OOC Information:
Name: Sam
Age: 23 by the time apps get reviewed, BOOYA
AIM: sammywhatammy (always on)
E-MAIL: sammywhatammy@hotmail.com (rarely check)
IC Information:
Name: Iroh
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Timeline: Book/Season 3, having broken out of prison and gathered members of the Order of the White Lotus/pre-Finale
Age: approx. 62~67
Appearance: Iroh is an older man with golden eyes, graying hair (which has much receded), pulled back in a top knot in the style of his country, and a stylized beard. He is short and stocky, though hardly fat; he is extremely well built physically, thanks to intense training he undertook recently in prison. At the moment, he's wearing black armor with white details covered by a reddish cloak, with a large white shoulder guard/collar that denotes him as a Grand Master of the Order of the White Lotus and a general.
Abilities: Iroh is a master of Firebending, which is one of the four elemental Bending Arts, which utilizes the pyrokinetic ability to create and control fire. The people of the Fire Nation, and the lesser known Sun Warrior Tribe, practice this type of bending. He's the only character in the series who can both generate and redirect lightning, the most advanced and deadliest form of Firebending. He was once a general of the Fire Nation armies and is skilled at strategy, very intelligent and manipulative, his most prominent strategy during the series being one of being underestimated.
Personality: (What is your character like? Good? Bad? How do they get along with others? One paragraph or more please.)
History:
Roleplay Sample - Log: (Written in third person, past tense, any setting.)
Roleplay Sample - Journal: (Written in first person, IC, as though it were a journal entry.)
Questions? Comments? Crazed and creative statements? Those go here.
Iroh was born the Crown Prince of the Fire Nation, grandson of Fire Lord Sozin, who started the world war, son of Fire Lore Azulon and older brother to Crown Prince Ozai. He was a soldier in the Fire Nation army and rose to become a great general. He was called the Dragon of the West, a title he earned for the aristocratic past-time of hunting dragons, and his prowess as a general and Firebender. It's later revealed to Iroh's nephew near the end of the series that he lied in order to protect the last of the dragons.
Iroh is most famous for the 600-day siege he laid on the Earth Kingdom capital city of Ba Sing Se. He successfully breached the Outer Wall - a feat that had never been equaled before or since. However, before he could breach the Inner Wall, his son Lu Ten was killed on the front lines, and in his grief Iroh abandoned the siege. The Siege of Ba Sing Se came to be seen as a terrible dishonor and failure for him. As he was returning home, the Fire Lord Azulon died suddenly and though Iroh was heir, Ozai was made Fire Lord instead. But Iroh was grieving too much to contest. Iroh retired as a General, but he was still well respected in the Fire Nation and well liked by the soldiers.
Three years before the start of the series, an indulgent Iroh allowed his beloved nephew to observe a meeting of Ozai's war council — a mistake he would soon come to regret. In the council, Zuko spoke out against a General who planned to sacrifice an entire division of novice troops in battle as a diversionary tactic. Though Iroh silently agreed with young Zuko's assessment, the Fire Lord demanded that Zuko participate in a fire duel, the Agni Kai, for his insubordination. Zuko accepted, under the mistaken impression he would be dueling the General he'd insulted. However, because Zuko had spoken out in his father's war room, Zuko had disrespected his father. Iroh bore witness in the audience when Zuko fell to his knees in the arena, pleading for forgiveness and refusing to duel his own father. When Iroh's brother badly burned his own son's face, permanently scarring him as punishment for his cowardice and disrespect, Iroh looked away, unable to stand the sight.
Zuko was afterward stripped of his birthright and exiled from the Fire Nation. However, one condition could restore his honor and throne and allow him to return home. Zuko was instructed to find and capture the Avatar. This powerful being was the only threat to the Fire Nation's victory in its imperialist war against the other nations. Yet the Avatar had vanished a century ago—shortly before the Fire Nation's first strike. Three generations had conducted fruitless searches, and Zuko was to be sent on a quest that seemed little more than a fool's errand.
Iroh spent the next three years travelling on his ship with a crew of soldiers loyal to him, accompanying Zuko on his endless quest to find the Avatar, teaching him Firebending, and trying to impart his wisdom upon the stubborn teenager.
Eventually, a day came when a strange beacon lit the skies off the coast of the South Pole. When Zuko investigated, he discovered that the Avatar had reappeared at last. Improbably, the long-sought old man was actually Aang, a twelve-year-old boy recently woken from a hundred years of suspended animation. Thrown off-guard, Zuko underestimated the boy, who managed to escape their grasp. When Aang escaped, Zuko and Iroh attacked his bison with a combined Fire-blast. Aang redirected the attack into an Iceberg, causing Zuko's ship to be buried in ice. From that point on, Zuko engaged in hot pursuit, tracking the Avatar and his friends across the globe, while Iroh mostly stayed in the background, instructing Zuko in Firebending and offering advice.
Name: Sam
Age: 23 by the time apps get reviewed, BOOYA
AIM: sammywhatammy (always on)
E-MAIL: sammywhatammy@hotmail.com (rarely check)
IC Information:
Name: Iroh
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Timeline: Book/Season 3, having broken out of prison and gathered members of the Order of the White Lotus/pre-Finale
Age: approx. 62~67
Appearance: Iroh is an older man with golden eyes, graying hair (which has much receded), pulled back in a top knot in the style of his country, and a stylized beard. He is short and stocky, though hardly fat; he is extremely well built physically, thanks to intense training he undertook recently in prison. At the moment, he's wearing black armor with white details covered by a reddish cloak, with a large white shoulder guard/collar that denotes him as a Grand Master of the Order of the White Lotus and a general.
Abilities: Iroh is a master of Firebending, which is one of the four elemental Bending Arts, which utilizes the pyrokinetic ability to create and control fire. The people of the Fire Nation, and the lesser known Sun Warrior Tribe, practice this type of bending. He's the only character in the series who can both generate and redirect lightning, the most advanced and deadliest form of Firebending. He was once a general of the Fire Nation armies and is skilled at strategy, very intelligent and manipulative, his most prominent strategy during the series being one of being underestimated.
Personality: (What is your character like? Good? Bad? How do they get along with others? One paragraph or more please.)
History:
Roleplay Sample - Log: (Written in third person, past tense, any setting.)
Roleplay Sample - Journal: (Written in first person, IC, as though it were a journal entry.)
Questions? Comments? Crazed and creative statements? Those go here.
Iroh was born the Crown Prince of the Fire Nation, grandson of Fire Lord Sozin, who started the world war, son of Fire Lore Azulon and older brother to Crown Prince Ozai. He was a soldier in the Fire Nation army and rose to become a great general. He was called the Dragon of the West, a title he earned for the aristocratic past-time of hunting dragons, and his prowess as a general and Firebender. It's later revealed to Iroh's nephew near the end of the series that he lied in order to protect the last of the dragons.
Iroh is most famous for the 600-day siege he laid on the Earth Kingdom capital city of Ba Sing Se. He successfully breached the Outer Wall - a feat that had never been equaled before or since. However, before he could breach the Inner Wall, his son Lu Ten was killed on the front lines, and in his grief Iroh abandoned the siege. The Siege of Ba Sing Se came to be seen as a terrible dishonor and failure for him. As he was returning home, the Fire Lord Azulon died suddenly and though Iroh was heir, Ozai was made Fire Lord instead. But Iroh was grieving too much to contest. Iroh retired as a General, but he was still well respected in the Fire Nation and well liked by the soldiers.
Three years before the start of the series, an indulgent Iroh allowed his beloved nephew to observe a meeting of Ozai's war council — a mistake he would soon come to regret. In the council, Zuko spoke out against a General who planned to sacrifice an entire division of novice troops in battle as a diversionary tactic. Though Iroh silently agreed with young Zuko's assessment, the Fire Lord demanded that Zuko participate in a fire duel, the Agni Kai, for his insubordination. Zuko accepted, under the mistaken impression he would be dueling the General he'd insulted. However, because Zuko had spoken out in his father's war room, Zuko had disrespected his father. Iroh bore witness in the audience when Zuko fell to his knees in the arena, pleading for forgiveness and refusing to duel his own father. When Iroh's brother badly burned his own son's face, permanently scarring him as punishment for his cowardice and disrespect, Iroh looked away, unable to stand the sight.
Zuko was afterward stripped of his birthright and exiled from the Fire Nation. However, one condition could restore his honor and throne and allow him to return home. Zuko was instructed to find and capture the Avatar. This powerful being was the only threat to the Fire Nation's victory in its imperialist war against the other nations. Yet the Avatar had vanished a century ago—shortly before the Fire Nation's first strike. Three generations had conducted fruitless searches, and Zuko was to be sent on a quest that seemed little more than a fool's errand.
Iroh spent the next three years travelling on his ship with a crew of soldiers loyal to him, accompanying Zuko on his endless quest to find the Avatar, teaching him Firebending, and trying to impart his wisdom upon the stubborn teenager.
Eventually, a day came when a strange beacon lit the skies off the coast of the South Pole. When Zuko investigated, he discovered that the Avatar had reappeared at last. Improbably, the long-sought old man was actually Aang, a twelve-year-old boy recently woken from a hundred years of suspended animation. Thrown off-guard, Zuko underestimated the boy, who managed to escape their grasp. When Aang escaped, Zuko and Iroh attacked his bison with a combined Fire-blast. Aang redirected the attack into an Iceberg, causing Zuko's ship to be buried in ice. From that point on, Zuko engaged in hot pursuit, tracking the Avatar and his friends across the globe, while Iroh mostly stayed in the background, instructing Zuko in Firebending and offering advice.