Lots of Fire Nation folks. Guess I'll be one in a million.
Name
Iskaa Xaong, also known as Tiger Lily of the South, Tiger Lily, or just Lily.
Age
16
Nation
Fire Nation
Powers/Skills
Firebender; Also skilled in "Fire Fist" style martial arts that utilizes dual bladed boomerang-blades usable for both melee and ranged combat that can be enhanced by firebending. However Iskaa is still working on perfecting it.
Appearance
Her nickname describes her appearance well. She's pretty attractive for her age with a youthful, friendly face, and no shortage of womanly features that are complemented well by her lightweight hide and metal armor colored in oranges, golds and reds that make her nationality obvious. Her athletic build shows through as well. One could tell this woman gets out a lot and can hold her own in a fight. She does happen to have a nasty scar just above her chest going part of the way down her right breast, though because she usually conceals her breasts, only the top part of it can be seen. She doesn't seem to care that people notice it.
Iskaa's hair is a bright auburn, almost taking an orange hue. In short, she's a ginger, but she's not ashamed of the fact. In fact, it complements her well and contributes to her earning the nickname Tiger Lily. The tiger lilies in her hair add to her nickname as well, where she tucks two behind each ear and two more tied to orange ribbons that hold up her two pony tails in the back. Her eyes are a stark contrast to her hair and her warm, tanned skin that almost gives her a tangerine hue. A vivid, crystal blue like the reflection of light off of the ocean are the appearance of her curious, child-like eyes. Being athletic, she is of the perfect weight and of average height, standing at about 5' 6".
Some would say Iskaa's garb is a little bit revealing, especially with her legs and arms, but it lets her move freely and she's got plenty of metal plates built in to cover vital spots. One could get a glimpse of her cleavage given how big her breasts are, though it quickly hides under her clothes. Still, her breasts are silhouetted well by her tight, form-fitting clothes that likely make up for the loss.
Personality
Iskaa is quite the energetic character in an environment she's comfortable in. She can be quite loud and goofy around good friends and she has a bit of a mischievous side too. When it's crunch time, she will rise to the challenge and face it head on. Her brave nature complements her overly dramatic streak, often one to describe something a little too strongly. Her goofy behavior rubs off on others in different ways, but more often it tends to make her look too cute, so others tend to not take her seriously because of it.
Most wouldn't expect it at first glance, but Iskaa is a very critical person, though she doesn't always express it. She pushes herself hard to excel, and can be very blunt about others as well, though she is less likely to express it as her honesty has gotten her in trouble in the past. Even with her food she's picky about, and although she loves to eat, she loves to eat top quality food only. Her overachieving nature often hides her intelligent side, which is scarcely seen except in a serious discussion or in a heated conflict.
The least you'd expect out of Iskaa is for her to be shy, but she's incredibly shy around new people, especially bigger people and people who seem too interested in her too soon. She's also easy to blush, so she's known to do a variety of things under social anxiety such as running away and hiding, or curling up into a ball and hiding her face. She doesn't have much social pizazz as it stands and makes up for it by being obnoxious, which unfortunately backfires a lot.
The girl is also quite modest, which you normally wouldn't expect with her behavior. She doesn't like to brag much and will downplay any praise you give her. This is not to be confused with her confidence, as she's fairly skilled at keeping them both in check.
History
Iskaa was born on an island in the southern portion of the Fire Nation's archipelago. Her village was both a major fishing village, a mining town that sought after the ore from the volcano that made the island, and major Fire Nation naval base that her father was the commander of. Often her father was on duty patrolling the Fire Nation's southern seas, so Iskaa grew up mostly with her mother. Though born as commoners, her father's accomplishments in the Fire Nation's military have given her family a good name, and as such it carried on to Iskaa as well.
Despite her father's good name, Iskaa didn't grow up with many friends. It became common that she'd run home crying from the island academy after a bad day of teasing. Soon after, her mother introduced her to the tiger lily meadows further up the volcano's steppes that cheered her up greatly. It wasn't long before Iskaa made the tiger lily meadows her hang out, where she played and even slept in harmony, even picking some of the flowers herself and inserting them in to her hair. As she grew up with her favorite flowers, she soon began taking classes in martial arts where she learned that she was a firebender.
Her father, a notorious user of the fire fist style of mixed martial arts and firebending would be be passed down to her daughter, Iskaa. Though her clumsy nature made her learn it slowly, she soon picked up speed and began to become quite proficient in the fire fist style. A year after she had begun her training, her father took her in to the mountains to a small valley where meteors were known to land, where they picked out the space ore that can be found there and they returned to the naval base where with her father's tutelage, Iskaa made her own boomerang-blades so that she can be a true practitioner of the art.
Unfortunately, at the age of 14, a massive fleet of pirates laid siege to the island's port town and did some serious damage. Despite being home to one of the Fire Nation's finest naval fleets, they were caught with their pants down with most of their ships out on patrol, including Iskaa's father. Though the seamen stationed at the base fought the valiant fight, the town was razed and several people were robbed, abducted and killed, including Iskaa who was taken hostage, and her mother who was robbed and murdered. Furious, she managed to burn down the ship's hull as they docked by a port and slayed the pirate captain as well as a few of his cohorts, making off with some of the treasure and heading in to the port.
As a result, Iskaa had to take up mercenary and bounty hunter work to survive as she was hopelessly stuck in the Earth Kingdom with no way back to her home in the Fire Nation. Though her work payed well and she was good at doing it, she had no home, so she in effect became a nomad, traveling from town to town making money doing chores and hunting criminals, earning her the name Tiger Lily for her fierce, fiery fighting style, her orange colors and hair, and the tiger lilies tucked into her hair. It wouldn't be long before most people would refer to her as the Tiger Lily.
RP Sample
It was a calm, orange evening at a small coastal Earth Kingdom village. The waves splashed against the shore and the wooden pier rhythmically, A girl's feet danced in the oncoming ocean waves as she sat with a white cloth over her thighs with a steaming pastry on her lap. Looking out into the orange sunset out over the vast ocean, she routinely took bites out of her pastry meal. Melted particles and crumbs hug her lips where some of her meal eluded her hungry belly. Her jolly disposition seemed immune to any sort of disruption. Nobody could separate her happiness and thoughtless bliss... unless you took her pastry.
Finishing her delicious meal, she fell back onto the pier, looking up into the sky with her arms tucked and crossed behind her head for support. Her feet still danced in the cool, soothing waves as she gazed upward at the evening sky, watching it make the incredible rainbow-like transition from orange to light purple.
"Yummy!" she tells herself as she lies on the wooden surface without a care in the world, starting to nod off even.
Then, the clattering of iron-soled feet started heading towards her. Her eyes widened from hearing the noise and she tilted her head to her left towards the shore, where she saw three taller men cloaked in twilight approach her.
"What's this about...?" she mumbled to herself suspiciously. "Who'd ruin my perfectly good evening?"
Approaching the girl, the man in front spoke with a booming voice. "Miss Lily, we have a... strange request for you. From Ba Sing Se."
Her eyes widened at hearing Ba Sing Se. Instantly she leaped up, her feet launching several particles of ocean water onto herself and the guards, and in near lightning speed she grabs the parchment he's holding and gleans it with eyes gaping wide with shock.
"No... WAY!!!" she squeals with joy, her eyes sparkling with fascination and her mouth open slightly just to allow her to expel some of her excess drool resulting from dreamlike realization.
The guards are not too fond of her reaction, glaring at her slightly now that they're soaking wet and were interrupted before they could finish their news report. Of course, the girl was absorbed into her letter, completely oblivious to the guards' disdain for their drenched state.
"I'll go there RIGHT AWAY!!! Weeeee!" she screams, shoving the fully read parchment into the lead guard's arms and leaping over him with... almost feline grace, shaking a bit from her less then graceful landing as she runs toward town.
"Weeee! They finally know about me! I'm going to Ba Sing Se!" she yells out in to the evening air, heading back to town as if she was racing someone.
"You know, it's hard to believe that girl can kill anyone, much less be a sought after bounty hunter in these parts," the lead guard tells the others.
The other guards nod grudgingly, still soaking wet from her splash earlier.
It seems as if this girl's life was going to turn around for the better. Nothing could be better than working for people in Ba Sing Se, which surely means a lot of pay plus major name recognition would surely pay off. But will her perceived dreams become reality or will this sudden change take her on an unexpected and dangerous adventure in to the unknown?