The Fireman ( Twin Peaks )

## The Fireman

> A shining figure, much taller than the others, suddenly appeared in their midst and it gave off a violet light so bright and powerful it washed away everything else in my field of vision, nearly “blinding” me. I cannot honestly remember anything else about its appearance, which may or may not have been humanoid—my memory holds it closer in shape to a sphere that emanated a powerful impression of “beauty,” but in an almost purely abstract sense. The other figures seemed to either defer to this figure or recoil from it in fear; it occurred to me that the figure might have been drawn to me by some protective instinct.
> As the other figures withdrew or receded, the new figure moved closer, and as it neared, all my own fears subsided and I felt a benevolent calm wash over me, an energetically soothing rush of peace and then a sense of joy that swelled up in my chest until I thought it might burst. A wholly inadequate phrase arose in my mind at that precise moment to fully describe this experience, and it was this: I am in the presence of “god” energy.

## Summary

Having apparently wandered across the woods and mountains of Twin Peaks for untold years, **The Giant** was a mysterious apparition seemingly associated with the alternate planes of reality known as the Lodges, most specifically the White Lodge, a world believe to be the abode of the spirits who rule over men and nature, and the final resting place for righteous souls who endured the trials of the White Lodge's shadow-self - the Black Lodge, and achieved spiritual perfection. The Giant manifested few times to Special Agent Dale Cooper throughout his investigation of the murder of Laura Palmer (Usually preceded by the appearances of a kindly, senile old waiter of the Great Northern Hotel), giving him advices which, albeit extremely cryptic and obtuse, have played an instrumental role in solving the case. His last apparition was in the part of the Black Lodge known as "the waiting room", where he manifested in place of the old waiter and exclaimed "one and the same" before disappearing.

A similar entity, going by the epithet of **The Fireman**, inhabited a vast, monochromatic palace atop a rocky atoll located amidst an endless mauve-colored sea. Seemingly standing in complete opposition to the negative force known as "Mother", and having bore witness to the damage to the fabric of existence caused by the Trinity nuclear test, and the spewing of her seeds in the physical world, among which was the demonic spirit named BOB, proceeding to counter it through a ritual intended to stall their influence in the world, creating the static archetype of Laura Palmer through a wave of golden light from behind his face, in the form of a shining marble which was then filled with "Love" and actualized within the physical universe. The Fireman would then proceed to manifest to several people throughout the narrative following this event, luring them unto his realm and often giving them clues and instructions in order to fulfill an unclear agenda, purpotedly too unfathomable and abstract for humans to comprehend.

Though the relation between the two is not explicitly defined, it likely stands to reason that the Giant is some sort of Avatar or manifestation of the Fireman, due to the many similarities between them, including a connection to the White Lodge in general, coupled with the differences in their apparent age and modus operandi which set them apart as seemingly diferring, but related, entities.

## Powers and Stats

**Name:** Unknown, likely none, though he identifies himself as a "Fireman." Referred to as "The Great Spirit Chief" by the Nez Perce tribe.

**Origin:** Twin Peaks

**Gender:** Inapplicable, though appears as a Male figure

**Age:** Irrelevant

**Classification:** "God Energy," Ruler of the White Lodge, Divine Masculine, Archetypal Entity, Mystery, Father of the World

**Powers and Abilities:**

* <u>The Giant
* The Fireman
* God
* The Clear Light
Incorporeality, Acausality (Type 4), Abstract Existence (Type 1), Clairvoyance, Cosmic Awareness, Causality Manipulation, Dimensional Travel, Dream Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation, Immortality (Types 1, 5 and 9), Information Manipulation, Large Size (Up to Type 11), Light Manipulation, Magic, Matter Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Teleportation, Time Manipulation (Capable of manifesting through "crevices in time" that show glimpses of the spiritual world superimposed over an individual's vision], and stopped time entirely during his encounter with Agent Cooper. Should be able to reverse events even within metaphysical realms of non-linear time in the same vein as BOB (Twin Peaks)|BOB), Plot Manipulation (Holds the same nature as other spirits of the Lodge, whose presence in the physical world causes reality to break down into a mess of TV Static and white noise), Reality Warping, Spatial Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Void Manipulation

All previous abilities to an unfathomably greater extent, as well as: Acausality(Type 5), Aura (His manifestation as the "god energy" was described as exuding an energetic rush which completely washed away several spirits from his presence), Avatar Creation, Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 2), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1. Created a womb for Laura Palmer's spiritual form to be birthed in the transcendent world of the purple sea, shaping it out of God's essence), Creation (Said to have made the whole world, as well as all of its inhabitants), Flight, Immersion (Can insert objects into the narrative by phasing them through his movie screen), Immortality (Types 5 and 9. Acts merely as a vehicle expressing God's intent and attributes, housing its overarching essence within himself), Invulnerability, Large Size (Type 11), Morality Manipulation (Strongly implied to be the "god" who purified MIKE from evil by showing him its "face"), Nonexistent Physiology (Type 2), Sealing (Captured BOB (Twin Peaks)|BOB and Mr. C within a cage), Spatial Manipulation, Subjective Reality, Technology Manipulation (Controls a vast assortment of machinery and invisible mechanisms through which he exerts his influence over lower worlds), Transduality (Type 3)

All previous abilities to an unfathomably greater extent, as well as: Omnipresence and Law Manipulation

All previous abilities to an unfathomably greater extent, in addition to: Transduality (Type 3)

**Lifting Strength:** **Unknown**, up to **Immeasurable** | **Immeasurable**

**Striking Strength:** **Unknown**, up to **Low Outerversal**, likely **Outerversal** | **High Outerversal** | **Boundless**

**Durability:** **Unknown**. Up to **Low Outerverse level**, likely **Outerverse level** | **High Outerverse level** (Resides in a state of absolute nothingness beyond any conceptualizations, with words and descriptions becoming meaningless sounds unable to fully convey the ultimate nature of the entities residing therein, and dissolving into pure silence) | **Boundless** | **Boundless**

**Stamina:** Irrelevant.

**Range:** At least Low Outerversal, likely Outerversal | High Outerversal | Boundless | Boundless.

**Standard Equipment:** None Notable | Has access and control to several otherworldly machines and invisible mechanisms which he utilizes to make contact with lower worlds and exert control over them, with his Home itself apparently serving as a massive power plant constantly generating electricity | None Notable | None Notable.

**Intelligence:** Unknown, at least Nigh-Omniscient. Stands beneath the deepest levels of consciousness and at the fount of all intellect, outside of the dream of time and space, where any words and descriptions cease to have meaning and melt into pure silence, and his goals alone are directly stated as being too abstract and unfathomable for lesser entities to comprehend in any way. Stated to hear and see everything within his creation, and orchestrated an extremely complex plan in order to counter and disperse Mother's influence in the world, spanning multiple higher and lower realities and ranging outside of even JUDY's awareness. | Inapplicable. | Inapplicable.

**Weaknesses:** His influence within the material world is seemingly limited by forces beyond his control, with the entity stating that he is unable to act in any way that he is not allowed to. | None Notable. | None Notable.

**Key:** **The Giant** | **The Fireman** | **"God"** | **The Clear Light**