Name: Captain Cai Cuifeng
Pronouns: He/Him
Archetype: Sailor
Politics: Fire Imperialism
Earth: 2 Water: 1 Fire: 3 Air: 2
Bender: Fire
Starting Location: Eastern Isles
Bio: "Do not loose a murderer to clear a cell for a thief. Do not blame an instrument for the musician's false note. All credit to the proper cause and all things in their proper place, man."
The wisdom of Cai's grandfather came to him as he treaded for his life. Brilliant, deserved victory had been stolen from the fleet by a walking Leviathan of a fish. Fascinating beast. Translucent, seemingly wrought from pure light and water. Smashed his legs worse than he'd done Aunt Mei's favorite urn, too.
He was lucky enough to be fished out of the icy water by the primitives and exchanged back when hostilities ended, but first he'd done some thinking. Who to blame? Not the glorious Admiral Zhao, of course, and not the simple waterbenders. Not the see-through fish. No, no. Captain Cuifeng was a spiritual man, he had been with tribesmen and in the temples. He knew, with a vague but burning certainty, that it was Water itself that had struck the fleet down, that same Water that had haunted the Cuifeng name.
Who else? What greater villain for this worldly piece? As he lay in his sickbed, drenched in sweat, he dreamt of his slain maritime ancestors, crushed, drowned, swallowed. What Hundred Year War could compare to the eternal war waged by the sea? What mortal prison could compare to the hellish and unfathomable deep?
For months Cuifeng's command has raged against the arrogant spirits and their storm, but there is no escape. Now, finally, he comes about. It is time to sail home, to raise his blade for Azula and against an unbearable peace.
The Fire Nation shall be restored. Then he can depart on his true mission, hidden from all but his most trusted officers, to conquer the tempest and calm the wave. He will plunder the secrets of the waterbenders, and among them find a way to do what the great Zhao could never have dreamt:
Kill the Water Spirit.
(could I get a discord link? link in OP seems to be timed out)
Discord link.