The Stable

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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 Stáj, also known as the Stable or the Foul and the Fair, were a Multitrigger group that formed into two opposing teams.

Goals and Methods

Like many multitriggers, they suffered from Kill/Kiss syndrome toward the others in their multitrigger; each pair was very close to each other, but filled with animosity toward the other pair.

The two groups were on opposite "sides". The Fair cooperated with scientists, submitting to power testing and interviews, but the Foul refused.<ref>Discussion of dynamic. Fair & foul on opposite sides post-trigger. Only fair provided answers & allowed power testing, rest has to be inferred. - Glow-worm P.4</ref> This seems to suggest that the Fair were probably heroes and the Foul supervillains.

Members

The Fair

Name:	Powers:
Oxfair (alternate translation: "the Good Ox")	Enhanced size, strength, speed, agility Deafening roar Could transfer harm from some impacts to nearby people Pain resistance/faster healing
Ramfair	Emotion affecting chant, Increased size Some ability to heal very recent damage of others listening to the chant or touching them Could concentrate to perform giant leaps

The Foul

Name:	Powers:
Foulcock	Flight with build-up of speed over time; could transfer built-up speed to others with a touch, sacrificing speed for high-impact blows. Increased agility Deafening shrieks Fast recovery of smaller wounds (scratches yes, no recovery of larger wounds).
Foulpig	Could swell into a flesh bubble with fast recovery/personal mutations if not ‘popped’ in time. Some strength & size increase, but slower while grown. Ability to ‘roll’ with incoming impacts, as if turning into a boulder. Could make a guttural noise to "turn off" others’ brains momentarily, interrupting their thoughts.

History

Background

The Stable triggered together, and rapidly split into two opposing teams.

At some point, Oxfair was "turned into a grisly display", which would later be described as the most dramatic case of the Kiss/Kill dynamic in recent history.

In 2005, they were mentioned as an example of the Kill/Kiss dynamic in the article "Relationship Entanglement in Cluster-Triggers".

In 2009, they were used as a case study in Professor Spinky's Parahumans 303 class.

Post-Gold Morning

Although the originals were lost, references to the group were preserved in the restored Parahumans Online archives, where they were viewed by user of5 while searching for details on multitriggers.

Trivia

Stáj is Czech for Stable, suggesting that the group were likely Czech.
Their names suffered in translation; it is likely that the names given here only roughly correspond to the correct meaning.

References