Board Thread:Citizenship Applications/@comment-28432635-20160511185124

Character Name: Ziyou

Bender Type: Nonbender

Age: 23

Appearance: Ziyou is a tall and lanky with pale skin, grey eyes and blond hair. He prefers to wear hoodies and comfortable clothes that do not hinder him in a fight, his hair is long (for a guy) and straight. He tends to have an emotionless and apathetic look on his face.

Personality: Ziyou usually operates with a detachment from the world, simply doing what he believes to be logical. He secretly fears his own emotions and suppresses them, knowing that when they surface he can get out of control. He is often blunt and honest towards people he cares about or think should be alive while the ones whom he despises he is often very deceptive to. Ziyou enjoys pursuing academic pursuits as well as athletic ones; doing philosophy, psychology, history, poetry, meditation, reading, writing, etc.

History: Ziyou was born in the Earth Republic to Nongnim and Lei, both nonbenders, within Ba Sing Se. His father was a drunk that yelled at Ziyou a lot an would often verbally abused the child, his mother was a kind but timid nurse working at a local hospital. Ziyou grew up being forced into extreme emotions day in and day out, so though very intelligent he had trouble in school socially, and was often verbally and sometimes physically bullied about it, as an escape he dove into his studies become well versed in many fields of knowledge especially philosophy and psychology. Using psychology Ziyou used his intelligence to learn how to interact with others and force the most part this worked.

Around age 14 he encouraged his mother to divorce his father and got a job working at a cabbage stand to save up money to learn martial arts. He took martial arts classes which increased his discipline as well as his physical capabilities and began to use it to help others. To hide his identity while doing his vigilante work he pulled up his hoodie and donned a mask, preferring not to kill others he uses his open hands to fight. During this time he developed an philosophy emphasizing the will of the people to act instead of allowing others to act for them, and thus felt that society was to strict and constraining.

At age 19 he decided to try his trade elsewhere, admiring the Republic City ideals of equality and at the very least being a republic Ziyou bought a train ticket to the city, hoping to be able to cause good there.

Character Alignment: Chaotic Good

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 154 lbs.

Parent Names: Nognim and Lei

Sexuality: Heterosexual 