Scion

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Scion, also known as Zion, is the avatar of a higher power.

Personality

As an alien, the entity is, by definition, incomprehensible by human minds. However, to better interact and simulate humans, the entity had to create a facsimile of a human mind.

Scion would follow Kevin Norton's instructions - save orphans in wars, fight the Endbringers, stop fires and natural disasters. He would also act to prevent things which would kill large numbers of people and prevent shards from finding hosts.<ref name="SB1">Comment by Wildbow (archived on Spacebattles)</ref> This included being polite to people it met.<ref name="I26">Interlude 26</ref> He could be overly literal in interpreting Norton's suggestions, but didn't always follow them to the letter.<ref name="18.x"/>

He would destroy Damaged Shards on sight.<ref name="I26">Interlude 26</ref>

Appearance

Scion appears as a burnished gold man with long hair<ref name="I1"/><ref name="8.5"/> and a short beard.<ref name="18.x"/><ref name="8.5"/> He had no body hair.<ref name="I1"/> His eyes were the same featureless gold as the rest of his body.<ref name="18.x"/> He glowed with a golden light that caused water to wick off his hair and body, and cleaned and dried his clothing. It left a brief trail in the air when he flew.<ref name="18.x"/>

His expression never changes, but onlookers perceive his emotions anyway; often describing him as looking sad.<ref name="18.x">Interlude 18.x (Donation Bonus 1)</ref>

When he first appeared, he was naked. At some point, he donned clothing. At first, a sheet worn over one shoulder and pinned at either side of the waist, then more conventional clothes.<ref name="I1"> Interlude 1</ref> In 1999, he donned a white bodysuit<ref name="18.x"/><ref name="8.5"/><ref name="I1"/> extending to his biceps and toes.<ref name="18.x"/> He doesn't wear shoes or gloves,<ref>Wildbow on Reddit</ref> but his costume did include a plain white cape.<ref name="8.5"/> His clothing was often filthy, but would slowly but surely clean itself over time, causing the stains to fade as dirt and particles were pushed out of the fabric.<ref name="8.5">Extermination 8.5</ref><ref name="18.x"/>

Abilities and Powers

As the Warrior, Scion possessed countless powers learned from the thousands of worlds he had consumed, and had the capacity to learn more by sending shards out to other species and reabsorbing them once he had learned new potential applications from them.

After sacrificing most of his shards to grant powers to humans, he retained those powers that he would need to defeat Earth should he have to fight. He relies on a limited store of energy to use these powers, meaning some can only be used sparingly.

Stilling

Scion's primary power is the power to negate any kind of wavelength using his golden light. This effect is extremely versatile; it can be used to disintegrate matter, slow or stop motion, and negate the effects of powers. Stilling can be fired as beams, orbs, or area bursts, used as a force field, or transmitted by touch. When used offensively, the effect lingers, continuing to eat away at the target after the initial attack. Offensive blasts range greatly in power, from thin beams to continent-destroying blasts.

Using this power disturbed electronics.<ref name ="24.y"> Crushed 24.y</ref><ref name ="27.4">Extinction 27.4</ref>

Flight

Scion can fly at immense speeds as an application of his general golden light aura.<ref name ="24.y"> Crushed 24.y</ref> At his fastest, he was able to fly to the other side of the world in less than a minute.<ref name ="27.4"/> He left a short golden trail in the air.<ref name="18.x"/>

Senses

Scion can sense everything around him through unknown means. He appears to have control over the range of his senses, and can see into other universes if he chooses. He can also use the senses of parahumans, since they carry his shards.

Super-Strength

Scion has superhuman strength, sufficient to lift Behemoth several hundred feet into the air.

Regeneration

Scion's body is only an extension of a vastly larger being. Any damaged tissue is replaced within a fraction of a second by undamaged tissue from the main body.

Partial Power Immunity

Scion is immune to certain types of powers. His actions cannot be predicted with precognition his powers cannot be copied, and powers cannot directly interfere with his mind in any way. In addition, his multiple senses make him very difficult to blind or mislead for any period of time.

Scion can "tune" his defenses to defend against specific powers (see Stilling.)

Path to Victory

Scion can learn what actions he must take to achieve a specific goal. Unlike Contessa, he can use this power in any situation, but it drains him and he has to use it sparingly. This ability costs him a lot of lifespan to use<ref>Comment by Wildbow on Spacebattles</ref>

Worldshifting

Scion can move through alternate universes.<ref name ="27.4"/><ref name="I27">Extinction 27.x (Interlude, Eidolon)</ref> If necessary, he can also attack objects in other universes.^{[citation needed]}

Visions

Scion can transmit visions of himself and his memories to parahumans via his shards.<ref name="29.2">Venom 29.2</ref>

History

Background

The Warrior creates an extension of himself in the shape of the host species. He waits for a year before realizing that something has gone wrong. Stepping into the target reality, he sees his shards raining down alongside the shards of his counterpart. He destroys them on sight and then expands his perception across the world and other realities. The Warrior learns that the Thinker is dead and realizes that he cannot complete the cycle. He experiences a deep, profound sadness for the first time.

On May twentieth, 1982,<ref name="I1"/> Scion notices a vehicle approaching and how the people begin to communicate with each other and worship him. He sees one of the Thinker's shards taking root in one of the passengers, that the man is dying of a systemic issue in his body, and kills the cells responsible for causing the disease.<ref name="I26">Interlude 26</ref> This also cured the man's sister.<ref name="I1"/> Then, he turned away from the crowd and flew away.

He then spent years wandering the world, observing.<ref name="18.x"/>

The Warrior was later approached by Kevin Norton. Kevin threw one of his shoes at him before charging at him and beating at his chest. Kevin shouted at him, saying that he didn't deserve his power before demanding to know what he had to be sad about. He then told the Warrior that he didn't deserve to be miserable and then told him to go do something with his power: save orphans from wars, save people from burning buildings, clean up after disasters, and etc. Kevin suggested that it might help him feel less miserable and the Warrior considered his words. He decided that it could be something he could do and then took flight.

For years, the Warrior followed Kevin's instructions,<ref name="I26">Interlude 26</ref> faster and faster. By the middle of the 1990s, he was traveling from crisis to crisis, flying faster than the speed of sound.<ref name="I1"/> He would regularly return to Norton and listen to him, both giving instructions on how to better save people and to his thoughts on life.<ref name="18.x"/> In 1999,<ref name="I1"/> he was given a white bodysuit and was told to keep it clean.<ref name="18.x"/>

Then, Scion came across a burning town and began to exterminate each source of heat. He lowered himself to get a better shot at the library and came into contact with a woman who asked him his name. It remembered the story that Kevin had told it once and then answered her, telling her that his name was "Zion" though she misheard it as "Scion".<ref name="I26">Interlude 26</ref> This was caught on camera, and was the only time Scion was known to have spoken.<ref name="I1"/>

At some point, Scion reacted to a nuclear test in the same way he had been reacting to paramilitary groups in Africa and the Middle East, shooting down a test missile and destroying the launch facility. This quietly convinced nuclear powers that Scion would intervene, effectively ending the Cold War.<ref name="SB1">Comment by Wildbow (archived on Spacebattles)</ref>

After Behemoth first attacked, Norton saw on TV that he had flown right past the monster to come visit him. He told Scion to help the heroes fight the Endbringers.<ref name="18.x"/>

Story Start

Scion appeared at the Battle against Leviathan, driving the creature away.

Post-Echidna

Scion was told to begin killing the Endbringers by Kevin Norton when he realized he had merely been fighting them, not trying to stop them. He destroyed Behemoth, but was unable to defeat the other Endbringers once they adopted new tactics.

Post-Timeskip

Was attacked by Gray Boy broke free, then started listening to Jack Slash

Heavy spoilers for the final chapters

Golden Morning Jack Slash successfully convinced him to instead seek joy through destruction, leading to the events of the Gold Morning, and the deaths of Eidolon, Grue, and billions of others. He was eventually killed through the combined efforts of thousands of parahumans under the command of Khepri, after being distracted by Oliver of the Travelers and then fatally shot by a Tinker-tech weapon operated by Defiant.

Quotes

• (To Eidolon): "You needed worthy opponents."
• "Zion"

Trivia

• Scion's role in the story was largely unchanged from how his character was originally conceived.<ref>on reddit</ref>

References

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