InsPyre

No one knows who InsPyre was prior to him gaining his current appearance and taking on his current identity. His background, ethnicity, and even name all unknown, the man is a complete mystery. Publicly he is the face of a new religious group known as The Kindling. While called a religious group it is little more than a cult of fanatics who also double as an organized gang not unlike the mafia, all with InsPyre at the head.

## Personality

Though he appears intimidating given his flame-like form, InsPyre comes off as a mannerable well spoken man. He speaks with a level of elegance belonging to the upper class while possessing the wisdom of a scholar and the knowledge of a lawyer and businessman. It is this persona that has helped make a positive name for himself, and allowed his organization and religious order to be viewed in a positive light, especially given all the community service that they do under his instruction.

In truth, he is selfish, cruel, conceited and arrogant. He perceives others as merely *kindling* born to feed the flames of his desire, thus the name of his organization. He is a man that places great value on control, and so goes through great lengths to exert and maintain it. This ranges from control of other's perception of him through deceit and manipulation, to control over his underlings through force, torture and threats, to using means such as direct mind control or Power Distribution to make one revere him as their god. While a megalomaniac in all intents of the word, he is an accomplished one, his methods almost always working in his favor, accomplishing what he desired one way or another. Despite these things and being a narcissist, he has shown a competitive nature, specifically in his aim to bring Foresight over to him, stealing her from Apex to make her his woman. Seen as a challenge to Apex as a man, it is moreso one towards Foresight, drawn to her for her strong telepathic abilities, capable of resisting his own psionic prowess. This has sparked an obsession in him, causing him to covet the heroine.

## Powers

* **Pyrokinetic Form**: InsPyre is constantly in a state where his body seems to be composed of living fire. The details of his face beyond his eyes which are a permanent white, seem perpetually hidden by the strange pink flame, a flame that hugs the rest of his body as well. Despite the color, the intensity of the flame varies, dependent on not only his mood, but his will as well. Regardless of how intense they become, by unknown means his clothes seem to remain unharmed from its burning. The flames are able to be maintained yet become harmless, allowing him to interact with objects and other people, or capable of reducing a person or thing to ashes. It is unknown if he is capable of turning this state off.

* **Pyrokinesis**: InsPyre is capable of shaping, manipulating and projecting fire. The flames he produce are always pink in color and he is able to project them from any point on his physical being and of course projecting them outwards in powerful bursts or a maintained stream.

* **Thermal-Blast**: The flames he projects vary in intensity and can be expelled from his hands, his feet, his "mouth" or even his eyes.

* **Flight**: By releasing a stream of fire from his feet or even his hands, he is able to propel himself into and through the air, giving him the ability to fly.

* **Power Distribution**: InsPyre is revealed capable of bestowing power upon others. This is generally done to his followers through a ritual he calls "*passing the torch*". The power he bestows upon them are all heat or flame based, and sometimes vary in color producing regular flame, to red flame, blue or even green or purple flames. Those who have been given power by him are bonded to him, allowing him to know their location at all times while also creating a Psionic Link between them, allowing him to perceive what they perceive broadening his knowledge and intelligence gathering. Should a person he's bestowed power to die, their essence is absorbed into him directly, further empowering him. He can take back any power he has given, though it isn't known if the powers bestowed on others is random or if its selected by him somehow.

* **Telepathy**: As powerful as his flames are, he is an equally terrifying accomplished telepath. While he is able to read the minds of others, what is truly terrifying is his flames abilities to mesmerize others, and to also burn away at a person's thoughts, memories and mind. When he uses his flames to burn through the immaterial physically they appear harmless, producing no heat. He has used this power to place those who oppose him into a vegetative state to which only he can free them. He has further used this power to burn through a person's senses, causing them to only be capable of smelling burning, hearing the crackling of flames, and seeing fire everywhere they look.

### Abilities

* **Criminology**:

* **Business Management**: His business acumen is second to none, knowledgeable in financing and various laws, allowing him to maintain the appearance of being a legal organization while maintaining his criminal empire.

* **Tactical Analysis**:

* **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)**: Given his abilities and vernacular, one often assumes that he is a ranged combatant, reliant on maintaining a controlled distance from him and his opponent. This is not the case, InsPyre is rather accomplished in close quarter confrontations having stated that it was something he picked up prior to his "awakening".

## Trivia

* His name is a play on the word Inspire and the word Pyre