(Seeking approval) [b]Faction Name:[/b] The Totalists [b]Parent Nation:[/b] Earth Kingdom [b]Head of Faction:[/b] General Cho Xin [b]Government/Faction type: [/b]Vanguard Fascist Organization [b]Faction Structure:[/b] The structure of the organization is closely resembling military hierarchy but upon closer inspection, it can be seen that it is actually a network of acquaintances and cells of people working together. For example, General Xin has many other generals under his command but still gives more responsibility to Captain Bei than most and likewise a capitalist like Fan Song who doesn't hold a military rank is still extremely well placed to orders some people around. As the organization isn't public (Yet), there thus isn't any official rank system as of now and people generally obey orders based on how much they like the person giving it and if it makes sense to them. [b]Population/Membership:[/b] -1292 'Key Members' -112,000 'Members' -2,800,000 'De Facto Soldiers' -390,000,000 'Supporters' [b]Military Strength/Armed Population:[/b] The Totalists can muster about 3 million soldiers under their command, but most of their forces merely follow orders of nobles and officers that are themselves totalists and while most are sympathetic to their ideas, they aren't really members of the organization, instead going along with the orders they are given. This however is only the tip of the iceberg as many totalists are rather ex-soldiers who have been demobilized now that the war is seen as over. They thus went back home with the Totalist ideals of unity in their heart and have generally become pillars of the community. They along with their veteran bending abilities, families and friends are waiting for the call for national revolution and the great change that is to come. [b]Military Information:[/b] The core of the Totalist forces are a mix of active soldiers and war veterans around the Earth Kingdom that are the veterans of many battles against the Fire Nation, these expert benders truly believe that they are fighting for something greater than themselves and are willing to lay down their lives for the cause. These main forces are thus divided into the Active soldiers, armed by the king in traditional Earth Kingdom ways, the Deactivated soldiers, generally poorly equiped and acting as recruiters and trainers for the local militias around the kingdom, and the Vanguard Army, equiped privately by the capitalists siding with the Totalists with metal armor similar to elite fire nation soldiers. On the periphery of these forces are the more standard soldiers that merely serve under Totalist officers who will follow orders but lack the moral of true believers in the cause. And the bulk of the Totalists forces are the militias. Peasants trained by military veterans who are angry at the king and hate the fire nation. They are numerous but poorly equipped and generally unwilling to leave their native lands to fight in the wider world. [b]Economy Information:[/b] The Earth Kingdom outside of Ba Sing Se is often seen as a backwater compared to the Fire Nation, but its industry and resources is still crushingly powerful by sole virtue of the amount of land and of people working it. Still, things are changing. The demands of war created, slowly but surely in the last hundred year, a class of wealthy merchants seeking to provide for the demand and who experimented to adapt to the Fire Nation's industrial warfare and new technologies. The Fire Nation leads the industrial revolution, but the Earth Kingdom isn't far behind. With the war seemingly over soon though, the wealthy people who have thrown everything they had into weapon production found themselves in trouble. Where the crown's money stopped coming in though, the Totalists came in, not with money, but with promises of wealth and mining and industrial rights once the king is deposed. This, and a little strength to convince those relunctant to join the cause, was all it took for the Totalists to take over the new industries of the kingdom. [b]Geographic Territory:[/b] All around the Earth Kingdom, though with no 'official' territories in their control... for now. [b]History:[/b] The Earth Kingdom really always was more of a collection of smaller states under the dominion of a nominal king, someone from Ba Sing Se saw nothing in common in him and someone from the backwater of the swamps for example. The war however forced people from all walks of life and all regions of the kingdom who were normally kept separated to fight together, becoming brothers in arms and really, forming something more. They were not so different and the fire nation threatened them all. A certain Captain under the name of Ma Bei saw something in this: Unity. True unity of the likes only the Fire Nation really had, a common identity. He had always been a vocal speaker of reforms and it wasn't long until other more powerful men caught on to these ideas. They named themselves the Totalists. Those who wanted... TOTAL VICTORY And who were thus willing to do... TOTAL WAR And who to do so demanded... TOTAL UNITY OF THE STATE And... TOTAL CONTROL OF THE STATE To them, the King had failed them as he was cloistered in Ba Sing Se, using massive resources to protect the capital as he left the provinces to fight for themselves. They of course didn't know the conspiracy of the Grand Secretariat general to keep the war hidden from the king, but when this was revealed, the damage was done and the image of the king being an incompetent blind idiot was made and support for the Totalists only grew. The generals should lead the country, establish a true meritocracy that promoted people based on their competence, not because of their birth rights! The war came to a stand still shortly after of course and the king, in an effort to put order in the economy of the nation, demobilized most of its costly army, peace appears to be near after all. But people were outraged! The taxes were still high in order to repay many debts and most crucially, the fire nation still holds the land it invaded! The Totalists thus spread in the kingdom as the soldiers came back from the front, to educate their fellow peasants about how the people from the kingdom aren't so different from them and really want the same thing: Prosperity. And how they should all work together to get it along with Total Victory even if it demanded Total War, and do so with a state that had Total Control. Rebellions happen all the time in the earth Kingdom, but this time, it seems the stars are aligning. The Totalists and its spokesman Ma Bei had managed to make a global movement at a time where the king couldn't be weaker while his tool to deal with such things, the Dai Li, had fallen out of grace in his eyes, making him blind to the threat hiding among its own soldiers. Character Information [img]https://orig00.deviantart.net/9e62/f/2009/352/9/d/general_xiahou_dun_by_serpentdoness.jpg[/img] [b]Character Name:[/b] Cho Xin [b]Age:[/b] 46 [b]Title(s):[/b] General of the Earth Kingdom, Member of the Council of Five [b]Able to Bend an element:[/b] Yes, Earth [b]Bending Skill:[/b] Master [b]Innate Ability:[/b] 3 [b]Likes:[/b] -Captain Ma Bei -Order -Nationalists [b]Dislikes:[/b] -General Li Feng -Nobles -Cowards [b]Background:[/b] A top general of the Kingdom, he originates from a noble family but never liked this part of him, instead joining the army and climbing the ranks. Some say he could never have made it this far without his family and this is partially true but when his father died and he inherited his domain, rather than leave the army to administrate it as was his right, he simply wrote back home that his estate was a gift for the local peasants who were now free from any feudal obligation while he used his own money to the last penny to equip his men with better protective gear. This gave him a great deal of admiration from his fellow subordinates. He was ultimately tasked to judge Ma Bei for causing unrest in the ranks but realized he admired his cause and joined it. With his rank and reputation this gave much credit to the cause and was really the default leader. With the war ending, he received a final promotion and was transferred to Ba Sing Se to join the Council of Five in charge of the whole military. His Totalist views are known but the king hopes to sooth them by giving their leader power and a voice to be heard. [img]https://orig00.deviantart.net/3d80/f/2012/304/b/6/dynastywarriors1_by_nonamezai-d5jisz6.jpg[/img] [b]Character Name:[/b] Ma Bei [b]Age:[/b] 24 [b]Title(s):[/b] Captain of the Earth Kingdom, Totalist Ideologist [b]Able to Bend an element:[/b] Yes, Earth [b]Bending Skill:[/b] Apprentice [b]Innate Ability:[/b] 2 Likes: -Philosophy -Helping others -Revolutions Dislikes: -War -Stuborn people -Opportunists [b]Background:[/b] Born from wealthy merchants in Ba Sing Se, he proved himself an impressive intellectual and rich enough to pursuit his interest in philosophy rather than a more 'practical' pursuit. Still, he was not connected enough to escape the Dai Li who caught him preaching ideas about unity and a new form of government based on meritocracy rather than aristocracy and so, was forced out of the city and into the army to hopefully die or at least be away from the Capital. Unaware of the reason he had been thrown out, his commander, upon hearing he had a form of education, immediately gave him a rank of officer where he proved to not be a complete imbecile and to care about the life of his men. He continued to preach his ideas but they changed with his service in the army. He had always been a civilian but seeing the harshness of war hardened his ideas somewhat, making his view of a new society go from utopic to more realistic. In times, he made powerful friends in high places, being taken out of the fight and instead to whisper words in the ears of General Xin, Feng and others, becoming an advisor to everything theoretical to them. Some say he leads the movement from the shadows but really he just wants to make a difference and make things better for his people rather than be their overlord. [img]https://orig00.deviantart.net/b540/f/2008/182/2/d/dw_remix___cao_pi_by_ameij.jpg[/img] [b]Character Name:[/b] Li Feng [b]Age:[/b] 32 [b]Title(s):[/b] General of the Earth Kingdom [b]Able to Bend an element:[/b] Yes, Earth [b]Bending Skill:[/b] Adept [b]Innate Ability:[/b] 4 [b]Likes:[/b] -War -Being in Charge -Winning [b]Dislikes:[/b] -Peace -Taking Orders -Losing [b]Background:[/b] The hot head, the courageous, the victorious. Feng was one of the rare person to make it from soldier to general without prior contacts in the army. He joined because he liked to fight and some say, to kill, but his ability to organize said mass killing of enemies made him popular and one of the rare officer to have more victories than defeat against the Fire Nation. To be honest, he doesn't care much about the Totalists greater ideals about a united nation, but he cannot stomach letting a single fire bender alive on the continent and is one to always see (and be able to make the others see) a victory just around the corner. To him, the king betrayed his people by halting the hostilities and the 'Total War, Total Victory' part of Totalism is music to his ears. [img]https://img00.deviantart.net/0f12/i/2011/260/8/4/atla_oc__kye__by_tyshea-d1ueq0s.png[/img] [img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/30/f0/75/30f075295e877564bff0fb917a348743--character-outfits-character-ideas.jpg[/img] [b]Character Name:[/b] Atla Kye [b]Age:[/b] 19 [b]Title(s):[/b] None [b]Able to Bend an element:[/b] Yes, Earth, Lava, Chi Blocking [b]Bending Skill:[/b] Master [b]Innate Ability:[/b] 5 [b]Likes:[/b] -Feeling Accepted -Diversity -Being praised [b]Dislikes:[/b] -Rejection -Anything Ma Bei dislikes -Nobles [b]Background:[/b] Born in a Fire Nation colony from an earth bending mother and fire bending father, Atla's mom was pretty much the pet girlfriend of a Fire army officer. This allowed her some comfort in her youth despite being rejected by both kids from the fire nation and earth kingdom. This went from bad to worst when the new military governor decided to put an end to the abomination that was half breeds. Her father left her to die as her mother protected her, being scorched before Atla's eyes as she herself lost an arm as she played head under the head body of her mother. She escaped and found refuge in the flood of refugees escaping from the fire nation occupation. She became a small time criminal, stealing and using her bending to get away until she was finaly caught, only 14 years of age, and conscripted in the army like many criminals. She was good, extremely so, and found herself enjoying having friends, people who depended on her and vice versa, making a name of herself as 'Stone Armed Kye', fighting off legions of Fire Nation soldiers with her almost unique Lava bending. Eventually, she was asked to join the elite Terra Team of Ba Sing Se, the most elite benders of the nation as they were being reformed after Azula and her team crushed them entirely. It was when she learned that most of them were defeated by a Chi Blocker and, intending to impress her new team mates, studied all she could about it to add another string to her bow. Her new team was honestly a bunch of haughty asses, most of them who didn't come close to Kye in bending abilities and were there because they were connected but again, things went from bad to worst when people learned she was a half breed. They threw her out of the team, how could they trust her? Her old unit she couldn't return too because it had been demobilized but still she caught up with some friends, hoping she could crash at their homes to try and lead a normal life, though she admitted to them her origins. They didn't care, she had saved their lives so many times after all, there was no doubt to them she was an Earth Citizens through and through, some even called her lava bending kind of a giveaway. Still, one of her friends thought it'd be a shame if such incredible powers were wasted and so, pointed her to the Totalists, saying they also believed in equality and that their cause was just. Her abilities made her climb the ranks until she served as the body guard of Ma Bei. She fell in love with him, with how much of an intellectual with big ideas he was. To this day, she serves as his hand, a representative and hitman to set things up for the big day and although Ma Bei doesn't care what people think, Kye still prefers to remain discreet with her relation with him as many called him out on having a pet half-breed.