Post by mizuki on Jul 20, 2008 17:24:10 GMT -5
..F. I. N. I. S. H. E. D..
Name:-----Ty Lee
Age:-----14
Nation:-----Fire Nation
Bender?:-----N/A
Physical Appearance:-----Ty Lee has always been taught good hi gene. Since toddler hood her mother forced numerous daily face washings and baths every night. However, these strict acts of motherhood left Ty Lee with good health and her beauty to sprout flawlessly. The teenager has a perfect skin and rarely gets unsightly facial flaws.
Again, another childhood routine was a daily hair brushing, once before bed and again when woken up. And again, this strong act of a mother to her sixth daughter helped Ty Lee to have wondrous hair. Though she has many possible choices, Ty Lee sticks to a rather remedial hairstyle. Pulling almost all of it back into a simple braid, a ribbon at the beginning and just before the end, that falls to her thighs. This way, Ty Lee's amazing amount of hair is kept from interfering with the ongoing battle or task. The only pieces left out of the thick pink ribbons are her bangs. These are separated to one larger half framing any given side of her face while a smaller collection mirrors it on the opposite side.
Though Ty Lee's hair is a major aspect of her beauty and Physical Appearance, there is much more that holds together this bubbly fourteen-year-old.
Ty Lee's eyes are a brilliant hazelnut brown. Inheriting the hue from her father, the girl's eyes complement her hair perfectly. The girl has neat and precise arches for eyebrows gaining slightly in thickness as they draw nearer to one another. Ending in quaint rounded edges at the bridge of her nose. Her nose, which is a small button with a thin arch curving in perfectly to meet her forehead. Ty Lee has a wide and thin mouth. Perfect for her wide smiles, and talkative nature. Inside that mouth, are housed perfect rose of pearly white teeth, all of which are brushed (when able) three times a day (two when ty lee is lazy.)
Though Ty Lee is just a measly 14, she is already adopting most of her womanly curves. Though remedial and not fully obtained, the teenager's breasts are coming in nicely, and her body already has the makings of a beautiful woman. Her life's dream of being a Gymnast has shaped her body into just that. With perfectly proportionate muscles, Ty Lee can do quite impossible feats with her nimble form.
Clothing/Armor:----Honestly, and with all truth in the matter, Ty Lee's outfit has changed most often in her life. Though she has chosen a current outfit in which to wear, it is in no way her first fashion. Since childhood, Ty Lee was taught to enjoy shopping (most specifically for clothes) by her mother. Like so many other lessons that would assist her in the future, this was not one of them. There was a time when Ty Lee was truly addicted to shopping, but that has dumbed down after her meeting with Mistress Kiga.
In her years before becoming a Teenager, Ty Lee did in fact have a wardrobe to rival Azula's. Of course, this didn't really inspire good feeling in the Princess but she dealt with it. She had not a single one of the same outfit. Ty Lee would change multiple times a day, (to the annoyance of Mai and Azula) and end up doing it three more times.
Again, however, after meeting Kiga she picked a single outfit. This she had many duplicates made from and then donated the rest of her wardrobe to charity. Ty Lee's most recent outfit is one that mocks her spirit and 'aura' and compliments her bubbly attitude.
With a deep powdery pink as the main color, a darker pink-maroon is also different pieces of the outfit. Keeping those two colors in mind, let me explain the thing to you as if Ty Lee were dressing herself in the morning.
First, the girl would pull on a pair of deep powdery pink pants. These 'poof' slightly as they go down the leg and are pulled into a maroon band at the calf that is snuggly secure. After this, Ty Lee will adorn that same pink but in a shirt. This holds her breasts securely and then comes into a tight maroon hem at the end of her rib cage, leaving room to see her flat and muscled chest. The shirt has a tight collar around her neck and wide sleeves that go down to about her elbows.
Now, Ty Lee's main outfit is secure she will add on the finishing touches. Her shoes are of the deep maroon that makes up half of her outfit. Their flats and have a wide ribbon that she ties around her ankle. Due to her acrobatics while in battle the ribbon is needed to secure the shoe onto her foot and make sure it doesn't fall off. The last few things are maroon wristbands. Then, over her pants she wears a deep maroon skirt. This resembles the petals of a flower, coming down into a curved point at her knees. (the top of the skirt also makes her means for securing her pants tight) And last, a deep maroon neck piece. This is in the shape of a diamond, going over her collar and drooping down to a point between her breasts and in the middle of her back.
Weapons:-----To be quite exact, Ty Lee's only weapon is her fists. Though I suppose you might assume or catalog her agility and flexibility into this sector. Alas, I will give greater explanation on the many aspects that would be guessed to belong with the title of Ty Lee's Weapons.
Over years of acrobatic training, Ty Lee has harnessed an immense agility that nearly breaks the laws of gravity. Also, her training with Mistress Kiga has enabled her to block chi points for a few hours at most.
What is Chi-Blocking?
Chi-Blocking is an ancient art passed from master to student since anyone can remember. Though it was a widely-used art, as of late it's grown into legend. Most doubt the existence of such a talent anymore. Though some either are absolutely positive, or wish to believe.
The first to use the art combined the techniques of the Air Nomads to the Water Tribe. Putting the evasive art of Airbending with the knowhow of the human body and it's pressure points, a person can easily take down the most brutal of benders.
How Does Chi-Blocking Work?
It takes years of practice to learn this art. However, a truly gifted student can learn the basics and then work on their own unique technique without a master in which to train them.
The user, by the time they Chi-Block knows more about their opponent's bodies then they themselves do. In Waterbender's Healing methods, the bender uses water to amplify the power of a specific point called a Chi-Point. These are as small as the tip of a needle. A Chi-Blocker does exactly the opposite. Using the knuckle of their index fingers which point out from a clenched fist, they block these.
For the average person, a Chi-Blocking move would deny them use of the area that that chi point is connected to. I.E. If a Chi-Blocker were to hit a shoulder point, that arm would be paralyzed. By issuing as little as two hits to vital Chi-Points, a Master Chi-Blocker can paralyze someone's entire body.
For a bender, they use their Chi-Rivers, (the circulatory-like system that has hundreds of pools called Chi-Points) in which to bend. If a Chi-Blocking move is used on a bender, they not only have the usual side affects, but either cannot bend entirely or have a dwarfed amount of power that they had before.
Though Chi-Blocking is not that harmful, a Master could use their art to not only block a Chi-Point but cause internal bleeding and a slow death.
Personality:-----The odd personality of Ty Lee baffles even the most known experts in the area of reading body language and people.
Honestly, in childhood the girl was pampered and fawned over. Such attention made her a little mean. However, her parents saw this at an early stage (as a few of their other daughters had turned out mean) and halted it.
Since she was a babe, Ty Lee always loved to smile. In fact, her mouth would end up aching from grinning so wide for so long. Thankfully though, the aching led to extremely powerful muscles in her cheek area which allow her to smile all she wants at her current age.
Ty Lee is a bubbly person to put it quaint and politely. With all respect she can tend to be a little annoying. Although Azula and Mai have grown used to her, and those who she annoys wouldn't dare voice such an opinion. Whoever is a close friend of the Princess is a feared leader in most Fire Nation eyes.
Though honestly they have nothing to fear. A few years under the tutelage of Mistress Kiga have led her to deep belief in 'auras'. Because of this belief she has grown accustomed to bringing them up when speaking with friends and doing a lot to 'cleanse' her own. Including daily meditation sessions. Though she has come to be able to do these even while riding a lizard.
Ty Lee doesn't like to harm even the smallest fly. However, on the field of battle, no matter how severe the fight or consequential her actions may be, she is out to have fun. Usually smiling or giggling as she attacks, she doesn't necessarily install fear in her opponents though she should be feared.
However, it is to be guessed that the reason for her love of fighting is because she never really 'harms' her victims. Usually paralyzing them for a few hours, she sees no reason not to have fun. However, there have been a few occasions when, let's say someone has bended a rock at her one too many times. If her anger is invoked, she can bruise and harm muscles as well as lock up chi-points.
Though her life is hectic and full of fighting, at the end of the day, Ty Lee is just glad to be with her two best friends again.
Background:----->>Early Year
Like the majority of the Fire Nation populace, Ty Lee was birthed in the days of summer. In fact, but a few months apart from the two infants who would become her best and most treasured friends.
Her family was at a house too small to accommodate them, and struggled at times to make ends meet.
Her name was given exactly a week after her birth. A tradition in her family for the parents would name their child due to how they acted in those first seven days. Ty Lee was the name bestowed upon her. She was born the youngest daughter of seven. Her father was proud (though he wanted a son) and was happy for the newest addition. Her mother was happy but ever so tired.
After a month or so, Ty Lee's mother hired a third maid in which would assist her in raising her newborn. The others were in charge of cleaning the house and taking care of the older daughters.
Ty Lee's mother was a stay at home mom, though she made her own fashion designs as a past time. Her father was a leading figure in the Fire Nation Army. It wasn't long Ty Lee's birth when her father gained a rather generous promotion from the Fire Lord. Ozai had indeed heard of the birth of little Ty Lee and hoped she would make a good friend to Azula. The more friends she had, the less time the Fire Lord would have to deal with her, though his wife did almost everything.
The promotion that Ty Lee's father was given affected the everyday life of the family immensely. At once they moved to a much more luxurious home on the edges of the Imperial Palace.
Ty Lee began to walk at the youngest age of all her parent's daughters. With an already full head of hazelnut hair, it was quite a simple task for her mother to contain it in a single braid. Unbeknown st to either of them was the fact that she would keep this hair style well into her teenage years.
At age 3, Ty Lee was already talking and had learned to somersault. This is the year in which she was introduced to Princess Azula and Mai. The three struck it off as friends right away. Though Azula bullied her around, and Mai didn't do much, Ty Lee still loved her new friends.
At a young age, Ty Lee was enrolled in the Royal Fire Nation Academy for Girls. She excelled far better then her other sisters did. Unlike them, it seemed that Ty Lee had a little more brain then beauty. However, she was still not 'smart' by most standards.
The three stayed friends in fact, and would stay friends for a very long time. At age 6, Ty Lee completed her first cartwheel and had learned to accomplish front-walk-overs. Her aunt saw great acrobatic potential in her and told the fact to her parents. It wasn't long when Ty Lee was enlisted in private Gymnastics with a most highly recommended Acrobat by the name of Cheng Fa.
----->>Childhood//Training Years
Ty Lee's lessons with Cheng Fa quickly took up a lot of her free time. This led her to stop playing with Mai and Azula as much. Though when she did, Ty Lee showed the two some of the things she'd learned and taught them a few too. It is because of Ty Lee that her friends have the ample amount of agility and acrobatic skills that they do.
Ty Lee was with Cheng Fa for a few years when she surpassed him. Since then she began training herself. Coming up with new acrobatic techniques that enabled her use of her untaped agility, which, in turn, allowed her to do feats nearly breaking the laws of gravity. It was during the first year or so of Ty Lee's teenage years when she grew jealous of her friends. Mai was starting what would evolve into her later mastery of the knife and Azula was well into her Firebending Training.
In fact, one day her eldest sister took her hairbrush. And with one lucky punch, Ty Lee accidentally locked one of her sister's chi-points. Though she would never be able to do such a thing by accident again. After telling her mother, all the relatives currently at the Family estate watched for hours until (now in bed) the sister began to move her own body.
Ty Lee's mother told the Azula's mother. The woman was smart and knew from scrolls she had read that it was known as the art of Chi-Blocking. Ty Lee's parents quickly found Mistress Kiga, the only known master and teacher of the art. The woman was extremely picky about her students and hadn't had a pupil in decades. However, further looking into of the art led to her parent's disapproval of it. But that same information that they found in which made them forbid it, made Ty Lee yearn for it.
So the girl concocted a plan, stealing a decent amount of money from her parents one night, Ty Lee packed her things (or what she made herself bring which was very little in her opinion) and told her friends to meet in the Palace courtyard that night.
Under the cover of nightfall, Ty Lee told Mai and Azula of her plan. She would run away to find this Mistress Kiga and learn from her. Azula was very close to running inside to tell her parents when Ty Lee pulled a simple string. If the girl would not learn this, what use would Azula have with her in the future to come? The Princess automatically agreed to allow her passing.
It took a few days for Ty Lee to reach the mountain-top estate that Mistress Kiga lived at. In fact, Ty Lee nearly died on the way up the rocky path. Thanks to her immense agility however, she made it. Mistress Kiga heard her story and decided to at least have tea with the young girl. However, that tea turned into a meal which turned into a long conversation which, in fact, turned into a student-teacher relationship.
Though Mistress Kiga was very wealthy, her estate only was home to a handful of servants. In fact, most of them were more old friends, though they took the title of butler or maid and did much work around the grounds and buildings.
Ty Lee was only there a few days when she found out she was way in over her head. Though Mistress Kiga was very similar to Ty Lee, she didn't disapprove of hard work. Ty Lee (for once in her life) was forced to do chores and work hard. This was fine with her, in fact the girl actually enjoyed herself.
It turned out, Ty Lee had far far more potential then Mistress Kiga let on. In fact, the teenager learned a lot in a little time. Though many many hours were spent studying diagrams, books, scrolls and information of the human body, she retained it. She was fascinated. On the first attempt for Ty Lee to use a Chi-Blocking move, she made a horrible blunder. Training on a butler who knew a few chi-blocking moves and was a skilled fighter, she accidentally injured him in the process.
Thankfully, the man escaped with his life, though much internal bleeding had conspired. Ty Lee then buried herself in study. Within incredible time she knew more then enough of the art to preform it successfully. However, Ty Lee was apprehensive and at first completely against using it. But after a long talk, Mistress Kiga inspired her to try again. This time, her prowess was amazing. Within little time, Ty Lee was combining her incredible agility and acrobatic skills with Chi-Blocking movements and came up with a nearly impenetrable style.
Ty Lee spent nearly a year with Mistress Kiga before Imperial Guards appeared, escorting Azula and Mai.
After arriving back at the capital, Ty Lee was grounded to life to say the least. She was forbidden from using her acrobatics needless to say her Chi-Blocking expertise. Plus, a lot had changed upon her arrival. Most of her older sisters had been wedded and moved out. Plus Zuko had been banished for speaking out of turn.
But Ty Lee didn't stay long, she ran away again, to the Circus this time. Ty Lee was tired of unfair punishment and her mother's opinion of what a young lady should be like. After less then half a year there however, Azula arrived, and it all started going uphill from there.
Sample RP:-----Ty Lee sat in her tent. Her small, overcrowded, stuffed little tent. The circus she had chose to join was a small one, though their performances were always sold out. So her tent was also a means of storage. She got a small little suitcase and a roll up cot. That was it, the many crates stuffed into her home were nothing that belonged to her. She was even forbidden to open one. But she was happy.
In fact, Ty Lee was more happy in this dingy stuffed tent for whatever the number of months she had been here then her entire childhood at a mansion estate. Just now, Ty Lee was in the small area robbed of crates cages or sacks. It was just big enough that she would be able to unfold her cot, but at the moment that bedding was rolled up and leaning against her suitcase. Right now, Ty Lee had her chin placed against the floor, her hands cradling it and forearms flat against the roll-out bamboo mat. Her body was vertical and her legs were swung over to allow her feet a place to rest on the back of her head.
Calmly, she breathed in through the nose for the count of seven, held for the same amount of time, exhaled again for seven seconds and held for the same amount. The process repeating over and over again as a smile was plastered on her face. In her minds eye she pictured her powdery pink aura like a thick blanket surrounding her. There were splashes of Grey Green and Blue, like bruises on an ivory arm.
With each breath Ty Lee nursed these wounds, breathing in more pure powdery pink haze and breathing out the imperfections. But her concentration was profoundly obliterated by a loud yell right outside her tent. "Ty Lee, get your Bendy-Butt out here, we need ya."
Her powerful cycle destroyed, lost balance and fell to her back with an oof. Although her meditation session was ruined, Ty Lee only took a deep breath and forced a smile. Pushing up into a back-bend, the teen rose up to her feet and then walked perkily out of her tent. The ringmaster and 'boss' was standing there, a piece of straw pushed between his teeth, his face unshaven.
"What do you need," she asked cheerfully? "There's a branch on top of the Big Tent. Get it down." His retaliation was a verbal assault, and though he did not yell he might as well have. But Ty Lee had grown used to it, frowning for a moment, she looked up to see a large gnarled branch laying near the top of the largest tent. It was directly between two of the posts that kept the tent up, meaning that it was but cloth underneath.
Ty Lee got a running start and then neatly flipped up to land on one of the pieces of the frame, hidden by the tarp-like tent but for a rough shape of it. Walking easily up the post, she mentally judged the distance and how much force she would have to put into her jump.
Flipping into the air, Ty Lee grabbed the branch mid-twirl and used the momentum she had built while airborne to hurl the thing into the nearby river. Ty Lee landed on the next post and then catapulted neatly to the ground. "Well, better start up my Aura-cleansing again." The sentence was full of perkiness, like so many of the sentences she said.
This time, she decided to do it outside since it was such a nice day. Unbeknown st to her, Princess Azula was walking into camp at that moment.
Name:-----Ty Lee
Age:-----14
Nation:-----Fire Nation
Bender?:-----N/A
Physical Appearance:-----Ty Lee has always been taught good hi gene. Since toddler hood her mother forced numerous daily face washings and baths every night. However, these strict acts of motherhood left Ty Lee with good health and her beauty to sprout flawlessly. The teenager has a perfect skin and rarely gets unsightly facial flaws.
Again, another childhood routine was a daily hair brushing, once before bed and again when woken up. And again, this strong act of a mother to her sixth daughter helped Ty Lee to have wondrous hair. Though she has many possible choices, Ty Lee sticks to a rather remedial hairstyle. Pulling almost all of it back into a simple braid, a ribbon at the beginning and just before the end, that falls to her thighs. This way, Ty Lee's amazing amount of hair is kept from interfering with the ongoing battle or task. The only pieces left out of the thick pink ribbons are her bangs. These are separated to one larger half framing any given side of her face while a smaller collection mirrors it on the opposite side.
Though Ty Lee's hair is a major aspect of her beauty and Physical Appearance, there is much more that holds together this bubbly fourteen-year-old.
Ty Lee's eyes are a brilliant hazelnut brown. Inheriting the hue from her father, the girl's eyes complement her hair perfectly. The girl has neat and precise arches for eyebrows gaining slightly in thickness as they draw nearer to one another. Ending in quaint rounded edges at the bridge of her nose. Her nose, which is a small button with a thin arch curving in perfectly to meet her forehead. Ty Lee has a wide and thin mouth. Perfect for her wide smiles, and talkative nature. Inside that mouth, are housed perfect rose of pearly white teeth, all of which are brushed (when able) three times a day (two when ty lee is lazy.)
Though Ty Lee is just a measly 14, she is already adopting most of her womanly curves. Though remedial and not fully obtained, the teenager's breasts are coming in nicely, and her body already has the makings of a beautiful woman. Her life's dream of being a Gymnast has shaped her body into just that. With perfectly proportionate muscles, Ty Lee can do quite impossible feats with her nimble form.
Clothing/Armor:----Honestly, and with all truth in the matter, Ty Lee's outfit has changed most often in her life. Though she has chosen a current outfit in which to wear, it is in no way her first fashion. Since childhood, Ty Lee was taught to enjoy shopping (most specifically for clothes) by her mother. Like so many other lessons that would assist her in the future, this was not one of them. There was a time when Ty Lee was truly addicted to shopping, but that has dumbed down after her meeting with Mistress Kiga.
In her years before becoming a Teenager, Ty Lee did in fact have a wardrobe to rival Azula's. Of course, this didn't really inspire good feeling in the Princess but she dealt with it. She had not a single one of the same outfit. Ty Lee would change multiple times a day, (to the annoyance of Mai and Azula) and end up doing it three more times.
Again, however, after meeting Kiga she picked a single outfit. This she had many duplicates made from and then donated the rest of her wardrobe to charity. Ty Lee's most recent outfit is one that mocks her spirit and 'aura' and compliments her bubbly attitude.
With a deep powdery pink as the main color, a darker pink-maroon is also different pieces of the outfit. Keeping those two colors in mind, let me explain the thing to you as if Ty Lee were dressing herself in the morning.
First, the girl would pull on a pair of deep powdery pink pants. These 'poof' slightly as they go down the leg and are pulled into a maroon band at the calf that is snuggly secure. After this, Ty Lee will adorn that same pink but in a shirt. This holds her breasts securely and then comes into a tight maroon hem at the end of her rib cage, leaving room to see her flat and muscled chest. The shirt has a tight collar around her neck and wide sleeves that go down to about her elbows.
Now, Ty Lee's main outfit is secure she will add on the finishing touches. Her shoes are of the deep maroon that makes up half of her outfit. Their flats and have a wide ribbon that she ties around her ankle. Due to her acrobatics while in battle the ribbon is needed to secure the shoe onto her foot and make sure it doesn't fall off. The last few things are maroon wristbands. Then, over her pants she wears a deep maroon skirt. This resembles the petals of a flower, coming down into a curved point at her knees. (the top of the skirt also makes her means for securing her pants tight) And last, a deep maroon neck piece. This is in the shape of a diamond, going over her collar and drooping down to a point between her breasts and in the middle of her back.
Weapons:-----To be quite exact, Ty Lee's only weapon is her fists. Though I suppose you might assume or catalog her agility and flexibility into this sector. Alas, I will give greater explanation on the many aspects that would be guessed to belong with the title of Ty Lee's Weapons.
Over years of acrobatic training, Ty Lee has harnessed an immense agility that nearly breaks the laws of gravity. Also, her training with Mistress Kiga has enabled her to block chi points for a few hours at most.
What is Chi-Blocking?
Chi-Blocking is an ancient art passed from master to student since anyone can remember. Though it was a widely-used art, as of late it's grown into legend. Most doubt the existence of such a talent anymore. Though some either are absolutely positive, or wish to believe.
The first to use the art combined the techniques of the Air Nomads to the Water Tribe. Putting the evasive art of Airbending with the knowhow of the human body and it's pressure points, a person can easily take down the most brutal of benders.
How Does Chi-Blocking Work?
It takes years of practice to learn this art. However, a truly gifted student can learn the basics and then work on their own unique technique without a master in which to train them.
The user, by the time they Chi-Block knows more about their opponent's bodies then they themselves do. In Waterbender's Healing methods, the bender uses water to amplify the power of a specific point called a Chi-Point. These are as small as the tip of a needle. A Chi-Blocker does exactly the opposite. Using the knuckle of their index fingers which point out from a clenched fist, they block these.
For the average person, a Chi-Blocking move would deny them use of the area that that chi point is connected to. I.E. If a Chi-Blocker were to hit a shoulder point, that arm would be paralyzed. By issuing as little as two hits to vital Chi-Points, a Master Chi-Blocker can paralyze someone's entire body.
For a bender, they use their Chi-Rivers, (the circulatory-like system that has hundreds of pools called Chi-Points) in which to bend. If a Chi-Blocking move is used on a bender, they not only have the usual side affects, but either cannot bend entirely or have a dwarfed amount of power that they had before.
Though Chi-Blocking is not that harmful, a Master could use their art to not only block a Chi-Point but cause internal bleeding and a slow death.
Personality:-----The odd personality of Ty Lee baffles even the most known experts in the area of reading body language and people.
Honestly, in childhood the girl was pampered and fawned over. Such attention made her a little mean. However, her parents saw this at an early stage (as a few of their other daughters had turned out mean) and halted it.
Since she was a babe, Ty Lee always loved to smile. In fact, her mouth would end up aching from grinning so wide for so long. Thankfully though, the aching led to extremely powerful muscles in her cheek area which allow her to smile all she wants at her current age.
Ty Lee is a bubbly person to put it quaint and politely. With all respect she can tend to be a little annoying. Although Azula and Mai have grown used to her, and those who she annoys wouldn't dare voice such an opinion. Whoever is a close friend of the Princess is a feared leader in most Fire Nation eyes.
Though honestly they have nothing to fear. A few years under the tutelage of Mistress Kiga have led her to deep belief in 'auras'. Because of this belief she has grown accustomed to bringing them up when speaking with friends and doing a lot to 'cleanse' her own. Including daily meditation sessions. Though she has come to be able to do these even while riding a lizard.
Ty Lee doesn't like to harm even the smallest fly. However, on the field of battle, no matter how severe the fight or consequential her actions may be, she is out to have fun. Usually smiling or giggling as she attacks, she doesn't necessarily install fear in her opponents though she should be feared.
However, it is to be guessed that the reason for her love of fighting is because she never really 'harms' her victims. Usually paralyzing them for a few hours, she sees no reason not to have fun. However, there have been a few occasions when, let's say someone has bended a rock at her one too many times. If her anger is invoked, she can bruise and harm muscles as well as lock up chi-points.
Though her life is hectic and full of fighting, at the end of the day, Ty Lee is just glad to be with her two best friends again.
Background:----->>Early Year
Like the majority of the Fire Nation populace, Ty Lee was birthed in the days of summer. In fact, but a few months apart from the two infants who would become her best and most treasured friends.
Her family was at a house too small to accommodate them, and struggled at times to make ends meet.
Her name was given exactly a week after her birth. A tradition in her family for the parents would name their child due to how they acted in those first seven days. Ty Lee was the name bestowed upon her. She was born the youngest daughter of seven. Her father was proud (though he wanted a son) and was happy for the newest addition. Her mother was happy but ever so tired.
After a month or so, Ty Lee's mother hired a third maid in which would assist her in raising her newborn. The others were in charge of cleaning the house and taking care of the older daughters.
Ty Lee's mother was a stay at home mom, though she made her own fashion designs as a past time. Her father was a leading figure in the Fire Nation Army. It wasn't long Ty Lee's birth when her father gained a rather generous promotion from the Fire Lord. Ozai had indeed heard of the birth of little Ty Lee and hoped she would make a good friend to Azula. The more friends she had, the less time the Fire Lord would have to deal with her, though his wife did almost everything.
The promotion that Ty Lee's father was given affected the everyday life of the family immensely. At once they moved to a much more luxurious home on the edges of the Imperial Palace.
Ty Lee began to walk at the youngest age of all her parent's daughters. With an already full head of hazelnut hair, it was quite a simple task for her mother to contain it in a single braid. Unbeknown st to either of them was the fact that she would keep this hair style well into her teenage years.
At age 3, Ty Lee was already talking and had learned to somersault. This is the year in which she was introduced to Princess Azula and Mai. The three struck it off as friends right away. Though Azula bullied her around, and Mai didn't do much, Ty Lee still loved her new friends.
At a young age, Ty Lee was enrolled in the Royal Fire Nation Academy for Girls. She excelled far better then her other sisters did. Unlike them, it seemed that Ty Lee had a little more brain then beauty. However, she was still not 'smart' by most standards.
The three stayed friends in fact, and would stay friends for a very long time. At age 6, Ty Lee completed her first cartwheel and had learned to accomplish front-walk-overs. Her aunt saw great acrobatic potential in her and told the fact to her parents. It wasn't long when Ty Lee was enlisted in private Gymnastics with a most highly recommended Acrobat by the name of Cheng Fa.
----->>Childhood//Training Years
Ty Lee's lessons with Cheng Fa quickly took up a lot of her free time. This led her to stop playing with Mai and Azula as much. Though when she did, Ty Lee showed the two some of the things she'd learned and taught them a few too. It is because of Ty Lee that her friends have the ample amount of agility and acrobatic skills that they do.
Ty Lee was with Cheng Fa for a few years when she surpassed him. Since then she began training herself. Coming up with new acrobatic techniques that enabled her use of her untaped agility, which, in turn, allowed her to do feats nearly breaking the laws of gravity. It was during the first year or so of Ty Lee's teenage years when she grew jealous of her friends. Mai was starting what would evolve into her later mastery of the knife and Azula was well into her Firebending Training.
In fact, one day her eldest sister took her hairbrush. And with one lucky punch, Ty Lee accidentally locked one of her sister's chi-points. Though she would never be able to do such a thing by accident again. After telling her mother, all the relatives currently at the Family estate watched for hours until (now in bed) the sister began to move her own body.
Ty Lee's mother told the Azula's mother. The woman was smart and knew from scrolls she had read that it was known as the art of Chi-Blocking. Ty Lee's parents quickly found Mistress Kiga, the only known master and teacher of the art. The woman was extremely picky about her students and hadn't had a pupil in decades. However, further looking into of the art led to her parent's disapproval of it. But that same information that they found in which made them forbid it, made Ty Lee yearn for it.
So the girl concocted a plan, stealing a decent amount of money from her parents one night, Ty Lee packed her things (or what she made herself bring which was very little in her opinion) and told her friends to meet in the Palace courtyard that night.
Under the cover of nightfall, Ty Lee told Mai and Azula of her plan. She would run away to find this Mistress Kiga and learn from her. Azula was very close to running inside to tell her parents when Ty Lee pulled a simple string. If the girl would not learn this, what use would Azula have with her in the future to come? The Princess automatically agreed to allow her passing.
It took a few days for Ty Lee to reach the mountain-top estate that Mistress Kiga lived at. In fact, Ty Lee nearly died on the way up the rocky path. Thanks to her immense agility however, she made it. Mistress Kiga heard her story and decided to at least have tea with the young girl. However, that tea turned into a meal which turned into a long conversation which, in fact, turned into a student-teacher relationship.
Though Mistress Kiga was very wealthy, her estate only was home to a handful of servants. In fact, most of them were more old friends, though they took the title of butler or maid and did much work around the grounds and buildings.
Ty Lee was only there a few days when she found out she was way in over her head. Though Mistress Kiga was very similar to Ty Lee, she didn't disapprove of hard work. Ty Lee (for once in her life) was forced to do chores and work hard. This was fine with her, in fact the girl actually enjoyed herself.
It turned out, Ty Lee had far far more potential then Mistress Kiga let on. In fact, the teenager learned a lot in a little time. Though many many hours were spent studying diagrams, books, scrolls and information of the human body, she retained it. She was fascinated. On the first attempt for Ty Lee to use a Chi-Blocking move, she made a horrible blunder. Training on a butler who knew a few chi-blocking moves and was a skilled fighter, she accidentally injured him in the process.
Thankfully, the man escaped with his life, though much internal bleeding had conspired. Ty Lee then buried herself in study. Within incredible time she knew more then enough of the art to preform it successfully. However, Ty Lee was apprehensive and at first completely against using it. But after a long talk, Mistress Kiga inspired her to try again. This time, her prowess was amazing. Within little time, Ty Lee was combining her incredible agility and acrobatic skills with Chi-Blocking movements and came up with a nearly impenetrable style.
Ty Lee spent nearly a year with Mistress Kiga before Imperial Guards appeared, escorting Azula and Mai.
After arriving back at the capital, Ty Lee was grounded to life to say the least. She was forbidden from using her acrobatics needless to say her Chi-Blocking expertise. Plus, a lot had changed upon her arrival. Most of her older sisters had been wedded and moved out. Plus Zuko had been banished for speaking out of turn.
But Ty Lee didn't stay long, she ran away again, to the Circus this time. Ty Lee was tired of unfair punishment and her mother's opinion of what a young lady should be like. After less then half a year there however, Azula arrived, and it all started going uphill from there.
Sample RP:-----Ty Lee sat in her tent. Her small, overcrowded, stuffed little tent. The circus she had chose to join was a small one, though their performances were always sold out. So her tent was also a means of storage. She got a small little suitcase and a roll up cot. That was it, the many crates stuffed into her home were nothing that belonged to her. She was even forbidden to open one. But she was happy.
In fact, Ty Lee was more happy in this dingy stuffed tent for whatever the number of months she had been here then her entire childhood at a mansion estate. Just now, Ty Lee was in the small area robbed of crates cages or sacks. It was just big enough that she would be able to unfold her cot, but at the moment that bedding was rolled up and leaning against her suitcase. Right now, Ty Lee had her chin placed against the floor, her hands cradling it and forearms flat against the roll-out bamboo mat. Her body was vertical and her legs were swung over to allow her feet a place to rest on the back of her head.
Calmly, she breathed in through the nose for the count of seven, held for the same amount of time, exhaled again for seven seconds and held for the same amount. The process repeating over and over again as a smile was plastered on her face. In her minds eye she pictured her powdery pink aura like a thick blanket surrounding her. There were splashes of Grey Green and Blue, like bruises on an ivory arm.
With each breath Ty Lee nursed these wounds, breathing in more pure powdery pink haze and breathing out the imperfections. But her concentration was profoundly obliterated by a loud yell right outside her tent. "Ty Lee, get your Bendy-Butt out here, we need ya."
Her powerful cycle destroyed, lost balance and fell to her back with an oof. Although her meditation session was ruined, Ty Lee only took a deep breath and forced a smile. Pushing up into a back-bend, the teen rose up to her feet and then walked perkily out of her tent. The ringmaster and 'boss' was standing there, a piece of straw pushed between his teeth, his face unshaven.
"What do you need," she asked cheerfully? "There's a branch on top of the Big Tent. Get it down." His retaliation was a verbal assault, and though he did not yell he might as well have. But Ty Lee had grown used to it, frowning for a moment, she looked up to see a large gnarled branch laying near the top of the largest tent. It was directly between two of the posts that kept the tent up, meaning that it was but cloth underneath.
Ty Lee got a running start and then neatly flipped up to land on one of the pieces of the frame, hidden by the tarp-like tent but for a rough shape of it. Walking easily up the post, she mentally judged the distance and how much force she would have to put into her jump.
Flipping into the air, Ty Lee grabbed the branch mid-twirl and used the momentum she had built while airborne to hurl the thing into the nearby river. Ty Lee landed on the next post and then catapulted neatly to the ground. "Well, better start up my Aura-cleansing again." The sentence was full of perkiness, like so many of the sentences she said.
This time, she decided to do it outside since it was such a nice day. Unbeknown st to her, Princess Azula was walking into camp at that moment.