Origin

Firelion is the last of the Burners, a government-sponsored series of robot soldiers with fire-based powers. Before that, he was a police officer who died when he burst into flame.

Creation

Firelion first appeared in the 1995 miniseries, The Nocturnals by Dan Brereton

Major Story Arcs

Black Planet

Doc Horror was kidnapped by Antonio Zampa, the heir to Narn K, who wanted to wipe out The Nocturnals from messing with their operation. His team, including Lion, tracked him down to a Zampa safehouse and broke him out. It was easier thanks to Zampa being taken out by a former ally of the Nocturnals, Raccoon, who had dreams of becoming a gangster. He had killed Zampa to replace him in the criminal organization. While disposing of the body, Raccoon found a strange red octopus stuck under Zampa’s armpit. This information concerned Doc Horror, who believed the Crim had followed him to Earth.

Doc was originally from a different planet, where he refused to share his wormhole technology with the parasitic Crim, who wanted to use it to take over more worlds. To confirm his suspicions, he brought a few of his Nocturnals to the cemetery to dig up Zampa’s body. Once confirmed, he told the story of his journey to Earth to his fellow Nocturnals, who all committed to taking the Crim out. After a close call with Fane’s men, Eve was instructed to stay home by her father. Instead, she convinced Komodo that Doc wanted the two of them to find a new way into the monster shop so they could free more of the test subjects.

Unfortunately, they were caught by facility security in the tunnels underneath it and needed rescue. The Nocturnals, with Raccoon as their guide, teleported into the tunnels where Komodo and Eve were surrounded by Crims. Fane tried to run off with Eve, but Raccoon and Komodo managed to break all the hybrids out while the Crims were busy with the other Nocturnals. Together, they overwhelmed Fane, freeing Eve and ending the Crim’s world takeover.

The Dark Forever

Lion had spent the last six months looking for a fellow Burner rumored to be in Nebula City when he was coming home to celebrate Thanksgiving with the rest of the Nocturnals. As he passed through the forest, he was warned by the forest sprites that the Nocturnals were in danger. His first stop was to check on the gunfire coming from an old pub. Inside, he found Starfish and Raccoon fighting zombies, which he happily helped them defeat.

Raccoon’s investigation led them to a lighthouse of inhuman origin. They found a trap door, leading to underground halls where they found cultural artifacts depicting the history of the Skerrls. This overwhelmed Star, who ran off. Racoon and Firelion inspected the tunnels a little further but turned back when they saw a number of fish-people, which they would later learn were called Skerrls. They returned to the beach where they were reunited with the Nocturnals. Star had been returned to the beach by the ghosts of her ancestors, and the rest had teleported from the deeper hidden catacombs.

Poly had absorbed the spirits that powered Skerrl magic and released them to the afterlife, however, it was too late. The Skerrl had already summoned a leviathan from the ocean floor. The Nocturnals were ready to run, but Star was able to command the leviathan as the last of the original fish-people. She sent it back to the ocean depths.

Powers & Abilities

Pyrokinesis: Firelion can generate heat and fireblasts

Swordsman: Firelion is proficient with swordfighting. He is typically armed with a katana.