Fire

Chalooby

Evan

Myth

Smibbles

Ash

## Bio

Definitely not a scaly, no matter what anyone says, Firefang is a hard-headed and determined snake hybrid who believes that the world is full of pain. They founded and co-own Star Labs and were one of the first players to openly defy the Overseer. They originally came to the island in search of Nirvana, or true enlightenment, but through their own weakness they found themselves growing attached to the island and the people there. Stating that they don’t believe in causes or morals, only in people, Firefang battles for Unity and the friends they’ve made there. The island and the Overseer may have broken them, but as long as they still have something to fight for, they’ll always build themselves back up. More than anything else, they fear losing everything they love and being alone, causing them to go to extreme measures to protect those they care about. Their own paranoia and crippling self doubt have led them down a dangerous path, and their mental stability is questionable at best.

## Appearance

Firefang is a snake hybrid with light purple skin and a few orange scales. They have red eyes and turquoise hair that changes style frequently throughout the story. They have a long scar over their lip that goes up to their right eye.

#### Beginning

Firefang's original outfit consisted of a burnt orange apron, bandana of the same color, a blueish-grey body suit, and black boots. Their hair was cut in a mullet, though they had a short ponytail as well.

#### Depression arc

After the lava event, Fire fell into a deep depressive state. They wore a Star Labs sweatshirt over the bodysuit and let their hair down over their shoulders. They obtained prominent eyebags during this time, having not slept in weeks. They also received a burn scar on the left side of their face due to jumping into the lava.

#### Prison arc

After Cryptic's return, they cropped their apron and threw it over the sweatshirt. Fashion icon. They also cut their hair short back to a mullet.

#### Beach day

For their beach day fit, they wore a white dropped shirt underneath a bright orange tropical buttonup. They also had red swim trunks and orange sandals. In their hair were a few orange flowers.

#### Post-prison

Their clothes became beaten up and ripped during their time in prison. Since they hadn't brought any other clothes with them to the island, the holes remained since.

#### Masquerade

For the Dissonance Ball, Fire wore a white suit vest, an orange button up, and high waisted dress pants. They had a half orange and half white mask covering their face.

## Personality

Fire started off as a confident individual to the point of almost cockiness. At first, they were fairly closed off from people, acting aloof and undisturbed by the events on the island and even looking down on the people around them for their reasons for coming to the island. After meeting Chalooby and growing close with Cryptic, though, they began to open up, even going so far as to enthusiastically fight for Unity. After the lava event, they once against reverted back to before, believing that the pain of caring about people is too much to handle. When Cryptic and Ash returned, Fire became more docile and compliant, taking the newcomers under their wing to shelter and protect.

Leading up to the moment of their imprisonment, they grew more erratic in behavior, hurling accusations at the Overseer. The Overseer gaslit them to the point where he made them sound absolutely crazy to everyone around them, leaving them vulnerable enough for Caffie to trick and capture. During their stay in prison, they were continuously gaslit until they lost all confidence in themselves, believing every tragic event was their own fault. After being broken out by Winter and the event of Chalooby's death, they felt completely lost and broken until Genez began taunting them. Unable to bear it, they finally snapped and murdered her. This event triggered their erratic behavior once more as they started to believe everyone on the island was guilty for Chalooby's death and they all held blood on their hands. They decided that if the other side was willing to kill, they should too, and wrote up a hit list of dangerous players they wanted to murder. The maddened descent into this mindset led their close friends to turn their backs on Fire, which only served to worsen their mental stability.

It was only when Chalooby was resurrected that Fire began to once against lose their confidence and doubt themselves. Seeing the way they were hurting their friends through their behavior was enough to change their mind about the murder, especially after Chalooby confronted them. Now Fire constantly switches between doubting their every decision and desperately seeking the truth they firmly believe exists. They're clearly unstable but deny it, occasionally lashing out at their friends and distrusting everyone around them. They're terrified of being alone and abandoned, but their own increasing paranoia leads them to drive people away.

## History

### Pre-Island

Not much is known about Firefang's life before the island. They've stated they worked at Home Depot prior to arriving, and have off-handedly mentioned some sort of 'accident' to Butter. After Star Labs was blown up the first time, Fire told Cryptic the reason they came to the island was to reach true enlightenment, or Nirvana, by cutting themselves off permanently from society and therefore material possessions and attachments. It's implied that Fire has believed in this concept for a very long time, being unable to properly care about things or make friends, as they've often referred to Cryptic and the Star Labs group as the first friends they've had. They've never mentioned a family either. All in all, they come from a much more ordinary life than most other players.

### Island Arrival and Early Days

Upon arriving at the island, Firefang was prepared to head off alone and at last reach true enlightenment. However, their plans were bombarded by Cryptic, who for some reason decided to invite them of all people to join him and another player, Dazmars, to form a group. Though skeptical, Firefang ended up agreeing, intrigued by this individual and his idea to build a laboratory that would become known as Star Labs. The three set off on a long and hard journey around the island, gathering recourses and food. At last, they settled down in a chunk error near a Pillager outpost, where Cryptic deemed was perfect for the lab.

Tirelessly, the Star Labs crew grinded on their build, clearing the area and building it up. Firefang became the main architect, designing the building and doing a good portion of the building. As the days wore on, they found themselves becoming oddly attached to the laboratory, if only because of the amount of time and work they had put into it. Though definitely not friends, Firefang formed an uneasy truce with Cryptic and Daz, getting along fairly well with Cryptic especially. Another strange attachment took shape in the form of a parrot Fire named Gay Snart, which became Star Labs' mascot. Soon, a new arrival by the name of Genez joined the Star Labs crew as well, Cryptic offering her shelter.

The early days of peace and quiet didn't last for long, though. On Women's Day, disaster struck as the apocalypse was unleashed upon Star Labs, one of The Overseer's many sick games. The crew fought them off, but Firefang surpassed the 100 deaths mark, being the first player to do so. Being bad at the game was punishable by death, apparently, because the Overseer quickly targeted them. He harassed, harmed, and killed Firefang and the Star Labs crew numerous times until at last he dropped Fire from the sky, resulting in a final bone-shattering death. Regrouping back at Star Labs, the group is righteously pissed off. Cryptic decides to kill Fire once more to test the Overseer, which triggers a reaction. The Overseer whisks him away to the forbidden tower in the center, while all Genez and Fire can do is watch. After a conversation, Cryptic is kicked from the server, as is Fire, for not falling in line with compliance.

This action solidified Cryptic and Fire's bond, and for the first time, their alliance turned into something almost akin to friendship. The two made a pact to fight back against the Blood Moon Corporation, the ones in control of the island, and destroy the artifacts that players had been tasked to find. Genez, however, disagreed with the rebellion, wanting to stay out of harm's way.

To begin their plan of destroying the artifacts, Fire and Cryptic cornered Dazmars in hopes of securing the artifact he possessed. After much back and forth, the crew took a field trip to the Nether to gather supplies. During this, Dazmars jumped into lava, not knowing keep inventory was off, and lost the artifact. Back at Star Labs, Cryptic and Fire then decided to try their luck with Winter, the only other person they knew who possessed an artifact. Winter swung by the laboratory, but his presence attracted others in the area: Caffie, Ash, and Evan. The group had a short discussion about everyone's motives for arriving on the island, to which Fire declined sharing, instead looking down on the others, stating that those who came here for material possessions arrived for the wrong reasons, and they were doomed to fail.

It was during this meeting that the BMC kidnapped Gay Snart in order to quench the Star Labs rebellion. Refusing to back down, Fire instead rallied Winter and Cryptic to aid them in storming the center tower. Upon arriving, though, the Overseer imprisoned them in a bedrock cage, then spawned a Wither overhead. Caffie and Ash joined them to fight off the monster, but it was no use. The entire group was murdered, resulting in a total party wipe. Gay Snart was then, unknown to the Star Labs crew, given to Caffie and Ash. Fire and Cryptic were teleported back to the laboratory, where TNT rained down from the sky, obliterating the building. Fire, distraught over the loss of their build, lashed out at Cryptic, who seemed unbothered by this event. They finally snap and spill their reason for coming to the island: to reach Nirvana. However, they feel as if they had failed as they instead simply grew attached to things here. Cryptic simply tells them that if they truly want enlightenment, they need to toughen up. Fire takes these words to heart and decides Gay Snart is better off gone.

### Unity

Hard at work rebuilding Star Labs, Fire and Cryptic were surprised when a guest dropped by the lab. It's Chalooby, who they first met at a Note Block Boys performance during Women's Day. Chalooby informed them that he has a bounty on his head and that he needs shelter and help. Fire immediately agrees to assist him, and the three take shelter in the Starchives, where Chalooby explains what's going on. He tells them about a Unity Meeting he called in the Prime Republic in order to gather players into an alliance to hunt for artifacts together. The meeting went wrong, and now the Overseer has driven him into hiding. The story is interrupted by the Overseer himself, who crashes in to taunt Chalooby about Unity. Fire rises to defend him, seeing Chalooby as an ally in their rebellion. In retaliation, the Overseer once again bombs Star Labs, reducing it to rubble and taking Chalooby out with it.

Another newcomer joins the Star Labs crew, a demon by the name of Trick. Together, the group works tirelessly to once again rebuild. Though receiving no word directly from Chalooby, the story of Unity spreads through the island as a title of rebellion. Firefang, despite never having believed in a cause before, enthusiastically launches themselves into Unity, viewing it as the best way to take a stab at the BMC. That wasn't the only reason, though. As time passed, they began to grow closer to the people on the island, especially Winter and the Star Labs crew. They began to doubt if Nirvana was even what they wanted, or if what they truly craved was friendship. Unity became a representation of the bonds they had begun to form on the island, and they felt that by fighting for Unity, they were in turn fighting for their friends.

### The Lava Lakes

It was during this point that the Overseer called for another game. Directly prior to this, Genez and Fire had another argument over the Devil's Contract, causing Genez to head off alone during the first challenges. When everyone regrouped at the lava lakes, the Overseer announced that each player would have to vote out a rulebreaker to be obliterated from the world. Failure to do so would result in the death of the entire server. Naturally, most voted for Fire since Chalooby wasn't there, including Genez. However, the vote came to a tie between Fire and Ash. The Overseer prepared to vote himself, but before he could, Cryptic pulled out a water bucket and began casting the lava lake. Furious, the Overseer freed the two chosen and instead took Cryptic away to the tower, where he declared that he would be the one killed instead. Cryptic told Fire that they had shown him what it was like to have a true friend, and then said that if Fire believed in Unity, he was willing to give it a chance. After that, he was gone, his fate unknown to the players.

Fire, wracked with grief and guilt, believed that it was all their fault for getting involved with a cause like Unity. They once again came to the realization that life is pain, and wondered if the intense heartbreak they were feeling was even worth all the good times. The Overseer arrived to taunt them and reaffirm the notion that Fire was the one to blame for everything. He told Fire that rulebreakers get punished, and if they stay in line, they might get Cryptic back. Falling into a deep depressive state, they closed down Star Labs, since the crew had fallen apart one way or another. They moved into Winter's basement at his offer to lay low.

Winter, wanting to cheer them up somehow, forced them out on a road trip to the mountains, where the two hiked up the summit. However, Fire's spirits remained down, despite Winter urging them to continue with Unity and fight in Cryptic's honor. During this, they stumbled upon a hideout cave where Chalooby had been taking refuge. Chalooby brings them to the Post Office, where Fire fills him in on what took place at the lava lakes. Chalooby also feels guilty, and tells Fire that he'll do whatever he can to help fix things, as Fire and Cryptic had helped him before. The three part ways after deciding to hold another Unity meeting, to which Fire reluctantly agrees to join.

## Trivia

* Firefang mentioned on Twitter that their character theme songs are Dirty by Grandson and The Only House That's Not On Fire (Yet) by Lemon Demon
* They have an ongoing bit where they try to collect as many minimum wage jobs and homes as possible
* During a chill stream, Fire was handed a totem known as the 'Totem of Sus'. Someone killed them while they were holding them, and they were reborn as Among Us Jesus Amogus Reborn.
* Jerzy and Fire have a parrot son out of canon named Timur Meeuwsen, who continuously gets murdered and reincarnated.
* Fire has canonically not slept since Winter told told them the BMC puts tracker chips in the melatonin
* Firefang hates British people for no apparent reason