Category:Case 53s

The Case 53s are capes that were artificially created by Cauldron and exhibit physical deformities or unnatural differences as a side-effect of the process that granted them their parahuman abilities.

Case 53 is a PRT designation. According to Wildbow, case numbers indicate issues that the PRT would want to look into further. Also according to Wildbow, other, earlier PRT case numbers included:

• A hostage incident
• Major financial malfeasance (ie. using Thinker powers to scam the system)
• Behemoth
• Tracking incidents with a pattern suggesting a given Stranger
• The first parahuman gangs
• Tinker item X found in the marketplace
• Suspected sources of powers
• The Dealer , reported to be selling powers via. vials (Cauldron offshoot)
• Scion
• [Redacted] information regarding visions of [redacted] during a trigger event, written in a dream journal.
• First few class S threats
• Narwhal's second trigger.
• Creatures found in an area, later discovered to be Master minions.