Fan Fiction Concept: Avatar: The Legend of Abioye (ah-bih-AW-yeh). Ikenna the Combustion bender-

Ikenna is the son of the royal guards’ highest ranking commander and has been trained from birth to follow in his father’s footsteps. His father has a renowned reputation as one of the most powerful firebenders in any known kingdom as he is also a deadly combustion bender. It was no surprise that Ikenna began his rigorous combustion bending training far earlier than any boy should seeing as how strenuous and draining the style can be on the body of the user. His training paid off however, as he became the youngest combustion bender ever recorded, and was soon enlisted in his father’s regimen. He soon exhibited the ability to cause explosions without having to visibly focus on his targets, but rather mentally envision the area he wished to destroy. Unheard of in any recorded tomes of firebending, this was an ability that surpassed even those of his father. Ikenna’s father couldn’t have been more proud of his son’s achievement.

The biggest issue with his progress and promotion was that Ikenna did not possess the ruthless and callous mentality his father was trying to imbue into him. He was a kind and patient minded young man that enjoyed making loved ones smile and laugh whenever he could. He loved nature and often would steal away to reflect in the meadows and forest surrounding the kingdom. While his father was well aware of his son’s personality, he never wasted an opportunity to force him to display the very opposite and would often assign tasks that dealt with punishing or reprimanding prisoners. He was repeatedly frustrated by failure as his son resonated good in every work assigned to him.

Desperate to see results, his father vowed to brand his son with painful searing reminders each time he failed to adhere to the hardened ways he felt a king’s guard should exude. Before long, Ikenna could no longer show his body in public as he became riddled with scars, a testament to his unwavering pure heart. At his wits end, Ikenna’s father was given the order to lead a group of his finest to capture the Avatar at all cost and saw no better opportunity to force his son to become the man he wanted him to be. He announced publicly that his son would successfully capture the Avatar or die trying. Staring coldly into his son’s eyes, he whispered that he himself would end him if he failed his mission. It was then that Ikenna knew he no longer considered this man as his father.

Equipped with a small regimen of soldiers, Ikenna outwardly gave the impression that he had every intention to set off to capture Abioye and return him to the feet of his father. This was of course a front to effectively escape the oppression of his father and shed his ties with his kingdom for good.