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[rebelprince]

Player Information

Name: Kex
Personal Journal: shrike
Age: 26
Contact Info: AIM@scientifLc, Poisonedkex
Other Characters Played: n/a

Character Information

Character Name: Prince Zuko, no last name given

Character Series: Avatar: the Last Airbender

Character Age: 17

Character Gender: Male

Original Canon Avatar: the Last Airbender

Canon Point: Literally right after the Day of Black Sun, when he makes the decision to join the Avatar, but hasn't had a chance to prove himself worthy yet.

Background Link: Seriously all the Zuko info you could ever want

Personality: Zuko is... complicated. In the first season, Prince Zuko is your typical spoiled teenager -- selfish, arrogant, impossible to please, and using people to get whatever he wants. Few could stand him long enough to see anything beyond this, and to an extent he preferred it that way. Of course, none of these observations were -- and by his chosen canonpoint, are -- inaccurate, but there was much more to him than just a hotheaded jerk.

Zuko is headstrong and driven above almost all else; while many would probably call him ruthless, he does have a very strong idea of what right and wrong mean, and what should and should not be. He has no patience for people who don't agree with him, and while he usually ignores those who don't exactly see the way he does, he's very quick to lash out if said person pushes the issue. He doesn't have much of a sense of humor, either, unless it involves someone he doesn't like being severely inconvenienced.

While he does care about people he's close to, in a sort of odd way, he's slow to actually care about anyone, and once he does that doesn't exempt the person from occasional angry outbursts. He's solitary by nature, or he likes to think he is, and even attempts at help or friendship from people he hasn't already placed his trust in are usually met with hostility. He has quite a bit of pride about him, and part of his self-imposed isolation comes from his desire to avoid facing how much he'd 'fallen' from his original position. The rest is simply due to his stunted social skills. Solitude cultivates strength, as far as Zuko is concerned, and he will not let other people weaken him. He will also not let other people keep him from the things he feels he deserves.

He is, on a slight tangent, very patriotic. He loves his country and his people, and takes his position therein very seriously. His desperation to get back home is partially fueled by this; he wants his throne, obviously, and believes it to be his destiny to rule over the Fire Nation, but it is due to his devotion to his people that he takes his destiny so seriously. Of course, being turned into a dragon and transported to another dimension throws a wrench in the works, but he still holds out a hope of somehow returning home and taking his place as crown prince once again.

Abilities: Zuko is a firebender, which means he can create and manipulate flames at will provided he's in his proper stance; it is a formal martial art in his world, though he has learned a couple odd techniques, such as his "breath of fire": using his own energy to produce heat, as well as lightning redirection. In addition, he is very skilled with hand-to-hand combat as well as a talented swordsman, wielding dual Dao with ease.

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