Known Power(s):
Vahn's powers have evolved considerably over the years. Originally he was a normal human and simply relied on his "cursed" left arm. In normal human form, he had the strength, agility and durability of a typical athletic male of his size. With his left arm, his strength and durability was enhanced, with the power to absorb various forms of energy blasts, and re-emit them as his own. He was also shown to be able to launch his left hand as a chained projectile attack, which he mentally guided, as well known to have a slight immunity to heat and flames.
Once the power of Efreet in Vahn's arm was activated, his body had been invaded (to be more accurate, nearly blown apart) by it. His body was unable to withstand the pressure of its power and would have eventually internally collapsed. Using it just once was the equivalent of setting off a time bomb.
Of course, even when he didn't use it, it would still eat away at his body (for ten years), even with the restrictive sealing cloth. Although over time, Vahn immense will of ego had literally "tamed the beast".
The actual form of the "invasion" is conversion of the body into flame.
Over the years, his physiology has gone through radical changes, after being cloned from the remains of his old body by Levkit. Vahn was capable of generating black flames from his blood as an 'armor' of densely packed flames around his left arm; later, this branched off to a subdued form of pyrokinesis. Eventually, he was actually able to extend his radius of control in which his flames were augmented to enhanced levels, but when he overexerted himself his body retaliated by consuming itself.
For a time, Vahn could no longer control his power as part of a side-effect from the cloning process. He was constantly in a dangerous flux of heat, even going so far as to lose control of himself and give in to a berserker mode. After going berserk and nearly killing his friends, Vahn forced himself into a self-sustainted form of 'deep sleep', encasing his body within a super-cooled sphere of heat. The sphere was mistaken for a "black pearl" by Maximos, and thus taken into his domain, the aptly named Shadow Realm. During his stay here, Vahn was given ownership over two Efreet forged items; a pair of greaves and a seemingly elegant rapier. In addition, he was given a direct vial of Efreet's blood; which upon consumption changed his body even more drasticaly into a second stage of enhancement: creating so called 'flame glands' within his body, as well as making his blood much more thicker (akin to mollases).
When humans eat, they digest the food in their stomach. In Vahn's case. the digestion then continues, breaking down the food even further. After Vahn's body has used all it can from the digestion, the body then turns the leftover food and acid into a byproduct of hydrogen. Vahn can hold the hydrogen in various 'flame glands' in his body which in turn mixes with his bloodstream. When Vahn needs to use his flame, the glands release the hydrogen into the bloodstream where it mixes with other various chemicals the body creates. Once this mixture finds oxygen, it burns extremely hot, and very quick.
Since then, he has been able to increase the temperature in his proximity, and endure extreme heat and flame without being harmed by mentally overriding his hypothalamus (nerve centers for regulating body temperature). This in turn has rendered his body tissues unaffected by high degree temperatures lesser than his own. The changes have also granted Vahn thermal vision: the ability to detect objects visually by how much heat the objects generate.
It has been implied that Vahn's lack of personal initiative has prevented him from discovering the deeper facets of his power and has led him instead to focus only on what might be the easiest manifestation of his abilities, the creation of flame (several cases have arisen where Vahn has shown simply more than this).
After the events of the Stadium's destruction at the hands of Providence, it appeared that Vahn had actually burned out his powers, having returned to his normal human form and noticeably sweating in a desert climate. However, while repelling an attack of modified devils, Vahn's powers reactivated. In a private conversation with Sunstrike, it was revealed Vahn didn't lose his powers, but had subconsicously shut them down out of fear due to the transformation he underwent into his darker persona-- the aptly named 'Devil'-- while combatting Providence (it had been argued that Vahn's earlier berserk modes were simply forshadowing to the true state of his 'devil' side).
Vahn's flame has grown in degrees since then, through encounters with several prominent adversaries; the first being the manifestation of Chaos itself.
After teaming up with a group of other would-be adventurers, Vahn's body had been tainted by Chaos, and his Devil persona benefitted greatly, slowly tipping the scales of control within Vahn's psyche.
After this, Vahn's black flames seemed to pack more physical force and produce a concussive effect not seen with normal fire. He has been seen to even destroy stone projectiles thrown at him using his enhanced flames. Vahn has been shown to intensify this effect by charging up his flame before releasing it.
The second instance was of Vahn's chance rescue and rejuvenation by Yaits, the embodiment of Ymir. Restoring Vahn's mangled right arm, he also left a portion of his own being in Vahn's repaired limb, increasing even greater the amount of destructive potential his black flame had, but also putting greater strain on Vahn's body itself.
It was this final tip that Vahn's 'devil' persona utilized to finally attempt a takeover of the physical body, which was halted by Lucind's and Owle's intervention.
Due to the taint of Ymir within Vahn's arm, he gained the ability to utilize what is known as "the cold-blooded fire", electricty. Due to the nature of Ymir and the seal placed onto Vahn's right arm (newly cursed), with the proper amount of negative energy absorbed, he could unleashed lightning-esque attacks, guiding them with the tips of his finger, rather than fully controlling the raw power. Because of this complexity, a 'black' lightning attack takes much longer to initiate than standard fire attacks.
Vahn's flame, while seen as ''otherworldly'' at best, is still supported by the presence of oxygen, and thus is extinguished in low air pressure or a vacuum. Vahn's flame can be extinguished by smothering materials, such as water, sand, fire-fighting foam, and heat-resistant blankets, unless his flame is at such an intensity that it immediately vaporizes such materials on contact. If hit with small amounts of water, up to about five gallons, Vahn can turn it to steam with relatively little effort. More water than that could extinguish his flame at its normal level, and he would have to wait until he could evaporate the residual moisture before re-ignition.
His light output is mostly in the infrared and infrared region of the spectrum, and is invisible to the unaided eye. Less that 10% of his total power output is in the visible portion of the spectrum. Thus, when using his power, he is dimmer than one would expect of so powerful an energy source.
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