Board Thread:Citizenship Applications/@comment-25641444-20150731191612

Name: Kojima

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Bender Type: Earthbender

Age: 29

Height: 1.86 meters

Status: Single

Appearance: With pale skin and sleek black hair, Kojima has the look of an aristocrat. But his most striking feature is his eyes—born with one blue eye and one brown eye. His aristocratic features are considered handsome by many, but, once noticed, the eyes make him look a bit odd. Kojima possess a slender build, but that can be used to his advantage, as he actually is quite strong from years of military conditioning. He stands at about 1.86 meters (which would be about 6'1, for those who don't use the metric system).

Personality: A quiet, reserved man, Kojima lives by the credo "speak little, listen always." He usually speaks minimally and prefers silence. That being said, he has a very analytical mind—the man is always calculating and strategizing—which allows him to be a natural tactician and strategist. That fact has helped him greatly in his military career. However, as a result of his quiet and aloof nature, Kojima is generally regarded as a socially awkward individual who does not say much and prefers being solitary over companionship.

Although he is an Earthbender, the man's skill in that field is generally considered not much more than "decent" by his instructors and colleagues. That is because he prefers to use his genius to outsmart opponents, finding that to be much more interesting—and often much more effective—than simple brute force. He secretly looks down with contempt at those who frequently brag about their bending skill or flaunt their status about it.

Kojima is willing to do whatever it takes to carry out his orders. That includes killing whoever gets in the way. However, that doesn't mean he is necessarily heartless (although sometimes it may appear that he certainly leans in that direction), but he does not show his emotions very often. Many people who meet him view him to be a cold, unfeeling, and distant person, though that is not entirely the case. The man does have a few people that he considers friends, and is quite at ease around them.

When it comes to politics, he despises the Earth Republic's leadership, thinking that a monarchy would be far better for providing stability and security. Kojima views those benders who rose up against technological advancements as a group of fools, thinking that technology could be used to one's advatage no matter if they are a bender or not. He regards their entire movement as something of a joke, upon reading about it in the history books, and is glad that they are gone.

History: Hailing from the southeastern Earth Republic, Kojima was born into a minor noble house in a town not far from Gaoling. His family had ruled the town and its surrounding province as vassals of the Earth monarchy for generations, but with the fall of the Earth Queen, their house was unable to suppress a revolution by the people. Now, they live in middle class conditions, like the average person (their house's fall from grace in the aftermath of the overthrow of the monarchy may also have some influence on Kojima's dislike of the new republicanism).

Kojima discovered he was an earthbender at the age of seven, when he got into a quarrel with a group of other children. He ended up accidently flinging rocks at them, severely injuring several of the other kids. This would have gotten him into trouble if not for the fact that he used earthbending. His parents were pleased to discover that their son was an earthbender, and believed that he could rise to a position of prominence. They used some of the money they had to hire and instructor, and though he did become a capable fighter, Kojima was nothing remarkable when it came to earthbending (much to his parents' disappointment).

But Kojima did not intend to stay in the small town in the middle of nowhere (as he had said) and did plan on leaving. When he turned seventeen, the young man did what any middle class male could do to advance his status: enlist in the armed forces. Joining the Earth Republican Army, Kojima saw action against minor uprisings by a rebel group or two, and proved his worth as a commander. Kojima was promoted to the rank of staff captain after successfully overseeing a counterinsurgency operation against sandbender insurrectionists in the Si Wong Desert. However, he later embarassed a superior during a war meeting by pointing out many flaws in one of the officer's attack plans, which made him an enemy in the military.

The officer made sure to get Kojima into a potentially dead end position, somewhere considerably far away, as revenge. Pulling some strings, he had the man transfered to the army's diplomatic directorate. After some weeks, Kojima found out that he was to be the new military attaché at the Earth Republic Embassy in Republic City. He personally didn't see it as a punishment. As the representative of the Earth Republic's armed forces in Republic City, he frequently called upon by the city authorities in tracking down criminals and with other problems. 