Allerdyce is a mutant who has the psionic power to manipulate flame by shaping it as he desires, increasing or decreasing its heat, intensity and size, he cannot actually create fire himself, however, he consequently wears a specially insulated costume with a built-in flamethrower that can throw a stream of flame a maximum distance of 25 feet he can psionically manipulate the flame to do whatever he desires and sometimes induces it to take semi-solid form as an animate flame being (these creations, though capable of movement and of grasping or carrying solid objects, are not alive and do not think or act on their own) the degree of Pyro's concentration necessary to manipulate a flame construct is directly proportional to the construct's size, power and flame, though he cannot be burned by a flame which he is manipulating, Pyro can be harmed by any fire that he does not mentally control.