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Republic City: Ismene

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Name| 
Ismene

Age| 19 years old

Nationality| Fire Nation

Height|
 5'4 

Affinity| Fire/Air

Weight| The world will never know...


( Skills )

  • Traditional & Modern Fire DancingShe was taught at an early age to do traditional fire dancing, but as she grew older, Ismene and her sister developed some modern moves to keep performances exciting. (Although, Aunt Damia isn’t a fan of it, because she likes to keep things old school.)

  • AcrobaticsHer mother taught her acrobatics when she was 5 years old. She was a natural at it, flexible, perfect balance, graceful somersaults, and many other techniques. It was in her blood since her mother and her grandmother were skilled acrobats.  

  • Shuriken JutsuShe was taught to throw knives and daggers when she was living with her stepfather and grandfather due to them being worried about Ismene. She grew to be a decent marksman thanks to a lot of practice, but she still has trouble since she’s “still considered as a beginner.”

( Occupation )

Cirque de Mystique - Circus Performer & Acrobat
 



( Personality )

Positive: Independent | Loyal | Listener | Hard-worker | Determined | Well-mannered |

Negative: Stubborn | Sometimes Insensitive | Impulsive | Easily Paranoid | Awkward | Overthinks| 

When she’s stressed out, she shows intense emotions which eventually makes her overwhelmed and causes an emotional outburst. It’s quite difficult to get to know this girl because she may unknowingly be insensitive and hurtful towards others.


( Likes & Dislikes )

Likes: Traveling | Spicy food | History Books | Naps | Odd Trinkets | Early Mornings | Lychee Tea | Scarves | Fire flakes |

Dislikes: Boredom | Cheaters | Douchebags | Expensive gifts | Plush Toys | Being cold |  Staring contests | Her self-pity |
Sour Food |


( History )

  • Mother - Elainlin
  • Father - HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED
  • Stepfather - Toshiyuki
  • Grandfather - Grandpa Satoshi
  • Uncle - Uncle Kenta 
  • Older sister - Sinead
  • Circus Aunt- Aunt Damia



Ismene was born in the Fire Nation as the second daughter in her family. She was mostly raised by her mother, Elainlin, and eldest sister, Sinead, with the help of her circus family. So, you can say that she was raised by two families.

Ages 5-10

    Her mother was a retired, injured, circus performer who trained Ismene and her older sister to be circus acrobats until her mother discovered that both of her daughters were fire benders. Their mother sought help to control their fire bending through the circus family. Damia, who’s known to be a skilled fire bender and one of the eldest in the circus, trained Sinead and Ismene to control their fire bending through difficult training. It was thanks to her that Elainlin’s daughters could properly use fire bending, but, Damia not only taught Elainlin’s daughters how to fire bend, she also gave them the opportunity to let her teach them how to do traditional fire dancing. It was taught by only a few people in the circus and it was a tradition that had to be kept in the circus to keep Damia’s great grandmother’s legacy. After their harsh training of fire dancing and acrobatic training, Ismene and her sister started to perform at the Cirque de Mystique, which made Ismene’s childhood pretty extraordinary. She got the chance to travel to many different places and experience new things. It was great at first because she was enjoying her life as a circus kid, but as she got older, she started to notice that she was different from other kids.

Ages 11-12

    When she was in the years of a pre-teen, she was bullied for various reasons, one of them being the lifestyle she was living and another for not having a father in her family. At first, she ignored the mean comments, but even ignoring would eventually become useless. It was not until after some time, the harsh words would push her limit. When Ismene confronted her mother about the other kids making fun of her, her mother decided it was time that her daughter know the truth about her family. Her mother told her how her real father left their family when Ismene and her sister were very young with no explanation of where and why he was going. Her mother explained how she attempted to search for her lost love many times, but never succeeded with it. So when she was on the verge of giving up, she had a small encounter with the man whom she once loved during one of the circus performances. When her mother tried talking to him, the conversation didn’t go so well, and he ended up leaving, disappearing in the crowd. After Elainlin told her daughter about her story, Ismene had understood the situation and it made things clear. She knew it was her duty to become stronger not for herself but for her mother. Ismene prayed to the spirits for her family’s strength with a little bit of hope of finding a better father who would help them, and soon enough, her prayers were answered. 

Ages 13-16

    At the age of 13, her mother remarried a man whom Ismene and Sinead would finally call “father”. That man was, Toshiyuki, whose also known as the brother of the circus performer, Kenta. Toshiyuki is a very kind teacher who has a love for History. He and his family came with open arms, welcoming Elainlin and her children to the family with a new home that they could stay from now on. It made her and her children feel special since they now have an official place to call “home”. It was at this time, Elainlin decided that it was her time to settle down and stay with her husband since she couldn’t do circus performances anymore. Although she knew that her daughters weren’t ready to settle down, so she asked them to stay for a couple of years before going back to travel with the circus again. The sisters agreed and obeyed their mother’s request trying to get to know the new family. During those couple of years, Ismene developed a strong relationship with her stepfather and her step grandfather because they taught her Shuriken-Jutsu. Her sister went ahead of her because she stayed for another year to improve her Shuriken-Jutsu.

Ages 17-19

    After the year passed, she traveled to the Republic City where Cirque de Mystique would make this city as their permanent home with occasional touring from time to time. Ismene lives with her overprotective Uncle Kenta while her sister lives in her own apartment. She’s happy living her life in the Republic City, discovering new places and new foods. She sends letters to her family every other month to give them the latest updates about what’s happening in her life.





( RP Sample )

“You better have a good reason for ditching me, Sinead” She sighed before quietly stepping out of the curtains. 

The atmosphere slowly changed when the bright lights began to dim and the spotlights beamed at her figure when she floated towards the center of the stage with her graceful steps. The veil that covered the lower half of her face made her costume exotic and mysterious because the only part of her face that the audience saw was her eyes. Her green, orange eyes had mesmerized the audience putting some of them in a trance making them lean forward, curious to know what was going to be her performance.  As she twirled a string of fire that encircled around her body, the audience gave their full attention. By this time, she had already known that all eyes were on her, so with another floating spin, she landed on her starting pose. Her arms extending over her head with her left hand gently grasping over her right wrist while her right leg crossed over her left.  She closed her eyes as she took her breath to be completely focused with her performance. As she let the air out, she opened her eyes and the music began.  


( Additional Info )

  • Her circus sisters thinks it's weird that she loves deadpan humor... Her love for it comes from her step grandfather.
  • Her love for History comes from her stepfather so if you want to find this girl, she's usually in the bookstore reading something from the History section or she's either asleep in the History section...  
  • The bracelets on her wrists are also holding her bo-shuriken so she has easy access to them whenever she goes into trouble.
  • Confessions aren't her thing. She hates to admit she likes someone so she either shies away from them or she simply avoids them as much as possible.  
  • She’s usually in a bad mood whenever she drinks spiced tea and eats fire flakes. 
  • The only thing she can cook is soup, other than that she’ll burn everything she makes… so don’t put her near a kitchen for the sake of your safety. 
  • She's in love with the Tsungi Horn and the pipa.
  • Her eyes are a mixture of her mother’s and father’s eyes, green with a tint of orange. 
  • She has a beauty mark under her right eye and has a mole near her collarbone. 
  • She has got some daddy issues so she becomes very sensitive when talking about her real father. 
  • Even though Damia isn’t her blood-related aunt, Ismene calls her “Aunt Damia”. 
  • She doesn't use her firebending for fighting, unless she really needs to. She believes her firebending wasn't for that purpose. 


Hopefully I can get in! I'm still new to deviantart so please forgive my mistakes. (Even though I've been a member for 7 months... I haven't actually used it until now.)  
I'm officially in the group!

8/5/2014 | Sorry, her hair, shoes, and eyes bothered me for a while and I tried to fix her skin color... Oh, I didn't tell you guys how tall she was. I'm sorry! I'm also kind of new to this roleplaying business... heh heh... yep.
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Cyanwings's avatar
OH MY GOODNESS! :iconchitandacuriousplz: Your character is one epic one! :iconedyeahplz: I would love it if Ismene and Qing could interacted with one another! :iconsomoeplz: She needs more girl friends :iconuhuhuhuplz: