Basin

Basin was a corporal who served with the Macai's 31st Fire Nation Company. Basin was an excellent duelist and who was eighteen years old a when Avatar Aang was discovered by Prince Zuko. By the end of the Hundred Year War, Basin was 19 years old. Unlike Macai, Basin was not of noble birth. However, Basin still was very proud of his family name. For generations, several of his relatives were successful artisans, giving them better standing than the average peasants. Basin hungered for an opportunity to prove himself to his nation and serve directly under the top Fire Nation elites.

By the time Basin was transferred into the 31st Company, he had already served for two years as an Army trooper. Basin didn't see as much action in the Army branch but had fought in a few minor battles and one major battle where his commanding Sergeant was killed by an earthbender. The experience skewed Basin's view of other nations and war; convincing him that war is a battle of will and resolve. This made Basin more willing to do whatever it took to win battles.

## Fighting Style

Basin was naturally more skilled than even solid duelists like Dade. Because of this, Basin didn't have as rough or as aggressive a fighting style as Dade. However, that doesn't mean Basin wasn't afraid to get hit or use melee attacks in duels. Basin's fighting style was relatively balanced; using a combination of offensive and defensive tactics. Basin was proficient at using angles against his enemies in duels to break their defenses and was above skilled swordsmen like Sokka in terms of pure dueling.

Basin's agility was average. Lagging behind characters like Jet and Raggis Praxus. Even so, Basin's timing was excellent. Basin often knew when to take cover, when to engage, when to pull back, and when to make other crucial decisions. While Basin's pure dueling skills were a bit below Jet and Zuko's, he had the skills to contend with either of them in a duel. Basin nearly made it to the quarter finals of his local village's tournament before suffering a soft loss from an unexpected melee move. That encounter pushed Basin to learn how to better adjust to different challenges in battle and how to stay a step ahead of his enemies in combat.

The lesson also helped Basin use his circumstances against benders he engaged. Basin typically wouldn't try to take a dangerous bender on directly (unlike Dade). However, Basin would often team up with other nonbenders to take down benders or tactically assist firebenders who were engaging other benders. Basin would also use mental tactics to discourage his enemies in battle and was an excellent battle analyst. At times, Basin could figure out key clues to detect enemies or notice patterns to assist other officers in battle. Macai, Asad, Rosh, Kanna, and Kett all benefited from Basin's insights at different times in battle.

## Personality

Basin was known for standing strong to his opinions no matter how unpopular. Basin had levels of compassion for his fellow marines and Basin had profound zeal for his nation. Though Basin showed some empathy to Earth Kingdom and Water Tribe civilians, not wishing for their needless deaths without clear justification, Basin ultimately would not let anything sway him from his loyalty to the Fire Nation. Basin believed that his greatest duty was to obey the ordinances of the Fire Lord and the structure behind his nation. Though the leaders are not perfect, Basin believed any change that needed to be made for the Fire Nation should be made within it.

Basin also believed the world could be reformed though the actions of the Fire Nation. Basin prioritized the needs of his people over that of the other nations. In a similar manner, Basin valued the needs of his home village over that of other villages and the needs of his family over other families within his nation.

## Resolve

Basin's resolve stretched further than Macai's and much further than Zuko's. Basin was willing to do whatever it took to achieve victory. Sometimes Macai turned down Basin's suggestions for being "too brutal". Despite these deviations, Basin still believed civilians shouldn't be killed unless absolutely necessary to achieve victory. Basin was willing to go much further in interrogating hostages and intimidating Fire Nation rivals. Part of this was easier for Basin to do because his hatred for the enemies of the Fire Nation.

Though Macai would kill captives if ordered to, Macai didn't particularly take pleasure in wiping out his enemies. If anything, Macai felt relatively neutral about most of his actions. What pushed Macai on was the pursuit of his goals for victory. Basin largely felt the same way about actually killing enemies, but Basin was much more passionate when it came to mental missions. Mental missions refers to missions that involve breaking the will of enemy forces such as: warnings for enemies to surrender, battle intimidation tactics, and decisions of what to do with captives. Macai usually only focused on defeating his enemies and moving onto his next objective while Basin cared a lot more about making a victory last.

Unlike Asad, Basin rarely voiced his greatest objections with Macai. When he did, Basin usually explained his disagreements in a coordinal manner. Basin's service under Macai simply motivated Basin to eventually join another unit that was a little more willing to "get the hard work done" or to become his own officer who would stray a bit further right than Macai did. Even with their different goals, Basin always respected Macai as a brilliant, hard working, adaptive, and professional leader. Basin admired Macai's adaptability.

Basin also saw the war as an excellent opportunity for great leaders and warriors of the Fire Nation to prove their worth. Basin wasn't afraid of dying on the battlefield because he believed in his cause. Basin was willing to kill anyone who stood in the way of his nation, including his friends and family. Of course, Basin preferred to not have to make those decisions.