Slaughterhouse Nine

The Slaughterhouse Nine are a group of (usually) nine serial killers who roam from city to city in North America, commiting sensationalist and depraved acts of violence.<ref>[1]</ref><ref name = "10.6">[2] Parasite 10.6</ref>

The group lineup is not fixed and the turnover tends to be high. When they come to Brockton Bay after the Leviathan attack, they are only eight and are looking for a ninth member.

Not much details about them have been revealed in the story yet.

About Serial Killers And Parahumans

A serial killer is typically defined as an individual who has killed three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time (a "cooling off period") between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification. The motives of serial killers are generally placed into four categories: visionary (believing they are another person or are compelled to murder by entities such as the Devil or God), mission-oriented ( justifying their acts as "ridding the world" of a certain type of person perceived as undesirable), hedonistic (they feel pleasure from killing.This pleasure can come from lust, thrill and/or profit) and power or control (to gain and exert power over their victim).

The majority of reported and investigated serial killers in the USA are white males, from a lower-to-middle-class background, usually in their late twenties to early thirties. But according to the FBI, and based on percentages of the U.S. population, whites are not more likely than other races to be serial killers.

The reason behind someone becomig a serial killer (nature or nurture) is still open to debate. But empiric research show that most of them share some characteristic like been bullied as children or abused (emotionally, physically and/or sexually) by a family member. This two episodes in particular can lead to a trigger event wich explain why the percentage of serial killers is superior among parahumans than among the general population.

Current Members

Jack Slash

Male. The leader of the group. Has the ability to extend the effective cutting edge of held knives and blades to horrendous distance, while maintaining consistent cutting power. Using this ability, he can cut through crowds or slice an enemy’s throat at any range.

Acording to Dinah Alcott he will set the end of the world in motion in the next two to eight years<ref name = "10.6" />

Bonesaw

Shatterbird

Crawler

Mannequin

The Siberian

Female. A recurring nemesis of the Triumvirate, the Siberian’s skin is striped with black and white, leaving her nationality uncertain. Powers yet unstated.

Try to recruit Bitch to be test as the possible ninth member of the team in Interlude 11a.