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The Fire

At the beginning of time when there were only the Fire, Stars and the Gods between, the Fire raged at the Stars. The Stars taunted the Fire with their logic and their order – something the Fire could never have - while the Stars themselves remained impervious to the retaliation of the Fire (emotion never being the Stars' strong point). The Gods kept the two from coming to serious conflict; however, once the Land and Water hid the Fire from view it suddenly saw an opportunity to target the Stars through the things it had created rather than directly and so the Fire's crusade on the world began.

In stark contrast to the Stars, the Fire is all that is chaotic about life. Where the Stars bring predictability and order the Fire brings spontenaiety and wild energy. The Fire can be both a force of destruction and creation, yet each is done with equal relish for the energy with which it is done. Sometimes the Fire can seem to be childlike in its play, however it makes it no less dangerous in its uncontrolled exuberance – the joy of watching a bonfire burn as the wood crackles into ash or the thrill from feeling the power that the Fire posseses at your fingertips and the potential it contains; other aspects of the Fire revel in the pure destruction it can bring of both body and mind of those it focuses upon. A final aspect of the Fire is one of creation, yet the frantic creation brought about by a kind of madness, seen in the last great works of an artist who completes his masterpiece shortly before burning down his studio with him inside to ensure he never paints an inferior picture. The Fire is seen in the beauty of a volcano which destroys even while it entices you to watch; it's seen in the fascination humans have with violence and the joy with which some persue it; it's seen in the thoughts and actions of those who have lost their minds.

Those who play with Fire must be prepared to get burned, but without risk how can you ever grasp the potential it can offer? Would you rather live in the cold or dance in the light?

The Fire hates the Stars as much as they hate the Fire. The Fire does not consist of individuals but one faceted whole with many aspects that are both dangerous and enticing. The Fire works to reduce the order imposed upon the world by the Stars, spreading lies where lies would provoke chaos, undoing the logic otherwise imposed upon any system. The Fire is intimately linked to the raw energy of emotion and chaos; it is unclear as to whether the fire feeds upon them or is the root cause of them, so closely are they entwined.

The Fire welcomes (to a certain extent) those who would call upon it in the hope of destroying some of the Stars' influence through them. However, it is quick to change its mind and bite at those who it was previously helping.

Its mischievous nature is seen primarily in the Fae of the Treacherous Lands - if the stories are to be believed, their incessant tricks and schemes reveal a strong Fire ancestry.

Rumours

Fiery hair is a sign of a Fiery heart.

Don't stare into your fire for too long or too deep or you might become aware of something staring back!

The rumbling mountains are a sign of battle between the Fire and the Land yet to be resolved, the power that won would look kindly upon anyone who would help it.

An old playwright from the height of the Empire wrote his greatest work after being trapped in a burning house - yet remarkably walking out unscathed at the end but full of inspiration.

If pure Fire and Stars ever met they would destroy each other and set in motion the end of the world.

You thought you knew what you were up to tomorrow? Not a chance if a Fire shaman's on your case – they can confuse your fate and take away your destiny!

'ere, are you alright? It's just you're eyes seem a bit… odd… redder than usual. You haven't been messing with them Powers again 'ave you?

Don't cross a servant of the Fire – they'll mix you up until you don't know your left from your right, day from night or your brother from a stranger.

Fire shamans can make the very earth spit fire at you.

The Fire is working against the deception of the Stars, freeing humanity from their tyranny.