Scarlett Hartline

## Scarlett Andrina Hartline

> "I sense a *spark* in you, child.
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> Even as your legs give out and you collapse to the ground, buried deep in snow, over and over again in a repeating cycle, so very close to Death's embrace in these endless plains of ice and snow, you do not hesitate to struggle back to your feet and continue your endless march, with salvation nowhere in sight.
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> There is a tiny fire burning within the deep recesses of your *heart*, flickering in and out of visibility, battered by the harsh winds of frigid air... yet *somehow* refusing with every ounce of it's meagre might to burn out entirely. Despite all odds and with no hope of survival, you have not resigned yourself to death, an admirable feat for one so young.
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> It would be rude of one such as I, to let a child who burns so brightly vanish in a place such as this, I will stoke this small flame that you have shielded from the cold at the cost of your own body, until it has transformed into a *raging inferno* that will melt even the coldest of ice, all you must do is light the match and *SET YOUR HEART ABLAZE!"*
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When Scarlett was young she was kidnapped and taken to Luxania, she managed to escape her captors but was freezing to death in a blizzard. Luckily, a passing dragon (really fucking lucky) happened to pity her and after signing a contract with the dragon, it gifted her with the power of fire. What she doesn't know is that it wasn't just a random dragon, it was actually a greater servant of the motherfucking Red Reaper.

Scarlett's nickname is **Fireheart**, she was given this nickname due to her kindness and unrelenting passion. A name that become all the more fitting seeing as how now her flames pulse along to the beat of her heart and internally her heart itself is quite literally engulfed in flames, although this is all merely coincidental since she had it well before she had gained her powers.

Scarletts powers are directly tied in with her emotions, the angrier she gets the larger and hotter her fire becomes (when she is really enraged her entire body is engulfed in flames) when she is sad her flames are reduced to embers and when she is scared her flames will burst out of her as a defensive mechanism (when she is utterly terrified her flames entirely retract back into her).

When calm she can control the heat of her fire to some extent, even make it not burn a specific target in an area. If her body gets too cold, her powers will activate automatically to keep her warm. When she first gained her powers, she had little control over the output and was basically permanently engulfed in flames, this was helpful while she was stuck in the blizzard but it became a hindrance afterwards.

Additionally, while she is still able to feel the heat from fires, they cannot directly harm her, she can walk straight through an inferno and come out on the other side completely unscathed, although likely missing all of her clothing.

When Scarlett touches a fire that is not of her making it will spread along her body and absorb into her. This doesn't work when she is too angry, sad, or scared as she cannot properly focus on the task.

The fire she generates in her attacks isn't normal fire, it is draconic fire. When she absorbs regular fire into her, it gets turned into draconic fire inside her body and if the amount of fire is sufficient it can also have an additional rejuvenating effect that can heal minor injuries that she has sustained. While she has no control over regular fire, if she happened to encounter a draconic fire, not of her making, she would have some semblance of control over it.

Her clothes are decently fire resistant but when she gets too emotional, the heat of her own fires will become too much for her clothes to handle and they will be reduced to ash.

When fighting, Scarlett will typically set her sword ablaze and fight with that instead of using her fire directly as this makes it easier to focus and control. Her flames are weaker when used through this medium but it's a small price to pay to not burn down an entire city (which isn't an overstatement she actually could do that).

One of her strongest attacks involves releasing 'all' the fire inside of her to create a literal dragon made of fire. (The size of the dragon will depend on how much power she has already expended beforehand).

Scarlett's fire changes colour as it gets hotter/more powerful from red to orange to white to blue (and probably more further beyond). The exact temperature of the fire is much hotter than it normally would be at each stage as it isn't regular fire. She doesn't know if there is a limit to how hot her fire can become and is scared to try and find out (spoilers... there isn't, she's like the Hulk but for fire).

When Scarlett uses a significant portion of her power, nearby energy sources may be drained, converted into heat energy and flow into her. (I like the idea of systems draining and lights flickering when she's angry)

Scarlett's Theme is Catch Fire by Jenix.