Frederic Scorch

This was written by BEN THE BEST456, please do no edit this page without consulting with the author first. "I lost my home away from home...and I'll be DAMNED before I let it happen again."

- Frederic deciding to go to Haven.

Frederic "Fred" Scorch is the main protagonist in Team FLME. He is the leader of Team FLME, son of Abraham and Rouge Scorch, the younger brother of Isaac Scorch, and the current Guardian of Flame.

Fred's weapon of choice are two wrist blades with flamethrowers called "The Scorch Blades". Fred was accepted into Beacon Academy with his adoptive-brother, Ember and the two later partnered up in Beacon's initiation and later made into Team FLME with May Fumi and Leia Burns.

Early Years
Frederic Scorch was born as the younger son of Abraham and Rouge Scorch, ex-members of Team AMER of Haven Academy. Fred live a good childhood with his best friend and neighbor, Ember Ignis, child of the other two members of AMER, Mason and Evie Ignis. Fred was unique in that he some how unlocked his aura at a young age, around four. Abraham and Rouge agreed not to train him so quickly and thus waited until he turned 10, like his brother Isaac, who began training at six. One day however, when Fred was six years old, a fire came across his town. Though his home was safe, the Ignis home was not, resulting in Abraham and Rouge to go in and save their old friends.

Fred, not wanting to lose his best friend either rushed in. The three saw Ember at the first floor and rushed to the second only to see both Mason and Evie pinned under a fallen beam and fire surrounding them. As Abraham and Rouge went to help their friends, fire surrounded them all, leaving the boys scared for their life. Then, Fred began using his semblance for the first time, and was clearly struggling to use it. As Mason and Evie fled, another beam came down on Rouge and soon, Fred couldn't keep ahold of his semblance anymore, and engulfed his parents in fire.

After that day, Mason and Evie adopted Isaac and Fred as their own and continued to raise them. However, Fred was forever scared by the event, but continued to learn and began training with Ember by their father, Mason. However, the worse was yet to come, as throughout Fred's years in schooling, he was bullied by Solomon Noir and other classmates, effectively making have no friends aside from Ember and another girl, Olive Pine. Due to the consent bulling, Fred refused to go to Sanctum Academy for combat school and thus desire to go to Signal in Vale. Though Mason and Evie were originally opposed to the idea, Ember offered to go with him and thus they accepted. However, the two could not accompany them to Vale and thus the two lived in a hotel on Patch for four years were Fred's bullying continued.

Eventually, Fred and Ember were both accepted into Beacon Academy by Ozpin himself and began their Huntsmen careers. However, before he entered the Academy, Fred was able to stop a White Fang robbery along Patch's North Docks and get almost the entire attack squad arrested. Later that night, Fred met with Ember within the city of Vale outside a nightclub where he told him "a long story".

First Semester
After Fred and Ember moved out of their home in Patch, they arrived at Beacon and began exploring the school grounds. After the two explored the campus, they attended Ozpin's meeting and got introduced to the school itself. The two joined the other first-year students in the ballroom for the night where Ember went off to find someone while Fred was hit in the head by a cork. Originally annoyed, Fred met with the person behind the cork, Leia Burns of the Burns Industries Corporation. The two formed a stable friendship right off the bat and shared a loved of science and dust infusion. After Ember returned, the three returned to their beds and went to sleep.

The following day, Fred and Ember along with the other first-years began Beacon's Initiation. Once Fred was on the ground, he went for a simple walk and encountered Ember who had seen the temple on his way to the ground. The two proceeded to run through the forest and soon encountered a Grimm pack. The duo quickly became overran and executed Steamroller to escape the pack and continue towards the temple. Once there, the two met with Leia and her partner, May Fumi. After the group realized Grimm were inbound, Fred quickly grabbed the White Bishop piece along with May and the four ran back to the cliff. As the four ran through the terrain, they encountered several Grimm and fought their way back to Beacon. Once back, the four were forever bound by Ozpin as Team FLME, lead by Fred.

After the team was formed, the following day, the team began their classes, starting with Professor Peach and later Dr. Oobelck. However, during the entire day and the days following, Fred noticed that May seemed uncomfortable with her surroundings. Eventually, he found her on the roof during the middle of night. Fred greeted her and brought sodas for them to share together. While the two were on the roof, Fred told her about his past and claimed it as a "ghost story". He told her that "We all have our ghost stories, its a matter of when or how we tell it."

About a week later, May and Ember went missing from Beacon during the weekend and seriously concerned Leia and Fred. As a response, the two went on a hunt for them throughout the city of Vale and questioned shop owners and and pedestrians alike. Fred decided to go to Patch to find Ember there and see if he could track May through her scent. While Leia and Fred were driving through Patch, they noticed White Fang Bullheads heading towards the docks of Patch. Putting their search on hold, they decided to investigate the Bullheads. When the two arrived, they saw Ember and May battling White Fang and May's stepfather, Shadow Ombre. Fred and Leia moved in to assist and engaged the White Fang and their commander, Nolan Runderen.

As Fred and Nolan dueled, Nolan revealed that he knew of the Scorch Family name and desired to kill him. However, the White Fang were pushed back by the rest of the team and Nolan escaped, but Ombre was arrested again. The team were then reunited and decided to celebrate in their victory with one another and returned to Beacon.

Second Semester
During the final day before the start of the next semester, Fred was within the Emerald Forrest, training and using his semblance heavily in the battle. Upon returning, he joined his team who was in a heated argument with a team from Shade Academy, Team VILE, mostly their own Faunus, Eadwulf Fenrir. While Ember and Eadwulf were at each other's throats, Fred began talking to the team's leader, Violet Eclairage. The two also seemed to get off on the wrong foot, insulting each other and their teams, ultimately calling for a sparring match between Ember and Eadwulf to get them to shut up.

As the two Faunus fought, the remaining members of the teams watched from the stands, with Violet and Fred placing bets on who would win. Eventually, the winner emerged, and Ember won and shocked Team VILE while Fred and the rest of FLME were not surprised at all with the victory. After the duel, the team encountered Olive Pine again in about a decade time with her team from Haven, Team WIOW. The reunion lasted for a short few minutes due to Fred running off after having a memory flash. When his team questioned what happened, Fred reviled what Nolan said to him the night they met and was always on edge since then, constantly thinking of what the lieutenant said. After the rant Fred went on, Leia suggested that they do a small crime hunt and try to find a way to stop Nolan to get Fred back on track and the team agreed.

Crime Hunt
After class a week after they established their plan, the team went to the motor pool in order to enact their plan. However, before they could go, team VILE came and forced themselves into the plan, much to Fred's dismay. While Ember and May went to the CCT to contact and old friend and spy within the White Fang, Leia and Eadwulf would go the VPD HQ to investigate evidence from the robbery last semester, Llew Glas and Ing Pugno would search White Fang activities and Fred and Violet went into Vale to met with Skyler, Fred's informative.

Fred and Violet would arrive at the club Skyler ran where Violet would ask for a dance, with Fred shutting her down and told her to stay focus on the mission. The two would talk with Skyler and get some information of Nolan, until he attacked the club resulting in a small fight. While Violet would take on the White Fang goons, Fred would rematch Nolan and knocked him out and kidnapped Skyler. Violet stopped Nolan before he could escape and the two also had a duel. Fred later joined and together, the two students pushed the White Fang out and sent them on the run, Fred giving chance with Crimson Dynamo. Fred would be joined by the rest of his team and Team VILE and the eight would attack the White Fang camp led by Nolan and Lavender Kristal with the two escaping. The group relayed their findings and returned to Beacon.

Beacon Dance
After the investigation, Fred continued to be on edge about everything that transpired with his team wanting to relax a bit and not to worry so much with Fred brushing off the words of wisdom. Two days prior to the dance, Ember ask Fred to come and join the team in having some fun and to "cut loss" for a bit. Fred brushes off the sentiment claiming he has addition work for Oobleck to get done. Ember, knowing Fred all to well, pushes beyond his leader's lie and states he needs a good wingman since he asked May. Fred reluctantly agrees to join, but states that he won't have fun no matter what. As the night of the dance comes around, Ember drags Fred out of his dorm to where the rest of the team is located. The four then go to the ballroom together and Ember and May almost immediately begin dancing and enjoying themselves while Fred heads to the upper balcony. While he was up there, Violet came to join him. Fred thanked Violet and her team for joining them on the hunt with Violet responding with some flirty banter, again to Fred's dismay. Eventually, Violet brings up Fred's parents unaware of his history, which made him snap with rage at her and storm off making Violet both frightened and saddened.

As the nigh progresses, Fred mets up with Leia clearly saddened but what happened between he and Violet. Fred also sees Violet, also clearly saddened but what happen. Leia encourages Fred to go talk to her again, but he says he's getting fresh air and leaves the ballroom for a bit. Once outside, Fred is greeted by Professor Ozpin and the two begin a conversation about both identity and Team FLME. Ozpin reviles that he is fully aware of what team FLME and VILE did recently and approves it to Fred's surprise. Ozpin also states that they were not the only ones to sneak out of Beacon recently to hunt the White Fang. Ozpin gives a small speech to Fred about how he should not blame himself for everything and that his father would be proud of the man he is today.

After their talk, Fred returns to the ballroom and makes his way to the balcony again and sees Ember and May. After hearing their words, Fred is finally convinced to talk to Violet and so he does. He asked Violet if she would still like to dance in an awkward way, but still gets her to join with much enthusiasm. Both team FLME and VILE met and watch the two leaders dance, with Ember and Eadwulf still at each others throats. However, the two decide to push it aside and let their leaders enjoy themselves for the night.

The First Mission
The following day, the first official mission for first-years begins. Ozpin gives a speech, wishing luck to the students before they select their missions. Team FLME decides to do Crime Investigation in the Southeast side of the city. As the team prepares to leave, they are greeted by teams VILE and WIOW who wish them luck and FLME in return wishes them the same luck. As the team approaches the Bullhead, Fred is overwhelmed with joy when he sees that the Huntsman they are working under is his brother's old teammate and friend, Bazaar Hiltzaile. The two exchange some banter and Fred introduces Leia and May to him, though he seems to already have an understanding of the team.

The team then arrives at a crime scene with the investigation being spearhead by Detective Lagoon and Bazaar himself. Team FLME gets to work and discoveries a few pieces of evidence pointing to the White Fang. The area was known for White Fang attacks so Bazaar orders a stake out with each member of the team taking shifts while watching the streets below them. After Fred's shift is completed, Ember takes over and the leader falls asleep only to be awaken later by Leia who states that there is a White Fang attack. Fred quickly joins in and leads the team Against the fang. After a few minor skirmishes with goons, one reviles that there is an active bomb somewhere in the area. Bazaar then interrogates a few other goons who confirm the claim and the five along with the VPD begin the hunt.

Fred and his team find out the location via a White Fang lieutenant and the team runs toward the area. However, while on the way, they encounter Lavender Kristal. Fred orders everyone to keep going while he dealt with the bounty hunter. The two engage each other and at first, Fred appears to have the upper hand, but he soon realizes that she is toying with him. Lavender then using her full potential and knocks Fred out cold, giving him is first true loss in years. Nolan then comes to join Lavender in killing the young Huntsman but is stopped by a masked figure who saves Fred's life and chases Nolan and Lavender away from him. After the figure leaves, Fred gets up and dashes towards the location of the bomb and his team.

Once Fred reunites with his team, he sees that the bomb is about to go off. He then has Leia use her semblance to create a shield around the bomb which he hopes should contain the blast. Leia does so and the bomb goes off, forcing Leia to make multiple shields and layers around the explosion. Eventually, the blast stops and Leia is knocked out cold, being caught by Fred. Afterwards, the team returns to Beacon to place Leia in the infirmary and joins the huntsmen in defending Vale from the Grimm. After Leia comes around, Fred and the rest of the team fills her in on what happens and states that Nolan and Lavender are still out there and still planning.

The Vytal Festival Tournament
At the end of the first year at Beacon, Team FLME participated in the 40th Annual Vytal Festival Tournament. The they were the first team to fight in the tournament against Team VILE themselves. Before the fight, Violet and Fred exchanged some banter along with Ember and Eadwulf. As the terrain was set in for the fight, Fred ordered Plan Delta-One one he was told there was an urban environment.

The fight began and the team quickly began the plan, leaving VILE confused as to where they were. Suddenly, Fred jumped right as Violet and attempted to kick her, but she blocked it with her staff, pushing him away from the team. Ember then attacked Eadwulf, pushing him back to the high grass bio while Fred continued to bet down on Violet. Llew and Ing were also pushed back by Leia and May, using the urban terrain for cover and surpassing the team. Llew then used her semblance of teleportation to attack May in a high rise, ceasing her sniper support and Ing got the jump on Leia. Ember, realizing May was in trouble wanted to help her, but was cut off by Eadwulf. Violet went to assist Ing, leaving Fred to take on Eadwulf, giving Ember the cover he needed.

When Eadwulf attempted to chase Ember, he was cut off by Fred. As when went to throw a punch, Fred jump and kick on his forehead, stunning the Faunus and making him stubble. Fred takes the advantage and lands several flurry kicks on Eadwulf and eventually the final blow, knocking him out cold. Fred then goes to rejoin his team as Ember took out Ing. Violet and Llew then fall back where Violet using her semblance of Lighting manipulation to electrocute team FLME. However, Fred learns by sheer luck he can also manipulate lighting, launching back at Violet and Llew, knocking them both back. The team takes the advantage and attacks with Fred and Leia taking on Violet while May and Ember take down Llew. Once Llew is down, Fred and Leia throw Violet into a rock and Fred kicking her in the head also knocking her out, winning the match in the process.

After the fight, Ember and Eadwulf exchange some words and then began to share some respect for one another. Fred helps Violet to her feet and both teams agree it was a good match and leave on good terms with one another and Violet kissing Fred on the cheek for luck.

After the fight with Team VILE the eight began to watch the following match, Team WIOW vs Team SSMR of Atlas Academy. Both FLME and VILE cheered for Fred and Ember's old friend Olive and team against the Atlas team. However, Fred recognized one of the members of SSMR but couldn't put his tongue on it. During the fight, a member of SSMR pulled the year of WIOW's Faunus, Ireland Sarga, giving May a minor panic attack. Fred then had Ember and May leave the area and told Ember to not let May see the team fight. As the fight progressed, Olive was the last one standing for her team and was defeated.

After the fight, Fred, Leia and Team VILE congratulated WIOW on a good fight and noticed the opposing team smiling and the member that pulled on Ireland's ear winked at him, with Fred responding with gritting his teeth. Fred and Leia then met with May and Ember in their dorm where May explained what happened and how she was abused as a child. The team then decided to take a walk around campus and came to the docks where Fred and Ember recognized an Atlas ship coming in and the commander of the vessel, Elsa Inverno, Isaac's old teammate.

The three exchanged some words, but she seemed to be more interested in Leia and May. While Fred and Ember left, the three girls walked down the main avenue and talked until they were interrupted by Isaac Scorch himself. Fred and Ember then reunited with the girls who began witnessing Isaac and Elsa's duel with one another. After the duel was ended due to both Ironwood and Qrow, Fred came and greeted his brother and jumping on his back. Fred was obviously excited to see his brother and vis versa until Isaac was called by Qrow and Ozpin for a personal word.

The following day, Isaac, Fred and Ember began playing games in the FLME dorm and Isaac recounting his previous mission. Though Isaac bet Ember, he lost to Fred as he finished his story. Isaac the told his younger brothers that to never stop trying and never stop pushing. He also told Fred that their parents would be so proud and overwhelmed with joy to see what they both have done, especially Fred. Later that night, Fred and Ember were then pinned up against the members of Team SSMR and the two agreed to win to avenge WIOW.

The following day, Fred and Ember took to the arena and prepared to fight team SSMR. Before the match, Fred learned that he would be fighting Solomon Noir himself. Solomon began to belittle both Fred and Ember repellently and even insulted May, sending Ember over the edge. The match began and Ember went strait for Solomon while Fred began dueling Regen Wilhelm. Similar to Eadwulf, Fred landed a serious of flurry kicks on Regen and a few punches as well, knocking him back to the center of the arena. However, once there, Fred realized that Ember was about to be taken out and decided to begin a tornado of fire and engulfed almost the entire arena.

After the tornado died off, Fred realized that his tornado took out Ember but also Regen, leaving Solomon standing. Solomon opened fire on Fred who was able to avoid his attacks and take cover. He used his burn dust to create a wall of fire, distracting Solomon as he jumped over and began an ariel attack. Fred went on the offensive and pushed his rival back a bit, but was grabbed and throw onto the floor and later across the arena by Solomon. Fred dodged Solomon's shots and began a charge towards his rival and the two keep each other at bay.

After the two were pushed back to the opposite sides or the arena, Fred looked and noticed both were at the brink of aura depletion. Fred then took of the Scorch Blades and signaled to Solomon who noticed the same thing and thus ditched his hammer and charged at Fred. As the two met, they entered a fist fight, with Fred dodging all of Solomon's swings and using a series of flurry kicks and soon throw him into a wall knocking him out cool and depleting his aura. However, this was not enough for Fred who grabbed one of his blades and walked towards Solomon. Just as he was about to kill Solomon, Ember stopped him and talked him out of it. While Ember was walking away he nearly collapsed on the ground, but Fred caught him and carried him out of the arena.

That night, team FLME placed Ember in an ice bath after they returned from the infirmary. The team discussed who would represent them in the finals and the clear choice was Fred though to his disagreement as he suggested Ember. However, Ember was in no condition to fight so Fred went with his team and placed himself as their selection. As he was doing so, there was a knock at the door with May responding. However, as she opened the door, she immediately closed it and returned to Ember's side and began stretching his ear as a form of "Stress relief". May then reviled it was Solomon who again knocked. Leia in response, grabbed Gryffindor but was stopped by Fred who claimed he would handle it and for Leia to protect the rest. As he opened the door, Solomon asked if he could talk to him for a bit, with Fred agreeing.

The two stepped out and Solomon said they had a good fight to which Fred agreed. Solomon then attempted to apologize to Fred, but was cut off by him. Fred stated that Solomon wasn't sorry, rather he was afraid of what Fred was now capable of, with Solomon agreeing. However, Solomon went on that he truly was sorry but Fred refused the apology and told him to leave Beacon and his life. Before he left, Solomon said he was sorry about Fred's parents and to say hi for the Ignis Family for him. Afterwards, Fred returned to his team and broke down crying about his parents. As he did so, Leia and Ember comforted him and repeated his words of "We are family.", which was able to calm Fred down and rejoin his team with his usual polite, cocky and cheerful attitude during down times.

Battle of Beacon
After the first match of the finals ended, Fred and his team were surprised of what happened, but still pushed onward. Soon, the team heard of the breakout of Shadow Ombre placing May in a state of fear. As a result Ember and May stayed inside the dorm and Fred and Leia went to the arena to watch the next match. After everyone witnessed the battle between Pyrrha Nikos and Penny Polendina in which Penny was killed. Afterwards, everyone in Vale heard a message from an unknown person which made Fred and Leia clearly distraught and scarred. After the speech, Grimm attacked Vale promoting Fred and Leia into action and escorting civilians away from the arena and school.

The two then met with Team VILE along the docks and contacted Ember who told them of Beacon's invasion by the White Fang and Grimm. The six then took a ship to Beacon and agreed to do everything in their power to save the school. The group landed surrounded by Ember, May, Solomon and Team WIOW. Despite Fred uneasy with Solomon being there, he still welcomed the help. As he soon realized, everyone looked to him for leadership and soon took it. Fred ordered WIOW to Vale and assist with a safe zone, Leia, Llew and Ing to go to the library to save more students, Ember, May and Eadwulf to the dorms to do the same and for Violet, Solomon and himself to defend the docks from the incoming Grimm.

After several minutes of battle, Fred received the order from Oobleck that all students had to evacuate immediately. The three then returned to the docks and met with Leia and her group while Ember, Eadwulf and May returned with May severally wounded. Ember explained they encountered Nolan who was killed by a Nevermore. As everyone left, Fred realized that Isaac was not there and became concerned and went to find him. However, before he could go, Violet insisted on joining and Fred reluctantly agreed and the two took off. While the two battled Grimm around Beacon Tower, the main office broken and gears fell from the tower landing on them, with Fred saving Violet by covering her with himself.

Violet used her semblance to get the metal and gears off of them and continued to move onward. The two then found Isaac, wounded and beaten badly. They propped him up with themselves and carried him to the docks. However, once they reached the tower again, they were engulfed in a white light.

Fred then awoke in a bed at an unknown location to him. When he awoke he was greeted by a woman named Ceil Light, maid on the Burns family. Soon, the team came in and greeted their leader with open arms. Fred began to ask what happened to him, Beacon, Isaac and Violet. They explained that after the flash, both Violet and he were knocked out and Isaac got them to safety then left Vale. Violet and her team retuned to Shade as Violet was in a coma and Fred was brought to the Burns Family Home. Leia told him that if he needed something her maids and butler would be there. Four days later, Fred remembered that who gave the speech preluding the battle said she was from Mistral. So, Fred states that he must go on the mission alone, and did not order to ask anyone else to come with him as he could not lose his original home too. However, his team still agreed to accompany him and together the four set out to Haven Academy the next week.

Post-Fall of Beacon
After the Fall of Beacon, Fred stops at a local village to stop both White Fang soldiers and Grimm from attacking the small town. After his initial engagement is completed, Fred receives a call from the rest of the team who state they will be there soon to assist. Following that, the team is hired by a village near Amber Square that is in need of assistance dealing with a Grimm pack lead by a Geist. The team kills of the pack once they catch it off guard and lead the Geist to a small clearing. Once there, the team begins to fight it off. While Fred, Ember and May fight off the Geist, Leia instructs the team on how to take it down. May was then thrown into the air by Leia who then cut the Geist in half, ending the job. The team then noticed a White Fang member and captured him and interrogated him, reviling one of Roz Quarzo's Lieutenants in Menagerie. The team then returned to the village and got paid by the Village Minister.

After their payment, Fred and the team went to the blacksmith who upgraded the Scorch Blades to have dust infusion into the blades. The blacksmith then reviled what he used for a power source of pure lighting in a bottle Fred got from Violet. Fred let the blacksmith keep the lighting if he would agree to give the team a free job next time they were in town, and the smith agreed. The team then left the town and decided to got to Menagerie and the next town over was a water village with sea passage. As they were walking, a photo blew out of Fred's jacket with Leia catching it and looking at the photo which was he and Violet dancing together. Leia teased him a bit, but Fred did not share the sentiment and calmed it was a memento of Beacon.

Journey to Menagerie
After the team entered the town they took a ship to Menagerie. While on the voyage, Fred had a dream where he awoke to his dorm in Beacon Academy with the team sleeping. Fred then blinked and awoke to their room on the ship with the team again sleeping. Fred then left the room followed by Ember. Ember and Fred began to talk about recent events with both describing their failures and discussed their motivations behind them being Huntsmen.

Later during their talk, a pirate ship came and attacked their own vessel and boarded the ship as well. While Fred stayed to fight off the pirates, Ember ran to get the girls for assistance. Fred stopped as many pirates he could and encountered their captain. Fred and the captain dueled for a little, with either getting anywhere in terms of location. Soon Fred and the captain dueledack to his ship where Fred regrouped with Team FLME. The team was then surround, but May and the captain's wife seemed to know one another. The Captain's wife realized that May was her daughter and the captain her father. With the family reunited, they sailed back to their hometown with FLME.

The two introduced themselves as March and April Fumi, the ruling family of Fumi Cove on Menagerie. The team also introduced themselves and March told the story of how May was taken away from them by Shadow Ombre, 17 years ago. During the tale, March stated that Team AMER assisted them with the defense of the city. This in turn, forced Fred to leave the cabin with Ember giving chase. Ember and Fred talked about Fred's father and Abraham, and how Fred was struggling to be like him, despite everyone telling him otherwise. Fred then reviled his main motivation for becoming a huntsman so he could die and avenge his parents.

Their conversation was cut short by the arrival of the rest of the team, March and April and the arrival to the cove. While at the cove, the crew of the Fumi's ship passed out necessary supplies for the survival of the town. March then showed the team the main conduit for the local power station and activated it, giving Fred flashes of both his father and Violet. Causing Fred to have a breakdown and hide away in a locker room.

As he hide, the town was attacked by Ombre himself with a fleet of warships. May tried to get Fred to help, but he keep seeing visions of his parents. Fred eventually snapped out of it and assist the town. When he and May reached the beach, he saw March and April battling Ombre. Before he could help, May stopped him and said it was a Fumi fight only. Fred agreed and assisted Ember and Leia. As Ember left to assist May and her family, Fred continued to fight Lavender until Ember was almost killed by Shadow. Fred burst into a flurry of fire and was able to blast fire from his hands and began summoning lava pools and streams of lava and destroyed half of Ombre's fleet and launched the general back to his flagship.

Afterwards, Ombre ordered a full retreat and his fleet left right before Fred passed out. Afterwards, Fred learned from his team that they were taken to the Anima shore after their lead was scrapped and continued towards Amber Square. However, before they could go, May was offered to stay with her parents, and offer she rejected.

Journey to Amber Square
After climbing up a mountain, Fred and Ember explained to the girls that at the top was a village they used to visit all the time entitled, Furno Village. However, as they reached the top, both Ember and Fred smelt smoke and saw it rising. The team the rushed into the town to see it in ash and bodies everywhere. Fred gave the order to look the town to try to find survivors. When Leia called one out, he recognized the person as his old friend Azula. Using bio-foam to block her wounds, Leia and Fred asked her questions on what happened. She said that troops wearing the Ombre emblem attacked lead by a Faunus and the local scientist, Doctor Lavenza Volt. The team set up camp for the night and would continue to move the following day.

The team moves down the mountain with the boys explaining to the girls of how Sol and Furno Village are able to survive out far away from the capital. Fred and Ember state it is because of the barriers the citizens built and natural hazards that stop the Grimm from reaching them. Once the team made it to Sol, they placed Azula within Sol's local hospital and the team moved out the following morning.

Two days later, the team comes across one of Sol's offshoots known as District Four which appears destroyed. While the team looks for survivors, May finds a name to the town which confirms it is District Four. While the team is originally confused, Ember and Fred realize they are in the original District Four which was shut down due to Grimm and Bandit attacks. While the team persist through the town, Ember stops the group due to him sensing something. The four take out their weapons and Damson Shade appears.

After running in and leaping from higher ground, Damson lands on his feet, facing the four teenagers. He immediately takes out his weapons in a seamless motion and, laughing eagerly, moves to attack Fred. Ember intervenes, Tooth and Fang clashing with Damson's knives. Ember attempts to both kick and shoot Damson, but he dodges. The two have a couple more attack and parries until Damson kicks Ember several feet away. Damson then runs and slashes Fred before he parries and attempts to kick Damson but the ladder dodges and kicks Fred away. The Faunus is then attacked by May who he effortlessly knocks away then uses Leia's weapons to throw himself into a building.

Fred calls up and attempts to de-escalate the fight, while Ember wants Damson to identify himself. Damson leaps to the ground before the teenagers again states his name and that he only matters to Fred. He announces that his intent to take take Fred with him, while Leia and Ember move to defend him. Delighted that they are willing to fight, Damson moves fast to attack Ember from behind. Ember then counters the strike and places Damson on his knees before Damson jumps over the fox and kicks him away and then attacks Leia and May. After leaping over them, Damson attacks Fred yet again before his uses Wonderland to catapult himself onto a roof. From there, he runs along rooftops while avoiding fire from FLME and gets attacked by Ember, but throws him away. He then lands on the ground and also throws May into a building and charges Leia.

Leia then uses her semblance to entrap Damson but he effortlessly breaks out, stabs Leia's rifles and uses them to launch himself into the air. Damson then threw two knives at Fred who dodged and landed on his blades, jumping over Fred. Fred then went on the offensive, landing a single hit. Damson is then attacked by both Ember and Fred, pushing off the latter and attacking the former. Fred and May then attacked Damson but were stopped by Damson's tail who reveled himself as a Faunus. Fred then asked if it was about the white Fang or Nolan Runderen. Damson calls them pawns and not good help and attacks the group again. Damson forced Fred away and knocked out both May and Ember.

Before he could continue, he is kicked away by Fred who beings a fire tornado. When he sees Damson running at him, he launches a few fire balls to stop him but resorts to launching the entire tornado on him. Damson, however, leaps through the fire and throws Fred and brutally attacks him, draining his aura completely. Damson the stabs Fred in the shoulder and pins him to the ground. Damson then explains that he expected more of a fight but will still take pleasure in cutting Fred open and hanging him by his own intensities. Fred then states that killing him would stop people from coming to defend Sol, which Damson laughs off stating that he didn't care about Sol, that he did this to serve his lord and master. When Fred assuming its Roz, Damson scoffs off the thought of her ever being above him and begins to cut Fred open, demanding that he screams. When he does, Damson hears a "wooosh" and is knocked off by Fred who blacks out.

When Fred comes to, he is greeted by Leia who catches him up to speed that they were somehow saved and Fred bandaged upped. Ember and May then return to the group and tell Fred their in Higanbana Gorge and a day away from Amber Square. When Leia mentions they should question how they got there, Fred states they should not question the good fortune and sleep for tomorrows journey saying they will rest more and longer within the town.

The next day, the team arrives in Amber Square and Fred and Ember finally return home with a warm embrace from their parents. The four explain to the elder huntsmen of what had transpired for them following the Fall of Beacon with Mason asking greatly about Damson and what happen the previous day. Eventually the group stops the conversation and get ready for the night. Leia soon walks in on Fred playing his father's guitar and singing his father's theme. When Leia asks about this, Fred tells her that he played to honor his father and that his guitar his one of his prized possessions.

The following day, the Ignis family is visited by, much to FLME's surprise, Team VILE from Vacuo. Violet states that they are on a mission and heard about the Ignis family and wanted to stop by. The eight go around town and catch up but are stopped by a large Grimm being ridden by Lavenza Volt and Damson Shade.

Battle of Amber Square
While the Grimm opens fire on the town, the two riders jump off and begin to move through the city. The Grimm then smells Fred and lands right in front of him and his allies. Before it can attack, Mason intervenes and attacks the Grimm telling everyone to run. Fred then has Violet help his father but they chose to stay with Fred. Other Grimm come into the city as well and VILE then move in to assist while FLME were attacked by Damson again. However, right before he struck, Isaac Scorch entered and blocked Damson's strikes. Damson then greets Isaac formerly and the two fight.

During the fight, Damson disarmed Isaac but was stopped by Fred. May also attacked Damson but stopped when Isaac ordered her to do so. Isaac and Damson continued to fight with Fred, Ember and May intervening at times to help. May was eventually disarmed and Leia picked up the sword and charged Damson. Fred and Isaac continued to fight until Damson kicked Fred back into a broken wall and a beam fell onto him, but was cut by Isaac. Isaac was then stabbed by Damson right before Leia cut off Damson's tail. Isaac was then weakened and FLME told him to rest while they assist VILE and Evie in defeating the Grimm.

When FLME arrived at the scene, the eight teenagers and professional huntress stealthily went around buildings to confuse and mislead the Grimm while dealing damaging blows to the beast. Eventually, Eadwulf used his semblance to match the Grimm and beat it back to the point of retreat. However, Lavenza shot Fred in the back breaking his aura and again rendering him unconscious and being picked up by the Grimm. Damson and Lavenza then made their escape on the Grimm in hopes of returning to Onyx, but were stopped by Isaac who used the last of his strength to cut the legs of the Grimm off, dropping Fred towards the bay.

Fred was then caught by March Fumi who pulled into the bay to assist and was hidden aboard the Bluejay with April. After Lavenza and Damson fled due to march's resistance, Fred came around and brought back to shore. That night, he along with the rest of FLME and VILE were told the story of the Maidens, Salem, Onyx and the Guardian of Flame. After Isaac left, Fred confronted him again and broke down restating that how could he not trust Fred with this knowledge. The two brothers then go into the attic and find their father's old journal about the Guardian and its temples. Isaac then breaks down stating that he could never be the man Fred is, stating that Fred is selfless, heroic, determined and full of hope and wonder.

The following day, Fred decides to go with Isaac in search of the temples to stop Onyx, but is halted by FLME and VILE who state they wish to go with them and that May can get them a ride. The group then sets off with March and April in search of the Anima Temple and to defeat Onyx.

Temple Hunt
One month after setting sail from Amber Square, Team FLME, VILE and the Bluejay crew assist in a town's evacuation, protection and reconstruction due to a large Grimm attack. Fred is able to best the Grimm with Crimson Dynamo and sets out to retrieve Violet, who is clearing out the port. However, before he takes off, he is stopped by a little girl, thanking him.

Fred picks up Violet and joins Leia in watching a massive Kraken Grimm attack both The Bluejay and the rest of the group. Fred takes control of the situation and gives out orders to the teams and with assistance from Ember, the Kraken dies. Following the battle, Team FLME meets to discuss means of faster transportation to which Leia makes an offer. While both Fred and Ember dislike the idea, they agree to Leia's plan.

Going with Leia's plan, Team FLME infiltrates a Burns Industries house party in Mistral. Due to the nature of the party, Fred is forced to act as Leia's "date" in order to get in. Once inside, the team spreads out to conduct the plan. Fred and Leia are greeted by Leia's parents along with Lime Burns, who was recently freed from prison. While Leia talks with her family, Fred, May and Ember set up for phase two.

Later during the party, Fred makes his way to the upper levels of the house to look for the Burns Family Airship. While on his hunt, he runs and fights through several armed guards in hand to hand combat. After Fred deals with the guards, he makes his way towards the master bedroom with a small squad of policemen who break in and arrest Maximillion and Cream Burns through charges of assault, child neglect and intimidation. Fred thanks Lime Burns for his efforts and the team then receives the BIC Airship from Lime who now took over the company.

Afterwards, Fred has Ember, Ing and Eadwulf load up the ship with supplies to take off for the Mistral Temple. Before they leave, Isaac, Bazaar and Amethyst come through one of Amethyst's portals and joins the group in the hunt, leaving March and April to return to Menagerie.

The group finally arrives at the Mistral Temple the following morning. Upon landing and assembling, the group views a large mountain where they are stopped at. Fred then summons some Guardian power and unlocks the entrance to the temple and the group enters. After Fred has a vision, the group is cut off due to falling debris. Isaac instructs Amethyst, Bazaar and Team VILE to return and guard the ship while he and FLME proceed forward.

Psych-Interviews
"Look, I'm not one for "social" events and you know this. I'm an introvert, not extrovert like you. School dances just aren't my shtick ok.  But if you do need help...I guess I'm willing to do so."

- Frederic Scorch to Ember Ignis about Beacon Dance

Personality
Frederic Scorch has been described as "mellow" and very reserved around new people and during classes, choosing to focus on the task at hand and not being an annoyance to everyone around him. He is known for being very intelligent and has supported a cool, serious figure most of the time when around strangers or in the middle of a mission or other task. Fred is also an accepting person, and 100% accepts the Faunus people, having been raised by a family of Faunus. However, he would only accept them if they do not go against the rules of society or bring harm to the innocent. Fred also has a high amount of leadership within and a carefully constructed way of thinking and strategy. Fred values everyone's strengths and hopes to destroy their weaknesses in order to see them rise to a better place.

Fred also lacks some social skills, specifically making new friends, trust between peoples, and romantic talks. This is because Fred cares little about his social life and believes those who indulge to much time into it, tend to lose sight of what is important. This could also explain why he is an introvert and enjoys keeping to himself and his friends. Fred is loyal to those he deems as such, mostly friends and family members and is willing to help anyone in need, no matter how small the problem.

Fred also suffers from a large identity crisis, mostly him trying not be like his father, and yet people say he is. Therefore, Fred tries to be like his father, with many saying he shouldn't. Due to this back and forward, Fred is always in a state of inner turmoil and thus has no clear path on what should be done next in order to achieve a betterment of himself. However, through his travels with his team, he has been able to put some pieces together on who he is and not who he should be. His identity crisis ends when Isaac breaks down to Fred about their father and how Fred has just enough of him but not all of him and that he is better than their father.

Fred does also support a humorous side, often taking part in jokes with his team during their down time and regularly makes fun of Ember and his "eccentric" personality. Despite this, Fred is extremely mature, preferring to stay in moment and to show respect to those around him, human or Faunus.

Fred is highly protective of the ones he loves and refuses to see anyone hurt over himself or his goals, as shown when he attempts to leave his team twice in pursuit of his own goals. He is also one to shove people out of his life if it means protecting them which he usually does with Violet and Ember, but is always willing to accept their help. This does make Fred a bit stubborn, but not to the point of accepting no help at all and agrees to points when he does need help.

Fred is one to have a soft spot for younger children and their well-being as seen in Welcome to the War, in which, Fred saves a little girl and softly pets her hair after she thanks him by hugging his leg.

Original (Volumes 1-3)
Fred is a tall teenage boy with dark brown eyes and brown to almost auburn hair in the back. He is well-toned and strong upper muscles mostly on his arms and chest. He wears a solid black and brown tee-shirt with a red jacket with the selves rolled up just below his elbows. He supports shoulder armor outside of his jacket along with an across the shoulder belt.

He has black pants and metal cladded boots which he uses to combat swords, other blades and to make his kicks more powerful. He wears a normal belt across his waist along with two or around each leg. He also wears solid black gloves. His wrist support the Scorch Blades and also double as wrist mounted armor. On his jacker's sleeves, she bears his emblem which is a red and brown sun.

Alternate Outfit (Hunter)
During Team FLME and VILE's crime hunt during the second semester, Fred wears a series of red robes with black tips and bands along his upper arm. He also supports a red hoodie and a severals bands along his midriff which is surrounded by a large brown belt.

Similar to his original outfit, Fred wears black gloves and pants along with his metal clad boots and the Scorch Blades. Fred also has shoulder armor on his left shoulder.

Post-timeskip Outfit
In Fred's timeskip outfit, he wears a long red coat tinted with orange on the inside. Fred has the sleeves of the jacket rolled down completely and still supports the Scorch Blades as wrist armor. He now possess large shoulder armor on both shoulders along with his black and brown tee shirt. He now has a red belt along his lower chest as well as red tights along his upper legs and waist line. He still has a brown belt, but now the buckle is a shade of orange and not brown. Just like before, Fred still has his metal cladded boots and black pants.

Weapon
Fred's weapon of choice are two wrist mounted wrist blades that also act as flamethrowers. He uses the blades primary to when he needs to be more up-close and personal to his opponent and is also well verse in swordplay, using the foot long blades as a way to catch his opponents off guard. Fred's semblance of Pyrokinesis allows him to make the range of the fire from his flamethrowers much more effective and allowing for the creation of walls of fire.

Upgrade
After defeating a Grimm horde and a geist plaguing a village in Anima, Fred has the Scorch Blades upgraded. The upgrade allows a two foot long extension of the blades made out of dust to form and can be used with his semblance. It also acts as another ranged form for his weapons.

Fighting Style
Fred is a very acrobatic fighter who relies on kicking and catching opponents off guard rather than with punches, despite it being far better choice due to his weapons. He's also capable of a break-dancing style, similar to Capoeira and make use of Muay Thai as well as shown in the same fight. His experience and skill with his leg-based fighting style is aggressive and effective enough to drive numerous fighters into a defensive position.

Fred is also capable of using his fist just as well in a similar style of Yang Xiao Long, which is mostly a boxing like style. However, he seems to focus more on kicks than another method when sparring. When Fred battles Grimm, he choses to mostly go fist and blades of kicks.

Semblance
Fred's semblance is Pyrokinesis, meaning he has control over fire and surprisingly all forms of heat as seen in his fight with Violet during the Vytal Festival Tournament, being able to control and redirect her lighting. Fred primary uses the fire from his flamethrowers to control and uses it as an offensive maneuver. Similar to Mercury Black, Fred uses his fire to create tornados with his break-dance style of fighting and can also launch fire ball like projectiles to achieve a long range weapon.

Guardian of Flame
Being the Guardian of Flame, Fred has control over all forms of heat and generate his own sources of fire from thin air. He can shoot waves of fire from his bare fist as well as streaks of fire able to destroy entire ships of metal. He can also generate pillars of lava from the sea floor and manipulate it to attack his foes. Though the full extent of the powers are unknown.

Affiliation
Main Article: Frederic Scorch/Affiliations

Trivia

 * Frederic Scorch alludes to Frodo Baggins from Lord of the Rings.
 * Both Fred and Frodo are known to care deeply for their best friends.
 * They are known for taking on burdens that is not meant for them, the ring for Frodo and the weight of his parents death for Fred.
 * They are also known taking on foes much large then themselves.
 * Both also wield short blades effectively.
 * Both are also orphaned at a younger age due to their parents dying in opposite ways. Fred's were killed in a fire, Frodo's died in a boating accident.
 * The name Frederic means "ruler or power", making people think of gold or the gems or royalty or powerful officials.
 * The name Scorch means "the burnt surface of something with flame".
 * His theme, "Ash Like Snow" by Nightcore, has strong similarities of his past and his identity crisis.
 * He shares the same birthday with his creator.
 * Fred's alternate outfit he wore during the Crime Hunt is called "Hunter" which is the alternate outfit of the brawler of Team RWBY, Yang Xiao Long.
 * Fred's emblem is a red and brown sun. It is also the Scorch Family Crest and can be seen on all of the Scorches.