I'm so sorry this took so long to make, I've been very distracted with my assignments as of late @-@

I hope he's okay, I can change anything if I need to.

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[b][Male | 22 | Earth Kingdom - Rebel][/b][/center]

[indent][b]Soudai Fuusoujou[/b] is an energetic youth who is the eldest of three brothers with a positive outlook on life. Growing up on a farm in the Earth Kingdom, Soudai learnt to appreciate the efforts of hard work and determination. He’s the type of person who gives 110% at everything he does. His optimism is a great motivator and coupled with his playful enthusiasm makes him so approachable and fun to be around. He is a loyal ally to have, going above and beyond for a friend whenever the opportunity arises. He tends to get ahead of himself at times, placing him in situations that are difficult to back out of and leading to trouble.

Soudai loves to be outdoors more than anything, and the idea of being classy or formal repulses him. He just can’t picture himself in some gaudy noble’s robes and often jokes that he’ll probably get married wearing his dirt covered vest and hood. His lifestyle is rather active and he hates not having anything to do. He’s incredibly stubborn and doesn’t like asking for help with tasks, even when feeling overwhelmed. The forests is where he feels most at home, swinging through the trees just like he used to as a kid.

He can be rather over protective of his younger brothers, sheltering them perhaps a little too much. He and his siblings are always arguing over how strict he is, leading to a lot of strife between them. Soudai fears for their safety, after the injustice that befell his parents when they were younger. Soudai’s strength comes from his belief that one day the world will change for the better.[/indent]

[b]Traits[/b]
[indent]Soudai is a non-bender with no formal combat training aside from basic hunting lessons given to him by his father when he was younger. He was a very active child, spending lots of times running around forests and climbing trees. As a result of this, Soudai is very quick on his feet and incredibly agile. While he doesn’t possess incredibly keen instincts, his training has taught him to be very sensitive to the world around him. He has better than average senses and he is rather adept at tracking. Growing up on a farm has given him decent physical strength because of all the time he spent labouring to help his parents.

His proficiency with a bow is subpar at best. Good enough to hunt wild animals, assuming they aren’t moving, but he has a very long way to go before he can be considered a skilled marksman. Soudai’s true talent lies in his ability as a scout. He is quite mobile through the trees and can remain undetected for great periods of times while hunting or spying. He’s also quite skilled at creating traps for animals and is still learning to make stronger traps for capturing people.[/indent]

[b]Relations[/b]
[indent]Yumi Fuusoujou (Mother – Deceased)
Jin Fuusoujou (Father – Deceased)
Ken Fuusoujou (Brother)
Minato Fuusoujou (Brother)[/indent]

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[u][b]History[/b][/u]
[indent]Soudai’s family was never wealthy with material possessions, but they were among the fortunate few to be blessed with bountiful harvests of fruits to sell. They always had just enough to pay their taxes as well as get by. They lived on a large farm in the Earth Kingdom that grew many orchards of apples. Most of Soudai’s youth was spent in the trees, climbing and swinging from them. Over time it came naturally to him, and eventually his mother stopped worrying about him falling and breaking something. She was more worried now of the influence he had on his younger brothers, who were trying to copy his high flying act. His brother Ken was only a year younger than him, and the two of them often fought over which of them could climb the fastest or beat the other in a spar with wooden swords. Their rivalry even pushed into their work, competing to see who could harvest the most apples. Their parents had no issue with this, since it got the work done quite fast. The youngest brother, Minato, was the only bender out of the three brothers. He was fortunate enough to inherit earth bending from his mother, but she was never trained in the art so most of his skills with bending had to be self-taught. A feat which left Minato quite inept at bending, at least until he could find a master willing to teach him.

The family had a simple lifestyle and were complacent. Suddenly, out of the blue, the soldiers of the phoenix king started showing up demanding that the family pay extra to them on top of their taxes as "insurance" for the safety of their Orchard. They demanded that a high percentage of the families profits be given up to them, as well as three barrels of apples each harvest. Even despite their successful harvests of apples, the family couldn’t afford to meet demands from the soldiers and the Phoenix King's taxes and feed themselves, so Soudai and his father took to hunting and gathering in order to provide for the family. His father used to comment on how Soudai truly came alive when in the forest, as if he had a spiritual connection to it. The way he positioned himself through the trees to ambush his prey was handled with such delicacy and precision that you could swear he’d been doing this his whole life. His days became a routine of waking up early to climb through the treetops to watch the sunrise, practicing archery in the forests and then gathering herbs and fruits from the forest to bring him for breakfast. Then, he and his father would head back into the forest; which him scouting the area for beasts and his father taking them out from afar. Eventually his archery training become proficient enough for him to hunt on his own, but he was still too dependent on remaining completely hidden to get the drop on his prey. He couldn’t hope to hit animals that were moving, so he usually stuck to sources of water and waited for them to come in for a drink to snag the kill.

One hot afternoon, Soudai and his brothers were returning from a swim in the river when they saw horses with Phoenix King emblems embroided onto their saddles. This didn’t surprise them, since the soldiers usually came around at this time to collect the tax for that week. The brothers entered the house to find their father arguing with the soldiers, with their mother doing her best to keep them calm. The soldiers had started demanding more and more from the family, and with the orchards being out of season at the time they just couldn’t afford to pay their ridiculous amount. His father asked them to be merciful, saying that he couldn’t feed his children if the taxes kept rising. The soldier’s response was to draw their weapons against the three brothers, offering to remove a few mouths to feed to their father. Fearing for the safety of her children, Soudai’s mother stood in front of them in a basic combat stance. His father also brought out his dagger, staring off against the two soldiers. Soudai himself was also aiming his bow at them. He wasn’t confident he would hit them, but the soldiers didn’t feel too confident squaring off three on two. Slowly they left, departing from the farm reluctantly. Soudai’s parents told them to back whatever they could and that they would be departing later that night.

Soudai and his brothers packed a bunch of food and water and waited outside by the forest for his parents. Off in the distance they could see the trail of smoke coming closer towards their farm. They knew the soldiers would come back eventually for them, so they had to be gone as soon as possible. Soudai saw his parents approach them, but they hadn’t packed anything to bring. It soon became clear that they had no attention of accompanying them. Their mother told them to take to the trees, confident that the soldiers would never catch them there. Her and their father intended to stay back to give them a good head start. Of course, the brothers refused to leave without them, but their parents were persistent, determined to make sure they made it out safely. His heart heavy, Soudai decided that getting his younger brothers out safely was his most important task, so he agreed to his parent’s terms and took his crying brothers into the forest with him. They could see the cloud of smoke and ash rising into the sky over where their farm used to be. None of them dare mention what may have happened to their parents, but deep down they all knew what became of them. After a while of wandering through the forests, surviving thanks to Soudai’s hunting skills, they came across the Rising. Soudai joined them with his brothers, knowing that he could keep his siblings safe with them. Pretty soon though, he began to truly believe in their cause and decided to offer his talents as a scout to the group of rebels with dreams of a peaceful world for him and his brothers.[/indent]

[b]Miscellaneous[/b]
[indent]Soudai’s bow was crafted for him by his father and his most prized possession.
Soudai also keeps a grappling hook tied to his belt
Soudai lacks any real combat power, but makes up for it with his skills in scouting and tracking.
In the picture his eyes are red, ignore this, they are brown IC
Soudai’s mother is from the Earth Kingdom, but her grandfather was from the Northern water tribe. His genetics passed down through the family, giving Soudai silver hair just like his mothers.[/indent]