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[b][Female | 18 | Northern WaterTribe Colonies -- Fugitive][/b][/center]

[indent][b]Kalani Uwato[/b] has been called many things in her life. Tenacious. Head strong. Disrespectful. Hot tempered. [i]Rebellious[/i]. While many of these were directed towards her as insults, she has learned over time to wear these titles like an armor, refusing to let anything or anyone bring her down. Wearing a confident, almost stand-offish outer shell Kalani can come off a bit intimidating or stuck up. In person however, she is far from this. Both intelligent, and witty in conversation, Kalani has always considered herself a people person. Good with her words, and charm, she can typically win someone over after a few minutes of analyzing them. Never afraid of voicing her opinions, or striking up a conversations, she tries to view and treat others in an unbiased way. She can come off pretty blunt at times, but she isn’t afraid to call someone out, or correct misguided information.

She has a burning passion for her culture, apart from their old sexist and misogynistic ways, but with age she’s come to recognize the way the fire nation has shaped her people and way of life. Bought by money, and living in luxury thanks to the Phoenix King many have turned a blind eye to the oppression, and corruption taking place within the nations, but unlike her tribe Kalani has never been afraid to address these troubling subjects. Her opposing views on the world, and their government has caused heavy tension between Kalani and her family, which eventually lead to ties being broken. 

While she may not mention it, or really show it, Kalani has always been a troubled person. With a strict, lonely childhood, she unfortunately developed the habit of bottling her stress, and emotions. Shut off from her own personal issues, she becomes quickly agitated and aggressive whenever pestered, or asked about them. Over analyzing situations that involve friends, or family she tends to assume the worst of things before finding out the truth. It’s rare that she’ll allow herself to get close to anyone, because while she’ll never admit it, those that matter to her have the biggest effect on Kalani, and her self worth. Confident in her opinions, and skill, she was never one to be truly confident in herself. Despite all of this, she still carries a strong, and seemingly poised facade, hiding her true feelings and fearful of any judgement from those who truly matter to her.

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[b][u]Traits[/u][/b]
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Like her parents before her, and her grandfathers before them, Kalani had shown an affinity for water bending at a young age, but while she's no prodigy she's definitely a force to be reckoned with. Trained in Northern WaterStyle, she was taught to fight in a defensive, and graceful manner, but with time and age she's developed the technique to her own preference. Thanks to further training from her grandfather, Kalani was taught how to ice bend, however her skills range in the more basic, to intermediate level. On the field, Kalani moves in a more aggressive, offensive manner. Quick, resourceful and cunning, she's not much of a strategist but she isn't against working with others if they share a similar objective.

Naturally assertive and combative, even during training, she has been known to make impulsive, and sometimes rash decisions during critical times. While she mostly relies on her bending for most efforts, Kalani has a fantastic knack for charming her way through things. Good with her words, and a heavy understanding for others to boot, she knows how to feed a persons ego and get her way through lying, and pretty words.
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[b][u]Relations[/u][/b]
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- Inoke Uwato | Male | 50 | Northern WaterTribe Colonies | Alive | Father of Kalani | Councilman to Chief Khahndu | 
The "Brawn" of Chief Khahndu's council. A real brute of a man, Inoke stands at an astounding 6'7" while weighing in at a solid 275lbs pure of muscle. Aggressive in nature, he aids and offers his opinions with military, and tribe matters. Holding a deep bond with his daughter, he was the first person to teach Kalani offensive techniques with her water bending. His wife, Hiwa, often jokes that Kalani gets her attitude from him, but with her recent run in with the law, his views on his daughter have become questionable.

- Hiwa Uwato | Female | 47 | Northern WaterTribe Colonies | Alive | Mother of Kalani | Councilwoman to Chief Khahndu | 
The "Brain" of Chief Khahndu's council. 

- Ioane Uwato | Male | 95 | [s]Northern WaterTribe Colonies[/s] - Nomadic | Deceased - Executed | Grandfather of Kalani | 

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[u][b]History[/b][/u]
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Kalani was born into a rather notable family among the Northern WaterTribe Colonies. Her parents sat among the small council as the head advisors to Chief Khahndu, and because of her lineage, high expectations were thrusted upon her. While old traditions were thrown to the past her parents raised her in a very strict, gendered lifestyle, or how her mother put it she was to be a '[i]proper young woman[/i]'. Told how to dress, walk, and even talk, Kalani had little room to grow as a person. There were rules for certain rules, and she was taught right from wrong in a very strict, skewed manner and any protest always resulted in the loss of more and more of her freedom. The home she had once loved became a prison, and at a young age, Kalani began to rebel. 

Her revolt started out small in the beginning. She skipped lessons, and made personal changes to herself such as the way she talked to her peers, or the way she dressed. This didn't go along well with her parents, but Kalani kept on. Craving more then just mannerism, and rules, it was these little bits of freedom that gave her the push to strive for more. With age her antics began to grow less subtle, showing obvious rebellion against her everyday agenda, and her tribes misconstrued ways. Not the oblivious little girl she used to be, Kalani took it upon herself and used her families title, and power to bring awareness of the corruption, and oppression taking place. This brought heavy tension between her parents and the council. Many saw Kalani as a trouble-maker and a "loose cannon" and despite still being young, there was talk that with time she would become a risk to the tribe. With seemingly no control of their daughter, and afraid of what the future held for her, their parents ultimately decided to put her under her grandfathers custody upon his sudden request. While it wasn't her first choice, Kalani pounced on the opportunity to leave and less then a week later she was sent off to meet her grandfather in Merchants Pier. 

Unlike her parents, her grandfather had always been a rather eccentric man. Looked down upon by many of the tribe because of his alcoholic habits, Ioane was a man that considered himself a warrior, but much to his displeasure Kalani had mistaken him for a simple fisherman upon first meeting. A veteran who had taken part during the great war before the time of the Phoenix King, Kalani had found common ground with her grandfather once she found out he didn't support their Fire Nation and their "World Order". While his original intentions were to remove his granddaughter from the toxic environment she was surrounded in, Ioane had quickly came to realize her potential as a WaterBender and decided to take her under his wing as a pupil. 

For the first time ever, it seemed Kalani had finally found true freedom. Training, and traveling alongside her grandfather she became more at peace with herself, while a deeper connected to her culture was slowly built. It was a time of peace for the girl and rather then giving any past regrets, or troubles the opportunity to pull her down, Kalani allowed herself to finally grow, and mature the way she had always wanted. Having a heavy understanding and connection with his granddaughter, Ioane decided on her 18th birthday to inform her of The Rising. It was a risky decision, but with her strong views against the injustice the Fire Nation, and the Phoenix King have caused, Ioane knew it was were Kalani belonged. 

Oblivious of just how rooted her grandfather was within the group, an unexpected encounter from Fire Nation Police brought their journey to a halt and Kalani back to the reality of the world. They accused her grandfather of plotting against the Fire Nation, and the Phoenix King, as well additional crimes of enticing a riot, and conspiring a rebellion before attacking them with an unfair advantage of six versus two. While they fought bravely, Ioane knew they were no match against the Military Police, and in a last stand he gave Kalani a chance to escape, leaving her with only a few words before he was executed on spot after her retreat.

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[b][u]Miscellaneous[/u][/b]
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- A traditional waterskin pouch sits comfortably along her hip, which is attached securely to the sling of a small pouch.
- Bandages, healing ointment, and other basic first aid are tucked carefully away in her pouch.
- Despite her unbiased view towards others, Kalani can't help but have mixed feelings towards Fire Nation natives, and firebenders.
- Along her left wrist is a noticeable burn scar that covers a small portion of her lower forearm. Insecure about the scar, Kalani keeps both of her arms covered in elbow length black, fingerless gloves.
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