art and design by @yueqqi
A protagonist? Antagonist? You’ll see after the fourth arc of book 1, but Commander Tashra of the Northwestern Fleet has his own story to tell as the youngest Order officer to have been promoted to the commander position and captain his own war-class airship, the Lion Turtle 1. You’d be hardpressed to find out about his history and he seems to have no ties to anything, no family, no friends (unless you count his coworkers). He seems so serious, it’s a little scary, especially when he has a reputation as one of the most dangerous waterbenders you’ll ever meet, and he doesn’t even need bloodbending or traditional waterbending for that.
An explanation on his name: the way his name is written (太時喇) should be read as Tai Shi La in Mandarin (it is also very pretentious, meaning “a wind instrument of a great era”), but given Chinese is the written language everywhere in Avatar-verse, I’m sorta winging it to adapt some fictional conlang regional differences.
[Image ID: A digital drawing of a man with long, slightly wavy near-black hair and long locks to frame his face. He is dark-skinned with deep aquamarine eyes with a serious intent on his face. He wears a black and grey hanyuansu military uniform with a pale blue-grey detail on the collar’s trim denoting his division, paired with brown leather bracers and laced boots. He is equipped with a holstered gun on his left hip, a metal canister as a waterskin on his right hip, and a knife holster on his thigh. In mid motion as though spinning on his foot, he is bending water from vapor in the air with his right hand, and holding a menacing spear of ice in his left as though he intends to throw it. End ID.]
[Sidebar ID: “Commander Tashra (太時喇) of the Northern Water Tribe, Order Skyfleet Division b. 4th of the 1st Month, 521 AG. 18-19 (book 1), 21-22 (book 4). 5’10” (179 cm).” End ID.]
