Calcifer

Calcifer is a character with an important role in the film produced by Studio Ghibli titled Howl's Moving Castle. He is a fire spirit who has a wise cracking personality similar to Jiji from ''Kiki's Delivery Service. ''He is loyal to Howl the protagonist and is not trusty of Sophie a older woman cursed because of The Witch of the Waste. The Wich of the Waste cursed Sophie when she was a younger woman because she told her to leave her hat shop because of closing times. Really Sophie was just a woman cursed with old age and needed help and companions to help her feel better. Every time Sophie was around Calcifer and Howl her curse faded away quicker and quicker.