The Firehawk

The Firehawk is an extremely powerful fey spirit of chaos and destruction. Every once in a while, adhering to no strict pattern, the Firehawk calls upon a mortal being to act as a conduit: they are compelled to travel to a shrine, such as the one found in the Craigmore volcano in Chicao, where the fey spirit merges with them. This grants them overwhelming destructive power, but sometimes drives them insane or consumes their previous sense of self. The Firehawk will then bring fire and chaos to the surrounding region, though not necessarily in a violent or malevolent manner; the Firehawk's mortal shell is usually short-lived, as Materian champions tend to stand up against the senseless destruction sewn by the fey. However, it is never to be fully destroyed, eternally reincarnating in Etheria to eventually return again.
Due to its nature as a prominent recurring Materian figure, the Firehawk has developed something of a world-wide cult following: loosely-connected believers who live to spread the word of the Firehawk, or more aptly, its flame. They hold that their patron is reborn in fire eternally, as the pheonix, and they wait impatiently for its return every time it is quenched. These cults of arsonists and anarchists vary widely in their senses of decorum and procedure.
The Firehawk, in a mortal guise, almost inevitably returns to a certain spot known as the Seat of the Firehawk, where a small chair made of flame sits burning eternally, incapable of being extinguished. When the fey walks Materia, the chair ignites into a huge pillar of fire at its master's behest: a testament to its glory. Temples are invariably built here to house the seat, though they are routinely destroyed, often by the Firehawk itself.
Some believe that the Firehawk is the opposing force to Whale Mage, a benevolent force of creation.
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