Radiated Scorcher

The three hunters stalked toward Mount Praetorous in search of their prey.

The job board in Zul'kar Flare said it was a fire elemental, birthed from the flames of the volcano and wreathed in a whirlwind of magma. The price on its head was enough to put food on their table for a week.

Movement on the rocky slope ahead of them, and the hunters stopped. The thing before them was no simple manifestation of living flame. It was a man skinned of fire.

“It burns!” he screamed. “Oh, gods, it burns! I'm burning!” Then he threw his head back and laughed.

The three hunters exchanged a look, then they turned and fled back toward Zul'kar Flare.

The next day, on the town's job board, the constable posted a new notice: a bounty for a Radiated Scorcher. The price had tripled. The spreading blight on the continent of Praetoria twisted both the land and its people. Those nearest the poisonous gases and infernal heat of Mount Praetorous were corrupted and twisted. Their skin was singed, cracked, and lined with burn marks that never healed. They were left in a constant state of agony that slowly drove them mad. The corruption also granted them the ability to manipulate flames, and the Radiated Scorcher can use them to instantly destroy their opponents' armor.