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[b][Female | 20 | Fire Nation[/b] [i](Runaway)[/i][b]][/b][/center]

[indent][b]Zara[/b] is a careless, passionate woman with a slightly lazy nature and a tendency not to listen to others. Born and raised as a noble in the Fire Nation, she does what she wishes and holds little regard for the needs and opinions of those around her. For her, her own desires take priority over all else, including the lives of others. Despite her strong willpower, she tends not to restrain herself in the slightest, even at times when subtlety is required. Believes in a more spiritual approach to firebending, but her interpretation of this was to [i]"become like the flame"[/i], resulting in her capricious, hard-to-control personality.

She does not like to be contained, a fact that ended up causing her to lash out at her parents and leave home in order to perfect her firebending. She tends to drift here and there, indulging herself and searching for enlightenment in her own, unique way.[/indent]

[b]Traits[/b]
[indent]Zara is an extraordinary firebender, but not in the same ways as others. She uses a beautiful, dancing variation on firebending which originates from her unique philosophy. While effective, this alteration to the traditional firebending style has yet to reach full maturity, and there's a long ways to go before she'll be able to match any master. Still, her strength can't be denied, even if it goes against some of the fundamental values of firebending. She wields a great amount of power in her flames, but simply does not bother to control herself even when fighting around others.[/indent]

[b]Relations[/b]
[indent]Dislikes the nobility (especially Princess Azula)
Enemy of her father[/indent]

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[u][b]History[/b][/u]
[indent]Zara's current position is one wrought by the endless boredom of her early life. Ever since she was a child, she always had a mentality that was different from others. This, together with her skills in firebending, lead to her spending much of her time cooped up in her family's estate, learning firebending from her father and other subjects from her mother. See, Zara comes from a prominent noble family in the Fire Nation, one that extends far back into the Nation's history. Her father was an amazing firebender who held a great deal of respect among the other nobles, and even ran his own firebending dojo for a time. However, with his doctrine of discipline and self-control, he never could manage to reign in his daughter's personality. 

Without her father's knowledge, Zara had been secretly leaving the house and visiting the airbenders. She watched them, and began to see more about their different way of life. She knew that she could never become an airbender, but she thought that maybe she didn't have to. So, she began to uncover the ideas that led to her original style. Become like the flame...this one thought, repeated over and over, eventually began to define her and the way she lived. She felt like, if she pursued this idea, she could truly reach something of an understanding about firebending. 

Her father eventually found out that she had been using his dojo to develop her firebending, and rather than being proud of her, he was disgusted. He said that she was a disgrace, and that her style was "Foolish and weak." So, she snapped. In the heat of the moment, Zara followed the first thing that came to her thoughts and did what nobody expected. She challenged her father in Agni Kai.

After the Duel, Zara no longer felt the need to stay in her family's home. She left with a few of her things, and set out to perfect her style of firebending. Not knowing exactly where she should go, she followed in the footsteps of somebody else who had left the Fire Nation, and eventually stumbled upon the sparks of resistance. The Rising.[/indent]

[b]Miscellaneous[/b]
[indent]-Her dance-like movements when bending have been known to mesmerize others, and with good reason.
-Her CS may be improved upon at some point. This doesn't mean changed, just freshened up a bit so that it's not quite as bare.
-Attracted to both Genders equally.
-Hopes that she can find love sometime soon.
-Does, in fact, have a sword that she is able to use with a relative degree of skill.[/indent]