Fire

***Spoiler Warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

> *"You did this to yourself. You could've been happy here, but you ruined it! For once in your life, why couldn't you have just kept your head down and behaved like a Pride huntress?! All I've ever done is protect you! Proud let you live because of me, you owe everything to me!"* —**Fire** to Nothing in *Episode 10: Pride Law*.
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## Fire

* Current
* Teen
* Cub

## Affiliations

### Former:

The Prideless Stretch
Fire's No-Mane band
Proudmane's Pride

## Appearances

### Episode of Birth:

Before *Episode 1: No-Mane*

**Fire** is a supporting character in *My Pride*. He is an African lion and the brother of Nothing and Spark.

## Personality

As a cub, **Fire** was shown to be very cynical and didn't seem to like stories. Spark had said Fire do much compared to his sister and Spark. Fire also didn't like fictional stories about his own folklore. Unlike Nothing and Spark, he agreed with his father, Starmane, when he said that he wanted to have a talk with Sharptongue due to the immense violence in her stories. He rarely gets angry, but is seen glaring at Powerstrike after she names his sister 'Nothing'. He also defends Nothing against Proud's insults at her for not being good at anything.
When forced to choose between Barkmane's Pride and his kin, **Fire** revealed a horrific and violent side of himself as he turned on Feather, attacking and believing he had killed him, all while insisting the act was justified. He believes Nothing owes everything to him, as he cared for her in the Pride when no other lion would.
When confronted by Ghost, **Fire** confesses that he was at fault for Tangle's death back at the Stretch. Fire killed Tangle because he was afraid that he would not share the piece of prey he had caught.
## Appearance

### Adult

**Fire** is a dark grey-cream colored lion with pale fur around his paws. He has darker spots on the side of his eyes, and darker eyelids. He houses a huge bite scar on his right shoulder along with a small scar on his muzzle, and a nicked left ear. He has a big reddish brown mane, as well as emerald green eyes. He also has a fire-shaped marking on his chest, though this is obscured by his mane.
## Voice Actors

* Sarah Moscato (Cub)
* Caleb Calderon (Adult)

## Appearances

### *Episode One: No-Mane*

**Fire** is seen listening to his grandmother tell about the story of the legends until his mother, Powerstrike calls Sharptongue to hunt. Then, his father, Starmane appears and the cubs stay with him, until a No-Mane roars in the distance. Starmane looks through the tall grass and looks for the No-Mane. Fire then runs out, leaving his siblings behind. He is later seen waking up his sister from her dream about Ghost and the Shifting Place, and he takes her to their mother, who is seen fighting with the murderer of their Starmane and Spark. After the argument, Powerstrike leaves and takes Fire and Nothing with her.
### *Episode Two: Nothing*

**Fire** is sitting beside Sharptongue, speaking with Nothing about her huntress assessment. Quickmane eventually interrupts them, and calls Nothing for the ceremony. In the middle of the ceremony, she trips on her injured and ultimately fails the assessment in the process, worrying Fire greatly. The assessment angers Powerstrike, and she in turns gives her daughter the name 'Nothing'. Fire rushes to his sister’s side to see if she is well, but not before Quickmane interrupts him and orders him to leave the territory, rendering Fire a grown No-Mane. With no other choice, he says goodbye to his sister and promises that he'll come back for her, and leaves while the rest of the Pride wishes him luck.
### *Episode Four: Outsider*

While Nothing cares for Feather and his sisters, **Fire** silently calls for Nothing, telling her to meet him by the watering hole. At first, she is very reluctant to go, but ultimately decides to meet with her brother. While Nothing and Fire reunite, Feather appears and startles them. When Nothing picks him up to return him to the Sisters Steppe, Fire tells them about the band of No-Manes that he wanted Nothing to meet. Nothing asks him if it is safe for Feather, and he reassures her that his cousin is under his protection.
When they reach the group's destination, **Fire** introduces his friends to the two of them. Proud eventually takes interest in Nothing's name, stating that it is fitting for her. Fire and Tangle ask him to stop, at which Fire explains that Powerstrike, the Hunt Chief, only gave her the name to be cruel. When Nothing realizes that she is late for Hover's ceremony, she hurries away, and Fire asks who Hover is.
### *Episode Five: Escape*

As Quickmane lashes out at Nothing, he shouts that he is going to kill **Fire**, and goes off to find him. Nothing begs for the Pride to help her stop Quickmane, claiming that her brother is innocent, to no avail.
When Nothing finds Quickmane dead, Proud and Nothing argue about the former killing her. Proud points out that no Pride will take her in, and she argues that Fire will take her. Fire is again mentioned by Nothing when she asks Feather to help her find his trail, before going on the Prideless Stretch to find him.
### *Episode Nine: Fire*

Nothing and Feather are seen hunting a gazelle on the border of a Pride, but they stumble upon **Fire**, who catches the gazelle instead. Fire is overjoyed to see his sister, and asks what she is doing all the way out on the Stretch. Nothing tells him that Proud took over the Sisters Steppe, and Fire is sympathetic. He tells her how Quickmane had attacked him, but Proud saved him unintentionally. He then says that after that, it was just him and Tangle, all alone out on the Prideless Stretch. He admits that Tangle didn't make it on the Stretch. Feather then asks him if the Pride they're standing on the border of is his Pride, and Fire responds by saying that it is not his yet.
Later on, Fire speaks with Nothing about the Pride, and tells her about his plans to kill the Pride's Mane, Barkmane, to take over. He asks Nothing and Feather to help him, but the latter is reluctant, and points out that he keeps calling Nothing 'sister'. Fire tells him that when he takes over, he's going to give Nothing a proper huntress name. Feather then asks to speak with Nothing in private. Fire tells them to take their time, but looks unsure.
Feather expresses that he doesn't like the fact that Fire wants to get rid of Nothing's name, and tells her that her name does not mean what it was intended to mean anymore, and that Fire does not have the right to change it. He claims that Fire does not know her anymore, and points out that he asked them to help him kill someone. Nothing says that if Feather does not want to help defeat Barkmane, then he doesn't have to, but she is choosing to help Fire.
When Fire and Barkmane fight, Barkmane easily overpowers the No-Mane and nearly kills him. Fire shouts for Nothing's help, but she freezes and remembers the traumatic fight between Quickmane and Starmane. It is Feather who ultimately helps Fire kill Barkmane, even though Feather admits that he didn't do it for Fire. Fire then berates Nothing for not doing what she was told, and has to stop himself from doing anything irrational. Fire then goes to Barkmane’s Pride, and tells them that he is their new Mane. The Hunt Chief, Moonstrike, tells him that she refuses to accept Fire as her new Mane unless he kills Feather. At first, Fire is reluctant to end his cousin’s life.
### *Episode Ten: Pride Law*

**Fire** ominously reminds Nothing of how good of a brother he was to her, and reminds her that he has helped her his whole life, and now he needs her to help him. Nothing turns around in a panic and tells Feather to run, before freezing up as Fire runs past her, chasing Feather and brutally wounding his neck.
Nothing, assuming Feather is dead, challenges Fire to the right of the Pride. He is dismissive at first to her call, telling her that she will feel better once she calms down. After a few attacks from her, he gives in and attacks her back, scolding and demonizing her. After he nearly kills her, he demands her to drop the fight and join him, but she refuses, and tells him that her place is challenging him. Another battle is about to begin, but Ghost jumps between them and ends the fight. Fire tells him to stay away from the Pride, to which Ghost uses his power to let Tangle's spirit reveal how he died at Fire's claws. Fire begs him to stop, and asks Nothing once more to stay with him and his new Pride, only for her to leave him with the Pride, who seems to have a distaste for him now.
## Relationships

### Nothing

Although Nothing and **Fire** had a troubling relationship when they were cubs, they bonded after the deaths of their father and brother, and after Nothing's injuries. The two are shown to be very close and trusting toward one another.
Fire is later shown to be selfish, as not only had he murdered his friend, Tangle, but he is more than willing to kill their younger cousin, Feather if it means getting the Pride he was after. He then reveals his true feelings about Nothing, seeing her as weak and unable to do anything without his help and calling her a curse. Nothing challenges him for the Pride, and he nearly kills Nothing in the process, being saved at the last minute by Ghost, who takes her away to go to the Shifting Place. Nothing's final words to her brother are that she could not believe that she couldn't see the lion Fire really was.
### Starmane

**Fire** was very close to his father, and although his reaction to the latter’s death was offscreen and unknown, it could be assumed he was horrified.
### Powerstrike

**Fire** loves his mother, Powerstrike. He was, however, very unhappy when his mother gave Nothing her cruel name. Their current relationship is strained, as she was willing to let him die at the claws of Quickmane without lifting a paw to help.
### Feather

**Fire** is intrigued by Feather and his antics. Feather looks up to his cousin, and is very friendly with him. However, in Episode 9, Feather does not seem to be so happy with Fire when they meet again. When Fire was told that he had to kill Feather to become a Mane, he agreed with no remorse or emotions to kill his cousin, before quickly and brutally biting him, assuming he would be dead after that one bite.
### Quickmane

Quickmane was supposed to kill **Fire** as a cub, yet Nothing bested the former in combat. Despite his hatred towards him, Quickmane was forced to tolerate Fire's presence until he was old enough to become a No-Mane. When he learned that Fire had entered his territory, Quickmane became enraged and left to kill him. To his surprise, Proud was waiting for his opportunity to kill the Mane.
### Proudmane

Proud and **Fire** were on good terms, and the latter was almost like a younger brother to Proud. Despite being cold and distant toward his sister, Proud told him that he has to fight in order to find a Pride for himself to survive, as he knew Fire had no experience in fighting.
### Tangle

Tangle and **Fire** were both a part of Fire’s No-Mane band. Fire was very close with Tangle, and during the confrontation with Quickmane, it was Tangle who had helped him escape. The two were separated from the rest of the bachelor group, and spent a long time out on the Prideless Stretch together. Given the harsh survival conditions of the Stretch and the scarcity of prey, Fire and Tangle began to starve on the Stretch. After awakening one day to find that Tangle had caught the first prey they'd seen in weeks on the Stretch, Fire became convinced that Tangle was going to keep it to himself and let his friend starve. He then lashed out at Tangle and killed him, an act that he would later come to feel immense remorse for.
## Killed Victims

*Below is a list of all known victims that **Fire** has killed:*

* Barkmane
* Tangle

## Family Members

* **Father:** Starmane †
* **Mother:** Powerstrike
* **Brother:** Spark †
* **Sister:** Nothing
* **Half-sisters:** Farleap, Silentstalk
* **Aunt:** Waterhunter*[citation needed]*
* **Cousins:** Feather, Sister 1 †, Sister 2 †, Unnamed cousin, Nameless cousin
* **Grandmother:** Sharptongue †

## Quotes

"*You think because you survived the Stretch, you’re worth something now? I was the* only *one that cared about you in the Pride!*"
—**Fire** to Nothing *Episode 10: Pride Law*

## Trivia

### Interesting Facts

* **Fire** refuses to call Nothing by her huntress name. Instead, he calls her 'Sister'.
* Before Nothing and Fire's quarrel, Fire had planned to give Nothing a proper huntress name, though it is unknown what it was.
* Due to Golden being cut from the *My Pride* series, Fire partly replaces the character with the non-romantic parts, while Hover replaces Golden as the love interest.*[citation needed]*
* Out of all of Starmane's cubs, Fire is the one only one who resembles him the most.
* It has been hinted in the spoof, Son of Starmane, that he is not very good at fighting.
* Fire's bite scar on his shoulder was given to him by Quickmane.

## Notes

1. ↑ Although Fire has defeated Barkmane, there has been no official confirmation that Fire has taken over the Pride. Coupled with the huntress' reactions, it cannot be safely assumed that he became their new Mane.

*End of Spoiler Warning*
## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Revealed in *Episode 2: Nothing*
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 Revealed in *Episode 1: No-Mane*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Revealed in *Episode 9: Fire*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Revealed in *Episode 4: Outsider*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Revealed in *Episode 10: Pride Law*
6. ↑ Revealed in *Episode 1: No-Mane* end credits
7. ↑ Revealed in *Episode 2: Nothing* end credits
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Revealed in *Episode 5: Escape*
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Revealed in *Episode 7: Hover*