Ignis

**Ignis Ex** (イグニス・エクス) is a character in *Promare*.

The captain of Burning Rescue. He makes wise decisions and leads the other members. He trusts his team as they trust him. Ignis is also in charge of the rescue mobile nicknamed the Ice Breaker.

Portrayal: Rikiya Koyama

## Personality

Wise and dignified, Ignis Ex is the reliable captain of Burning Rescue. His appreciation for his crew does not fall short of the trust they give him in return. He is shown to stand up to those who threaten his team and ensures their safety. While he can be critical of Galo, he is willing to give him a chance to prove himself to his colleagues. Ignis does not allow for nonsense as his guidance during operations is what pulls the rescue team through.

## Appearance

Ignis is a tall, middle-aged man with very short blonde hair and mustache. His complexation is a brown tan with his build being muscular. He almost always wears his firefighter jacket, underneath sporting a white no sleeve, and torn blue jeans. His belt has two pouches, and he wears a gold chain and sunglasses for accessories. Underneath said sunglasses, his eyes are blue as shown in closeups. Although obscured by his jacket, he has a pair of tribal tattoos: one on his right bicep and the other on his left bicep and shoulder.

## History

### *Galo-hen*

In *Galo-hen*, Ignis is given Galo as a new recruit by Kray Foresight. Kray tells him and Remi to "use Galo freely." Three days later, he has Galo properly introduce himself to the team. As Galo's introduction goes on, he finds Galo isn't taking his new job seriously and ends up breaking his Matoi.

Eventually, an emergency siren breaks out, leaving the team to head out. While Galo is almost left behind, he argues for himself that this could work as job experience. Ignis then decides to have Lucia take care of Galo.

During the emergency, Lucia informs Ignis of Galo's plan. Her calculations conclude that his plan had the highest survival rate for the rescuer. Thus, Ignis agrees to the plan. After the rescue of Thyma, Ignis shows the same amount of respect towards Galo as he does with his other peers.

### *Promare*

At the beginning of the movie, Ignis and his team are sent out to deal with a recent Mad Burnish attack at a local pharmaceutical. When they arrive, he directs and coordinates with his teammates to make sure the job is successful. After the rest of the team's takedown of Mad Burnish, he joins them on the roof about when Freeze Force appears. As the police force takes the Burnish men away, Galo comments on how they should be credited, resulting in Ignis having to defend him from Vulcan to prevent an arrest.

Around a week later, Galo goes missing. Ignis later discovers he was arrested for an attack on the governor. He informs his teammates of this, resulting in shock and doubt. Aina goes as far as to drive where her sister is to free him. They all later meet up with a flaming Galo and launch him to where Lio is. After Lio is dealt with, every member of Burning Rescue is left tired. The group is later seen watching the fight between Deus X Machina and Kray.

After Heris' betrayal of Kray, they then find a fire-covered Galo. As Aina is about to put him out, Ignis stops her, realizing the flames aren't hurting Galo. Waking up, Galo asks for his teammates' help with Lio. They oblige. A fight then breaks out between Burning Rescue and Freeze Force. Ignis specifically goes head-on with Vulcan, slamming their heads into each others.

In the aftermath, Ignis can be seen alongside his other co-workers.

## Relationships

### Galo

Galo is Burning Rescue's newest recruit. Thanks to Governor Foresight's insistence, Ignis enlists the rookie. Despite this, Ignis finds Galo to not take things seriously. He does have enough trust in Galo to let him participate in rescues though. Akin to a father figure, he is strict but not uncaring. He is the first to discover Galo's arrest and agrees to most of Galo's plans.

### Burning Rescue

As the leader of Burning Rescue, his coordination of the team earns him respect from his fellow members. He puts a high emphasis on their safety to ensure rescues go accordingly. He doesn't allow for nonsense. Thus, he may be strict on occasion.

### Vulcan

Ignis appears to have a long and negative history with Vulcan, with the two fighting whenever they cross paths. Their exact history is unknown. Vulcan has a tendency to look down on Burning Rescue as they are considered a "low-level" rescue team. Ignis, on the other hand, finds Freeze Force's actions to be borderline illegal such as the case of threatening Galo's arrest. During the final battle at the Parnassus, Ignis and Vulcan are shown duking it out and butting heads.

## Quotes

* *"Aina, what's the story up there?"*
* (to Galo) *"Quit screwin' around. We're launching you and your rescue gear to the 108th floor."*
* (to Vulcan) *"Hold it! We're authorized to deal with the Burnish in a fire emergency. That exception gives us jurisdiction."*
* (to Burning Rescue) *"Well, I finally got word from a friend at the city office. Galo has been arrested."*
* *"IGNIS!"*

## Gallery

*For Ignis's full gallery, go here.*

Ignis in *Galo-hen*Discussion with KrayIgnis in the *Promare* movieIgnis and co."IGNIS!"
## Trivia

* When the station's alarm goes off in *Promare*, he is shown with a Corona beer bottle on his workbench.
* According to the official website, Ignis is in his 30s. However, Geekboat claims him to also be in his 40s.
* Geekboat lore claims him to have a daughter who plays soccer.

### Etymology

* Ignis is Latin for fire.
* His last name Ex is a pun on the English prefix to indicate without or formerly.
	+ In Greek, Ex is the alternative form of Ek. It is used to express possession akin to 'of.'

### Intertextuality and References

* His design was based off The Rock. Furthermore, Ignis' Japanese VA dubs over The Rock’s roles in Japanese.

### Story Concepts

* In concept art, Ignis was depicted with an axe and car door. In the film, no axes are shown throughout minus song mentions.

### Miscellaneous

* As previously mentioned, Ignis' Japanese VA, Rikiya Koyama, voices Dwane "The Rock" Johnson's roles in Japanese dubs of *Fast and Furious*. Furthermore, he provides the voice for *One Punch Man*'s Deep Sea King, the Le Flea Brothers in *Space Dandy*, Rudolf Ushiromiya from *Umineko*, and Yoshikage Kira in various *Jojo's Bizarre Adventure* video games.
* Steve Blum, Ignis' English voice provider, is noted for his roles as Spike Spiegel in *Cowboy Bebop*, *Naruto*'s Orochimaru, various roles in *Transformers Recusebots*, Vincent Valentine of the *Final Fantasy* series, *No More Heroes'* Badman, Starscream from *Transformers Prime*, Heatblast, and Vilgax from *Ben 10*.
	+ In 2012, Steve Blum would receive a Guinness World Record for the most recorded video game roles.

2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 GEEKBOAT Race event. June 2019
3. ↑ "Some notes from the Promare panel yesterday!!!" https://twitter.com/Turbocrit/status/1196125354785529856