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Character Name: Bolin
Canon: The Legend of Korra
Canon Point: Book 4, Episode 6; while he's asleep on the train
Background/History: i sorta like my hands

Personality:

It is expected that someone who was an orphan at the age of six and spent a good number of years living on the street would be serious, wise and hardworking. But that expectation has never met Bolin. Protected by his older brother Mako from the harsh realities of living on the street, Bolin can still be very immature. A good deal of his ideas and actions are childish, which include trying to raise money by having his pet fire ferret Pabu perform circus tricks or spending too much money on food. He means well, he really does, but he feels that ideas such as those are good ideas.

Bolin is a laid-back, naïve and fun-loving person. Highly optimistic, he looks on the bright side of things and hardly is ever in a bad mood. He cares about his friends and will do just about anything to cheer them up when they are feeling down. Honest with himself and others, Bolin can be very confident in himself. He has no problem with admitting Amon frightened him and that he still had problems sleeping at night. At the same time, his opinion of himself may be a little too high, as he does have a bit of an ego, which is not helped with the fact that he has screaming fangirls.

However, there is one way that is sure to deflate his ego, and that is to compare him to his brother Mako. Bolin constantly feels second best to his brother, it doesn't matter in what, in age, in fighting ability, in getting girlfriends, no matter what Bolin does, Mako is just so much better. When Mako shoots down Bolin's idea of Pabu doing circus tricks, saying that he'll figure something out like he always does, Bolin feels upset and is determined to prove to his brother that he is capable of making money with Pabu's routine. Which leads to him working with a triad as security when the Pabu Circus idea doesn't work, even though Mako warned him not to, because it would have meant he could make the money needed that his brother didn't believe he could. In spite of this inferiority that Bolin feels towards his brother and just how different the two are, Mako is Bolin's most important person. No matter what happens between the two, they will remain fiercely loyal to each other and will not let something get between them for long. Bolin would not even hesitate to sacrifice his life for Mako.

Another person that Bolin would no doubt lay down his life for would be for the next Avatar, Korra. The new comer to the probending world, Bolin had no problems with teaching her how the differences between traditional bending and probending. Korra is the object of Bolin's affections, simply for the fact that she is who she is. It doesn't bother him that Korra is far more athletic than him, it only makes her more attractive to him. After a whole debacle with inter-team relationships, even though he and Korra did not become an item, he is perfectly fine with remaining friends and is happy that she enjoyed herself on their date. He doesn't hold anything against her or his brother and things return to a sense of normalcy.

Three years don't really do a lot to change Bolin. He still holds on to his ideas of helping others and being optimistic, as he joins Kuvira's campaign to reunite the Earth Kingdom. At the same time, however, his feelings of inadequacy still remain, as Kuvira seems pretty adept at pushing them in order to keep Bolin at her side, even when Bolin's closest relationships display and are very upfront with their distrust of her. But even Kuvira's manipulations are enough to keep Bolin at her side, as when it finally becomes apparent Kuvira's true aims, he is quick to try and get away.

At his core, Bolin is someone who is friendly and outgoing who cares deeply about those important to him. While at times he may be immature, that does not mean that he is not capable of maturity. Self-confident to a fault, Bolin is someone that can be very open about his feelings. All in all, Bolin is a man who is still constantly growing, in more than one way.

Abilities/Powers:

Bolin is an earthbender, which gives him the power of geokinesis. As he was a probender, his style of earthbending varies greatly from that of traditional earthbending, which requires one to have a strong stance and remain rooted to the ground.

His style of earthbending allows him for greater maneuverability, letting him move faster to not only avoid attacks but dish them right back through flips and moves reminiscent of breakdancing and even when he's not touching the ground. The drawback to this is that Bolin cannot bend large amounts of earth with his "light on your feet" style. This does not mean that Bolin is incapable of traditional earthbending, as he uses it to bend large amounts of earth when needed.

Bolin is also capable of lavabending, which gives him additional abilities as an earthbender. He can melt down earth into lava form and do the reverse, turning lava into solid earth.

In addition, Bolin is very athletic as well, and is shown to have some knowledge of hand to hand combat styles, such as wrestling. His stamina is pretty top notch, as he capable of being able to bend with one arm after taking a mean hit to the other one.

Also, he's got some acting talent, as he has become well known for playing the role of Nuktuck.

Items/Weapons: Nothing but the clothes on his back, since he's on his way to a... um "re-education camp".

Sample Entry:

[ A rather lovely green eye pops up, looking at the camera. Then the video is turned upside down then back right side up before finally an entire face comes into view. He's still looking a bit confused, but he somehow manages to keep a smile on his face. ]

Right, sooo this honestly wasn't what I was expecting to see when I woke up? I mean, I know I'm a pretty sound sleeper, but I'm pretty sure I would've woken up whenever I was carried off the train.

[ He lets out an awkward laugh before growing a bit more serious. ] But seriously, what is this place? I don't think any of the camps that Kuvira made looked like this. I don't even think there's a place in the Earth Empire that looks like this... If that's the case, then... Kuvira did a really good job at changing the place.

A scary good job.


Sample Entry Two:

Bolin was no stranger to strange sleeping places. Spending a few years living on the streets and you sort of gain the ability to be able to sleep anywhere. It's a mixed blessing, really. You gain the ability to sleep anywhere, but then that means you can also sleep through just about anything as well. Probably... at least that's what Bolin's thinking when he first wakes up and sees where he is. He's pretty positive that he would have at least woken up the minute some of Kuvira's soldiers lifted up out of the train's prison cell.

But nope, he apparently slept right through that. So maybe he was a deeper sleeper than he thought. Or maybe he's still asleep. That's his next thought when he takes a look at his surroundings. Nothing looks like it should be in the Earth Empire. Bolin's spent the past three years traveling around the countryside, seeing just about everything that it has to offer in terms of terrain, and even the cities of Zaofu, Ba Sing Se and Omashu looked anything like this place. So this definitely can't be one of Kuvira's "re-education" camps. Kuvira may have power, but she can't have this much power.

Bolin takes a deep breath and takes another look at his surroundings. Dream or not, there's not much Bolin do about that until he finds out for sure what this is, and that means having a look around. With that, he begins to walk.