Firefly

"*Ah, ya talkin’ to me, Captain D-List? I’ll be sure to shut ya damn trap, right about now. No fire intended.*"
— Garfield Lynns

## Physical description

### Eye color

Green

**Garfield Lynns**, known better as Firefly, was the local pyromaniac and killed by the Suicide Squad/Task Force Xi.

## History

### Early History

Garfield started his career as Firefly only 8 months before the quakes, having the shortest criminal career thus far of any of the characters. It started off after the attempted murder of pop star Cassidy, where he started his rotating door cycle in and out of Arkham. He worked both contract jobs and for his own amusement, giddy to see anything go up in flames.

When the quakes started, Garfield was stuck in the Arkham Penitentiary.

### Post Earthquake

After the quakes, Lynns broke out of the penitentiary along with Scarecrow, Mad Mod, Sane Lewis, Mad Hatter, and others. He managed to retrieve his and Scarecrow's equipment from the Arkham Mansion, and intervened in a confrontation between Hugo Strange and Jonathan Crane. Afterwards, he assessed the fact that Gotham would be in chaos, and decided to propose an alliance with the good Dr. Crane. Lynns' muscle and transportation for some of Crane's toxin, and the good doctor agreed.

### Alliance with the Scarecrow

When they left Arkham, their first stop was Ace Chemicals (though it was a totally different section than the one Poison Ivy and Mad Mod were in) for Jonathan to gather supplies for his toxin. While waiting for Crane outside, Lynns encountered Ratcatcher and proposed the idea of a muscle and transportation services, to which Ratcatcher said they would get back to Lynns on. After Scarecrow got his supplies, and had a brief but tense interaction with Dogwelder, the two headed to the Riddle Factory since Garfield thought it may have some sort of condenser for Cranes toxin. After the two found it and started it up, they discussed future plans for Gotham. Garfield wanted to try and lead an attack on Penguins equipment shop, as it was the main depot for supplies and getting rid of it would incite even more panic. Crane wanted to start off small though, and said they were to destroy St. Charles Cathedral from the inside. Lynns agreed to this, but only if he could burn the church down afterwards.

### Attack on St. Charles Cathedral

When the two arrived, their appearance incited mass panic alone, even without their masks and weapons. Father Chris managed to calm the people down, and Lynns tried to as well. When Garfield and Jonathan got to their room, they immediately hatched a plan to burn part of the churches rations, with Garfield as the distraction. While talking with Father Chris, Ethan Bennett and Wildcat came to confront Lynns and try to convince the church leaders to kick the two out. The two heroes failed, and ended up getting themselves evicted and letting Scarecrow and Firefly continue their plot. And when Garfield noticed refugees eyeing Dogwelder with fear and suspicion, he ‘bravely’ escorted him out to Marrero Park, only to take him to where his flamethrower was located. Dogwelder took his fate bravely, letting the flames engulf him, knowing his legacy as Dogwelder would live on. Firefly then puts his gun back into hiding, and out of silent respect unceremoniously buries Dogwelder’s welding kit and ashes. He then makes his way back to the church, to where civilians thanked him for walking out Dogwelder, unaware that Garfield killed him.

### Confrontation with the Suicide Squad

While stepping out of the church for a smoke break, Garfield was approached by Captain Boomerang and Poison Ivy, in an altercation that quickly turned physical and drew the attention of Ethan Bennett, now Clayface. Bennett quickly took over the fight, but Garfield managed to escape to Marrero Park, and grab his equipment. It did him no good, as he was quickly taken down and burned alive by Ivy. Left for dead, Garfield managed to dunk himself in a small pond nearby to extinguish the flames. Left with horrible burning and scarring over his entire body, he swore revenge on the squad as he dragged himself to Mercy General Hospital. Going under the knife, Crime Doctor fixed him up and even gave him a shiny new eye. After receiving some extra information and finding Professor Milo, he learned of a few weaknesses for Ivy: a mutated pesticide Milo created, as well as zinc.

### Death

Garfield then flew back to the riddle factory, set up a cozy little confinement space for Ivy, and then returned to the cathedral to grab some fear toxin from Scarecrow. After promising to record footage for the doctor, he then flies to Robinson Park, and kidnaps Ivy as bait for the squad. When Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, and Deadman approach, (as well as Polka-Dot Man secretly) Lynns detonates the fear toxin canister, causing Boomerang and and Lawton to panic and hallucinate. Deadman, obviously immune to the gas, possess Boomerang to try and fight back against Lynns. Pushed back with the arrival of Polka-Dot Man, Garfield retreats to the main processing center of the factory to have more room for flight. This backfires, and he is once again subdued by Polka-Dot Man. But as he escapes from Abner's dots, almost home free, Garfield was grabbed by one of Ivy's vines and slammed against the ground. He was then strangled and burnt alive by Ivy, this time dying for good.

His main suit, jetpack, and weapons are currently being used by Firefly II, and his helmet is being kept as a trophy by Ivy.

## Appearance

Garfield is a big and burly fellow, standing at around 6’3 and having a stronger than average build and physique. He’s got very pale skin, decorated with freckles, a 5 o’clock shadow, and slight burn marks. He also has short, auburn/brown hair that looks only slightly messy. His suit also has loads of pockets for all sorts of fiery goodies, and is black and grey/silver colored. His wrist mounts, jetpack, and flamethrower take on a similar color palette and sleek look, and his helmet resembles that of an actual firefly with its overall shape, long antenna and large shiny eyes.

## Relationships

* **Scarecrow:** Scarecrow and Firefly are so far good allies, with the partnership being equal thus far. Lynns legitimately wants to help out Crane, if only for some of that toxin and the chance to see Gotham burn.
* **Poison Ivy**: These two hate each other with a *passion*. Firefly hates Ivy because he blames her for the fall of his rogue career, and she hates him because he burnt down half of Robinson Park and tried to kill her. There was no love lost when she almost killed him with his own flamethrower, and Garfield took great pleasure in kidnapping and torturing her at the Riddle Factory.
* **Ratcatcher**: Lynns knows of Ratcatcher, and dislikes him because he thinks rats are disgusting. He even threatened to burn them, but backed off after Ratcatcher was friendly towards him.
* **Dogwelder**: Lynns has mixed feelings towards Dogwelder. On the one hand, who intentionally kills dogs? But he silently respects Dogwelder’s bravery, even when he was being roasted to a charred husk of ash. He even buries Dogwelder’s welding kit out of respect, rather than taking it for himself.
* **Basil Karlo**: This is very offscreen, but Lynns has stated that he has taken acting lessons from Basil Karlo while in Arkham, so the two have been implied to be good friends.

## Abilities

* **Flight**- While not a natural born ability, his winged jetpack allows him to glide with ease, and allows the weight of a passenger.
* **FIRE**- Garfield has a flamethrower that he can easily maneuver and holster, as well as wrist guards that also shoot short streams of fire.
* **Basic Combat Knowledge**- Lynns is good in a straight fight, and is great at tanking and taking hits.
* **Fireproof**-Garfield's suit is fireproof, allowing him to survive in high temperatures for longer amounts of time. However, if even a bit of skin is exposed, the whole suit is rendered completely useless.

## Trivia

* Concerning people he isn't close with, Lynns puts out a very nice, friendly and generally easygoing Southern Hick persona, but don't let that fool you. He's not an idiot by any means, and he will off you if it means his own survival. He's almost stone cold when it comes to strangers, not caring about the death and damage his precious fire causes. He's a dangerous pyromaniac with sociopathic tendencies, and only those he considers friends are totally spared from his destructive tendencies.
* You do not want to strike a match in front of this man casually because he *will* try and make that flame as large as possible.
* Lynns is most likely the newest (living) rogue to the game, having only been doing this for 8 months and spending a third to half of that time inside Arkham.
* Garfield is around 24 years old.
* If Garfield is fond of someone, he will do whatever it takes to help them out. Just don't betray his trust though, because he *knows* how to make burning alive quick and merciful, or slow and agonizing.
* Garfield has yet to receive significant burns and scarring from his fiery escapades.
* Garfield is bona-fide southern, and speaks in an accent that's half Georgian and half Gotham. At least, that what his player says.
* Lynns is aggressively agnostic, and not fond of religion overall as shown by his disrespect and disdain for members of St. Charles Cathedreal.
* He also doesn't like authority figures and cops, as shown by his interactions with Ethan Bennett and Wildcat.
* Lynns has taken acting lessons from Basil Karlo while in Arkham.
* Lynns smokes, on and off. He’s always there to share, bum, or light a cigarette.

## See also

**No Man's Land**

*36 Characters* | *10 Locations*