The three core members summed up
| “ | I'm partial to Wife Beaters, personally. | „ |
| ~ Warrane's offhand codification of the team name |
Summary[]
The Wife Beaters serve as the Protagonists of Valhalla: Hellcity, being assembled to investigate the multitude of serial murders taking place within it's boundaries. Their name was formed from Warrane's insistence, after he jokingly suggested "Wife Beaters" due to learning that their first opponent was the Ex-Wife of their supervisor Captain Adam. This name stuck due to him finding humor in the idea of stating it as the official name for a lack of an alternative, and Captain Adam officially signing documentation codifying it into the operation.
While ultimately scrapped together from spare manpower, the Wife Beaters proved to be an incredibly effective team due to the coordination of their abilities and their interpersonal conflicts kept to a surprising minimum, perhaps helped by Xander's prior experience as a teacher and the personalities of Warrane and Silas finding common ground, even if none of their mindsets truly align.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: 7-C, up to High 7-C via their Unique Powers, 6-B via Burst, High 6-A with Firmament Genesis, Unknown with Soothsayer | High 7-C, up to Low 7-B via their Unique Powers, 7-B via Miracle, 6-B via Burst, High 6-A with Firmament Genesis, Unknown with Soothsayer | Low 7-B, up to 7-B via their Unique Powers, far higher via Miracle, 6-B via Burst, High 6-A with Firmament Genesis, Unknown with Soothsayer, up to 5-B via Reality Warping | 7-B, 7-A via Cosmo and Meteor Drive, up to High 6-C via their Unique Powers, 6-B via Burst, High 6-A with Firmament Genesis, Unknown with Soothsayer, up to 5-B via Reality Warping | 6-C, up to Low 6-B via their Unique Powers, 6-B via Burst, High 6-A with Firmament Genesis, Unknown with Soothsayer, up to 5-B via Reality Warping | At least 6-C, up to 6-B via their Unique Powers, 5-C via Burst, Low 5-B with Firmament Genesis, up to 5-B via Reality Warping
Key: Days 1-2 of Hellcity | Days 3-4 of Hellcity | Day 5 of Hellcity | Start of Day 6 | Post-Aesir | Level 1.5
Name: The Wife Beaters, the W.B.
Origin: Valhalla: Hellcity
Classification: Special Task Force commissioned by the Alpha Centuri PMC
Age: A few days
Membership: Warrane Ambre, Xander Phoenix, Silas Blueberry, Soothsayer (Though Soothsayer is inaccessible after their ascension to Level 1.5)
- Alpha Centuri Collaborators: Elena Serpico, David Alphonse, Sergeant Stevens, Linton, Jonathan Flaemingr Lykos, Vladimir Kotosvsky, Vachel Ambre, Asclepius (While not members of the team, The Wife Beaters are able to call on these assets in cases where there are an abundance of enemies. Cut off from all but Elena, Vladimir and Vachel after ascending to Level 1.5)
- The Nailman (On Day 4, The Wife Beaters reached an alliance with The Nailman, and collaborated with him on a few occasions prior to his demise the following day)
Leader: Warrane Ambre (While Captain Adam is the one with authority over their unit, he's often tied up in a variety of other issues that prevent him from supervising the Wife Beaters directly, leaving the role of guiding their operations to Warrane)
Team Resources/Abilities: Clairvoyance, Information Analysis, Precognition (Alongside Soothsayer, the Wife Beaters' connections to Alpha Centuri afford them the help of a variety of Clairvoyants[1] that can assess the situation and predict events to come[2]), Absorption (Possess access to Energy Batteries,[3] which are capable of absorbing a Trigger's own Energy to render them powerless through remote activation, or in reaction to being touched by the captive. Warrane personally produced this technology, and can create more given the time and resources[4]), Portal Creation (While he is unable to do much in person, the Wife Beater's Military ID badges allow them to contact Captain Adam[5] and form portals at their location to rapidly move themselves or others[6]), Time Manipulation and Healing (Have access to Elena's Time Capsules, which they can consume to temporally rewind their bodies to a less injured state[7]), Resurrection (Have access to Asclepius' syringes, which are capable of reviving Triggers from the dead if administered quickly enough[7])
- Base of Operations: A hotel room in the center of Hellcity, rented out indefinitely and littered with a variety of maps and Dossiers detailing relevant factors[5]
Attack Potency: Town level (The Wife Beaters is a squad of experienced Triggers who have become far stronger since their awakening,[1] with one freshly awakened Trigger in particular being able to throw a massive tree at mach speeds.[8] They were also capable of contribute to a massive explosion of time stored energy,[3] while Warrane was able to throw a bomb into outer space[9]), up to Large Town level via their Unique Powers (The Wife Beaters possess a variety of means to strike with much more force depending on context and application. Xander's addition and multiplication was able to generate a Strong Force with this much power, while Silas' Miracle could Atomize King Gizzard and several pillars of Osmium-dense material[9]), Country level via Burst (Warrane's Burst releases a beam of energy that obliterates everything in it's wake on an atomic level,[4] and Silas' Burst raises his power to be able to fight those capable of blocking such an attack), Multi Continent level with Firmament Genesis (The ultimate attack of Silas' Burst, capable of sub-atomically obliterating a 300 meter AoE[10]), Unknown with Soothsayer (Soothsayer possesses no ability to directly affect the Physical Layer, as their actions are only able to affect Mental Layer and those adjacent to it[11])
Speed: High Hypersonic (Triggers are capable of moving faster than any human transportation[12], including the X-43A's ability to reach Mach 9.6 or a Space Shuttle's top speed of Mach 22. Warrane was able to block Energy Revolver rounds,[13] which travel at double digit mach speed[14]), High Hypersonic+ with Cosmo (Silas' Cosmo allows him to cross 24 meters within less than a millisecond[9]), Massively Hypersonic with Addition, Flashstep and Miracle (Through an Energy Dodge enhanced by Addition, Xander could cross 62 meters within less than a millisecond.[9] Warrane possesses Flashstep to move five times as fast, and is superior to Luke Castellan and his use of this ability to cross 30 kilometers in an instant,[8] while Silas' Miracle allows him to move at ten times the speed), Speed of Light via Crunch (Sends out a signal on the mental layer equatable to a radio wave in function and speed,[9] pinging off enemies and generating an explosion they're forced to simply resist rather than legitimately defend against[4]), FTL via Burst (Bursts reach into the potency of a Level 2 Trigger,[12] with the likes of Captain Adam being able to use Flashstep to cross 542 kilometers in a "single finger snap".[15] Warrane's Burst is the ultimate culimination of Crunch, and thus should be superior to any of it's normal uses), Nigh-Omnipresent with Soothsayer (Their true form is dissolved across the Mental Layer, being a formless existence that occupies the same kind of physical space as the atoms that make up the atmosphere of the planet[14])
Lifting Strength: At least Class M (Even the weakest triggers would be capable of hauling around hundreds of thousands of tons.[12] Superior to Triggers that can throw a massive tree at mach speeds shortly after awakening[8]), likely Class G (Warrane and Xander's strength are somewhat comparable to King Gizzard's Power, which allows him to manipulate pillars as dense as Osmium[9]), Class G through Silas (Physically stronger than Warrane and Xander[10])
Striking Strength: Town level, up to Large Town level via their Unique Powers, Country level via Burst
Durability: Town level (Warrane and Xander both withstood lightning that turned an entire forest into Charcoal[13]), higher via their Unique Powers, Country level via Burst
Attack Potency: Large Town level (The Wife Beaters were capable of fighting Starfire and Frostbite, the former of whom vaporized a large section of the open air market and it's nearby river, while the latter could freeze large swaths of terrain at absolute zero[16]), up to Small City level+ via their Unique Powers (With 4 Prerequisites and Xander's Multiplication, Crunch was capable of reducing multiple city blocks to carbon[17]), City level via Miracle (Atomized the Butcher of Streets and several city blocks, caused a severe state-wide earthquake, and overwhelmed the luminosity of the sun across the entire United States[18]), Country level via Burst, Multi Continent level with Firmament Genesis, Unknown with Soothsayer
Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Faster than before, fought alongside Vladimir Kotosvsky), Massively Hypersonic+ through their Unique Powers and Flashstep, FTL with Crunch (More efficient than before, caused an explosion 360 meters in radius within a microsecond[19]), higher via Burst, Nigh-Omnipresent with Soothsayer
Lifting Strength: Class G (Stronger than before, and should exceed King Gizzard's capabilities totally)
Striking Strength: Large Town level, higher via their Unique Powers, City level via Miracle, Country level via Burst
Durability: Large Town level, higher via their Unique Powers, Country level via Burst
Attack Potency: Small City level+ (Silas is able to use Terranova[10]), up to City level+ via their Unique Powers (Xander is able to multiply their attacks to this degree, Warrane can fire Crunches of such magnitude within Doldrum of Imaginary Numbers,[20] Silas could form a Cosmo Defense against an explosion that melted the forests and a quarter of Hellcity[21] with his tongue removed), far higher via Miracle, Country level via Burst, Multi Continent level with Firmament Genesis, Unknown with Soothsayer, up to Planet level+ via Reality Warping (Through a combination of Warrane's Rulebreaker, Xander's Random Event Manipulation, and Elena wielding the Sword of the Lone Wolf, the Wife Beaters were able to dispel a sun hundreds of meters wide created by dozens of compounded Random Events[21])
Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ (Faster than before, dodged a mental lightning bolt that traveled from the sky to the ground in a fraction of a millisecond[20]), Sub Relativistic through their Unique Powers and Flashstep, Relativistic with Cosmo and Sensory Deprivation (Fired at the Lizard Wizard in a hundredth of a millisecond[22]), FTL with Crunch and Miracle (A blast empowered by Miracle reached the Lizard Wizard in a microsecond[22]), higher via Burst, Nigh-Omnipresent with Soothsayer
Lifting Strength: At least Class G (Far stronger than a Lizard Wizard creature able to throw a massive sphere of concrete at bullet speeds[23])
Striking Strength: Small City level+, up to City level+ via their Unique Powers, Country level via Burst
Durability: Small City level+, up to City level via their Unique Powers, Country level via Burst
Attack Potency: City level (Far stronger than before, SSS Power Terranova is this strong[10]), Mountain level with Meteor Drive and Cosmo (Silas was able to use Cosmo and Meteor Drive to shatter the bookshelves of Firmament[24]) up to Large Island level via their unique powers (Silas' Miracle was Directly equated[25] to Bold Water World's weakened meltdown,[21] Pico-Zetta Blast Cannon was described as similar in power at it's peak, both can be Multiplied by Xander), Country level via Burst, Multi Continent Level with Firmament Genesis, Unknown with Soothsayer, up to Planet level+ via Reality Warping
Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic+ (Faster than before), Sub Relativistic through their Unique Powers and Flashstep, Relativistic with Cosmo and Sensory Deprivation, FTL via Crunch and Miracle, higher via Burst
Lifting Strength: At least Class G, likely Class T (Far stronger than The Lizard Wizard, and likely holds superiority to The Fourth Colour's rapid movement of mass[22])
Striking Strength: City level, Mountain level via their Unique Powers, Island level+ via Miracle, Country level via Burst
Durability: City level, Mountain level via their Unique Powers, Country level via Burst
Attack Potency: Island level (Fought The Grand and The Angel, the latter of whom could kick at .999c[26]), up to Small Country level via their Unique Powers (While multiplied, Silas' Miracle Vaporized the entire hellcity island and it's surroundings[26]), Country level via Burst, Multi Continent level with Firmament Genesis, Unknown with Soothsayer, up to Planet level+ via Reality Warping
Speed: Relativistic (While they were slower, was still capable of somewhat reacting to The Angel's use of the Light Layer,[27] which is the speed of light, even for tangible forms[14]), FTL through their Unique Powers and Flashstep, higher via Crunch and Miracle (Even The Angel and Grand were incapable of reacting to Crunch's use, Miracle was similarly impossible for The Angel to defend against[26]), higher via Burst
Lifting Strength: At least Class T (Far stronger than before, and indisputably above The Lizard Wizard's capabilities)
Striking Strength: Island level, Large Island level+ via Miracle, Country level via Burst
Durability: Island level, Country level via Burst
Attack Potency: At least Island level+ (After having their seed of evolution bloom,[26] they reached the Pinnacle of their existences as a Level 1,[27] standing between that and a Level 2 and thus far eclipsing their prior level of power and any Level 1 phenomena, even the likes of Bold Water World's weakened meltdown[21]), Varies, up to Country level via their Unique Powers (Pico Zetta Blast Cannon melted the terrain around it deeply enough to reach the mantle of the earth,[26] and Xander can multiply it to match Alpha Omega Blast Cannon's contribution), Moon level+ via Burst (Warrane's Burst subatomically annihilated a huge swath of terrain, reducing The Grand to a single cell in the process,[26] Silas' should still be comparable), Small Planet level with Firmament Genesis (Far superior to his other Burst attacks and likely compares to Level 3 Triggers, which would be able to damage Concrete Swan Dive[14]), up to Planet level+ via Reality Warping
Speed: FTL (Far faster than before and should surpass The Angel's attacks entirely), higher through their Unique Powers and Flashstep, FTL+ via Crunch and Miracle, higher via Burst
Lifting Strength: At least Class T
Striking Strength: At least Island level+, Small Country level+ via Miracle, Moon level+ via Burst
Durability: At least Island level+, Moon level+ via BurstStamina: Superhuman (Triggers in general are inhumanly resilient, with even freshly awakened Triggers retaining consciousness through being impaled and serrated across their body, only to regenerate through them to continue fighting.[8] Warrane in particular endured his torso being cleaved so deeply that his lungs split in half,[18] while Xander could withstand his skin being reduced to charcoal[16])
Range: Standard Melee Range normally, Hundreds of Meters with their Unique Powers and other abilities, up to Tens of Kilometers (While accuracy drops off every Kilometer without proper aim, Energy Blasts have a maximum range of the Trigger's line of sight,[12] which can easily go up to this distance.[8] A variety of Xander's mathematical abilities extend across this distance, as well as Warrane's Burst), Hundreds of Kilometers with Firmament Genesis (Launched Lindsey Graham's Shadow to the Exosphere[16])
Intelligence: Genius to Extraordinary Genius (Triggers in general have enhanced cognitive abilities,[12] with even Silas at his dumbest being the peak of an ordinary human's mental capacity and Warrane and Xander both vastly exceeding this threshold from the start)
Teamwork: Silas serves as the upfront combatant with his overwhelming power, while Warrane plays a more technical role by deploying Crunch to pelt the enemy with unavoidable attacks, and Xander supports both through his ability to interfere with the attacks and defenses of enemies to make his allies much more effective. While simple, this accumulates into a nearly unstoppable fighting force that can adapt to new circumstances and nearly guarantee their ability to defend themselves and deal out damage in return.
Weaknesses: Higher end uses of their abilities can drain their energy and force them to recover, with Silas in particular being vulnerable to these circumstances. Their ability to contact Captain Adam for portals is limited due to his constantly busy schedule, making it an unreliable option in the midst of combat.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hellcity Session 8
- ↑ Hellcity Session 3.2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hellcity Session 2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Warrane's Character Sheet
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hellcity Session 1
- ↑ Hellcity Session 6
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Hellcity Session 12
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Original Run
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Hellcity Session 4
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Silas' Character Sheet
- ↑ Soothsayer's Character Sheet
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Valhalla Character Creation and Gameplay Mechanics
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Hellcity Session 7
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Dossiers Channel
- ↑ Side Case 2
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Hellcity Session 9
- ↑ Hellcity Session 10
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Hellcity Session 11
- ↑ Hellcity Session 13
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Hellcity Session 16
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Hellcity Session 15
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Hellcity Session 17
- ↑ Hellcity Interlude 1
- ↑ Hellcity Session 19
- ↑ Hellcity Session 18
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 Hellcity Session 20
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Meta Discussions
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