Li



Age: 40-50

Airbender

Earth Nation ethnicity, 5' 10''

Lawful Neutral

Personality: Calm, collected, and reserved, Mr Li is polite almost to a fault, but also excessively cold. He rarely shows emotion beyond mild satisfaction or disgust, and remains consistently professional. He also exhibits traits common to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, often moving to correct asymmetry, chaos, or other disorder before tackling other matters, no matter how pressing. However, he does have a soft spot for children. Li also adheres to a strict personal code and philosophy.

Public History: A private individual of great skill and considerable work ethic seeking a job as a professional butler or manservant; Twenty years prior employment, with extensive experience disposing of persons troubling the client.

Private History:

Mr Li, whose current title is almost certainly a pseudonym, began life as the eldest son of a family of Earth Nation airbenders who traced their abilities back to the time of Avatar Korra and the re-emergence of spirits into the world. The province in which they lived had not changed significantly since that time, and without great importance to anyone in particular it had felt the ravages of time more keenly than most. As their home crumbled around them, Li and his younger brother struck out into the wide world; determined to find their luck, or if need be, make it for themselves. Luck did not favor them, however, and it was precisely at this time that a simmering dispute between two regions of the Earth Nation finally erupted into all our war. As two unemployed young men, Li and his brother soon found themselves serving at the front of a brutal civil war, and by its end only one emerged from the fighting. When he heard of his brothers' death, caused by a hopeless charge against a fortified enemy position, Li swore vengeance. Yet, he had nowhere to go, and as with all wars the veterans of this one were soon cast aside and forced to fend for themselves.

By chance, his former commanding officer heard of Li's trouble, and although he found him a little odd, decided that his manner and diligence could suit his purposes. The officer offered his old comrade a position as a manservant in his household, promising to provide for him and his kin indefinitely. With nowhere else to turn, Li accepted the offer, and spent nearly twenty years in that capacity, gratefully working for the man who had essentially given him a new life. For the first time he became proud of his work, a professional, and the trauma of war began to fade from his life. The officer even taught Li how to write, as he had never had a real education, and soon he was reading all manner of books, and even corresponding with others who had shared his experiences on the battlefield. As much as this opened doors for Mr Li, it also closed perhaps the biggest of them, and within twenty four hours of one particular letter arriving, the officer was dead and his murderer on the way to Republic City. No one suspected the butler, and now Mr Li is looking for work wherever he can find it.

World View: Mr Li essentially views each and every person as having an inner potential that can be unlocked by undergoing some trial or struggle that culminates in a moment of reckoning. For Li this struggle was the war and the moment of reckoning became the murder of his former employer. From that point forward he feels that he found his true self and his true purpose. To refuse to embark upon this struggle and find your true self, he believes, is an irredeemable act; almost a betrayal of your soul and society. As liberal as this may at first seem, Li also believes that the true purpose of every person is to bring order and justice to the world; not necessarily in the same manner, but with the same end goal. Naturally, his definitions of order and justice are exceedingly strict; the former emphasizing a 'natural order of society', and the latter being largely vigilante. Children have yet to embark upon their struggle, and so Li refuses to harm them.

Sexuality: Heterosexual but in no way sexually motivated or driven.