Flamberge (Jambastion)

Flamberge’s KSA Artwork

Hyness (member of the Jambastion)

**Flamberge** is a character in the *Kirby* series, debuting as a playable character in *Jambastion*. She is also a secondary antagonist in *Kirby Star Allies*, but would later become an ally. A mage, Flamberge is one of the 11 Mages, being the 6th-eldest. She is a member of The Three Mage-Sisters, she, along with others, are people who are followers of Jampiston and priestesses of the Jambastion Religion. She is the Flame Mage, suceeding Eutropius.

## Appearance

In Flamberge’s first appearance in *Jambastion*, Flamberge had probably similar skin colour as Zan Partizanne, as well as red, spiky hair , She has no nose, and her eyes are blue and resemble Emperor Kirby of Dream Land's as opposed to being one color. she wore a purple t-shirt, with what looked like a bushfire on it. She wore a dress, had regular legs, and stubby arms, as well as black eyelashes.

After she became a mage, Flamberge now has disembodied hands. She now has lost her legs, and also has a noticeably darker skin tone compared to the other mages, possibly from tanning herself with all of the fire she likes to use. She also now has red markings curving upward from the top of her eyes instead of the bottom, like Francisca and Zan Partizanne . She also now wears a dark purple beret with a red version of the Jambastion Logo’s emblem (Created by Lamar) on the front. She now wears a long, v-style collarette around where her shoulders would be that is outlined in red. On the collarette are two purple hearts interlocked by a golden chain, presumably to keep the collarette from falling off of her. She also wears a dress with a red underside. This dress also partially covers her face in a similar manner to a veil, the area on her face is black and white with orange buttons on it. She wears what appears to be stout hand pads outlined in red on her hands. The pads’ cuffs cover the areas where her wrists would be, and the pads do not cover the underside of her hands. Each pad also has a red heart design on their cuffs.

When fought in Heroes in Another Dimension and the Soul Melter EX difficulty in The Ultimate Choice, Flamberge’s outfit has changed into more of an angelic color scheme. Her outfit and beret are all completely white with beige lining. The two hearts on her collarette are also gold instead of purple. Her skin has turned black and her eyes have turned red. However, she retains her red markings and hair.

## Personality

In her first appearance, Flamberge was known to have struggled with speaking, stuttering most of her words, and gets ticked if a boss insults her. In *Kirby Star Allies*, She is known to be very expressive, often conveying her emotions via shouting. She is quite hot-headed, as she is easily angered, leading to anger being a common emotion of hers. She is very protective of those close to her, especially Francisca, and will attack anyone who has hurt them or made them upset, similar to Henry. In fact, she is so protective of Francisca, that she worries she would melt in intense heat. She is also quite lively, usually heated up for battle and ready to go wild. However, she is a bit of a slacker sometimes, as shown during her encounter on Sizzlai Moon, where she claims she was searching for Jamba Heart shards, but her pause description states that she was actually taking a break. She likes to hang out in fiery, hot areas and apparently likes toasted marshmallows.

## *Jambastion* (2015)

Flamberge is first mentioned by Abdeshmun, during Stage 3-2, “Putting out the Flames”, as Abdeshmun needed a new flame mage after the death of Eutropius. Hyness is tasked by Abdeshmun to head to Heatwave Desert, where Hyness defeats a bunch of enemies on the way, When Hyness defeats Cerberus, Flamberge is seen screaming in the distance, about to burn to death, when Hyness saves her from burning to death, When Flamberge is no longer full of burns, she admires Hyness for saving her, as Hyness gives her a Flamberge, as her name states, she becomes a playable character. Her attacks are not as major as in *Kirby Star Allies*, with her attack being the Flamberge, as she acts like a melee mage. She is joined by Francisca and later joined by Zan Partizanne, who also both faced their own problems. Together, the sisters take down Dexter during the final stage.

## Kirby: Planet Robobot (2016)

Flamberge, along with Zan Partizanne and Francisca, all appear as guardians of the boss stages. With Flamberge guarding the door that leads up to the battle with the Dedede Clones. Flamberge mostly spoke English before she joined the religion, with a little bit of the Jamba Language on her side.

## Kirby Star Allies (2018)

the beginning of *Kirby Star Allies*, Emperor Jampiston, along with the other Hynesses attempts to resurrect Romulus, the god of their religion, as Romulus-EX by breaking the seal of their vessel, the Jamba Heart, in a ritual. However, A Hyness, Lentulus did not fully understand how to break the seal, and as a result, he accidentally shattered it, sending its shards across the galaxy. Thus, Flamberge and her sisters, on behalf of Jampiston, set out on a mission to retrieve the Jamba Heart shards in order to resurrect Romulus-EX.

After Kirby and friends defeat Meta Knight, Flamberge and her sisters land their Jambastion on Planet Popstar in search of any Jamba Heart shards that were on it. Kirby and friends face them one by one, encountering Flamberge after Lamar. After noticing them, Flamberge preemptively shouts and jumps over to them. Absolutely furious that they hurt Francisca, she attacks them to enact vengeance. However, she is defeated, and thus flees with a Jamba Heart shard in her grasp.

Kirby and friends later encounter her on Sizzlai Moon, where she is slacking off and taking a break from hunting for the Jamba Heart shards. She flies over to the heroes after noticing them, and after getting pumped up for battle, she attacks the quartet. Nonetheless, she is defeated once more and is sent flying into the distance.

Afterwards, Kirby and friends make their way to Flamberge's base, the Jambandra Base, and eventually find themselves in The Divine Terminus. There, they defeat the last mage, Zan Partizanne and do battle with the Hynesses. In one battle, Walker's hood and veil are knocked off, he enters an episode of madness and summons Spivey before draining his life force to restore his own and proceeding to use his unconscious body as a living weapon. After Walker's defeat, and later Hyness, in a last-ditch effort, Jampiston sacrifices Flamberge, the mages, and the Hynesses to the incomplete Jamba Heart, successfully reviving Romulus as Void Romulus-EX, who then sets out to destroy the universe.

During the fight with Romulus-EX’s successor, Void Termina, Kirby and friends enter his body to battle the heart. During so, During the third and final layer, They end up finding Flamberge, along with Hyness, Zan Partizanne, Bailey, Byron, Austin Jr, Lamar, Henry, Oscar, Trajanus, Sejanus and Francisca , trapped inside cocoons. One by one, all of them are freed as the heroes battle the heart. Once the heroes rip off the outer shell, the core is released, ejecting everyone, including Flamberge, her two sisters, and Hyness, who aren’t seen again until Heroes in Another Dimension.

Sometime after the events of the main story, A Hyness, Stilicho, began to repeatedly perform chants and prayers to open a dimensional rift to Another Dimension, and he and 10 Hynesses all fell into it after having done so. Hearing that they was swallowed by the rift, Flamberge and her sisters enter Another Dimension as well in order to search for him. After the defeat of Sextus, Syphax and Priscus, and having been called over by Zan Partizanne, who found Saturninus after he was defeated by Kirby and friends, she expresses her shock before shouting at Kirby and friends in a fit of rage. Filled with repentance, Flamberge and her mages engage in a grueling battle against Kirby and friends in an attempt to end their long-lasting conflict. However, the heroes are victorious, and Flamberge and her mages are defeated. Their unconscious bodies continue to be with Kirby, who put them somewhere, promising to come back to them. After the defeat of Burrhus, Antonius and eventually, Jampiston, all of the Friend Hearts the heroes collected merge into one giant Friend Heart, which Kirby throws at the sisters. Flamberge and her sisters wake up and are restored to their original colors, looking around their environment in surprise. After some thinking, Flamberge and Francisca nod in agreement to Zan Partizanne. The eleven of them presumably say a prayer of sorts, which turns the dark battlefield into a brightly-lit arena. The Warp Star then descends from the sky, and the heroes hop on. Before leaving, Kirby waves goodbye to the sisters, with Flamberge waving back, and the Warp Star takes off, leaving behind a small heart that slowly falls onto Hyness. Purged from the darkness within him, Hyness then wakes up, restored to his former glory, and Flamberge and her sisters run up to him in joy. They then presumably make sure he is alright and tell him what had happened as the screen fades to black. It is unknown if Flamberge, the mages, and The Hynesses decided to live on Planet Popstar with Kirby afterwards, but the 100% completion picture for Heroes in Another Dimension shows that they are now on good terms with each other, as she can be seen playfully pulling Kirby's face as he sleeps.

Flamberge is first fought on Jambastion in Inner Sanctum, serving as the 14th boss, suceeding Lamar and Preceeding Henry. with the boss title of **Blazing General**. She is later fought again in Far-Flung - Starlight Heroes on Sizzlai Moon, serving as the 37th boss, suceeding Domitianus and preceeding Gaius, with the boss title of **Bringer of Flame**.

## Kirby: Civil War Intact (2040)

Flamberge appears as one of the main protagonists during Kirby: Civil War Intact, as she had heard that Kirby’s friends had turned on him one by one, She first appeared in the void, before battling her own sister Francisca, She, along with Francisca, Zan and Hyness all decide to join Kirby in his mission to restore Popstar back to normal, with the Timelines having been screwed over by Lacuna, once they defeat Lacuna and her three major generals, Flamberge tries to betray Kirby, along with Zan and Francisca, but all three are vanquished by Hyness, who restores them back to normal, afterwards, Flaamberge becomes a Hero by slaying Eclipse Termina.

## Kirby: Samarian Attack (2050)

Flamberge appears as a Ally and Playable Character during Kirby: Samarian Attack, along with the other 10 Mages.

## History

Before the events of *Kirby Star Allies*, Flamberge was originally a normal girl. She was a General who was defeating enemies and shooting them down, After her plane was shot down, She had gotten trapped in a fire from her own Plane and nearly suffocated after releasing one fiery last scream. However, before she could depart from the world, Hyness arrived in the nick of time and saved her by granting her the powers of fire. Thus, she became one of Hyness’s followers, admiring him for rescuing her.

## Trivia

* While unconfirmed, Francisca and Flamberge's bond may possibly be that of a romantic one, due to them being noticeably close with each other, along with Flamberge's introduction dialogue. On the topic of their relationship in a *Nintendo Dream* interview, Shinya Kumazaki stated, “although they are comrades, perhaps their bond could be a bit deeper than just that.” This may imply that this is the case. Additionally, in a Tweet from the official Kirby Twitter, Flamberge remarks that the drawing of Francisca is cute and that her chest is “burning.” This appears to imply that at least Flamberge has a romantic interest in Francisca. Lastly, in the end card for the Three Mage-Sisters in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!, the two of them can be seen holding hands, although it is unknown if it is in a loving manner or not.JambastionKirby: Planet Robobot