[center][color=DBA901] T H E L A S T A V A T A R[/color] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/83221-the-last-avatar/ic][color=bdbdbd]2015[/color][/url].[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/88669-the-last-avatar-inspired-by-the-nickelodeon-television-series/ic][color=bdbdbd]2016[/color][/url].[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/160969-a-walk-in-the-desert-an-avatar-roleplay/ic][color=bdbdbd]2017[/color][/url][/center] [hider=Cypher][center][img]http://i.imgur.com/yy9UYUR.png[/img][/center] [color=bdbdbd] [color=FFFFFF]Name:[/color] Cypher [color=FFFFFF]Age:[/color] 27 [color=FFFFFF]Sex:[/color] Male [color=FFFFFF]Element:[/color] [OMITTED] [color=FFFFFF]Home:[/color] Middle Ring [color=FFFFFF]Profession:[/color] [OMITTED] [color=FFFFFF]Appearance:[/color] Standing at 5'9" and weighing in at 160lbs, Cypher is just under the required imposing figure that most men in the business of security already have. He sports a clean shaven head and strong facial features as if cut from stone. Blue eyes, sharp nose and sharper edges around his chin all lend to a look that is rather easy on the eyes. He attracts women with relative ease though his attitude his the wall that eventually turns them away. His usual attire while on the job consists of a thin form fitting upper shirt and dark cargo pants or black jeans. Combat boots ensure he remains comfortable while on the move. His firearm is carried on his person via shoulder holster and he often wears leather gloves for comfort, protection, and a better grip on his gun. He does not like to wear the exoskeleton that most other LSF agents utilize and does without it whenever he can, even if using one would significantly increase his surviving a given situation. [color=ffffff]Stance on Benders:[/color] Put simply, Cypher means to see all benders [OMITTED] and moves to compete this one way or the other. [color=FFFFFF]Personality:[/color] Cypher is a bit rough around the edges. Perhaps its the job or maybe that’s how he’s always been but he’s never found any relief in being kind to those he’s had to kill. He's learned that hinting at any amount of hope doesn't benefited anyone, least of all himself. And so, since the day he was born he’s been every bit as abrasive as ever. Blunt. Straight to the point. Business as usual. His job only makes it all the more necessary to keep all optimistic feelings at bay and keep dominion over his team with a strict demeanor. Focused more than anything else, when given a task he strives to complete it doing whatever it may take to get his job down. It’s what he knows and he knows he’s very good at it. He's very meticulous on the details. He knows that everything means something and that something can lead to a break in a chase he's been looking for. He is after all a hunter of sorts, a profession that requires a certain skill set. Determination, patience, a trained eye to pick out what's important from a mess of unnecessary noise. He's also quite perceptive, able at times to see the truth of a situation when the job calls for it. This perception bleeds into his social life. Others usually find it hard to keep the man engaged in a conversation when he knows so much of the truth. They understand he's blunt and doesn't like to waste time and so small talk and a bit of verbal foreplay isn't his thing. He cuts straight to the point though Koeska has been helping to coax him out of the habit and into more of the social butterfly he should be. Koeska is a member of Cypher's team and one of his closer friends. It's with her he finds himself at the receiving end of a brother/sister like relationship. It’s the only kind of familial relationship he shares as he is the only surviving member of his family. Although at times he finds it more annoying than anything, it's benefited him in more ways than one and he's come to appreciate her care. [color=FFFFFF][b]History[/b][/color] Born to a noble house. Cypher received an early and vigorous education on all things from history to the social arts. He's surprisingly academic if one pays close enough attention. From a young age he was engaged and found studies came easier to him than most. When outside of school, his parents were sure to put him in the forefront of their households public eye to ensure that his transition into a socialite was smooth. He was a natural and would have easily surpassed his peers... if [OMITTED] His parents were killed in a simple Satomobile accident. There was no drunk driver in the other car. There was no zen involved, no benders, no idiots without licenses. In the end, the accident came down to simple human error. Some man in a big rig hadn't noticed the red light. Maybe he was distracted, maybe he just wasn't paying enough attention to the road but he decided to continue through the intersection and plowed through the other car in his path. Cypher's parents and the metal frame around them were obliterated...completely. Immediately after, Cypher's housing situation changed though his social status remained the same. He was moved into the care of a [OMITTED] a couple who lived in the Upper Ring and advised the king. They added political issues to his education with a very strong emphasize on antibending. With little else to hold on to but the truth that bending was the reason the world had burned and with no other outlets to focus the anger inside him that had built up since his parents death, he turned to a life of hunting benders. He was trained at the age of 18 for the RSF and quickly moved up their ranks from the Lower to the Upper Ring until, because of his adoptive family's connections, he was recruited into the LSF. [OMITTED] He now leads the team and it's several members, continuing his fight against the bending menace. [/color][/hider] [hider=Koeska][center][img]http://i.imgur.com/P4OnjZq.png[/img][/center] [color=bdbdbd] [color=FFFFFF]Name:[/color] Koeska [color=FFFFFF]Age:[/color] 25 [color=FFFFFF]Sex:[/color] Female [color=FFFFFF]Element:[/color] [OMITTED] [color=FFFFFF]Home:[/color] Lower Ring [color=ffffff]Profession:[/color] [OMITTED] [color=FFFFFF]Appearance:[/color] 5'5" with a slim build. Soft face of light complexion, brown eyes and black hair. Koeska is usually seen in jeans with the bottom edges of her tank top tucked into the waistband. She'll often wear a thin jacket with the sleeves rolled up around the elbows or a sweater vest. Her gloves run up the majority of her forearm and there is a set of odd metal contraptions that are attacked to the back of her wrist via leather straps. Covering her feet and the lower half of her legs up to her knees are a pair of sturdy boots. [color=FFFFFF]Personality:[/color] Koeska is for the most part quite chipper and optimistic. Playful most of the time and teasing the rest, she's learned to navigate the simple maze of man's mind in this way and get whatever information she wants. To make matters worse she's easily sly and coy and very persuasive. Intelligent in her use of verbiage and body language to achieve her goals. Most find it hard to determine exactly what it is she's thinking and it's completely impossible when she's in form. Despite the way her personality can fluctuate based on any given situation, a skill as she's labeled it, when she's around certain people she finds that she's much more caring than usual. The only man she can truly label a friend for example brings out the good in her that she seldom shares with others. She can at times put the interests of those around her first even if there is no obvious benefit for herself. In a way, she kind of takes pride in that. [color=ffffff]Stance on Benders?:[/color] She believes that benders are a people who mean well cursed with a gift that brings death to those around them. Although she wishes there were less permanent means to solve the bending problem, she understands that ending their life, one life, will save millions of others. In her mind, benders struggle the same way she did once as a resident of the Lower Ring, they simply have no means of being [OMITTED]. [color=FFFFFF]History:[/color] Koeska was born and raised in the Lower Ring to a family of poor upbringing and a short sighted future. Both of her parents worked and spent much of the day away from home leaving a young girl to fend for herself. It was out of necessity, and mostly because the woman they'd placed in charge of her couldn't keep her in check. Koeska had an odd habit that made it particularly easy to avoid others and sneak into, or in her case, sneak out of any particular place. Freedom awarded her with the real world and the chance to mature well beyond her years into the strong spirited and yet very mischievous girl she is now. She learned early on that there were two ways to go about getting what she wanted: She either took them by force, or she convinced the other party to give it to her. She found she was skilled at both. Burglary for her came naturally and when that didn't work, her natural talent of tongue, her good looks, and a bit of bribery went a long way. However it was during one of these acts of thievery that ultimately got her into a pile of shit she wasn't prepared for. She tripped [OMITTED] He took a liking to her and decided to recruit her into the LSF instead. At such a young age however, the training would prove to be strenuous... almost too strenuous. After having skipped out on many years of school, she was fed a curriculum at an accelerated pace. Daily lessons were then accompanied by physical training that pushed her body beyond their limits. Finally, the [OMITTED] She would eventually pass and become one of the most revered members of the LSF team, second only to Cypher himself. [color=FFFFFF]Other:[/color] [OMITTED] [/color][/hider] [hider= King Wu VI][color=bdbdbd] [color=FFFFFF]Name:[/color] King Wu VI [color=FFFFFF]Age:[/color] 36 [color=FFFFFF]Sex:[/color] Male [color=FFFFFF]Element:[/color] None [color=FFFFFF]Home:[/color] Palace in the Upper Ring [color=FFFFFF]Profession:[/color] King of the Republic [color=FFFFFF]Appearance:[/color] Much like his forefathers, Wu has dark brown hair and green eyes. His skin however is of a slightly lighter complexion and he’s fairly tall standing near 6 feet. Still quite skinny however. Clean cut with distinct familial facial features, Wu has the flat elongated nose, pointed chin, large ears and eyebrows that are only just slightly thicker than average. He dresses in a suit and variations of green ties instead of the jewel adjourned threads that have been passed down to him. [color=FFFFFF]Personality:[/color] After twenty years on the throne, the fire that initially drove Wu to take his place at the head of his people has begun to die out. Wu’s time as King has left a weight on his shoulder that has only gotten heavier with each passing year. He means well but he understands the reason why the world is the way it is… and more importantly he understands the specific role he's meant to play in that world. He rules his people fairly yet strictly making sure that the people are happy but always remember the conflicts of the past. He doesn’t want history to repeat itself but at the same time he secretly doesn’t want his people to continue living the way they are… making him a very conflicted person. Besides the growing distaste for his full time job, when not hampered by matters of the City, Wu is generally a positive man. The few who manage to catch him when his mind is not occupied with a thousand things tell of someone who still finds time to enjoy himself and the life he's been given. He shows great care for those subjects closest to him, taking a personal interest in the matters of others when he feels they need it. His people share in his love and even those convicted benders are shown a fair amount of grace... though it doesn't get them very far. However he must constantly remind himself of his place and balance the good with the just and the necessary. Although he enjoys and lives his life he also understands that his life was never his own. [color=FFFFFF]Stance on Benders:[/color] He's read the history a thousand times, knows every move of the war from from every nation back to front. Understands the why and the how and the who and then when and the what. Back then the Bending nations were ready to kill in the name of finding the Avatar and that kind of thinking had to be stopped. Wu understands. But there is always two sides to every story and sometimes at the end of the book, you find out there is another. Wu believes that Benders, like every person bender and nonbender alike, have the potential to do just as much good as bad. However he knows that not everyone can share the same ideology as him and resort more often than not, resort to their basic instinct of survival when they come across a threat. Fight or flight is a mechanism that inhabits every living creature and the human race exhibits it wonderfully. To prevent that, Benders have to be the issues that everyone can rally against. Benders are the issue. [color=FFFFFF]History:[/color] Wu was born in the year 307ag, a good 63 years after the last great war. He grew up near exclusively in the palace and was always surrounded by those politicians that ran the world… and the children that would run the world after them. Wu’s position had been made clear early on: That the fate of the Republic would eventually rest in his hands and he would have to care for his people when the time came. He took too his predestined life with a vigor rarely seen. Lessons started early in his life focusing on the history of the world and why he lived in what was now considered the very last city on Earth. He learned of the hard decisions his forefathers had to make for the preservation of humanity and for peace. He learned that in time he too would have to make those same decisions and would have to live with the consequences… for better or worse. He learned that his life was not merely his own but also that of the people he ruled. His future would prove to be trying but the rewards would be immense. Of course as he grew older, the real lessons, those lying underneath the ones he was taught as a child became clear. There were lies around every corner in the world and for the betterment of the Republic, it was his responsibility to uphold those lies. His rule for the most part was unremarkable due in part to the fact that the laws already in place were simply enforced. He himself made sure of it. Benders were hunted and eventually killed as were criminals. There was little tolerance for violence of any sort though the with Lower Ring being so far out of reach of the shadow of the King, crime was still quite rampant. By doing his best to keep with the laws, there were no revolts during his reign, no wars to be waged, no major pressing political issues to dictate. It wasn’t until he was left to think for himself that he’d begun to second guess the way of the world and realize just how much of each was actually taking place. Sure he’d never truly stood among his own people but he’d seen them in the flesh. Men and women were brought to his attention on a consistent basis and each of them… had a story. They didn’t tell it but he could see it in their eyes. They brought him pieces and over time he put together a full story. His people were safe but they were left wanting… like there was a hole that needed filling. He felt he had to do something. Perhaps it was his turn to make a tough decision for his people, like his fathers before him.[/color][/hider]