Ember Balewood

Ember is a playable character in Misery of Magic and an important character in the overall story. He is a yellow and orange cat, similar in appearance to his brother Emerald, with one magenta eye and one Werewolf Eye.

Story
Ember was separated from Emerald due to a problem which occurred on Earth. This led Ember to be able to explore outside his homeworld, where he quickly befriended Twain Arxen, a cat from the same world, and Kyan, a Bluewater fox from a different world. After seeing what lay outside, and having a relationship with Kyan, he decided not to go home while Twain did. Eventually, following Kyan's death, he changed his mind and returned to Axhelym where he spent a lot of time with Twain while continuing to search for Emerald. After some time, they had a falling-out and Ember fell into despair and ended up in the Domain of Magic.

Ember became close with Kris. The influence of Bluewater on the Domain caused Ember to gain the Werewolf Eye. Kris, seeing this a sign of corruption, attempted to heal Ember using the powers of the light side. Kris had access to the End Tools and stored them in the Energy Centre, where Ember stayed. One of the End Tools granted power to create life itself from nothing, which they used in attempt to "resurrect" both Emerald and Twain, not knowing that both of them would arrive in the Domain personally shortly afterwards. This created the Soulless cats Max and Lensar, who were themselves corrupted and were poor substitutes for those they were based on.

Eventually, Kris' soul became dominated by the light side, and was at risk of falling into pure light. This caused him to decide to unseal the Hero of Light, and enabled the Hero to influence him and eventually possess him entirely. When this happened, Ember locked himself in the Energy Centre alone, for his own safety.

Stats
Ember begins at Level 80, the highest starting level of any character, and his permanent weapons start with Tier 22. He is a "glass cannon" character, with the lowest Life Force Factor in the game of 1, meaning that Ember has far less HP than any other character of the same level.

Starting Weapons

 * Flame Slash (permanent, Tier 22)
 * Fire Boom (permanent, Tier 22)
 * Bloodfrost (Tier 1)

Recruiting
While Ember is implied several times to be speaking to Emerald through the Psycho Power at various points in the game, he first appears in person in the Energy Centre. The only requirement for adding him to your party is to reach him as solo Emerald. Indeed, the Energy Centre locks itself if there is more than one character in the party.

As an Antagonist
If Ember is not recruited, a possessed lightside version of him appears as the penultimate boss in Worse Space. He functions as a buffed version of Kris' boss fight in North Edge, with more HP, a higher weight, and a few new, more aggressive attacks.