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Dec. 2nd, 2013 08:05 amOOC Information
Player: Mel
Age: 18+
Characters: N/A
IC Information
Name: Azula
Age: 15-16
Canon: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Canon Point: The Search: Part 3
Physical Description: A girl of medium-height. Pale skin and golden eyes with long, brunette hair. She always wears makeup when she's able to, and her hair is generally up in a bun with her bangs down.
Abilities: She's logical and mentally quick. She's physically fast too, which has nothing to do with her bending abilities. In addition she has a surprising amount of strength for someone her age.
Magical Powers: She's a firebender, so she's able to create fire as well as control existing fire. Her power are tied to the sun, so no sunlight means no bending.
Personality: Azula is a self-confident girl who demands perfection from herself and all those around her. Growing up under the influence of her father, she learned that 1) she was better than her brother Zuko and 2) anything less than perfect was unacceptable. While her brother was thought to be born a non-bender at first, something embarrassing to the royal family they belonged to, Azula showed strong promise in her firebending abilities. Despite the approximate 2 year difference in age between Azula and Zuko, Azula had mastered roughly a dozen more firebending forms than Zuko. In short, she was a firebending prodigy.
It was under this influence in which Azula grew up: a brother who struggled to keep up ability-wise and a father who encouraged her to surpass her brother in every way she could. That is not to say she went without good influences in her life. Her uncle Iroh thought about her even while he was away at war. He even sent a doll to Azula, though she was jealous that he'd sent her brother the fallen general's knife and thus set her doll on fire. Her mother Ursa loved her deeply, but because Azula's father Ozai actually encouraged aggressive behavior, Ursa was left to scold and discipline Azula. As such, Azula began to feel as though her mother didn't love her nearly as much as Zuko, and perhaps that her mother didn't love her at all, thinking her a monster instead. While this is proven incorrect in that before Ursa left to fulfill her own banishment in exchange for Zuko's life, Ursa visited both her children to kiss them goodbye. While Zuko woke up and had a quick conversation with Ursa, Azula slept through it and so never knew her mother visited her, adding to the feeling that Ursa cared more about her brother.
Around the time she was 9 or 10, she'd already made "friends" with Mai and Ty Lee, the daughters of Fire Nation nobles. Even from this age, it was clear she was a bully and had to be best. She bossed her friends around without second thought. When someone performed better than her, such as Ty Lee flawlessly performing a complex cartwheel, Azula pushed her over and laughed about it. She showed other signs of aggression such as burning a flower for "not being as pretty" as the others, much to her mother's dismay.
As Azula became a teenager, her personality only magnified. She still had her friends Mai and Ty Lee, who at the time both shared a fear of Azula. This is exactly what Azula wanted, since she couldn't understand that it was possible for friends to stick by each other and felt that love was for fools. She used their fear of her to make them do things she wanted, such as hunt down both the Avatar and her brother, whom her father wanted dead or alive.
Throughout books 2 and 3, where she makes her proper debut, it's clear that Azula inherited pretty much all of her traits from her father. She's cool and level-headed, as mirrored in her "cool" but technically hotter blue fire and her ability to generate lightning even when she lacks a stable mind. However, her background and upbringing make it difficult for her to behave in a normal, teenage way. She has trouble empathizing with others and treats even normal social situations as if it's a military strategy. After more or less inviting herself to a party, she arrives exactly as dusk sets in due to the party supposedly being held "from dusk until dawn." Worse still, her attempts at flirting end up as thinly veiled aggressive remarks, as Azula naturally falls back onto thinking of everything as a military strategy.
Throughout the second and third seasons/books, she is completely calculating and manipulates everyone around her, feeling if she doesn't make them fear her that they'll turn against her. One of her best works is single-handedly leading the siege of Ba Sing Se. She actually breaks through the wall, something her powerful uncle just barely managed to do. She then goes undercover, managing to get the city's secret agents on her side by proving she's stronger than their leader. Her other best work is taking advantage of her brother's confusion, stealing him away from trying to live a normal life with his uncle and convincing him to help her take down the Avatar since she "can't do it alone." She uses her brother's desire for his father to love him, holding it over his head and promising that if he helps her capture the Avatar, his long 3 year banishment will be over. She then proceeds to convince Zuko that his uncle Iroh, the man who had stayed by his side and loved him unconditionally, in fact betrayed Zuko because Iroh refused to help capture the Avatar. Together, they take down the Avatar and usurp the Earth King, technically making Azula the Earth... Princess? Queen?
And even then, Azula wasn't done! She in fact uses Zuko as someone to place the blame on in case her plans go wrong. Ever genre savvy, she knows that although it appeared she and Zuko killed the Avatar that he might still be alive. And she knows Zuko knows that, subtly hinting at it so that Zuko catches on. Despite her desire for her father's love and glory, she tells him that it was Zuko who landed the killing blow on the Avatar, effectively ending her brother's banishment. Because of her lie, Zuko is able to return home but at a price, and ends up completely wrapped around her little finger until he decides to do the right thing, unlike his sister.
From there, Azula feels like she's on top of the world. She has everything she wants. Until Mai decides that she loves Zuko more than she fears Azula, and it all goes downhill from there. Having none of this from Mai, who just saved Zuko and his friends/Azula's enemies' lives, Azula makes ready to kill or at least severely debilitate Mai. It just gets worse from there, when Ty Lee steps in and temporarily paralyzes Azula, effectively choosing Mai over Azula, too. But, being ever merciful, Azula sends them both to the dungeons instead of killing them.
Throughout the closing episodes of the series, Azula cracks and falls apart. She's seen first hand that even with fear, people can turn against her. To make matters worse, Zuko told their father the truth about her taking down the Avatar instead of him. It wasn't that fact which angered Ozai, but rather the fact Azula lied to him. Although he promised to take his daughter with him to raze the Earth Kingdom, he instead decides to leave her behind. Devastated, as it was her idea, she finally loses her cool and snaps at Ozai, who puts her in her place surprisingly gently. He placates her by giving her his title of Fire Lord while he then makes himself Phoenix King... which makes Azula's title worthless.
Azula spends the rest of the series slowly becoming a paranoid mess and seeing hallucinations of her mother. During the short time she's Fire Lord, she banishes THE ENTIRE ROYAL STAFF out of paranoia. When her brother comes to claim the throne, she falls for him egging her on and she plays dirty, shooting lightning at his friend, knowing he'll jump in to save the day. When she loses, she's hauled off to jail.
During the year or so she's in jail/institutionalized, Azula recovers a little. She still sees hallucinations of her mother and ends up believing that everything bad that has ever happened to her was due to her mother. However, she has periods of sanity, and can be perfectly calm, cordial and as normal as she ever was. She bargains with Zuko, and he allows her to come with him to search for their mother in exchange for information Azula gives him.
From this point, at least during the times she's not hallucination, she's fairly docile unless provoked. She and Zuko even manage to share moments where they act like a normal brother and sister who don't want to outright murder each other. You know, sometimes.
That said, I know Azula's sanity slippage makes her a hard fit for this game, but I think I can manage it. While she's away from the influences of her own world, I think she'll be able to recover. She'll be able to find a purpose here and the CR she makes here may be able to help her heal, similarly to the way the Avatar and his friends sort of healed her a little during the short time they were together.
History: Right here!
First Person Sample:
Do you want to win the current trial? Then I have a way. The winning house has it rough. They've won so they think they've won for good. They don't understand that if they want to keep their spoils of war that they have to actively grip that victory of yours. We'll make them understand. We'll rip that victory right out from underneath them before they even know what's happening. My house will be the next ruling house, so if you want to taste victory, you'll do exactly as I say.
Third Person Sample:
If she could roll her eyes any harder without the fear of them rolling right out of her head, she would. This place was absolutely pathetic, perhaps even more pathetic than that brother of hers. Still, at least Zuzu made an effort to fend for himself. These miserable little mongrels were expecting someone like her to do the dirty work for them? They'd best change their minds and quickly, too.
It didn't matter if she was here or back home. She was still the princess of the Fire Nation regardless of what title her brother had. More importantly, if she had her bending she'd be able to show these feuding houses just who should be sitting on a gold-plated throne. As it were, she couldn't make the slightest spark of fire or lightning and for all she knew, she'd never have that ability again. Though she'd been told there were rewards for winning trials so perhaps then...
Let the timeline be in danger. This was a place her mother had never been to, so it was completely untouched by her taint. She'd make this timeless world hers, something to give to her father if he ever ended up here too. And if she happened to be the only one from her world to come here, she had no problem sitting on a throne made of mongrels. They made nice footrests.. She'd find a way to get rid of this bending blockage too. It was probably something to do with her chi, and that could be fixed.
It would be a new start. By the time even the Avatar got here, it'd be too late. She'd paint him as the monster he was and prove that she deserved her title as Fire Princess, both to everyone here as well as herself. She'd become the queen of time, master of the ruling house.
Suggested House: Sun
Why?: Her powers are affiliated with both the sun and her culture
Backup House: Mars
Why? The above reasons, since Mars is Sunlike.
Player: Mel
Age: 18+
Characters: N/A
IC Information
Name: Azula
Age: 15-16
Canon: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Canon Point: The Search: Part 3
Physical Description: A girl of medium-height. Pale skin and golden eyes with long, brunette hair. She always wears makeup when she's able to, and her hair is generally up in a bun with her bangs down.
Abilities: She's logical and mentally quick. She's physically fast too, which has nothing to do with her bending abilities. In addition she has a surprising amount of strength for someone her age.
Magical Powers: She's a firebender, so she's able to create fire as well as control existing fire. Her power are tied to the sun, so no sunlight means no bending.
Personality: Azula is a self-confident girl who demands perfection from herself and all those around her. Growing up under the influence of her father, she learned that 1) she was better than her brother Zuko and 2) anything less than perfect was unacceptable. While her brother was thought to be born a non-bender at first, something embarrassing to the royal family they belonged to, Azula showed strong promise in her firebending abilities. Despite the approximate 2 year difference in age between Azula and Zuko, Azula had mastered roughly a dozen more firebending forms than Zuko. In short, she was a firebending prodigy.
It was under this influence in which Azula grew up: a brother who struggled to keep up ability-wise and a father who encouraged her to surpass her brother in every way she could. That is not to say she went without good influences in her life. Her uncle Iroh thought about her even while he was away at war. He even sent a doll to Azula, though she was jealous that he'd sent her brother the fallen general's knife and thus set her doll on fire. Her mother Ursa loved her deeply, but because Azula's father Ozai actually encouraged aggressive behavior, Ursa was left to scold and discipline Azula. As such, Azula began to feel as though her mother didn't love her nearly as much as Zuko, and perhaps that her mother didn't love her at all, thinking her a monster instead. While this is proven incorrect in that before Ursa left to fulfill her own banishment in exchange for Zuko's life, Ursa visited both her children to kiss them goodbye. While Zuko woke up and had a quick conversation with Ursa, Azula slept through it and so never knew her mother visited her, adding to the feeling that Ursa cared more about her brother.
Around the time she was 9 or 10, she'd already made "friends" with Mai and Ty Lee, the daughters of Fire Nation nobles. Even from this age, it was clear she was a bully and had to be best. She bossed her friends around without second thought. When someone performed better than her, such as Ty Lee flawlessly performing a complex cartwheel, Azula pushed her over and laughed about it. She showed other signs of aggression such as burning a flower for "not being as pretty" as the others, much to her mother's dismay.
As Azula became a teenager, her personality only magnified. She still had her friends Mai and Ty Lee, who at the time both shared a fear of Azula. This is exactly what Azula wanted, since she couldn't understand that it was possible for friends to stick by each other and felt that love was for fools. She used their fear of her to make them do things she wanted, such as hunt down both the Avatar and her brother, whom her father wanted dead or alive.
Throughout books 2 and 3, where she makes her proper debut, it's clear that Azula inherited pretty much all of her traits from her father. She's cool and level-headed, as mirrored in her "cool" but technically hotter blue fire and her ability to generate lightning even when she lacks a stable mind. However, her background and upbringing make it difficult for her to behave in a normal, teenage way. She has trouble empathizing with others and treats even normal social situations as if it's a military strategy. After more or less inviting herself to a party, she arrives exactly as dusk sets in due to the party supposedly being held "from dusk until dawn." Worse still, her attempts at flirting end up as thinly veiled aggressive remarks, as Azula naturally falls back onto thinking of everything as a military strategy.
Throughout the second and third seasons/books, she is completely calculating and manipulates everyone around her, feeling if she doesn't make them fear her that they'll turn against her. One of her best works is single-handedly leading the siege of Ba Sing Se. She actually breaks through the wall, something her powerful uncle just barely managed to do. She then goes undercover, managing to get the city's secret agents on her side by proving she's stronger than their leader. Her other best work is taking advantage of her brother's confusion, stealing him away from trying to live a normal life with his uncle and convincing him to help her take down the Avatar since she "can't do it alone." She uses her brother's desire for his father to love him, holding it over his head and promising that if he helps her capture the Avatar, his long 3 year banishment will be over. She then proceeds to convince Zuko that his uncle Iroh, the man who had stayed by his side and loved him unconditionally, in fact betrayed Zuko because Iroh refused to help capture the Avatar. Together, they take down the Avatar and usurp the Earth King, technically making Azula the Earth... Princess? Queen?
And even then, Azula wasn't done! She in fact uses Zuko as someone to place the blame on in case her plans go wrong. Ever genre savvy, she knows that although it appeared she and Zuko killed the Avatar that he might still be alive. And she knows Zuko knows that, subtly hinting at it so that Zuko catches on. Despite her desire for her father's love and glory, she tells him that it was Zuko who landed the killing blow on the Avatar, effectively ending her brother's banishment. Because of her lie, Zuko is able to return home but at a price, and ends up completely wrapped around her little finger until he decides to do the right thing, unlike his sister.
From there, Azula feels like she's on top of the world. She has everything she wants. Until Mai decides that she loves Zuko more than she fears Azula, and it all goes downhill from there. Having none of this from Mai, who just saved Zuko and his friends/Azula's enemies' lives, Azula makes ready to kill or at least severely debilitate Mai. It just gets worse from there, when Ty Lee steps in and temporarily paralyzes Azula, effectively choosing Mai over Azula, too. But, being ever merciful, Azula sends them both to the dungeons instead of killing them.
Throughout the closing episodes of the series, Azula cracks and falls apart. She's seen first hand that even with fear, people can turn against her. To make matters worse, Zuko told their father the truth about her taking down the Avatar instead of him. It wasn't that fact which angered Ozai, but rather the fact Azula lied to him. Although he promised to take his daughter with him to raze the Earth Kingdom, he instead decides to leave her behind. Devastated, as it was her idea, she finally loses her cool and snaps at Ozai, who puts her in her place surprisingly gently. He placates her by giving her his title of Fire Lord while he then makes himself Phoenix King... which makes Azula's title worthless.
Azula spends the rest of the series slowly becoming a paranoid mess and seeing hallucinations of her mother. During the short time she's Fire Lord, she banishes THE ENTIRE ROYAL STAFF out of paranoia. When her brother comes to claim the throne, she falls for him egging her on and she plays dirty, shooting lightning at his friend, knowing he'll jump in to save the day. When she loses, she's hauled off to jail.
During the year or so she's in jail/institutionalized, Azula recovers a little. She still sees hallucinations of her mother and ends up believing that everything bad that has ever happened to her was due to her mother. However, she has periods of sanity, and can be perfectly calm, cordial and as normal as she ever was. She bargains with Zuko, and he allows her to come with him to search for their mother in exchange for information Azula gives him.
From this point, at least during the times she's not hallucination, she's fairly docile unless provoked. She and Zuko even manage to share moments where they act like a normal brother and sister who don't want to outright murder each other. You know, sometimes.
That said, I know Azula's sanity slippage makes her a hard fit for this game, but I think I can manage it. While she's away from the influences of her own world, I think she'll be able to recover. She'll be able to find a purpose here and the CR she makes here may be able to help her heal, similarly to the way the Avatar and his friends sort of healed her a little during the short time they were together.
History: Right here!
First Person Sample:
Do you want to win the current trial? Then I have a way. The winning house has it rough. They've won so they think they've won for good. They don't understand that if they want to keep their spoils of war that they have to actively grip that victory of yours. We'll make them understand. We'll rip that victory right out from underneath them before they even know what's happening. My house will be the next ruling house, so if you want to taste victory, you'll do exactly as I say.
Third Person Sample:
If she could roll her eyes any harder without the fear of them rolling right out of her head, she would. This place was absolutely pathetic, perhaps even more pathetic than that brother of hers. Still, at least Zuzu made an effort to fend for himself. These miserable little mongrels were expecting someone like her to do the dirty work for them? They'd best change their minds and quickly, too.
It didn't matter if she was here or back home. She was still the princess of the Fire Nation regardless of what title her brother had. More importantly, if she had her bending she'd be able to show these feuding houses just who should be sitting on a gold-plated throne. As it were, she couldn't make the slightest spark of fire or lightning and for all she knew, she'd never have that ability again. Though she'd been told there were rewards for winning trials so perhaps then...
Let the timeline be in danger. This was a place her mother had never been to, so it was completely untouched by her taint. She'd make this timeless world hers, something to give to her father if he ever ended up here too. And if she happened to be the only one from her world to come here, she had no problem sitting on a throne made of mongrels. They made nice footrests.. She'd find a way to get rid of this bending blockage too. It was probably something to do with her chi, and that could be fixed.
It would be a new start. By the time even the Avatar got here, it'd be too late. She'd paint him as the monster he was and prove that she deserved her title as Fire Princess, both to everyone here as well as herself. She'd become the queen of time, master of the ruling house.
Suggested House: Sun
Why?: Her powers are affiliated with both the sun and her culture
Backup House: Mars
Why? The above reasons, since Mars is Sunlike.
