Tanya Woven (Cataclysmic Gerosha)

Tanya Woven is a supporting character and later superheroine in her own right, who briefly held the mantle of Ciem alongside Candi Flippo.

Skills, accessories, and weaknesses
Unlike Candi, Tanya doesn't technically have any superpowers. Her cousins in Seattle encouraged her and her family to move there, in order to escape the failing economy in southern Indiana. Her need to push the Kerpher Gang out of the region led to her asking Candi and Nancy to ensure that Imaki could make her a Carbonica Ciem suit capable of compensating for what she lacked that Candi had. Her wish was granted, and the Madison facility kept most of this a secret from SCALLOP.

Most of Tanya's accessories as Ciem pertain in some fashion to letting her simulate Candi's centipede-like physiology.

Skills

 * Gymnastics training
 * Parkour training
 * Comms training
 * Espionage
 * Weight training
 * Fitness training
 * Social media expertise
 * Expert tracker
 * Skilled volleyball player

Accessories
Courtesy of Imaki, Tanya has a variety of tools in her Ciem arsenal as well. Most of these focus on allowing her to do what she otherwise couldn't given she doesn't have all of Candi's abilities.


 * Mask built-in radar / infrared: This is the closest that Tanya can get to centuition. However, it cannot sense the difference between friend and foe, requiring her to have to exercise her best possible judgment.


 * Artifical centilegs: Short stingers that protrude from her upper wrists, shoulders, hips, thighs, and lower calves. They contain a venom that is comparable to bee or hornet venom, which can incapacitate someone.  Enough stings can cause temporary paralysis, making it easier for her to subdue adversaries.  These are mechanical, and must be laced with the same venom as her dart shooters.


 * Dart shooters: These glorified "staple guns" contain numerous staples which can be fired at enemies, allowing for limited capabilities for ranged combat. The staples are marinated in a solution that mimics the chemistry of Candi's centileg venom.  They allow Tanya to remain hidden in shadows for longer.  A regular-size wrist packet of dart shooters gives her 250 staples per wrist, whereas a large pack can carry up to 500 staples - but at the expense of costing her the ability to keep their location discreet.


 * Zeran wardrobes: Quantum storage packages that enable her to store and change clothes quickly. They are modeled after the Zeran technology that was first developed by the Marlquaanite Lord Zeras in the second century AD.  She is able to inherit these from Candi.


 * Night vision eyepieces: Similar to Candi's.


 * Body light lines: These assist with intimidation of targets during interrogation, as well as making her suit look more futuristic. They also assist with helping her see her way in dark places.  However, they must be deactivated if she wishes to remain stealthy.


 * Zeran teleporters: Battery-powered devices that allow her to move from one place to another quickly, though her small-size models are very short-range. She can transport about two football fields tops in distance, though she usually teleports shorter distances to preserve battery life.  Combined with roof-hopping, she uses Zeran teleporters to get around town when nobody is able to fly her across.


 * Remotach pills: A Marlquaan-bound drug developed by a scientist with help from the Phaelites. Tanya is given her own supply, in the event that she ever risks losing her head.  She thankfully never needs these for more than added bullet resistance.


 * Strength enhancers: Built into the suit, these allow Tanya to constrict enemies almost as efficiently as Candi could.

Weaknesses

 * Self-doubt: Tanya frequently wonders why Candi would be so willing to trust her with the Ciem legacy, given she doesn't have superpowers. She feels tremendous pressure to live up to Candi's prowess as Ciem, never feeling entirely adequate.


 * PTSD: Tanya can be distracted by past trauma over the guilt she feels related to the death of her best friend.

Early life
Tanya was born on August 30th of 1999 to parents Brandon and Katrina Woven, just a few days before the Flippo triplets were born on September 9th. She led a fairly uneventful early life until her hometown of Richmond, IN came under attack in 2014 from the Kerpher Gang. Her father vanished while investigating Kerpher activities in Vancouver, leaving Katrina to raise Tanya on her own. Brandon's friend Hubert Rechere called to inform Katrina of Brandon going missing, and promised that the Padua Network and the Navyrope Society were doing what they could to track down the missing Victor Nanale - who was quickly rising through the Kerphers' ranks of leadership. Nanale was described as "like Clyde Spendelworth, but somehow even slimier."

Becoming Ciem
The Kerphers came to town in an effort to capture Tanya and Katrina; but Tanya's quick thinking and gymnastics allowed her subdue her attackers long enough to flee. She and her mother hid with her friends until police were certain that the Kerphers were gone. Even so, the close brush with death and lack of Emeraldon showing up became evidence that there weren't enough heroes in the world.

Traumatized, she supplemented her gymnastics training with parkour and martial arts training. Things became even more dangerous for her and her friends and family when a turf war erupted a year later between the Kerphers and Gleeful-N'-Young. The latter organization sent agents Reece Hamporton and Kyle Brandis to Richmond to finish what Frank Morvel started in Gerosha. Tanya's friends Yong Steffan, Damian Warnier, Ajeerma Casey, Shantal Combine, Di'Shent Roaste all became targets for Gleeful-N'-Young abduction attempts.

Inspired by the reveal of what happened to Candi Flippo, Tanya called up Rechere, asking him for advice on how to make a Ciem suit. Rechere reluctantly agreed to go along with the ruse, even using an underground connection to get Tanya some Zeran teleporters. As a makeshift and very crude Ciem, Tanya was able to protect her friends from being trafficked - even managing to rescue Yong after Brandis captured him.

Tanya's friends were grateful, promising to do their part to keep her secret should SCALLOP come for her. Ajeerma in particular warned Tanya that under the Kirby Act, impersonating a well-known Altered could be considered a crime - especially one that was already behind bars!

Death of Ajeerma
The new Ciem's operation in Richmond didn't last very long. In 2016, Tanya was with her friends partying at Yong's uncle's house, with love in the air. Damian Warnier, Ajeerma Casey, Shantal Combine, and Di'Shent Roaste - Tanya's "Team Ciem" - were all present. However, the party ran late. Ajeerma was careless online a night prior, and stated something on her Instagram about how she would see to it there were a thousand Ciems if need be, until those that burned her aunt's home down and abducted her cousins were never again able to set foot outside without fear of centipedes.

The Hebbleskins intercepted that post, and they concluded that the reports of a copycat Ciem in Richmond may be connected to Ajeerma. Since the war baton had been handed back to Rappaccini, the Triumvirate sent Screwworm operative Vance Rancon to Ajeerma's last-known location in order to spy on her. He stalked her all the way to the party, then set a trap. Yong decided to stay out of town for the rest of the week with his uncle, while the others had to return to Richmond.

Rancon began following their Jeep that Tanya was driving. As they entered a patch of woods, he began firing an ice cannon from his vehicle. Tanya swerved to dodge his attacks. He then attempted to run them off the road, as well as shoot through the windows. Tanya and her friends panicked, as they knew that their secret had been exposed somehow. Tanya was able to pull a daring move that sent Rancon flying off the road and into a tree, killing him. But as she tried to get back to driving, she got confused by a sharp turn in the road that lacked a guardrail.

She and her friends were in a ditch before they knew it, and then crashed into a culvert. Damian, Shantal, and Di'Shent were all injured badly. Tanya herself sustained only mild injuries. Ajeerma, however, flew from the vehicle. She was dead minutes later. Checking through posts, Tanya discovered Ajeerma's fatal mistake of a post. She heard the sounds of something loud, high-pitched, and almost demonic in the distance coming for her, unaware they were Anitos. A car stopped by hers to check on the situation. With the Anitos' screams getting louder, however, the unwitting rescuers abandoned the scene, letting Tanya and her friends drive in the back to flee.

That same night, the owners of the home nearest to that culvert were torn to pieces by the Anitos, who were frustrated in their fruitless search for Ajeerma and her ties to the new Ciem.

Conviction
SCALLOP patrols finally arrived to put the Anitos down. However, police at the scene were still very confused by what happened. Tanya informed her friends that it was only a matter of time before Ajeerma's post - and Tanya's own efforts to copy Candi - put everyone in even more danger. That retiring from being Ciem was not something that she'd be able to do overnight - as much as she'd like to believe that doing so would make all their new problems disappear. They noticed her acting especially sheepish and sad. She admitted that the culvert incident was due to her own panicked driving, and that she blamed herself for Ajeerma's demise. That the Anitos would've killed all of them anyway was a moot point.

As the weeks passed, Tanya's depression got worse. In desperation, her mother called Rechere for advice. Rechere responded by having a conference call with the new Team Ciem. He urged as many of them as possible to come to Seattle and work for him. Fearful for her job with the failing economy in southern Indiana, Katrina stated that Rechere's advice may be best for everyone. However, Rechere warned them that they needed to square things away with SCALLOP if they were to continue - lest there be Kirby Act crackdowns.

Tanya informed the others that the only way to become better at their business, was to talk to Candi herself - to learn from her. Tanya needed a way into Madison in order to seek Candi's advice. At the same time, guilt over Ajeerma's death was consuming her. Knowing that prosecutors were hungry for a case, Tanya made the decision to surrender herself to IDOC juvenile authorities. Her friends were supportive, as they knew only whatever Tanya encountered in Madison would allow her to forgive herself - and learn more of Candi's secrets.

Tanya was sentenced by a local judge to spend the better part of almost a year at Madison Juvenile, a sentence she accepted without contest.

Meeting Candi
Tanya met Candi finally a day after she was admitted in January of 2017. She very quickly endeared herself to the Last Legs; but was hesitant to officially join them right away. She pretended to be there only because of the accident; but her noble demeanor sparked curiosity. Eventually, a mother of one of the other girls mentioned a new Ciem being spotted in Richmond. Candi quickly deduced that Tanya was the copycat, and confronted her about this.

Candi initially wanted to scold Tanya about the dangers of impersonation of a Centhuen Prototype. However, she soon grew inspired by Tanya's story. She was furthermore impressed by Tanya's ties to Padua. Candi quickly takes Tanya's side. She agrees to share what she knows with Tanya.

Candi is able to develop a phone connection to Rechere along with Tanya, and the two begin talking about the situation in Seattle. Rechere claims that he has jobs and more all lined up for Tanya, her friends, and her family. All that needs to happen, is for Tanya to complete her sentence and move out west. Candi is able to set up Tanya with Nancy and Imaki. With Randy and Jordan as liaisons, Nancy helps design a modified suit for Tanya to wear in Seattle - one that would allow her to compensate for most of what she would otherwise require Candi's powers to pull off.

Capture by the Hebbleskins
In November of 2017, right as Madison Juvenile was being slowly decommissioned in favor of moving the girls to LaPorte, SCALLOP arranged to put up MPF generators around the greater Madison Correctional campus. They hoped that their own version of a Tug installation would protect the facility from further attacks from the Triumvirate. However, they underestimated one Bernie "Quoll" Mudster. This mutated man-quoll hybrid had become a master illusionist; though he preferred practical effects and gaslighting as often as possible. He staged an invasion of Madison Juvenile by way of spraying the region with a hallucinogenic gas. From there, he laid traps that only those with centuition could hope to see through.

This monster, donning a director's hat to further illustrate his egotistical approach, also had saboteurs disable the MPF generators. An army of True Milthuens and Qalupaliks raided the greater facility, leading to chaos and confusion. He initially pretended like his goal was to capture Candi and bring her head to Duke Arfaas - as initially ordered. However, he assured Arfaas at the last minute that he had a better plan to wear Candi down.

With much of the Madison staff centered around protecting Candi, they failed to note that Quoll's new targets were the girls making up the Last Legs gang. Quoll's men were able to capture several correctional officers and Last Legs prisoners. Quoll initially sent out a loudspeaker message to raid Gerosha, and hide these victims throughout the city as he turned it into his playground.

Candi and Randy set to work disabling Quoll's traps across Gerosha.