“Titan Oberon. The villain Prancer was a drug and gun runner turned kingpin, retired after a failed venture and the death of his partner. We’re still looking for his close associate Moose Knuckle, in hopes he can shed light on his partner and the situation that led to this. We’re coming to believe he’s deceased. Prancer was a breaker who augmented his agility and speed, losing his enhancements if he was hurt. The Titan maintains that agility and speed.”

Next image. A woman in light gray, with hair like fire. Like the rest of the Titans, she had no face, and the rest of her was given more character and detail. The buildings around her were dissolving.

“The Ashen Titan. Formerly Warden Cinereal. Her reach was already extensive, especially when she was in an area for any length of time. It has increased manifold. She converts inorganic matter within a certain radius to ash she can telekinetically control and shape. We sent an expedition out to reach out and try to open communication, she superheated her ash, and the heated air that resulted killed the capes at the cloudline. We can safely assume she is no longer on our side.”

No mention of what had driven her to this. She’d seemed confident and focused when I had talked to her, but then the Wardens seemed to have a hypothesis about Titans losing track of their own humanity or something? How did that connect? What didn’t I know?

Maybe not so straightforward and upfront after all, Legend?

Maybe that was unfair.

Another Titan appeared on the screens. Engaged in a fight as the picture was taken. It had a face like a blade with hinges for two separate jaws below, the metal folding back to encompass the head, with no eyeholes. The ‘flesh’ went from black to red to a kind of white-hot pink, like it had been heated, as it reached the flared edges, like she was made of living armor. Her hair was golden, long enough to drape on the ground. No legs, just a column. Her hands were weapons.

“Titan Skadi. Formerly Axehead, a member of Advance Guard’s lower-tier roster. She was not considered a strong cape by herself or others, and she is our most immediate concern. Axehead had the power to teleport, but only into danger. Titan Skadi has the same ability, but with no apparent limit on ranges, not even dimensional boundaries. She assesses the biggest threat to her with a danger sense, and teleports to it to immediately begin wreaking havoc. She’s the most aggressive Titan, and it’s taking the concerted effort of twenty capes to occupy her so she won’t read us as her most immediate threat and appear in this venue.”