App for Sing

[whoneedsbending]

Player Information
Your Nickname: Zak
OOC Journal: N/A
Under 18? Nope
Email/IM: AIM@ ImpulsiveCrime plurk@ Zakura email@ sir.reppington@gmail.com
Characters Played at Singularity: Kurt Wagner and Conner Kent

Character Information
Name: Sokka
Name of Canon: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Canon/AU/Other Game CR: Canon
Reference: http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Sokka
Canon Point: Book 3 Chapter 4 – Sokka's Master

Setting:

The world that Sokka comes from is made up of 4 nations which are the Earth Kingdom, Water Tribes, Fire Nation and Air Nomads, each nation seems to show similarities to countries within our own Asia in ways such as architecture and clothing. Animals are different here than they are in our own world, they're more a mixture of two different animals like the Armadillo wolf or strange mixtures that give different characteristics such as the flying lemurs, but much like our world species are specific to the nation. In regards to technology, the world of Avatar is less developed than our world, there is no electricity, phones etc. The Fire Nation is more advanced with their war ships and flying machines.

In this world there are also people who are able to bend the elements, the same elements of the nations, earth, water, fire and air. Not everyone is able to bend though and compared to the population of the world they're a small percentage, however the nations armies are mostly made up of benders. The actual bending technique is very disciplined and appears to be very similar to a lot of different martial arts styles. There are also rare cases where people can change the element into something else, for example, Toph, who is an earth bender, was held in a metal box which she was eventually able to bend. Another example of bending something different would be fire benders being able to channel lightening. Chi is what ultimately drives bending and allows being the ability to manipulate the element. It's also important to note that benders are also influenced by the actual elements themselves and factors that influence them. Such as with waterbenders, they are strongest at night and on a full moon given that the moon has an effect on the tides but they must have a source of water to actually bend and mostly needs the use of their arms. Firebenders need to have an 'inner fire' and great self control they are useless during a solar eclipse as the source of their power has been cut off, but in the presence of a comet, they are more powerful than usual. This would suggest they are also stronger during the day than they are at night. Earthbenders have to have contact with the actual ground, and whilst they can still bend without doing so, typically they will go barefoot to have more connection. What many see as a downfall, is more effective as they will wait patiently for the right moment to strike.

However, to say that everyone depends on benders to defend them and fight wouldn't be correct, an example of non-benders that are there for people are the Kiyoshi Warriors of Kiyoshi island. A group of warriors made up of girls who are talented in other ways that don't involve bending elements.
It's also safe to say that not everyone is happy about benders, it's after Sokka's time on the world, but it's still an important fact to know because it's no doubt been about for a while until it escalated. Equalists, people who think that benders think they're better than other people and lord their abilities over them which in time will give rise to the chi manipulators seen in Legend of Korra.

Each bender can only bend one element except for the Avatar, the planets spirit given form. It's their job to master all four elements in order to keep balance amongst all four nations and the world as a whole. Cycles are important when it comes to the Avatar as it isn't something that's straight forward, when the current Avatar dies, a new one is born to the next element in the cycle; water, earth, fire and air. This elemental cycle is also the order in which the Avatar must learn bending, for example, Aang is an air bender and must learn to bend water, earth and then fire.
Avatars also have a link to the spirit world where they can draw power and commune with their past lives for guidance and wisdom.

The current state of the world during Sokka's time is that it's at War. The Fire Nation has been waging war on the three other nations for a hundred years and is presently still going on. The Water Tribe and Earth Kingdom are the only opposition left as the Air Nomads have been wiped out.
Each nation has its own way of fighting in the war with the Northern Water Tribe had their waterbenders utilize their surroundings when fighting off the Fire Nation seige and instead of an actual army, much like their sister tribe in the South, had warriors.
The Earth Kingdom relies on its size which is a disadvantage as it makes it easy for tactics, which is something the Fire Nation excel at as well as their own technology. Both nations have their armies built up in similar ways where they use benders. The Earth Kingdom use non-benders as well whereas the Fire Nation use machines.

The Earth Kingdom presently has a large number of provinces and colonies which makes it difficult to rule or have a strong structure. Technically there is a King of the whole kingdom, however each province has its own leader and often their own rules and laws.

Water Tribes have a tribal system going on that means that they have Chiefs as their leaders. Though their politics seem to differ between the tribes, the South has a more basic and easy to understand political system while the North has a council that advise the Chief they also use politics for personal gain such as Yue being promised to someone.

The Fire Nation is ruled by a single leader, the Fire Lord that is a birth right and not something the people have a say in.

The Water Tribes and Earth Kingdom don't seem to be in any kind of disagreement with each and their goal is the same, to have the war ended.

This seems a lot more likely to happen in the close future given that after a hundred years of being missing, the Avatar has appeared. Reawakened and on his way to become the complete Avatar by learning the elements and bringing peace and harmony to all the nations once again.


Personality:

In some aspects, Sokka is a typical teenager, complaining about things, being hungry and having lots of energy. He has a very obvious sense of humour and will often crack the worst jokes imaginable. Unfortunately when Sokka's humour rears it's head, no one apart from him finds it very funny, though he does have a good habit of actually cheering people up and making bad situations seem less daunting.

He adores food, loves it and won't pass up an opportunity to eat it. Unless it's nothing but nuts. Sokka is a hunter, he has no qualms about killing animals if it means that he and his friends or family survives another day.

He can be rude at times as well as sexist, though over time he has shown that he can change and own up to his own mistakes, going as far as to apologise to the Kiyoshi Warriors and ask them to show him techniques.

Sokka is a loud person, though he does know when it's better to not really say anything at all, though this isn't always the case. If Sokka has an opinion on something, he isn't the kind of person to just keep quiet, he will usually vocalise it. Especially when it comes to his jealousy of bending. Feeling left out due to Katara, Aang and Toph having something they can bond over while he doesn't really have any input to such conversations.

Despite the fact Sokka can come across as nothing but a goof ball, he can be serious and come up with great strategies or ideas to get around their enemies. He can also be incredibly stubborn such as at the beginning of the series, he tells Katara that Aang should leave and sticks to his guns with the decision, but he does have a soft spot and will eventually give in, even to the surprise of others.

Sokka is an incredibly proud warrior and member of the Southern Water Tribe. He will do his best to keep everyone safe and even goes as far as to try and train the younger boys (read : children) of the tribe, often not letting them go for potty breaks. Despite his warrior pride though, when it comes to actual combat Sokka doesn't really think things through at the start of the series and believes that he's stronger than he actually is. An example of this would be when Zuko first arrives at the Water tribe, he tries to defend them but gets put down.

Sokka is a very driven character, he makes his goals, whether short or long term known. However, even though the Fire Nation killed his mother and have been raging war, he doesn't want revenge, he just wants to fight and defend.

When it comes to his sister, Katara, Sokka is protective, though not exactly to the point of having a sister complex. He's not exactly happy when Jet talks to Katara and he sees her falling for him since he's already judging him. Sokka comes across as almost bitchy and passive-aggressive.

Abilities, Weaknesses, and Power Limitation Suggestions:

He's pretty good at science and inventing things, even though the world he's from isn't massive on such things. He can use weapons, such as his boomerang and club but he can also use swords. He's a strategist, coming up with plans and strategies that work well and in favour to the bending members of his team, so even without them there, he would still be able to come up the actual plans.

Sokka is a normal person and like normal people he's open to being hurt, he has no super strength on invincibility so even a punch can hurt him.

Inventory: Boomerang and club his sword made from a meteorite, small bag with crumbs, one coin and warrior make-up. Oh an fluff.
Appearance: Sokka is around average height for a 15 year old, his hair is usually pulled up into a warriors wolf tail though the sides that are usually shave in are beginning to grow out. His skin is tanned and his eyes are blue. There's no real distinguishable features about him.

Sokka

Age: 15


Samples
Log Sample:

The landing back in the Junkyard hadn't exactly been fun, neither was landing a foot safe of being impaled by some...metal pole thing. He had no idea what it was other than dangerous looking. There was worry at the fact this place was suddenly unlike any other he had ever seen before and even the technology was something to cause concern, as interesting as it was. Sokka knew he didn't have time to investigate, he had to find his friends, his family and find out where they were and how to get back. A war had to be stopped and no one could do it but Aang.

Furious hunting and calling took place and the worry slipped into panic. What was he going to do if he couldn't find them? What if the Fire Nation had surprised them all and kidnapped everyone else? Kept the benders and threw away the trash...it would be up to him to break them free.

He'd been on the station for an hour, still no sight of Aang and the others, people had told him he wasn't home, this wasn't his world but it was just too hard to believe, how could he be somewhere else completely when he'd just been on his world moments before? Sokka found what looked like an observation deck, stars were something that was known back home, it was a science that...he wasn't perfect at, knew hardly anything about, but that there, that was a moon closer than the one he remembered, but still.

The sudden pain in his chest doubled and he felt as though his chest was about to burst open in the most violent of explosions. He felt like the dams he's built were going to crack and break completely and that he wouldn't be able to stop even when he ran dry. It didn't matter that he hadn't known her that long, it didn't matter that they hadn't actually been anything.

Her hands were outstretched and then...then she was lying in his arms and he couldn't feel any sign of life. He tried so hard not to just crumble right there in front of the others, they didn't need to see that. She had been there and then she had faded. She was gone...but always with him, right? That's what she'd said.

Sokka snapped out of his thoughts, they were going to places he'd rather not have them go to. Not right now. He had to be strong for when he found his friends, for when they got back. He had to put on that smile and pretend like nothing was wrong, that he was Sokka, the joke cracking sarcastic guy. He had to be peoples rock and he couldn't be that if he was thinking about Yue like this, after so long.

“So this is Sacrosanct, huh?”



Network Sample:
[Voice]

Ooow I think I broke something on the way down. [Sokka's noticed the wearable and has been poking and prodding. Unfortunately where he comes from, technology isn't quite this far advanced, so he has next to no idea that he's just switched it on to broadcast his voice.]

Oooh but this thing is so cool! Ah! And it lights up! Hey guys, guys you got to check this out, did you get one too?

Guys? Hey, Katara? Aang? Come on guys, this isn't funny, did I fall asleep and fall off Appa or something?

[It goes on for a bit as he walks about.]