Full Name: Zander Kross
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Element: Air
Birthplace: Eastern Air Temple
Position: Bounty Hunter
Training: Air Bending [Expert], Chi Blocking [Expert], Chakram [Beginner], lock picking[beginner], Stealth[Beginner]
Personality:
Kross is very introverted, he likes to be on his own and do things his own way, but at the same time he wants somewhere to belong, He does not make friends easy, will often remain quiet, not because of an attitude or that he is shy, he just doesn’t know what to say in most situations. Because of this he has tried to make himself as invisible as he can be so that he does not get into such situations.
If he is approached and the other party is leading the conversation, he is more than happy to join in if he can and will say more, the more comfortable he is with them. He has a dry, sarcastic sense of humour and can be very blunt and is part of the reason he avoids talking till he knows people. He is fairly compassionate and understanding of most people and will often hear them out.
He is rational and will plan things out in advance, he often panics if something unexpected happens and does not adapt well. His default solution is to run away from such things until he can come up with a more suitable approach. He does not like conflict and will only ever use it as a last resort.
He is possessive, since he rarely makes good connections with people, he is very protective and possessive of them and will not let anything bad happen to them and will do nearly anything to maintain the relationship he has with them, disliking change.
He can be quite lazy, often looking for the easiest and fastest solution to a problem and irritated when things get complicated even though he is likely prepared. He factors in all of the known possibilities to each scenario he is in and comes up with a plan to deal with the most likely.
Abilities:
Kross used to study air bending, but disliking his life as a monk, he left after learning all that he felt he could. He is a competent air bender but is not particularly strong. His techniques are mostly used to boost his natural ability, making his faster, lighter, quieter. He is able to make his footsteps lighter in order to sneak more efficiently, as well as change the density of the air to have a cover of mist and fog. He has also found that he can do the opposite, completely remove the air from small locations, about 1 foot in diameter, to create a vacuum to put out fire or suffocate something. He is able to create a larger but thin vacuum that acts as a barrier for sound stopping any sound he makes from escaping but also any sound from coming in. He is not good at using bending offensively or defensively only as utility though he can do it if forced.
Kross does not like prolonged fighting, he would much rather escape if a fight is not going his way, though if forced into battle he is a skilled chi blocker, an art he learned after leaving the air temple. He will try to disable opponents then kill them when they are unable to resist. Using air bending to augment his movements to make himself faster and acrobatic. His chakram are his only weapons, throwing discs that he manipulates with air bending to control in mid-air, as long as they are spinning he can keep manipulating them. But they are easy to knock off course.
In order to help him in his job as a bounty hunter, he is learning to lockpick to gain access to places that bending is not required, and sneak without the aid of his air bending.
Appearance:
Height: 5"10'
Weight: Light, athletic, narrow build.
Eyes: Dark Green, specks of brown.
Hair: Black, medium length, straight loose hair.
Skin: Fair, tattooed with air bender arrows.
Kross has medium length, black hair that he often allows to hang loose so that it can be changed at a moment’s notice to alter his appearance. Most of the time he wears a headband to cover his air bender tattoos but if he doesn't have one, his fringe is long enough to cover it in most situation.
Kross has an athletic build, while not particularly strong he is fast and light. He has an average frame but usually slouches to make himself seem smaller.
One of Kross’s greatest talents is the fact he looks completely average, there is nothing about him that stands out. His nose, eyes lips and general facial structure are all moderate in size and shape, not too small, not too big, not memorable at all apart from the air bender tattoos that he has but keeps covered as much as he can with clothing.
There are two main outfits that cross wears, the first is his stealth gear. Plain black baggy top and trousers that are tight around the forearms and calves. It has a black belt with several pouches that he can use to store any gear in as well as a sash from shoulder to hip that has an area for storing larger items. To cover his face there is a black hood, headband and mouthpiece. Around his eyes are usually darkened with some face paint.
The second outfit is whatever is in style in the region he Is in as he does not want to stand out. He prefers clothes that hide his air bender tattoos. Headbands and scarves are often part of this as well as gloves. The only constant is a plain brown messenger bag that can be worn over the shoulder, around his waist or held in one hand.
The second outfit is whatever is in style in the region he Is in as he does not want to stand out. He prefers clothes that hide his air bender tattoos. Headbands and scarves are often part of this as well as gloves. The only constant is a plain brown messenger bag that can be worn over the shoulder, around his waist or held in one hand.
Weaponry & Other Gear:
Dual Chakram Materials:Blackened Steel.
Description: each is an inch wide blade that is a circle, 12 inches in diameter. They are blackened to not be as visible in the darkness. Light enough to be thrown and manipulated with air bending. There are no distinguishing features.
Messenger Bag Materials:Brown leather, some steel.
Description: A plain unassuming brown bag, It has a flap that covers the front of the bag held by 2 buttons that conceal the inside that is split into 2 compartments, one is large and open, the other is divided into 3 smaller sections. The large open section has a false bottom that can be pulled away by finding the hidden buttons, inside is where his stealth equipment is usually stored.
Lockpicks Materials:Blackened Steel.
Description: A set of pin and tumbler lock picks that are made of black steel. kept in a black leather case that can be rolled up and stored in a small container.
Rope Materials:Blackened Silk.
Description: 50 feet of black silk rope, its light and matte.
History:
Kross was born to an air bender mother and earth bender father in the eastern air temple. As a child he was very quiet he studied and played by himself most of the time. He was close to his parents though they left him under the care of the air temple in order to live in the earth kingdom after his father got sick. From this point he simply grew more distant from the other children and teachers, spending much of his time practicing but not improving too much, He had a lot of difficulty learning air bending as he spent too much time in his own head, planning out and thinking about every little thing. Through his studies he made no friends, though others in the class would try to approach him and talk to him but conversations always fell short. Time went on and Kross was able to advance in his learning, creating little mental rituals for himself to be able to meditate, shut his mind off and allow the spirit of air to flow through him but he was no natural and not nearly as strong as the others.
Shortly after he turned 16, he had felt he had learned all he could about air bending, and after all this time, was sick of it, sick of this place, sick of the same people and sick of being unable to advance anymore, It was time for him to leave. So, in the middle of the night, he did, taking a glider and not looking back. Though the temple was all he had known he had enough skills to be able to survive on his own, and his first destination was Ba Sing Se where he had been told his parents were.
He had travelled for far too long before arriving at the city, he was completely overwhelmed, so many people such a big place and he had no idea what he should do. Reluctantly he asked around for people who could help him find people and was eventually pointed towards a group of bounty hunters, this was where he met Ava Vale, a chi blocker from the fire nation. He told her his story and she seemed to be interested and said she would do it, but then asked how he was going to pay for it. He had no money, no possessions and he didn’t know the state of his parents. It was then that she gave him a proposal. He would become hers; Help her on her own jobs in order to pay off his debt to her. He agreed.
It didn’t take Ava long to find his parents, though she explained it wasn’t what she usually did, she still had a lot of contacts but the reunion was tear filled but short lived. Ava needed to leave and although Kross refused to go with her at first, it only took a single sentence to change his mind “I found your parents, alive and well, let’s keep them that way.” So, he had no choice but to leave with her, and as much as he hated her for a long while, she quickly grew on him. She always got what she wanted and he admired that, there was never a time when she didn’t seem to be in total control or a situation. 6 years passed with her, she trained him in the art of chi blocking and he used his bending to assist her. She had become like an older sister to him and in all that time, until she received a message from the fire nation, she had looked scared.
She said she had to go, and that he couldn’t go with her, no matter how much he pleaded and begged. He was determined to follow her wherever he needed, to do whatever he could, but he didn’t get the chance. She lent in close and stuck the pressure point in his neck to make his body collapse; all he could do was watch her go. Weeks, Months, passed since that day and he still heard no word from her, there was no trail of her. Though he is determined to find her.
Character Box:
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Zander Kross
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He had been waiting around for several days now, in the hope that someone would get back to him, Ava had a lot of contacts, he had met most of them and hoped that at least someone would have seen her. Finally he had gotten gotten something from Denrat in the north. What was she doing up there? he thought to himself, pulling down his green hood and opening the letter, reading a few words out loud as he scanned through it.
“Sent me a message…would be coming here…already here when you read this…” He stopped, She would be around the northern water tribe but why. He shook his head and ran his fingers through his thick black hair to push it out of his eyes as he continued to read. “Will tell her you were looking for her… parents, doing well, father is being healed.” He raised a brow at this, he didn’t remember asking about his parents, he didn’t even remember ever mentioning them to Denrat, so how did he know? Didn’t matter, he would find out soon enough. He started to roll up the leter, unbutton his bag and place it with severl other rolls of parchment inside. He would be heading to the northern water tribe as soon as he could.
((No idea if I even had to fill this in, template didn't say. If I do I will go back and redo it when its not 5 in the morning.))
| Mood:Frustrated
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