Howl is reputed to eat the heart of pretty girls, he says to Sophie: 'Don't you seriously want your heart eaten?' Calcifer comments on this a number of times: 'Howl is pretty heartless, you know.' Howl has gone out to court Lettie. He also says that his contract with Howl isn't doing either of them any good. He does tell her that he cannot move out of the hearth, as the contract binds him there, and that he does most of the strong magic like moving the castle. Sophie agrees, on the terms that Calcifer break her spell in return, and that Calcifer drops her hints about the contract, since he isn't allowed to talk about it directly. He allows Sophie to enter the castle because he can sense her ability to talk life into things, which makes her a perfect person to lift the contract between himself and Howl. He, however, decides to stay with Howl and Sophie in the castle.Ĭalcifer first appears on Sophie's first night in the castle, although his magic can be seen earlier, as he is the one shooting off fireworks on May Day. She succeded and gave Calcifer a thousand more years of life free from the contract. Fairly quickly they realized it was a mistake and when Sophie Hatter stumbled into their home, it didn't take long for them to secretly enlist her help to break the curse.

Howl gave Calcifer his heart and the two were bound by magic in a contract that wasn't helpful for either of them. However, he was caught by Howl at which point the two of them entered a deal. He is a fallen star who was supposed to die once he hit earth.

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