The Arsonist

A villain whose only apparent motivation is to burn as much as possible and watch the flames dance. Their gender and appearance is unknown due to the power armor they wear, which completely disguises their build and uses a vocal mask to hide their voice, as is how much of their abilities are part of their technology and how much are innate.

They typically are present when they set a building ablaze, but hold back and simply watch, letting robotic drones outfitted with pyrokinetic hypertechnology set the fires for them. They'll join in battle when it begins, but typically flee through a fiery teleportation effect when things turn against them.

GM-Level Lore The Arsonist's name is Hestia Jones, formerly a Soltech scientist researching the pyrokinetic abilities of Cobalt Red. After she was fired from her job in 2019, due to receiving repeated complaints from her co-workers, she stole copies of her research and retreated into an abandoned factory in the Ironworks, taking it over as she continued her research. In 2021 she emerged having mastered Cobalt Red's technology and began to use it as the Arsonist.

While all the pyrokinetic aspects of the Arsonist and her drones are hypertech and ultimately based on Cobalt Red's powers, she does have a power of her own - an immunity to heat and the ability to precisely detect and map out thermal energy around her.