[Notes] backstory & five-flame system
- Draft surname in the bloodline lore: "Ember Lypyrion"; current/published: Strife — follow published.
- [Notes] backstory: the Cindercrest bloodline is ~1,000 years old, founded by Aurelion Cindercrest, who survived the Volcaris Mountains eruption wreathed in a crimson aura (origin of Flame Resonance). Ember's mother defied the Cindercrest Leader (her own father), married a commoner; their branch was disbanded and took the father's name Strife — but everyone still knows/fears them as Cindercrest blood.
- [Notes] Five-Flame Inheritance: up to 5 flames float behind her back, weakest → strongest: Red, Orange, Yellow, White, Blue; each flame has its own ability and adjacent pairs combine (9 abilities); using a flame puts it on cooldown. Published chapters show her wielding red, orange, and (Ch 36–37) yellow — i.e., published is slightly ahead of the notes' "currently only red and orange"; white and blue are [Planned]. Draft kit names (still in flux — one doc literally says "I need help creating abilities for Ember Strife"): Ignite/Kindling Shot, Flame Jet/Blast Bloom, Combustion Burst/Phoenix Rush, Sun Spark/Solar Brand, Solar Flare/Volcanic Prison, Purifying Pillar/Flame, Searing Ray/Sunfire Judgment, Plasma Shield/Azure Inferno, Supernova Collapse/Starfire Ascension, and the all-five-flame ultimate Crimson Genesis (Primordial Flame transformation for 10–15s, then all flames exhausted).