History Main / FireOfComfort

* ''DarkesDungeon'' gives your adventurers firewood as an item on long missions, giving them a chance to camp out for some much-needed healing, stress recovery, and/or buffs before continuing.

* DontStarve has a a SanityMeter and one of the playable characters, Willow, is a pyromaniac whose sanity is regenerated by flames.

* Hestia is the [[GreekMythology Greek goddess]] of the hearth, home and family. All three are closely associated with each other.

* In ''DarkSouls'', the bonfires scattered all over the world serve as recharging stations for your healing items, magic and health. They also reset the positions of most enemies (As well as reviving the Mooks of an area, for LevelGrinding purposes,) which may very well save your life in many instances.

* Guess, what is the name of the ''TES V: Skyrim'' DLC dedicated to building your own manor house? ''Hearthfire''.

-->-- '''Calvin,''' ''CalvinAndHobbes''

* In ''{{Traveller}}'', hearthfires are sacred to the Sword Worlders. It is the duty of men to guard them and the duty of women to tend them. Police, soldiers and such, in the sword worlds, speak of themselves as "guarding the hearthfires".
* In the first and second editions of ''DungeonsAndDragons'', halflings, as a race, consider a fire on the hearth to be the central feature of a comfortable existence. The concept is so firmly a part of halfling culture that they will keep a small fire going even in the height of a summer heat wave.

* In ''KingdomHearts'', Kairi's home world is introduced with a pan up from the fire. The symbolism of home is obvious.
* In ''WorldOfWarcraft'', a campfire is used primarily for cooking, but it will hasten the health regeneration of those gathered around it. It's a bit silly, but not uncommon, for players to put one down before facing a dungeon boss; every little bit of Spirit helps, right?

* PC treasures Inc. publishes the DVD ''Fireside Reflections'', which is a video of a fireplace to be played on a television set.

** The campfire at Weathertop where Strider tells the tale of Beren and Luthien. A very well done scene which captures what it really can feel like camping, clustering round the fire with the night all about.

* ''LittleInferno'' delves to the negative aspects of the trope, likening the fire to ease and predictable comfort of consumerism, and the willful blindness to the slow decay that the passive hordes staring at the fire all day cause. Ultimately, [[spoiler:you have no choice but to venture out to the cold world in hopes of finding happiness by actively searching for it.]]

** In the late game, these fires also serve as a fast travel system.

* Antimony in ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' (like her ancestors) has this as an always-active personal power: while her fire affinity is not readily obvious, magical beings invariably sense her nature and [[MagneticMedium seek such a company]]. When she learned to turn her [[SpiritWorld Etheric]] self into visibly WreathedInFlames form and demonstrated it to the ex-fairies, this intensified to outright mass {{squee}}ing. [[ElementalEmbodiment Fire elementals]] as such, while not really met so far, are subjects of "wonderful stories" for other magical creatures.

* A remote-controlled fireplace is used to suggest a newfound solace for Di Nozzo in the beginning episodes of ''{{NCIS}}'' Season 5; the case had the character fighting to accept the departure of his love interest after the relationship, which was the Mole cover for his mission, went to hell with the mission itself. Served an in-plot purpose, too, as a running gag during the episode was to have Di Nizzo all wet when the garden's... aspersor tubes? got activated again and again.

* Hestia is the [[GreekMythology Greek goddess] of the hearth, home and family. All three are closely associated with each other.

Additionally can symbolize the relief and warmth of the home, which is a [[OlderThanPrint very old]] motif dating back to Ancient Greece.

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* Hestia, the Greek goddess of the Hearth, home and family.

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* PC treasures Inc. publishes the DVD ''Fireside Reflections'', which is a video of a fireplace to be played on a television set.

* A remote-controlled fireplace is used to suggest a newfound solace for Di Nozzo in the beginning episodes of ''{{NCIS}}'' Season 5; the case had the character fighting to accept the departure of his love interest after the relationship, which was the Mole cover for his mission, went to hell with the mission itself. Served an in-plot purpose, too, as a running gag during the episode was to have Di Nizzo all wet when the garden's... aspersor tubes? got activated again and again.

* Hestia, the Greek goddess of Hearths.

This is where a fireplace represents comfort, companionship and rest. Might be found at a GoodGuyBar or a BigFancyHouse. Or at an [[YouAllMeetInAnInn inn]].

-->''There's something magical about having a fire. The crackles and snaps...the warm, flickering light...everything always seems safe and cozy if you're sitting in front of a fire. And if you've got a hot tiger tummy to lie against...well!''

This is where a fireplace represents comfort, [[{{Nakama}} companionship]] and rest. Might be found at a GoodGuyBar or a BigFancyHouse. Or at an [[YouAllMeetInAnInn inn]].

-->''"There's something magical about having a fire. The crackles and snaps...the warm, flickering light...everything always seems safe and cozy if you're sitting in front of a fire. And if you've got a hot tiger tummy to lie against...well!"''

-->- '''Calvin,''' ''CalvinAndHobbes''

* In ''WorldOfWarcraft'', a campfire is used primarily for cooking, but it will hasten the health regeneration of those gathered around it.