Forum:Mae 9/29

Name: Mae  (Mae Aiska)

Ethnicity: Fire Nation/Earth Kingdom

Bending: Earth

Age: 19



Personality: On the surface, Mae can seem cold and slow to trust, but possesses a quick wit and a charm most won't fail to recognize after some time spent with her. Due to her upbringing and education, she can usually speak on a variety of topics, though tends to prefer matters relating to her heritage or culture. Although she isn't normally violent by nature, she won't hesitate to kill anyone suspecting of her past.

History: Today, I am just one face among many, a single individual amidst the masses that ebb and flow throughout this great city. You might tell me that I belong to an ancient and powerful family. You might tell me that I'm rich. You might even tell me that I don't deserve to be here, and that I should live according to my privilige, with servants at my every beck and call. I would tell you that you're mistaken, that the girl you described came to Republic City a week ago, and was never seen again.

Were you to persist, you might go on to describe my youth. Supposedly, I was born on a small island chain south east of the Fire Nation capital as the second heir to the Aiska dynasty; a powerful family with a history stretching back centuries. The Aiska are notoriously traditionalist, supporting a strictly isolationist policy throughout the 100 year war, into the founding of this city, and to the present day; summarily refusing to cooperate with Fire Lord Ozai and each Avatar following his fall, and often paying the price. The family has lost its reach and influence as the years have drawn on, becoming no more than a shadow of its former self, and leaving the question of its future entirely up to its newest members. Growing up in such a household surely can't be so bad, despite the pressure of succession, and you would insist that I was a happy child, and that I got on particularly well with my older brother. You might take this opportunity to tell me that he would love to see me again. I would ignore you.

Were you to continue to persist, you might go on to describe some more recent events. You would mention, with genuine regret in your voice, that in fact my father was no man of the Fire Nation. No, instead, I am the daughter of an earth bender; this evil man having seduced my mother, and lead to the disgrace of my house. Indeed, I had hid my abilities for as long as I had known them, at my mother's whim, and in fright of what might happen were they discovered. Until last year, no one knew, and my brother and I were groomed for leadership; preparing to take the reigns of a family with a bright past, but a dim future. Of course, when my foolish father was eventually caught, he explained everything, and such dreams were shattered forever. My family's remaining power and respect declined rapidly. How could a house that put such an emphasis in heritage and tradition allow itself to be polluted by the blood of an earth bender? Of course, that pollution was me, and I quickly became convinced that remaining there could only be damaging to my health. Disavowed by my family, and now with a warrant on my head, I made my way to Republic City.

You would tell me that I arrived a week ago at the city dock. You would explain that the warrant has been lifted, and that I have been accepted back into the Aiska family. I would tell you that you lie and again repeat the self evident truth: that girl, the girl with this story, came to Republic City a week ago, and was never seen again. Maybe she is dead, maybe a victim of the ever present gangs, or maybe she simply doesn't want to be seen again. Or perhaps she is sitting here right in front of you, in which case you are about to die.