Post by writer on Mar 27, 2007 13:45:51 GMT -5
Name: Kaliya (Captain Kaliya of the of the 43rd Rhino cavalry)
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Nation: Fire
Bender: Yes, but now he's forbidden to bend.
Weapons: He was Rhino rider at one point and experienced soldier with a spear, catapult and strategicalical know-how
Physical Appearance: Kaliya lost a lot of weight over a period of 15 years. Ten being in a P.O.W camp and five in an asylum, he roughly weighs about 180lbs and he’s about 6’3” in height. He gained a lot of muscle from years as a war soldier and as a cavalry man. But most of it deteriorated, except for his legs and arms; which he kept strong with crude weights. Back is littered with whip scars and acid burns from the prison camps. He also has birthmark near his groin. His skin is lightly tanned, but is now turning sallow waxy color from lack of light.
Kaliya use to have a gentle face that seems to please young children, but how it has become thin and wrinkled. He grew a moustache and beard that needs to be trimmed a bit. His hair was dark sepia, but now is peppered with grey and styled in loose bun-top with choppy ends. His right eye was scarred horribly in battle years ago and is now blind with cataracts. His good left eye is soft goldenrod color. He has sepia eyebrows and a strong chin. His nose is crooked and ears have attached earlobes. Over all he would have been pleasant to look at when he was younger.
Clothing and Armor: Clothes are simple. Now living in an asylum, He only wears a pale lemon tunic/smock with dark red trousers and white moccasins. Around his left arm is a steel band with his name and registration number. The only jewelry he wears is simple jade ring his wife gave him on their wedding night.
Personality: Kaliya’s personality has become extremely unstable, uncontrollable over the years. Result of sever Schizophriena. His symtoms are varied, so are his moods
Most moods, he's very polite and well mannered. He can be cold and curt in this mood. A rememented when he was warrior and stragist. He is impartaial and and can seem hearless even. Rarely showing emotion.
Some times he's crude and obsence. He curses alot in this mood. He also spend his time working out and meditation. He also has very little respect to his care givers and can be very violent.
Then when he is moody and emotional he curles up in himself and cries. He blurts out weird words and phrases. He starts taking to himself or rather to five distict voices. Da, Xiang, Daiyu, Yi and Yong. He names the voices and feels their presense. Sometimes he blurts out strange nonsense words and diologues when he's talking to them.
His caregivers also not that Kaliya would go through periods were he sitting in odd positions, he suffers sever backaches after he gets out them. He also has awful habit of headbanging when he suffering from extreme stress and the "voices" are perticularly loud.
Background:
Kaliya was born on July the twentieth to Ruo and Shen, in a large city near the Fire Nation capital. Shen was metal worker and smith in the village. He was skilled in making armor for both men and rhinos and Kaliya at young age love to work with his father. As child Kaliya was prankster and love to play games with the neighbor hood kids. He already shown potential as a leader by leading his friends in “raids” which consisted of stealing cakes from his best friend’s bakery and stealing little girls dolls. He was also a bit of bully and a braggart as well. Still as a little boy he was dependable and keeps many of his friend’s secrets. Kaliya in his spare time worked with friend, Dinh, at his rhino farm. Kaliya loved animals and seemed to have knack with rhinos, and trained with him in firebending.
At age sixteen his animal skills came in handy when he was drafted to fight overseas. He was drafted into the cavalry because if his talent, and with his friend Dinh. He and Dinh spent most of their time together talking and just goofing off. They also trained together in firebending and rhino combat. Kaliya favorite rhino was a big gruff male named Tonga. He later became Kaliya’s battle-mount and trusted steed. Dinh had a female named Tien who was much more gentle but faster then any of the males.
Kaliya worked hard in the battlefield and was obedient soldier; he was quick and precise with spear and mounted catapult. He was also a talented firebender, but he was mediocre to some. At this point he was near twenty and was courting a young Fire Nation girl in fort town in the Earth Kingdom. The woman’s name was Lanfen, was to be Kaliya’s wife. Kaliya enjoyed Lanfen’s company and her wit and laughter. It made life in the army a lot easier for him to live through. However disaster struck when he and Dinh were set off to fight in a small battle outside the fort. They manage to win with a few causalities. Unfortunately, Dinh was one of them. Kaliya watched in horror as his best friends was thrown of his saddle and crushed by an earthbender boulder. To cope with the terrible lost of Dinh, it was around that time when the first symtoms of his disease start to manifest. Mainly as whispering of "Da", he also began to see faces in the dark when was alone on Sentry Duty. However these were brief and slow. And uncommon.
A year later he married Lanfan, and felt happiness return to him again, the symtoms were still unfe Lanfan a gave birth to Kaliya’s first child, a healthy boy that Kaliya named with pride, Hong. Kaliya continued to fight in battle and went through the ranks from corporal to sergeant. However the symtoms shot up again, when he started screaming strange words one in privite. Though herbal mixtures and tinictures helped with the now three voices.
When Kaliya was twenty-three, Lanfan had his second child another boy, Liwei, finally having a family. Kaliya was hoping to retire soon and take up his father craft in the fort and raise his boys. Though his general had other plans and sent his men from the fort and into other Earth Kingdom territory. He left his wife and sons and travel onwards with his men. At this point his symtoms were still controlble.
Kaliya, reached mountain community and he and his men took control of it in a span of three years. Kaliya reached his final rank of Captian. Near New Years, Kaliya and few others when back to the fort to see their families; Lanfan wrote to her husband and everyday and was finally glad to see him again. Kaliya left her once more. Giving her their last child, which Lanfan named, Luli.
Kaliya lived a rather dull four years in the newly taken over mountain town. He missed his wife and children and wanted to go home. The scizofrinic behaviors made him tolerated, but fearful around his peers. They only work with him, but the won't talk to him. At this point. Kaliya kept to himself. Only writing letters and some causes poems of home. However things went downhill.
One spring Kaliya and his men got rumors of a small army of earthbenders, planning to re-take the town. Kaliya smiled at the change of monotony and told his men to prepare for combat. The infantry station there did their best to keep the earthbenders from advancing but the sudden spring shower didn’t help the firebenders at all. However Kaliya was extremely distracted by an onslaught of voices and didn't not do well in battle, because the town was re-taken and Kaliya was captured.
Ten agonizing years Kaliya was spent in a prison camp, The symtoms were continous. Kaliya was beginning to break down. He stopped talking he was starting to become more and more unpredictable. He had five distict voices now agurning and screaming. Kaliya lost weight and was getting weaker. Suddenly, Kaliya lost focus of reality and in wave in fire anger and and sheer mania, Kaliya broke free. Killing anyone in his path.
Kaliya ran for miles until he found a small Fire Nation station. Now insane and suffering from trauma, soldiers were frighten and wonder if was best to put him out of his misery, but then a lieutenit recognized him. “That’s Captian Kaliya! We though he died.” After some talk with the general around that area and finally contact from Lanfan. They dicided that it would be a shame for Kaliya to die like this, after he worked so hard and for the good of the nation, a friend of Kaliya’s superior officer recommended an asylum in the Fire Nation. In which Kaliya could be sent to get better and hopefully return to combat. With that agreed. They sent Kaliya back to the Fire Nation, and now Kaliya resides in “Bao Yu Insitution.” He gets letters from his wife and sons, and doctors come regurly, giving him weights to keep his strength and a pai sho board. Kaliya spends his time alone, either writing letters to Lanfan and his boys or….talking to himself.
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Nation: Fire
Bender: Yes, but now he's forbidden to bend.
Weapons: He was Rhino rider at one point and experienced soldier with a spear, catapult and strategicalical know-how
Physical Appearance: Kaliya lost a lot of weight over a period of 15 years. Ten being in a P.O.W camp and five in an asylum, he roughly weighs about 180lbs and he’s about 6’3” in height. He gained a lot of muscle from years as a war soldier and as a cavalry man. But most of it deteriorated, except for his legs and arms; which he kept strong with crude weights. Back is littered with whip scars and acid burns from the prison camps. He also has birthmark near his groin. His skin is lightly tanned, but is now turning sallow waxy color from lack of light.
Kaliya use to have a gentle face that seems to please young children, but how it has become thin and wrinkled. He grew a moustache and beard that needs to be trimmed a bit. His hair was dark sepia, but now is peppered with grey and styled in loose bun-top with choppy ends. His right eye was scarred horribly in battle years ago and is now blind with cataracts. His good left eye is soft goldenrod color. He has sepia eyebrows and a strong chin. His nose is crooked and ears have attached earlobes. Over all he would have been pleasant to look at when he was younger.
Clothing and Armor: Clothes are simple. Now living in an asylum, He only wears a pale lemon tunic/smock with dark red trousers and white moccasins. Around his left arm is a steel band with his name and registration number. The only jewelry he wears is simple jade ring his wife gave him on their wedding night.
Personality: Kaliya’s personality has become extremely unstable, uncontrollable over the years. Result of sever Schizophriena. His symtoms are varied, so are his moods
Most moods, he's very polite and well mannered. He can be cold and curt in this mood. A rememented when he was warrior and stragist. He is impartaial and and can seem hearless even. Rarely showing emotion.
Some times he's crude and obsence. He curses alot in this mood. He also spend his time working out and meditation. He also has very little respect to his care givers and can be very violent.
Then when he is moody and emotional he curles up in himself and cries. He blurts out weird words and phrases. He starts taking to himself or rather to five distict voices. Da, Xiang, Daiyu, Yi and Yong. He names the voices and feels their presense. Sometimes he blurts out strange nonsense words and diologues when he's talking to them.
His caregivers also not that Kaliya would go through periods were he sitting in odd positions, he suffers sever backaches after he gets out them. He also has awful habit of headbanging when he suffering from extreme stress and the "voices" are perticularly loud.
Background:
Kaliya was born on July the twentieth to Ruo and Shen, in a large city near the Fire Nation capital. Shen was metal worker and smith in the village. He was skilled in making armor for both men and rhinos and Kaliya at young age love to work with his father. As child Kaliya was prankster and love to play games with the neighbor hood kids. He already shown potential as a leader by leading his friends in “raids” which consisted of stealing cakes from his best friend’s bakery and stealing little girls dolls. He was also a bit of bully and a braggart as well. Still as a little boy he was dependable and keeps many of his friend’s secrets. Kaliya in his spare time worked with friend, Dinh, at his rhino farm. Kaliya loved animals and seemed to have knack with rhinos, and trained with him in firebending.
At age sixteen his animal skills came in handy when he was drafted to fight overseas. He was drafted into the cavalry because if his talent, and with his friend Dinh. He and Dinh spent most of their time together talking and just goofing off. They also trained together in firebending and rhino combat. Kaliya favorite rhino was a big gruff male named Tonga. He later became Kaliya’s battle-mount and trusted steed. Dinh had a female named Tien who was much more gentle but faster then any of the males.
Kaliya worked hard in the battlefield and was obedient soldier; he was quick and precise with spear and mounted catapult. He was also a talented firebender, but he was mediocre to some. At this point he was near twenty and was courting a young Fire Nation girl in fort town in the Earth Kingdom. The woman’s name was Lanfen, was to be Kaliya’s wife. Kaliya enjoyed Lanfen’s company and her wit and laughter. It made life in the army a lot easier for him to live through. However disaster struck when he and Dinh were set off to fight in a small battle outside the fort. They manage to win with a few causalities. Unfortunately, Dinh was one of them. Kaliya watched in horror as his best friends was thrown of his saddle and crushed by an earthbender boulder. To cope with the terrible lost of Dinh, it was around that time when the first symtoms of his disease start to manifest. Mainly as whispering of "Da", he also began to see faces in the dark when was alone on Sentry Duty. However these were brief and slow. And uncommon.
A year later he married Lanfan, and felt happiness return to him again, the symtoms were still unfe Lanfan a gave birth to Kaliya’s first child, a healthy boy that Kaliya named with pride, Hong. Kaliya continued to fight in battle and went through the ranks from corporal to sergeant. However the symtoms shot up again, when he started screaming strange words one in privite. Though herbal mixtures and tinictures helped with the now three voices.
When Kaliya was twenty-three, Lanfan had his second child another boy, Liwei, finally having a family. Kaliya was hoping to retire soon and take up his father craft in the fort and raise his boys. Though his general had other plans and sent his men from the fort and into other Earth Kingdom territory. He left his wife and sons and travel onwards with his men. At this point his symtoms were still controlble.
Kaliya, reached mountain community and he and his men took control of it in a span of three years. Kaliya reached his final rank of Captian. Near New Years, Kaliya and few others when back to the fort to see their families; Lanfan wrote to her husband and everyday and was finally glad to see him again. Kaliya left her once more. Giving her their last child, which Lanfan named, Luli.
Kaliya lived a rather dull four years in the newly taken over mountain town. He missed his wife and children and wanted to go home. The scizofrinic behaviors made him tolerated, but fearful around his peers. They only work with him, but the won't talk to him. At this point. Kaliya kept to himself. Only writing letters and some causes poems of home. However things went downhill.
One spring Kaliya and his men got rumors of a small army of earthbenders, planning to re-take the town. Kaliya smiled at the change of monotony and told his men to prepare for combat. The infantry station there did their best to keep the earthbenders from advancing but the sudden spring shower didn’t help the firebenders at all. However Kaliya was extremely distracted by an onslaught of voices and didn't not do well in battle, because the town was re-taken and Kaliya was captured.
Ten agonizing years Kaliya was spent in a prison camp, The symtoms were continous. Kaliya was beginning to break down. He stopped talking he was starting to become more and more unpredictable. He had five distict voices now agurning and screaming. Kaliya lost weight and was getting weaker. Suddenly, Kaliya lost focus of reality and in wave in fire anger and and sheer mania, Kaliya broke free. Killing anyone in his path.
Kaliya ran for miles until he found a small Fire Nation station. Now insane and suffering from trauma, soldiers were frighten and wonder if was best to put him out of his misery, but then a lieutenit recognized him. “That’s Captian Kaliya! We though he died.” After some talk with the general around that area and finally contact from Lanfan. They dicided that it would be a shame for Kaliya to die like this, after he worked so hard and for the good of the nation, a friend of Kaliya’s superior officer recommended an asylum in the Fire Nation. In which Kaliya could be sent to get better and hopefully return to combat. With that agreed. They sent Kaliya back to the Fire Nation, and now Kaliya resides in “Bao Yu Insitution.” He gets letters from his wife and sons, and doctors come regurly, giving him weights to keep his strength and a pai sho board. Kaliya spends his time alone, either writing letters to Lanfan and his boys or….talking to himself.
