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originalgaangster) wrote2013-02-24 03:47 pm
originalgaangster) wrote2013-02-24 03:47 pm
Exsilium Application | OOC
» PLAYER INFORMATION
Player NAME: Milo
Current AGE: 24
Player TIME ZONE: Pacific Standard Time/GMT - 8
Personal JOURNAL:frontovik
IM & SERVICE: AIM: weekendfrontovik
Player PLURK: Available upon request
Current CHARACTERS: N/A
» CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character NAME: Sokka
Canon & MEDIUM: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Canon PULL-POINT: Post-Season 3
Character AGE: 17
Character ABILITIES: Sokka is intelligent, possessing a keen and inquisitive mind. He is a natural planner and is capable of creating detailed and efficient plans of action. Further, he is skilled in the use of the spear, knife, boomerang and war club, all traditional weapons of his native Southern Water Tribe. Having grown up in a tribal society, he can also make these weapons, with the easiest being the spear or club, while it would probably take several days or even weeks or months to make a decent boomerang. He is also well onto his way to becoming a master swordsman, having picked up and begun his training with Master Piandao of the Fire Nation.
Further, Sokka also has excellent wilderness survival skills, having grown up hunting and fishing to supply his village with food, as well as some limited foraging experience which was expanded upon during his travels with the Avatar. This would not apply in a desert environment, but in forest, tundra, or even jungle he has a pretty good idea of what to look for when it comes to edible plants, animals, and so forth. He comes from a tribal society and is extremely fit and no doubt strong for a young man his age as he hunts, fishes, boats, and otherwise performs other acts of physical labor that need him in decent shape. Additionally, he has a knowledge of boats and other water craft as well as how to navigate via stars and the sun, though lacking familiar constellations, this skill is of little use until he familiarizes himself with the new night sky.
Character HISTORY: Avatar Wiki article
Character PERSONALITY: Outwardly, Sokka is a fun, cheerful kind of guy. He presents a generally upbeat attitude and is the self-described “meat and sarcasm guy.” He comes off as a bit of a goofball because that’s really what he is. Constantly cracking jokes or making sarcastic remarks about the situations he and his friends find themselves in, he’s the go-to guy if you want a groan-inducing joke and his friends find themselves at a loss for such witticisms in his absence. He’s also foolish in his own way and a little impulsive, especially when it comes to his main vice, food. Sokka is a glutton and he's fortunate his lifestyle and exercise afford him the luxury of consuming whatever he desires without too much effect on his figure.
He’s also quite skeptical (some might say cynical) and carries a suspicion of outrageous claims such as future-predicting fortune tellers or local legends regarding spirits. He doubts that Aang is the Avatar, initially, and even scoffs at the idea of the Spirit World! Sokka is the kind of person who likes to have hard evidence before he believes something is true. This extends into a bit of suspicion regarding strange people, especially those who are from the Fire Nation.
Sokka is very down to earth. He prefers common sense and practical solutions to anything extravagant and tends to scoff at elaborate or fantastical ideas, especially if there doesn't seem to be a way for them to be carried out with the means at his disposal. He’s also a keenly intelligent young man, despite first impressions based on some of his rather impulsive actions and dumb jokes. He’s quite capable of conceptualizing airships utilizing heated gas and other interesting inventions that can be used with great effect. He has a mind for plans, and is in fact called upon to provide the plan for the invasion of the Fire Nation during the Day of Black Sun. At the same time, he thinks outside the box, and is praised for his quick thinking and novel techniques by his sword master, Piandao.
Despite his confidence in himself and his skills, when things don't go according to plan, he has a tendency to panic a little. Before, he might also fall into depression and insecurity, but having grown in his abilities he tends to bounce back much more quickly than he used to.
Sokka is motivated primarily by love of his family and love of his tribe. These are two things that are central to his character and to how he interacts with the world. Despite his frustrations with her at times, Sokka adores his little sister and would do a lot for her, up to sacrificing his own life to save hers. She’s almost a surrogate mother to him, despite the fact that she’s younger. If his sister is threatened, expect an outburst of anger and at the very least he'll attempt to go after the one responsible. Likewise, he's come to see Aang almost as a younger brother and is very attached to and protective of the Avatar in a similar fashion.
Sokka is also motivated by his extended family, his tribe. As a member of the Southern Water Tribe, Sokka prides himself on his ability to hunt, fish, and fight. These are duties he takes on as a warrior and provider for his people and this defined his early identity when he was the only older boy left in his village. He has pride in himself and in his abilities and pride in his people, the Southern Water Tribe. This, along with his desire to protect and care for his sister, spurs him to accompany her when she leaves the South Pole to accompany Aang.
Sokka is a genuinely good person. He believes in doing the right thing, especially by his family. While minor things like petty theft or taking clothes from a washing line for a Fire Nation disguise don't bother him, he balks at killing in cold blood, despite being in a war and understanding that bad things do happen in conflicts. He doesn't like bullies and finds undeserved arrogance aggravating. When confronted by the captive Princess Azula's taunting regarding his significant other's capture and imprisonment by the Fire Nation, Sokka is angered, but he restrains himself, refusing to hurt the captive princess, even to sate his own desire for a bit of petty revenge. He also opposes Jet's plan to flood a Fire Nation village, as he prefers to avoid killing, especially of innocents, whenever possible.
» EXSILIUM INFORMATION
Chosen WEAPON: A jian sword resembling the one he lost in the final battle against the Fire Nation
Character INVENTORY: His clothing, a parka, his boomerang, a knife.
» SAMPLES
First PERSON:
[ Sokka has adjusted the camera on his communicator so he can look into it as he walks--jogs rather. Seems he's going for a run. Got to keep fit! ]
So, guys. I've been wondering about something since I got here. What does a guy have to do to get some decent seafood?
[ Huff puff. He moves around other pedestrians, splashing through puddles as rain drops spatter on the lens of his communicator. ]
I mean, meat you've got. It's weird meat, but at least it's meat! But I haven't been able to find any decent fish. Or whale? How do you guys not have whale? What about blubber? Someone tell me there's at least someplace to get blubber around here!
Third PERSON:
Sokka was getting really, really tired of rain. It was all well and good to have some precipitation. He was used to snow after all! But this was getting ridiculous. He peered out from under the awning he'd taken cover in and grumbled to himself. "Doesn't it ever stop?" He found himself wishing, not for the first time, that Aang was here. or better yet, Katara. They could deal with the rain in some way, right? Right. Plus...he was worried about both of them. What was going on at home while he was here? There'd been rumblings in the Fire Nation colonies. What if something happened while he was gone?
The young man heaved a sigh, crossing his arms and settling a bit deeper into his parka. Katara was his biggest worry, though. Yeah, his younger sister usually took more care of him than she did of her. And yeah, she had dad and Aang and everyone else there but still. He was her older brother. He was supposed to be there for her. And now he wasn't, because of this stupid organization and stupid...whatever it was that had brought him here. He'd just have to work harder and figuring out how to get home. Hopefully this whole stupid war would be over soon and things could finally go back to normal.
"Right. Stop feeling sorry for yourself," he spoke aloud to no one in particular, then stepped out into the rain and jogged on. Things to do, stuff to see. He could dwell on home later.
» ADDITIONAL NOTES
N/A
Player NAME: Milo
Current AGE: 24
Player TIME ZONE: Pacific Standard Time/GMT - 8
Personal JOURNAL:
frontovikIM & SERVICE: AIM: weekendfrontovik
Player PLURK: Available upon request
Current CHARACTERS: N/A
» CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character NAME: Sokka
Canon & MEDIUM: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Canon PULL-POINT: Post-Season 3
Character AGE: 17
Character ABILITIES: Sokka is intelligent, possessing a keen and inquisitive mind. He is a natural planner and is capable of creating detailed and efficient plans of action. Further, he is skilled in the use of the spear, knife, boomerang and war club, all traditional weapons of his native Southern Water Tribe. Having grown up in a tribal society, he can also make these weapons, with the easiest being the spear or club, while it would probably take several days or even weeks or months to make a decent boomerang. He is also well onto his way to becoming a master swordsman, having picked up and begun his training with Master Piandao of the Fire Nation.
Further, Sokka also has excellent wilderness survival skills, having grown up hunting and fishing to supply his village with food, as well as some limited foraging experience which was expanded upon during his travels with the Avatar. This would not apply in a desert environment, but in forest, tundra, or even jungle he has a pretty good idea of what to look for when it comes to edible plants, animals, and so forth. He comes from a tribal society and is extremely fit and no doubt strong for a young man his age as he hunts, fishes, boats, and otherwise performs other acts of physical labor that need him in decent shape. Additionally, he has a knowledge of boats and other water craft as well as how to navigate via stars and the sun, though lacking familiar constellations, this skill is of little use until he familiarizes himself with the new night sky.
Character HISTORY: Avatar Wiki article
Character PERSONALITY: Outwardly, Sokka is a fun, cheerful kind of guy. He presents a generally upbeat attitude and is the self-described “meat and sarcasm guy.” He comes off as a bit of a goofball because that’s really what he is. Constantly cracking jokes or making sarcastic remarks about the situations he and his friends find themselves in, he’s the go-to guy if you want a groan-inducing joke and his friends find themselves at a loss for such witticisms in his absence. He’s also foolish in his own way and a little impulsive, especially when it comes to his main vice, food. Sokka is a glutton and he's fortunate his lifestyle and exercise afford him the luxury of consuming whatever he desires without too much effect on his figure.
He’s also quite skeptical (some might say cynical) and carries a suspicion of outrageous claims such as future-predicting fortune tellers or local legends regarding spirits. He doubts that Aang is the Avatar, initially, and even scoffs at the idea of the Spirit World! Sokka is the kind of person who likes to have hard evidence before he believes something is true. This extends into a bit of suspicion regarding strange people, especially those who are from the Fire Nation.
Sokka is very down to earth. He prefers common sense and practical solutions to anything extravagant and tends to scoff at elaborate or fantastical ideas, especially if there doesn't seem to be a way for them to be carried out with the means at his disposal. He’s also a keenly intelligent young man, despite first impressions based on some of his rather impulsive actions and dumb jokes. He’s quite capable of conceptualizing airships utilizing heated gas and other interesting inventions that can be used with great effect. He has a mind for plans, and is in fact called upon to provide the plan for the invasion of the Fire Nation during the Day of Black Sun. At the same time, he thinks outside the box, and is praised for his quick thinking and novel techniques by his sword master, Piandao.
Despite his confidence in himself and his skills, when things don't go according to plan, he has a tendency to panic a little. Before, he might also fall into depression and insecurity, but having grown in his abilities he tends to bounce back much more quickly than he used to.
Sokka is motivated primarily by love of his family and love of his tribe. These are two things that are central to his character and to how he interacts with the world. Despite his frustrations with her at times, Sokka adores his little sister and would do a lot for her, up to sacrificing his own life to save hers. She’s almost a surrogate mother to him, despite the fact that she’s younger. If his sister is threatened, expect an outburst of anger and at the very least he'll attempt to go after the one responsible. Likewise, he's come to see Aang almost as a younger brother and is very attached to and protective of the Avatar in a similar fashion.
Sokka is also motivated by his extended family, his tribe. As a member of the Southern Water Tribe, Sokka prides himself on his ability to hunt, fish, and fight. These are duties he takes on as a warrior and provider for his people and this defined his early identity when he was the only older boy left in his village. He has pride in himself and in his abilities and pride in his people, the Southern Water Tribe. This, along with his desire to protect and care for his sister, spurs him to accompany her when she leaves the South Pole to accompany Aang.
Sokka is a genuinely good person. He believes in doing the right thing, especially by his family. While minor things like petty theft or taking clothes from a washing line for a Fire Nation disguise don't bother him, he balks at killing in cold blood, despite being in a war and understanding that bad things do happen in conflicts. He doesn't like bullies and finds undeserved arrogance aggravating. When confronted by the captive Princess Azula's taunting regarding his significant other's capture and imprisonment by the Fire Nation, Sokka is angered, but he restrains himself, refusing to hurt the captive princess, even to sate his own desire for a bit of petty revenge. He also opposes Jet's plan to flood a Fire Nation village, as he prefers to avoid killing, especially of innocents, whenever possible.
» EXSILIUM INFORMATION
Chosen WEAPON: A jian sword resembling the one he lost in the final battle against the Fire Nation
Character INVENTORY: His clothing, a parka, his boomerang, a knife.
» SAMPLES
First PERSON:
[ Sokka has adjusted the camera on his communicator so he can look into it as he walks--jogs rather. Seems he's going for a run. Got to keep fit! ]
So, guys. I've been wondering about something since I got here. What does a guy have to do to get some decent seafood?
[ Huff puff. He moves around other pedestrians, splashing through puddles as rain drops spatter on the lens of his communicator. ]
I mean, meat you've got. It's weird meat, but at least it's meat! But I haven't been able to find any decent fish. Or whale? How do you guys not have whale? What about blubber? Someone tell me there's at least someplace to get blubber around here!
Third PERSON:
Sokka was getting really, really tired of rain. It was all well and good to have some precipitation. He was used to snow after all! But this was getting ridiculous. He peered out from under the awning he'd taken cover in and grumbled to himself. "Doesn't it ever stop?" He found himself wishing, not for the first time, that Aang was here. or better yet, Katara. They could deal with the rain in some way, right? Right. Plus...he was worried about both of them. What was going on at home while he was here? There'd been rumblings in the Fire Nation colonies. What if something happened while he was gone?
The young man heaved a sigh, crossing his arms and settling a bit deeper into his parka. Katara was his biggest worry, though. Yeah, his younger sister usually took more care of him than she did of her. And yeah, she had dad and Aang and everyone else there but still. He was her older brother. He was supposed to be there for her. And now he wasn't, because of this stupid organization and stupid...whatever it was that had brought him here. He'd just have to work harder and figuring out how to get home. Hopefully this whole stupid war would be over soon and things could finally go back to normal.
"Right. Stop feeling sorry for yourself," he spoke aloud to no one in particular, then stepped out into the rain and jogged on. Things to do, stuff to see. He could dwell on home later.
» ADDITIONAL NOTES
N/A
REVISIONS
This all changed the day his sister found the boy in the iceberg. Freed from his icy prison, Aang, the last airbender and the Avatar interrupted the slow day-to-day life that Sokka had grown accustomed to and drew him into a larger world. Following his sister on her quest to aid the Avatar in ending the Hundred Year War, Sokka went through many adventures and met many new people, friend and foe alike. Two of the most important were Yue, his first "real" girlfriend, who eventually sacrificed herself to preserve the Moon spirits, and Suki, an Earth Kingdom warrior who would eventually become romantically involved with the young Water Tribe warrior.
Working with the Avatar and the 'Gaang' as they came to be called, Sokka found his niche as the planner and idea man of the group, coming up with plans of action and strategic and tactical ideas to help further their goal of defeating the Fire Lord Ozai and ending the Hundred Year War. Along the way, Sokka began training in the art of the sword with the famous Fire Nation swordsman, Pian Dao. Eventually, despite the initial setback and defeat of their attack on Ozai on the Day of Black Sun, Sokka's planning helps to aid in the ultimate defeat of the Fire Nation.
After the war, Sokka joins Aang and his sister in helping to create the Harmony Restoration Movement dedicated to disassembling the Fire Nation colonies in the Earth Kingdom. Eventually, he decides to join Toph at her new metalbending academy in order to escape having to deal with his sister and Aang's continued public displays of affection. After helping Toph to motivate her students and keep her school running, Suki arrived and hurriedly took Toph and Sokka with her to Yu Dao, where they aided the Avatar in stopping the renewal of hostilities with the Fire Nation. With the tension over the Fire Nation colonies defused, Sokka joins Zuko in his search for his mother.
Chosen WEAPON: (Slight change here) Sokka will be reunited with his "space sword." This sword is noted as being the perfect weapon for Sokka. In the game, the sword's connection to Sokka will be enhanced as he develops with it, eventually making it so that the sword can only truly be wielded well by Sokka and cannot be dropped, fumbled, or mishandled whilst he wields it.. Additionally, I'd like to see it gain extra durability and cutting ability, making it capable of feats of strength, durability, and cutting ability beyond that of a normal blade (i.e. cutting through another sword blade, slicing through armor, etc).