Charles Blue had grown up in a middle class neighborhood with no idea of his family background. His parents' tragic and suspicious death by fire changed that. A grandmother, a San Francisco fortune teller and part owner of the Mystic Eye Occult Shop, took Charles into her home and started to teach him about his hidden "abilities". For 25 years, Charles barely accepted his powers, then friends began dying by fire. He and his girlfriend Bell now had a reason for learning combat a powerful, unknown adversary.