Board Thread:Citizenship Applications/@comment-24743498-20150103223745

Name: Ekta

Bender type: Earthbender

Age: 18

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Character alignment: Neutral

Personality: Ekta is very determined in her survival. Ever since she was young, she was reserved and shy. With no interest in doing good deeds or doing bad ones, she just stayed invisible most of her life, waiting for a time to find something to do. She can be a little manipulative, but only when it’s in her best interest. Ekta tends to be a generally quiet person. She has gained a sense of confidence over time. She is wary of others at first, and somewhat cold and distant. She is never afraid to state her outright opinion, but she only wishes to do so if absolutely necessary. Overall, she’s the type of person that only does things in her best interest. Ekta has an odd sense of compassion for her brother, Ikiaq. She knows he finds her expendable in some ways, but she still trusts him quite a bit. She also fears her brother in some ways. She knows of some things he’s done, so she also keeps close watch on him. She knows when her brother is lying. Her relationship with her brother is a strange one, but she enjoys his company nonetheless.

History: Ekta was born from an earthbender and waterbender couple in the northern water tribe. She had a brother named Ikiaq who was two years older than her. They often fought over petty things. Her family was middle-class, so her life wasn’t especially exciting. She had no interest in money or luxury, she only thought about her life and survival in it.

Growing older, Ekta developed a hardened yet shy personality. She was very quiet and reserved. Her brother had discovered his waterbending abilities at the age of 5. This was the only point in her life where she felt a twinge of envy. Fortunately for Ekta, she soon discovered her earthbending abilities when she was 6. While her brother fought with their parents, Ekta never gave any mind to them. She simply let them be, and they would let her be.

Around the age of 12,, Ekta found a liking in being a bit manipulative. She was very talented in persuasion, but she never chose to do anything selfish with it. Her brother, unlike herself, was very violent. She heard about some fights her brother had gotten into at school, but she never paid much attention to it. Many people feared her brother at school, but she did not. Her life in school was dull. She was intelligent to the point where her current classes bored her. She never had much interest in gaining friends and being popular. She just enjoyed being alone.

When she was fifteen, her brother had an extensive fight with her parents. When it all was over, she had no doubt in her mind her brother would run away that night. Sure enough, in the morning her brother was missing along with many yuans. She would have run away herself at the time, but she didn’t have enough yuans. She stayed with her parents for another year. That year was incredibly boring, as she had always enjoyed hearing of her brother’s fights. Once she had gathered up enough money, she took a boat to the Fire Nation. She was sixteen when she left.

In the Fire Nation, she found herself a small apartment to call home. She never missed her home. In order to keep herself sustained, she managed to work 3 jobs at once. Her first job was a nurse, which she had early in the morning. Her second job was as a librarian, which ran through the afternoon. For her third job she taught private tutoring lessons for children, which she held at night. She enjoyed all three to some extent. Eventually her librarian job became a pain so she quit. With the gap of time in the afternoon to fill she found a liking in taking walks. She began to admire life greatly, increasing her wish to survive greatly.

At the age of eighteen, Ekta once more grew bored of her daily life. One day she ran into an old face. Her brother, Ikiaq. She talked with him, and they realized they liked each other more than they thought. Her brother and she decided to get into Republic City through the citizenship project. 