#fenic

When the two brothers ran into a Fire Magling who seemed to promise Reed everything he wanted, it all seemed too good to be true. Reed was completely smitten however, and nothing Fennec said would get through to his foolhardy brother. The Fire Magi, Pur'Tra, promised to teach Reed all she knew about her magic. She would show the brothers how Fire wasn’t just an element she could control, but how it was a higher being. It hungered. It wanted. And part of being a good Fire Magi was to appease this hunger.

Apparently, part of this hunger included Pur'Tra having Reed’s kitten. Something about how the Fire would bless them both for passing the Flame onto another. It all sounded crazy to Fennec.

Despite his misgivings, Fennec couldn’t prove Pur'Tra had ill intentions. The Fire mage became more disapproving of Fennec by the day. She convinced Reed that Fennec would only make him a weaker mage with his disbelief. 

After an argument, Reed told Fennec to leave him and Pur'Tra for good. Fennec couldn’t believe his own brother would abandon him, and things only seemed to be becoming more and more suspicious. Fennec wouldn’t go far. He only hoped Reed would eventually see sense.

One fateful night, Fennec smelled the Fire that Pur'Tra always lit at dusk, but this time a horrible smell came with it. The smell of burning flesh and fur.

Fennec rushed to the scene, but Pur'Tra was already gone. A scream came from the nest that Reed had shared with Pur'Tra and their kitten. It was ablaze and Fennec watched in horror as fire ate his brother alive. He jumped in to try to save him, but it was too late. Left to die with his father, Reed’s Kitten sat in the Fire and didn’t burn, merely crying over her father’s charred remains.