SPICEWRIGHT

Origin

Arun was cooking for a snowed-in research station in Antarctica when the heaters failed. He cooked one huge pot of spicy soup with the last spices from every country he had cooked in. Everyone who ate it felt warm for a whole day, and Arun could taste his way across the world.

Powers

• Flavour Map: tastes a dish and steps through its story to the place its ingredients came from
• Spice Burst: a harmless pepper puff that makes villains sneeze
• Hearth Bowl: a bowl of his soup restores energy and warmth

Weakness

Impatience: if he rushes, the dish burns and his powers fizzle.

Sidekick

Ladle, a cream-coloured baby elephant in a chef's hat.

Villain

The Bland Baron, who makes all food taste like nothing.

Costume

a tomato-red and cream fitted chef-style hero suit with a double-breasted front, saffron trim, a basil-green spice belt, cream flat kitchen boots.

Episodes (every episode opens with a true fact)

1. Episode 1. True fact: People have cooked and eaten in Antarctica's research stations for decades. The heaters fail at an Antarctic station. Arun's soup warms everyone for a day. Next: He tastes the soup and sees the spice markets of Bangkok.
2. Episode 2. True fact: Saffron is one of the most expensive spices by weight. A school kitchen runs out of food. Spicewright's Hearth Bowl feeds everyone. Next: Every meal in the city tastes like cardboard.
3. Episode 3. True fact: Chilli peppers were first grown in the Americas. The Bland Baron drains flavour from the world. Spicewright cooks one dish with a spice from every continent. Next: The Baron tastes it, and asks for the recipe.

Spicewright and every Fire Empire Universe character are original creations of Fire Empire LLC. Character art is AI-generated and does not depict any real person.