Board Thread:Citizenship Applications/@comment-25924646-20141227053018

Character Name: Torma Bender Type: Airbender Age: 16 Appearance: Personality: Torma is often seen as the calm in the storm and that is very much true. She believes in the infallibility of logic, and thus restrains her emotions, damming the high tides, channelling their power into combat, either of the mind or the body. But the logic she founds her actions on is the logic of her own mind and those of her elders, placing it at risk of corruption, shielded only by the ideology of the original Air Nomads. But even then, she defies the rules that had been followed by Aang and Gyatso from time to time, to satisfy her conscience and the needs of the new world.

But when inflamed, she becomes the polar opposite of herself. Granted, it is difficult to rouse her wrath, but he who has succeeded in this faces immediate hatred, if only for a short duration. When her passions are master, she turns dangerous, quick to fight and to wound, scornful to weakness and cowardice. Some believe that this is her true nature, but others believe in her compassionate, selfless attitude, and she is one of them. But beware of her, all the same.

History: When she arrived in Republic City, many found it strange that such a young child should desire citizenship. It was not unusual for juveniles from the Wasteland, and from war-torn regions, to seek sanctuary and a new life, but an Air Nomad? This was not due to any internal strife amongst the monks of the Northern Air Temple, but to a decision made by the child herself.

Born to Air Nomad parents, she was raised by new age monks, rebuilders of the Air Temple. At the age of 5, her combat skills and bending abilities were noticed, and built upon even as she was instilled with the philosophy of non-violence. The monks decided that she would stay at the temple, unlike many of her peers, who left for the other nations or became nomadic. Thus restrained, she chaffed at her bonds and yearned to escape them. But being just a child, she had no say.

But all this changed when she came of age. The fifteen-year-old found herself free to choose, free to leave, free to follow the precepts of the Air Nomads. But she had forgotten her childhood dreams. She no longer seeked to know the outside world. The relationships she had built over the years were too strong to be broken. She chose to stay within the confines of the Northern Air Temple.

Mayhap fate had other plans. She was sent to Air Temple Island a year later to carry a message to her long lost parents. The experience would be mind-opening. The rusty bars of the prison of her childhood self were blasted apart when she found herself lost and cared for by an Earth Kingdom family. The fascination of new places, new cultures, new worlds awoke in her. When she returned to the Northern Air Temple, she proudly announced her intention to leave... for Republic City.

Character Alignment: Chaotic Good Height: 6' 2" Weight: 56kg Parent Names: Rinzen & Sengemo Sexuality: Heterosexual 