The Burning Child

"The Burning Child" was an unnamed girl who died during the War of Brigstone .

Description
The individual was a minor, and female, as evidened by her size and wearing a skirt. Her ethnicity is unknown, as she was only ever described as being burnt and engulfed in flame. If she had any prior disabilities, this is unknown, though she must have had at least one arm, as she reached out with it, and the lack of a wheelchair and the presence of a skirt indicates she had functioning legs.

Background
At one point in the War of Brigstone, a school was set ablaze, either due to arson or - more likely - a bombing. Bradley Richardson (as Red Scorpio) arrived at the scene to try and save anyone left inside, but found no-one and fell to the ground. This could have been at the sight of the school burning, or a previously sustained and untreated injury. Bradleythen saw the girl lying on the floor, burning and screaming quietly, due to vocal damage. She reached out to him, and he reached out to her. He didn't stand and go to her, either out of pain or shock at what he was seeing. The girl then died, her arm falling to the ground, untouched.

Bradley never told anyone of the experience, and when the Pre-Regiment arrived, he made no mention of her, leaving her to be counted as just another casualty. Seeing her death went on to be one of the few experiences he didn't tell Rebecca about, though he did think of it as the most traumatising thing he'd ever seen, even within the war.