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Name: Kyori (Nickname: Ky)
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Rank: Earthbender
Homeland: Earth Kingdom (Chin Village)
Weapon: A long, sharp, silver katana sword with a green-taped handle and a gold hand guard.
Appearance: Image provided above. Ky has long hair with a deep, natural red color; she clips back some of it to keep it out of her face but lets her bangs hang loose. Her eyes are a beautiful, piercing blue color. She's not fond of the heat, so she shows a little more skin than normal, but wears armor around her stomach, waist, and arms. She also carries a sheath on her back where she stores her sword when she's not using it. Ky does not usually wear shoes -- as an earthbender, she prefers feeling the ground.
Personality: Kyori has a fierce personality -- if you don't know her well, she can easily come off as cold. But once you gain her trust and friendship, she is an extremely loyal and caring soul. (I'm gunna kinda roleplay her out first before writing any more details here!)
Strengths: Agile, loyal, persistent, determined, stealthy.
Weaknesses: Short temper, seemingly-cold personality, stubborn, can lose confidence, not the strongest for an earthbender but makes up in speed.
Relationships: N/A (I am open to a little romance with her though~)
History: Kyori grew up with her mother and father in Chin Village, located in the southern part of the Earth Kingdom. Her father, whom she was very close to, was also an earthbender. He taught her all she knows about fighting and bending since the age of 12. Her father also gave her the nickname "Ky," so she only allows those who are close to her to call her by that name. In her late 15th year, their village was attacked in the middle of the night. Four firebenders broke down the door to Ky's home, threatening them and ordering them to the ground. Her father held them off long enough to tell Ky and her mother to run, but Ky was the only one to successfully escape into the woods. She ran for what seemed like days, and thought of never seeing her parents again kept tears streaming down her face. Finally coming to her senses, she realized that she needed to survive if there was ever a chance of finding her family again. Ky secretly hopped on a ship and headed south in attempt to hide out from the war. After about a year on her own, she stumbled across a refugee camp on the island of Pangbu, and has since been staying with them and helping out in any way she can.

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Name: Seijin
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Rank: Bender
Homeland: Fire Nation (Funshui Xi, Fire Fountain Island)
Weapon: Bow, flammable arrows.
Appearance: As pictured. Long, straight dark brown-black hair with side bangs. Has fair-olive skin with brown eyes. Seijin has light brownish-orange Sun Warrior tattoos on her arms and her neck. She wears loose clothing that is easy to move in, with her Fire Nation colors. Despite the picture, she does not know how to create lightning yet.
Personality: Reserved, observant, strong-willed, and a bit of a “fire-bending nerd”. She’s a very spiritual person so you’ll often find her meditating in her free-time, or reading the books she brought along. Seijin isn't much of a socializer, even though she tries. She'll often come off as blunt or sassy, even though she's just being honest. She'll be off in her own head mostly, analyzing and analyzing and analyzing. Still updated this lol
Strengths: Intelligence, determination, head-strong, aim, long-range fighting/firebending.
Weaknesses: Smart-ass, blunt, arrogant, sometimes quiet, sometimes vulgar language, close-range fighting (Might change this depending on how I play her out)
Relationships: ~~~
History: Seijin and her older brother were raised in the town of Funshui Xi, south of Fire Fountain City, by their mother and father. Her mother was a firebender and a Sun Warrior descendent, so she taught Seijin and her brother firebending and the history of her culture. Unlike her brother, Seijin was excited to learn. She would spend hours at her local library reading all kinds of books. Her father was a huntsman with a huge heart and taught her all she knows about archery. Seijin’s family were her best and only friends and loved them very dearly. When she was 14, her father and brother were forced into the Fire Nation’s army because of their fighting skills. They returned two years later under strict orders to move their family to the conquered land in the southern air islands to start a colony. They reluctantly did so since her father and brother hated the pain and suffering they caused others for their nation, and often expressed this frustration to Seijin. When she turned 18, her and her family couldn’t stand supporting the Fire Nation anymore and devised a plan to leave the colony. Their neighbors ratted them out however, and so Fire Nation soldiers obliterated their house for defecting. They killed off Seijin’s family one by one until she was the only one left. She managed to escape and has been running ever since. For the past 8 months she’s been traveling east, hiding out in the mountains to get away from her former country. Her journey has just landed her on the shores of Pangbu.

(Edit to insert image- not really a fan of the clothing, including the colors I managed to pick, but aside from that, not too bad. Picture muscles slightly more well defined too)



Name: Lì Ren (nickname Li, pronounced Lee)

Gender: Male

Age: 19

Rank: Earth bender, hunter

Homeland: Yaogun Fa (small village just west of Gao Ling in the Southwestern Earth Kingdom)

Weapon: Bending (specifically skilled at shooting small rocks as though with a slingshot), hunting knife with 6” blade

Appearance: About 5’10”, 160 lb, tanned skin and medium brown hair, a little shaggy but not too long. Green eyes, an all around medium face shape. Body type is slim, with well-defined but not huge muscles. I treasure a light (weight, not color) gopher-bear hide leather jacket my mom made from one of my kills. Most of my day clothes are dark green or brown, to better blend into the forest when I’m hunting. They are also all pretty light, so as not to slow me down or make much noise when hunting my next meal.

Personality: I Generally try to think of others first/want to help those in need. Can be indecisive, but am very determined once my mind is made up. Sarcastic and joke a lot, and sometimes the sarcasm can come off as hurtful or rude to those who don’t know me well.

Strengths: Determination, tracking skills, (going to roleplay it out and see)

Weaknesses: Super soft spot for dogs, indecision, sarcasm can be alienating to some

Relationships: no current

History: I grew up in a small village with my mother, and my dog Rocky. I didn’t know any of my grandparents. My father was a hunter like me, but one day when I was little, he didn’t come back from a hunt. My mother was able to support us by selling clothes in the market, but we also sometimes relied upon my father’s old friends to help put food on our table until I was old enough to start hunting myself. While my father hunted with a bow and arrow (he was not a bender), I learned to shoot small rocks at my prey to bring them down. I became skilled at tracking game through the forest and remaining hidden while doing so. I used my knife to gut and clean my kills, but I also practiced with it regularly… usually just against a stump, but hey, I could kick that stump’s ass (FWIW I also practiced against a good friend with sticks, and both of us became very good. Bleh, just trust me, I am very good with the knife up close.) Anyway, I learned all that before the Fire Nation started razing towns. About a month ago, I returned from a hunt to find that MY village had been burned to the ground. I could see the remains of my house among the charred wreck… I couldn’t pull my eyes away from the burnt remains of a human and a dog. In that moment, I knew that I could not sit idly by. I’m not sure what i’ll be able to accomplish, but when I heard whispers of rebellion on Pangbu, I began making my way here. Hopefully together, we can make a difference.


(Josh here- just learned/realized that RPing is typically done from third person, but this is already written so you’ll get third person from here on out =P )

Both characters are accepted!

Name: Kesuk
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Rank: Waterbender, fighter
Homeland: South Pole
Weapon: A staff that Kesuk's brother made for him when he was born. It's made out of extremely strong whale bone that will not break. Those of Kesuk’s line typically do not turn out to be waterbenders, so they fight with weapons. Therefore, Kesuk was trained with the staff since he was little.
Appearance: Kesuk has dark brown hair with some red highlights in it. He usually keeps it shoulder-length or a little longer, and ties it up in a short ponytail. He has shockingly deep blue eyes and a lithe build that makes him fast and nimble, ideal for fighting with a staff.
Personality: Kesuk is a very calm, cool-headed young man. If you imagine a slow-flowing, uncaring river, he would be it. He usually looks bored, and that’s probably because he is. He doesn’t find interest in a lot of things, and tends to completely ignore things he isn’t interested in. He is, however, steady and hard-working, and excels at the things he does enjoy. Though he doesn’t become attached to many people, he is very loyal to those he calls friends (even if he might not show it much). He is a good talker when he needs to be, but he doesn’t talk a lot, preferring to act more often than not. He comes off shy, but really he’s just quiet and doesn’t go to the effort to make many friends. He can be rather sharp with his words in criticizing others, which often makes people dislike him. He says things as he sees them, coolly and easily.
Strengths: Kesuk is extremely good at fighting with a staff, light and nimble, good at strategizing and analyzing situations to come up with the best outcome. Fighting with a long staff means he’s a medium-range fighter, and doesn’t have to get terribly close to his enemies. He can use his staff to trip up larger people to gain an advantage despite his smaller build. He can also disarm enemies and block or redirect an opponent’s punches and kicks. He can take on two or sometimes more enemies at once by using both ends of his staff and being extremely quick, though he can’t fight like that for long before running out of stamina. Kesuk is the cool-headed one who won’t go into a hot rage, so there’s no need to worry about him fighting within the group or acting rashly. When he gets angry (which isn’t often), he get colder and harsher with his words. He can also swim very well, and in cold water if he needs to.
Weaknesses: Because of Kesuk’s family history, no one was expected him to be a waterbender, so he didn't start training until he was older. His village was attacked before he got far in his training. Therefore, he’s actually not a very good waterbender. He’s still learning, and he puts as much of his time into training himself as he can, but it's hard without another waterbender's help. At this point, he's only just starting to try using his waterbending to fight. It's difficult marrying waterbending into a staff-fighting style that uses both hands. Another weakness is his blunt and disinterested attitude. These two traits of his often make people dislike him, since he never sugarcoats his words and quickly loses interest in people he doesn’t deem important. Thirdly, he has an extreme dislike of heat. He will get pissy if it’s too hot out (which for him pretty much means he’s scowling instead of frowning, and maybe quieter than usual, or snappy if provoked). Also, because he uses a staff instead of a bladed weapon, he usually only knocks people out. To be certain, he can crush bones and throats and kill people with his staff, but it takes quite a bit more power, so he generally just uses his momentum and goes for a knock-out or a disarm.
Relationships: None currently
History: Kesuk was born to a common, non-bending family in a small village on the outskirts of the South Pole. While some of his ancestors could bend, there certainly wasn’t a multitude of them who could. No one expected him to be a bender, and it took many years for his abilities to manifest because he never really tried to bend. Instead, he was trained by his older brother to use a staff and his speed to fight. He had just begun his waterbending training when his village was attacked by the Fire Nation. It was one of the first South Pole villages to be caught up in the advances of the Fire Nation, and it was entirely wiped from the map. The only two who survived were Kesuk and his older brother, since they were out on a hunting trip together. Thankfully, there was an island starting to take refugees just across the channel from the South Pole. Unfortunately, they were caught in a storm on the crossing over, and Kesuk’s brother was washed overboard their tiny boat and lost at sea. Kesuk barely reached Pangbu, and he’s been there ever since, trying to make a living for himself and blaming the Fire Nation for his family’s deaths.

Accepted, Myd! We could use an airbender and maybe another waterbender or airbender!

EDIT: I'm already shipping Seijin and Kesuk hehehehe

Lol! What would their ship name be? KeJin? SeSuk? (They make some pretty good ship names, actually :P)

Updated the map on the roleplay thread so it shows the land that the Fire Nation has conquered!