with various candidates in Brockton Bay.
Jack Slash and Harbinger were no older than 12 when they killed King.<ref>https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/posts/4279862/</ref>

Fanart Gallery

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References