Jared Torch

Jared Torch is a red antropomorphic hedgehog who lives in Liberty Island with his mother Teresa Torch, who owns a bakery and his father John Torch, who is a martial artist. He comes from a line of martial artists who trained in the Flaming Fist, a style created when one of his ancestors got a mysterious curse that let him ignite his fists. He created a style based around it since he was a martial artist, and trained his children on it. The style has since passed down from generation to generation. Jared was one of the smartest in his class and had an artsy mind, but was bullied quite a bit. Since his 13th birthday, his dad tried to get him to train in the Flaming Fist style to continue the family tradition, but he refused, until he got the mysterious curse, where he trained but backed down in the middle of training. After several encounters with Chase the Dog and the Ferocious Five, he decided to come around and train, to the point where he's a well-trained martial artist. 
==Appearance==
Jared has red fur and peach skin. He has many long, thin and wavy quills with brown tips in the end, as well as one big and long quill sticking from his forehead. He also has ears at the top of his head.
As for attire, he sports a dark red shirt, green shorts, and blue shoes. For gloves, he has orange gloves with red cuffs that carry the ability to ignite his fists. 
==History==
===The Origin===
Jared was born from a line of martial artists who train in the special style of the Flaming Fist, a style that incorporates anger into fighting. The style started when one of his ancestors had gotten a mysterious curse that gave him orange gloves, which allowed him to ignite his fists. Him being a martial artist decided to create a style out of it, which he would later train his children on. The style was then passed on for generations and generations to come. Jared's father told him that story when he was little, disguised as a tale, not prepared to tell him the truth until he was older. 
Jared is from Liberty Island and grew up in a small town area there, which he still lives in. Growing up, Jared was an artsy kid, and one of the smartest in his class. However, he got bullied due to being kind of an easy target, being hotheaded, a bit short tempered and easy to tease because of those two things. He did make some strong friendships, some which unfortunately didn't last long due to those friends cutting off contact with him for one reason or the other, be it having to go somewhere else or becoming a different person, though there's still people who he has good relations with. Due to that, Jared slowly shaped up to become more independent, though still a bit defenseless. 
After Jared's 13th birthday, his father, after talking to his own father about it, decided it was the right time to tell him the truth about the tale. He told him that it was real, and asked him to train under the Flaming Fist style. Jared simply refused because he really wasn't interested in doing it just for the sake of family tradition that he didn't wanna get wrapped up into. Days kept passing and Jared's dad kept telling him that he had to train to continue the tradition, but to no avail as he refused every time. Until one day, his bullies struck again, but this time, he decided he had enough. As Jared was about to fight back, his quill tips and eyes turned orange, he obtained mysterious orange gloves with flames surrounding them. He had gotten the curse. The bullies ran away before Jared could do anything to them. Jared came back home, surprising his parents, and not exactly in a good way. His dad decided that he'd call over Jared's grandfather so both of them would train the next day, while Jared had to reluctantly agree to train due to his condition. 
The day comes, both of them start training Jared. They try to teach him some moves and correct him on them a lot of times, which gives him stress and pressure. They continue the training, with Jared still having the same feelings. At a certain point, he gives up and snaps at his father, saying that he doesn't want to do it because he doesn't want to give up who he was and be forced into a path he never wanted to follow just to continue a family tradition. He now resents his dad and his dad doesn't know what to do. Jared's mother tries connecting with both sides, but no results. The cycle kept going on for a few days. Aside from that, he was all over the news and pretty much the discussion of the town. 
=== The Ferocious Five ===
One day, he checked outside and saw a mysterious letter pinned to the wall of their house's entrance. He went to check it out, and it read "Hey Jared, can you meet me at the bakery? Love, mom." It looked off, but Jared decided to go to his mom's bakery anyways. Once he arrived, there was no one there. He looked around a bit more, but didn't find anything. Once he got closer to the kitchen door, he heard voices. He opened the door to the kitchen and saw his mother there, tied up to a chair with some of the other people that work there. 
Before he could do anything, he was grabbed in the back and shoved into a wall by Chase the Dog of the Ferocious Five, the most well-known criminal gang in the area. Chase mocks him by remarking him as 'the kid with the fire powers' to throw him off, and it works, as Jared gets angry enough to get into his Enraged state and tries to attack Chase. Chase, assisted by a few attacks from the rest of the members, makes quick work of Jared and takes him. The leader, Gruff the Bulldog congratulates him and they all go down to their hideout to eat. After they eat, Gruff tells Smithy the Rat, the inventor and scientist of the gang, to investigate Jared while they go out to commit more crimes. Smithy ties him up to a wall and as he's about to investigate him, he wakes up. He tries to get out of there, but realizes he can't as he's tied up. That's when Smithy mocks him in order to make him angrier, which works. Jared enters his Enraged state, and as Smithy's about to get near him, he breaks free. Conveniently, the rest arrive. Gruff commands Chase, who is tired, to stop him. Chase insists that he doesn't want to, but still does after Gruff shouts at him to do it again. Chase and Jared have a second bout, which Jared wins due to Chase not being in his A-game. 
At last, Jared escapes. On his way home, he gets surprise-attacked by none other than Chase, who's going ballistic due to and about being fired. They exchange a few hits while arguing about Chase being fired. At one point, Jared has enough and snaps about him being bullied and forced by his dad into making his whole future a pointless family tradition. Chase breaks down and calls the fight off to tell Jared about his past, that he lost his parents and how he's going through a similar situation with Gruff, feeling distanced from his primary motivation, that being to reunite with his brothers. A young rabbit that Chase had rescued before, named Ollie, comes out of hiding and hugs Chase in an attempt to make him feel better. 
After they stop fighting, Jared and Chase then start planning to break into the hideout and get rid of Gruff. They tell Ollie to leave as it's not a mission for him. They enact their plan, but as they're about to attack Gruff, he sends the other two members of the Ferocious Five, now the Ferocious Four, Fassah the Cheetah and Brongo the Bear to deal with them. They struggle, but eventually take them down in order to get to Gruff. Jared hides in a corner while Chase deals with Gruff, preparing to strike, as he strikes, Gruff is still standing and gives both of them a hard time. That is until Ollie shows up and minorly damages Gruff by splashing paint onto him, leaving him open to attacks from Jared and Chase. They deal a few blows on him, and that's when Jared's parents arrive with the cops, who arrest Gruff. Gruff tries to call for help, but the other three escape and he remembers Chase got fired. After that, Jared and his dad reconcile. Jared says he'll gladly train and his dad tells him it doesn't have to be his whole future. After that, Chase leaves with Ollie while Jared leaves with his parents, the three promising to keep in touch from then on. With training Jared becomes a proper fighter overtime.
==Personality==
Jared can be very hotheaded, thus being an easy target for teasing or bullying. He gets easily upset at the smallest things, be it mocking, small remarks or just anything that bugs him. While he's gotten more resistent against it, it's still an exploitable trait of his. However, this can also be exploitable in his favor, as he can use the anger for a fight, especially when paired with his fire powers or Flaming Fist training. 
Jared is a very independent person, as well as anti-social. He's had a few friends and sometimes has no trouble working with others, but when given the choice, he prefers to go on his own. He also has a difficult time making friends or starting conversations, meaning it's always the others that initiate them. 
==Powers and abilities==
Jared can ignite his fists at will when angry enough through his orange gloves, as the curse suggests. This allows him to get an upper hand against his opponents and deal extra damage when needed. That's not the only thing it can be used for, it could be an efficient way to heat up food when needed, serve as extra warmth like any fire, or serve as a torchlight for whenever he's lost in the dark. 
Once he accumulates a certain amount of anger, his quill tips and eyes glow orange. His strength and abilities are boosted to a large extent, allowing him to shake entire rooms and knock back any items in them, as well as being able to send opponents crashing into walls with a simple punch. This is called his Enraged state. 
His fire powers also allow him to keep himself in check with hot temperatures. He's not immune to them however, as it's only to a certain degree that he can resist them, literally and figuratively. 
Having trained in the Flaming Fist art, Jared has skill in fighting, at least enough to hold his own in whatever fight he enters. Since the Flaming Fist is centered around combining anger with fighting, he can pack quite the punch when paired with his igniting fists ability, putting him above a regular fighter.
===Forms===
====Ignited Jared====
The Ignited form is a step-up from his base form, obtained by harnessing the power of the Fire Crystal. It evolves the ability to ignite his fists to igniting his full arm for attacking. He also gets complete pyrokinesis, which allows him to blast and generate balls of fire, as well as make the fire stronger. In addition, he gains the ability to fly. 
====Furious Jared====
This form is reached by combining the fury of his Enraged form with the Fire Crystal. In this form, his gloves break, and he only attacks out of instinct towards who-or whatever he is angry at. Jared's speed, strength, power and fire intensity all multiply. He can react super quickly to incoming attacks, create much larger fire blasts and fireballs, and even generate powerful explosions out of thin air, not to mention his punches deal massive amounts of damage. 
==Weaknesses ==
Jared's biggest weakness is water. He can still drink it and take showers, but when it enters his organism or is dealt in a strong blast, he'll get significantly damaged. It also puts out the flames in his fists, as water would normally do to any normal fire. 
Another weakness is that he can often lose his focus when teased or mocked, as he gets upset at the smallest things and acts out of anger, making him easy to outwit. 
==Relationships ==
===Relatives===
==== John Torch====
John Torch is Jared's father. Their relationship isn't that much of a close one as they're both very different to each other. Due to this, they've had trouble bonding together. After his 13th birthday, John kept telling Jared to train in the Flaming Fist martial art, but he refused, which caused Jared to start resenting him. When he got the mysterious curse of the orange gloves, he came around to training, but quit midway when he felt pressured and stressed. After the encounter with the Ferocious Five was over, they decide to make up and their relationship gets a lot better. 
====Teresa Torch====
Teresa Torch is Jared's mother. She's Jared's #1 fan and always tries to be there for him, like any mother would for their child. She always helps him out and cheers him up whenever he feels down. When Jared gave up training and resented his father, Teresa tried to see things from his perspective and connect with both sides. 
===Friends===
====Chase the Dog====
Jared and Chase started off as enemies. When Jared was lured into the Ferocious Five's trap in Teresa's bakery, Chase was tasked to be the main instigator and attacker towards him, in order for the plan to work. After Jared broke free from Smithy, they had a proper second bout, which Jared came out on top of, even though Chase was tired. Chase got fired because of that, and caught Jared on his way home to attack him by surprise. Both got into a small fist fight, but then decided to discuss their troubles and team up against Gruff. After Gruff gets arrested, they become really good friends. 
====Ollie the Rabbit====
Jared and Ollie met after Ollie spotted Chase when the both of them were speaking about their troubles. Ollie briefly assisted them during their fight against Gruff, as well as rescued Jared's parents so they could call the police on the Ferocious Five. Ever since then, they've been good friends who share a common passion for art, even if their styles of art are different. 
===Enemies===
====Bully group====
The bully group has been bullying and picking on Jared ever since he was younger. Jared grew a very large distaste for them, and his confidence was lowered by a lot. One day, he decided to snap at the bully group, which activated the orange gloves curse, and scared them away. 
====The Ferocious Five====
=====Gruff the Bulldog=====
Gruff was the main ideologist behind Jared's kidnapping, as well as the one who commanded everyone in their plan. After Chase got fired, he and Jared plotted against Gruff for what he's done to both of them. When they first snuck into the Ferocious Five's base, he commanded Fassah and Brongo to take care of them. After Fassah and Brongo get defeated, Jared and Chase went up against Gruff, who gave them a hard time. Later, Ollie, John and Teresa arrive with the police to arrest Gruff. 
=====Smithy the Rat =====
After Jared got kidnapped, Smithy was tasked to examine him and figure out a way to use his power for their bidding. He kept angering Jared to collect samples of his energy, but at one point he entered his Enraged state and broke free. 
=====Brongo the Bear=====
When Jared and Chase snuck into the Ferocious Five's base, Fassah and Brongo were tasked to handle Jared and Chase. Brongo took on Jared as his main opponent and had an intense fist fight with him. He ended up getting overpowered. 
=====Fassah the Cheetah=====
When Jared and Chase snuck into the Ferocious Five's base, Fassah and Brongo were tasked to handle Jared and Chase. Even if he was handling Chase, he was still giving them a hard time along with Brongo. 
==Trivia==
*Despite his water weakness, Jared enjoys the pool and is a decent swimmer.
*Jared's favorite food is pizza.
*Jared strongly looks up to Sonic & friends, and draws pictures of them a lot.
*Jared is never one to start a fight, despite his aggressive and hotheaded nature.