"Just look at the flames, aren't they beautiful!"

"Everything looks better on fire."

"I'm not crazy, I just have a different kind of hobby."

"You're not that bad looking... But I think you'd look better if you were burning alive."

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Name: Cinder

Gender: Mech

Age: 13 million (25 in human years)

Faction: Decepticon

Sexual Orientation: Attracted to Mechs

Looks:
Bipedal - Cinder is a Seeker and so has the Seeker body shape:

Instead of guns on his arms he has flamethrowers, red optics with hints of firey orange, pointed denta, black matte armour with hints of gold, with spots of fire Ash in places (that make his black matte finish appear speckled with white and grey) that he doesn't bother to clean off.

Holoform - messy jet black hair that reaches to his neck, same red/orange eyes as his Bipedal mode, matte black vest top paired with leather pants, a gold and black studded belt, black fireproof boots and gloves, flame tattoos coming up both arms, long black leather trench coat speckled with Ash like his Bipedal mode.

Alt Mode - T2 Hawk in Matte Black with the Ash speckles that have basically become part of his paint job. Flamethrowers from arms attach to the sides when in jet mode.

Personality: Cinder is both crazy and sane at the same time. One minute he can seem like a perfectly rational Seeker, smiley and charismatic, next minute he's twitching and desperate to go set something alight to satisfy his urges. He's usually at his sanest after he's stood and watched something burn to ash, then he can be happy. He's loyal to the Decepticon cause but mostly likes being on their side as they don't try to treat his craziness or stop him doing the bad stuff he does. He's charming and can be manipulative when he wants to be.

Backstory: Cinder is what is known as a 'pyromaniac', meaning he frequently likes to commit arson and sets fire to things (and occasionally 'Bots) on a regular basis to keep himself happy. To fill some gaping hole in himself that only fire can seem to fill. Nobody knows why watching buildings, 'Bots and even humans burn helps Cinder but those who question it usually end up burning themselves.

He has always been on the side of the Decepticons as he's a Seeker. He works with the likes of Starscream but the other Seekers are wary of him because of his love of burning things. If he's in desperate need of a 'fix' he's been known to set lower ranking Decepticons alight and so rightly a lot of people are nervous around him. It wasn't uncommon to find him standing watching one of his blazes in awe, armour scorched and burned but a gleeful grin adorning his faceplate. Occasionally he would even dance and sing madly amongst the inferno.

He's quite dangerous to the humans once on Earth, as he likes to go and set fire to populated areas just to amuse himself. Once while doing this he was apprehended by Autobots and because they knew he was a risk to humans, they locked him up in a cell within the NEST base, confiscated his flamethrowers and have kept him there ever since.

So now he sits in the dark of his cell, shackled by his wrists and singing to himself as he dreams of the base and everyone in it in flames. And without having set anything on fire for a while now he's crazed and dying to commit arson.

Likes: arson, fire, smoke, the open air, singing

Dislikes: Autobots, water, humans, medics, when his fires burn out, being restrained

Other: Cinder's Primeverse counterpart is a cousin to Diesel, though they're not close and don't bother with each other.

A song that relates to Cinder (and originally inspired me to make him), Set Me Free by White Lion [18:45 - 23:42):