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Last Pyre "If I set the world on fire, how long would it burn for?"
Make no mistake, Last Pyre is not one man. He is both demon and man trapped in one body, a body with two minds, a body with two souls.
Last Pyre was once just a teenager who went to school like any other 16 year old boy before that tragic day when he was possessed with the demon. The tragic day when he killed his friends and family all in the blink of an eye when he wore a cursed mask in front of a camp fire . The day when he discovered that he was not only Peter but that he was also a demon. Last Pyre should be considered a hybrid of demon and man. Last Pyre is a demon who cares only for one thing. Burning everything. He has to put up with Peters general cowardice and high moral standards and Peter has to put up with the demon that has invaded his mind. He cannot escape as his split personality and finds himself having conversations with himself. The demon shares his southern English accent but only deeper with demonic undertones. He has been told after burning a 10 acre thicket that this was "only just the beginning".
Abilities and weakness:
Control of all fire: Last Pyre can control all aspects of heat and fire at higher levels he can manipulate magma in the earth's mantle and create volcanoes. There is no type of fire that he cannot control and his influence over fire in the universe can allow him to inhibit others from controlling fire. However, this power depends on how long he has been in his normal form for. If he's gone a day without changing, his power will be limited to a simple stream of fire from his flame thrower and the ability to do a miniature explosion of fire. He can also use fire to pro-pulse his attacks if melee combat is necessary. However, If he's been pent up for 10 years he can summon fire pillars, walls of fire, grenade like fire balls, and can fire a beam powerful enough to incinerate everything(aside from the highest tiers of metal i.e Nth metal,Uru), and control the earth's mantle to create volcanoes and manipulate lava itself. Bending it and shaping it however he pleases.With this he can create golems to do his bidding. He can also summon tendrils of pure fire to wrap around the enemy, these tendrils act as though they have superman level strength and can hold any being providing they do not have a supernatural counter (teleporting away etc). The maximum temperature he can reach is currently the Planck temperature and he cannot manipulate fire outside of this universe. His current power is less than a quarter of his full potential, which has been locked away due to an ancient spell cast upon him by the collective power of all the angels in heaven. At his full potential his power is truly unlimited and his grasp over fire reaches across a multi-universal level and he is able to burn away all immaterial energy (Chi, mana etc) as well as all matter (dark matter and anti matter included). He can even burn away reality itself.
Super natural flame: Last Pyre's flame is considered as a magic attack. It does not obey the same laws of regular science. Meaning that he can be more creative with his attacks.
Flight: Last Pyre can fly in the air using flames to rocket him through the air at speed which can rise up to 1,500 mph's. But, he can also hover in place using fiery disks beneath his feet to act as a platform in the sky. He can also ride atop any kind of flaming monster that can also fly.
Burning gaze: While he is Last Pyre his gaze will slowly burn through absolutely anything on a molecular level, even incorporeal beings are not safe. This power does not require oxygen and can pass through any shielding. This is the only fire power that both Peter and Last Pyre always have. This also burns the soul of whomever he stares at.
Immunity to fire: Fire or heat based attacks will do nothing except give him more power. It can not in effect him in any way other than this.
Near immortality: Under Last Pyre's clothes lies only an inferno. No skin, no blood, no organs. Conventional methods of attack do not cause any damage or cause any pain. Tearing his clothes will cause a small incinerating beam of fire to come out of the gap before the clothes repair. Stabbing with a sword will only result in the sword melting. No matter what it is made out of. Bullets will go straight through him and melt inside. Explosions and powerful blunt force will only knock him back. In addition, he does not need to breathe in an environment with no oxygen. (However he cannot produce a normal flame with no oxygen).
Supernatural: Because he is a half-being of the super natural he has a small resistance to magic and other similar attacks, spells etc. However, this will not cause him pain nor will he ever die to a magic based attack. His super natural powers also give him about 10 tonnes of lifting strength (for last pyre). He also has a resistance to holy or divine attacks and such attack are treated the same as any other magic attack. This is due to his prior neutral standing with the divine forces.
Satanic demon: Last Pyre and Peters soul is protected by the Devil. Their souls cannot be taken, controlled or destroyed. However, this means that Devil also owns their souls and so he can control and destroy their souls. He emits an aura which gives away his evil intent like a vile stench.
Mind control resistance: Being a man of two minds, Last Pyre is harder to influence via mind control methods. It is not impossible but extremely hard to do. Only the highest tiers of psychics can break his mind. However, intruding on his mind will cause the invader's mind to set ablaze both mentally and physically. This applies to when he is Peter and when he is Last Pyre. He cannot be possessed.
Cannot age: Because Peter is a skeleton and Last Pyre is an entity made of fire neither can physically age.
Soul bound: Last Pyre and Peter are bound together by their souls. Nothing can separate them.
Repairing clothes: Last Pyre's clothes will mend as soon as they are torn or broken. This cannot happen if there is an object in the way. The clothes repair on his command.
Extreme weakness of water and ice: When water is applied to him. It will feel like acid burning through him. It will drain his power and if he does not dry or heat himself up he will turn back into Peter. Water will drain his power very quickly but he can counter water based attacks if he intercepts them with fire by turning water into steam etc. This only applies when he is Last Pyre. At his full power, this is no longer a problem for his aside from it countering his flames and reducing his overall temperature.
Split personality: Last Pyre and Peter are two different minds and tend to disagree with each other. Peter feels remorse and dislikes what he has become while in his form but Last Pyre simply has no regard for life and only wants to burn everything and everyone. Peter may actively try to avoid becoming Last Pyre and if someone can convince him they can rid the demon he wont think twice. Peter speaks to Last Pyre out loud and Last Pyre speaks to Peter out loud. This can be troublesome in a social situation or a stealth situation.
Different forms: Peter has to become Last Pyre to have any of the fire related powers, the spell resistance and the conventional invulnerability. To become Last Pyre, Peter must look at a fire and must be close to it. The size of the fire needed to transform him lessens the longer he is Peter. This can escalate to the point where fire is no longer needed and an ambient room temperature can set him off, provided that he's waited long enough.
Skeleton: Peter has recently lost everything except for his bones (he's a skeleton), he still feels some pain but its very dull. His skeleton can regenerate very quickly and he can even regenerate from a small speck of bone. The only downside is that while his bones are much tougher than a normal humans they are not indestructible and cannot regenerate if removed from existence. The more extremely he is damaged the longer it takes for him to regenerate, for instance if he is a pile of powder it will take about half a day or more. But reattaching his arm will take a matter of seconds. His skeleton adapts as it is attacked, for example if attacked with grenades or explosives it will becomes resistant and eventually immune to explosive damage. The same goes for any other attack. He is kept alive by negative energy, so any negative energy based magic will mend him whereas positive energy based magic will do damage.
Life leech: If Peter touches anyone's flesh with his his bare bones or sword he drains the marrow from their bones into his bones, further strengthening or repairing them if damaged. Other around him can also benefit from this but he has to grant them the ability and Peter does not know how to do it yet.
Strength: Peter can lift up to 40 tonnes.
Bone-kinesis: Peter has been gifted the ability to manipulate any skeleton of any being (including himself) to a large degree. However, he still doesn't quite know how to use it to its full potential. If he did learn how to use it to its full potential he could fully manipulate 14 whole skeletons of any being no matter the size or strength. But only 14, even if they are small skeletons. It doesn't matter what its made of or if its an exo-skeleton. As long as its the skeleton of something he can control it and break it. The strength of his control is around double his physical strength.
Speed: Peter can run at about 15 mph, however because he is a skeleton and respiration is not an issue he can run at this speed forever. Last Pyre has the same speed on foot, and because he is simply a fire elemental he can also run forever.Last Pyre can use fire to rocket himself and can travel through lava/magma as if he were flying with no resistance at about the speed of a fast car.
Reanimation: Peter has the potential to give sentience to a skeleton as well as bringing it back to life. This does not count as manipulating it, however it does not share his regeneration or toughness. The skeletons he reanimates can lift about 2 tonnes and don't stop fighting until they are completely unable to move. The reanimated skeletons are always loyal to Peter.
Appearance:
Last Pyre looks similar to a WW2 era German soldier, only instead of a light grey its a dark grey and appears heavy to wear. He wears a gas mask which has one way mirror eye holes. The mask covers the whole of his head right to his neck. He is 8 ft 5" tall and appears to be of an average build in terms of muscle. When his clothes are cut you can see the raging inferno inside him. He wears a thick, dark grey trench coat which tends to be charred and have ash in some places.
Peter's look:
Living with the demon within has warped and changed Peter far beyond recognition. Finally giving in to the elemental's wishes he has sacrificed what remained of his humanity for strength, power and an extended time of silence from Last Pyre. He resembles a large human skeleton standing about 8 ft tall, his bones are much larger in proportion to a normal human's.
Psychology:
Last Pyre does not care about anyone. Not even the mortal who he now has to spend a portion of his life with. Last Pyre only wants to see everything and everyone burn. No matter who or what they are, he just wants to burn. No amount of talking will sway his mind. Peter previously wanted to atone for the damage caused by Last Pyre, but due to being seen as a monster in society and forced to be an outcast he's given up on the idea and is slowly becoming more corrupted by grand ideas of power.
Equipment:
Super natural flame thrower: His flame thrower is not and ordinary one. Its unbreakable and the canisters on the back do not require fuel to make the flame. As a result the fire created is a magical flame as well as a normal fire.The flame thrower acts like more of a cosmetic than anything else but Last Pyre can focus his pyromancy through this weapon to increase the damage caused by his flames. The fires that come out of it are far more deadly than normal. It cannot be removed while he is Last Pyre. It is only equipped when he is Last Pyre
Nth metal fire axe: This axe has super natural properties and can be set on fire to turn it into a flaming axe. The axe can be thrown and then returned like a boomerang. This is also only equipped when he is Last Pyre.
Adamantium Bone sword: This sword is equipped with Peter, because it has bones in certain parts he can throw it and return it at will. Its about 6.5ft long, about two inches thick and six inches wide two handed broad sword that he wields with one hand. Acting as an extension of his own skeletal system, his sword can drain the marrow from another's bones and both repair Peter's bones or the sword.
Adamantuim armour: Peter wears some armour in certain spots like his boots, knee caps, hands with his right arm having almost full armour protection and the left only having the hands protected.
(long) Bio:
There is no need to read this. Please skip ahead if you don't want to know the gory details of the story.
We begin at 17:35 hours, 20 minutes before the event, when his friends and family had got together for a camp fire after a squabble over a car accident involving Peter's dad and two of friend's parents. He still couldn't believe the coincidence as he sat by the fire and watched the wood crack and burn. About 5 minutes of sitting by the fire it started to get smaller and Peter was asked to go get some more fire wood. Peter agreed almost immediately, he took any chance to get away from his parents droning on about their work, and he set off to find fire wood.
Peter normally liked to explore around the woods and was used to the surroundings, but today he saw something else, something that was not there before. Just as he picked up some fallen branches he looked up the small incline past the the trees to see an old wooden cabin, Peter thought to himself "how could that be there? I was only here a week ago and this thing looks pretty old. I wonder if anyone lives there!" and with that he dropped the branches and hurried to the building. Now that he was closer he could see just how old the cabin was. There were cobwebs in every corner, and the windows were cracked, the smell of musk and something rotten filled the air. He then took a deep breath and knocked on the eerie wooden door. He waited. No answer. Suddenly the door sung open and banged as it hit the wall. There was no one there. All of Peter's instincts told him to run back to his family and friends but something was drawing him in, something so alluring and tempting that he just couldn't resist and step by step he ventured inside the dark, abandoned building. On entry the rotten smell had increased and he was holding his nose in disgust as he slowly stepped through the short hallway. He finally gathered the courage to shout "Hello!". Unsurprisingly no one answered and he stepped up to the door at the end of the hallway and tried to open it. The door was heavy and stiff but with a good shove he was in.The look of shock spread across his face like a plague as he took in his surroundings, the room was almost empty apart from a table in the middle of the room, but what shocked him the was the blood and entrails everywhere and a body of a man who looked like he'd been torn apart by a savage beast and then burnt at the same time. "What the hell!" he mumbled to himself, his lips felt stiff and dry when he spoke. He gagged on the stench and nearly threw up. Just as he was about to call the police he saw a chair in the corner of the room, on the chair was a gas mask with some blood splattered on it. The mask had a pentagram on the forehead, but Peter had no idea of what the symbol even was. Then, out of nowhere, he had the overwhelming desire to don the mask. He had never worn a gas mask and struggled to put it on properly, After fumbling around with the straps he finally had it on. He quickly forgot about the dead body and the blood and the smell no longer bothered him
Then a thought popped into his head "This would make a for great trick on the guys back at the camp. Heh yeah that will certainly make the day more interesting then their boring old stories." He then rushed back towards where his family and friends were, to find that the camp fire had not been put out. "someone else must have gotten the wood" he mused to himself as he thought of the best way to sneak up on them. He decided that he would run in like a crazed mad man, give them no time to think and see past the mask. Not that they could see him through the mask anyway, the eye holes were made of one way glass so while he could look out, others could not see in. Without thinking twice he rushed in shouting and screaming and everyone turned round in shock to see some deranged boy wearing a gas mask coming for them. They all jumped simultaneously, apart from his dad who saw who it was and grinned while announcing "don't worry guys it just my son playing tricks again". At that point he stopped running and screaming knowing that they had seen through his trick "Ah well" he thought "better luck next time". But just as Peter was about to take the gas mask off he looked at the fire and it looked as though it were reaching into his eyes. Peter stood memorised by the fire as it reached further and further. He then burst into flames. the flames were burning him all over, his entire body radiating heat from intense flames, he screamed and wailed "help me! help me! someone get some water!". His friends and family flailed about panicking whilst reaching for their mobiles or anything that could help him. But it was already too late.
Just as Peters father began to dial 999, a flaming white hot dome surrounded Peter and expanded. All Peter saw was white then darkness. When he opened his eyes he found himself surrounded by black charred ground. Nothing else. Everything had been incinerated. As he pushed himself up he started to come to terms with what he had done "wha wha.. ho.. how could I have done this, my parents, my friends - All dead. I.. I" He wanted to cry but couldn't something was stopping him. After grieving for a 10 minutes he noticed that his clothes had changed. He appeared to be wearing a big, heavy, dark grey trench coat and dark grey cargo trousers. He looked at his hands to see that he was wearing long thick leather gloves and to his feet to see that he was wearing dirty, charred army boots. He felt his head and found that he was wearing an army helmet. And his T-shirt was replaced by a long sleeved shirt with a bandoleer strapped around. It wasn't until he started to walk that he found a flame thrower strapped to his right leg and a silver coloured fire axe on his left leg. He took off the axe and saw the same Pentagram that was on his mask. He then felt a sudden pulse of energy go through him and he got the mother of all head aches. In fact it was so terrible, it brought him right to his knees.It felt like someone had taken a sledge hammer and given his head a good whack. The head ache then surpassed as quick as it arrived but peter found himself standing up without him telling his body to do so. Then to make things more scary he heard himself exclaim "Im frreeeeee!!" "the time of burning is upon humanity once again AHAHAHAHA". The voice was deep and sounded similar to his own southern English accent, but it was muffled and had a demonic undertone with it. He tried to speak but couldn't. He was no longer in control of his body. "is that you mortal?" the new voice said mocking him, "trying to control your body? Well too bad its mine now!" I was stunned , lost for words. I didn't know what to do. "Do not worry too long mortal" he said almost sounding sarcastic "you will gain your body back once I am done" "But know this" his voice was serious "I will take control again and again. There is nothing you can do to stop me" I finally found the courage to reply "What about me, What am I going to do?" "My parents and friends are all dead. And Its my fault oh god that makes me a murderer I... I can't go to jail. Do you know what they do to people like me in jail!" he said to the demon panicking, the demon had had enough and shouted at what must have been 1000 decibels "BE QUIET!" "you will NOT go to jail because I will kill anyone that gets in our way" "Buh... bu... but why" then the demon replied "because like it or not were both in this together. That means your problem's my problem and my problem's your problem. Got it?!" I stayed silent unsure of what to say. "Good" he said "now it is time for the burning. Those tree's look like they could use some more fire" I decided to question his logic by asking "Don't you think we have burnt enough" "nonsense" he retorted "first rule of burning is that nothing is ever burnt enough until its been burnt out of existence" "you can do that?" He asked almost amazed "if I have been pent up for this long, I can do lots of things. Now enough talking its time to burn" The demon set off for the rest of the forest and went into the the thicket, "perfect" he said drawing his flame thrower from his side and holding it in one hand. A large plume of fire came out as he burnt the trees and other animals that were living there. They both laughed a little as the demon burned running baby animals of all sorts. Peter was not normally like this, the demons psychology had taken over and he saw the fire as relaxing and fun, almost pleasurable. Two hours of burning later Peter decided to ask his name "uhh can I ask your name mr uhh demon" the demon laughed and said to him "My name is Last Pyre" Peter felt happy he felt like he made a small connection with Last Pyre. The feeling wasn't mutual. After the long night of burning Last Pyre returned to the edge of the forest and turned back into Peter and Peter's psychology came back and he quickly felt guilt for what he had done. Again going against his instincts to go to someone else for help. Last Pyre then told him almost in friendly way "Get some rest Peter, that was only the beginning".
The demon Last Pyre. A burning past. (During Earth's creation)
Last Pyre was not always bound to Peter. In fact it is only a recent event in his life. Last Pyre used to be known as the keeper of flames, he was created just before the beginning of the universe by god with the soul purpose of controlling the element of heat and fire. Though he was no angel, he was allowed in Heaven and could do what he liked within reason. The bible never speaks of Last Pyre because what he had done to god was too much pain for mortals to even comprehend. He and Lucifer both stood up against him but Last Pyre did something that Lucifer didn't. He burned God.
The white flame"Are you ready Eachan" Lucifer asked, raring to go. He had planned to take God's throne and become the new ruler of Heaven, everything was in place but even he knew that he would need as many allies as he could get and new that the indiscriminate and neutral state of being that Eachan was in would make him a valuable asset. Lucifer assured himself howevr, that he was still more powerful than Eachan. The white, fiery figure stood there silent for a moment unsure of whether this plan was a good idea, Eachan did not care about challenging God for his purpose was to control the element of all fire in the universe and nothing more but now he was being asked to use his control of fire to get rid of God, Eachan did not really want to hurt him but he did not want to protect him either. He did not know what to do having no comprehension of right or wrong. and the only person he could trust at the moment was Lucifer who had seemed to be the only one to take great interest in him when he was created. Eachan had the appearance of a man made up of fire, he was 8 and a half feet tall and appeared to be of average muscle build. The fire that made up his being was so white that it was almost translucent. As he moved the flames surrounding him lapped at the air around him every now and again. The only eerie part about him was that the fiery man had no face on his head. Unlike the angels he had no wings or halo. The rest of the angles were all gathered up waiting for Lucifer.
There was a small moment of silence before Eachan spoke. As he did he sounded calm and content whilst also displaying no real emotion. "I am ready, what is your plan?" Lucifer went on about his great plan and how he expected it to go, Eachan never thought he would stop talking. "Silence" he said quietly and a band of white fire wrapped around Lucifer's mouth for a couple of seconds, the brief moment he got was bliss before he undid the spell and continued to say "enough talking, we must take action. I am ready." Lucifer stood there aggravated and confused at what Eachan just did but he let it slide for it would not matter when he ruled over Heaven. But just as he went to reply. God appeared behind him.
It was foolish to think one could conspire against the creator in their own domain. Both of them knew somehow that this would happen but of course Lucifer thought far too much of himself and thought he could prevent God from simply casting him out. He stood at the same height as Eachan and Lucifer yet he still held more presence then they both did. "Lucifer!" he boomed, his voice echoing throughout the rest of paradise. Lucifer flinched but Eachan stood firm. Still calm and content as he ever was. "You plan to use the power I gave you to overthrow me, after all I have done for you?, you do not deserve to stay with us. Begone." The angel stood there smiling still certain his plan would work. With a flash and a arc of lighting Lucifer was sent falling to Earth, his wings burning into black broken stumps on his back. Eachan could also see the rest of the angles fall, suffering the same fate as Lucifer. The pure flame looked up to God and said "He was the only one that cared about my existence, I'm not sure why it made me feel better but it did". God spoke out to him "Eachan, I know what you want to do, I won't stop you. But know that I have and always will care for you" For the first time in Eachan's life he felt anger and hatred. The feelings imprinted on him turning his mind forever in a state hatred and a need to burn overwhelmed him. It promised him great satisfaction and it delivered. "I don't believe you".
Without thinking he sent a fiery tendril out to strike down God. It sped towards God faster than anything else could conceive and whipped at God's chest leaving a burn mark. Pain for the first time. It managed to find its way through even he who was all powerful. A short and ever so subtle flinch of unmistakable pain could be seen. The creator of all things willed the pain to subside and disguised the burn mark "Be mindful of your purpose Eachan, you are a universal and inevitable force. But as I have seen it, you shall achieve you mission under your own name. When the time comes, you'll know what you need to do." Before the elemental even released what happened, he was already falling to where Lucifer had crashed. Eachan stopped himself before he landed by blasting a great stream of fire towards the ground to slow his decent, he eventually changed his direction towards Lucifer to see if he was OK. As it turned out he was in a great deal of pain. Eachan looked around and could not see any other angles and assumed that they might be dead, he then came to realize that his fiery essence was no longer white, it had turned into a mix of red, black and orange and the colours changed continuously from orange going to red then black and black to red then orange. It seemed that his new emotions were changing the colour of his flame. "Eachan we must have our revenge" Lucifer coughed. "We already have" Eachan his voice sounding full of hatred and anger even though he was happy with what he had done "You have your plans and I have mine, I have done what you could not even hope to do. I shall help you for now, but only because it is part of the greater plan" Lucifer could not believe this, in fact he refused to believe that the mere fire elemental did some he could not God who was supposed to omnipotent was harmed with fire. "You are lying, what is the reason for this? Were you attempting to impress me?" said Lucifer with snark "Its quite pathetic that you had to make up such stories".
Eachan had stopped changing colours and was now pure black with the intense hatred he felt towards Lucifer, he assaulted God for him and he repaid him by telling him that he lied, that he was pathetic. This would not stand. He placed both hands on his chest and began to open it, as soon as he did black and red flames consumed Lucifer and he screamed and shouted in agony. He closed the gap in himself and his flames went to an orange and red mix of colour. As the flames subsided Eachan saw what was now Lucifer, his skin was dark red and there was now almost nothing left of his wings.Lucifer was stretched out from being curled up and stood up shaking slightly. "OK point taken" he said sheepishly. There was a long pause before he spoke again. Lucifer began to mumble to himself about how he was going to ruin whatever God was going to make, Each mostly ignored him. They then both wandered around finding themselves unwilling taken deep down into the deepest, foulest place imaginable. The flaming manipulator looked around, it was dark and dank and needed some light. He was acting like a torch guided by Lucifer. "You know as I was falling to the Earth, I figured that it is only natural that we change our name to show that we've changed, and will continue to rebel against God. Lucifer is obviously a fantastic name but whats the harm in making a new one". Eachan remained silent waiting for the fallen angel to finishing droning on about himself "From now on all shall know me as the Devil of this world, I think it sounds great don't you?" The fiery outcast was almost incapable of holding his own opinions and decided that if he just agreed with Lucifer then he would stop talking. "I think it is. Good" he said awkwardly. "Excellent, and what will your new name be Eachan?" Now he really was asking the impossible, being an entity driven by emotion and control of fire Eachan had lacked the ability to think for himself if the task or question was not related to fire. He thought again about what his purpose was and found a name fitting of it "Last Pyre" he announced "My name is Last Pyre". And with that, a massive grin appeared in the flames on his face as his fire turned to black.
A demon's smile
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