Full Name: Okashi, Nokoraiu "Raiu"
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Element: Fire
Birthplace: Earth Kingdom Village
Position: Earth Kingdom Citizen
Personality: Raiu is a respectable firebender that loves sarcasm. His respectable nature comes from his father's teachings through many years of Martial Arts training in Shiken Jujitsu. He's learned to respect those that respect him back but he is not over caring nor will he put his life in danger for someone he doesn't know, though someone he respects... that's a different story. His sarcastic side comes from his fun loving, extravagant firebending mother. She always had a sarcastic sense of humor and life in general and it translated over to Raiu no doubt. Whether this is a good quality of his or not is debatable. He tends to put off seriousness with sarcasm when he wants to hide his nervousness over a situation. He may come off as rude to those who don't understand his sarcastic behavior. In battle in will use his sarcastic behavior to intimidate his opponent or just crack jokes to lighten the mood and will always bow after a fight regardless of the threat. He also tends to panic in overbearing situations. He also seems to have an anger problem, it's how he discovered his own firebending, his uncontrolled temper.
Raiu finds love to be a concept a bit hard to grasp. While he certainly loves his parents, he has never had success with a girl, at least not in the long run. He's had girlfriends, but when the question of love appears it just doesn't seem to work out. Maybe, this is part of his problems with overbearing situations.
Abilities: Raiu is what you would consider a 2nd Dan Black Belt in Shiken Jujitsu and was taught directly by his father, a master of the art, though Raiu is far from being a master himself. Shiken Jujitsu is a passive-aggressive fighting style that focuses mainly on "Block and Counter" combat as well as pressure points and a variation of locks and throws. While the basics of Martial Arts still apply: punches, chops, front kicks, side kicks, round kicks, etc, the higher level kicks have no practical use and are for more stylistic purposes. So while he has an advantage on defense, his offense is average.
Speaking of things that are average, he is also a firebender, also taught by one of his parents, his mother. While she was a rather exciting woman, she did not want her son to be "playing with fire." So when her husband decided to teach Raiu a defensive fighting style she jumped at the opportunity to teach him tame firebending. The extent of his training was to encase his arms and legs in fire to further improve his defense as well shoot out short bursts of flames to extend the reach of his attacks. He can form small columns of fire by stomping or punching the ground which gives him a brief shielding of fire. His flames always seem a bit exaggerated and out of control when he is angered, but weaker because of it. His mother always told him to think of fire as life itself and not as rage, but that isn't always remembered.
Appearance:
Height: 5'11''
Weight: 180lbs
Eyes: Green with Orange fading through from the center
Hair: Dark Brown
Raiu has shaggy dark brown hair with bangs that fall in front of eyes and that covers his ears. He'll consistently move his bangs out from his eyes either with his hand or flicking his head to the side, having it angle to the right either way. When his hair isn't blocking his eyes, you can see their dark green shade with a tint orange in the center showing off his Earth Kingdom and Fire Nation mixed heritage from his father and mother respectively. His skin is pale, a trait apparent to both nations. His nose is the typical one you would expect, slanting slightly to the tip and curving ever so slightly at the bottom. His jawline narrows into his chin, his jaw making some what of a heart shape. At 5'11" and 180lbs, Raiu has a pretty good muscular physique without looking overly muscular. He wears an Earth Kingdom styled coat over top a red T-shirt, the sleeves of the coat rolled up to just above his elbows. His pants and shoes are Fire Nation styled baggy shorts that stop past his knees, his boots covering his calf and below. He also wears a black scarf that was given to him by his father when he reached his first Dan Black Belt, his father not being an official teacher, did not have the resources to get him an actual belt, so a scarf with Raiu's name on it wasn't a bad idea. His forearms have burn scars spiraling up them from an incident when he was younger.
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NoneHistory: Raiu was born of an Earth Kingdom fisherman and a Fire Nation fighter. His father, Mikaku, was not just a fisherman but a master martial artist who made his living off of fishing. He was at one point considered one of the best nonbenders in the Earth Kingdom. Whether or not that holds up now is debatable. One evening when Mikaku was on his way back from a fishing trip he was suddenly surrounded by flames and a hail of fireballs stormed down upon him. With a remarkable ability to dodge he emerge from the hail unscathed and watched as his opponent landed in front of him. His opponent was an elegant figure, draped in a halter top styled dress designed for combat and comfort, her dark brown hair waving down to her waist.
"So you weren't a complete waste of time, good to know." the woman smirked at Mikaku and he bowed in return before taking a stance. he motioned for her to come and a battle ensued. As the fight continued into the night the woman's bending was becoming more and more tame as both the woman and Mikako became exhausted. The woman through out a blast of fire from her fist a lot slower than usual and Mikaku used most of his remaining energy evade the attack and throw the woman into an arm lock before taking her to the ground.
"It's about time I found someone worth fighting." The woman laughed and Mikako smiled in return, "You're not bad yours-" he was interrupted by the woman's free hand pulling him into a quick but passionate kiss, "I'm Janae." She smiled before sliding her arm out of the stunned man's lock and jumping away, the fire surrounding him vanishing. Mikaku quickly shook away his shock and picked himself up. "Well she was quite the character..." He spoke to himself heading back to his home.
Mikaku awoke the next morning to the smell of a cooked meal and immediately picked himself up to see Janae with her face stuffed with food. "Oh h-" she struggled to speak with all the food in her mouth. "What are you doing in my house?" Mikaku questioned her sternly. She swallowed before replying, "I can't drop in and say hi, what's so bad about that?" "You're eating my food!" "So?" She smirked at him, taking a bite out of another fish. Mikaku sighed before standing up and approaching her.
"What's the real reason you're here?" Mikaku's curiosity inquired. Janae did not reply, she simply stood up and winked at him before leaving his house. A year later, Janae gave birth to a beautiful baby boy which they named Nokoraiu.
Upon Nokoraiu's birth, Janae embraced her traveling nature and set out for Omashu. Mikaku, although objective to the idea of leaving his home, reluctantly agreed. Janae had been a traveling fighter all her life and felt a year of not traveling was long enough. When the two reached Omashu, they quickly established themselves. In his life as child, Nokoraiu had been rather timid, never really approaching anyone too confidently. This timid behavior netted him few friends and many bullies. His bullies mainly picked out the fact that his mother was Fire Nation, even though there was peace for many years between the nations.
One day at school when he was six, the main kid to bully him, Kalii, a nine year-old earthbender, really brought it down hard. Saying horrible things about his mother, calling her things like a fire nation whore, and trying to convince others that his mother was playing his father for a fool and was probably just here to start another war. Amongst the laughter and shoves, young Nokoraiu began to cry even with his friends trying to back him up. When Kalii finally said life could only be better for Nokoraiu if his mother dropped dead, he snapped. His tears evaporated and sparks flew from his eyes as his hands lit on fire, the flames spiraling up his arms and burning them. Ignoring the pain he charged at Kalii but was suddenly grabbed by the collar. Janae had been holding him back, Nokoraiu's buring fist was inches away from Kalii's face before Janae picked up Nokoraiu, stroking his hair. "You shouldn't play with fire, Rai-Rai... no matter how mad you get."
Back home, Nokoraiu was quickly treated to his burns, though not quick enough, the tissue had already been scarred. His mother tightly embraced him once again telling him not to
play with fire. A week later, Mikaku felt it was time to teach him self-defense and Janae eventually taught him about firebending with out rage. Years later, Nokoraiu became much
more confident and respectable as well as sarcastic, his parents in a healthy 20 year marriage. Him and Kalii still fight to this day, not out of hatred, but out of friendship.
One day, after an intense sparring match with his father, he told his parents what he planned to do with life. That was follow his mom's life style of traveling and fighting. It was in his blood and it's what appealed to him. Besides he always wanted to see the Fire Nation. So after saying his goodbyes, he set off.
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