Ember Takashiro

> ❝ Sometimes I like to go outside and think, and I always end up realising. None of this would've happened without me. None of us would be all together like this. All my favourite parts of life, are my fault in a way... ❞
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Ember Takashiro (鷹白・エンバ) is a young fire fairy born and raised in the outskirts by Hanako Takashiro, Elysia Takashiro, and later on by Tekkit Gintoge and Akane Katane. They are a very important character, playing a huge part in Tales of Embie, as well as being the main protagonist of Fairy Collection Service.

## Bio

### Appearance

In Fairy Collection Service, Ember is a young fair-skinned enby who's quite tall for their age. They have medium-length wavy red hair with bangs parted on the right, an ahoge, and on their left side, a small braid tied with a piece of dark grey fabric. They have dark brown eyes that match their dad's, as well as dragon-like wings with 4 joints. Ember usually wears a red dress with a metal ring sewed to the front, a white top, and a dark grey fingerless jumpsuit, as well as brown boots.

### Personality

Ember is very energetic and bubbly, as well as being very excited to try new things and meet new people, which lead to Tekkit refering to them as "our little firecracker". This fits Ember extremly well because they can also be very stubborn and hot-headed, as well as the obvious connection to fire. Ember can also be selfish at times, but does deeply care about everyone, even if they're not particulary close to them.

Ember is extroverted and confident most of the time, except when it comes to their powers. Ember is still unsure and has trouble controlling their powers, accidentally sending sparks flying and starting small fires, however, they have become quite the expert at flying, mastering the skill long before they learnt how to walk.

### Early Life

Ember grew up around a lot of people that deeply cared about them and each other, however, they were mostly raised by Hanako and Elysia, their parents, as well as Tekkit and Akane. Hanako and Elysia put them in charge of teaching Ember about their powers, as they had no idea how to raise a fairy child. Ember spent most of their time outside socialising and playing with Tatsuo and Akane. Also, Nagi (with the assistance of Blaire) occasionally taught Ember how to horse ride, if she had Elysia's permission. Because of her relation to Nyx Yamiko, Ember never visited the centre of Morrikyu, or met anyone else that lives there. They don't mind though, being very content and happy with their life with the people that they live with.

## Relationships

**Elysia Takashiro -** Ember is extremely close to their mum, Elysia. They can talk to her about anything, and Elysia always listens and tries to help Ember as much as possible, while still letting them learn and work things out for themselves. Elysia often shows Ember her plant drawings, and Ember loves looking at them and trying to replecate them.

**Hanako Takashiro -** Hanako and Ember were very close, but are now even closer due to the events of Tales of Embie. Ember always loves hearing Hanako retell the story, and begs him to tell it to them again and again.

**Kokoro Utsuna -** Kokoro is Ember's girlfriend. They are incredibly close, Ember being one of the only things keeping Kokoro together. They frequently tell her that it's okay to not have wings, easing Kokoro's pain due to the fact that Ember can't fly much anyway due to her asthma. Ember and Kokoro really enjoy playing games and riding Blaire (Nagi Katane's horse) togther, helping Kokoro have the childhood she never got to experience.

**Tatsuo Katane -** Tatsuo is one of the only people that Ember knows who is around the same age as them. They love playing and hanging out together, but have their normal sibling arguments from time to time, and Akane and Elysia always make sure that they make up quickly.

**Akane Katane -** Ember thinks of Akane as more of an older sister than a mum, but their bond is still very close and parental. Akane is very protective of Ember, and is worried that they will hurt themselves with their powers.

**Tekkit Gintoge -** Tekkit is like Ember's second mum. She's always there to help entertain and motivate Ember when they're feeling down.

## Entymology

An **Ember** is a small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a fire

**Takashiro** (鷹白) **Taka** (鷹) means falcon and **Shiro** (白) means white

## Fun Facts

* Ember's favourite food is oranges, but she can't have them that often as they only grow in Shibakum.
* Ember has asthma, with her main triggers being exercise and smoke. This means that they can't use their powers or wings that often in fear of an asthma attack
* Ember also has ADHD
* Ember's grey jumpsuit was made by Elysia out of a non-flammable material to prevent them from accidentally using their powers and having an asthma attack
* Ember is terrified of dragons due to when they were kidnapped by Hime Yamiko and Oleander as a baby
* Ember is quite upset that their birthday is on Valentine's day because it means her parents are focused on each other as well as being focused on them