Long Tian trained alone in the Ashen Depths, seeking to tame the Ninth Flame before it consumed him.
He saw visions of past wielders—mad kings, fire demons, and a girl who had turned her world to cinders to save one child.
The flame was not evil.
It was purposeful.
> "You are not a sword," he told it. "You are my will."
And it answered.
His flames turned blue.
Hellfire… reborn as Starfire.