Kaori

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Background

''Kaori was born to her parents in December, in the Northern Water Tribe and is the descendant of Master Pakku. When she was young, her older brother, Sasraq, discovered to be a waterbender. When Kaori reached the age of 5, she too discovered she was a waterbender. As she got older, she began learning the basics of waterbending. During this time, she is caught again and again trying to join her brother and the other male benders in their combative training. Her parents being staunch traditionalists, they reprimand her but do not stop her lessons in healing.''

''At his coming of age, Sasraq left the Northern Water Tribe and headed to make it on his own in Republic City. He wrote to Kaori frequently as he settled in. Kaori wished to join him but she is too young, and her parents wouldn’t dream of letting her roam the world freely. A couple of years later, Sasraq formed a Probending team, and continued to write Kaori about as frequently as he can. Hearing of the probending sport only drives Kaori's desire to learn more than healing when it comes to her bending.''

''Kaori came of age at the end of the following year. Her parents began speaking of making arrangements for a traditional engagement. After writing to her brother, Kaori devised a plan to stop the engagement and flee to Republic City to join her brother. Expressing a desire to study and learn more before she is married, she convinces her parents to send her off to RCU.''

''Early in the year, Kaori arrived in Republic City and settles in with her brother. Enrolls in her first semester at RCU, studying culinary arts to appease her parents. Coming from a wealthy and noble Northern family, Kaori didn't have to worry about the monetary side of her endeavors. She began learning combative waterbending from a master in Republic City, practicing with her brother and other benders.''

''Kaori stayed low as the Equalist Movement growed. She urged Sasraq to stop probending for the time being, but he continued to participate in the sport. His team does not make it through the championships, as their earthbender is one of the benders to lose their bending. Kaori focused on her studies until the exploding of the Equalist movement. As things settle, she tentatively takes up her combative training again.''

''While Sasraq and his firebending teammate try to find a new earthbender for their team, Kaori finished up her spring studies. By the time summer comes around, she invested in making strides in her combative bending. During the events of the Water Tribe Civil war, Sasraq and Kaori showed support for the independence of the Southern Water Tribe. As two children having separated themselves from the traditions of the Northern Water Tribe, they have more than enough reason to understand.'' {| style="" border="1" !Abilities !!Description !Waterbending !!  Kaori is a highly accomplished water bending user and her favorite technique to use the Water Cloak, which allows her to create two tentacle-like water arms strong enough to even support her body weight when used as makeshift cables. The ease and fluidity with which she maneuvered her body allowed her to extend these tentacles to great lengths without jeopardizing strength or control. As a testament to her precision, Kaori can bend the tips of her tentacles into hand-like appendages capable of grabbing an individual by the neck from a distance and tossing them across the room, all without breaking the tendrils themselves. She was also able to locally freeze portions of her tendrils, in effect fashioning the tips of her makeshift arms into an assortment of weapons or tools. Her skill in waterbending is so great when deprived of other sources of water, Kaori is able to effectively utilize a water skin in battle. Her moveset ranges from strong torrents, water spouts, and unleashing multiple ice daggers in rapid succession. Her water attacks were strong enough to shatter boulders and earth shields summoned by earthbenders. !Healing !! Kaori's innate aptitude toward waterbending abilities made her a rare case to naturally have access to the incredible ability to heal by manipulating the chi paths in a person's body, including herself. !Swordsmanship !! Kaori has also developed a masterful skill in swordsmanship, and she specialized in traditional swordplay, using a single dao blade, skills she gained after being trained by the swordmaster Piandao during her early teens. She has been able to defeat multiple foes using only her sword, including experienced benders. !Other Skills !! Kaori is highly skilled in unarmed combat, able to break apart oncoming spears with her hands and legs and disarm, subdue or defeat opponents. Kaori is able to defeat several armed Earth Kingdom soldiers in rapid succession. Despite Kaori's build, she is very physically capable, able to almost nonchalantly send a person flying with a single hand and smash through iron shackles with a single kick. She is also quite fast and agile, able to perform great acrobatic feats, such as running across walls, doing mid-air twirls, scaling vertical faces with great efficiency and climbing speed, and jumping large distances to avoid enemy attacks with noticeable agility and free-running skills.