Rahulo

Personality
Having been scarred by traumatic experiences as a child and adolescent (and partially due to his health), Rahulo essentially has two personalities. One is a psychotic, bloodthirsty killer who has a tendency to go on bouts of violence whilst temporarily losing his ability to properly speak. The other is an emotional, somewhat kind individual who wants to do the right thing and has a soft spot for animals and other peaceful things. Rahulo has attempted meditation to try to “rid himself” of what he calls his cursed side, but to no avail.

History
Rahulo grew up in the Northern Air Temple to two loving air nomads. While not his actual parents, the two nomads found him abandoned near the temple one evening and took him in. Rahulo grew up to about age 8 with the nomads and lived happily, playing with several of the other children. He grew up and learned both the culture and basic of airbending. However, these were the last peaceful moments of his life.

One day, as Rahulo was making a visit to a nearby village with his foster parents, a mysterious cult assaulted them. Claiming to be devote worshippers of Vaatu and chaos and thinking of themselves as “anti-nomads”, the group specifically targeted those who practiced peace and tortured them. They violently tortured Rahulo’s foster parents to their breaking point while forcing Rahulo to watch. They then tried to torture Rahulo but, aside from his occasional violent outburst, they could not break him, not matter what horrific tortures they could think of. Instead, they forced Rahulo into their cult, trying to teach him their grotesque killing techniques and psychotic way of life. He was a natural and one of the fastest learners they had. However, while he would never complain about practicing the techniques, he refused to ever kill someone. Every time he refused, Rahulo was again subjected to torture or to watch someone like a woman or child be tortured. Early on, Rahulo would have a breakdown and try to fight his way out, but he was always restrained and subjected to more punishments.



Rahulo went through these horrific days this for nearly 10 years. Then, one day, a unit of United Forces troops swarmed the cultist hideout. As the troops cleared out the area (although several of the cultists, including their leader, escape), the commander approached Rahulo and offered to help him, noticing he seemed different than the rest of the group due to how he did not attack any of the troops (in reality, Rahulo had killed two soldiers in a panic and then hid in a corner). The commander asked Rahulo to come with him and answer a few questions on the actions of the cult and what he knew. Having never interacted with a sane human in years, the thought of being taken in again by a stranger terrified Rahulo. Losing his sanity, Rahulo panicked and killed the commander, immediately rushing out in a panic. Rahulo hid in a nearby forest and began crying and sobbing over what he did that day and in the past.

Rahulo spent a few months trying to survive in the forest. He managed fairly well on his own, managing to keep his psychotic spells under some control thanks to some of the more peaceful creatures in the forest. However, as he refused to kill any animals unless it was in self-defense or due to his “other” personality kicking in, Rahulo began to starve and eventually went unconscious.

As luck would have it, an old hermit who lived near the forest found him and took him in. Rahulo often hid from her initially like a terrified animal, both fearing she was actually sadistic and that he would have one of his psychotic spells and accidentally kill her. However, as time passed, Rahulo eventually warmed up to the old woman, noticing she was not scared whenever his bloodthirsty ego kicked in. The woman simply kept her distance until he calmed down, then immediately went back to caring for him as though nothing happened. The woman, having been married to an air nomad, also began teaching him meditation to help ease his mental state. While not entirely successful, it did improve Rahulo’s mood. Rahulo stayed with the woman for 2 years.

Then, one day, a group of bandits raided the woman’s home. Unware Rahulo was with her, the bandits broken in haphazardly and begin causing a riot. Rahulo snapped as his killer instinct switched on, nearly murdering all the bandits in only a few short moments. However, Rahulo found himself able to stop himself and instead leaves one of them alive. At this, the old woman simply smiled. Claiming she has done what she could to help him gain control over himself, the old woman tells Rahulo it is time for him to leave and make use of his abilities.

Rahulo begins wandering around aimlessly meditating to figure out where he is supposed to go now. In one meditation, he has a vision of Republic City and of unspeakable crimes being committed there. Although still struggling to control himself, Rahulo makes his way to Republic City.

Plans
Continuing to struggle with mental turmoil, Rahulo really has no set plans aside.