Firefighter, experienced helicopter pilot
Confident, charismatic, practical, dependable, emotionally reserved, responsible, courageous, stubborn. He used to be a bully back in his high school days but now he is actively against bullying.
Speaks with calm authority and crisp, aviator practicality; delivers dry remarks before getting serious.
Wants everyone on his crew to be safe. He cares for everyone deeply even if he does not show it. He sees his dead best friend Malcolm Graham in Andy. Malcolm died in 2015, burning alive in a building. Vance tried going after him but his crew then held him back.
Vance Soren grew up idolizing his firefighter father, determined to follow in his footsteps. He quickly rose through the ranks, becoming a top rescue specialist—until a wildfire changed everything. A sudden wind shift turned a routine mission into a disaster, and Vance lost his partner in the flames. The guilt broke him, and he walked away from the job. Drifting between odd jobs, he swore he was done—until an old friend pulled him into a wildfire rescue unit deep in the mountains.
