History
The world has long since been corrupted. The Avatar is corrupted. History, once a living creature, is now dead and forgotten. No one knows what once was. The Four Nations have long since disbanded and new nations have formed. These nations have formed in the opposite light of the goals of Republic City and everything has become segregated.
Avatar
The last pure Avatar, his name has since been lost, realized the direction the world was heading. After gathering the few people, of all elements and those without, who still respected the ways of old, the Avatar entered the Avatar State to move a chunk of land to an unknown location. While he was moving the land, the approaching army released their heart. The land kept moving and has been lost ever since, or so the legend used to go before it was forgotten. The Avatar died in the Avatar state, but due to the corruption causing his death, the Avatar chain was not broken, only corrupted (maybe Rava became dark, idk). Due to this, the Avatar’s past lives, the Avatar State, and the link, or knowledge of, to the Spirit World were all lost.
Spirits
All spirits, besides those essential to life (Moon, Ocean and the like), have become corrupted, enraged, or died. Some elderly people recall some major spirit-human war after the Avatar was corrupted, but no one knows for sure. EIther way, if spirits are ever encountered, no one lives to tell the tale. No one even remembers spirits besides the superstitious elderly.
Map
Nations
After some event that no one remembers, Republic City was destroyed along with all tolerance for individuals different than each other. Over the following years, a large number of nations were formed, much different from the original four nations. Also, due to some scientific advancement during the technology age, if two benders have a child, the child will also be a bender. No more surprises among those in the corrupted world. The nations are as follows.
Air
Air-Nations exist in four city-state nations. They are still located at each of the temples, but they have since expanded their territory to more than just the temple itself. They have also lost their nomadic-pacifistic way of life and have become violent and productive, think Spartans.
Air-Nation 1 - Udara
Location - Northern Air Temple, Crystal Catacombs
Tendencies - Keeps large number of slaves. Slaves run ranches. Eat mostly meats.
Weapon - Hook swords (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_sword)
Government/Leader - City-State/King Malaka
Air-Nation 2 - Gaisa
Location - Western Air Temple and all islands
Tendencies - Warrior-based nation. Constantly raids to the east and the south to live. Everyone is trained to fight, both women and men.
Weapon - Javelin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin) and short sword (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladius)
Government/Leader - City-State/King Trasuko
Air-Nation 3 - Ilma
Location - Southern Air Temple, Patola Mountains
Tendencies - Nation based on agriculture. Created terraced farming environments. Captures and buys non-bending slaves to do the farming.
Weapon - All bows (long, recurve, crossbow) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_and_arrow) and short spears that act like daggers
Government/Leader - City-State/King Aluke
Air-Nation 4 - Hava
Location - Eastern Air Temple
Tendencies - Loves to fight. Steals most of their resources. The best defensive Air-Nation. Amazing craftsmen - wood carving, painting, artists and sculptors. Traders.
Weapon - Flail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flail_(weapon))
Government/Leader - City-State/King Brosung
Fire
The Fire Nation has split into two halves. One half uses strictly fire and have become even more industrialized, although the technology level is still below what it was during the time of The Last Airbender. The other half uses strictly electricity and the nation is known as one giant mercenary.
Fire Nation - Oku
Location - Great Gates of Azulan, Boiling Rock, Ember Island, Fire Nation Capital
Tendencies - Entire population is based on creating goods. Largest producer of clothing, weapons, farming equipment, chariots, horse equipment, and building materials.
Weapon - Scythe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythe)
Government/Leader - Republic/President Roma
Lightning Nation - Kilat
Location - Black Cliffs, Fire Fountain City, Roku’s Island, Crescent Island
Tendencies - Mercenary nation. Trained in the ways of war from birth. Trade services for food and goods.
Weapon - Claymore(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore), any weapon
Government/Leader - Tribal/Chief Moa
Water
The Water Nation has receded to the North Pole only. They have shut down all outside communication with the other parts of the world and have thus receded technologically even further. They have also lost the ability to heal using water bending. Ice bending has also been made illegal and almost forgotten. Due to the corruption, the world has been thrown off balance and the North Pole has become warm. This may be why the South Pole has either been vacated, the people died, or have become even more cut off, no one knows. After the North Pole warmed up, the South Pole became much colder and the ice expanded.
Water Nation - Wai
Location - North Pole (all four)
Tendencies - Shut off from the outside world. No healing or ice. Self contained in a newly warm place.
Weapon - Nunchaku (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunchaku)
Government/Leader - Tribal/Chieftess Pomaura
Blood
Bloodbending has it’s own nation, Blood Nation, and bloodbending’s origins from water bending have been forgotten. In fact, no bloodbender can waterbend. This nation is located on the ruins of Republic City, with it’s Capitol Building being on Air Temple Island.
Blood Nation - Jinin
Location - Republic City, Air Temple Island
Tendencies - High rate of crime. Constant raids on neighboring nations. Possible cannibalism
Weapon - Bullwhip (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullwhip)
Government/Leader - Dictatorship/Master Ro
Earth
The Earth Nation has divided into four separate nations. One nation is the Sandbenders which is located in the Si Wong Desert, the Library, and what used to be the Swamp. Swampbending does not exist anymore. Another nation which focuses on moving large boulders with brute strength lives where Omashu, Kolau Mountains, The Great Divide, and Hei Bai’s Forest used to be. Another nation focuses on detailed architecture and cunning in battle. This nation is located where Ba Sing Se, Lake Laogai, and the Serpent’s Pass used to be located. The fourth nation focuses on a more all-around and defensive style of earthbending and is located where the Provinces, Taku Ruins, and Mt. Makapu were located. Metalbenders exist but are slaves.
Earth Nation 1 - Lupa
Location - The Swamp, Si Wong Desert, The Library
Tendencies - Use mostly sand bending. Very warlike tribal system. Lots of civil wars along with constant raids.
Weapon - Scimitar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scimitar)
Government/Leader - Monarchy/King Troma
Earth nation 2 - Pamant
Location - Omashu, Kolau Mountains, Hei Bai’s Forest, The Great Divide
Tendencies - Focuses on big boulders and brute force. Stubborn, strong, bad traders.
Weapon - War Hammer - (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_hammer)
Government/Leader - Monarchy/King Troma
Earth Nation 3 - Toprak
Location - Ba Sing Se, Serpent’s Pass, Lake Laogai
Tendencies - Earthbending focuses on small, direct details. This causes beatuifully detailed architecture, beautiful sculptures, and extreme use of planning and cunning in battle. Brute strength is looked down upon. Reading and writing is most valued here.
Weapon - Sling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sling_(weapon)), Rapier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapier)
Earth Nation 4 - Erde
Location - Provinces, Taku Ruins, Mt. Makapu
Tendencies - Earthbending here is focused on defense first with an all-around offense. Their cities are the most fortified of all nations. Large castles are erected out of stone and the ancient walls of Ba Sing Se hold nothing on their fortifications
Weapon - Halberd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halberd)
Non-benders
There are also four non-bending nations. These are a merchant nation, a warrior nation, a monk-like nation, and one nation that focuses on slave trading.
Merchant Nation - Pedagang
Location - Islands East of Eastern Air Temple
Tendencies - A nation of non-benders where the main source of income is trades. They buy most from the Hava and Toprak and sell to everyone else. They have trade routes built to never run an empty ship. One of the largest navy’s in the world.
Slave-Trade Nation - Pononga
Location - Wulong Forest
Tendencies - Travels to many places to capture people, both benders and non-benders, to force into slavery. Main clients are the Udara and the Ilma. Their mastery of traps and tricks makes them a much wanted ally.
Pacifist Nation - Rongo
Location - Whaletail Island, Kyoshi Island, Island west of Patola Mountains
Tendencies - This nation acts much like Airbenders from Avatar TLA. They are vegetarians, do not fight, do not keep weapons. They do not interact much with other nations and are very, very religious.
Mercenary Nation - Perang
Location - Abbey
Tendencies - This nation is all military all the time. There is no King or Governor, but a General. Every person in this nation either fights or dies. From age 3 on, members of the nation are trained as warriors.
Other Locations
Sun Warrior Ruins - Have somehow been shifted out of the direct path and are viewed as a wasteland. Has not been visited in countless years. What is there is unknown.
South Pole - The South Pole has been lost. When one sails near it, the edges of a once friendly nation have been raised in some weird way. There is a nearly impenetrable wall of ice surrounding the pole and no one has thought it profitable to go through the wall. After the North Pole became warm, the South Pole seemed to take all of the ice and cold.
People
Each group of people have changed prominently. Mannerisms, customs, and traditions have been lost over the countless years that have passed since even history itself died.
Airbenders - Airbenders are no longer monk-like nor peace loving. In fact, most airbenders prefer demonstrating dominance in a violent manner. Thus, the abilities of airbenders have expanded to more violent techniques. Some of these include creating vacuums around enemy heads and separating oxygen from the air enemies breathe. Both of these techniques take a lot of energy and time, so they are not suitable for one-on-one conflict.
Waterbenders - Waterbending has become refined in a way that reflects the changes of the land. After the Avatar was corrupted, the North Pole warmed up. Due to some long-forgotten crime, ice bending has been outlawed. Healing through waterbending has been long forgotten. Waterbenders have become self contained and have forgotten much of the military. Swampbending/plantbending has also been entirely forgotten about. Bloodbending has become a separate art, and most bloodbenders cannot waterbend.
Earthbenders - Earthbending has gone through many changes. Over time, everyone learned to sandbend, earthbend, and metalbend. Then, people spread out and knowledge was lost. Sandbending lost its name and earthbending includes all earth that is not processed. Even though all holds under one name, individual groups of earthbenders now have specializations. Metalbending has become entirely separate from earthbending and while most earthbenders could learn to metalbend (they don’t want to), no born metalbender can learn earthbending. These metalbenders are treated like 0 class citizens and are held as slaves or untouchables.
Firebenders - Firebending has become less of an aggressive art and more of an industrial art. It is used mainly to build an economy rather than fight. Firebending has lost most of its Sun Warrior roots and the movements have become short and choppy. Electricbending has split off and become its own style much like bloodbending/waterbending. Electricbending has taken firebending’s spot as an aggressive art.
Most people have become skilled with some sort of handheld weapon. Non-benders don’t have many other options to defend themselves and benders focus their elemental control through the weapon.
CS
Name:
Nation of Origin:
Gender:
Appearance:
Age:
Ability (type of bending, if non-bender specific skill):
Weapon of Choice (please stay close to preferred weapon of nation unless good reason can be had):
Biography (should be detailed, 3-5 paragraphs, at least):
Special Information (any quirks we should know about):
Power Limits
There is no set limit based on power, but no one is the strongest of their respective bending skills. In this new time, power is really dependant on bloodlines and the royalty of each place (except those with non-familial leaders) have the strongest bloodlines. No one is royalty. Otherwise, power is null. I will let you know if your character is overpowered. Also, remember that bending places physical stress on the body, both from the movements and the extent of power used in the bending.
Plot
The world is falling apart. In the wake of the madness, rumors have emerged. After years of tyranny stemming from the Dark Avatar, it is rumored he, the Dark Avatar, is planning to engulf the world in darkness. It is said, in hushed tones and only late at night, that the true Avatar, a pure Avatar, has been reborn and the cycle restored. It is also said the new Avatar will come back to the mainland to destroy the Dark Avatar and protect the world once again. There are also some other rumors, darker, deadlier rumors, which no one wants to get involved in. Over the years of the Dark Avatar’s tyranny, an organization has risen to combat the pain and misery inflicted upon the people. This organization, the Jasmine Dragon, has been providing much needed relief for years, but some believe there is a dark side to this foundation. Some say the Jasmine Dragon wants to own and rule the world, to dispose of both Avatars and profit from chaos that ensues. After the profit, or so the rumor says, the Jasmine Dragon will come in and save the day, again, and everyone will beg them to take over.
Of course, to most people, this would be better than the current situation with the Dark Avatar. Currently, the Dark Avatar, or Kurai as some know him, is in total control. No one dares oppose him due to his tremendous power and influence. His police force, the White Lotus, is filled with some of the most powerful benders in the world, from all corners of the globe. Some says Kurai captures a promising bender’s family and mutilates the bender’s family before his or her eyes, all while using some sort of power to brainwash the individuals and turn them into violent, loyal subjects. Other’s say he simply takes children from the best breeding stock (powerful parents) and trains them from birth. In this tyrannical world, if someone disappears in the middle of the night, which happens often, no one questions anything because everyone knows what happened. There are prisons set up all over the world and it is said the screaming from the torturous acts inside can be heard for miles. No one dares to challenge the White Lotus or Kurai. Then there’s the tax. 50% of everything belongs to Kurai. No one knows what he does with all of the food, the money, the technology, but some say he uses what he needs for the White Lotus and burns the rest. Kurai is easily identified by his black bending. Whenever Kurai bends, whether it be water, fire, earth, air, or lightning, the result is black. Air gains a foggy, thick appearance, fire turns black, earth gets darker than coal, water becomes sleek and shiny like oil, and lightning is black and seems to absorb light.
The truth is, the Jasmine Dragon really does plan on taking down Kurai and replacing him. What they do not plan on is the appearance of the True Avatar. The stories of his return have been around for decades and he has never come back. The leaders of the Jasmine Dragon believe the cycle was ended so many years ago in a fashion no one remembers.
No matter what, the Jasmine Dragon has been planning on a takedown effort for a long time. Their ranks are filled with powerful benders and non-benders who have escaped Kurai’s evil eye. Recently, their recruiting efforts have doubled, if not tripled. They are reaching out to contact everyone and anyone who has been touched in a negative way by the Dark Avatar’s reign and has skill.
In your bio, please include how the Jasmine Dragon has contacted your character, or how your character contacted them. Be creative.
Characters
The world has long since been corrupted. The Avatar is corrupted. History, once a living creature, is now dead and forgotten. No one knows what once was. The Four Nations have long since disbanded and new nations have formed. These nations have formed in the opposite light of the goals of Republic City and everything has become segregated.
Avatar
The last pure Avatar, his name has since been lost, realized the direction the world was heading. After gathering the few people, of all elements and those without, who still respected the ways of old, the Avatar entered the Avatar State to move a chunk of land to an unknown location. While he was moving the land, the approaching army released their heart. The land kept moving and has been lost ever since, or so the legend used to go before it was forgotten. The Avatar died in the Avatar state, but due to the corruption causing his death, the Avatar chain was not broken, only corrupted (maybe Rava became dark, idk). Due to this, the Avatar’s past lives, the Avatar State, and the link, or knowledge of, to the Spirit World were all lost.
Spirits
All spirits, besides those essential to life (Moon, Ocean and the like), have become corrupted, enraged, or died. Some elderly people recall some major spirit-human war after the Avatar was corrupted, but no one knows for sure. EIther way, if spirits are ever encountered, no one lives to tell the tale. No one even remembers spirits besides the superstitious elderly.
Map
Nations
After some event that no one remembers, Republic City was destroyed along with all tolerance for individuals different than each other. Over the following years, a large number of nations were formed, much different from the original four nations. Also, due to some scientific advancement during the technology age, if two benders have a child, the child will also be a bender. No more surprises among those in the corrupted world. The nations are as follows.
Air
Air-Nations exist in four city-state nations. They are still located at each of the temples, but they have since expanded their territory to more than just the temple itself. They have also lost their nomadic-pacifistic way of life and have become violent and productive, think Spartans.
Air-Nation 1 - Udara
Location - Northern Air Temple, Crystal Catacombs
Tendencies - Keeps large number of slaves. Slaves run ranches. Eat mostly meats.
Weapon - Hook swords (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_sword)
Government/Leader - City-State/King Malaka
Air-Nation 2 - Gaisa
Location - Western Air Temple and all islands
Tendencies - Warrior-based nation. Constantly raids to the east and the south to live. Everyone is trained to fight, both women and men.
Weapon - Javelin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin) and short sword (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladius)
Government/Leader - City-State/King Trasuko
Air-Nation 3 - Ilma
Location - Southern Air Temple, Patola Mountains
Tendencies - Nation based on agriculture. Created terraced farming environments. Captures and buys non-bending slaves to do the farming.
Weapon - All bows (long, recurve, crossbow) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_and_arrow) and short spears that act like daggers
Government/Leader - City-State/King Aluke
Air-Nation 4 - Hava
Location - Eastern Air Temple
Tendencies - Loves to fight. Steals most of their resources. The best defensive Air-Nation. Amazing craftsmen - wood carving, painting, artists and sculptors. Traders.
Weapon - Flail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flail_(weapon))
Government/Leader - City-State/King Brosung
Fire
The Fire Nation has split into two halves. One half uses strictly fire and have become even more industrialized, although the technology level is still below what it was during the time of The Last Airbender. The other half uses strictly electricity and the nation is known as one giant mercenary.
Fire Nation - Oku
Location - Great Gates of Azulan, Boiling Rock, Ember Island, Fire Nation Capital
Tendencies - Entire population is based on creating goods. Largest producer of clothing, weapons, farming equipment, chariots, horse equipment, and building materials.
Weapon - Scythe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythe)
Government/Leader - Republic/President Roma
Lightning Nation - Kilat
Location - Black Cliffs, Fire Fountain City, Roku’s Island, Crescent Island
Tendencies - Mercenary nation. Trained in the ways of war from birth. Trade services for food and goods.
Weapon - Claymore(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore), any weapon
Government/Leader - Tribal/Chief Moa
Water
The Water Nation has receded to the North Pole only. They have shut down all outside communication with the other parts of the world and have thus receded technologically even further. They have also lost the ability to heal using water bending. Ice bending has also been made illegal and almost forgotten. Due to the corruption, the world has been thrown off balance and the North Pole has become warm. This may be why the South Pole has either been vacated, the people died, or have become even more cut off, no one knows. After the North Pole warmed up, the South Pole became much colder and the ice expanded.
Water Nation - Wai
Location - North Pole (all four)
Tendencies - Shut off from the outside world. No healing or ice. Self contained in a newly warm place.
Weapon - Nunchaku (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunchaku)
Government/Leader - Tribal/Chieftess Pomaura
Blood
Bloodbending has it’s own nation, Blood Nation, and bloodbending’s origins from water bending have been forgotten. In fact, no bloodbender can waterbend. This nation is located on the ruins of Republic City, with it’s Capitol Building being on Air Temple Island.
Blood Nation - Jinin
Location - Republic City, Air Temple Island
Tendencies - High rate of crime. Constant raids on neighboring nations. Possible cannibalism
Weapon - Bullwhip (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullwhip)
Government/Leader - Dictatorship/Master Ro
Earth
The Earth Nation has divided into four separate nations. One nation is the Sandbenders which is located in the Si Wong Desert, the Library, and what used to be the Swamp. Swampbending does not exist anymore. Another nation which focuses on moving large boulders with brute strength lives where Omashu, Kolau Mountains, The Great Divide, and Hei Bai’s Forest used to be. Another nation focuses on detailed architecture and cunning in battle. This nation is located where Ba Sing Se, Lake Laogai, and the Serpent’s Pass used to be located. The fourth nation focuses on a more all-around and defensive style of earthbending and is located where the Provinces, Taku Ruins, and Mt. Makapu were located. Metalbenders exist but are slaves.
Earth Nation 1 - Lupa
Location - The Swamp, Si Wong Desert, The Library
Tendencies - Use mostly sand bending. Very warlike tribal system. Lots of civil wars along with constant raids.
Weapon - Scimitar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scimitar)
Government/Leader - Monarchy/King Troma
Earth nation 2 - Pamant
Location - Omashu, Kolau Mountains, Hei Bai’s Forest, The Great Divide
Tendencies - Focuses on big boulders and brute force. Stubborn, strong, bad traders.
Weapon - War Hammer - (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_hammer)
Government/Leader - Monarchy/King Troma
Earth Nation 3 - Toprak
Location - Ba Sing Se, Serpent’s Pass, Lake Laogai
Tendencies - Earthbending focuses on small, direct details. This causes beatuifully detailed architecture, beautiful sculptures, and extreme use of planning and cunning in battle. Brute strength is looked down upon. Reading and writing is most valued here.
Weapon - Sling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sling_(weapon)), Rapier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapier)
Earth Nation 4 - Erde
Location - Provinces, Taku Ruins, Mt. Makapu
Tendencies - Earthbending here is focused on defense first with an all-around offense. Their cities are the most fortified of all nations. Large castles are erected out of stone and the ancient walls of Ba Sing Se hold nothing on their fortifications
Weapon - Halberd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halberd)
Non-benders
There are also four non-bending nations. These are a merchant nation, a warrior nation, a monk-like nation, and one nation that focuses on slave trading.
Merchant Nation - Pedagang
Location - Islands East of Eastern Air Temple
Tendencies - A nation of non-benders where the main source of income is trades. They buy most from the Hava and Toprak and sell to everyone else. They have trade routes built to never run an empty ship. One of the largest navy’s in the world.
Slave-Trade Nation - Pononga
Location - Wulong Forest
Tendencies - Travels to many places to capture people, both benders and non-benders, to force into slavery. Main clients are the Udara and the Ilma. Their mastery of traps and tricks makes them a much wanted ally.
Pacifist Nation - Rongo
Location - Whaletail Island, Kyoshi Island, Island west of Patola Mountains
Tendencies - This nation acts much like Airbenders from Avatar TLA. They are vegetarians, do not fight, do not keep weapons. They do not interact much with other nations and are very, very religious.
Mercenary Nation - Perang
Location - Abbey
Tendencies - This nation is all military all the time. There is no King or Governor, but a General. Every person in this nation either fights or dies. From age 3 on, members of the nation are trained as warriors.
Other Locations
Sun Warrior Ruins - Have somehow been shifted out of the direct path and are viewed as a wasteland. Has not been visited in countless years. What is there is unknown.
South Pole - The South Pole has been lost. When one sails near it, the edges of a once friendly nation have been raised in some weird way. There is a nearly impenetrable wall of ice surrounding the pole and no one has thought it profitable to go through the wall. After the North Pole became warm, the South Pole seemed to take all of the ice and cold.
People
Each group of people have changed prominently. Mannerisms, customs, and traditions have been lost over the countless years that have passed since even history itself died.
Airbenders - Airbenders are no longer monk-like nor peace loving. In fact, most airbenders prefer demonstrating dominance in a violent manner. Thus, the abilities of airbenders have expanded to more violent techniques. Some of these include creating vacuums around enemy heads and separating oxygen from the air enemies breathe. Both of these techniques take a lot of energy and time, so they are not suitable for one-on-one conflict.
Waterbenders - Waterbending has become refined in a way that reflects the changes of the land. After the Avatar was corrupted, the North Pole warmed up. Due to some long-forgotten crime, ice bending has been outlawed. Healing through waterbending has been long forgotten. Waterbenders have become self contained and have forgotten much of the military. Swampbending/plantbending has also been entirely forgotten about. Bloodbending has become a separate art, and most bloodbenders cannot waterbend.
Earthbenders - Earthbending has gone through many changes. Over time, everyone learned to sandbend, earthbend, and metalbend. Then, people spread out and knowledge was lost. Sandbending lost its name and earthbending includes all earth that is not processed. Even though all holds under one name, individual groups of earthbenders now have specializations. Metalbending has become entirely separate from earthbending and while most earthbenders could learn to metalbend (they don’t want to), no born metalbender can learn earthbending. These metalbenders are treated like 0 class citizens and are held as slaves or untouchables.
Firebenders - Firebending has become less of an aggressive art and more of an industrial art. It is used mainly to build an economy rather than fight. Firebending has lost most of its Sun Warrior roots and the movements have become short and choppy. Electricbending has split off and become its own style much like bloodbending/waterbending. Electricbending has taken firebending’s spot as an aggressive art.
Most people have become skilled with some sort of handheld weapon. Non-benders don’t have many other options to defend themselves and benders focus their elemental control through the weapon.
CS
Name:
Nation of Origin:
Gender:
Appearance:
Age:
Ability (type of bending, if non-bender specific skill):
Weapon of Choice (please stay close to preferred weapon of nation unless good reason can be had):
Biography (should be detailed, 3-5 paragraphs, at least):
Special Information (any quirks we should know about):
Power Limits
There is no set limit based on power, but no one is the strongest of their respective bending skills. In this new time, power is really dependant on bloodlines and the royalty of each place (except those with non-familial leaders) have the strongest bloodlines. No one is royalty. Otherwise, power is null. I will let you know if your character is overpowered. Also, remember that bending places physical stress on the body, both from the movements and the extent of power used in the bending.
Plot
The world is falling apart. In the wake of the madness, rumors have emerged. After years of tyranny stemming from the Dark Avatar, it is rumored he, the Dark Avatar, is planning to engulf the world in darkness. It is said, in hushed tones and only late at night, that the true Avatar, a pure Avatar, has been reborn and the cycle restored. It is also said the new Avatar will come back to the mainland to destroy the Dark Avatar and protect the world once again. There are also some other rumors, darker, deadlier rumors, which no one wants to get involved in. Over the years of the Dark Avatar’s tyranny, an organization has risen to combat the pain and misery inflicted upon the people. This organization, the Jasmine Dragon, has been providing much needed relief for years, but some believe there is a dark side to this foundation. Some say the Jasmine Dragon wants to own and rule the world, to dispose of both Avatars and profit from chaos that ensues. After the profit, or so the rumor says, the Jasmine Dragon will come in and save the day, again, and everyone will beg them to take over.
Of course, to most people, this would be better than the current situation with the Dark Avatar. Currently, the Dark Avatar, or Kurai as some know him, is in total control. No one dares oppose him due to his tremendous power and influence. His police force, the White Lotus, is filled with some of the most powerful benders in the world, from all corners of the globe. Some says Kurai captures a promising bender’s family and mutilates the bender’s family before his or her eyes, all while using some sort of power to brainwash the individuals and turn them into violent, loyal subjects. Other’s say he simply takes children from the best breeding stock (powerful parents) and trains them from birth. In this tyrannical world, if someone disappears in the middle of the night, which happens often, no one questions anything because everyone knows what happened. There are prisons set up all over the world and it is said the screaming from the torturous acts inside can be heard for miles. No one dares to challenge the White Lotus or Kurai. Then there’s the tax. 50% of everything belongs to Kurai. No one knows what he does with all of the food, the money, the technology, but some say he uses what he needs for the White Lotus and burns the rest. Kurai is easily identified by his black bending. Whenever Kurai bends, whether it be water, fire, earth, air, or lightning, the result is black. Air gains a foggy, thick appearance, fire turns black, earth gets darker than coal, water becomes sleek and shiny like oil, and lightning is black and seems to absorb light.
The truth is, the Jasmine Dragon really does plan on taking down Kurai and replacing him. What they do not plan on is the appearance of the True Avatar. The stories of his return have been around for decades and he has never come back. The leaders of the Jasmine Dragon believe the cycle was ended so many years ago in a fashion no one remembers.
No matter what, the Jasmine Dragon has been planning on a takedown effort for a long time. Their ranks are filled with powerful benders and non-benders who have escaped Kurai’s evil eye. Recently, their recruiting efforts have doubled, if not tripled. They are reaching out to contact everyone and anyone who has been touched in a negative way by the Dark Avatar’s reign and has skill.
In your bio, please include how the Jasmine Dragon has contacted your character, or how your character contacted them. Be creative.
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