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Hey all. I'm going to be revamping a very old AU roleplay that we did here. It's based in the world of Avatar: the Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra.

Rules

#1 As always, no godmodding. Don't kill another person's character unless they approve. And don't try and kill major NPCs unless you really want to roleplay through it.

#2 This roleplay is supposed to be for up and coming key players in this part of the series. They're heroes of their respective nations (or equivalent to them), but don't have your character go flood a village, make a hurricane, or level a mountain.

#3 No one is playing the Avatar (yet). So logical rules apply; no bending more than one element. And natural Avatar rules apply. Waterbenders are strengthened by the moon. Firebenders are strengthened by the sun. Airbenders can't fly without their gliders or flight suits, earthbenders can't bend unless they have a solid stance.

#4 You don't have to be a bender. It's just the theme. You can totally play a non-bender. You just can't be the leader of a nation.

#5 You can travel with a small group if you want or with an animal, but you must include these extra beings in your application.

#6 Let's leave out the specialty bending for now. No flying like Zaheer, no lightningbending, no bloodbending, none of that stuff. For now, at least. If the roleplay lasts more than a few weeks we could have our characters develop it.

#7 The time period is a little ahead of steampunk now. There are black powder arms, and muskets, but regular weapons like swords are still able to be utilized properly. The time theme would be more accurately called solarpunk, now. Seriously, punch it into Google.

#8 No one is to find the amulet or the Avatar or even see them, you can hear stories or rumors, or maybe met someone who saw them, but you can't have done it yourself.

(The point of this RPG more or less is to look for the Avatar but not find him, deal with the war between nations, and fight one another. That being said have fun and be creative.)

The Character Apps

Make sure to list any animals that will be traveling with you on your sheet. If you buy a mount or something mid-roleplay, that's fine, but if you have one I'd like it notated. Animals in the Avatar universe can be found here.

Characters don't need approval, per se, but if I see something I don't like, I'mma veto it.

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Nation Of Origin: Fire
Age: 17
Hair Color: White
Eye Color: Red
Height: 5" 10'
Weight: 240
Other: Hikoutei, often called "Hiko" for short, wears a black leather jacket, and a white shirt with a large, faded skull design on the front. He wears black jeans, and black combat boots that are steel toed.



Likes: The full moon, the number 7, the blue sky, the red sky, sunsets, and his pet Mongoose Dragon, Fafnir. He likes to improve his hand to hand skills and his swordsmanship, even though those are becoming something of a relic slowly.


Dislikes: Hikoutei doesn't like anyone who tries to give the Fire Nation a bad name. He has a dislike of criminals, and those who hurt others needlessly.


Skills: Hikoutei is also a martial arts practitioner, as most benders are in the Avatar universe, and knows Wing Chun, Muay Thai, and Jeet Kune Do. He is an expert level swordsman, practicing iaijutsu with his katana. As a member of the Fire Nation royal family, he has had access to the best tutors for his education, firebending instruction, and martial arts skills, and is considered an expert in both.


Equipment: A steel katana made special for him, and a sack full of supplies needed for the journey: rations, a canteen, an assortment of pots, and dining utensils. He also has a souvenir from Finn, a white, star-shaped flower, that never seems to wilt.

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Habits/Quirks: He has none to speak of.


Personality: Hikoutei is a kind spirit, as one of his ancestors pointed out to him. He has a will of fire within him unlike any other, a motivation to do the right thing and to make sure the Fire Nation and the rest of the world end up better because of him. He is sick of seeing the nations at each other's throats, afraid that history is doomed to repeat itself if nothing is done about it.



Relatives: Iroh II (Adoptive father), Zuko (Adoptive great grandfather) (Deceased), and Asura (Adoptive brother).
City of Origin(optional): Hikoutei does not know where he originates from. All of these mysteries are explained below. He, however, was raised in the Fire Nation Capital.
History: Hikoutei was found in the Fire Nation as an infant at the age of three, and was taken in by Iroh II and his wife. He grew up estranged from other Fire Nation kids because he was adopted, and because of his odd silver hair, and therefore, when training, had no friends, except for one friend he had met during childhood, named Finn. He was further estranged because he was a noble. He was great friends with Finn, and they grew up together. However, Finn's family soon had to relocate somewhere else on the continent, and Hikoutei hasn't spoken to him for three years.

Hikoutei had a family before then, but he remembers nothing of them. Or of the events which twisted his physical appearance. No one knows that Hikoutei as a child had slipped into the spirit world and was permanently scarred for it. Or how he survived. But when the royal family found Hikoutei, he had white hair, red eyes, and when he did learn to firebend, his flames were naturally white. This was determined to merely be a product of his chi. In terms of heat and power, they are equal to standard orange flames. Some researchers hope to see if this influences his lightning, should he ever learn to harness it.

Iroh II, his adoptive father, told him a great story of grandpa Zuko chasing the Avatar all across the globe, and all of his wonderful tales. As the events with the Avatar began arising, Hikoutei one night woke from bed and went out onto his balcony. There, he was met by a bright light, and the spirit of his grandfather while he was young. There, Zuko had a message for him.

"I used to chase the Avatar when I was young, seeking the approval of my father. But eventually, I realized the Fire Nation was wrong for what they did... and I became one of his friends. I taught him how to firebend, and, with the Avatar's help, became Fire Lord myself. Listen carefully, Hikoutei... you may not be my blood... but I am happy to call you family. You are a kind young man, and there is greatness within you. Find the Avatar, and keep them safe."

Hikoutei, who was glad to finally meet his grandfather Zuko, vowed to take on his grandfather's challenge and search for the Avatar. He quickly signed up, and went to Republic City, wondering if he would be on a team or not, with his pet Mongoose Dragon, Fafnir.

Nation Of Origin: Fire
Age: 14
Hair Color: Pink
Eye Color: Changes with her emotions. Duh.
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 107lb
Other: N/A



Likes: Laughing, singing, love, color, music, happy people, cheering sad people up, making friends, puppies, kittens, baby animals, boys, silly cute things, candy.


Dislikes: Closed-minded people, people who judge based on someone's nation, the dark.


Skills: Gymnastics. Wing Chun.


Equipment: A few hidden daggers. A fan.


Habits/Quirks: Is accidentally setting things and yourself on fire a quirk?


Personality: She is the incarnation of emotion. Every feeling is magnified by ten in her body and that is what makes her powers so exquisite. Railana feels nothing shallowly. All of her emotions have extreme depth and that is why she can connect with people so quickly and feel attached to them even if she shouldn't. Her fascination and curiosity also plays a factor in that. If something catches her attention, she will drop almost everything else to figure it out, or them out. Her main objective in life is to become a bridge that will connect everyone in the world so the coexistence between all will be achieved. And that desire is the pushing force behind every move she makes.




Relatives: Umoko Beau (Mother) Mokam Beau (Father) Ryujin Beau (Older brother... Unkown)
City of Origin(optional): Somewhere in the Fire Nation near the Capital.
History:

Railana is from a poor family in the Fire Nation. Simple enough, right? Her parents are very absent from her life as they continue to pine over the loss of their firstborn and only son, Ryujin. They just seem stuck in that moment of time and can't move forward from it.

This means that Railana was left to fend for herself during her childhood and even now. She had to learn how to take care of herself, but didn't do it well. She is a space cadet because there are so many things to keep track of in her mind that she just can't do it all. She's always late for school. Is always missing assignments and forgetting things. She gets lost easily. The house is in complete disrepair at this point as she tries to keep ahead of finances that never seem to add up.

Not to mention the fact that her unusual hair color caused her problems as well. So did the fact that her eyes shifted color with her emotions... her chi. Everything in the girl's life was an uphill struggle but, that was okay. She was happy. She was alive.

She wanted to change the world.

Nation Of Origin: Air
Age: ?
Hair Color: yes
Eye Color: goodness, no
Height: yay high
Weight: rude
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Likes: Shooting things, shooting you if you stand in way of things,


Dislikes: Missing, reloading,


Skills: Lallan is a moderately trained Air Bender, focusing on rotational force and air cushions. He is a trained martial artist taking the kicks, acrobatics, and staff-work from Monkey-Style Kung-Fu; otherwise using the kicks and cane attacks from Canne-Chausson. He is well versed in how to use and care for a musket, and is familiar with the loading procedures for modern artillery. He is trained to use cane, staffs, and guandao as weapons. Very dexterous with his toes.


Equipment: Lallan owns a special flintlock musket (single-shot) that has a special mechanism which allows a guandao blade to extend out the stock when needed, thus making it an ill-weighted guandao. Lallan can compensate for the unwieldy dimensions by using air-bending to help move the weapon.

Ramrod, bandoleer, powder horn, priming pouch, leather gloves, funnel, mess kit, cartridge belt (60 paper wrapped black-powder rounds), haversack, water bottle.

A fucking flying bison?


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Relatives:
City of Origin(optional): Southern Air Temple, Western Air Temple.

History: Lallan was thirteen when he surpassed his master. Four hours of drilling every day. A strict dietary regimen. Memorising philosophy. Putting name to form. None of that had mattered. All he'd needed in the end was a shaped piece of wood, a metal bolt through a shard of flint, and 100 grains of black powder.

What was a lifetime of practice and technique when a boy could pick up a tool like that? And, quite by accident, maim his master for life?

They called the weapons ceremonial. Said they served a religious function. But they objected outright to the weapon doing what it was designed to do. To use a tool of violence for violence was wrong. It was immoral. It showed a depravity of soul. Lallan had stumbled at the first great hurdle of life. Reparations were to be made if he was to rebalance himself with the wider universe.

"Become your master's lost arm."

"But I need two to load the gun."

They tied Lallan's arm behind his back for a whole year, letting him exercise it for three hours a day so it did not atrophy. But that did not stop his fascination with firearms. He related air bending principles to its percussion and erratic flight. He learned how to load a musket one-handed, and fire it with his toes.

At fifteen a progressive movement gained popularity in the Western Air Temple. War was on the horizon again. Nations were posturing and making accusations. Would the air nomads stand idle and allow their brothers to be slaughter once more? The Western Monks took up a mantra of Pre-Emptive Pacifism. When war threat, it was now considered self-defence to target instigators and lay them low. Even through killing.

These monks would focus the generals, the warmonger politicians, the weapon designers, career soldiers, and other driving persons of conflict. Kidnappings, maimings, and assassinations were permissible. But to harm a conscript or civilian was not.

The other sects of Air Nomad society rejected this philosophy. The Western Temple claimed they would be defended, whether they liked it or not. And Lallan found his place among them.

Nation Of Origin: Air Nomads
Age: 16
Hair Color: Brown (With some alterations)
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 117 lbs
Other: Her hair is obviously dyed in some way.




Likes: Fruit pies, Sky Bison, Flying Lemurs, Cuddly animals


Dislikes: Traditionalism, Stalling Progress, tight spaces


Skills: Airbending (duh), Cooking, History


Equipment: Glider/Staff, Lemo (Sky Bison), Bison Whistle


Habits/Quirks: Picking at her ear with her staff


Personality: Kaiya does not believe in Airbending the way that it's taught by monks. She does not believe in traditionalism, nor that one can be freed of earthly responsibility. She instead believes that Airbending is immensely powerful and must be respected, perhaps even feared, by it's wielder. She believes that not recognizing the weight that one carries when bending this element results in taking it for granted, and perhaps even misusing it. Kaiya is incredibly rebellious, resulting in her refusal to stay in the air temples, nor to properly complete her airbending training. In part this may be due to her heritage, but the other and possibly more important part may be the arrow tattoos. It'd just ruin her entire aesthetic. Instead, Kaiya has been traveling with her beloved companion, Lemo, attempting to disrupt certain misgivings where she can.




Relatives: Pizhao (Father); Nohn (Mother; Deceased)
City of Origin(optional): Western Air Temple
History: Kaiya is actually only half Air Nomad. Her mother, Monk Nohn, was a very avid supporter of the Air Nomad philosophy. This included their openness to all forms of relationships, love, and acceptance. So when she fell in love with a Firebender named Pizhao, no one really questioned her. They welcomed Pizhao on her word, and treated him as one of their own so long as he stood on their grounds. The two had a whirlwind romance that lead to the birth of their first daughter, whom the two decided to name Kaiya. The girl spent much time with each parent, which only made everything that much harder for her as time went on. The two began to separate, for reasons that Kaiya did not understand, and as such that Nohn would refuse to tell her.

The actuality of the matter was that Pizhao was not quite the man he claimed to be. For years he got close with Nohn, exploring the temple as he wished. He was welcomed, after all. And eventually, he managed to find what he'd been searching for. You see, Pizhao was actually a very wealthy thief from the Fire Nation, who was looking for something he could pawn for a large sum of money, to get him out of debt. Eventually, he had found it, and Nohn caught him in the act, thwarting his attempted theft.

Years later, when Kaiya was 11, Pizhao returned to the temple, and used his connection with Kaiya to convince her to let him in. From there he stole a relic from the inner vaults, using his firebending to create air currents based on heat, thus opening the airbending vault door. The relic was the glider used in the youth of Avatar Yangchen. Nohn of course attempted to stop him when she discovered what he had done. She left the Temple in search of him, and never returned. She was believed to have been killed by her former lover, unwilling to stop him, and not tolerated to stand in his way.

Kaiya gained a bit of a sour outlook on life from that point on. She and her beloved Sky Bison, Lemo, began wandering the islands shortly after, searching for the young Nomad's mother. But of course this search lead to very little. Instead, Kaiya has shifted her outlook entirely to bring her father to justice for the crimes he committed against her people. This goes in direct conflict with the teachings of the Air Nomads, but she was unable to let him go. She left the Temple for good, wandering the world in a desperate search for her father. Along the way, she'd continue to master airbending with the help of her teacher, the original source of all Airbending, her Sky Bison.