Firefang

"I always knew I would die at the hands of the one I hated the most... a British man."

Definitely not a scaly, no matter what anyone says, Firefang is a hard-headed and determined snake hybrid who believes that the world is full of pain. They founded and co-own Star Labs, and were one of the first players to openly defy the Overseer. They originally came to the island in search of Nirvana, or true enlightenment, but through their own weakness they found themselves growing attached to the island and the people there. Stating that they don’t believe in causes or morals, only in people, Firefang battles for Unity and the friends they’ve made there. The island and the Overseer may have broken them, but as long as they still have something to fight for, they’ll always build themselves back up. More than anything else, they fear losing everything they love and being alone, causing them to go to extreme measures to protect those they care about. Their own paranoia and crippling self doubt have led them down a dangerous path, and their mental stability is questionable at best.

Appearance
Firefang is a snake hybrid with light purple skin and a few orange scales. They have red eyes and turquoise hair that changes style frequently throughout the story. They have a long scar over their lip that goes up to their right eye.

Beginning
Firefang's original outfit consisted of a burnt orange apron, bandana of the same color, a blueish-grey body suit, and black boots. Their hair was cut in a mullet, though they had a short ponytail as well.

Depression arc
After the lava event, Fire fell into a deep depressive state. They wore a Star Labs sweatshirt over the bodysuit and let their hair down over their shoulders. They obtained prominent eyebags during this time, having not slept in weeks. They also received a burn scar on the left side of their face due to jumping into the lava.

Beach day
For their beach day fit, they wore a white cropped shirt underneath a bright orange tropical buttonup. They also had red swim trunks and orange sandals. In their hair were a few orange flowers.

Prison arc and beyond
Their clothes became beaten up and ripped during their time in prison. Since they hadn't brought any other clothes with them to the island, the holes remained since.

Masquerade
For the Dissonance Ball, Fire wore a white suit vest, an orange button up, and high waisted dress pants. They had a half orange and half white mask covering their face.

Peacekeeper
During the Peacekeeper Arc, Firefang cut their hair short in an undercut. They wore a white buttonup and black dress pants, with a black vest on top and black combat boots. They also have black fingerless gloves. In addition, they started hitting the gym and got incredibly swole as hell, gaining a twelve pack.

Personality
Fire started off as a confident individual to the point of almost cockiness. At first, they were fairly closed off from people, acting aloof and undisturbed by the events on the island and even looking down on the people around them for their reasons for coming to the island. After meeting Chalooby and growing close with Cryptic, though, they began to open up, even going so far as to enthusiastically fight for Unity. After the lava event, they once against reverted back to before, believing that the pain of caring about people is too much to handle. When Cryptic and Ash returned, Fire became more docile and compliant, taking the newcomers under their wing to shelter and protect.

Leading up to the moment of their imprisonment, they grew more erratic in behavior, hurling accusations at the Overseer. The Overseer gaslit them to the point where he made them sound absolutely crazy to everyone around them, leaving them vulnerable enough for Caffie to trick and capture. During their stay in prison, they were continuously gaslit until they lost all confidence in themselves, believing every tragic event was their own fault. After being broken out by Winter and the event of Chalooby's death, they felt completely lost and broken until Genez began taunting them. Unable to bear it, they finally snapped and murdered her. This event triggered their erratic behavior once more as they started to believe everyone on the island was guilty for Chalooby's death and they all held blood on their hands. They decided that if the other side was willing to kill, they should too, and wrote up a hit list of dangerous players they wanted to murder. The maddened descent into this mindset led their close friends to turn their backs on Fire, which only served to worsen their mental stability.

It was only when Chalooby was resurrected that Fire began to once against lose their confidence and doubt themselves. Seeing the way they were hurting their friends through their behavior was enough to change their mind about the murder, especially after Chalooby confronted them. Now Fire constantly switches between doubting their every decision and desperately seeking the truth they firmly believe exists. They're clearly unstable but deny it, occasionally lashing out at their friends and distrusting everyone around them. They're terrified of being alone and abandoned, but their own increasing paranoia leads them to drive people away.

Pre-Island
Not much is known about Firefang's life before the island. They've stated they worked at Home Depot prior to arriving, and have off-handedly mentioned some sort of 'accident' to Butter. After Star Labs was blown up the first time, Fire told Cryptic the reason they came to the island was to reach true enlightenment, or Nirvana, by cutting themselves off permanently from society and therefore material possessions and attachments. It's implied that Fire has believed in this concept for a very long time, being unable to properly care about things or make friends, as they've often referred to Cryptic and the Star Labs group as the first friends they've had. They've never mentioned a family either. All in all, they come from a much more ordinary life than most other players.

Island Arrival and Early Days
Upon arriving at the island, Firefang was prepared to head off alone and at last reach true enlightenment. However, their plans were bombarded by Cryptic, who for some reason decided to invite them of all people to join him and another player, Dazmars, to form a group. Though skeptical, Firefang ended up agreeing, intrigued by this individual and his idea to build a laboratory that would become known as Star Labs. The three set off on a long and hard journey around the island, gathering recourses and food. At last, they settled down in a chunk error near a Pillager outpost, where Cryptic deemed was perfect for the lab.

Tirelessly, the Star Labs crew grinded on their build, clearing the area and building it up. Firefang became the main architect, designing the building and doing a good portion of the building. As the days wore on, they found themselves becoming oddly attached to the laboratory, if only because of the amount of time and work they had put into it. Though definitely not friends, Firefang formed an uneasy truce with Cryptic and Daz, getting along fairly well with Cryptic especially. Another strange attachment took shape in the form of a parrot Fire named Gay Snart, which became Star Labs' mascot. Soon, a new arrival by the name of Genez joined the Star Labs crew as well, Cryptic offering her shelter.

"Igniting the Spark" arc
The early days of peace and quiet didn't last for long, though. On Women's Day, disaster struck as the apocalypse was unleashed upon Star Labs, one of The Overseer's many sick games. The crew fought them off, but Firefang surpassed the 100 deaths mark, being the first player to do so. Being bad at the game was punishable by death, apparently, because the Overseer quickly targeted them. He harassed, harmed, and killed Firefang and the Star Labs crew numerous times until at last he dropped Fire from the sky, resulting in a final bone-shattering death. Regrouping back at Star Labs, the group is righteously pissed off. Cryptic decides to kill Fire once more to test the Overseer, which triggers a reaction. The Overseer whisks him away to the forbidden tower in the center, while all Genez and Fire can do is watch. After a conversation, Cryptic is kicked from the server, as is Fire, for not falling in line with compliance.

This action solidified Cryptic and Fire's bond, and for the first time, their alliance turned into something almost akin to friendship. The two made a pact to fight back against the Blood Moon Corporation, the ones in control of the island, and destroy the artifacts that players had been tasked to find. Genez, however, disagreed with the rebellion, wanting to stay out of harm's way.

To begin their plan of destroying the artifacts, Fire and Cryptic cornered Dazmars in hopes of securing the artifact he possessed. After much back and forth, the crew took a field trip to the Nether to gather supplies. During this, Dazmars jumped into lava, not knowing keep inventory was off, and lost the artifact. Back at Star Labs, Cryptic and Fire then decided to try their luck with Winter, the only other person they knew who possessed an artifact. Winter swung by the laboratory, but his presence attracted others in the area: Caffie, Ash, and Evan. The group had a short discussion about everyone's motives for arriving on the island, to which Fire declined sharing, instead looking down on the others, stating that those who came here for material possessions arrived for the wrong reasons, and they were doomed to fail.

It was during this meeting that the BMC kidnapped Gay Snart in order to quench the Star Labs rebellion. Refusing to back down, Fire instead rallied Winter and Cryptic to aid them in storming the center tower. Upon arriving, though, the Overseer imprisoned them in a bedrock cage, then spawned a Wither overhead. Caffie and Ash joined them to fight off the monster, but it was no use. The entire group was murdered, resulting in a total party wipe. Gay Snart was then, unknown to the Star Labs crew, given to Caffie and Ash. Fire and Cryptic were teleported back to the laboratory, where TNT rained down from the sky, obliterating the building. Fire, distraught over the loss of their build, lashed out at Cryptic, who seemed unbothered by this event. They finally snap and spill their reason for coming to the island: to reach Nirvana. However, they feel as if they had failed as they instead simply grew attached to things here. Cryptic simply tells them that if they truly want enlightenment, they need to toughen up. Fire takes these words to heart and decides Gay Snart is better off gone.

Hard at work rebuilding Star Labs, Fire and Cryptic were surprised when a guest dropped by the lab. It's Chalooby, who they first met at a Note Block Boys performance during Women's Day. Chalooby informed them that he has a bounty on his head and that he needs shelter and help. Fire immediately agrees to assist him, and the three take shelter in the Starchives, where Chalooby explains what's going on. He tells them about a Unity Meeting he called in the Prime Republic in order to gather players into an alliance to hunt for artifacts together. The meeting went wrong, and now the Overseer has driven him into hiding. The story is interrupted by the Overseer himself, who crashes in to taunt Chalooby about Unity. Fire rises to defend him, seeing Chalooby as an ally in their rebellion. In retaliation, the Overseer once again bombs Star Labs, reducing it to rubble and taking Chalooby out with it.

Another newcomer joins the Star Labs crew, a demon by the name of Trick. Together, the group works tirelessly to once again rebuild. Though receiving no word directly from Chalooby, the story of Unity spreads through the island as a title of rebellion. Firefang, despite never having believed in a cause before, enthusiastically launches themselves into Unity, viewing it as the best way to take a stab at the BMC. That wasn't the only reason, though. As time passed, they began to grow closer to the people on the island, especially Winter and the Star Labs crew. They began to doubt if Nirvana was even what they wanted, or if what they truly craved was friendship. Unity became a representation of the bonds they had begun to form on the island, and they felt that by fighting for Unity, they were in turn fighting for their friends.

"Fading Embers" arc
It was during this point that the Overseer called for another game. Directly prior to this, Genez and Fire had another argument over the Devil's Contract, causing Genez to head off alone during the first challenges. When everyone regrouped at the lava lakes, the Overseer announced that each player would have to vote out a rulebreaker to be obliterated from the world. Failure to do so would result in the death of the entire server. Naturally, most voted for Fire since Chalooby wasn't there, including Genez. However, the vote came to a tie between Fire and Ash. The Overseer prepared to vote himself, but before he could, Cryptic pulled out a water bucket and began casting the lava lake. Furious, the Overseer freed the two chosen and instead took Cryptic away to the tower, where he declared that he would be the one killed instead. Cryptic told Fire that they had shown him what it was like to have a true friend, and then said that if Fire believed in Unity, he was willing to give it a chance. After that, he was gone, his fate unknown to the players.

Fire, wracked with grief and guilt, believed that it was all their fault for getting involved with a cause like Unity. They once again came to the realization that life is pain, and wondered if the intense heartbreak they were feeling was even worth all the good times. The Overseer arrived to taunt them and reaffirm the notion that Fire was the one to blame for everything. He told Fire that rulebreakers get punished, and if they stay in line, they might get Cryptic back. Falling into a deep depressive state, they closed down Star Labs, since the crew had fallen apart one way or another. They moved into Winter's basement at his offer to lay low.

Winter, wanting to cheer them up somehow, forced them out on a road trip to the mountains, where the two hiked up the summit. However, Fire's spirits remained down, despite Winter urging them to continue with Unity and fight in Cryptic's honor. During this, they stumbled upon a hideout cave where Chalooby had been taking refuge. Chalooby brings them to the Post Office, where Fire fills him in on what took place at the lava lakes. Chalooby also feels guilty, and tells Fire that he'll do whatever he can to help fix things, as Fire and Cryptic had helped him before. The three part ways after deciding to hold another Unity meeting, to which Fire reluctantly agrees to join.

Firefang began settling into Winter's house, diving more into hopeless. There, they met a newcomer named Mango and are reunited with Dazmars. During this reunion, the Overseer arrived and announced that he was throwing a party as Star Labs. Firefang reopened the laboratory for him, not wanting to step out of line. The Overseer invited the entire island, including two familiar faces: Ash and Cryptic. Overjoyed, Fire immediately began to apologize for the entire situation, to which both responded with confusion. Cryptic, upon asking Fire for their name, handed them a book. This book contained the devastating news that both Cryptic and Ash had traded away their memories for freedom. Firefang freaked out and tried to shake the Overseer down for more information, which resulted in a massive argument breaking out across the entire party. The Overseer drew a line in the floor and told the players to pick which side they were on: Unity or Compliance, with the third option of neutrality being added upon request. Fire began to disassociate and when they came to, the party was over, leaving only Cryptic and Ash. They asked Fire for answers since they appeared to know them, and Fire filled them in on everything. Though still confused, the two both accepted this and requested refuge at Star Labs, having nowhere to go. Reluctantly, Firefang permanently opened the lab and moved back in with them.

"Hell's Burning Punishment" arc
Prior to the Unity Meeting, Firefang met three newcomers to the island: Smibbles, Myth, and Jerzy. They showed them around and defended them after the Overseer attacked them. After this, they promised the three that they would protect them and make sure they got off the island safe.

At the Prime Republic, Chalooby's meeting was interrupted by a storm. The group gathered fled underground, where a wall of lava was spawned. The Overseer arrived and claimed to have cleared the lava, though there was no prove, leading Fire and Winter to accuse him of sabotaging the meeting. An argument broke out with the Overseer calling Firefang of being paranoid and insane, causing them to panic and spit out more accusations about the Overseer wiping Ash and Cryptic's memories. The Overseer took advantage of Fire's erratic agitation and turned it all on them, denying everything and claiming they're bias and warping the truth to fit their narrative. As the argument continued, Firefang turned to their friends for help. When calling upon Genez, however, she instead announced that Fire was crazy, and that they're the reason she left Star Labs. Unable to mentally handle everything happening, Fire retreated in a daze only to find Caffie.

Caffie told Fire that she didn't believe Fire was crazy at all. In fact, she felt the exact same way Fire was feeling. Thrilled by the validation, Fire immediately trusted Caffie, following her to her home upon request. Caffie led them deep into her cave, where she told them she was hiding a weapon that could kill the Overseer. Reaching a far back room, Caffie then revealed her true intentions, jumping Fire with the help of King Arthur. Upon this betrayal, along with the added constant gaslighting from before, Firefang finally broke down, begging Caffie to let them go and insisting that everything was their fault. Caffie obviously refused and continued to taunt them until the Overseer arrived, converting the room into an inescapable bedrock prison. The Overseer affirmed that none of this would have happened if Fire had just followed the rules, and that they're the reason their friends continue to get hurt. This was enough to finally push Fire into compliance, and they accepted their punishment believing this was all they could do to protect the people they cared about. The Overseer told Fire to write a letter telling everyone they were fine and just taking an extended leave. After quick consideration, Fire chose to write the letter to Winter, seeing Winter as one of the few people they truly trusted. Upon the letter's completion, the three left Fire alone to wither away in their new prison.

It's unknown how much time passed while Firefang was alone in prison, but eventually, the Overseer returned. He told them that the island was throwing an obligatory beach day, and that he would let Fire out temporarily to join the festivities if they promised to act normal. Fire hurriedly agreed, seizing any opportunity to see their friends again, and they were whisked away to Beach Island. There, they were reunited with the Star Labs crew, along with Winter, Ellis, and Chalooby. Everyone demanded to know where Fire had been, to which Fire answered that they were off investigating more artifacts. Winter refused to believe this and attempted to interrogate Fire with the help of Ellis. Fire still denied anything being wrong, but their agitated and paranoid state spoke for itself. After much back and forth, Winter finally passed Fire back the letter they had sent him originally in prison with a new message written on it. The two continued to communicate via the book, though it still seemed fruitless. This was interrupted by the Overseer calling Winter up to the Dock of Shame, where he had apparently been voted off by the other players during beach day. Fire hurried to protest this, quickly offering themselves up instead. Before the situation could escalate any further, Caffie cut in and begged the Overseer to save the killing for another day. The Dock of Shame was dispersed, at least until Peyton summoned Seolijar during the talent show, ending Beach Day abruptly. It was only then that Fire finally confessed to Winter that they were being kept prisoner in Caffie's attic, though they pleaded with him not to come for them.

Ellis led their group back to the Post Office to take shelter during Seolijar's attack. However, the basement they hid inside instead became a death trap as it was filled with hostile mobs. The group was separated during their attempt to flee, with several deaths suffered. Fire survived until morning, when Seolijar finally disappeared. They regrouped with the others outside the Post Office where they were confronted by the Overseer, who seemed to be acting strange. Chalooby demanded answers about Seolijar from him, but the Overseer refused almost robotically. Not wanting to cause further trouble, Fire insisted the Overseer had nothing to tell them and returned to prison.

Despite Fire's insistence that Winter leave them be, he soon arrived at Caffie's cave searching for them. He managed to slip by and located the attic prison, where Fire was horrified to see him. Caffie soon caught up and cornered Winter, forcing him into the prison as well. Here, it became apparent to Winter the full affects of both the Overseer and Caffie's gaslighting on Fire, as they seemed to be a completely different person, submissive and meek. Though he tried to convince them to break out, they continuously refused, still believing they were better off in prison to protect their friends. However, once Caffie revealed she was planning on killing Chalooby at the next Unity Meeting, Winter was finally able to spur Fire into action. Wanting to repay Chalooby for all the good he had done for them, Fire determined this would be their last fight. The two escaped the attic with the toilet trapdoor, but they were stopped by Caffie outside. Instead of locking them back up, though, Caffie instead handed them back their weapons and let them free. This caused confusion among Winter and Fire, since despite this, Caffie still seemed intent on killing Chalooby. The two made their escape, where they parted ways to go into hiding before the meeting. Fire ended up at the Post Office, where they ran into Ellis and Trick. They explained the entire situation to them, and Ellis offered them shelter in the Post Office.

The morning of the meeting, Fire returned to Star Labs and met up with Cryptic, where it was revealed that Star Labs had been blown up for a third time after Fire's capture. Cryptic had been inside the building and had been rescued by Genez. Fire apologized to Cryptic for not being there, and for treating him like he was still the same before his memory wipe. The two ended off by agreeing to begin their friendship anew, and Fire headed off for the meeting. There, they reunited with Winter, and the two found Chalooby and warned him of Caffie's plan. To their surprise, Chalooby said that he already knew because Caffie had told him, and that he was planning to go along with it as he believed it was what was best for everyone. Winter and Fire were quick to protest, but Chalooby refused to hear any of it. The meeting began before they could talk him out of it, and all they could do was anxiously wait as the meeting progressed. After discussing the artifacts, a storm broke out, and the broadcast warned of a flood. No0ne offered his mansion to those gathered as shelter, and everyone headed off. However, they quickly realized that Chalooby and Caffie, along with others, were not with them. Though not at the Prime Republic when it happened, it soon became apparent to everyone by the death message that appeared: Caffie had succeeded. She had murdered Chalooby.

Those at the Mansion broke out into panic as the Overseer arrived along with Caffie, proclaiming a party. Fire demanded an explanation, but Caffie refused to speak. After a large argument, Fire and Winter fled the scene, horrified and devastated. Numb with grief, they returned to Star Labs, where Cryptic, Genez, Ash, and Mango were gathered. Genez immediately began taunting them about Chalooby's death, laughing over it. Suddenly, Fire found their grief replaced by overwhelming fury, and they finally snapped. Erratically demanding Genez beg for her life, Fire then took their axe and murdered her. The rest gathered were shocked, even Ash and Winter, who were accomplices in the murder. They stashed the body in the crater beneath Star Labs and silently vowed to keep this a secret.

Fire, Winter, and Ash headed to the Prime Republic, where they found Chalooby's grave. There, Chalooby's ghost approached them, though he appeared to not be able to see or hear them. Whether on purpose or not, he showed them the location of a book he had written titled 'What is Unity?', and then vanished. Fire read the book out loud, and the three finally openly mourned the loss of their close friend.

"Fight Fire with Fire" arc
After Genez's murder, Fire did a complete 180, spiraling deeply into a paranoid and erratic mindset. They believed that everyone on the island was responsible for Chalooby's death, and that blood was on all of their hands. They no longer blamed just themself. Instead, they blamed everyone. They devised a new way to fight back, claiming that if the other side was willing to kill them, they should be willing to kill as well. Fire wrote up a hit list of those they deemed dangerous to the safety of the island and set out to murder them.

During this time, No0ne arrived at Star Labs, looking for Fire. Upon meeting, No0ne introduced himself as Winter's dad, and told Fire his only purpose on the island was to protect his son. Seeing Fire was close friends with Winter, No0ne asked for their help to look after him, to which Fire wholeheartedly agreed. He gave Fire a book to be given to Winter should something happen to him that would explain things and left. Soon after, Myth also appeared at Star Labs. He claimed that he was unable to break any promises he had made, one such promise being he can't hurt Fire. He wanted to test it out by attempting to kill them, and Fire readily allowed him to, not caring whether they lived or died. The promise worked, and Fire somehow survived. They were granted a Totem of Undying by Myth titled 'a promise to keep', and he then departed.

Unfortunately, the truth of Genez's murder couldn't be swept under the rug for long. Evan began poking around at the death, saying it was too strange to be an accident. He put out the accusation of murder, to which everyone involved hurriedly claimed was a crazy possibility. Nevertheless, the investigation continued until at last, seeing Evan was too close to the truth, Fire confessed to killing Genez. They proclaimed it was them alone who did it in an attempt to protect Ash and Winter. This news was almost enough to shatter the straggling Unity members for good. Ame, seeing that the Prime Republic was in shambles, sent a letter to Fire, asking if they'd come live there and take over as leader. Fire reluctantly agreed thinking it was for the best, but their own crippling self doubt led them to never do much with the position, which was short lived anyways.

The pressures of the island growing worse, Fire set out to take out a target on their hit list: Jess, who they believed was a devil's contracted member. After making small talk with Jess and snooping around her house, Fire discovered the contract. Interrogating Jess for details, they finally resorted to their original purpose and made a swing for her. However, Uncreative arrived, knocking Fire out and whisking Jess away to safety. The murder attempt was a fail.

Meanwhile, death itself wasn't enough to stop Genez's schemes. Returning as a ghost, Genez immediately set out with one goal: exact revenge on Fire. She began manipulating both Fire and Winter, trying to turn the two best friends against each other. When it didn't work on Fire, Genez focused her full energy on Winter. Winter began to doubt Fire's sanity and intentions, and finding out about the hit list sealed the deal. The two confronted each other in the Prime Republic, where Winter, egged on by Genez, accused Fire of being dangerous. Fire snapped back with their belief that what they were doing was the only way, and that Chalooby's peaceful hand-holding ideals were the reason he was dead. The words exchanged too hurtful for either of them to bear, they angrily parted ways. Genez's plan was successful: the two, inseparable until now, had fallen out.

The Funeral

Gladiator event

Cryptic sus moments compilation

Masquerade

No0ne's death

"Leap of Faith" arc
Peacekeepers

Fire and Cryptic's final falling out

Pleasant Park

Trivia

 * Firefang mentioned on Twitter that their character theme songs are Dirty by Grandson and The Only House That's Not On Fire (Yet) by Lemon Demon
 * They have an ongoing bit where they try to collect as many minimum wage jobs and homes as possible
 * During a chill stream, Fire was handed a totem known as the 'Totem of Sus'. Someone killed them while they were holding them, and they were reborn as Among Us Jesus Amogus Reborn.
 * Firefang started hitting the gym and became swole as hell, gaining a twelve pack
 * Jerzy and Fire have a parrot son out of canon named Timur Meeuwsen, who continuously gets murdered and reincarnated.
 * Fire has canonically not slept since Winter told them the BMC puts tracker chips in the melatonin
 * Firefang hates British people for no apparent reason