Pyrokinesis

Pyrokinesis, from the Greek words pûr and kinesis (meaning "fire" and "moving" respectively), is the ability to control fire as well as being completely immune to being burned by fire. Leo Valdez possesses this ability, being one of the few children of Hephaestus to do so, as do the Norse Fire Giants of Muspellheim, and it is even possible that some children of Loki possess pyrokinesis.
== Description ==
Pyrokinesis is a powerful ability to have, with pyrokinetics (as user with this ability are called) having the power to generate, control and manipulate fire. These pyrokinetics excite the atoms within an object, with enough energy to ignite the object, and are capable of generating flames from thin air, not requiring the consumption of oxygen or combustible objects to maintain the flames.
Pyrokinetics have been seen being able to create flames, increase the temperature in their proximity, and endure extreme heat without being harmed. Pyrokinesis seems to be a very rare ability among children of Hephaestus, with only a select few ever possessing it. Users can telekinetically control and manipulate any fire or flame, and are able to utilize them in any way imaginable. More experienced users possess complete control over the size, shape, density, temperature, and even color of the flames that they produce, and are capable of burning almost anything.
== Abilities ==
* Summoning fire.
* Augmenting existing flames.
* Resistance/immunity to thermal energy.
* Shaping flames into any form imaginable.
* Heating up/down objects from a distance.
* Sensing thermal energy/infrared vision.
* Influence over lava.
* Creating shields of flame.
* Teleportation through flames.
* Resistance/immunity to snow magic/cryokinesis.
* Possibly using flames to achieve flight via jet propulsion.
* Creating thermal updrafts.
* Channelling flames through weapons to enhance their combat capabilities.
* Radiating heat.
* Absorbing flames.
* Breathing fire.
== Known Users ==
== Gallery ==
== Trivia ==
* Interestingly, Thomas Faynor, unlike most children of Hephaestus, owned a bakery instead of doing anything involving mechanics. Leo has also shown to be a good cook from years of fending for himself.
* Children of Hecate have limited pyrokinesis, but only through one known spell--Incantare: Templum Incendere, as demonstrated by Lamia.
* The first ever naming of the fire-manipulation ability to be "pyrokinesis" is in Stephen King's book, Firestarter.
** Curiously, the plot of the protagonist Charlie McGee, a girl with pyrokinesis who inherited this ability from her parents, is very similiar to that of Leo, both of them initially believing that their pyrokinesis is a bad thing.