Aaron Mayer

**Aaron Mayer** is the current Elemental Master of Earth.

## Personality

Aaron Mayer is a rather calm and easygoing person, who tends to lean towards a more serious side of the personality spectrum. He often puts on the act of being this friendly and brave soul, but despite what he says, his mother's passing still leaves him feeling emotionally unstable at times, hiding his true feelings to stop others from fretting about him. Despite his composed attitude on the outside, Aaron is a sensitive soul beneath the surface, leading him to be complex in nature. Aaron's grounded and peaceful demeanor gives him a unique and kind-hearted presence in the lives of those who do know him well. In the quiet depths of his soul, Aaron's strength lies not just in his serenity, but in the empathetic understanding he offers to those around him.

## History

Aaron's early years were spent in his hometown, the Village in the Valley, a place covered by lush, rolling hills and vibrant meadows. Unlike most of the other kids in his town, Aaron was a quiet, introspective child who felt this unspoken connection to the natural world. His mother was a pillar of support and love in his life, and their bond was unbreakable, nurturing his affinity for peace and harmony, and teaching him the importance of appreciating the world around him. Despite his father not being present in his life, he still made the effort to write to Aaron as much as he could, talking to him about his adventures are what he was doing.

Aaron truly had a good life, but sadly, nothing good can last forever, as tragedy struck when Aaron was just a teenager, with his mother becoming ill, and passing away soon after, leaving him shattered and struggling to cope with the profound loss. The letters that his father had supposedly been sending him to abruptly stopped, leading him to assume that it was really his mother that had been writing the letters all along. This pain that he was feeling, it was unbearable, and no matter what he did, he couldn't find a way to process it. In his quest to fill this void, Aaron threw himself headfirst into extreme activities, such as rock climbing, martial arts, and a variety of other dangerous stunts.

These pursuits to try and rid himself of that pain often resulted in injuries, but despite this, Aaron welcomed the pain that these physical injuries brought, thinking of them as a temporary escape from his emotional instability. He truly believed that if he pushed himself to the limit just enough, then maybe he could become stronger, maybe he could become strong enough to somehow mend the emptiness in his heart. He continued to get himself hurt in the pursuit of fixing himself, which only caused his friends and neighbors to grow increasingly concerned about his reckless behavior. But no matter how many people expressed worry for him, he didn’t stop, he couldn’t stop, he needed to keep going, he had to keep going, he felt as if he was getting closer and closer to finally reaching his peak.

It was on the brink of one of his riskiest undertakings, attempting a treacherous descent into a canyon, that Aaron encountered Yang Wu, a wise and mysterious old man who had seemingly been waiting for him. Yang Wu spoke with Aaron, recognizing the deep pain that Aaron carried, but seeing the potential for growth within him, verbalizing these thoughts, which ended up stopping Aaron at the last moment, as he had prevented Aaron from a potentially life-threatening leap. Yang Wu let Aaron know that sure, he was physically strong, but that he wasn’t mentally strong, as from the pain that he has seen him go through, suggested that he needed someone to direct him on the right path. Aaron asked how Yang Wu seemingly knew so much about him, with Yang Wu responding that his mother used to be an old friend of his, and had made a promise with her that if anything ever happened to her, that he would make sure that Aaron never did anything stupid, and this this has him fulfilling that promise.

Aaron then asked for Yang Wu’s guidance, saying that if his mother was so trusting of him, then it’s only fair that he do the same, which Yang Wu accepted, becoming Aaron's mentor, paving the path for Aaron to channel his grief that he had built up for so long into a deeper understanding of both himself, and the world around him. Thanks to Yang Wu’s teachings, Aaron is starting to learn to accept his mother's passing and his father’s disappearance as a part of life, rather than a source of torment, discovering inner strength and purpose. He ended up being incorporated into Yang Wu's ninja team, where he could apply his newfound wisdom to protect the world from dark forces while maintaining a profound connection to the tranquility of his past. Ultimately, for the first time in what has felt like forever to Aaron, he finally feels as if he’s on the right path to truly achieving something great.

## Trivia

* His Blood Type is B+
* aaron is the tallest and heaviest Ninja.