Post by LuJian Zands on Apr 9, 2011 22:20:28 GMT -5
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Full Name: Gaoda Fat
Age: 46
Affiliation: Earth Kingdom
Bending: Earthbender
Appearance: Appearance: Gaoda stands at a monstrously tall and quite fat 6’10". His black hair is styled is tied back into a bun and if verdant green eyes seem to hold a simple minded innocence about them. He walks with a slight lurch and does not wear sandals, which immediately brings to notice his exceptionally large and well calloused feet. He wears simply clothing, a green hakama, a white rope belt, a brown haori with two white Earth Kingdom symbols sewn into them and a brown kukui nut necklace. He caries with him a backpack with a sleeping roll, a tarp, a straw hat and a simple fishing rod tied onto it. He has a jug tied to his belt and almost without fail; he seems to have some form of food in one of his hands.
Personality: In a word a simple man, in more ways then one. Often comes off as dumb, fat but happy to please. Hidden behind this attitude is a unique sense of wisdom and an incredibly strong work ethic. Tends very much toward either having a smile or a dumb confused look on his face and is incredibly hard to anger. When angered though, he becomes an unrelenting single minded terror to behold. He is certainly, not one to complicate things and is honest to a fault. He seems to have a child-like innocence about him, and as stated earlier, simple in more ways then one.
Family: Mother - Torah Fat (66), Father - Goro Fat (Deceased) Brother - Tao Fat (48), Sister in Law - Hui Fat (45), Nephew - Cheng Fat (19), Niece - Jiao Fat (16)
History: An exchange between Avatar Aang and King Bumi of Omashi after a friendly training instruction, some time after the war.
Aang: Whew…thanks a lot Bumi for giving me a couple pointers. Toph is a great Earthbending teacher, but she’s been busy patching things up with her family.
Bumi: Not a problem old friend, actually I should have the Bei Fong’s over for dinner, see if I can help things in that regard. That little blind girl is certainly more then I would have expected.
Aang: Yeah, thanks for the advice by the way Bumi. Finding a teacher who listens first.
Bumi: Well, to be honest with you, I was going to send you to the mover of mountains, like I do everyone who asks to train under me now a days, but I didn’t think he’d be quite right for you.
Aang: How so Bu…wait the mover of mountains?
Bumi: That’s right.
Aang: How did he get that name?
Bumi: How do you think Aang! He moves mountains, or at least he did.
Aang: You’re kidding right, not even I can move a mountain Bumi. I don’t even know if Avatar Kioshi could move an entire mountain, yet alone mountains.
Bumi: Well I bet you could Aang, if you put your mind to it.
Aang: It’s not possible.
Bumi: Sure it is Aang, because I saw him do it, let me tell his story, he was a powerful Earthbender, probably even as good as I am, maybe even better, although that was not always so. He was picked on as a child because he was different, as many children are. One day, when he was working on his family’s farm his discovered he could bend the Earth. Of course, this still didn’t matter to then children who picked on him, many of whom were benders themselves and far better ones at that. His parents saw it as a rare blessing to better their own fortunes and used his power to plough their fields on their son’s back.
Aang: Wait…this is going to be a long story isn’t it
Bumi: That’s right, so go Water and Firebend us up some tea while you listen.
Aang: Don’t you have servants for that Bumi?
Bumi: Well, yeah but they won’t do it as fast as you could Aang and what good is an Avatar that can’t make tea? Anyways, the young boy wanted to be more then what he was. Who doesn’t? He asked why he was not allowed schooling, he asked why the other children picked on him, he asked why he was the one who always worked so hard. The answer was always the same. Some people are destined to be different my son, because they have done bad things in a previous life. Stay on the farm and work, and live an honest life, words don’t mean anything my son pay them no heed. Well, like all parents they possessed wisdom but not understanding, for words can cut deeper then a sword, and as the boy grew old they still picked on him.
So the boy, now a young man said no more, for he had toiled for far too long and ran away from home. The young man however was not schooled, and only knew how to live life on a farm, and the only thing he could do was Earthbend but could not afford lessons on how to do so. Every sensei he met, he would say the same thing “I would do anything to be your pupil” and many so called masters would play games with the boy, and make money off of his labors to prove himself, but none would take pity upon him and train him. The boy traveled to the corners of the Earth Kingdom looking for a way to better his life, but found only hard work and scorn.
Eventually the young man had almost given up hope, and he came to the palace of a wise, mighty, handsome king who possessed exceptionally good taste and was incredibly popular and loved by his subjects. Women also flocked to his…
Aang: Bumi…the story.
Bumi: Oh right… anyways the young man begged him to train him. The king had sympathy for his story, but said “If every sensei has rejected you, why would you think the greatest sensei would accept you?” the young man did not know the answer and merely said “Because I would do anything to be your pupil great one.” The king replied “Everyone says that, but none truly mean that, besides what could you do that I can not? I am a king after all.” The young man, of course did not know what to say, so he said the only thing he knew to say “Well…you tell me” The King found his directness amusing as most he encountered would dress it up, or offer him riches or land or things he had no use for. He took pity on the boy and smiled.
“Very well then, there is one thing. On the eastern edge of my Kingdom, there is a village. The cherries that grow there are exceptionally sweet. However, I can never manage to get the cherries in season because I can’t build a road through Kilau Mountains. There are spirits who dwell there that make it impossible for even me and my workers to complete the road. If you can build me that road, and bring me back a wagon load of fresh cherries then I will accept you as my pupil.” The young man made the King swear on his honor as a King.
Aang: “I remember those mountains…traveling through that place was awful, even with a glider.”
Bumi: “Well, it’s a lot less awful now, but don’t interrupt. The young man headed out, and began to build a road around the mountain, that no man dared approach. Of course, building an entire road for even a team of Earthbenders takes a lot of work, but he was young and foolish. Eventually after five years of work, dealing with constant Avalanches, Wolf bats and dangers he built the road and made it to the village. He rushed back and told the King he had built the road and the King’s response was “Excellent, where is my wagon of cherries?” the young man had forgotten. He traveled to the village and took a wagonload of fresh cherries was going to bring them back the King, when an Avalanche struck while he was in the mountains. Snow, Ice and Rocks rained down from on high, blocked his passage and destroyed a good chunk of the road. I don’t suppose he was a young man now though.
Aang: Wait, five years.
Bumi: More or less
Aang: That’s crazy
Bumi: Well it gets crazier, is the tea ready yet?
Aang: Almost…
Bumi: Good. Eventually he abandoned his wagon and brought only managed to bring back a basket of cherries to the King, who was waiting for him at the base of the mountain. He really did love those cherries. The King asked why he looked so ragged and where was his wagon. The man told him an Avalanche hit while he was making his way through the mountain. The King laughed and said “Well that’s a shame that happened to me the first time I tried to build my road, Ice falls down from there all the time, especially in the late fall. The mountain spirits love to hit travellers with them. Sadly, I’m not the Avatar so I can’t bend that stuff away and the Water tribes pretty much keep to themselves so I can’t hire them. The cherries were usually rotten by the time I fixed the road.” The man asked why the King never told him and his response was “Well, you never asked.” which upset the man even further, because it seemed whenever he asked anything in life, doom and ill fortune came with it.
The man was upset for quite some time; he had worked for years to build his road only to see it destroyed in an instant. He despaired for a while, but then came up with another idea. He would tunnel through the mountains, because a tunnel would never get blocked up by Ice and Snow.
Aang: Uh oh…I think I see where this is going…
Bumi: Well then why don’t you tell the story Avatar!
Aang: Sorry…
Bumi: Anyways, he went to work on his tunnel, and after another five years of work, in neigh utter darkness. He had to deal with near constant cave ins and nearly getting crushed to death many times, for the mountain was home to Badgermoles.
Aang: Wait…another five years Bumi?
Bumi: What, you aren’t the only one over a hundred years old! Besides, he’d take breaks on the occasion and it’s not like it was forced labor. For an Avatar, you’re awful simple on how to train someone Earthbending. Probably because you’re an Airbender.
Aang: But you said you didn’t take him as your pupil.
Bumi: I never said that, what do you think I’m the only handsome King around here?
Aang: Right…so training?
Bumi: That’s right, all that time building the road and digging the tunnels made him strong and taught him how to Earthbend Aang. What, do you really think cherries are that important to….this King. It took him a long time to discover the Badgermoles. They kept trying to take up residence in his tunnels. Boy did they turn that place it into a maze. Eventually he left his tunnel frustrated, only to find the King waiting for him. The King “Let me guess, you tried to build a tunnel? That the second thing I tried, those Badgermoles, nasty things. It's a shame really, the mountain spirits make the ornery with all the avalances and cave ins they cause. I really did not expect that you would try that hard, for that long. I really wish I could take you as my pupil as you are certainly dedicated, but you did make me swear that you’d only do so after the road was built.
Aang: Wait…you….tried t…I mean the King tried to build this road before Bumi?
Bumi: Well yeah, how do you think the King became such a great Earthbender…well that and a couple other things…it was more the King’s hobby…and the king really did like those cherries…mmm I could go for some of them right about now
Aang: Bumi…the story
Bumi: Right, right, the man despaired…he had wasted 10 years of his life for nothing and was still no closer and becoming an Earthbending master and even though he had the King’s respect, he couldn’t be his pupil. So he climbed to the highest peak in the mountain range, to cast himself off of it because he felt he had nothing left to live for. He climbed only to find the King waiting for him at the summit.
Aang: The tea is ready
Bumi: Don’t interrupt Aang, it’s very rude. The King was after all a master Earthbender and he certainly could make the climb with ease. The King said “I really hope you aren’t trying to build a bridge over the mountains…because I already tried that, and it didn’t work either.” Anyways, the man told the King he was climbing up the mountains to end his life, because he was a failure, he had tried everything to become a master of Earthbending and that it was the only thing he ever wanted.
The wise King laughed the man’s comments, which upset the man but he explained. “Well if everything is so hopeless maybe you should jump but…” and with that the man jumped off the mountain.
Aang: He what?
Bumi: You heard me, he jumped off the mountain. Of course he didn’t get far, the King wasn’t about to let him plummet to his doom. He talked fairly sternly to the man about the importance of life and how if he couldn’t obtain mastery from a sensei he should obtain it himself.
The man didn’t understand, and so the King explained. “How long did you try to build that road? How long did you use your Earthbending to cut the canyons and throw away the boulders? How long did you dig through those caves, shooing away the Badgermoles and holding up the weight of the mountain to avoid the cave ins. That has to count for something. …frankly with how long you spent up here, I thought you were going to tear down the whole mountain range. Well, I’ll be seeing you.
Aang: So let me guess, the man realized that he had become a powerful Earthbender on his own and returned to his village a master. The tea is getting cold by the way
Bumi: Nope
Aang: Well the why is he called...wait no?
Bumi: Nah, apparently he thought the King was unto something with that “Tear down the whole mountain range” comment and he stayed up there. I guess he figured if you can’t go over the mountain, or under the mountain, or around the mountain, you’ll have to go through the mountain. So he spent the next 10 years up there, chipping away at the Mountain peaks, bit by bit, piece by piece to build the road.
Aang: Alright, now I know you are pulling my leg, so he spent twenty years in the mountains building a road to become an Earthbending master. There’s no way that would happen Bumi.
Bumi: Yeah maybe you’re right Aang, but the point of the story Aang is of great importance to becoming an Earthbending master.
Aang: Oh and what’s that?
Bumi: That single minded dedication and patience can resolve all things of course. It tends to be the core of Earthbending philosophy. If you think about it, even the winds, waves, sands and flames, given time are even a mountain’s bane. Anyways can you pass me that bowl when you get the tea.
Aang: Sure thing Bumi…
Bumi: Well, what’s taking you so long.
Aang: It’s full of cherries…Omashu doesn’t have any cherry trees Bumi.
Bumi: Well, yeah, I have to ship them in from a village beyond the Kilau Plateau.
Aang: Plateau?
Bumi: That’s right, although it really should be called the Kilau Plateau’s, I mean there is more then one. The mover’s road goes through there, very nice bridges and a couple shrines. It’s a good scenic trip. It’s off to the southwest of the city, but you already knew that…I hope.
Aang: So you’re serious, he really did exist, the story isn’t made up.
Bumi: Well…I may have taken some creative license at parts; he originally met the mountain spirits at the top of the mountain the first time I told it. I thought him beating up the malicious and stubborn mountain spirits and crushing them into his road was more epic, but that might be getting carried away, so I’ll just say for the most part the tale is true. If you don’t believe me, go ask Iroh or Pakku, I called him in during the liberation of Ba Sing Se to do the heavy lifting so to speak. Heh heh.
Aang: Really?
Bumi: Oh yeah, it took me a while to find him again, and he didn’t really want to get involved in the war, but I talked him into it. Good thing to, otherwise I might not have had a partner for boulder bowling.
Aang: Boulder bowling? Is that what I think it is?
Bumi: Well if you think it’s a game where you see how many Fire Nation troops you can either take out, or leaving running in terror with a boulder, then yes.
Aang: Right…so what happened after he built the road then Bumi?
Bumi: Eh? Oh well I ended up only training with him for about half a year. He was really upset about that, but I told him. “What were you expecting? What the heck can I teach a man who can move mountains?”
Aang: So it was you who trained him then.
Bumi: Aww…dangit, yeah it was me.
Aang: Wow, he must be some Earthbender, I’d like to meet him.
Bumi: Well….last I heard he was in the Northern part of the Earth Kingdom training a big, tall fat man who will eat dried giant beetle jerky.
Aang: Dried giant beetle jerky? That doesn’t sound very good.
Bumi: Oh it’s not, it tastes like lard marinated in sand, the sandbenders eat the stuff, because there isn't much else to eat in the desert. If you want to find the mover of mountains, just find the big, tall fat man who will eat a whole bag of the stuff and I’m sure he’ll set you up with the mover. A word of warning though, the man he’s training is as dumb as a post.
Aang: I’ll keep that in mind. Why is he training a big fat man?
Bumi: Oh…I’m sure he has his reasons.
Earthbending: You wouldn't typically tell by looking at him, and certainly would expect it by talking to him, but Gaoda (or Master Fat as few have come to call him) is a master Earthbender. He is capable of hurling elephant sized boulders, creating tidal waves of rock, fluidizing earth and sand, unleashing powerful localized Earthquakes, creating chasms with bottoms beyond sight and even possess a grasp of tremor sense despite not being blind. He has even perfected techniques that have simply not been seen before, such as having an uncanny ability to find precious metals, although he remains unable to metalbend. He doesn't seem to relish in his mastery though, as he seldom reveals his true prowess, accepting that doing so would be more trouble then it is worth and thus content using his skill to help others. While his style does possess some elements of traditional Hung Gar stance of Earthbending, of which he has an in-depth knowledge, his form tends to take aspects from Bokh, Shuai jiao, Aikido and Sumo mixed in with strange stomping and slamming techniques, which he also applies in a mundane fashion as well.
Other Background: Despite his appearance, most Gaoda's girth is not fat but predominantly muscle. He is capable of annihilating bricks with his bare hands and feet, bending metal without the use of metalbending, substituting as a draught animal and felling even the largest of trees when he applies his full strength. His muscles and bones act like steel reinforced concrete, as punching him is like punching a brick wall as he often lets his opponents strike him to get into a better position. In addition to this, his is extremely agile, and not just for a large fat man, capable of grappling opponents in a blink of an eye. Also surprising his Gaoda's near limitless endurance, as years of working in mines and hard labor in the service of King Bumi. The only area's in which Gaoda is lacking is in the areas of flexibility and running speed, handicaps which he easily overcomes with his Earthbending prowess. Indeed, the few who have seen Gaoda bend regularly would likely comment that it's hard to tell where his Earthbending ends and his neigh endless strength begin.
He is also quite good at farming, building roads, bridges, tunnels, underground dwellings and just about anything you can make out of stone. Sadly though he possesses very few other useful skills.
Current Status: Working on various roads, rebuilding homes that were destroyed in the war, eating.
Likes: - Food
- Earthbending
- Helping Others
- Food
- Honest Work
- Patience
Dislikes: - Hunger (and not just his own)
- Food that goes to waste
- Liars
- People who are in a rush
Strengths: Earthbending Master
Uncanny Physical Prowess
Insight into the Spirit World
Solid knowledge of architecture
Single Minded Dedication
Weaknesses: Dumb & Illiterate
Sticks out like a sore thumb
Monstrous Appetite
Socially awkward
Weight is in excess of half a ton
Stubborn at times
Physically Unattractive
Desires: Be an Earth Bending Master, help people, live a simple life.
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Gaoda Fat
[/shadow]If hunger is the best sauce, I must be quite the cook!
The basics
Full Name: Gaoda Fat
Age: 46
Affiliation: Earth Kingdom
Bending: Earthbender
Appearance: Appearance: Gaoda stands at a monstrously tall and quite fat 6’10". His black hair is styled is tied back into a bun and if verdant green eyes seem to hold a simple minded innocence about them. He walks with a slight lurch and does not wear sandals, which immediately brings to notice his exceptionally large and well calloused feet. He wears simply clothing, a green hakama, a white rope belt, a brown haori with two white Earth Kingdom symbols sewn into them and a brown kukui nut necklace. He caries with him a backpack with a sleeping roll, a tarp, a straw hat and a simple fishing rod tied onto it. He has a jug tied to his belt and almost without fail; he seems to have some form of food in one of his hands.
Personality: In a word a simple man, in more ways then one. Often comes off as dumb, fat but happy to please. Hidden behind this attitude is a unique sense of wisdom and an incredibly strong work ethic. Tends very much toward either having a smile or a dumb confused look on his face and is incredibly hard to anger. When angered though, he becomes an unrelenting single minded terror to behold. He is certainly, not one to complicate things and is honest to a fault. He seems to have a child-like innocence about him, and as stated earlier, simple in more ways then one.
A Deeper Look
Family: Mother - Torah Fat (66), Father - Goro Fat (Deceased) Brother - Tao Fat (48), Sister in Law - Hui Fat (45), Nephew - Cheng Fat (19), Niece - Jiao Fat (16)
History: An exchange between Avatar Aang and King Bumi of Omashi after a friendly training instruction, some time after the war.
Aang: Whew…thanks a lot Bumi for giving me a couple pointers. Toph is a great Earthbending teacher, but she’s been busy patching things up with her family.
Bumi: Not a problem old friend, actually I should have the Bei Fong’s over for dinner, see if I can help things in that regard. That little blind girl is certainly more then I would have expected.
Aang: Yeah, thanks for the advice by the way Bumi. Finding a teacher who listens first.
Bumi: Well, to be honest with you, I was going to send you to the mover of mountains, like I do everyone who asks to train under me now a days, but I didn’t think he’d be quite right for you.
Aang: How so Bu…wait the mover of mountains?
Bumi: That’s right.
Aang: How did he get that name?
Bumi: How do you think Aang! He moves mountains, or at least he did.
Aang: You’re kidding right, not even I can move a mountain Bumi. I don’t even know if Avatar Kioshi could move an entire mountain, yet alone mountains.
Bumi: Well I bet you could Aang, if you put your mind to it.
Aang: It’s not possible.
Bumi: Sure it is Aang, because I saw him do it, let me tell his story, he was a powerful Earthbender, probably even as good as I am, maybe even better, although that was not always so. He was picked on as a child because he was different, as many children are. One day, when he was working on his family’s farm his discovered he could bend the Earth. Of course, this still didn’t matter to then children who picked on him, many of whom were benders themselves and far better ones at that. His parents saw it as a rare blessing to better their own fortunes and used his power to plough their fields on their son’s back.
Aang: Wait…this is going to be a long story isn’t it
Bumi: That’s right, so go Water and Firebend us up some tea while you listen.
Aang: Don’t you have servants for that Bumi?
Bumi: Well, yeah but they won’t do it as fast as you could Aang and what good is an Avatar that can’t make tea? Anyways, the young boy wanted to be more then what he was. Who doesn’t? He asked why he was not allowed schooling, he asked why the other children picked on him, he asked why he was the one who always worked so hard. The answer was always the same. Some people are destined to be different my son, because they have done bad things in a previous life. Stay on the farm and work, and live an honest life, words don’t mean anything my son pay them no heed. Well, like all parents they possessed wisdom but not understanding, for words can cut deeper then a sword, and as the boy grew old they still picked on him.
So the boy, now a young man said no more, for he had toiled for far too long and ran away from home. The young man however was not schooled, and only knew how to live life on a farm, and the only thing he could do was Earthbend but could not afford lessons on how to do so. Every sensei he met, he would say the same thing “I would do anything to be your pupil” and many so called masters would play games with the boy, and make money off of his labors to prove himself, but none would take pity upon him and train him. The boy traveled to the corners of the Earth Kingdom looking for a way to better his life, but found only hard work and scorn.
Eventually the young man had almost given up hope, and he came to the palace of a wise, mighty, handsome king who possessed exceptionally good taste and was incredibly popular and loved by his subjects. Women also flocked to his…
Aang: Bumi…the story.
Bumi: Oh right… anyways the young man begged him to train him. The king had sympathy for his story, but said “If every sensei has rejected you, why would you think the greatest sensei would accept you?” the young man did not know the answer and merely said “Because I would do anything to be your pupil great one.” The king replied “Everyone says that, but none truly mean that, besides what could you do that I can not? I am a king after all.” The young man, of course did not know what to say, so he said the only thing he knew to say “Well…you tell me” The King found his directness amusing as most he encountered would dress it up, or offer him riches or land or things he had no use for. He took pity on the boy and smiled.
“Very well then, there is one thing. On the eastern edge of my Kingdom, there is a village. The cherries that grow there are exceptionally sweet. However, I can never manage to get the cherries in season because I can’t build a road through Kilau Mountains. There are spirits who dwell there that make it impossible for even me and my workers to complete the road. If you can build me that road, and bring me back a wagon load of fresh cherries then I will accept you as my pupil.” The young man made the King swear on his honor as a King.
Aang: “I remember those mountains…traveling through that place was awful, even with a glider.”
Bumi: “Well, it’s a lot less awful now, but don’t interrupt. The young man headed out, and began to build a road around the mountain, that no man dared approach. Of course, building an entire road for even a team of Earthbenders takes a lot of work, but he was young and foolish. Eventually after five years of work, dealing with constant Avalanches, Wolf bats and dangers he built the road and made it to the village. He rushed back and told the King he had built the road and the King’s response was “Excellent, where is my wagon of cherries?” the young man had forgotten. He traveled to the village and took a wagonload of fresh cherries was going to bring them back the King, when an Avalanche struck while he was in the mountains. Snow, Ice and Rocks rained down from on high, blocked his passage and destroyed a good chunk of the road. I don’t suppose he was a young man now though.
Aang: Wait, five years.
Bumi: More or less
Aang: That’s crazy
Bumi: Well it gets crazier, is the tea ready yet?
Aang: Almost…
Bumi: Good. Eventually he abandoned his wagon and brought only managed to bring back a basket of cherries to the King, who was waiting for him at the base of the mountain. He really did love those cherries. The King asked why he looked so ragged and where was his wagon. The man told him an Avalanche hit while he was making his way through the mountain. The King laughed and said “Well that’s a shame that happened to me the first time I tried to build my road, Ice falls down from there all the time, especially in the late fall. The mountain spirits love to hit travellers with them. Sadly, I’m not the Avatar so I can’t bend that stuff away and the Water tribes pretty much keep to themselves so I can’t hire them. The cherries were usually rotten by the time I fixed the road.” The man asked why the King never told him and his response was “Well, you never asked.” which upset the man even further, because it seemed whenever he asked anything in life, doom and ill fortune came with it.
The man was upset for quite some time; he had worked for years to build his road only to see it destroyed in an instant. He despaired for a while, but then came up with another idea. He would tunnel through the mountains, because a tunnel would never get blocked up by Ice and Snow.
Aang: Uh oh…I think I see where this is going…
Bumi: Well then why don’t you tell the story Avatar!
Aang: Sorry…
Bumi: Anyways, he went to work on his tunnel, and after another five years of work, in neigh utter darkness. He had to deal with near constant cave ins and nearly getting crushed to death many times, for the mountain was home to Badgermoles.
Aang: Wait…another five years Bumi?
Bumi: What, you aren’t the only one over a hundred years old! Besides, he’d take breaks on the occasion and it’s not like it was forced labor. For an Avatar, you’re awful simple on how to train someone Earthbending. Probably because you’re an Airbender.
Aang: But you said you didn’t take him as your pupil.
Bumi: I never said that, what do you think I’m the only handsome King around here?
Aang: Right…so training?
Bumi: That’s right, all that time building the road and digging the tunnels made him strong and taught him how to Earthbend Aang. What, do you really think cherries are that important to….this King. It took him a long time to discover the Badgermoles. They kept trying to take up residence in his tunnels. Boy did they turn that place it into a maze. Eventually he left his tunnel frustrated, only to find the King waiting for him. The King “Let me guess, you tried to build a tunnel? That the second thing I tried, those Badgermoles, nasty things. It's a shame really, the mountain spirits make the ornery with all the avalances and cave ins they cause. I really did not expect that you would try that hard, for that long. I really wish I could take you as my pupil as you are certainly dedicated, but you did make me swear that you’d only do so after the road was built.
Aang: Wait…you….tried t…I mean the King tried to build this road before Bumi?
Bumi: Well yeah, how do you think the King became such a great Earthbender…well that and a couple other things…it was more the King’s hobby…and the king really did like those cherries…mmm I could go for some of them right about now
Aang: Bumi…the story
Bumi: Right, right, the man despaired…he had wasted 10 years of his life for nothing and was still no closer and becoming an Earthbending master and even though he had the King’s respect, he couldn’t be his pupil. So he climbed to the highest peak in the mountain range, to cast himself off of it because he felt he had nothing left to live for. He climbed only to find the King waiting for him at the summit.
Aang: The tea is ready
Bumi: Don’t interrupt Aang, it’s very rude. The King was after all a master Earthbender and he certainly could make the climb with ease. The King said “I really hope you aren’t trying to build a bridge over the mountains…because I already tried that, and it didn’t work either.” Anyways, the man told the King he was climbing up the mountains to end his life, because he was a failure, he had tried everything to become a master of Earthbending and that it was the only thing he ever wanted.
The wise King laughed the man’s comments, which upset the man but he explained. “Well if everything is so hopeless maybe you should jump but…” and with that the man jumped off the mountain.
Aang: He what?
Bumi: You heard me, he jumped off the mountain. Of course he didn’t get far, the King wasn’t about to let him plummet to his doom. He talked fairly sternly to the man about the importance of life and how if he couldn’t obtain mastery from a sensei he should obtain it himself.
The man didn’t understand, and so the King explained. “How long did you try to build that road? How long did you use your Earthbending to cut the canyons and throw away the boulders? How long did you dig through those caves, shooing away the Badgermoles and holding up the weight of the mountain to avoid the cave ins. That has to count for something. …frankly with how long you spent up here, I thought you were going to tear down the whole mountain range. Well, I’ll be seeing you.
Aang: So let me guess, the man realized that he had become a powerful Earthbender on his own and returned to his village a master. The tea is getting cold by the way
Bumi: Nope
Aang: Well the why is he called...wait no?
Bumi: Nah, apparently he thought the King was unto something with that “Tear down the whole mountain range” comment and he stayed up there. I guess he figured if you can’t go over the mountain, or under the mountain, or around the mountain, you’ll have to go through the mountain. So he spent the next 10 years up there, chipping away at the Mountain peaks, bit by bit, piece by piece to build the road.
Aang: Alright, now I know you are pulling my leg, so he spent twenty years in the mountains building a road to become an Earthbending master. There’s no way that would happen Bumi.
Bumi: Yeah maybe you’re right Aang, but the point of the story Aang is of great importance to becoming an Earthbending master.
Aang: Oh and what’s that?
Bumi: That single minded dedication and patience can resolve all things of course. It tends to be the core of Earthbending philosophy. If you think about it, even the winds, waves, sands and flames, given time are even a mountain’s bane. Anyways can you pass me that bowl when you get the tea.
Aang: Sure thing Bumi…
Bumi: Well, what’s taking you so long.
Aang: It’s full of cherries…Omashu doesn’t have any cherry trees Bumi.
Bumi: Well, yeah, I have to ship them in from a village beyond the Kilau Plateau.
Aang: Plateau?
Bumi: That’s right, although it really should be called the Kilau Plateau’s, I mean there is more then one. The mover’s road goes through there, very nice bridges and a couple shrines. It’s a good scenic trip. It’s off to the southwest of the city, but you already knew that…I hope.
Aang: So you’re serious, he really did exist, the story isn’t made up.
Bumi: Well…I may have taken some creative license at parts; he originally met the mountain spirits at the top of the mountain the first time I told it. I thought him beating up the malicious and stubborn mountain spirits and crushing them into his road was more epic, but that might be getting carried away, so I’ll just say for the most part the tale is true. If you don’t believe me, go ask Iroh or Pakku, I called him in during the liberation of Ba Sing Se to do the heavy lifting so to speak. Heh heh.
Aang: Really?
Bumi: Oh yeah, it took me a while to find him again, and he didn’t really want to get involved in the war, but I talked him into it. Good thing to, otherwise I might not have had a partner for boulder bowling.
Aang: Boulder bowling? Is that what I think it is?
Bumi: Well if you think it’s a game where you see how many Fire Nation troops you can either take out, or leaving running in terror with a boulder, then yes.
Aang: Right…so what happened after he built the road then Bumi?
Bumi: Eh? Oh well I ended up only training with him for about half a year. He was really upset about that, but I told him. “What were you expecting? What the heck can I teach a man who can move mountains?”
Aang: So it was you who trained him then.
Bumi: Aww…dangit, yeah it was me.
Aang: Wow, he must be some Earthbender, I’d like to meet him.
Bumi: Well….last I heard he was in the Northern part of the Earth Kingdom training a big, tall fat man who will eat dried giant beetle jerky.
Aang: Dried giant beetle jerky? That doesn’t sound very good.
Bumi: Oh it’s not, it tastes like lard marinated in sand, the sandbenders eat the stuff, because there isn't much else to eat in the desert. If you want to find the mover of mountains, just find the big, tall fat man who will eat a whole bag of the stuff and I’m sure he’ll set you up with the mover. A word of warning though, the man he’s training is as dumb as a post.
Aang: I’ll keep that in mind. Why is he training a big fat man?
Bumi: Oh…I’m sure he has his reasons.
Earthbending: You wouldn't typically tell by looking at him, and certainly would expect it by talking to him, but Gaoda (or Master Fat as few have come to call him) is a master Earthbender. He is capable of hurling elephant sized boulders, creating tidal waves of rock, fluidizing earth and sand, unleashing powerful localized Earthquakes, creating chasms with bottoms beyond sight and even possess a grasp of tremor sense despite not being blind. He has even perfected techniques that have simply not been seen before, such as having an uncanny ability to find precious metals, although he remains unable to metalbend. He doesn't seem to relish in his mastery though, as he seldom reveals his true prowess, accepting that doing so would be more trouble then it is worth and thus content using his skill to help others. While his style does possess some elements of traditional Hung Gar stance of Earthbending, of which he has an in-depth knowledge, his form tends to take aspects from Bokh, Shuai jiao, Aikido and Sumo mixed in with strange stomping and slamming techniques, which he also applies in a mundane fashion as well.
Other Background: Despite his appearance, most Gaoda's girth is not fat but predominantly muscle. He is capable of annihilating bricks with his bare hands and feet, bending metal without the use of metalbending, substituting as a draught animal and felling even the largest of trees when he applies his full strength. His muscles and bones act like steel reinforced concrete, as punching him is like punching a brick wall as he often lets his opponents strike him to get into a better position. In addition to this, his is extremely agile, and not just for a large fat man, capable of grappling opponents in a blink of an eye. Also surprising his Gaoda's near limitless endurance, as years of working in mines and hard labor in the service of King Bumi. The only area's in which Gaoda is lacking is in the areas of flexibility and running speed, handicaps which he easily overcomes with his Earthbending prowess. Indeed, the few who have seen Gaoda bend regularly would likely comment that it's hard to tell where his Earthbending ends and his neigh endless strength begin.
He is also quite good at farming, building roads, bridges, tunnels, underground dwellings and just about anything you can make out of stone. Sadly though he possesses very few other useful skills.
Current Status: Working on various roads, rebuilding homes that were destroyed in the war, eating.
Up Close and Personal
Likes: - Food
- Earthbending
- Helping Others
- Food
- Honest Work
- Patience
Dislikes: - Hunger (and not just his own)
- Food that goes to waste
- Liars
- People who are in a rush
Strengths: Earthbending Master
Uncanny Physical Prowess
Insight into the Spirit World
Solid knowledge of architecture
Single Minded Dedication
Weaknesses: Dumb & Illiterate
Sticks out like a sore thumb
Monstrous Appetite
Socially awkward
Weight is in excess of half a ton
Stubborn at times
Physically Unattractive
Desires: Be an Earth Bending Master, help people, live a simple life.
Behind the Mask
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