St. John Allerdyce (Earth-7045)

''This article is for the mutant supervillain. For the Autobot from 2099, see Pyro.''

An Australian immigrant and itinerant novelist, St. John Allerdyce was recruited to the Brotherhood by Mystique along with Avalanche. As a mutant, Pyro wields the ability to control, but not generate, fire.

History
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Powers

 * Fire Construct Creation:
 * Solid Flame: Pyro's fiery creations can have greater "solidity" than an ordinary fire of the same size. A gigantic fire-bird, for example, could grasp a large, heavy object with its talons and carry it off into the air, although, of course, the heat of the fire would affect the object just as a normal fire would.
 * Latent Fire Invulnerability: Pyro is invulnerable to any fire that he had placed under his psionic control. However, he can be harmed (just as any ordinary human would be) by any fire that he did not mentally control.

Abilities
Pyro is an accomplished journalist and novelist.

Weaknesses
Pyro, although able to control any fire within his vicinity, is unable to generate and project fire himself, without the means of flamethrowers. He can be harmed by any fire that he does not mentally control at the moment. Pyro has to be able to see a flame in order to take control of it; in practical terms, the flame has to be within a 100-yard radius of him. Pyro can't affect flames that he saw on television but which were not within this radius. Any of Pyro's fiery creations would immediately revert to ordinary flame if he turned his interest from it, or if he lost concentration.

Equipment
Pyro can't create fire himself, although he can cause an already existing fire to grow tremendously. For this reason, he wears two wrist-mounted kerosene-based flamethrowers, which can project a stream of flame up to 25 feet away, on his costume so that he can use it to start a fire which he could then manipulate. He also wears a specially insulated costume that affords him a certain degree of protection against fires he did not control.

Trivia

 * Pyro was a successful writer of Gothic romance novels and journalist prior to turning to crime.
 * Pyro's name "St. John" is pronounced Sinjin or Sinjun, which is a common pronunciation from Commonwealth countries including his country of origin, Australia.