Board Thread:Citizenship Applications/@comment-17722056-20151010030218

Name: Zvichi

Age: 22

Bending Type: Airbender

Height: 6’ 0’’

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Personality:

Having been scarred by traumatic experiences as a child and adolescent (and partially due to his health), Zvichi essentially has two personalities. One is a psychotic, bloodthirsty killer who has a tendency to go on bouts of violence whilst temporarily losing his ability to properly speak. The other is an emotional, somewhat kind individual who wants to do the right thing and has a soft spot for animals and other peaceful things. Zvichi has attempted meditation to try to “rid himself” of what he calls his cursed side, but to no avail.

History:

Zvichi grew up in the Northern Air Temple to two loving air nomads. While not his actual parents, the two nomads found him abandoned near the temple one evening and took him in. Zvichi grew up to about age 8 with the nomads and lived happily, playing with several of the other children, but these were the last peaceful moments of his life.

One day, as Zvichi was making a visit to a nearby village with his foster parents, a mysterious cult assaulted them. Claiming to be devote worshippers of Vaatu and chaos and thinking of themselves as “anti-nomads”, the group specifically targeted those who practiced peace and tortured them. They violently tortured Zvichi’s foster parents to their breaking point while forcing Zvichi to watch. They then tried to torture Zvichi but, aside from his occasional violent outburst, they could not break him, not matter what horrific tortures they could think of. Instead, they forced Zvichi into their cult, trying to teach him their grotesque killing techniques and psychotic way of life. He was a natural and one of the fastest learners they had. However, while he would never complain about practicing the techniques, he refused to ever kill someone. Every time he refused, Zvichi was again subjected to torture or to watch someone like a woman or child be tortured. Early on, Zvichi would have a breakdown and try to fight his way out, but he was always restrained and subjected to more punishments.

Zvichi went through these horrific days this for nearly 10 years. Then, one day, a unit of United Forces troops swarmed the cultist hideout. As the troops cleared out the area (although several of the cultists, including their leader, escape), the commander approached Zvichi and offered to help him, noticing he seemed different than the rest of the group due to how he did not attack any of the troops (in reality, Zvichi had killed two soldiers in a panic and then hid in a corner). The commander asked Zvichi to come with him and answer a few questions on the actions of the cult and what he knew. Having never interacted with a sane human in years, the thought of being taken in again by a stranger terrified Zvichi. Losing his sanity, Zvichi panicked and killed the commander, immediately rushing out in a panic. Zvichi hid in a nearby forest and began crying and sobbing over what he did that day and in the past.

Zvichi spent a few months trying to survive in the forest. He managed fairly well on his own, managing to keep his psychotic spells under some control thanks to some of the more peaceful creatures in the forest. However, as he refused to kill any animals unless it was in self-defense or due to his “other” personality kicking in, Zvichi began to starve and eventually went unconscious.

As luck would have it, an old hermit who lived near the forest found him and took him in. Zvichi often hid from her initially like a terrified animal, both fearing she was actually sadistic and that he would have one of his psychotic spells and accidentally kill her. However, as time passed, Zvichi eventually warmed up to the old woman, noticing she was not scared whenever his bloodthirsty ego kicked in. The woman simply kept her distance until he calmed down, then immediately went back to caring for him as though nothing happened. The woman, having been married to an air nomad, also began teaching him meditation to help ease his mental state. While not entirely successful, it did improve Zvichi’s mood. Zvichi stayed with the woman for 2 years.

Then, one day, a group of bandits raided the woman’s home. Unware Zvichi was with her, the bandits broken in haphazardly and begin causing a riot. Zvichi snapped as his killer instinct switched on, nearly murdering all the bandits in only a few short moments. However, Zvichi found himself able to stop himself and instead leaves one of them alive. At this, the old woman simply smiled. Claiming she has done what she could to help him gain control over himself, the old woman tells Zvichi it is time for him to leave and make use of his abilities.

Zvichi begins wandering around aimlessly meditating to figure out where he is supposed to go now. In one meditation, he has a vision of Republic City and of unspeakable crimes being committed there. Although still struggling to control himself, Zvichi makes his way to Republic City.  </ac_metadata>