Coolest fictional fire-wizards, pyromancers and other magic fire-using-types.
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Coolest fictional fire-wizards, pyromancers and other magic fire-using-types.
Coolest fictional fire-wizards, pyromancers and other magic fire-using-types.
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Melisandre and Thoros of Myr.
The Bright Order from Warhammer.
Harry Dresden of the Dresden Files. While not strictly a fire wizard, his signature spell is fire magic.
“You may call me… Tim.”
Oooh, Phoenix / Dark Phoenix.
Prince Zuko
I can’t say without spoilers but Skin Game had a wicked one.
Kevan Forbes plugs ears la la la I’m not listening!
J. Robert Oppenheimer
(Oh, fictional…)
Witch Hunter Robin
Gandalf. Secret pyromancy. Plus Narya.
Carrie
Azula
Human Torch
Flame Princess
Oh! Stephen King’s Firestarter! She melted the flesh from a man’s bones.
Prometheus.
Hadouken!
Roy Mustang, the Flame Alchemist–total boss. “You’re not dying? LET ME BURN YOU SOME MORE.”
Bayaz
Roy Mustang and Harry Dresden
Zothen Runecaster from Bloodwych !
Dustfinger from Inkheart
Zeddicus Zu’l Zorander
House Flambeau
Shandril Shessair
Dhalsim from Street Fighter videogame series, if you like unsung stainless heroes.
Chandra Nalaar from Magic: The Gathering lore. If you love no-nonsense 100% pyromancers.
If you like anti-heroes, Dark Shneider, for Japanese manga Bastard!! (before the series de-evolved into
borderlinehentai).Melisandre of Asshai, Beric Dondarrion, or Thoros of Myr
Tyrion Lannister
Elizabeth Sherman is my all time favorite and I love her (although it’s arguable if she’s using fire magic or fire… Something else).
And Fire Lord Ozai, Avatar Roku and Avatar Wan are the coolest firebenders around!
Kvothe and his teacher, Master Kilvin, in the artificer lab (which in my mind’s eye is a magical glass blowing and welder’s shop.)
The Wicked Witch of the West! “How about a little fire, Scarecrow!”
Fizbane from Dragonlance what was that spell again. . . or right FIREBALL!
There’s some boss spells in Dungeoncrawl Stone Soup for fire elementalists. One of my favorites is conjure fire elemental, because it requires a cloud of flame to work… but fire elementals leave trails of clouds of flame behind them as they move. So once you’ve summoned one you can just keep summoning more until the entire screen is ablaze with your fiery minions, and you can laugh, and laugh, and laugh.
The chick in Hellboy
Aku
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto from Bleach! I also would put Dresden & Mustang in the running.
While it wasn’t strictly fire-magic, I’d say that Androl Genhald from the Wheel of Time series creating gateways through which lava from Dragonmount was poured onto hordes of Trollocs and Halfmen was pretty badass.
Morlock Ambrosius
Currently rereading The Hobbit, and I notice that Gandalf actually uses quite a lot of fire and light-based magic. I thought he never cast any spells, but he does, he just doesn’t call them spells. But he lights stuff on fire constantly.
Alvin Maker – Dude literally crawled into a lit forge, hugged a plow to life, and came out looking like a boss.
Wynand Louw Right on with Liz Sherman! She’s the Mignola-Verse Goku at this point. Give her time to commune with her predecessors or her inner firestarter, and she could give Superman a run for his money in the sheer power category.
Likewise, if you’re going to mention her, we should also mention the other power manipulators in the Mignola-Verse such as the ancient Vril Shaman Shonchin, Sledgehammer 44, and the Black Flame. The Black Fame is especially noteworthy in that he’s still a rather mysterious and primal avatar of the ‘dark side’ of vril (driving all, controlled by the rare few). Raw power, unquenchable flames, deep ties to the dark powers that be, reincarnation, and virtual immortality to begin with.
Much like Gandalf Dumbledore didn’t strictly use fire magic but he did have a tendency to employ fire when he was really throwing down.