Circus and the Elite

Circus and the Elite is an early draft of Worm featuring Circus, a version written in 2008 can be found and read here.

Synopsis

A group of rogues and solo villains try to hold out against recruitment by a much larger cape group. The Elite in this story resembles a cross between the Slaughterhouse Nine, the canon Elite and Cauldron.

Groups

• The Elite
  • This Elite is much more spread out, composing of both illegal cartels and the legal businesses.
  • It also contains several prominent Slaughterhouse Nine characters.
• The Daemon family
  • An early version of the New Wave, given their description as a family of prolific super-powered hicksters.
  • Interestingly, neither Glory Girl nor Guts are members, instead being Wards.
• Unaffiliated group
  • Composed of several miscellaneous capes, such as Bitch and Circus
  • Allied with Faultline's Crew
• Faultline’s Crew
  • Though a bit thinner than canon, Faultline's Crew still has several of the same capes as canon.
• Coil's Organization
  • Apparently only made up of Coil, though it could be a similair situation as canon, where Coil has several groups of capes secretly in his control.
  • Coil himself is described as a "right bastard", though he somehow has enough power to fight the Elite

Characters

Elite

• Harmon Rex - A tall man with crisscrossing scars across his face, Rex is an early character that combines traits that would later be broken up between the Siberian and Gavel.
  • Has the Siberians ability to violate physics
  • Gavels ability to take a minimum amount of damage Excaliburs sheath is specifically mentioned.
• Number Man - ability to manipulate and understand numbers
• Mother - Early version of Bonesaw
  • Unnamed warped speedster - Early version of Chuckles
  • Murder Rat - refrenced as an early creation
• Cherish-mentioned as Heartbreaker's daughter in early draft
• Winter

Wards

• Guts - Early version of Panacea
• Glory - Early version of Glory Girl
• Aegis - female here, same color scheme
• Clockblocker
• Runechild - Is not an early version of Rune, they did share a few aspects of their powers. Runechild was effectively supposed to be a kind of young Doctor Strange.

Unaffiliated group

• Circus - view point character and protagonist
• Doll - Early version of Parian, same costume and abilities wears a red curly wig
• Bitch
• Felix Swoop

Faultline’s Crew

• Faultline
• Newter
• Spitfire

Mentioned only

• Dragon (in charge of Dragon Corp)
• Heartbreaker - specifically mentioned to need line of sight when using his abilities
• Coil

References

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