"I don't want to be rich, or famous, or celebrated, or have many children and live in a great house. All I want is to be free till I die." Name: Yujin Han Somun
Bending Element: Air
Age: 16
Occupation: Unemployed/"home"schooled
Augmentations: - Retinal prosthesis - left eye; 1 point
- Retinal prosthesis - right eye; 1 point
- Enhanced cyber-neural interface; 1 point
Appearance: Yujin is a small thing by definition. She stands short, only at 164 centimeters of height, and even then, she does not possess an extraordinary build. Her figure is closer to the leaner, gentler side, and she looks somewhat frail, though she stands proud and with elegance wherever she goes and whatever she does; her youth is still apparent, though. Her hips aren't very rounded, rather being bony and narrow, and she wasn't blessed by large breasts, either. She wouldn't pass for a boy, but if she was younger, and her face wasn't as obviously feminine as it is, she well could. She has quite long legs for her height, a narrow waist and similarly narrow, bony shoulders; not much muscle is to be found on her figure, either, and she is said to be soft on touch as much as on appearance. She has small, slender hands and feet, almost like a child, but she is past looking wholly childish by now. Her face has gentle, delicate features - a small nose, curving upwards, full rose lips, and large, almond-shaped eyes, bordered by thick lashes, set on her heart-shaped face with slightly round cheeks. Those eyes, which, at the time of her birth had been an azure blue, are now purple - they have been exchanged for mechanical ones, since she had been born blind. She has pale, soft skin, with an only ever so slight hint of peach and a blush at her cheeks; in summer, it receives a caramel tint, though. Her hair is a platinum blonde by nature, beautiful and silky, like molten silver growing to the middle of her back, and it forms large waves. Some of the front strands are slightly shorter than that, but the difference is small. She tends it well, and thus it is coarse and thick, always beautiful. She does not pay much attention to fashion trends when it comes to her hair, and far prefers to leave it unbound save for a few strands, tied at the back of her head, or twin braids worn in a similar fashion. Only when Shan braids it during a journey or while watching TV, she consents to it.
Attire: Comfortable is the first rule. She likes the colors brown and red the best; especially brick red, though she doesn't mind other shades of warm earthy colors. She dislikes yellow and pink, but she likes purple, brown, green, and white all the same. The colors she avoids are the overly bright and gaudy ones - even Shan doesn't think those fit her. She doesn't dress extravagantly, but she has a preference of dresses over trousers, and she likes to wear long coats when possible. She has a tendency to dress quite elegantly, and she despises sweatpants above all. She likes to wear summer dresses and loose clothes, but she isn't opposed to shirts and jackets, either. She dislikes shorts and short skirts, though. She doesn't exactly mind jewelry, but she doesn't wear it often; she doesn't even have her ears pierced.
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Personality: Mature beyond her age, Yujin might be only sixteen years old, but she has wisdom beyond that. She might have lived her whole life in a shell, divided from the world around her, and sheltered - first by her parents, and then by Shan, her great-uncle, her guardian, but she isn't oblivious. She has good graces, and is curt and polite enough, and more withdrawn and courteous than most of the teens of her age; she seems like an adult when spoken to. She is calm, and does not hunger for attention, knowing that may she need it, she will get it. More introverted than extroverted, she loves to read and watch movies rather than speak to people or spend money in shops. Solitude is welcome to her. Solitude is freedom, though she values the presence of the people that are dear to her. She needs her alone time, though, and suffers greatly on balls and other actions when forced to interact with a lot of people in a short span of time. Yet, she doesn't let it on; she is convinced that other people should not be burdened by her suffering, no matter what, and so she keeps it bottled inside her. Yet, despite her quiet tranquility, she is confident when needed. She is softly-spoken, but she doesn't like to lie, not even white lies. The truth given gently is better than a gracious lie.
Despite her pacifistic nature and a dislike of conflict, a preference to talk the matters out in place of arguments, and hatred for violence, she pursues her goals with a surprisingly strong will; she's willing to do whatever is needed to reach them. And she hides a temper that had been subdued, but which hungers for justice and cannot bear people wronged. It would be wrong to say that even Yujin is still just an innocent child, but injustice she cannot stand. That is when her flaring hot blood reaches the surface, and turns her tranquility into rage. In that rage, she can be quite frightening; she doesn't tend to accuse people, or blame them for things they haven't done, and at all times tries to keep logic in her arguments, but when needed - or when she considers it necessary to protect herself, the people she cares about, or the so-called 'justice', she is well willing to use even airbending for those uses. She's hungry for knowledge, and learns fast; she's almost always to be found with a book, and likes libraries. Even though she doesn't truly love the nomadic life that she lives, she understands the need for it, and does not protest against it. She has learned to search for the good things even in the bad events, and tries to heed that, being grateful for the gift of airbending that she has. She is proud, and has her honor, though; those are some of the things that she will definitely flare up about if insulted.
But most of all, she values freedom. She needs no glory and fame, all she wants is freedom, the option to decide what she wants to be and what she wants to do, and to have her life in her own hands. She finds withholding a man's freedom abhorrent, even if that means that some danger has to be faced.
Bio: Yujin was the first child of an exceptionally wealthy pair of businessmen and art collectors with an exceptionally good reputation in the high society. Her mother was an excellent airbender; her father, however, wasn't as good, what often irked him. He hoped that his daughter would have more talent than himself when she was yet an unborn child. The birth was difficult, and her mother got, with much sadness, told that it would be unlikely that she would be able to bear more children. The more did her parents cherish and dote on the girl; but they soon found out that the girl was blind. She could control wind and air, but her powers were unsteady and wild, and she wasn't good at controlling it; her movements were too random, and she only caused directionless gusts of wind. They were troubled, especially her mother, who was very sorry for the child that was born without sight; and at only five years old, they had decided that they will consent to giving Yujin new eyes, eyes that could see.
She was overjoyed to find out that all of a sudden she can see, and under the careful tuition of her mother and grandfather, she found out that she has a great talent; she was quickly becoming a brilliant airbender, sure to best even her mother. At least that much her grandfather and his brother Shan had always said. Shan, though not a bender himself, had been one of the most amiable family members, and she had grown very fond of him and her grandfather. They always told interesting tales, and her grandfather was the best airbender that she knew. Her mother and Shan often told that she was much like him.
However, when she was seven, he was shot by an unknown attacker, and succumbed to the wound mere hours after. In a quick succession, her family was deprived of their wealth by a certain businessman, her mother mysteriously disappeared, and her father was arrested for charges everyone else in her family knew were untrue; what happened to him after that she never knew, but the rumors were that he was killed. Yujin herself was stolen away by Shan, who had taken custody of her, and immediately took her to the other side of the world in an attempt to save her and protect her. He raised the child for the first year with one of his friends in the north; there, she was safe, but he knew all too well that dwelling on one place for too long was dangerous. She was scared, but she convinced herself to hold on, and study airbending from books and documents. She grew up traveling, never settling down and never resting; that was how she had lived till now, for full eight years.
Notes: She is home-schooled, taught mostly by Shan in the matters of general knowledge and philosophy, and by whichever other old friends of his that they meet on their travels by whatever they have to teach her. Legally, though, she has never attended any schools; even in her youth, she had a tutor.