Isai Glacius

BASICS

Name: Isai Glacius
Age: Thirty-two
Rank: Water Bender, traveling healer/medicine man.


APPEARANCE

Hair: His hair has turned prematurely white and grey, although it was dark brown before and there are still faint hints of the old coloring. Although its color has changed, his hair is still very thick, and he keeps it cut short and styled with the bangs up.
Eyes: Dark blue eyes with a faint ring of grey around the pupil, and veins of the same color throughout the iris.
Height: 5' 7"
Clothes: He wears a blue-grey vest with a black-embroidered water tribe symbol over a white, short-sleeved collared shirt. He wears black, comfortably tailored pants and worn but comfortable black boots.


CHARACTERISTICS

Personality: Isai is not very friendly at first, and has few real friends. Although he is a hard worker and will try to turn any bad situation around, he tends to look at the glass as being half empty. He has a great curiosity about water bending, including its history and the study of its techniques. Despite his reluctance to form emotional bonds, Isai hates to see people or creatures in pain and thus he can be very kind to his patients while they are sick, and will then surprise them by being anti-social once they are healthy.
Personal Strengths: Hard worker, does not back down easily, and tends to remain calm in emergencies.
Personal Weaknesses: Can be too stubborn, tends to take a pessimistic view of things, and can be insulting. He does not remain calm in interpersonally stressful moments, and would not be described as having strong people skills.
Personal Hero: His old water bending teacher, who had a very strong personality and a lot of charm.

Likes: Growing things, helping those in need, Water Bending, and history.

Dislikes: Being made fun of, people who are too friendly, being totally inactive, and overly talkative people.

Brief History:
Isai was born in the Northern Water Tribe, and lived there till he was twenty-two. He studied the history of Water Bending, and worked with his teacher as a healer. Of generally average Water Bending talent, the thing that made Isai stand out was his natural curiosity about Water Bending and his willingness to experiment with the things he was taught.

Isai's parents were optimistic people by nature, and could not understand how their only child turned out to be so stubborn, argumentative, and negative. In truth, Isai was shy of other children his age and not very good at sports or the games the other children liked to play, and tried to hide his self-consciousness and embarrassment by acting out and being rude. It lead to him getting in many fights, and being generally disliked by the other children. His Water Bending training offered him an outlet to something he felt he was good at, and it improved his attitude dramatically, but he still retained his stubborn nature and his general lack of outwards sociability with others his age.

When Isai was twenty-two, his teacher was killed in a hunting excursion. Feeling angry and alone, Isai left his tribe and began to travel. He eventually made his way to the Earth Kingdom, where he paired up with an Earth Bender and together they opened an herbal shop. Using their combined Earth and Water bending, along with Isai's extensive knowledge of medicinal herbs, their shop flourished for several years. It took time, but eventually their professional relationship turned into actual friendship.

After eight years of working together, Isai's partner decided to strike out on his own, and things ended very quickly and very badly between the two friends. The experience left Isai once again bitter and angry, many old feelings welling up that he had experienced when his teacher died.

Feeling unable to remain in one place, Isai began traveling once again and working as a traveling healer and medicine man. He is now thirty-two.

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