Adam Coquavin

**Adam Coquavin** is one of the main protagonists of Miraculous: Defenders of London. He is a high school student. With the Salamander Miraculous, when it is inhabited by Losga, Adam transforms into the superhero **La Flamme**, gaining the power of Assertion to stop Cakal and his Akumatized villains. He is also the second-in-command of the British Miraculous superhero team.

Adam can wear the Cockroach Miraculous alongside his own Salamander Miraculous and fuse their abilities to transform into **Flamme Roach**.

## Appearance

**Physical Appearance**

Adam is a French teenage boy with brown hair.

**Civilian Attire**

In normal circumstances, Adam wears casual clothes.

**As La Flamme**

As La Flamme, Adam wears a bulky orange suit with large circles down the side and on his back. The suit also has long fingers with rounded tips and a long detachable tail.

## History

Adam Coquavin was born in France. When he was 7, his parents died in a car crash. This forced his older cousin Belle to take care of him. After a few years, Belle discovered that her current job wasn't enough to support her younger cousin and was given a better paying job in London. Adam was dragged along with her, still fretting over having to leave behind his friends and the only home he knew. While unpacking their things, Adam and Belle overheard noises in the attic. While Belle assured Adam that the noises were not concern worthy, Adam sneaked out of his room that night to investigate. In the attic, he came across the Salamander Miraculous and activated it by opening the box containing it out of curiosity. Frightened by the kwami's ability to talk, he learned of the Miraculous and their powers by being told that he was chosen to become the newest Salamander Miraculous user. Wanting his sister's heavy burden to be lightened for tonight, he quietly transformed into La Flamme for the first time. While testing his new powers, he literally ran right into White Swan. The two exchanged notes, though La Flamme laughed at White Swan almost telling him her true identity. They wished each other a good night and agreed they should both head home. When he got home, he found that his sister was awake and was worried about where he ran off to. He managed to calm her by saying that he had been cleaning the attic after another noise in the night woke him up. The next day, Adam went to his first day at his new school. He met another new student who introduced herself as Sophia Windsor, Adam commenting that she reminded him of someone but couldn't figure out who.

## Personality

Adam suffers from massive bouts of loneliness as a result of his sudden move to Paris. He quickly befriends Sophia Windsor and gains a crush on her, which he keeps to himself because he loves her as an ordinary, relatable person rather than a member of royalty. His need to spend time with her has allowed him to break through his loneliness and become friends with many of his classmates.

As La Flamme, Adam gains much needed confidence and becomes notably stoic. He takes matters very seriously, speaking like a member of royalty. This is an expression of his need to protect others from tragedy like he went through.

## Abilities

**As a civilian**

Adam's main skill in ordinary life is his stealth. He has the ability to sneak around places without anyone noticing he is there.

**As La Flamme**

Like all Miraculous holders, Adam as La Flamme has superhuman strength, speed, and agility. Adam knows some karate from watching his sister so many times. After defeating his sister when she became Kickstarter, she began teaching him personal lessons which proved most useful. He wields a baseball bat, which he can swing into his enemy or extend to provide transportation. His suit is covered in tiny suckers which he can use to stick to and/or climb any surface. His special superpower is "Heart Burn", which once activated will light his entire body on fire. Any Miraculous holders (including himself) are immune to the flame generated by Heart Burn, but everything flammable he touches will be lit on fire. The flames caused by La Flamme spread quickly, but they can be put out just like any normal fire. Once this state is activated, La Flamme will have five minutes before he transforms back into his civilian form.

**Aqua Form**

Adam obtained this form after meeting the Guardian of the Greek Miraculous. He activates this form by feeding the Green Potion to Losga in the form of a lime green gumdrop. This transforms him into Boiling Losga, which can grant La Flamme the ability to transform into his Aqua Form. Adam can also access this form by consuming the Green Potion himself while in La Flamme form. He can turn back into his default La Flamme form by saying the detransformation phrase "Calm Down".

While in this form, La Flamme can breathe underwater and swim with the same skill of a trained professional. His "Heart Burn" power also changes to increasing his suit's temperature since his flames would not work in water.

**Ice Form**

Adam obtained this form from Sophia after she helped the Guardian of the Greek Miraculous uncover the recipe for the potion. He activates this form by feeding the Blue Potion to Losga in the form of a sky blue gumdrop. This transforms him into Freezer Losga, which can grant La Flamme the ability to transform into his Ice Form. Adam can also access this form by consuming the Blue Potion himself while in La Flamme form. He can turn back into his default La Flamme form by saying the detransformation phrase "Calm Down".

While in this form, La Flamme becomes an expert ice skater and is unaffected by cold temperatures. His "Heart Burn" power is unaffected by the transformation.

**Space Form**

Adam obtained this form after he helped the Guardian of the Greek Miraculous uncover the recipe for the potion, sharing it with Sophia later. He activates this form by feeding the Purple Potion to Losga in the form of a purple gumdrop. This transforms him into Heatstroke Losga, which can grant La Flamme the ability to transform into his Space Form. Adam can also access this form by consuming the Purple Potion himself while in La Flamme form. He can turn back into his default La Flamme form by saying the detransformation phrase "Calm Down".

While in this form, La Flamme gains the ability to breathe in space and uses a jetpack to fly through the air. His "Heart Burn" power is altered to now grant an orange forcefield that is hot to the touch.

**As Flamme Roach**

Besides the powers he has as La Flamme, Flamme Roach possesses the power Survival Instinct. This power grants Flamme Roach invulnerability to pain and most physical harm. Only one of his two states (Heart Burn or Survival Instinct) can be active at any time, and switching between them does not effect the five minute countdown before detransformation.

## Symbolism

Like the other Miraculous holders in Defenders of London, La Flamme represents one of the 88 modern constellations, specifically **Lacerta** the lizard.

## Trivia

* The given name **Adam** is most associated with the Hebrew, who believe that the name comes from the word *adamah* or "earth". Other meanings include "made from" in Arabic and "to make" in Akkadian.
* **Coq au vin** is a French chicken dish made with wine, mushrooms, and lardons. It was made famous by celebrity chef Julia Child and became commonly associated as one of her signature dishes.
* Adam's superhero name is based on the French word for being on fire, which is a reference to his superpower. During his first excursion as a superhero, he came up with this name on the spot when asked by White Swan based on his suit's color scheme.