Fire Magic

### *"Fire students are often fiery people (no pun intended) that don't tend to sit idly by as things go on. They won't hesitate to let you know if something isn't cool with them. Many fire students have a short temper, and you'll know quickly if you've done something to set them off."*

The Fire element is one of the four elemental magics students may have an affinity for at Alentia's Sanctuary. The class is split into two pathways, Emberseekers and Torchbearers. Fire students are often outgoing and one of the louder, more boisterous classes.

Fire and Air students are known for having a sort of friendly rivalry.

## Torchbearers

Torchbearers are natural-born leaders and, as their name implies, carry light into the darkness to guide those around them. Someone of this division will often be charismatic and win the respect and fellowship of their peers. They often find themselves sliding into the naturally fit position of leader in a group with or without anyone noticing (themselves included). Torchbearers are likely to be the first out the door when it comes to adventure and naturally pull others with them. They rely heavily on their instincts and impulses and have very strong, often correct, gut feelings, and while their impulses may sometimes get them into trouble, they can easily navigate the situation and overcome it.

### Abilities

Torchbearers are tightly bound to the flame they symbolically carry and it is said that it flows through their veins, raising their body temperature above the average person. Similarly, they tend to heat up even more when their passions are high and may accidentally burn someone if they get too angry, but if their mood gets too low or they have become wounded or exhausted, their temperature may plummet. Much like a flame, these students need warmth to keep them going and will quickly be put out without it. If a Torchbearer student can find themself a source of some kind of heat they can keep themself alive for an extended amount of time. Of course, warmth cannot sustain them forever and they will eventually flicker out without ideal care.

Being creatures of warmth, Torchbearers are able to sense someone's heat nearby and remember someone by their temperature. Similar to a scent, a torchbearer can identify someone by their resting temperature.

Because of their relationship with flames, they can easily summon and shape their own fires and colour them as they wish (a very popular party trick and great for kids- if you have them stand back), and with enough practice make them float through the air at will. A Torchbearer can conjure great, enormous fires at a moment's notice, but without a source of fuel for such figures a student will quickly tire as it eats away their energy. As a student of this division advances they can learn to show images in a flame or sometimes whisper and speak to them (in the old days this was very useful in cases of towns being pillaged and finding culprits) and can gain a peek into a fire’s memory through the ashes they leave behind.

Between their adept leadership and closeness with flames, a torchbearer also naturally gets along with most fire breathing creatures like dragons and phoenixes. Later in their training they may learn how to speak with them and summon them.

## Emberseekers

Emberseekers tend to be very hot headed and usually have a short temper. While Torchbearers tend to lead, Emberseekers tend to split off and follow their own whims, more keen to get their way than to compromise with a group. These people do everything with a strong passion, and few have the ability to stand in the way of the strong will of these mages. Emberseekers have strong opinions and will argue for hours to defend what they believe in. Students of this division will often get into fights and arguments because of their fickle personalities, but if you can get one to like you, then they will usually take that bond very seriously and listen to you more than someone they haven’t lent their trust to.

On the flip side of their very hotheaded behavior, Emberseekers are very quick to finish tasks they find interesting and will go above and beyond in their favorite classes, always having more to add.

These are people of rich passion that will fight to the end for what they believe without care for consequence.

### Abilities

Similar to Torchbearers, Emberseekers are very warm in body temperature, but tend to fluctuate less and sit somewhere a little warmer than an average Torchbearer. Though, where a Torchbearer’s body temperature correlates with their emotions, an Emberseeker’s body heat reflects the energy they have stored up and will heighten when they are about to release a spell.

Emberseekers deviate from fire as one would normally see it in an ordinary setting, but are skilled at creating explosions and can even form cracks in the ground, letting lava seep forth. A student of this field may also be able to summon lightning with startling precision. Later on in their studies, a student of this division can learn to form a beast to fight with them out of lava, or for a very skilled student, call down a small meteor.

Because of the destructive potential of Emberseekers, they tend to tire out faster than most and need lots of rest after training, or a particularly nasty fight, and eat a lot which usually makes them look lazy. An unfortunate label, but being underestimated can be a small advantage in a fight.

On the slightly more passive side of things, these students have the ability to touch and hold embers as if they were nothing, and draw out a little boost of energy. Being bound to the concept of heat and destruction itself, what's left of their own- and others’- spells can be pulled from embers and given back to the Emberseeker (because of this they tend to try to keep a Torchbearer around for an extra boost now and again). It's not uncommon to see an emberseeker reach into the fire and drain the remaining warmth from a campfire’s embers, which is why they're usually the ones to put out the last of it in the end.

## Inclined Species

Some species tend to be drawn more to an element than others. Species involved most with Fire include:

* Werewolves
* Dracons
* Solia

Many of these species are more resistant to or live around fire, which is a leading theory as to why they gravitate towards this class. Werewolves are a very proud species, which has lead to the belief they're most inclined to fire.