Avatar the Five Points IC

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Prologue:

Bending had always been one of the essential parts of life; technology had been invented, but still was powered by bending. Buildings were small and only located in major cities one of them being most notably as Ba Sing Se. These were easier times when bending was a way of lie and such advanced elements as ice and metal bending ran far and scarce. The years BSC had been extravagant and the Avatar had been aging nicely bringing a golden age of peace with him. However things would quickly change with the turning of the tides. The Spirit world urged the blinded Avatar to prepare for war, but he rejected for he believed that human instinct could be overwritten and destroys the root of evil buried deep in everyone’s heart. The Moon and Sea spirits desperately bought visions of the future battles to him, but the Avatar would not hear it for his judgment was clouded especially by the people he trusted the most, fire benders. You see Avatar Ryuk had been reincarnated as a water bender and what was better to do then get along with the nature you feared most.

Unfortunately for Ryuk the years caught up with him and at the time of 0 ASC the fire benders had bided their time and developed a sinister plot to overthrow the avatar and take over the rest of the natural bending world. Avatar Ryuk’s eye turned blind had opened to see the beginning of his downfall, the image of deceit, the Great Comet. The Fire Military strong and already vanguards of the Avatar’s private military had little trouble smuggling in extra fire benders, and so it began, the war that would turn the tides and lead the fire benders to victory. Infuriated the Avatar took to battle destroying and taking out steam powered machines and fire benders along the way. In desperate search of his Advisor, Kabal who had started this bloody massacre. Avatar Ryuk had let himself so foolishly fall into the grasps of Kabal; ambushed by his own advisor he was powerless to stop, Kabal had secretly formed a triad of members skilled in lightning bending that was especially made for this occasion. And so in a last ditch effort Ryuk in a fit of rage transcended into the avatar state.

With a fury of a thousand suns Ryuk took out bender after bender crippling the resistance Kabal put together, but they were only fodder to Kabal for all he needed was an opening. When Kabal seemed at his weakest, Ryuk exited the Avatar state and turned to help Kabal for he was once his only friend, however Kabal was a rat and a master of deception. And the opening was created for Kabal reached for Ryuk’s hand and grasped it tightly. They say lightning doesn’t strike twice, but with Kabal and his forces it struck 10 times. And all ten strikes hit Ryuk and ultimately killed off the avatar, the war was over, and the Avatar’s body was a mascot to their victory. When the war was over the cycle restarted, this time in the image of Hotaru an earth bending prodigy, with the cunning and intelligence that could buy and sell men by a flick of his tongue. During his childhood Hotaru learned of his past lives and the mistakes that Ryuk lived with, Hotaru continued his studies and became infatuated with learning of the spirit realm and what power the avatar could hold.

After mastering all four elements Hotaru didn’t become the public icon everyone wanted, Hotaru concealed his identity living his life as an ordinary citizen. (I Will go into this next part more for his character sheet history) Hotaru’s view of the world became skewed, why should he fight for piece when everyone so readily abuses their bending to steal, cheat, lie, and prosper. Even non benders committed sins by using other methods such as chi blocking or traditional weapons. The Fire benders topped the list, they were the tyrants of the nation and imprisoned benders everywhere. Destroying homes, pillaging villages, killing and raping innocent benders and leaving the wretched ones free. And that’s when the avatar spoke out and became the hero everyone wanted and yearned for, but he wasn’t the hero of this happy tale, he became the Anti-hero, rallying all that weren’t seeking to fight for peace, but those seeking to fight for blood and vengeance. Together they formed the new world order and on the first eclipse took to the fire nation and raped, pillaged, and killed just as the fire nation had did to them.

And just as they steam rolled the fire nation with an iron fist Hotaru was far from finished, he hunted every single one of the advisors who Ryuk had trusted and slaughtered them publicly one by one. Finally he had reached the main cause of the corruption in the world, Kabal. However, Kabal was already and elderly man who had lost half of his mind to the war and the other half was the pride of his nation. Hotaru made a spectacle of this man, first taking away his bending, next healing him to full health, and finally killing him and hanging him the same way they hung Ryuk as their mascot. Hotaru became the very image he wanted to prevent, but how could he oppose it after being controlled by Ryuk, he was the break in the prosperous cycle of the Avatar and was the new image of the world. And his empire started with the five points in the Earth Kingdom where the center of organized crime and prostitution would sweep the world by storm. There would be no more avatars after him for after him there would be no world to protect for he would destroy it all before his time as the avatar was over. A broken martyr one filled with peace now grits his teeth threatening to create the ice age of bending.

Chapter 1: Book of Fire

Everyone was settling in nicely, the Five points had become the epicenter of the entire Bending world, everyone who was everyone used the boats to get to the dock of the Five Points. However immigrants were treated with prejudice and no one really liked the immigrants and set them to work. Chi blockers were amongst the most common warriors fresh off the boat, and became the first to either join a gang or the police so they wouldn’t be persecuted. Murders were a daily thing in the Five Points if there was a murder a day than there was no business and if there was no business the Avatar wasn’t getting paid and if the Avatar didn’t get paid he held public executions. Hotaru would find a random gang member from one of the other Four points and publicly beat them to a pulp before he took their bending away before he sent them back to their gang after being beaten within an inch of their lives.

The avatar had recently announced a mini fight club that would be open once a week and members of each gang had to send at least one tribute to fight in the arena in the center of the five points. There were no rules and no regulations and whoever won would win earn a week’s protection and a discount on the money they would need to pay towards the Avatar. The stage is set the rest of the show would be determined by the rest of the 4 points.

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Located at the Frost Point headquarters was a young female waterbender named Sura. Since she joined the gang, she had been treated fairly harshly by some men in the gang, most of whom were from the Northern Water Tribe. Of course not all the men were like that. Men from the Southern Water Tribe were kinder and much more supportive of her. Sura had been grouped with the other women in the gang who were only allowed to heal and perform simple tasks. Asides from her treatment in the gang, her life was pretty okay. She was able to get some training in every now and then in secret, but not exactly enough if you ask her. There were times where she tried to find ways to show the leader and the other men in the tribe that she and the other women should be allowed to use their water bending for combat, but it never worked.

Sura and the other members were being called to a meeting, most likely to discuss the new fight club that would be started soon. The Frost Point Leader was currently gone for whatever reason and the second in command, a Southern Water tribe man, was in charge for the time being. He stood at the front of the large group and after they started to quiet down, he began to speak. "The reason I've called you all here should already be clear. As you all may know, the avatar has announced that a fight club will go on once every week and we must find a tribute to send! Now, obviously this fight club won't be easy and whoever goes will be up against powerful opponents." He paused a moment and scanned the crowd of tribesmen. " I want someone who finds themselves strong enough to take on these opponents! Now, I could simply choose someone I see fit, but I will anyone to volunteer. From there will I choose who will be our tribute. Now then who would like to volunteer!" He then scanned the group. Most of the men stared at each other trying to see if any man was brave enough to try and volunteer.

Sura had already started contemplating volunteering for the fight club. After hearing that anyone could volunteer , her hopes rose even more! The second-in-command was from the Southern Water Tribe too and he might be more lenient about her volunteering as well. Today was her lucky day wasn't it? After making her decision, she quickly raised her hand in the air. "I'd like to volunteer sir!" Sura yelled. Seconds after she spoke, everyone's head turned to her. She was met with a variety of looks, most of which carried somewhat negative expressions. The second-in-command stared at her, questioning whether he should allow her to volunteer. Once the leader came back, he definitely would not be happy knowing she would be the one fighting in the name of Frost Point, but no one else seemed to be trying to volunteer. "Is there..anyone else willing to volunteer?" He asked hoping a few other hands would show up. There was only silence though. The second-in-command stood in silence for a few moments before speaking once again. "Very well then, Sura shall be our tribute. However if anyone else decides they'd like to volunteer then I will choose from the others who volunteer. I will need a couple of men to train with Sura until the time of the fight club, everyone else may go back to their original duties for now."

With that, Sura was now the tribute for Frost Point! Well, at least until someone else decided they wanted to be the tribute instead. Everyone dispersed and Sura was left with a couple of water benders who she would be training with. Before going to the Frost Point's trading grounds, Sura went to get her buffalo yak Akia. She mounted herself onto the buffalo yak and headed towards the training grounds. She had a feeling that today was the start of something big! Maybe after this, the guys would respect her a little more. Maybe even the Frost Point leader would have some change of heart! She just had to bet everything on this fight club.