Board Thread:Citizenship Application: Taru

Name: Taru

Age: 17

Height: 5' 10''

Appearance: Black hair, dark blue eyes, medium physique; sports a blue scarf around his neck

Alignment: Good

Background: Taru grew up within the confines of the Ba Sing Se walls. While living in these walls, his talents as an earth-bender came about at the age of seven. Though his powers were strong, Taru didn't train on them and therefore his ability to learn new moves takes a considerable amounts of time to master. His fighting ability with hand-to-hand combat, however, is great. he can deal with low-level thugs and some aspects of other benders. By the age of ten, Taru's parents left for Republic City (leaving him with his grandfather). Letters and cards were sent back to Taru from his father detailing his work in the police. His fasination with upholding justice and seeing his father protect others soon became an important aspect of his life for several more years. After his grandfather passed away when he was fourteen, Taru managed to handle himself all on his own.

His overall personaility is bleak and shrouded in mystery as he is not very sociable with other people. After hearing that his parents were killed by a fire-bender, Taru took to finally moving to Republic City and joining the police force. Though his quick thinking can get him out of most situations, his attitude toward other people suggests his lack of trust for most people in general. This likely resulted from the letters that his father had sent him detailing the crime in the city itself. Evermore, his desire to bring peace and order to Republic City remained his primary goal. He wanted to avenge the death of his father by rising to the top ranks of the Republic City Police Force and end all crime, for good.

The goals that he sets for himself are well out of reach, but his stubborn shell doesn't venture too far from his priorities. He has managed to maintain a loving relationship with a non-bender named Yumi while living in Ba Sing Se. She moved away about a year after his grandfather passed, and his other motives for venturing to Republic City is to see her again. Taru, in general, is quiet, but will lash out if given a real reason to do so. Though his earth-bending takes him longer to master, he can still deliver a decisive and quick fight that will bring down any opponent that stands in his way of his goal.