William Manton

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William Manton was a former member of Cauldron and one of the foremost experts on parahumans.

Personality

Described a being selfish and closed off because of his intellect

Relationships

He is known to have a wife, since divorced, and a beloved daughter.

Little is known about his wife, including whether she is dead or alive.

His daughter forms the basis of the Siberians projection, assuming that it is realistic image and is not an idealized version that Manton consciously or subconsciously created, then she is relatively young, definitely post-pubescent, and possibly younger than twenty.

Appearance

William is around middle age, his activities do not leave Manton much time to take care of himself <ref name="14.1">Prey 14.1</ref> causing degradation in his appearance.

has a tattoo on the back of each hand<ref name="14.7">Prey 14.7</ref>, on the left is an omega symbol, on the right is a stylized swan. Used to mark victims of the Simurgh and those who stood in solidarity with those same victims. Manton was never in the vicinity of a Simurgh attack<ref name="I14.y">Interlude 14.y</ref>.

Abilities and Powers

Manton is intelligent, highly observant and a trained scientist, specializing in Parahumans and their abilities.

After taking a cauldron vial, Manton is able to project an image of his Daughter, though naked and striped in Black and White, hence her name, the Siberian.

The Siberian can ignore various natural forces, including friction, and is considered invulnerable. She is also able to project this invulnerability to other people by touching them, though she is not able to make Manton himself invulnerable.

Heavy Spoilers read at your own risk

After taking a dose of Caludron formula William gained the ability to create a projection. he must remain with in a few miles of the projection otherwise it will disappear. This single projection that he can not alter or change is known as the Siberian. Equipment While on the run Manton used a car primarily to keep up with the Siberian projection, as it is far faster than any normal human on foot, and secondarily as protection, as the Siberian is unable to project her invulnerability directly onto Manton<ref name="14.7"/>.

History

Background

William is known as a famous researcher into capes, and the one for whom the Manton Effect - i.e. the inability of most parahumans to affect both living and nonliving matter - was named after.

He worked for Cauldron for some time. However, after he went through a very ugly divorce, he tried to give his daughter superpowers using one of their formulas and failed, he quit and fled with stolen formula.

Story Start

Manton is currently presumed missing. Cauldron told the Triumvirate that Manton was responsible for the Case 53's having absconded with stolen vials.<ref name="I14.y"/>

Post-Leviathan

Post-Reveal

The formula William stole allowed him to become the Siberian. His true identity was discovered through the efforts of the Undersiders 99 Manton is able to use the Siberian to save Jack and Bonesaw from the PRT's second bombing. Bonesaw cocoons him for an hour in a specialized case created with some Mannequin components to regenerate/weather the venoms<ref>Comment by Wildbow on Prey 14.11]</ref>.  He is recovered after Jack and Bonesaw return from fighting Skitter and Panacea, and is taken along with them when they deal with Cherish and leave the city with Hookwolf in tow. Cauldron had used Manton as a scapegoat for the case 53 phenomena, in fact they were doing it themselves unknown everyone, excepting Legend initially .

Post-Slaughterhouse Nine

The truth about his abilities was revealed by Legend and that it was Manton who was responsible for the Case 53's when explaining his connection with cauldron to Gully and Weld <ref name="19.4">Scourge 19.4</ref>.

Post-Echidna

Died

Post-Timeskip

was resurrected

Golden Morning

Manton would rejoin Cauldron

Trivia

• Manton took Cauldron vial F-1-6-1-1, ‘Deus’, the same vial as Genesis<ref>Discussion with Wildbow on RPG.net</ref>.

References

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