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GENERAL INFO Character Name Tarak Nickname Wei Shen, Prince Shen Gender Male Birthdate 171 AG Nationality Fire Nation Northern Water Tribe Sexuality Heterosexual ------------ Occupation Prince, Ambassador Affiliation Fire Nation, Republic City ABILITIES POSESSIONS Abilities WATERBENDING Due to his father being from the Northern Water Tribe, Prince Shen inherited the gift of waterbending, which allows him to control and manipulate water in all of its forms. Due to his temperament he struggles with many of the basic skills necessary for proper waterbending. This is demonstrated in his attempts resulting in boiling water sources he attempts to manipulate turning to vapors and condensing in the air. This has led him to adapt firebending techniques to make use of this gift he utilizes out of spite. Steam Manipulation Unlike most other waterbenders Prince Shens waters run hot and become scalding streams of vapor and steam. This allows him to create and manipulate dense mists fog in which he can obscure himself and others. But in a more likely offensive way Shen can utilize steam into pressurized jets scalding water vapor which can burn and throw an opponent back. With focus he can heighten and narrow the pressure of these steam blasts to cut through other Benders attacks and materials. Condensation This is the act of pulling moisture from the air and skill a waterbender in employs when he lacks a source in his surroundings. Prince Shen however draws upon this instinctually, which is quite rare for a waterbender of his skill. SPIRITUAL CONNECTION One of the other consequences of the last Harmonic Convergence was the imbuement upon a few benders born around that time-frame of a deep spiritual connection. This grants Prince Shen an awareness and sense of spirits around him. Enough for him to sometimes see them in his surroundings, as well the means to commune with them if he tried. Similarly the spirits are aware of these odd bender fellows often mistaking him for another spirit. This is a rare quality often shared with the Avatar and a few Airbenders however, this connection seems to be something else entirely not directly tied to either. Notable Skills Martial Arts As a bender of the Fire Nation, Prince Shen, was inducted into the Royal Academy by his grandmother Fire Lord Izumi. He is a talented hand to hand fighter showing proficiency in the relative martial styles of his nation. As well his primary offensive techniques come from a Tiger Animal Style which makes him fierce and aggressive. Combine with his Waterbending he creates a unique and unexpected barrage of short to mid-range of techniques that can take his opponents off guard. Excelling at full frontal assault he seems to lack the patience for defense thus is vulnerable when put on the receiving end. Swordsmanship Instructed in the way of the sword the Prince utilizes a Dao as his preferred weapon. Trained by masters descending from a line of students extending from Piandao, Shens education is considered among the finest. In practice while he shows the promise of a great swordsman he retains the flaw of a faulty defense. Diplomacy Educated in the Royal Academy he was the son of Princess Kiyoko and grandson of Fire Lord Izumi. It is expected of him to take a political role in the Republic and because of this he was educated first hand in the matter of diplomacy. At the age of sixteen he is elevated to the role of Ambassador by his Uncle Iroh to on his council in Republic City. Pai Sho A game that has run his family for generations Prince Shen is a skilled player but lacks the same finesse of other family members. Possessions Meteorite Steel Sword The Dao that Prince Shen uses was forged from an alloy created from Meteorite Iron. This blades edge is honed and almost peerless and capable of cleaving through other metals with enough force. White Lotus Tile Passed to Zuko from his Uncle Iroh, then to his grandson of the same name. As tradition Prince Shen received this token from his uncle as well as a token of their bond. This tile is a worn Pai Sho piece, which is worn as a necklace. To most it holds no other significance than as jewelry, but for Shen it holds the import of legacy and a bond to his family. APPEARANCES Play-By Lonqu Fire Emblem Awakening Description The child of Fire Nation royalty and a Northern Water Tribe ambassador, Shen shares many of the qualities of his parents. Like many who come from the water tribe his skin has a light tan to it and a strong brow with a slanted nose bridge. Much like his father Shen has soft blue eyes nevertheless, he inherits the dark brown almost black hair that is short, wild, and often unkempt from his mother. Much like his uncle General Iroh both men share a lot of physical similarities to their ancestor, former Fire Lord Zuko. His features may be a bit softer and rounded than his Fire Nation relatives. Prince stands relatively average in height and usually dressed in apparel from the Fire Nation. Even though he was born and raised for a short time in the North Pole he does not wear many vestiges of their culture. He only wears the blue fur lined overcoat, leather gloves, and boots like his father. But much of that is adapted to the Fire Nations strict military style with the white slacks and a red sash adorned with the royal crest. He is an odd one in the line-up of those from the Fire Nation because of the blue color of his long tailed overcoat, which if were styled red or black would allow him to blend in. PERSONALITY Likes Family, Mochi, Tea, Pai Sho, World History, Bending Arts Dislikes Furry Animals Allergies, Waterbending, Defeat Giving Up Quitting, Cowards Fears Being Defenseless, Watching Those He Cares For Suffer ------------ Description A deeply passionate individual who projects a guise of reserved discipline, Prince Shen, greatest strength and weakness is his pride. This is a quality he seems to share with his ancestral family Zuko, Ozai, Azula, etc in that they are deeply driven people with deep self-esteem. It could be that Shen is too inexperienced to possess true confidence, but it is clear he refuses to let fear or doubt stop him. What this does translate to is a potent ego. Wei Shen is cocky and arrogant when in his element a fact that has been taken advantage of in the past to disarm him. However while he is born with many qualities of the Fire Nation his root is within the nature of Water in spite of his protests. Prince Shens element is the element of change. When not defying this face, Shen, is very adaptive to situations he encounters. He is strongest when he flows with the current, and that is what truly gives the Prince the power to overcome adversity. And as with many among the Water Tribe Shen possesses a great affinity for community and family. His family and their honor means the utmost to him, which is seen in the way the Prince compares himself to his uncle and ancestors. The contention he possesses with waterbending and the ways of the Water Tribe however seem to be rooted in a deep personal pain. Prince Shen sees it as a tradition of weakness, which is a belief steeped in the loss of his father. Believing that since the practices of waterbending and the Water Tribes were unable to protect him it is thus inferior. It also keeps him in a state of envy and rivalry with firebenders. There is a shame in him that he is a waterbender and that somehow connects to his belief that since the power could not save his father then it cannot save those he cares for. HISTORY Born only weeks after Harmonic Convergence in 171 AG to Princess Kiyoko of the Fire Nation and Nanuq the Republic Ambassador of the Northern Water Tribe. Prince Shen was given the name Tarak at birth but would later change it and was raised in the village of Manirak. The family would live happily in the northern territories avoiding much of the chaos stirred up in the Earth Kingdom by Kuvira. Eventually when peace settled the family was there to celebrate the Avatars victory. At the age of four the boy met his great-grandfather Zuko who gave his blessing upon the family. At the same age he began to manifest his waterbending abilities showing the potential for prodigious talent. Nanuq would take his son under his tutelage and teach him the ways of the Northern Water Tribe. During this time the boy and his father are deeply connected, and the Prince looks up to the man as a hero to him and the small village they live in. Misfortune strikes during several years later after Taraks Prince Shen sixth birthday when the vessel ferrying his father and peacekeepers was caught in a wild storm. The assumed death took a toll on the family as Princess Kiyoko and her son returned to their family home in the Fire Nation. Comforted by Fire Lord Izumi and General Iroh, the boy begins to develop his passion for the culture of the Fire Nation. Unexpectedly the loss of his father causes Tarak to begin resenting the Water Tribe and Waterbenders due to neither being capable of saving Nanuq. Growing up in the Fire Nation the boy would take his position as Prince and chooses to eschew his given name. As Wei Shen he attends the Royal Academy and takes his bending training with firebenders. Due to his anxiety and frustrations he is unable to waterbend conventionally and is at a disadvantage, but his emotional passion causes him to develop a unique style utilizing steam. By channeling his negative emotions and purging them in the waters Prince Shen found he could draw heat to water and manipulate the resulting steam in a similar way to firebender, or even an airbender as suggested by some of his instructors. Extremely competitive the once free loving child takes on a rather serious demeanor. But Shen is not miserable but merely reserved around others in this time. Very close with his uncle, Iroh, takes place of his father, and tries to share his wisdom with his nephew. The Prince is also very close with his mother and grandmother. By the time he had reached puberty age thirteen Wei Shen had already become a friendly guest of Air Temple Island, befriending Tenzins youngest son Rohan in the process. Prince Shen had also traveled the known world at that time joining his uncle on peace missions. Seen as a charming and intelligent due to his relation with his Uncle Iroh, and personal efforts hed made to channel his personal wealth into impoverished areas of the United Republic, Wei Shen was to be groomed as a Ambassador for the Fire Nation. At the age of sixteen he would be requested to take a seat beside Iroh in the Republics Parliament. This would make him one of the youngest Ambassadors to be brought from the Fire Nation. BEHIND THE SCENES GenreFandom Avatar TLA LoK Eras Post-Legend of Korra Other Info NA