Megan Tarash
| Megan Tarash | |
|---|---|
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| Born | ~19 years before Steelheart |
| Abilities | Epic |
| Aliases | Firefight |
| Groups | Reckoners |
| Birthplace | Portland |
| Homeworld | Earth (Reckoners) |
Megan Tarash, also known as the Epic Firefight, is a member of Steelheart's inner circle. She infiltrated the Reckoners, a group that kills Epics[1], but later rejoined the group in Calamity.
“ Sometimes stupid is right. Hell. I hope nobody ever quotes me on that one. ”
History
Steelheart
Meeting David Charleston
While scavenging for the Reckoners, David encountered Megan while the Reckoners were planning a hit on the High Epic, Fortuity. When another Epic named Curveball appeared, David assumed that the plan was going awry and he intervened, ruining the entire plan. After Megan and David take down the two Epics, Megan takes the eager newcomer to her team. While interacting with Megan, David found that her emotions were inconsistent as seen when she is nice to him in their first interaction and later crude and snarky in later chapters.
Sudden Loss
Megan was killed while escaping from their Conflux hit on a motorcycle. David defended her and confessed his infatuation for her while she died. Prof brought her back to the hideout with David, and burned her with their base.
Reappearance
While fighting Nightwielder, David finds Megan and comes to the conclusion that she is the Epic named Firefight as reincarnation is one of her abilities. It is revealed that Megan betrayed the Reckoners as they began to target important parts of Steelheart's infrastructure by infiltrating the organization and feeding information to Steelheart. Initially, she seemed to be unable to recall any past events before her death as seen when she struggled to remember David's identity. Later, during the Steelheart hit, David found Megan listening to an audio recording of her death, including David's confession. She told him to stay away, however, or she would shoot herself, as it meant nothing to her anymore.
Firefight
Resurfaced
In the beginning, Megan is secretly helping David. Before David almost drowns after his encounter with Obliteration, Megan saves him despite the fact that the Reckoners believe that she killed Sam, another Reckoner that was part of Mizzy's team. David later finds Megan and decides to keep his encounter and her location a secret from Prof and the Reckoners. Megan makes several revelations about her powers and her current status. She reveals that her Epic ability to create illusions are actually the her reality warping powers. She also shares her fear that her reincarnation abilities may actually be resulting from her subconsciously pulling parallel existences of herself to replace her when she dies. David and Megan become closer and a romantic relationship between them begins to blossom. Megan later reveals that she came to Babilar in hopes that Regalia would somehow be able to remove her powers in the same way that she claims that she can gift and augment Epic powers. When David is trailed by Val, he is believed to have been working with Regalia all along and that Megan is seducing him. Prof, in the guise of David, texts Megan to meet her where she eventually dies trying to save David from a burning building.
Weakness
Fire causes the shadows that Megan summons to be dispelled. She thinks that if she is killed by fire that she won't reincarnate.[3]