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On 4th August 2024, [[Harry Churches]] stepped down as leader of the [[Fireflies]] and appointed [[Pete Roberts]] as his successor. Pete's leadership emphasized hope, rehabilitation, and the belief that people could change, while remaining faithful to the [[Fireflies]]' original ideals. Harry departed the group entirely, convinced that his increasingly cynical outlook and readiness to employ harsher methods had become incompatible with what the [[Fireflies]] were meant to represent. | On 4th August 2024, [[Harry Churches]] stepped down as leader of the [[Fireflies]] and appointed [[Pete Roberts]] as his successor. Pete's leadership emphasized hope, rehabilitation, and the belief that people could change, while remaining faithful to the [[Fireflies]]' original ideals. Harry departed the group entirely, convinced that his increasingly cynical outlook and readiness to employ harsher methods had become incompatible with what the [[Fireflies]] were meant to represent. | ||
Of all the [[Fireflies]], Irish took Harry's departure the hardest. One of the few members who openly shared many of Harry's concerns, he felt as though he had lost both a mentor and a close friend. This perspective only worsened when Mike returned to the gang. Though he remained loyal to the Fireflies and continued to serve under Pete's leadership, Harry's departure left a lasting impact on him, and Irish often represented Harry’s beliefs and values long after he was gone. The event marked the beginning of a growing internal conflict between the hopeful ideals that had first inspired Irish to join the [[Fireflies]] and the harsher realities of the world that Harry had taught him to confront. | Of all the [[Fireflies]], Irish took Harry's departure the hardest. One of the few members who openly shared many of Harry's concerns, he felt as though he had lost both a mentor and a close friend. This perspective only worsened when Mike returned to the gang. Though he remained loyal to the Fireflies and continued to serve under Pete's leadership, Harry's departure left a lasting impact on him, and Irish often represented Harry’s beliefs and values long after he was gone. The event marked the beginning of a growing internal conflict between the hopeful ideals that had first inspired Irish to join the [[Fireflies]] and the harsher realities of the world that Harry had taught him to confront. | ||
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[[Vadim]] forced Pete into an impossible choice: kill Santiago or himself. Staying true to his principles, Pete refused to harm his friend and instead attempted to take his own life. [[Vadim]] responded by shooting Santiago before forcing Pete to broadcast a final message over the radio and riddling him with bullets as punishment for the [[Fireflies]]' actions against the biker gangs. | [[Vadim]] forced Pete into an impossible choice: kill Santiago or himself. Staying true to his principles, Pete refused to harm his friend and instead attempted to take his own life. [[Vadim]] responded by shooting Santiago before forcing Pete to broadcast a final message over the radio and riddling him with bullets as punishment for the [[Fireflies]]' actions against the biker gangs. | ||
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As a result Ed and Ida argued that Harry should remain banned from Pusta unless he agreed to stop attacking neutral groups. | As a result Ed and Ida argued that Harry should remain banned from Pusta unless he agreed to stop attacking neutral groups. Irish firmly rejected this position. During the discussion, a Firefly recruit named Vyco accused [[Irish]] of violating the [[Fireflies]]’ rules of engagement. Concerned by Vyco's allegations, the other [[Fireflies]] asked Irish to lay down his weapons and submit to custody. [[Irish]] refused, threw his armband at Ed, and walked out, joining Harry in forming the [[Insurgency]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:42, 10 June 2026
Overview
Group/Faction Affiliation: The Fireflies, The Insurgency
Status: Alive
Bryan “Irish” C. was one of the first members of the reformed Fireflies, joining the group in February of 2023. As a senior member Irish held a lot of influence and was close friends with both Harry Churches and Pete Roberts with both leaders valuing his opinion during their tenure. Irish fought hard in the Blackthorn war, and served in many Firefly conflicts. Irish was deeply impacted and shaped by the loss and trauma he received during his years in Chernarus fighting for hope. Eventually becoming a much more harsh and unforgiving person over time. He would go on to renounce his membership of the Fireflies after the divide caused by Pete Roberts’ death, and became a founding member of Harry’s Insurgency in 2026, serving as the group's second in command.
Appearance
Irish has scars across his face from many injuries sustained in battle over the years, and dressed in civilian clothing during his Firefly days, appearing to become more raggedy as the years took a toll on him. Later as an Insurgent Irish commonly wore disguises, but he has been known to wear the same black radar cap for years.
Origins
Irish grew up on a farm in rural eastern Kansas with his brother, Josh. The two were inseparable, spending their youth hunting and fishing together. As teenagers, their heavy partying and drug use often landed them in trouble with the law. After a bar fight turned violent, Irish stabbed a man while defending Josh and was sentenced to prison for assault. Determined to change his life, Josh enlisted in the army. Released shortly before the outbreak, Irish returned home to find the family farm repossessed following their father's death. When the outbreak began, Josh was deployed to Chernarus to assist with evacuations before all communication was lost. With his brother the only family he had left, Irish sold everything he owned to travel there in search of him. Finding no trace of Josh, he wandered the devastated land alone, almost losing hope until he met Pete Roberts.
Demeanor
When Irish arrived in Chernarus he was an amicable man, but after losing many friends over the years, he became tortured by loss. This turned him into a blunt and brutal person, who became fiercely loyal to his still living friends. Irish was known to fly off the handle even as a Firefly, and occasionally hallucinated. Around people like Harry, Pete, and his close friends however, Irish is more stable. When having a PTSD episode he can be a completely different person, confused, and dangerous.
Actions
Shortly after arriving in Chernarus in 2023, Irish came into contact with Pete Roberts over the radio. The two met up and Pete saved Irish from starvation, before explaining who the Fireflies were. Irish was enthralled by the idea of fighting for a purpose, and grateful for being saved by Pete, he joined the Fireflies. Irish was a model recruit, and served with hope and dignity. Careful around survivors, yet willing to supply them with food, all while maintaining a cautiously optimistic attitude about the future.
After about a year of membership in the Fireflies, Irish became a leading figure in the war against the Blackthorn Gang, a new bandit group which was belligerent and attempted to pressure the Fireflies along with many other groups to bend the knee to them. Harry Churches put Irish in charge of planning a raid on a Blackthorn outpost located in Stary Sobor. With support from the Black Sheep the assault went ahead. Despite an adequate plan of attack, the raid went south quickly when the Black Sheep and the Fireflies were cut off from each other during the fight.
Irish carried the loss heavily, and took the defeat as a personal failure of his. Blaming himself for years to come. Having felt that same sense of failure and guilt from defeats in past wars, Harry Churches sympathized with Irish and began to take him under his wing. The two grew close and tried to support each other with the mental weight of the war. Irish would still carry the guilt for many years to come.
A short time later in July of 2024, while exiting an event, the Fireflies engaged Blackthorn Gang, and in order for the Fireflies to escape the ambush Ivan, a Firefly recruit, stayed behind and died fighting. Irish never forgot this sacrifice and became even more dedicated to the war effort. Continuing to fight in the honor of those who he’d lost.
Throughout the war against the Blackthorn Gang, Irish had come to admire Harry, viewing him as a mentor who understood the burden of loss and responsibility better than anyone else in the Fireflies. Having struggled with the guilt of Stary Sobor and the deaths of his comrades, Irish found reassurance in Harry's uncompromising determination and willingness to confront difficult truths.
Tensions within the Fireflies came to a head on 27th July 2024 regarding Mike Callahan, a former Blackthorn member who had left the group and claimed he wanted to walk away from the war. While Pete Roberts and much of the group believed Mike deserved an opportunity for redemption, Harry argued that those responsible for such suffering could not simply be forgiven without earning it. Irish found himself among the very few who agreed with Harry, believing that accountability was just as important as mercy. The disagreement exposed a growing ideological divide within the Fireflies and made it clear that Harry's vision for the future no longer aligned with that of the group he had founded.
On 4th August 2024, Harry Churches stepped down as leader of the Fireflies and appointed Pete Roberts as his successor. Pete's leadership emphasized hope, rehabilitation, and the belief that people could change, while remaining faithful to the Fireflies' original ideals. Harry departed the group entirely, convinced that his increasingly cynical outlook and readiness to employ harsher methods had become incompatible with what the Fireflies were meant to represent.
Of all the Fireflies, Irish took Harry's departure the hardest. One of the few members who openly shared many of Harry's concerns, he felt as though he had lost both a mentor and a close friend. This perspective only worsened when Mike returned to the gang. Though he remained loyal to the Fireflies and continued to serve under Pete's leadership, Harry's departure left a lasting impact on him, and Irish often represented Harry’s beliefs and values long after he was gone. The event marked the beginning of a growing internal conflict between the hopeful ideals that had first inspired Irish to join the Fireflies and the harsher realities of the world that Harry had taught him to confront.
Irish’s mental state continued to decline from this point on. Suffering greatly from PTSD episodes and hallucinations. Often Irish could be heard muttering to himself “it’ll be okay when Harry’s back.” Irish began self medicating for his condition with codeine pills, regularly popping pills during stressful situations throughout the day. Several times Irish hallucinated both Harry Churches and Alastor Blackthorn who would often attempt to goad Irish into taking more extreme actions.
After some time, the Woodsmen announced their “Guns Down, Gloves Up” fight night event which took place on January 4th, 2025. Despite the expressed concerns of the Fireflies, the Woodsmen hired the Forsaken Loyalists as security and the relationship between the two allies quickly began to deteriorate. Irish had known Gideon a long time and the two would end up getting into a fist fight over the matter.
Following multiple failed attempts to convince the Woodsmen not to hire the biker gang, the event went forward as planned. Given the previously good terms the two groups had been on, Pete Roberts was hesitant to declare war, and it wasn’t until the Fireflies discovered Bart’s grave had been desecrated by Wade that open conflict began.
Irish spent many hours watching the Woodsmen from the treelines and hills, studying their movements, and periodically sniping at them. Irish took what the Woodsmen had done to Bart as a betrayal of their once mutual friend, and being a deeply loyal person, Irish was very motivated to fight the Woodsmen.
The war between the Fireflies and the Woodsmen had dragged on for many months, with the Fireflies attacking the Woodsmen’s base. Eventually, the Woodsmen agreed to two of the Fireflies’ three demands: relinquishing Bart’s Pond and publicly denouncing the Forsaken Loyalists. The third demand was Wade's admission of what he’d done to Bart along with an apology, however this never came. Following this, a tense peace was found in September of 2025 between the Woodsmen and the Fireflies, with the exception of Wade.
This peace did not sit right with Irish, who never truly forgave the Woodsmen for what they’d done. Nevertheless he was willing to follow Pete’s lead but Irish did not trust the Woodsmen from then on. Irish often stopped by under the guise of friendship, with the real goal of keeping a very close eye on the Woodsmen, and looking for any signs of Wade.
A few weeks after peace had been established, on 28th October 2025, Pete Roberts and Santiago were ambushed and captured by the Forsaken Loyalists while patrolling Solnichniy. As reports filtered back to the Fireflies, Irish could do little but listen helplessly over the radio as Pete was subjected to Vadim's cruelty.
Vadim forced Pete into an impossible choice: kill Santiago or himself. Staying true to his principles, Pete refused to harm his friend and instead attempted to take his own life. Vadim responded by shooting Santiago before forcing Pete to broadcast a final message over the radio and riddling him with bullets as punishment for the Fireflies' actions against the biker gangs.
Irish searched tirelessly alongside the rest of the Fireflies and Harry Churches who had returned from exile to assist during the crisis, until Everett Reed, who had found Pete barely alive and attempted to save him, was able to bring him to Pusta. There, Irish was reunited with his friend for the final time. Despite every effort by Reed and the Fireflies' doctors, Pete's wounds were declared fatal.
This loss devastated Irish. Pete had saved his life when he first arrived in Chernarus and had been the man who introduced him to the Fireflies. When Pete asked to be taken to Bart's Pond for his final moments, Irish helped support him alongside Harry. After delivering his last words and urging the group not to seek vengeance, but justice, Pete used Harry's pistol to end his life on 1st November 2025. Irish stood beside Harry and witnessed his friend's death.
Pete's death left a lasting impact on Irish. Torn between Pete's ideals of hope and the anger he felt toward those responsible, he began traveling with Harry Churches hunting for the Forsaken Loyalists. Though the group endured and continued to uphold Pete's legacy, Irish never fully recovered from the loss of the man who had first given him a purpose in Chernarus.
After months of searching for the Loyalists with the Fireflies and Harry had turned up nothing, Vadim was the one to find Irish first. Separated and alone, Irish was captured and taken into the woods by the Loyalists where he was beaten, and eventually shot. Harry Churches, who had been with Irish moments before his capture, heard the gunfire and found Irish’s broken body.
Fading fast, Harry acted quickly to save Irish’s life, taking him to a secret camp and looking after him during his recovery. Irish returned to the Fireflies after healing up, but would often leave for days on end to go on missions with Harry. After this point, he was seen in and around Pusta less and less.
Irish began to question the decisions of the Fireflies, as with Pete gone, many members doubled down on his ideology of hope. However, Irish believed that if the Fireflies were to continue down this path of unbridled hope it would eventually get them all killed, and he would have to watch as all of his friends died one by one.
Irish’s internal conflict finally came to a head on March 1st 2026, when a meeting was held by the Fireflies to discuss Harry Churches recent actions. Harry had shot a member of the Helping Hand in Pusta. Many felt it was not Harry’s place to take such action, and some were already uneasy about his attacks on other neutral factions, including the Woodsmen.
As a result Ed and Ida argued that Harry should remain banned from Pusta unless he agreed to stop attacking neutral groups. Irish firmly rejected this position. During the discussion, a Firefly recruit named Vyco accused Irish of violating the Fireflies’ rules of engagement. Concerned by Vyco's allegations, the other Fireflies asked Irish to lay down his weapons and submit to custody. Irish refused, threw his armband at Ed, and walked out, joining Harry in forming the Insurgency.
Where are they now?
Irish currently serves in the Insurgency as the right hand man of Harry Churches. With Irish’s help, the group operates throughout Chernarus disposing of evil-doers and collaborators by any means necessary.
Notable relationships
Harry Churches - Brothers in arms for many years, Harry and Irish are an unstoppable and ruthless duo. Harry has served as a mentor to Irish, and during their time serving together in the Fireflies, the two were often by each other's side, agreeing on the use of brutal methods to protect the innocent, and punish bandits. After leaving the Fireflies, Harry kept in touch with Irish the most, and Irish eventually left the Fireflies too, forming the Insurgency with Harry.
Pete Roberts - Pete saved Irish when the two first met north of Pusta, and Irish was the first person Pete recruited to the Fireflies. Irish and Pete went through every war together, serving side by side until Pete’s death. Irish and Pete shared a beer together one last time at Bart’s pond during Pete’s final moments. Pete’s death was a major turning point for Irish.
Santiago - Being a darker member of the Fireflies, Santiago is not above giving into moments of rage and has little patience for criminals, often having to be calmed down by more level headed Fireflies during his time in the group. This gave Irish and Santiago much in common. Santiago was taken under Irish’s wing, and the two formed a close bond, with Santiago eventually leaving the Fireflies to join the Insurgency shortly after Irish did.
Juri - During Irish’s time in the Fireflies he formed a close friendship with Juri, as the two would often agree on much. Fighting together regularly, and both understanding the brutality of the world, Juri and Irish attempted to remain in touch after Irish left even despite the tensions between the Fireflies and the Insurgency.