Board Thread:Citizenship Applications/@comment-3998105-20160710073307

Young Hiroki was born as the second son into the affluent Raiden family composing of nonbenders: the father Hiroshima, mother Hisaki, and older brother Hirohito. Stationed in the Fire Fountain City of the Fire Nation, the Raiden empire was a bloodline of government-approved ammunition makers and nation-wide electrical providers.
 * Name: Hiroki Raiden
 * Age: 20
 * Element: Fire
 * Gender: Male
 * Model: Kida from Durara! (Temporary Model)
 * Faction Applying For: Kyuseishu
 * Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
 * Personality: Despite his outer appearance, Hiroki is a pretty emotional guy. Being axnious and image-conscious, the emphatic firebender can easily detect the slightest change in emotions and tones, and due to that, his personality may seem like a chameleon, changing from person to situation. In fact, due to his constant changes, Hiroki doesn’t even know who he is anymore.
 * History:

Being the second son, Hiroki was rarely given attention, and when he was, it was often to be compared to his high-achieving brother. At the age of six, the firebender, who was having a trantrum, blasted his classmates’ projects in school. Other than being gossiped around school, the young child felt more out of place in his home of nonbenders. Although his mother and brother was kind to him, the young lad yearned for his father’s approval.

Thankfully, Hiroki found comfort in his brother, who often had great inventions. In the span of 7 years, his older brother transformed the Raiden company into a more peace-loving producer. Apart from weapons, they also produced electric wheelchairs, toiletseats, and other community-helping inventions. Thus, the little firebender admired his brother the most. Hiroki was taught to tinker with simple machinery and create outstanding results. Though never better than his brother’s creations, Hiroki’s inventions were loved by him.Unfortunately, at the age of 13, his brother got caught in a mechanical ‘accident' and was burnt alive. For a while, Hiroki had stopped building, since the smell of the forge reminded him of Hirohito.

After realizing no As could get his father to accept him and no brother to comfort him, the firebender rebelled. He easily found a bad crowd of fellow rich kids. His repetitive schedule was skip school, vandalize, drink, and return home in the morning. Obviously, this caught the attention of his parents, who then used money to change his age and send him to the military.

What Hiroki didn’t know was the 5-year barracks were a safer place than his home. Back in Fire Fountain City, his parents’ decade-long disapproval of joining the Syndicate reaped its fruits. While the Raiden family rejected the offer, another competing family accepted and ascended the business world. Slowly, the Raiden corporation was losing its popularity and dying. His mother Hisaki had married another man in order to support her ex-husband through the dowry; however, the business still failed, and his father Hiroshima wrote an apology letter and commited suicide. The whole city, who was frightened of what happened, could not tell Hiroki. Like a hermit, the lieutenant was not aware of his family’s tradgedies. After his superiors insisted he finally return home in 5 years, Hiroki found his fathers’ letter, pile of debt, and manor being sold. This shocked the young boy, who was then pulled away from the scenes by a kind neighbor. The neighbor, who was instructed by his mother, explained the happenings and brought the son into tears. Hiroki blamed himself for not being there for his parents. He fled to the Royal Caldera City to find his mother. Just as he was about to give up and throw himself into the polluted rivers, two teenagers, an earthbender and a firebender, pulled him back and gave him instructions to reach Hisaki. Reunited with his mother, the child vowed to revive their companies, repay the three acquaintances, and shatter the Syndicate.

In two years, the firebender was able to rebuild his empire — well, at least a large portion of it. After removing his surname from the public eye, the male was able to gain influence and use them. Soon enough, Hiroki left the Fire Nation branches to his now-divorced mother and travelled to Republic City for factory maintanance, business expansion, and revenge. 