Board Thread:Citizenship Applications/@comment-4936572-20150410172631

Character Name: Shén

Bender Type: Firebender

Age: 21

Appearance:

Shén

Shén is a relatively fit light-skinned, handsome young man with Amethyst/Turquoise colored heterochromia eyes with the outer Iris of his left eye being Amethyst and the inner Iris being Turquoise and his right eye being the oppisite to his left. His eyes contain slight slits for his pupils oppose to the classic rounded eye's of the average person, and orangeish colored eyeshadow around his eyes, which were turned up at the corners along with thin eyebrows. He has long slik like, Turquoise colored hair that had a slight blue tint to it that cascades down his shoulder and face extending down to his mid-back with two centre-parted shoulder-length bangs that framed both sides of his face. It should be noted that Shén is said to strongly resembles his Father greatly, with the exception of his hair and eye color which he inherited from his late Mother. In his ears are a pair of golden curved earrings with a fang like Ornament along the bottom. He has a Dragon tattoo that extends from his right shoulder to his hip, covering part of his back and ribs as well as his entire right arm. He has another, and a phoenix tattoo on his left bicept.

Shén's usual outfit is made up of tall black boots, black pants, and a Azure colored Pao with Turquoise colored dragon design upon it. On his upperbody he wears an Azure colored chest guard with dragon design on it, In his hair he has a feathered head piece along with a sliver chained band at the back of his head holding his hair in place, on his arms are black Tekko along with golden braclets. He also is seen carrying a smoking pipe.

Personality:

Shén has been noted to hold agreat personality, he's smart, charming, calm, and a level-headed, tranquil and intelligent individual who is noted for being a creative thinker and an always calm person even in the most dangerous of circumstances. He appears to hold a very nonchalant and apathetic attitude, but is always on the look-out for anything that may threaten or hurt the people he cares about.

He is known for his quiet and subdued nature. Summed up in one word, it would be "stoic." and rarely, if EVER, shows his emotions, though he still has them. He prefers to sit quietly and contemplate on anything of interest, as opposed to some of his close associates who are more outgoing. When socializing, he has a calm, almost monotone-like voice when talking and is a truly dedicated individual, willing to go to extremes to reach his desired goals, whether it be diving off a steep cliff or spending hours in a sauna. If he believes the end result is worth the hard work, he goes for it without any complaining. Because of his years of learning how to mask his emotions he relies heavily on logic and suppresses his more human emotions which causes him to appeare Distanced and Cold to the people around him.

Despite the nonchalant and apathetic attitude atmosphere that surrounds him, Shén genuinely cares and loves his friends, believing strongly in the power of loyalty. He believes in doing his best, giving it his all in anything he does and naturally expects others to follow his lead, of course. Accurding to many people he's quite the abstract thinker, as he tends to conceptualize and generalise, understanding that each concept can have multiple meanings the fact that he can see patterns beyond the obvious and is able to use those patterns or a variety of concrete ideas and clues to solve larger problems also helps with that reguard. His describe way of thinking with a simple example, for instance where one would normally look at a painting of the ocean and the clear sky and interpret it as a simple picture of the beach, he would look at it as a representation of the sea at its most beautiful hour, portraying the beauty of a simple day and conclude that the painter of it wanted to celebrate the joys and beauty of life.

It practically helps that he tends to "Think outside the box." and allows him a richer conceptual understanding. This kind of thinking has proven him to be more intelligent than most people his age, despite giving off the aura of someone with a lower general mental capacity. He's adapted to become a fast learner and who thinks with a higher general mental capacity.

He is also a very manipulative person that is noted for his great intellegence and his sharp analystic and exceptional intellectual stratigic mind, dispite being so young adding with his sharp mind is his cunning way of doing things ,while one wouldn't find it hard to believe due to his impresively suppressed emotions, he is very cunning as he has been noted on numerous occasions to have tricked, Manipulate and on rare occasions control others through the use of well placed words and gestures which pays homeage to his silk and sharp political tongue.

History:

Born in the Fire Nation to Jiao, a Non-Bender martial arts instructor and Pina, a Firebending nobel he was expected from birth to be a great firebender and to uphold his families nobility, However dispite his family status Shén took to a diffrent path than what was expexted of him.

As a child Shén was shown to hold great potential in the Firebending art having unlocked his firebending abilities at the tender age of 7 and mastering most of 10. This fact alone made his parents very proud which led to them pushing him harder and more frequent to mastering hia bending believing that he could be the next great firebender however all their pushing and harsh treating only did was allow Shén to grow to dispise them which resulted in him acting out.

At the age of 11 Shén having enough of his parents treatment decided to run away after setting their house a flame while his parents where away, knowing this would delay their search for him if they forst belive hom to have perished in the fire giving him more than enough time to manipulate his way aboard a ship leaving for the Earth Republic by stating and giving a demonstration of his abilities as well as stroaking the Captain's ego without appearing to be doing so. It was during his time aboard the ship that he learned of the many Great Deeds and Legends done in thr world which caused him to develop a goal of leaving his mark on the world however he hadn't a clue how to go about doing so.

For the next 9 Years Shén Traveled and learned many things on his quest to find a grand goal to accomplish as well as honing his skills however it was during his journey that he discovered a shocking truth about himself which was that he had a severe case of Pneumothorax which caused him excruciating pain when he puts to much strain on his body, However not being one to dewll on ones weakness Shén took to increasing his mental capacity which later led to him learning the Art of Manipulation to avoid fightning Pointless battles. It wasn't until he was 21 that he learned about Republic City from another traveler that he decided to travel and settle doen their in hopes of finding a Goal. 