Combustigal

I was recently introduced to Combustigal through the Paragon Big Sister Super Heroes program. She's a teenager at Galaxy High who's father was the most current incarnation of Incendiary Man in a long line of super heroes. Unfortunately, both her parents were killed by the Family shortly after she was born and she was raised by her grandfather, who had been Incendiary Man before her father.

Her grandfather tried to shield her from a life of fighting crime, but Combustigal accidentally discovered the secret room in her grandfather's home that hid his costume and the Incendiary Belt that was the source of his powers.

For a short time, Combustigal experimented with the belt on her own and even started an early career fighting thieves in her neighborhood in Galaxy City. But her grandfather soon discovered what was going on. After repeated attempts to try to sway his granddaughter, he finally decided to start training her to pick up the family's super hero mantle. She took on the name "Combustigal" and started battling crime in earnest.



I've been trying to help Combustigal by introducing her to contacts in Paragon City. Her grandfather's contacts are a bit behind the times now, even though he's done an amazing job training her.

I recently got this email from her:

You aren't going to believe this, Tiff, but I just got asked to join a super group! I was helping a small group of heroes fight some trolls in the Hollows. Unfortunately, I couldn't stay to the end of the mission because of my grandfather's curfew, but when I told them I needed to leave, Ruby Red asked me if I wanted to join the Super Group she was in! I have to do an orientation or something, but it sounds like its going to be really cool!

Anyway, I just needed to tell somebody! I've got to get back to studying geometry now (yuck!).