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 and accessories
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

Accessories
Courtesy of her godfather Imaki, Candi has a variety of tools in her Ciem arsenal as well. However, some of the equipment consists of variations on Zeran technology that SCALLOP scientists had in their possession, and wished to keep a secret from local law enforcement in Gerosha. Candi's inability to keep some of this stuff a secret forever gets her into considerable trouble.


 * Constriction: Candi can wrap herself around most human enemies and cut off their breathing, similarly to how a centipede can wrap its body around prey.


 * Centuition: Limited precognition as well as ability to stalk prey for a limited range even without immediate eyesight. Similar to spider-sense.  She dodges bullets after hearing a "phantom scream" sensation that lets her know exactly which direction a bullet is coming from.  She can also sense recent sexual activity in others.


 * 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.


 * 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 her 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.  It is her failure to keep Gerosha police from finding these in her backpack that gets her arrested in Ciem: Inferno, as they initially mistake her devices for bomb equipment during a state of emergency - when all teens not obeying curfew are assumed to be members of the Pyro Panther gang.  She is able to hold wardrobes inside wardrobes up to three layers down, even having a special hair pin "Z-Ward" that she is able to hide from most detection by wearing it near the back of her neck beneath a few layers of hair.  She only utilizes this in situations where her normal Zeran wardrobes would be impractical to utilize, such as when captured.  Zeran wardrobes' main function is to allow her to have a Ciem costume ready to go whenever she needs it in a moment's notice, in spite not being able to get away with wearing one all the time everywhere underneath her civilian clothes.


 * Night vision eyepieces: Some variants of her mask also allow for a switch that activates night vision in her eyepieces, letting her see the world around her better at night. Otherwise, her mask eyepiece lenses are made of a material that contains dichroic filtration; which allows her to see in full color while those viewing her mask will see into the mask with a thick green tint.


 * Flying Claw: A taser / harpoon gun / crossbow system, seldom used, that she can summon from a spare Zeran wardrobe inside her utility belt. This electrifies enemies, can pierce through armor, and delivers a painful blast of centipede venom and electrical voltage.  This weapon is really only useful against heavily-armored opponents, from mid-range, when her darts are not effective.  Candi didn't have access to this until receiving the Forfica Mk. I suit, and it was an idea introduced by Nancy - who noted that Candi had very little long-range effectiveness and no better way of getting around heavy-armor opponents.


 * Nitrombs: Sticky nitric acid bombs and grenades for close-range. These seldom-used chemical weapons are designed to weaken heavy armor, but can endanger the health of tissues underneath said armor.  Also introduced with the Forfica Mk. I.  Without these and her harpoon gun, Candi has very little way of getting around heavy armor on her own, so she usually tag teams physically stronger heroes to deal with heavily-armored foes.  To her benefit, most of her enemies don't have heavy armor, limiting her need to ever use these weapons.  Exploiting nitric acid chemistry was inspired by Miriam explaining to Candi - and Candi to Nancy - about how Miriam helped Chris to improve his Purge-Flare arsenal.


 * 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.

Right before the Battle for Little Rock; Candi was given a Marlquaanite upgrade at an altered frequency that was more Tug-resistant, courtesy of Tabitha and a Marlquaanite ruby. This gave her Lord Zeras-like ability to teleport wherever she needed to - including to Phaeleel or Metheel! Because of this, she no longer needed her old battery-powered Zeran teleporters. She gives them to Dana in the future, and a few to Michelle before Dana is born.


 * Remotach pills: A Marlquaan-bound drug developed by a scientist with help from the Phaelites. Imaki made sure to supply Candi with plenty of these, in the event of capture.  With Remotach, she is able to reattach severed limbs - including her own head - while remote-controlling her severed body parts.  Remotach also helps prevent excessive blood loss.  The preserved pill takes 50 years to expire.  Once consumed, it takes a half hour to work at full efficiency.  It stays functional in the body an additional 3 hours if nothing happens.  If someone loses a body part, such as being beheaded, there is a half-hour period in which the drug will remain effective.  If the individual does not reattach their missing body parts within that window, lifelong dismemberment or death may occur.  If the individual does reattach, then the drug will quickly fade in effectiveness.  Another pill will be needed to avoid further risk of death via dismemberment.  Her first time using this was also the time a Hebbleskin mole in SCALLOP injected Bezeetol in her for testing her centuition reflexes.  She was able to reattach her own head, proving the drug worked.  The mole was quickly dealt with.

She has made a habit of taking Remotach before going into any battle in which risk of dismemberment or decapitation is highly likely ever since, though it has only proven necessary on three occasions since. While she was under Bezeetol influence when captured in South Bend along with Dolly, she didn't have any. Which is why she feared she would die in South Bend if the electrical power failure hadn't happened seconds before Affadidah's men were to carry out her execution.

After the Hebbleskins were defeated, she began phasing out her use of these, offering the supply to Tabitha instead. She also passed on a supply of them to her daughter Dana in the future.