Villains

A Villain is someone that is known for doing what most people consider wrong, against the morality of the group and committing various crimes.

Af Villains can have a wide variety of motivations for their actions. The term is applied widely and is highly philosophical in use.

For example the Main Protagonist of Worm is thought of as a villain for a significant period in her career, despite generally being heroic in her actions and saving many people throughout that same period.

Responses
How the authorities handle local villains ranges widely from being hunted down and killed like the Slaughterhouse Nine to being tolerated like The Elite. Sometimes "villains" will be in ostensible positions of power like in South America.

The public might like villains from a distance but they'll hate confronting them face to face.

Risks
Worse than Heroes or Rogues as villains are not inherently collaborative.

A Villains name is their brand, as such anyone claiming the name would have to defend it from challengers. Further other capes can have grudges against those who use a name they hate.

Background
Cauldron stepped in to make the hero vs villain ratio less lopsided.

Gold Morning
With the amnesty villains were able to easily make the switch to heroes, with past crimes forgiven.

Trivia

 * "Villain" originally meant peasant, relic of the classism of language. One can see this in the St Crispin's Day Speech: where Henry claims he will raise the soldiers from their "vile" condition to be "gentleman" when they return to England. Provided they participate in a verifiable suicide mission.
 * As poverty generally causes people to commit crimes when superheroes stop muggers, for example, they end up beating up poor people.