*Due to physical disabilities, Iggy is isolated for his own protection. He only knows his two brothers, Baine and Nansen, and their world within a brick wall, called New Eden. In spite of his overbearing brothers, Iggy sneaks out of his room and goes into the garden during the day, where he comes in contact with a strange woman. Before he can say anything to her, he loses consciousness, and awakens to her biting his face. As his only caregivers, his brothers save him from the woman, but they cannot save him from himself. Soon after the attack, Iggy is overcome with depression and craves nothing more than to end his own life. But then, a survivor arrives, and changes everything for the worst and the better.*
*Baine infects Iggy with the virus. Iggy's body becomes perfect in all ways and he is granted unique powers (umbrakinesis). Things are going well, until Iggy sees the color red and his thirst reflex awakens. It is all a matter of time before Iggy's bloodlust leads the F.U.S military to New Eden, to destroy everything that Baine has created. Especially the infected ones.*

IGNATIUS The Colors of Rage

With each settling moment, the temperature decreased. Lower and lower, until Iggy felt chilly. But it didn’t stop there. He thought he had everything under control but then an arctic coolness washed through him. His hands were especially freezing. Assuming it was his core temperature making his hands feel so cold, he pulled them away from his body into view. 


The flames were gone and replaced with a light blue swirling mist that danced around his fingers and gathered in the palms of his hands. Soft feathery movements blew in and out and in and out of his fingers in circles. It was clean and cold like a little snow cloud. Specks of frozen air sprinkled off of it as it spun around. 


Then, it vanished. He blinked hard, flipped his hands over and back, but it was gone. The pain in his chest returned, just as raw and intense as it had been, and time regained its natural pace. The pants over his thighs and the lower half of his shirt were burnt away. 


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