Fuse

"You are the only monster here, puppet! As I turn your bones to char, your final thought will be that Fuse was victorious! Now, DIE!"

- Fuse, immediately before his boss battle

"You and your warmblooded kin. We Moonbloods were outcast... scattered to the wind. You and others like you... they came to my village, killed my family."

- Fuse, after his boss battle

Fuse is a minor antagonist and the first boss in the 2012 indie game Dust: An Elysian Tail.

He was voiced by Edwyn Tiong.

Before the events of Dust
Fuse was once a normal Moonblood, but due to the genocidal conquest of General Gaius, he was hurt badly. After the attack, he wasn't the same. The armor he wore drove him mad. Fuse had become a homicidal pyromanic, and he no longer resembled a Moonblood.

During the game's events
Fuse was first heard from when he burned a village, killing most who lived there. Then, Dust meets Fuse. After a conversation, Fuse, considering Dust to be the real monster (especially since he thinks that Dust is Cassius), attempts to kill him. However, Fuse is defeated. Fuse tells Dust of his kind's tragic existence and reveals some of Dust's past as one of Gaius's soldiers. Then, he dies.

Appearance
Fuse is a humanoid, brown reptilian creature. He wears silver armor. His red/yellow eyes are the only visible aspect of his masked face. His eyes glow when talking.

Trivia

 * Contrary to popular belief, the music that plays during his boss battle is not Short Fuse. Instead, Heavy Bones plays during his fight. However, both are already very similar.
 * Considering the names of both tracks, it's possible that Short Fuse was intended to play against Fuse and Heavy Bones was intended to play against Baron Kane. In the game, it's switched.