Kenji

[Kenji]

Kenji Kumori
24.  Earthbender
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ALIAS(ES): The Ghost, Kenji Kumori (not his real name..see history for details), Li Mah-Ten (false alias he purchased during Equalist Occupation)
BIRTHDAY: April 1st 1900
BIRTHPLACE: Ba Sing Se (Middle Ring)
CURRENT: Republic City
FAMILY:

• Mother: Hinoiri,  (deceased)
• Father: Gao,  (deceased)
• Grandfather (fathers side): Jan-yu,  (68)
• Grandmother (fathers side): Adaya, (65)

ALLIANCE: Himself, and his clients
RANK:  Private Investigator/ Occasional Thief For hire/Part Time Vigilante
STATUS: Bender
POWER: Earthbender: Kenji considered a talented earth bending master,having been taught by the Dai Li instructors his earth bending often specializes in stealth and precision. Because of his Dai Li training he is able to utilize their techniques of forming earthen gloves and shoes that allow him to climb and cling to sheer surfaces. Hes can also us the earthen shoes  to slide along the ground, increasing this speed.

Metal Bender: A rarity amongst the Dai Li, Kenji has also been taught metal bending, able o use for either large scale metal rending or for  more delicate work like forming keys and cuffs. He can use the metal lines to swing and maneuver  acrobatically. He is also able to utilize similar clinging and climbing techniques on metal surfaces as long as he has on the metal grieves from his modified police suit. Due to his previous Dai Li trianing he is able to manuver quite rapidly even when wearing metal.

Unarmed/Armed Combat: While capable of fighting  well both with his fists and with a few weapons (knives,staffs, and a little swordplay), he learned those while on his own and during his time on the road. Due to that his capabilities rely more on improvisation and strategy  that trained skill

BLOOD TYPE: O
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual


SCARS AND MARKINGS: He has a scar on his right shoulder blade from the first time he scaled a building and fell.

UNIFORM: Kenji is a big believer in dressing for the occasion. When working he often wears well tailored but not overly expensive suits,and a fedora that he favors, though he forges the tie. When trying to blend in with the high society crowd he will go with the far nicer suits, that he keeps around for such special occasions.

When he is in his Ghost persona (see history for more details) hie wears  modified police armor, giving him metal spools of wire to manipulate, though he hides the spools  under a large trenchcoat. When in the  guise  he uses gloves and shoes made of Earth allowing him to climb walls and run on buildings as long as they stay on his hands and feet. He also wears a personally modified chi blocker mask he stole from a downed opponent to hide his identity

He looks like this in full gear:





DESCRIPTION: 6’2, muscular,but not overly bulky. His hair is cut short.

PLAY-BY: Taylor Lautner
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Fear: Afraid of losing his powers, getting locked up again, being found out for who he really is and turned over to the Dai Li
Desire: At the end of the day he wants to be able to go back to his home city, and not be hunted or wanted thier just be a normal person.
HABITS: Runs his hands through his hair when agitated.
PET PEEVE: Authority figures, and those that take themselves too seriously.

STRENGTHS:
• Adaptive
• Intelligent
• Master Thief
• Excellent Strategist
• Risk taker

WEAKNESSES:
• Can be manipulative and ruthless at times
• Skeptical
• Secretive
• Stubborn
• Overconfident

TRAITS:

---------------------------------------Kenji admittedly has many layers, on the surface he is sarcastic and full of wisecracks. He posses a often flippant personality to authority figures and down right contempt for those that try and force something upon him. He often jokes and frequently does so at inappropriate times. He is confident and sure of himself, he is able to adapt and blend with most situations he deals with while he can be charming if the mood suits him, he tends to lean towards a more sardonic tone. Pragmatic, he firmly believes that in the concept of "if your good at something, you don;t do it for free" which has in turn made  quite skilled at negotiating. He highly energetic when the mood (or chemical) strikes him.

Underneath that personality however lies  a keen analytical and deductive brain.  He is very good at creative problem solving,is capable of developing sound battle strategies. This side is more quiet and reserved and a side rarely seen publicly.

However hidden deep in the depths of his heart and mind there lies a certain a certain amount  of darkness. This darker side, is what can make him manipulative to those around him when he needs to be. It also allows him to be ruthless when dealing with with those that cross him. While Kenji is not proud of the more unsavory parts of his personality, he is by no means above using it when he needs to.
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HISTORY:


The tale of Kenji Kumori is one that starts  with a boy, born in the Middle Ring of Ba Sing Se. He was  born into  a tradition, one that was considered an honor. The Dai Li, the secret police that wa sworn to service of Earth Kingdom monarchy and tto protect Ba Sing Se from those that would try to destroy it. His grandfather had been in the Dai li back in the days of the 100 years war (though it was  a time not often talked about). His father was curently in the Dai Li and it was expected in time the shy but intelligent boy  would join the family tradition.

As it goes, the boy found out he was indeed and Earthbender, on what was then the saddest day of his life, when he was 10 and his mother passed away. In his nager and sadness the boy fled the house and in a fit began tearing up entire sections of road. In the coming months in order to calm the boys misplaced rage and sadness, his grandfather began to teach him earthbending as a way to channel his emotions, and the boy in turn dove in head first, absorbing as much he could until, on his 13th birthday he was accepted into the Dai Li training program.

The training was hard, and brutal but the boy rose to the occasion, becoming a rising star amongst the crop of  new recruits. During a sparring match when he was 15 another surprise was revealed as he found that he was not just an average earthbender but also a metal bender, a rarity  for the Dai Li, and in her delight the Earth Queen "persuaded" a teacher from Zoufu to come and teach the boy. Again the boy was made to endure bitter work, but he weathered the challenges and at the age of 17 he was slated to become a full fledged Dai Li agent.

However his happiness was once again tempered as shortly after his father was brought home, dead. They said he was killed in action against " Earth Kingdom dissidents". Kenji once again had to bury a parent.. However unlike before where his grief came out wild and unfocused, this time, Kenji felt a cold clear anger come over, because this time he had a target to focus his anger and hate. After his fathers funeral, his fathers partner and several others that worked with him, visited his house and asked if he wanted to come with them and seek justice for his father.

Kenji knew that by justice they meant vengeance....and he didn't care.

So under the cover of night the Dai Li descended upon the small village outside of Ba Sing Se. They didn't even know what hit them and as they took them down the boy saw one escaping. He chased after him, trapping his legs underneath the rocks. As kenji got closer his ager grew as he tighted the grip of the rock until he could hear the masked dissident's bones began to crack and break as the screams rang out in the night. The boy did not stop until the disadent stopped screaming and could only mewl in pain. As the boy tore off the mask of the now broken dissident he was taken back by the face he was looking at, the dissadent was teenager only a few years younger than him.

However what took him aback more was the fear in the teenagers eyes. It was the first time Kenji saw himself and the Dai Li in the light that other did.

That look of fear stuck with him nights after as he realized that he was beginning to see it more and more, until finally he had enough. However no one leaves the Earth Queens Dai Li, especially not some metal bending boy.
So the boy did what he had to do, and backed up and left in the middle of the night. He knew the guards scheduales and manged to avoid them with ease and then began his long climb up the wall of Ba Sing Se. As the sun began to rise, he had made it over the walls, and was on his own.

It didn't take long for them to figure him out though, and he was labeled as a traitor to the Earth Kingdom. The Earth Queen sent out Dai Li to capture him and return him to her. The boy found himself hunted where ever he went, and was on the run  for months on end. Until the chase ended in the Si Wong Desert. The Dai Li returned to the Earth Queen and reported that the boy was dead.

..and perhaps in a way he was as that boy was never truly seen again.

However a year later, from out of the deserts came someone by the name Kenji Kumori, though no one would ever mistake him for the same shy and tradition bound boy that had been lost in the desert. No, Kenji was cocky brash, and an accomplished criminal. He used his bending skills to be quite an impressive thief,pickpocket,and safecracker. He eventually et up shop for a time in Omashu, working various "jobs" for some of the local syndicates including the Rat Viper Triad. It was during that time he met a girl that was afilited with the triad. After what seemed to Kenji as a lifetime of pestering he taught her some of the tricks of his trade. Not one to teach for free, she in turn taught him some skills of higher class etiquette. Kenji was not often one for partners, but she served well enough for a time.

However son enough the heat was on and the gangs were in trouble in Omashu, and Kenji ddisappeared once again, no one was sure where he went though some say that he was in the Misty Palms Oasis for a time.

Eventually he ended up in Republic city. There high profile robberies began to occur around the richer districts of Republic city. The thief seemed to scale tall buildings, leave no finger prints, and walk in doors that had been triple locked, earning him the moniker The Ghost. In reality Kenji had used his used Dai Li earthbending techniques to make boots out of earth to scale walls, manipulating earthen gloves to open safes without leaving finger prints, and metal bending coins into the shape of keys. As his crimes grew larger and moore brazen he became something of minor thief celebrity, however as much as Kenji enjoyed the atention he also knew that the attention was soon going to get him caught, so he hatched a plan and made sure was caught on his terms.

He was indeed eventually caught almost a year later, though he was caught before he had actually broken into anything. Instead of fighting the police, he quietly surrendered, keeping quiet during the enitre interrogation, so as to not reveal  his metal bending abilities. He pleaded guilty to trespassing (the only charge they could make stick, becuse the police could not n find his stolen horde). The only thing he asked for in consideration of his plea was a Pai Sho board for his cell. He was jailed and soon enough he just became another forgotten newws item, and another prisoner number.

He was a year into a two year prison sentence when Amon gained dominance over republic city, and in the confusion, Kenji walked right out the front door, stealing some metalbending police armor and gauntlets as well.

Recovering his stolen horde he has since sold most of it and converted it into cold hard cash. He bought the identity of a reclusive non-bending merchant, in order to cover his tracks and lie low while the chaos ran supreme in the streets. After the Equalists fell, Kenji had reached the end of his cash, and whiile the police had given him a pass, they were always never to far away from him to arrest him again, so he needed to find himself a new line of work.

So he fell in to the private investigator racket, as  with the police having thier hands full, a lot desperate people slipped through the cracks. That''s where he came in, able to help the helpless....for a fee of course.

Around this same time, a new Ghost of Republic City has emerged, occasionally pulling of heists and shaking down Triads for information when necessary. However this Ghost wears a mask, so there are those that don't even know if he's human or a vengeful spirt form the spirit world. However unbeknownst to all it is really just Kenji using the persona to cover for his less legal methods to get information and retrive items for his clients in order to keep the police heat off of him.
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RP SAMPLE: Click clack click clack

He moved the pieces swiftly and deftly around the board. Occasionally he would spin the board all together and play from the opposing sides pieces. His eyes were half lidded in concentration. Though he lifted them up as as he heard the footsteps in the hall. His eyes narrowed briefly and then he lowered his eyes and returned to his game as finally the mystery cell block guests appeared.

He saw the equalist forces behind the door and as they stood there he held up his hand as if signalling them to wait.

“ You know I've had a lot of time to think and hone my craft gentlemen, and in that time I’ve thought of 7 different plans to escape this cell, but to be honest you know the one that never occurred to me?”

He asked, though the Equalists had had enough and moved to unlock his cell. Kenji held up his hand again. Then the Equalist turned back to the commander and said “ Sir, the key it’s not moving.”

“ Walking out the front door,” Kenji concluded before moving his final tile piece and the closing his hand into a fist and punching outward. The door to his cell bent inwards and wrapped around the Equalists constricting their movement like a snake

“ Some things are just easier that way “ Kenji said smiling as he got up and walked out the front door,pulling off one of the chi-blockers masks on the way out. He had to work fast.

He made his way to the armory, pulling armor and gauntlets onto him from the police stores.based on the screams and explosions outside, he didn’t think they were going to need it anytime soon. Once he had secured what he needed it was time to go.

By the time the alarm had been sounded, Kenji had already vanished into the night.
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