aww man i already had a name for him to....guess I dont need you Yagi *insert sad face*

You can have one. lol You just don't 'need' one. >.>

honestly I dont know how I can work it in. Im pretty fluent in "most" airbending lore but the right age for bison taming still eludes me lol

I'm not too sure if I'm accepted or not, Prince - what's the verdict on Jian?

Prince said
You can have one. lol You just don't 'need' one. >.>

Don't listen to him. If you're an airbender who isn't possibly in love with the epitome of evil and crazy, a Sky Bison is a must. How else are we supposed to get around? Walking like peasants? :p

*Looks at most characters* Oh....XD

Oh by the way Rtron I guess that I need to talk to you about getting into the Rising once Im accepted, so should we discuss that now or wait till the day?

You can also talk to Kalani, if you'd like. ; u ;
She's a recruiter too, but it's your choice.

Well should we wait till I get accepted or not or do you wanna plan something now XD

Well maybe once your CS's up, and you're accepted we can start talking. ^^

Sounds good...this line up will make for interesting interaction with a fundamentalist airbender XD

Well here he is...tell me what you think?

Name: Yan Tao

Age: 38

Gender: Male

Nationality: Air Nomads

Traits:
Yan only has a few real skills and they really apply to his life prior to leaving the temple. Other than his skill in Airbending, Yan is very knowledgeable in the lore of the world around him due to his intense studies at the Eastern Air Temple, he as also learned how to cook even though he himself has taken the vow to never eat meat. Other minor traits include weapon upkeep, tailoring and minor spiritual training.

Appearance:
[imghttp://www.deviantart.com/art/Zaheer-464226102][/img]

History:
Yan's childhood life is a bit of a blur to him, since most of his life was spent under the teutalge of the monks of the Eastern Air Temple. What he does remember is the fact that he was born into a family of airbender but his parents died shortly after his birth and ever since that day he was raised by the monks. As he grew older and learned of the Pheonix Kingdom and the Fire Nation assault on his people he has felt a growing desire to wander the earth and find more airbenders and bring them back to the temple.

Growing up among the monks was always interesting from discovering new information about the Air Nation to learning new techniques of airbending, there was always something new to discover. From an early age Yan was always drawn more to the spiritual side of the Air Nomads and so spent a great deal of time learning the 36 paths as well learning what he could about the teachings of different gurus. Around the age of sixteen Yan had mastered around twenty of the paths when he felt the need to leave the temple and search the world for other airbenders and try to bring them to the ways he was taught, Teyri-yhama declined saying that he was not yet ready to face the realities of the world around him. Yan agreed and continued with his training. By the age of twenty four, mastering having mastered thirty-three paths Yan left the temple against the wishes of Teyri-yhama.

Riding atop Jampo, his faithful bison, Yan began his journey with the highest of hopes that airbenders near and far would come to learn the wisdoms taught at the Temple. As the years progressed, however, all he seemed to find were airbenders held under control with false titles and over inflated sense of power, a perversion of everything that he held dear. On the day he entered the Fire Nation and saw that his system of beliefs had been reduced to little more than a lofty title, was the day that he decided to bring down the Phoenix Kingdom and all others attached to it.

Over the next ten years Yan joined and left several resistances and left when they would either fall apart or wouldn't have the stomach to go as far as necessary in order to create real change among the kingdoms, finally he put himself in four years of self imposed isolation having given up all hope of ever defeating the Phoenix Kingdom or returning to the temple with any airbenders. While living in the wilds outside of Omashu he began to hear rumors of a group that was recruiting from the local farmers. The fantastic tales of this group of people that had began causing trouble for Phoenix King Ozai reached his ears and piqued his interest causing him to once again jump atop Jampo and set off on another trip to Omashu. Perhaps this time there will be a possibility for real change.

Relations
Other than Monk Teyri-yhama he never really kept much connection with other monks.

Personality:
Yan in his youth was a rather headstrong young man, an unusual trait for an airbender, which has seemed to transfer into his middle age. The years of fighting in countless smaller rebellions has given him a better understanding of gurella warfare and tactics as well as quick thinking airbender mind makes him come off as a wise military commander. While he understands that not all firebenders adhere to the same principles of Ozai, Yan hold a mild contempt for all firebenders although he carries a special loathing for anyone within the Phoenix Kingdom. Most of all his judgmental mindset is focused on the airbenders of the Fire Nation, those who would willingly lay down their freedom to continue living feels the full disdain that he can muster. Deep within his soul, however, Yan still holds what the monks taught him at the temple to heart and carries a small flame of hope that one day that he will be able to restore the Air Nation and show all the airbenders the true path of the Air Nomads.

Hi! I'm one of Stitches' group that's meant to be joining (fingers crossed) and I finally finished my character sheet. I hope it's acceptable!

Yan Tao isn't a bad concept, but I want him fleshed out a bit more. I feel like parts of his history, personality and traits are just webbing to put a few parts together you want in a character. I don't get a strong sense of identity from him, and I really do want one from each character. Also, 24 is still somewhat young for him to be a complete Airbending Master as well as have researched so many topics, especially spiritual knowledge. In this field, I would like you to tone back the Spiritualistic part, but you're free to highlight his academic talents. There are also Dai Li agents in this roleplay,specifically another PC, that aren't master-level, just close, but are still older with intense training. Mastering all thirty-six tiers is a sacred accomplishment, and I want to keep it such.

Jun is actually very similar to my Krane, albeit I see that you focus on his swordsmanship over bending. I can understand this, but what I dislike is the application of firebending onto metal. If lavabending, making molten rock, is a form of earthbending, it stands to reason that metalbending would unlock bending steel, including its heat. Bending itself is the manipulation of chi in unique ways that abide by a set of restrictions that are bending. I don't see firebending making a sword super-heated to the degree it could slice through more. Much like Krane using a sword-style, it uses the blade as an extension of the body and chi. Whether its firebending or airbending, it would result in the same effects. Now, there are ways I could imagine creating a similar effect, but I'm not allowing the direct superheating of metal. Aside from that, Jun is perfect. I read him and seen him as the older brother Krane could have had.

Sidenote: Change those damn unicorn Avatars.

Looking back I agree on the metal-fire-sword-thing, so I fixed it now -- I think.

(I also changed the damn unicorn avatar.)

Jun is approved. :)

Well the spiritual training is just that...training. I didn't mean to make it seem like he was guru level or anything, but after rereading I agree that mastering all 36 is a bit much. But since he made a new technique he is still considered an airbending master if I'm not mistaken. So if I say cut his mastered paths in half and flesh out his personality out a bit more I'm good right?

Aang, the only exception ever, made a new technique and had already mastered 35 tiers. They let him skip one. Making a brand new technique, although notable, The statement, officially, is "and/or" because it was never clarified if the creation of a technique is a sure-fire skip to Airbending Master. In any case, it's not going to alter the situation too much here.

Almost every character I see tries to take on the title of master, and not one has actually deserved it. The title is meant to inspire reverence for a reason. I'm not going to hand it out to any of any bending class easily.

Hey I understand...I was trying to make an airbender with his tattoos already. How about this, if I uped his age and added more time at the temple training or (secondary thought) have him master the paths after years at the temple and several more "wandering the earth" as it were?

Your best bet to attain Air Mastery tattoos and be a viable part of this roleplay is to be a former master that strayed from the path of enlightenment, and here's why:

There is a select group of people whom attain the tattoos, and they are very few in number as well as very powerful in terms of raw skill. They are masters. They preserved an art that only a few thousand still know. They give up their life, a lot of the times sacrificing romances and personal tethers, to achieve that level of mastery. Now, I'm not saying that an Air Master couldn't have a significant other or anything, but I'm saying they would likely be less inclined to. They would be less inclined to care about of a lot of Earthly things.

So, if the entire point of this roleplay is focusing on bringing DOWN the Phoenix Kingdom that right now is doing a lot of good things for the Air Nomads, the Air Bending Masters aren't going to feel real obligated to help out the cause. Your best bet would be to be something like a disgruntled 38 year old Airbending Master that has become fed up with the bastardization of the Airbenders in the Fire Nation and the Phoenix Kingdom that is diluting culture and spiritual value. That, you can do.

What you cannot do is fit the Air Master archetype into a rebel because it doesn't make a lot of sense.

You know that sounds about like what I had in my head, I was perusing airbenders on deviantart and came across a well made Zaheer before he cut his hair and beard and that thought of "Wow I could make an angry nomad." popped into my head. Aight cap'n I'll get to work