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Post by Shu on Jun 27, 2009 15:38:30 GMT -5
You know that I'm not the best person getting my point across. ^^'' Maybe the writing of that post was biased? Idk and idc, what's done is done.I just don't want people to misinterpret my intentions.
...If you want me to, I can also be a bit rough on Ren's or Velox' profiles. XP
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Arashi
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The Sleeping Dragon
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Post by Arashi on Jul 20, 2009 21:47:10 GMT -5
lets give this a go shall we, Arashi V2
Name: Sun Arashi (thats right, i changed it. Sun is family name)
Other names: Fulong (Sleeping Dragon)
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Nation: Fire Nation
Bending class: Fire
Appearance: Arashi stands at 6 foot tall, boasting a healthy muscular build that is low in fat but not too high in muscle. Fair skin that is lightly tanned from many years in the sun. He has shoulder length dark brown hair that hangs freely, groomed by the wind and rain, originally his hair was black but again sun exposure. He has very fine stubble across his upper lip and along his jaw, the stubble grows from his jaw line and his upper lip like dragon fangs. Emblazened on Arashi's face is one thin scar that runs vertically down his skin, only just missing his right eye. His left shoulder is riddled with thick, jagged scars running horizontally from the top corner of his pectoral muscles and over his deltoid muscles. His eyes are a bright amber colour, that gaze straight through anyone. Down his spine are calligraphic symbols, conveying a philosophical meaning that he only reveals to those he trusts. The ride side of his back is decorated with a dragon tattoo, clouds adding to the image of the dragon. On the left side of his back is a tattoo of a fiery phoenix, mirroring the dragon to create symbolism of duality. Parts of these tattoos can be seen on his shoulders and the side of his torso. Arashi wears simple black pants that tuck into black and red military boots, the boots run three quarters of the way up his shin. Over his trunk he wears a black, crossed over gi top that extends down just past his knees, front and back. The lapel of his top is a dark crimson colour, with a black embroided fire pattern. Around his waist is tied a red sash, this keeps his top from opening up too much when moving around. The sleeves of his top were torn off to keep his torso ventilated, leaving him with a sleeveless gi top. On the back of his top, between his scapula is a small embroided symbol of the sun. His forearms and hands are wrapped in black wrappings, the ends of the wrappings hanging from a tight knot on the upper forearm. Blue and green beads are wrapped around his left bicep, several times around. More blue and green beads hang loosely around Arashi's waist over his sash, two golden tassels hang from the belt of beads. Two katanas, one smaller than the other, are tucked into the left side of Arashi's sash. He acquired these swords during military campaigns in the Earth Kingdom. The longer sword follows the colour scheme of black and gold, where as the short sword is covered in white and black.
Personality: Arashi comes forward as a stoic man, showing not a flicker of emotion around anyone almost as if he were an empty shell. He has been known to show some level of emotion towards people he trusts, he bases his interaction with people around him on trust. When approaching any situation, whether it is simply conversing with people or organizing something major, he approaches it with a calm and collected composure, his expressionless face not changing at all, however in the midst of battle, minor or major, this changes. When forced to use violence, Arashi will remain to seem calm but when he does any defensive or offensive technique he will adopt a fierce and overwhelming atmosphere about him. He dislikes using violence, intimidating people, in situations when he is attacked by a group he tries to discourage the rest of the group by trying to identify and defeat the alpha male figure. Arashi actually prefers to fight with his swords or simple hand to hand combat rather than firebend. He is well aware of the consequences of firebending and because of this uses fire in dire situations. Because he only firebends in some situations he can create and manipulate massive amounts of fire but loses energy slightly faster than normal firebenders. His stoic demeanor also has rendered him able to use the ability of conducting electricity, but once again his lack of firebending in battle hinders this, he cannot cast lightning let alone generate it. Instead he does the basic technique of lightning generation and strikes his opponents, because no visible electricity is created, it surges into his foes body. He will only use this ability to swiftly dispatch opponents as he does have a concept of mercy. Despite his experience in warfare, he has a great liking of the arts. He is well practised in calligraphy, painting and carving, his art reflecting philosophy of his heritage and the martial arts. He enjoys music and can play the flute quite well, often playing it alone as a form of relaxation. He is often referred to as a wise man, his thinking very philosophical and very learned for his age. Arashi often receives compliments for such things but chooses to ignore them as he does not care for compliments. When he was apart of the military, he eventually secured a commanding rank and could easily command his troops, giving clear commands, very punctual in his organization and carrying out of strategic plans. After "retiring" from the military he became more emotionless than before and barely spoke a word to anyone.
History: Sun Arashi, born to Sun Rah of the Fire Nation and Feng of the Sun Warriors. He was in fact born in the Sun Warrior civilisation. His father was an artist who travelled through the Fire Nation seeking inspiration and motivation, he was quite surprised to stumble across the ancient city of the Sun Warriors. It is here he met Feng, however he was greeted cautiously by the inhabitants of the city but he eventually gained their trust and one the heart of Feng. After two years with the Sun Warriors, Feng gave birth to their child, Sun Arashi. Arashi had a very sheltered childhood, his parents were very caring and he was well accepted as part of the community. He would play with the other children for hours in the sun and return home before sunset to his family where he would told fables and myths about the firenation, firebending and the like. When some of the older more worthy firebenders were ready they would face the masters, two dragons, Arashi and some of the other children would observe the ceremony from afar, dreaming of one day becoming part of that ritual. It was at the age of 5 that Arashi began to learn firebending, he showed particular talent in his production of fire. His training was based on Sun Warrior philosophy and techniques that were considered to be the Dragon style of firebending, as it is based off the origins of firebending. He would later learn that there was an entire world beyond his home, full of wonders and a style of firebending some referred to a Phoenix style firebending. It was so called this because when people turned away from the Sun Warrior culture, the dragon style eventually "died", so to speak, and from the ashes of the original form was born a new style, just like the tales of the phoenix. At the age of 8, his father decided he would return the mainland with Arashi, Feng agreed to come along with them and adopt new customs. This didn't concern the child, he would even at times forget about his home. He continued his training in firebending and learned the new style, never forgetting the original style though. At the age of 10, he and his parents had finally settled in Shu Jing, acquiring a home, employment and school enrolment. At first Arashi didn't seem to fit in but after a few days he gained very good friends. His education mainly consisted of fire nation history, literacy, mathematics, arts and music, a very high level of education this was consideredc in the fire nation. Throughout the years of school he took a liking to the other nations and their cultures, often asking many questions about their bending styles. He had been assigned to play the flute in music classes, he was frustrated with his lack of skill at first, many months it took before he could play it well. He seemed to take to painting much easier however, often amazing his classmates. His modest and kind natured personality one over many people in school, unfortunately this personality would be buried under a stoic one in years to come. At age 13 his body began to develop a great deal more, losing lots of childhood fat and gaining muscle, growing much taller and his control over fire increasing. However the older he got, the less he wanted to use firebending for self defence and more for the art of it. He was often regarded as a great story teller, as he recounted legends he was told as a child when he was home with the Sun warriors, although he never let on about the Sun Warriors current existence. It was during the telling of many of these stories that Arashi came to realize that he had not yet faced the masters. He promised himself that one day he would take his turn in the ritual of his people. He had been seen as a very mature young man as a 14 year old, intelligent as well. He wasn't the most popular individual in school and didn't care if he was or not, he was happy to be with his friends and was admired for this. There were times when another fellow, Shu, would tease him for being from an unwealthy family, having barely any fat on his body and other petty things. To this Arashi would just chuckle and walk away, ignoring his insults, on some occasions even replying with some sort of philosophical saying that he knew Shu wouldn't understand, despite this Arashi and Shu were never hostile towards one and another, almost as if they both enjoyed laughing at eachothers insults. His ignoring of insults would be carried on to grow to include his ignoring of compliments, this would happen in his late teens however. At 16 he had agreed to undertake military training for the Fire Nation army, he would be trained in Shu Jing and offered payment for his training. Some of this money went to supporting his family. He and his close friend Bai had become a couple, he and Bai were insepperable at times. Arashi had always gathered flowers for her, everyday reminding her how beautiful she was. She was very pure and kind, they were happy to simple lay back on the grass in each others arms. Although after being together for 8 months, Arashi had to travel to another village for a week long training camp organized by the army. Upon his arrival he noticed that Bai was less driven to want to be with Arashi, he also noticed that she and another guy, Chan, would talk to eachother more often. He had guessed what was going on and after a week or so, he gave up and declared to Bai that he believed that the relationship had stopped, she admitted so. He later asked what came between them, he asked this rhetorically, she said she wasn't ready for a relationship anymore. Sure enough Chan had moved in on her and they were a couple. This occurence had left Arashi severely broken, and lost, he didn't know what to do about anything, this was the beginning of his stoic persona. Bai had confessed to him that she felt terrible about what she did, to this Arashi said,"I do not blame you, no one would want to be with me anyway," his face void of emotion as he spoke these words. He made peace with her but not with Chan, he'd known him for years but never considered him a friend, only acted friendly towards him as it was more polite. He often fought his own thoughts, a true test of his self control, to not harm Chan in any manner, so as to not hurt Bai. Eventually, Chan approached Arashi, he had over the years claimed to be the best firebender at school, earning a certicate that said so at the age of 11. He wished to perhaps have a spar with Arashi, overconfidence oozing out of him, Arashi however explained that his certificate from 5 years ago meant nothing seeing as he had not trained a day since then. To this Chan was furious, lunging towards Arashi, fists flaring. Arashi took a small step to the side and allowed him to rush past. Chan falling to the ground quickly got up, turning to face Arashi he leaped towards him, another punch leading the way. This time, Arashi stepped to the side and grabbed Chans wrist, twisting it to create an armbar. Swiftly he jerked his arm to force him to lean backwards, stepping in behind Chans legs he released his arm and let him drop towards his knee. Chan let out a high pitched yelp as Arashi stopped his fall by grabbing Chans face, his back just floating above Arashi's knee. Arashi leaned over to view Chans face, sweat on his forehead and eyes wide open, darting around. Arashi leaned in closer and spoke ,"The eyes are a window to your soul and I see a coward." He spoke this loud enough for everyone around to here and then leaned in closer to whisper,"Your life hangs in my hands, consider what you've done to me," at this Chan began to pant heavily, fearfully. Arashi stepped his leg away from Chan and dropped hom to the ground advising him to learn some humility as he walked away. It was soon after this incident that Bai and Chan split, Arashi made sure that Bai was alright, guided her through her troubled mind. She at times made hints that she wanted to be with him again, however Arashi had decided long ago that he was not the right person for her and simply ignored these hints. At the age of 17 his training now introduced weapons, he chose to learn the sword, training with both straight and broad swords. He showed exceptional skill in these weapons, more so than firebending. He trained everyday and was not satisfied with his training until his body would collapse. During this year he was finishing his school education, slowly bidding farewell to some friends and promising to see others in the village when he had the chance. It was awkward with Bai, so Arashi simply said,"See you round." giving her a smile before walking off to training. At the age of 18 he had finally decided to join the army, much to some of his friends and his parents dismay. Although there was a war occuring that the government hadn't informed the villages about. Constantly his friends would attempt to convince him not to leave the village and his family was simply concerned for his welfare. Arashi assured them that he only wanted to see the world that exists beyond the Fire Nation, to this no one could think of anything to say to stop him. It would be a month before Arashi was given confirmation of his request to join the army, he was to leave for a training encampment located outside the capital city. He endured some hard and emotional good byes from his friends, he kept a smile on his face and left some words of wisdom for each of his long time friends. At home he practically needed his fathers help to pry his mothers arms off of him. After two months travelling he arrived at the encampment and was assimilated into recruitment almost instantly. He was now learning about higher literacy, politics and more advanced martial arts. He, as usual, seemed to grasp the martial arts very well, he was very literate comapred to other recruits but wasn't able to grasp the concept of politics, it just didn't make sense to him. Early in the training, the recruits were assigned platoons to be with for the duration of the training. These platoons were based on certain levels of education standards, Arashi was placed with other literate and skilled martial artists, all of who did not understand politics. The captains referred to this team as the dragons, other teams following animal themes like komodo-rhino's, vulture-griffin's or more humerously turtle-ducks. In this the dragon platoon, each man would be given a nick name, some of them following the lines of dragon. Arashi was named Sleeping Dragon after quite some time, this was due to his fierce fighting abilities that no one actually expected him to possess, therefore he was said to be home to a sleeping dragon. Some of them joked that it actually meant he breathed fire in his sleep, there is a degree of truth in this. The year passed and he aged to become 19, it was time to participate in campaigns in the Earth Kingdom, this was the first news of any war that most of them ever heard about, bit of punch in the face for Arashi. Despite what the situation was , Arashi simply followed his orders and carried out his duty, under his captain Liang's guidance. They were to quell some quarells in the smaller island communities of the Easrth Kingdom in the south. One of these islands was Kyoshi Island, Arashi's platoon stayed to assist in fighting off bandits for a month or so, he was quite fond of the Kyoshi Warriors style. After much questioning and requests, the warriors agreed to teach him the basics of the katana, only he had to train topless, he never got the hint that was implied, he was too emotionally detached. His fellow soldiers or giggled about this but were amazed at his new knowledge of the sword. When they're duty had been fulfilled on the island, they were presented with gifts like clean clothes, food, supplies and for Arashi a pair of katana, one longer than the other. He was beyond words for his gratitude so simply promised he would return some day. They're campaigns continued, Arashi was questioning why they had to wear armor all the time, they barely ever needed. Only a couple of earthbenders had they faced, they convinced him that it was to make you stronger when you are not wearing armor, he accepted this idea. Every chance he had he trained with his two katana, whether it was with one or both. Arashi's platoon had passed through a mountain range said to be home to an Air temple, they all deemed it un-nessecary to travel to the temple, the nomads had been through enough from what they've heard. They did however pass a small group of monks that were travelling to the temple, paying their respects they continued down the path, only to find that the monks had been attacked, swiftly they returned to the monks and assisted them in dispatching a group of bandits. They lost one man and Arashi had thrown himself in front of the monks several times to protect them. After the ensuing violence, the monks presented them with prayer beads, to remember them. They accepted these gifts and continued on towards the main land of the Eartht Kingdom. It was on Liang's 21st birthday, several months after Arashi's 20th, that the soldiers had randomly got onto the subject of where the Avatar was in all this war. It was then that Arashi realized that he had barely ever heard of the Avatar. Throughout the night they all shared stories and theories of the Avatar, all wondering whether he was even told to be the Avatar yet. Over the following year, the dragon platoon had fought in several long and hard battles, eventually losing Liang to an illness he acquired from an arrow wound. Arashi was then made captain of the platoon, leading the group into many successful victoies against rebellious Earth Kingdom forces. Upon turning 22, it was decided that Arashi be promoted to lieutenant and he was ordered to stop uprisings in the east. Much to his surprise, these uprisings consisted of many earthbenders and rogue firebenders. A mongth long battle raged in the eastern provinces of the earth kingdom, a battle which had one swordsman slash Arashi down his face and later on a firebender blast of a section of his armor, scarring his left shoulder. He endured through the battle even with these injuries. Some time before he turned 24, he had acquired his tattoos in the fire nation capital whilst he was called their on official business. He was to learn the Royal Guard style of martial arts and teach it to his troops. He did so and returned to the Earth Kingdom for his final battle in the army. Gaoling had been attacked again, Arashi was part of several teams to stop the violence, he had succeeded in defending the city but in the final moments witnessed in full effect the horrors of war, innocents running and screaming for safety, peoples homes blazing with flames of his comrades, this was not the life he wanted. During the battle a fellow soldier had been scorched from a fallen building his face unrecognizable, his armor melted, unidentifiable. At the spur of the moment, Arashi quickly wrappedmoat of his own head with scrap clothing, throwing on a long coat. When another had come over to survey the body they asked if he had seen what happened. Arashi leaned down with his face covered and said, "Yes...Sun Arashi is dead..." He fled the city and stripped himself of his armor, donning himself in the clothes he currently wears. Over the next year and a half, word had spread to the Fire Nation that he had died in action. At the age of 25, he returned to Shu Jing, no one recognized his face, luckily but some people claimed he looked familiar, to this he faced them with a blank face, spoke not a word and continued on his way. He currently resides in Shu Jing, trains everyday with his martial arts and lives off his earnings from the army that he had never spent. He feels that there is something for him in this village but it was yet to arrive...
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