"The way of fire must have a begining, and shalt always have an end."

~ Jumbo Wong, 2022/12/31

  In the beginning of the new world and the end of the old, where all things diminish and are yet to be reborn, Light was burthed out of nothing, and from light came the Elements Extreme, Ice, Fire, Wind, Lightning, earth, and such. And from various extremes, came the infant lands.

  This is what the Kingdeniom folk will tell you of the origin of their kind, of the legends of ancient forces, Gods and Goddesses--- Yuidis the Goddess of ice, Ferrion God of Fire, Veero God of wind, Saten God of Lightning, and many other, and how they shape the new world out of chaos.

  So you would have expected, today we are gonno talk about fire, Ferrion God of fire---I mean Firren, Starbreaker of Fire. But why do they have different names and why are Kingdeniom gods in fact warriors in Starbreaking armor fighting demons? Well, that's how things are and perhaps the Greek gods of Olympus are all machine giants shooting lightning bolts all over the place, you never know. But one thing is sure is that many discrepancies are possible in the documenting of histroy accords, and for the sake of not driving everyone insane, the folks with the pen would choose the description less unhinged.

  So, who is Firren?

Above: The first ever Firren armor ever drawn, approximately made in 2012 or 2013.

  Firren is a soldier boy, a young man of his  early twenties that had been trained under the ways of the first generation Starbreaker elites, before being saved from the brainwashing artificial memories of the Skylord by our good ol' Captain Bradson.

Above: early concepts of Yuri and Firren fighting back to back, and below is n early design of Firren's flame thrower device.  

  But why fire, you would ask? Indeed, finely asked. The elements and powers of the Starbreaker derives from Memory, and though most Starbreakers at the time of Before Light Remastered have all been ripped away from their original memories, they still have what is called a subconcious calling inside of them, remnants of the First Memory, if you will, and Firren's prominent First Memory before passing to the current age of Before Light so happens to be of the flames of war and destruction; while Yuri is ice because she sees snow, blue snow in her first memory...which is not excatly snow but I can't say what it really is because that would count as spoilers, am I right?

 Here we see a latest update of Firren (drawn 2022/10/06) with some slight adjustments from the first armor, staying faithful to the original yet due to my failing drawing skills, didn't quite well grasp Firren's past glory. There in both arms are flame thrower devices firmly attached, and on both sides between the shoulders and neck are air circulation pumps so as to decrease overheat during battle.

  In the novel of Before Light and Before Light Remastered, Firren has always been Yuri our protagonist's mentor and commander. Yet deep down in the past and the memories that we shall later see of their lives before all the happenings, their relationship is more that meets the eye. You will see in the Remastered version, or you could just spoil yourself with the scuffed first draft of Before Light (perhaps in chapter 23~25, I forgor).

Above: this one is the attempt to draw a better Firren, to do some justice for the dude in my own words on Pixiv (drawn 2022/10/10). Here we can see Firren duking it out with a common Demon with fire punches, and some simple skills such as fire ball blasts at the top left corner, fire blade that extends in a line across the field, and fire wave, an AOE attack he could spam to burn Demons into crisps. ( If anyone's intrested in making a Before Light Remastered game, you know who to contact, just saying, wink wink.)

 Above: this one is considered a spoiler, but still in its early development so its fine. The  upgraded weaponry Firren would posses in the later part of Before Light Remastered, called the Allenia Ferrion( just a protoype here, drawn 2022/10/10), a tri-clawed flying jet pack with advanced flame thrower turrets under huge blades embedded with searing steel, and also missile launchers somewhere. Firren also gets his skills upgraded to Inferno wave, an AOE spam tactic which he could fly up to the air and escape earthbound fools; Magma stream which works just like Goku's Hame Hame Ha beam but in fire and steroids; and more physical combat. ( I sometime imagine in my sleep Firren using the Allenia Ferrion blades twirling like a cyclone and spuing fire all over a massive sea of Demons, like a Musou hero in a dynasty warrior game. If anyone's intrested in games, you will know...)

 And finally, drawn just two days ago when this might publish, is the colorized smol version of Firren. (Why drawing them all in small sizes, Jumbo? you would ask. It's because it's faster and easier to draw with my scuffed skills, that's why.)

  With a pair of newly desinged flame thrower blades like tonfas on each arm. Might use this on later animations like the christmas one, I don't know. ( If you haven't seen the Christmas animation in my Youtube channel, don't worry, it's pretty scuffed as F. But here is link still, ha ha: https://youtu.be/MI8odW1SJLo )

 And here is the one with flaming effects on. Quite cool, actually.

  So, that concludes our very brief introduction of our second male protagonis Firren the brave. What do we get out of this chapter? Well, not much. The way of Fire burns not just the outside, but within our souls, the fuel to our feelings that stem from the past, longing that cannot be passed on to the receiving end, only to stay in one's Light Heart, burning alone, until there is nothing left to ignite, and all remains are the ash of unspoken thoughts. That might be the most spoiler free way I can describe of Firren and Yuri's connection, but still, if you want to know, there is OG scuffed Before Light right there. Feel free to have a look, or wait till next year for the Before Light Remastered which I am not writing right now and instead posting pictures here, ha ha! 

  Come on, talking about ancient gods dressed as armored Starbreakers and discussing their weaponry is way more fun, am I right? ...Right, guys?

  But wait! 

  A new challenger approaches!!!

  Hmm...a Starbreaker with wings, who can it be...?

  [.........to be continued]