Semiramis
<infobox> <title source="name"><default>Semiramis</default></title>
<image source="Image"></image> <image source="image"></image> <group><header>Basic Information</header> <label>Civilian Name</label> <label>Aliases</label> <label>Gender</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Death</label> <label>Age</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Post-timeskip</label> <label>Ward start</label> <label>Relations</label> <label>Family</label></group> <group><header>Professional Status</header> <label>Occupation</label> <label>Classification</label> <label>Unique Features</label> <label>Alignment</label>
<label>Status</label><format><label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Previous Team(s)</label> <label>Base of Operations</label></group> <group><header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label></group> </infobox> Semiramis is a former villain, that is skirting the degrees of what is acceptable behind the scenes in the new entertainment industry.
Appearance
Semiramis wears a stone mask so fine, that there was no gap between the stone and her skin, making her face look part statue. She has olive skin, long black hair, and wears a lot of snake imagery- specifically ouroboros. She has a gray and jade color scheme, and her costume had stone ornamentation with fine cloth draping from it.<ref>Opposite the man was a woman with a stone mask so fine that there was no gap between stone and skin- it could have been latex. It made her face look like it was part statue. Her skin was a dark olive, her hair long, black, and wavy, and she wore a lot of ornamentation with snakes, primarily ouroboros imagery- the snake eating its own tail as a circlet, as a bangle at one arm, and at one leg. Her costume was stone ornamentation with fine cloth draping from it. Gray and jade as a color scheme, down to the contact lenses she wore. - Excerpt from Black 13.8</ref>
Abilities and Powers
Semiramis was the ability to reverse the age of people and objects. She uses this ability to keep performers in their prime age, but at the cost of them losing their memories of the time that has been reversed.
She can also use her ability to speed up construction, and is one of the few parahumans who can do this without disastrous side effects.<ref>“Player how?” I asked.
“Music production, film, online media, games, some sports but not many, but what she does is a kind of slavery, getting people into her media empire and then keeping them in. Gets them in legitimately, then pulls a turning back the clock thing. Reverse their age, let them return to a point where they’re in their prime, actresses can stay in their early twenties forever, gamers can keep their reflexes, singers can keep the voice. All wholly voluntary… but they lose the memories of the time they undo.”
“Ahhh,” I said. “And if they were thinking about leaving…”
“They’d lose that desire to leave along with the year or so of memories. But she does what she does carefully. Always with witnesses. Always with benefits of a doubt. She combines that with turning ahead the clock, not for people but for things. Speeding up constructions, if they’re outlined well enough, and she’s one of the few parahumans who seem like they can do that without any apparent issues. She’s thriving right now, and she’s in a position where she can cancel a contract or pull strings and tens of thousands of jobs would be affected, or a market sector would change. She has celebrities and people under her thumb who she could tell to say something or start a war on the internet and make life really hard for someone.” - Excerpt from Black 13.8</ref>
She has implied that if she wanted to, she is capable of bringing an entire building down.<ref>“You don’t have to,” Semiramis said. She sounded pissed as she addressed the room. “There will be no fight! You’ll seat yourselves or turn away and you will let them leave as the group upstairs arranged! If you defy me, if you press me on this, I will bring this building down on your heads!” - Excerpt from Black 13.9</ref>
History
Background
Semiramis was the second-in-command to a warlord and arms trafficker, in southern Europe and northern Africa. She held this position until her boss died during Gold Morning, when she took over.<ref>“Semiramis was second-in-command to a warlord and arms trafficker in Southern Europe, northern Africa. Held her position while waiting for her boss to die, and he finally kicked the bucket on Gold Morning. She took over, and now she’s a player behind the scenes. I mentioned the categories these people cover. For her, she’s a player when it comes to culture and cash.” - Excerpt from Black 13.8</ref>
She made herself an important player in the new world, working behind the scenes in the media industry, helping produce films, music, games and more.
Post-Time Bubble Pop
Semiramis was present at the Lodge, when Victoria and Tattletale were investigating the cyber attack. She was questioned, alongside Little Midas, about her involvement with Big Picture and their attempts to get him into Foresight.<ref>Black 13.8</ref>
After Old Man was outed, Semiramis reluctantly agreed to cooperate with heroes, and even threatened local villains during the heated moment.<ref>Black 13.9</ref>
Later, she became mired in conflict over influence over Earth N with Little Midas and Bluestocking.<ref>Breaking 14.2</ref>
Post-Attack on Teacher
Semiramis, evidently, strengthened her position by driving out Little Midas from local villain circles.<ref>From Within 16.6</ref>
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