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Ward, also known as Parahumans 2[1] or Worm 2,[2][3] is the sequel to Worm.

Synopsis[]

The unwritten rules that govern the fights and outright wars between ‘capes’ have been amended: everyone gets their second chance. It’s an uneasy thing to come to terms with when notorious supervillains and even monsters are playing at being hero. The world ended two years ago, and as humanity straddles the old world and the new, there aren’t records, witnesses, or facilities to answer the villains’ past actions in the present. One of many compromises, uneasy truces and deceptions that are starting to splinter as humanity rebuilds.

None feel the injustice of this new status quo or the lack of established footing more than the past residents of the parahuman asylums. The facilities hosted parahumans and their victims, but the facilities are ruined or gone; one of many fragile ex-patients is left to find a place in a fractured world. She’s perhaps the person least suited to have anything to do with this tenuous peace or to stand alongside these false heroes. She’s put in a position to make the decision: will she compromise to help forge what they call, with dark sentiment, a second golden age? Or will she stand tall as a gilded dark age dawns?

History[]

The story began with Daybreak 1.1 on November 11th 2017 and updates on what is essentially a Tuesday-Saturday schedule.

Wildbow previously wrote two unrelated web serials, Pact and Twig, before returning to the Parahumans setting.

Timeline[]

Main article: Timeline

See more at the events category page or on the link above.

See also[]

Trivia[]

  • Taylor Hebert is not the protagonist or the point of view character.
  • Despite early speculations the sequel was not titled "Glow".[4] From the Glow part of Glow-worm, as if there was some sort of transition. Glow could possibly be a future arc heading.
  • The Ward uses symbols as text dividers. It is common symbols of Sun and Gold. They also serve to represent Keter from Kabbalah, and Monism. In universe they are worn by the participants of Gold Morning.
  • Ward has a total of 269 chapters.

References[]

  1. Interim chapters start next update day, not Parahumans 2 chapters. - Wildbow on Reddit
  2. Table of Contents
  3. If it comes up it'll be in Worm 2. If not there, or if Parian were to get killed off, it'd have to be in some prequel or supplementary material. - Wildbow on Reddit
  4. Wildbow on Reddit

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Chapters
Gestation 1.11.21.31.41.51.61.x
Insinuation 2.12.22.32.42.52.62.72.82.92.x
Agitation 3.13.23.33.43.53.63.73.83.93.103.113.123.x
Shell 4.14.24.34.44.54.64.x4.74.84.94.104.114.x
Hive 5.15.25.35.45.55.65.75.85.95.105.x
Tangle 6.16.26.36.46.56.66.76.86.96.x
Buzz 7.17.27.37.47.57.67.77.87.97.107.117.127.x
Extermination 8.18.28.y8.38.48.58.68.78.88.z
Sentinel 9.19.29.39.49.59.6
Parasite 10.110.210.310.410.510.610.x I10.x II
Infestation 11.111.211.311.411.511.611.711.811a11b11c11d11e11f11g11h
Plague 12.112.212.312.412.512.612.712.812.x12½
Snare 13.113.213.x13.313.413.513.613.713.813.913.1013.y
Prey 14.114.214.314.414.514.614.714.814.914.1014.1114.x14.y
Colony 15.115.x15.215.315.y15.415.515.615.715.z15.815.915.1015
Monarch 16.116.216.x16.316.416.516.616.y16.716.816.916.1016.z16.1116.1216.13
Migration 17.117.217.317.417.517.617.717.8
Queen 18.118.218.x18.318.418.y18.518.618.z18.718.818.f18
Scourge 19.119.219.319.x19.419.519.619.719.y19.z
Chrysalis 20.120.220.320.420.520.x20.y
Imago 21.121.221.321.421.521.621.721.x21.y
Cell 22.122.222.322.422.522.622.x22.y
Drone 23.123.223.323.423.523.x
Crushed 24.124.224.324.424.524.x24.y
Scarab 25.125.225.325.425.525.625
Sting 26.126.226.326.x26.426.526.626.a26.b26
Extinction 27.127.227.327.427.527.x27.y
Cockroaches 28.128.228.328.428.528.628.x
Venom 29.129.229.329.429.529.629.729.829.929.x
Speck 30.130.230.330.430.530.630.7
Teneral e.1e.2e.3e.4e.5e.x
Glow-worm P.1P.2P.3P.4P.5P.6P.7P.8P.9
Daybreak 1.11.21.31.41.51.61.71.81.x
Flare 2.12.22.32.42.52.62.72.x
Glare 3.13.23.33.43.53.63.x
Shade 4.14.24.34.a4.44.54.b4.64.74.c
Shadow 5.15.25.35.45.55.d5.65.75.85.95.105.115.125.x5.y
Pitch 6.16.26.36.46.56.66.76.86.9
Torch 7.17.27.37.47.57.67.77.87.97.107.x7.y
Eclipse x.1x.2x.3x.4x.5x.6x.7x.8
Beacon 8.18.28.34.48.58.68.78.88.98.108.118.128.x8.y
Gleaming 9.19.29.39.49.59.69.79.x9.89.99.y9.109.119.129.139.149.159.z9
Polarize 10.110.210.310.410.510.610.710.810.910.x10.1010.1110.1210.1310.y10.z
Blinding 11.111.211.311.a11.411.511.611.711.811.b11.c11.911.1011.1111.12
Heavens 12.z12.112.212.e12.312.412.all12.512.612.f12.712.812.912.none12.x
Black 13.113.213.313.413.513.613.713.813.x13.913.1013.z
Breaking 14.114.214.314.414.514.614.714.814.914.1014.1114.1214.x
Dying 15.a15.115.215.315.415.515.615.715.815.x15.y15.z
From Within 16.116.216.316.416.516.616.716.816.916.1016.1116.1216.y16.z
Sundown 17.117.217.317.417.517.617.717.817.917.1017.x17.y17.z
Radiation 18.118.218.318.418.518.618.718.818.918.10
Infrared 19.119.219.a19.319.419.b19.c19.519.619.d19.e19.719.819.919.f19.1019.g19.z
Last 20.120.220.320.420.520.620.720.820.920.a20.1020.b20.1120.e120.e220.e320.e420.e520.e620.end
Parahumans Story Arcs
Worm Arcs GestationInsinuationAgitationShellHiveTangleBuzzExterminationSentinelParasiteInfestationPlagueSnarePreyColonyMonarchMigrationQueenScourgeChrysalisImagoCellDroneCrushedScarabStingExtinctionCockroachesVenomSpeckTeneral
Ward Arcs Glow-wormDaybreakFlareGlareShadeShadowPitchTorchEclipseBeaconGleamingPolarizeBlindingHeavensBlackBreakingDyingFrom WithinSundownRadiationInfraredLast
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