kwan, xiu

[xiu kwan]

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the beauty to discover
how many cultivated loves
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name;; Xiu Kwan
nickname/s;; none
age;; 23
race;; earth kingdom, air acolyte
powers;; nonbender
face claim;; Yukimi Terazawa

The Avatar must experience sadness... anger... and happiness.
By feeling all these emotions, it helps you understand how precious human life is....

apperance;;
Xiu has light brown hair that goes down to the middle of her back. She has has bangs which is cut just a bit above her eyes to not be in her eyes. She tens to wear her hair down, but on occasion may have it pulled back she rarely puts it in a bun as she prefers her hair to be more free. Her eyes are a deep green color and her eyes are more open and wide than perhaps most normal eyes. She has a fairly small nose and mouth. Recently she had been changing from the normal earth kingdom clothing she had worn her entire to life to that of an air acolyte robes. She can often be found wearing orange and yellow clothing and no longer the green and browns she had worn as a child.

personality;;
Xiu has a kind and gentle personality. She is easy to talk to and very trustworthy. While she is easy to talk to that doesn't mean she is very social. She at times prefers to be alone and just have time to herself, but that isn't to say she doesn't like to be around others. In fact, she loves to be around others, but after so much time she will prefer to be alone or with just a couple people. She isn't to big on being in a huge crowd with people like a party for example. She generally tries to look on the positive side of a situation and very rarely will she focus on all the negative unless it's just simply a horrible situation. She is also someone who would be more than willing to help someone and is easy to forgive others. Even if they have hurt her deeply in the past she very much believes in second chances.

She has many hobbies that keep her entertained so she is usually not very bored. She loves to read and that is probably her favorite thing to do. You can almost always find her with a book or scroll with her at almost all times. She also likes drawing as well and traveling to new locations. And this is really helpful to her since she is an Air Acolyte. She does have her moments where she can get down and even angry at someone. She is quiet an intelligent girl and does speak her mind. If she sees someone who is being harassed she is likely to defend that person. She isn't a fighter she doesn't really know how to fight so she tries not to anger anyone, but she can get annoyed enough to become angry herself. Certainly if someone tries to put her or someone she cares about down. She prefers things to be at peace, but knows enough to know that isn't always possible. She doesn't like to hold grudges either, but there may be some instances where she will.

family;;
mother: Jai Kwan
father: Xiang Kwan
sister: Tai Kwan
sister: Hui Kwan

history;;
Xiu was born into a middle class family before the war had ended. She was the youngest in her family with two older sisters, Tai and Hui. She grew up in a fairly large town within the Earth Kingdom it was a several day trip to Ba Sing Se and located in the northern Earth Kingdom territory. Her parents were very strict about how she and her sisters to were act. Her two older sisters because they were older tended to get more attention. Tai was five older than Xiu and her second sister Hui was three years older than herself. Growing up she was in a constant life of learning she had lessons everyday when she was old enough to begin to read and write. She did get to play some usually with Hui and sometimes the eldest would come and play with them, but most of the time she was off doing her own thing.

As Xiu started to become an adolescent she really began to find what she enjoyed in life and that was reading and studying. Her father had a large library with all sorts of books of every kind and she would love to read about things that happen in the past particularly before the war. She was well aware of the war that was going on even at a young age. The town was always full of soldiers, but they had been lucky the Fire Nation had not attacked their town just yet. At the age of eleven she went to her first formal party with her parents and sisters she acted just as she was suppose too. She had, after all, been taught how to act and behave since the moment she could walk and talk. She was not as social as her sisters who seemed to just thrive in this environment. She would much rather be at home and enjoy a book or study something. Or even be outside she was known to quiet often take an over-sized book with her in the gardens and just enjoy being outside and reading.

When she was thirteen the war ended. The entire Earth Kingdom seemed to be in celebration when the news was spread. Even her town that hadn't been affected by the Fire Nation was overjoyed by this fact. Her parents allowed her and her sisters to go out into the town and enjoy the celebration that was going on all around the world she was certain. But it was not long before it was back to lessons and life continued as it had before the war basically. Her older sister was eighteen years old and her parents had arranged a marriage for her a few months after the war her sister was married. She was not all to delighted with this knowing some day the same thing might happen to her. Though her sister really seemed happy about being married and seemed to really like the guy she married as well. A few years later when her second sister, Hui was old enough to marry she was indeed married. Xiu, of course, attended the wedding as was expected. It was difficult for her to see her sisters grow up and leave her and her parents. Her mother or father did not seem quiet as upset by this as she was.

When she was seventeen she requested that she may go and study instead of marrying. Her father knew of her love for reading and studying anything she could, but at first he denied her request. Several months passed and she continued to ask her father if she may do so and even asked her mother. After some time her father permitted her to go and study as she liked. She was least to say excited by this chance. She had heard of Republic City and was curious if they would have anything that she could perhaps study there if not she would go to Ba Sing Se. She had never traveled outside of her town which made her slightly hesitant at her choice. Her family was not the wealthiest family, but her father tried to push his family to be that and is why he had arranged marriages for his daughters. It was one reason they had been so strict with them growing up. Xiu left with a group of people who were traveling to Republic City some she had grown up with and some where much older than her, but she felt comfortable traveling with them.

Xiu was eighteen when she first arrived in Republic City. She has spent the past five years there and found her love for the history within that very city. She has become an Air Acolyte and had dedicated her life to the way of the Air Nomads that once were. She is always trying to learn as much as she can about this long lost culture and loves every minute of it. She lives on Air Temple Island with a few others who have decided to live to way of life. She is now twenty three and she still writes to her family who at first not certain about her doing such a drastic change in her life to now accepting it. She is still very new at this life and is very eager to keep to this life she had chosen.

Aang, our actions always have an effect,
sometimes positive, sometimes negative... and sometimes not for many lifetimes.

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