Tetsuyoshi

When the deepest imperial laboratories glowed like a new sun, Tetsuyoshi was a scholar of theory. Their world was one of quiet archives and ancient scrolls detailing the elemental spirits. They lectured on the nature of fire, but had never felt its true, untamed hunger. That night, an echo of Inferuno's defeated power, captured for study, broke its bonds. It tore through marble corridors, and Tetsuyoshi was caught in the torrent. They did not burn; they absorbed. The force branded their back with eternal embers and left their face a mask of silent shock at the power they now held. These days, they still teach at court, but their curriculum has changed. They are the empire's most terrifying lesson: some knowledge is only learned by surviving its fire.