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Well seeing as how the shadow clan doesnt exist that would be a HUGE plot addition. Seeing as both members of the clan itself are relatively evil (or not, im looking at karmic alignment.) it would make a nice plot if Ibiki were to begin a hunt of his own for the avatar. Much like he performed for Zoresu. (Note that he would be coming out of hiding to do such a thing.) Perhaps make Ibiki a figure much like Koh as he was wronged by a past avatar and now seeks redemption.

And I would also like to see my newest character Cain Ira (50g if you can name the biblical references of his name) to play a part in the war, if you will allow it. Being that he is an evil that is much the same as The Dark Knife, and Ibiki. If you followed the past few of my posts I make the points that he not only wants Fulgar's blood but wants to destroy everything, making him an incarnate of Abaddon (Abaddon is the biblical Hebrew word for destruction)

Perhaps the Avatar becomes a martyr in all of this? Becomes a symbol perhaps? I don’t know, but I’m trying to make an idea out of this that the avatar becomes a symbol for the entire world when he dies for what he believes in.

The shadow clan could be trying to get the avatar so that the two members can make him a shadowbender and thus being able to use him as a weapon for their own purposes. Maybe because they are evil they want to use him as a weapon against all the nations.

Well the shadow benders arent RPC's. The two shadow benders are Humbra's two NPCs. So they are basically there for the reason of plot development. The shadows benders as well as I can tell it are megalomaniacs, why wouldnt they want more of themselves? There is strength in numbers and they are already EXTREMELY powerful it would be unwise of them not to want more shadowbenders because with multiple of these people they would be virtually unstoppable. Not to mention the basic need to survive, with only two members if they were to both die, what would happen to the shadowbender race?

Megalomaniac-
a pathological egotist

Meaning if they find it in their best interest they will do anything, if they think that destroying a entire civilization would help them they wont hesitate to do so. They need no provocation. Aye, that is quite perverse on their part but people like the shadowbenders (and my character Cain) care not for the well being of others but rather look out for number 1, they also have delusions of grandeur so they may think they are unstoppable being able to do whatever they please. Not to mention the fact that they arent necessarily dumb brutes but rather skilled tactitions(sp?) and educated which is probably their most deadly ability, their brains.


by the way, "shadow" and "bender" is one word. Just like you spell firebender, waterbender, airbender, or earthbender.

Well they obviously the most powerful characters in the guild they could easily over power someone of average strength. Their sickness can be attributed to the fact they are so powerful and being able to whatever they wanted because of their strength. Like I said I dont know his exact reasons but perhaps it was he felt wronged and wanted revenge. Much like Koh the face stealer.

I hadnt thought about it that way.

You seem to miss my point. I am argueing that what the Shadowbenders are doing and why has to seem rational and a good thing to them. Their motivation doesn't have to be rational or good to us. But they need to have a reason to justify to themselves that what their doing is the right thing. It doesn't need to be the most sound arguement as long as they can repeat it to themselves to keep faith in what they're doing.

This sort of romanticism or insanity of actions is something a villainous character needs in order to have depth. I was merely pointing out that, whatever the justification, they need one.

We have a Sith-lord in the making, neh? Join the dark side, Komm-kun..



Ibiki is one messed up person. Since he's the leader of the shadowbenders, and since he's so messed up, the plot is going to turn quite bloody.

Without going into too many details.. Compare Ibiki to Dr. Lector with an urge to set everything alight. Tongue/cheek removal included, too. Since he was the victim of some evil spirits when he was a child (the village he was sent to, remember?), the bender lost quite a bit of his sanity. So, by using his inherited skills and the skills endowed to him by the attacking spirits he became an insane genocidal maniac (there'll be more juicy info later on this subject later).

'Everything must die.' The seclusion as a child, the 'higher than everyone else' limitation, and the constant pressure to become the best.. Then the spirit stuff stitched into the mix.. He's going to become the Sephiroth of Avatar. And the stuff I'm planning on him doing.. Imagine 20,000 tons of TNT going off, and then add in some psychotic-leveled mauling.

But these things might change. I'm still tweaking Ibiki so that he's one of the more memorable characters.

And Karthan is a crack head ('opium head', actually..). So ignore his motivation. He goes where the drugs go.

I alway thougt that the catus juice from the deseet would have been eventually used as a drug.