By saying that he is often the sidekick of a villain, its not really a villain, unless you want it to be. its often a bully, or just a plain old mean cat. The reason I called him ember paw is because a fire sometimes emits Embers, right? Imagine the fire is a villain, or in this case, a mean cat. He would be the embers editing from it because he is small, wimpy, weak, and probably really wants to be like the big raging fire. -artsy