Board Thread:Citizenship Applications/@comment-10525859-20141224225300

Character Name: Mamura Tanaka

Bender Type: Fire Bender

Age: 16

Personality:

Mamura is normally very quiet and indifferent towards his surroundings, considered as a lone wolf most of the time by perceivers. He is cold to other people, especially to girls, though this becomes less prominent later on. He didn't like girls most likely due to his mother, who had an affair with a co-worker and ended up leaving the family. After that, Mamura thought of all women the same, and was digusted by them. He is also normally perceived as cool and aloof, but proves to have a gentle and caring side to him that he rarely shows to others. Mamura is also very protective of his loved ones, never wanting to see them hurt, and would always put himself in danger for them. Such is his bond, for his loyalty is hard to earn by just about anyone, but when he does open up, his trust and courage will become unbreakable.

History:

Mamura's parents, Kou and Yoshioka Tanaka, had platonically gotten married through an arrangement between two very noble families in the light of their newfound economical affiliation. His father was a rich fire-bender of the Fire Nation while his mother was a non-bender from Bo Sin Sei, both of their clans having great impact on the productive industry. After having established themselves and taken on some of their clans' business, they were indulged into giving birth to Mamura, who would be their one and only son.

Growing up, Mamura was sheltered in a strict and disciplined envirronement. He assisted a private of the upmost highest rank within the capital, trained into being a proper and formal boy that was to follow all the rules. He received very little love from his caretakers, so he tended to think that he was raised by the housekeepers and servants more than his own parents. He was really the perfect son, never too demanding or trouble-making, but rather quiet and composed. He had however shown any true bending abilities or skills before the incident with his mother.

When Mamura was around the age of nine, he had discovered that his mother had been in the middle of an affair with a business partner and that she had been cheating for months. This revelation had caused the deal between the two families to strip apart and there was a divorce involved between his two parents before Yoshioka slipped for good. Having been informed by Kou himself, the young boy had developed a feeling of disgust towards women in general and would refuse to encounter them at all whenever he could. This is where the interesting part comes. His resentment towards his mother was so outraging that he had demonstrated his first forms of fire-bending, purely rooted from hatred. He had always had it in him, but it just needed to be triggered by emotion.

Upon seeing this, his father, highly prideful that his son was shown to be just like him, had decided to integrate his son into a bending institute of which he was to attend during his free time. Since that day, Mamura has been training to improve his skills, his strengh revolving around his anger. He aimed to perfect himself in every single way, and it wasn't only in bending, but also in his studies and instruction. He went from being calm and poised to reserved and bitter, but had always kept a soft side hidden in himself without realizing it.

As he grew to be more and more hostile, he had secluded himself from any forms of friendship or love, romantic or not. By the age of 16, when his mother finally decided to come back and have a look at things since her lover had ditched her, she hadn't even recognized him. Of course, when she had entered their home, she was unwelcome by first and foremost Mamura, who had never really forgiven her. However, his father had taken in consideration of getting back together with Yoshioka since she would be able to reconcile the partnership between his company and her family's, without having any love integrated in his decision. Upon hearing this, Mamura had raged into a tantrum, denying any of it. When his father told him that it would be for the best, he was furious, bending as many flames as he could around the house. The damage was severe, but wasn't anywhere near fatal to anyone. Kou was disappointed in him nonetheless.

His father thus took upon his responsibility to send Mamura to an elite boarding school where he'd have time to think of his behavior. Still maddened from before, he immediately refused to do so. The two had gotten into another argument, whereas in the end, he decided that he'd leave the Tanaka family and flee elsewhere, taken away by the moment. Within a few days of preparation, he managed to score a ticket that would lead him to Republic City, where he planned to stay in a summer house his parent owned for as long as it would take, which would be a very long time considering the grudge he held against Kou and Yoshioka. It was rather easy and discreet, as Mamura was raised to be an efficient man. Now in his ride to the capital of bending, he reflects on his choice with no remorse, hoping to get successfully within the borders.

Height: 6'0 feet

Weight: 70 kilograms

Parent Names: Yoshioka Tanaka and Kou Tanaka

Sexuality: Bisexual

Character Alignment: Neutral 