Half-Flame

Superhuman Strength

Superhuman Speed

Superhuman Durability

Superhuman Agility

Superhuman Refluxes

Superhuman Stamina

Martial Arts

Combat

Leadership

Tactician

Taste in Music

**Christopher James Ryleigh** is an Elemental Master and controls the elements of Fire and Ice.

## Biography

Christopher Ryleigh was born in late 1980 to **Katherine Ryleigh** and **James Ryleigh**, making him a hybrid of an Ice King and a Fire-Lord. His conception was all part of a plot set up by his father to produce a second Fire-Lord, whose power he could use to complete the Cremation Expansion, which involved assimilating millions of worlds into his father’s very being. Peter was only one in thousands of different children that James conceived over the course of millions of years, though all who came before him were killed and thrown aside, failing to meet James's expectation.

Chris grew up in Brooklyn, New York under the care of his mother and his older sister, Brooklyn Throughout his childhood, Chris became something of a wild child, getting into numerous fights. He became very close to his mother, who brought together some of her favorite songs from her childhood into a mixtape she titled “The Final Countdown! Vol 1.” When other children at school asked where his father was, Chris told them that his dad was the famous fire hero, Cremator and was busy with his superhero career, which the other kids didn’t believe and thought that he was delusional.

When he was 8 years old, He was taken and arrested by the Geo Facility and where kids with superhuman abilities are taken and trained like weapons. He was trained into thievery by his lab supervisor, Oval Dodger, He also told Chris that they kept him because he was a “powerful weapon that can freeze the guards and easily swipe things”, therefore making it easier for thieving. Chris is later told that the threat of being eaten was actually a joke, but as a child he believed it to be serious. As he grew older, Chris started going by the name Half-Flame, which was a nickname given to him by his mother.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Hybrid Physiology**: Due to his heritage, he is part Extinguisher and part Lokatian, giving him superhuman abilities. Even while not having awakened his fire-ice power, Quill had enough power to briefly survive while holding the Fire Stone on his own and after awakening his full power, was able to challenge his father, a true Extinguisher, who had easily subdued the other Guardians. Although he seems to have lost control of his fire ability after Cremator left him and his mom, Chris retained total control of his superhuman ice powers.

* **Ice-Fire Manipulation**: Chris’s parent’s combined DNA gives him the ability to generate ice from the right side of his body, and generate fire from his left side. Due to years of rejecting his fire over the loss of his father, Chris has developed a habit of favoring ice, even when the fire would be a better option. This grudge also caused him to have difficulty controlling his fire. While he is capable of using both elements simultaneously, he isn't used to doing this and still needs to practice dual-wielding. While training for his ultimate move, he claimed that using both abilities at the same time slows him down.If he overuses one element without utilizing the other, then his own body temperature will suffer. The ice half will cause frostbite and the fire half will cause heatstroke. Until taken to his bodily limit however, neither has any visible effect on his body. Chris can easily negate this weakness by alternating between ice and fire. As part of his training at the Geo Facility, Chris sat in a box of bombs and alternated between using fire to regulate the temperature of the bombs and make it explode. The ice sometimes helps his body become accustomed to the cold, and he learned better control over his flames.
* **Superhuman Strength**: Chris possesses physical strength which is enhanced to considerable superhuman levels. His super strength allows him to physically overpower combatants including elite-trained humans, extraterrestrial troops, and robot sentries. Chris can bend metal bars with visible effort, slam through solid walls and reinforced glass, and pry open steel doors. Chris effortlessly crushed a walkie-talkie from one of the German police officers in one hand and tore off a taxi door with ease.
* **Superhuman Speed**: Chris is remarkably quick and can run and move at speeds beyond the peak of human potential. He can catch up to or outrun speeding vehicles and cover a small area such as city blocks in seconds as well.
* **Superhuman Durability**: Due to his paternal heritage from his father, Chris holds considerable amounts of supernatural durability and endurance to the point that he even was able to physically withstand the exposure to the energy from a Cosmo Gem. He held the Gravity Stone for a short length of time without dying and was able to harness its power when sharing the burden with the other Quadians. It's confirmed by his ability to use the Quad Bracers without sustaining effects from recoil, whereas Ajax, Curvy and Duke nearly dislocated their arms trying to do so. Chris himself also noted that he was able to survive numerous injuries while working with the Quadians, though none were implausible enough to raise any suspicion. He is also capable of withstanding the strong blows of Curvy’s tentacles without damage of his body. When he fought Cremator, he was able to withstand Cremator’s attacks and only had minor injuries at the end of the fight. Later, Chris managed to survive a shockwave from Cricket using the Cosmic Gauntlet and quickly recovered.

### Abilities

Master Martial Arts

Master Combatant

Leadership

Master Tactician

Taste in Music