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MangaDCU:Heroes-Fire in theSky

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Two more heroes to add to the growing Manga DC Universe! This time, based on the characters Firestorm and Firehawk!

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Global Captains of Industry member, Captain X, received word that his grandson had taken ill in the states. The Protector of Africa made arrangements for fellow African Hero, Amazing Man, to stand in for him as Captain Amazing while he went to see about the boy. When he arrived at the hospital in NY, he discovered that his grandson, Ronald Jason Raymond's illness was not a normal one. He had suspected as much, since he was estranged from his children and the fact that they contacted him meant that it was serious. He produced a small wooden box which had a small piece of the sacred root that N'dare had ingested as a child, granting him his enhanced skills and health. when RJ swallowed the root, he began convulsing in pain and violently threw up. N'dare was now convinced there was something deeper to the boy's malaise than a purely physical illness. he reluctantly made a call to the one person who he knew had the skill set to deal with such an issue. not long after, Dr. Andwele Petiri Kumasi arrived to examine RJ. He used his shamanic "sight" to inspect the boy and realized that dark forces were at work preparing the boy to become a vessel for the evil Shadower that had once possessed the Witch-Doctor. unable to use his powers to heal the boy without risking possession by the spirit once again, RJ's parents began to lose hope. N'dare said there may be another way. During World War II, he heard legends of the Japanese looking for a mystical Dragon's Pearl that had enormous regenerative abilities as well as purifying ones. Captain X would undertake a mission to locate the Scroll of Nine Dragons, which should give him the clues to locate the Dragon's Pearl. Petiri joined him on this quest as Witch Doctor Mid-Night. They travelled to China and found the scroll. their quest was plagued with obstacles created by the same agents who were preparing RJ as the Shadower's vessel, but the heroes overcame them. The scroll led them to a mountain in Japan to find the Dragon Gate, which would lead them to the realm where they could find the Palace of the Dragon Emperor. on their way to the gate, they happened upon a beautiful woman being attacked by demons similar to the ones who tried to impede their progress. she was protecting the mythical creature, Qilin from them, even though they had already injured it. the pair saved the young woman & the Qilin , & they decided to keep her close by since their shared enemies were determined to get to her. Once in the Dragon's Realm, they found the crystal coral palace of the Dragon Emperor and left their new charge outside. they sought an audience with Ryo-Wo, the Dragon Emperor. He informed the travelers that the only way to acquire one of the sacred pearls was to best one of the 9 Dragon Kings in fair combat. They agreed, and Arashi-No-Kaji, one of the Dragon Kings was summoned to the Great Hall. Captain X and Witch Doctor Mid-Night were both allowed to battle the Dragon King, to make the contest fair. Just when the contest seemed over as the Dragon King Stood above the warriors poised to strike, he dropped his weapon and then fell to the ground, as he was stabbed from behind by the woman the two heroes had saved. she used the dagger recovered from the battle where they saved the Qilin, which was covered in its blood (which was one of the rare things capable of killing an Immortal.) Ryo-Wo roared in outrage at the human's treachery. Transforming into his dragon form, he dove at them, but rather than try to explain their companion's misguided defense, they fled with the pearl that emerged at the Dragon King's death. They escaped the Dragon Emperor and when back on earth realm, Mid-Night transported them back to the Hospital. Too fatigued from the translocation, Captain X and their female companion left Mid-Night in front of the hospital to recuperate, and raced upstairs. There, they saw that the darkness had almost completely overtaken RJ. They tried to approach him, but X's female companion stabbed the Captain, like she had the Dragon King and he now realized that she hadn't done that for their protection. RJ's doctor, Martin Stein recognized the woman to be the nurse that was there when N'Dare first arrived. She revealed herself as an acolyte of the Shadower named, Belyllioth. Mid-Night arrived & a mystical battle broke out between Belyllioth and the shaman. Dark spirits stormed the hospital, and the horizon was blackened out from the sheer number of dragons that approached , led by Ryo-Wo. Mid-Night was soon overpowered with his attention split between the spirits and the dragons. The Shadower's Acolyte took the Dragon Pearl and began to extract the shadower's soul into it so that he would be even more powerful than he had ever been. From behind, RJ's young friend, Lorraine showed up & recognized Belyllioth as the nurse. When the frightened girl asked what was going on, the nurse stabbed the girl telling her that her sweetness always sickened her. RJ's physician, who never believed in any of this mystical "nonsense" clocked Belyllioth with a bedpan in the face repeatedly after fighting with some of the shadow spirits she summoned. The injured Captain X told the doctor that he needed to take hold of the pearl to help his grandson battle for his life and his soul. Doctor Stein said that RJ was his patient, and he took the responsibility to save his life. He grabbed the pearl on the boy's body, and the pearl began to take the doctor's essence into it. inside the astral realm of the dragon pearl, the shadower tried to take over RJ's spirit and the doctor leant his essence to RJ's but it was only when the true essence of the pearl assisted them that they were able to expel the shadower from his body as well. both the doctor and Rj's essence flowed completely into the pearl, and once full, the restored form of the fallen Dragon King, Arashi-no-Kaji stood amongst them. Their bodies were gone, but the two minds shared the memories of the Dragon King as if their own. The dragon horde ceased fighting when Arashi-no-Kaji emerged from the pearl. Ryo-Wo assumed his human form to enter the building and embrace his once-fallen son. as they did, a bloddy and battered Belyllioth stood and stabbed the Dragon Emperor with the Qilin bloodstained dagger. Arashi-no-Kaji engulfed the witch in dragon flame. The dragons outside howled in unison and began to gear up to attack, but Arashi-no-Kaji held them off. The dragons replied in unison that balance needed to be restored. a feather that Belyllioth had taken from the Palace of the Dragon Emperor survived the fiery assault and landed near the dying Lorriane. The dragons unleashed an onslaught of flame that was only held back by the weakened witch doctor, but it was failing fast. Lorriane clutched the feather in her palm to her chest as she breathed her last breath and a bright light grew from within her. the feather disappeared and the light from inside her grew into a giant vermillion hued being; Fenghuang, the Phoenix Empress. The restorative powers of the Phoenix Empress cocooned around the fallen Dragon Emperor and compressed to the size of a dragon egg, from which hatched a baby Ryo-Wo. The Phoenix Empress then took to the skies in a flash of light. the dragon horde returned to their realm and the resurrected Dragon King reclaimed the forms of both the doctor and RJ, who was now in perfect health. The baby dragon would need protecting and training, till it was strong enough and had regained enough of its memories to defend itself.

-Arashi-no-Kaji is literally translated as Storm Fire, but RJ and Dr. Stein agree to call themselves Firestorm to distinguish themselves from, and at the same time, honor the fallen Dragon King.
- The "sun" on Firestorm's chest represents his Flaming Dragon Pearl power source. The Three red circles that orbit it represtnt the souls of RJ, Stein, and Arashi-no-Kaji.
- Firestorm possesses the traditional powers of a Dragon King: Strength, Fire projection, Knowledge of the Scholars, shapeshifting, flight, and the ability to ward off evil spirits. The only ability he doesn't retain is his ability to turn into a dragon. He does have the ability to call other dragons to him, tho.
- Fenghuang is never directly refered to as Firehawk...maybe in the news report after the incident.
- When they split back into Rj, and Dr. Stein, each of them had a half of the Dragon Pearl(in the crescent shape of yin & yang, respectively) that they wear as Dragon Tear amulets. They form Firestorm by combining the pieces and fusing together. Each can summon the other to their location to do so.
- Firestorm design elements come from fellow DA artist sandara's "Dragon Warrior" fav.me/d18k82f
-Phoenix Empress' design elements came off of a calling card or something i saw on line in a store.
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AzabacheSilver's avatar
Interesting origin for my favorite DC Character!