Papa Flame

Papa Flame is an ex-member of The Big Five, an ex-talk show host, a prolific writer, and a teacher at the Zarathustra Parahuman Academy since the year 1997. He is known for his boisterous personality and charisma.

History
Born in Mexico City in the year 1951, Papa Flame started his hero journey when he turned 23. He was young and reckless, but he always got the job done. He was charismatic and altruistic, always fighting for those who can't fight for themselves - after all, what else do heroes do?

In the year 1979, one year after his daughter Cheri's birth, he was jumped by the villain Dust Devil in Phoenix, Arizona and ended up being beaten almost to death. The only thing that kept him going was the thoughts he had of his wife and daughter. In the end, the entire right side of his body was paralysed and after only five years of crime fighting, he had to call it quits. His family was put into protective custody and changed their surnames to Ross, which sounds vaguely like 'Ruiz', one of Papa Flame's last names.

The "Ross" family was relocated to a ranch just outside of El Paso, Texas. Things were quiet there and his family was safe. Papa Flame, however, was not satisfied being a no-name rancher on the Mexico border – he needed to do more with his life. The majority of his written works, written under the pen name Jesus Ross, can be traced back to this time of isolation. In 1983, Dust Devil was finally arrested and sent to Alcatraz II, where he belonged and Papa Flame seized the opportunity and got a job as a talk show host out in Dallas.

Along with becoming a TV show host for a show called "The Talk with Jesus Ross", he became a spokesman for youth fitness and made an appearance in a commercial supporting the Dallas Cowboys. He amassed quite the fortune and spent as much of it that he could pampering his daughter, who sometimes even joined him on stage when she was little.

Zarathustra Parahuman Academy
After writing three best sellers and being a super hero talk show host for almost two decades, he decided to put his knowledge to good use and start teaching the next generation how to be a proper hero... It was also good timing, since it was about time for Cheri to start going to university, so he picked out the ZPA and told her: 'we're going there together!' Much to Cheri's chagrin.

It was revealed in Session 17 that Papa Flame was doing research on Parahuman Awakenings, which made him a target for The Doom Disciples.

Power
Papa Flame was gifted with intense Fire Generation powers, allowing him to Incinerate almost anything if he chooses... Or at least he could in his heyday.