Full Name: Jangbu Yamamoto
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Element: Air
Birthplace: Western Air Temple
Position: Nomad
Training: Airbending[Intermediate]; Staff[Intermediate]; Martial Arts: Shaolin Kung Fu[beginner], Qi Gong[Intermediate]
Personality: (205/140)
Determined - People surrounded by Jangbu would consider him to be a stubborn fool more than anything, but his view on any task is not easily swayed by the failures presented before him. Relentlessly pursuing a task set by another or of himself, Jangbu would not rest until he has completed the task. This trait has lead to some interesting scuffles amongst his travels.
Reserved- Jangbu is the type who would avoid most conversation, unless it involves history of some kind. He was never a talkative kid growing up, and prefered to stay buried in the rich history of the world.
Willing- Jangbu is always ready to give aid to anyone in need of his help. He rarely would turn down a request. In some cases this has caused some trouble at times. Most of the time he takes on burdens way to heavy for one person, but that is a reasonable price for one so willing.
Patient- No doubt that Jangbu has patient. He once waited for two days straight for help when he, and a few others were stuck in the Great Divide. This has only been achieve through Qi Gong, and the teaching of the Air Nomads.
Abilities: (307/140)
Airbending- For his age Jangbu is considered to be an extraordinary air bender, due to his defensive style of the art. Following the principle all nomads preach. He prefers to keep his opponent at bay, lowering there stamina and moral for the fight, rather then dominating them with strong solid attacks.
Jangbu rarely uses up close combat, but when he does he tend to amplify his Shalion Kung fu with his bending for stronger blows.
Staff- For the most part Jangbu is an average staff user. It does not offer much support when he is in combat, however he has been known to incorporate it from time to time as a distraction for his enemies.
Martial Arts:
Shaolin Kung Fu- Jangbu is not the greatest hand to hand combatant in the world, but he makes up for that with amplifying his attack speed with his bending. His moves are sloppy and predictable, but with time he hopes to master
Qi Gong- Jangbu is on the right path in the ways of this fighting style. Qi Gong is all about the connection of the Mind, and body. It allows the user to preform remarkable feats, which range from
Enhancing vitality to developing internal force. This style is not so much about the damage out put, but of the spiritual connection to one inner self. Jangbu still has a long way until mastering Qi Gong, however the abilities he has gain from this art has pro long his meditation to abnormal hours even amongst air-benders allowing for a closer connection to the spirit realm. Qi Gong augments Jangbu air bending to grant him the ability to fly(for 10 mintues), however for him to display such a feat would take at least 15 hours of meditation, and a vast amount of Qi build up before displaying such skill a day.
Weakness: Jangbu tends to over think things to a painful degree. This simple, and yet dangerous flaw allows for simple mistake. Like forgetting his opponent has a right hand, or left foot. Once he is focus its hard for him to snap out of his trance to observe everything in a whole.
-Ranged based opponents.
-His fear of Fire benders. ( Too much reading)
- Too much focus on one thing
-Over think simple things.
-Fear of Spirits
Appearance:
Height: 5'11
Weight: 165 lbs. lean, Athletic
Eyes: Black as the night
Hair: Black, but keeps the Traditional shaved head, although He has never completely shaved it all off. (If you looked close enough he still has hair.)
Skin: Light Pale,
Clothing: Jangbu has updated the Air nomads traditional Monk gear. While still keeping the tradition he has updated the color of his. With yellow, white, and black. He also carries warriors beads around his neck, and waist. They were given to him as a parting gift from his Master. The wraps around his arm serve as guards from light attacks. They can withstand a knife strike.
"Regulate your body, Regulate your breathing, get rid of your distracting thoughts..These are the steps of Qi Gong"- Master Yamamoto telling to Jangbu
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Spotted on a hill by a traveling Air nomad named Yamamoto at the age of 2, Jangbu was brought to the Western Air Temple for fate of his future travels. To the Nomads surprise Jangbu displayed a small amount of bending when sliding half way across the room just by sneezing. The air nomad Yamamoto sense greatness in the boy, and decided to keep, and train him into becoming an Air Nomad. Jangbu was always in the temple Library or practicing in the training grounds. He would even sneak out of his room just to continue reading about the history of the temple. At the age of 11, Jangbu was engulfed into the history of Fire Lord Ozai. Discovering the crimes dealt by this man has cause great fear to awaken in Jangbu. The fear of fire benders. This fear pushed Jangbu into learning the style of Qi Gong taught by Master Yamamoto. The style allowed him to forget his trouble and immerse himself within the energy around the world. It seemed all was well for the time, however his fear the fire nation had grew ten fold. At one point he was unable to bend while sparring with a fellow member amongst the nomads. It almost caused him his life when he fell from the temple. Luckily his master Yamamoto, and his flying Bison Achi were there to catch him. At the age of 13 Jangbu discovered his closeness with the spirit realm, surly his connection must have been enhance through the training of Qi Gong. One night while he was sleeping he unconsciously sent his spirit to the spirit realm. Jangbu awoke, but to his surprise he was not in his room. Hovering over a forest, he suddenly fell through a tree, upon rising up he was graced with the presence of a spirit. At first the spirit seem to ignore him,but upon looking at the spirit great fear built up within him. He recognized this spirit from the library books. it was Koh the face stealer. Sensing his fear Koh quickly gave chase to Jangbu. As Koh was just about to reach him Jangbu spirit suddenly rushed towards his body. Jangbu jumped out of bed grabbing his chest. It seemed a new fear was to be added to his list. At the age of 16 Jangbu was granted permission to leave the temple for his own quest. He was hoping through traveling around the world something would help him cure his fears buried deep within him.
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The night was young, the air soothing of song, as it swiftly blew past Jangbu ears. The land was silent for such a time. Jangbu sat quietly on top of a boulder meditating while nature took its course through the night. All seemed to be well, that is until a Goat-dog took interest of Jangbu. Jangbu sense the Goat-dog presence, and quickly gave a gesture to remove it from his session. The dog ignored his gesture, and began to bark towards Jangbu. Jangbu took this as a challenge of patient, and continue to meditate, while the dog barked. Five hours past, and still both showed no sign of giving up. The challenge lasted well into the night, Jangbu concentration began to wither."You are a formidable little one" said Jangbu as he reposition himself on the boulder. The dog replied with an even mightier bark leaving Jangbu to try even harder to strain his concentration. The sun began to rise, and the noise, which brought upon Jangbu a great annoyance had come to a halt. It was finally over, and once again the soothing sound of the wind began to kiss his ears once again. Jangbu began to feel strange, as if something was missing from the tune the wind produced. This was not the same sound he heard before, it was different, and it seemed to lack something. Jangbu quickly opened his eyes, and leaped from the boulder to see nothing. The Goat-dog was missing,and Jangbu felt sadness slowly consuming him. In truth Jangbu cherish the small moments with the dog. He had grown to appreciate the dogs magnificent bark. To know that he would probably never get to hear the dogs bark again put great pain within his heart. Jangbu grabbed his staff, and began to head east, but was stopped by a rather loud noise of snoring. Jangbu quickly turn around, and ran towards the sound. It was coming from the boulder he used the day before to meditate. As he circled the huge rock, he stopped to notice the Goat dog sleeping. With a smile on his face, Jangbu sat down next to the dog in silence. He began to meditate, bathing himself within the sound of the dogs snoring.
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