The Elementless League

The Elementless League is the only guild in Ba Sing Sa dedicated to non benders. It was founded by Sokka of the Southern Water Tribe and funded by Wang Fire, Fire Nation philanthropist and classy gentleman. Sokka founded it before he was chosen to represent the Southern Water Tribe in republic city. After retiring from from politics Sokka ran the guild in Ba Sing Sa with his wife Suki until he moved back to the southern water tribe at the age of 73 and lived their until his death. Before his retirement the League was run by Wang Fire for a year while Sokka was off on a mysterious training journey. And Later it was run by his wife and guild champion Suki when he and Avatar Aang searched the ocean for his legendary Space Sword. A blade forged from the metal in a meteorite, the blade is jet black and has an unnaturally sharp edge it is also extremely durable. Do to its strange composition and the purity of the metal it is impossible to metal bend. Strangest of all when Sokka finally recovered it, it was not rusted at all despite being in the ocean for twenty years. He donated this sword to the guild and it is now tradition that the guild master wield it and pass it on to his successor.

=Membership and Daily Life= Only non benders are allowed to join this guild or utilize its facilities. Non benders from any nation are allowed to join for whatever reason. Be it to master the sword, the arts, literature or just to have a place to belong. The goal of this guild is to teach its members that just because they aren't benders that doesn't mean that they can't aspire to greatness. While unarmed and weapon combat are the most prevalent subjects taught at the guild. All members are expected to open their minds to more then just fighting and become adept in several fields. Just as how their founder was not just a warrior but also a poet, historian, philosopher, scientist and cartographer. Almost anything can be learned their (except bending of course) be it chi blocking, technology or baking. The college of the Elementless League is the largest in the city and has the most active students as their are more non benders then any other kind of people. Even non benders in other guilds are allowed to come and learn and if they were ever forced to choose between their current guild and the Elementless League most would choose the league and are only a part of their current guild due to being born into it. Despite the anti bending revolution being long over anti bending settlement is still prevalent in the members of the guild. This is mostly due to the other guilds monopolizing most of the jobs in Ba Sing Sa and giving them to benders. The new guild master Shin Sato isn't helping this problem much either as he also harbors strong anti bending sentiments.This dislike of bending is prominent but not all members hate benders. Recently guild master Sato has developed a technique to test is someone is a bender or not. This test involves a special piece of paper that only the guild master knows how to create. If someone channels chi through the paper it will react in five different ways depending on whether they are bender or not. It will smolder if they are a fire bender, turn to stone if they are an earth bender, get moist if they are a water bender, air benders will cause the paper to move on its own and non benders will cut the paper in two. This test is given to all applicants who wish to become members and anyone who claims to not be a bender. If they fail to activate the paper they are considered benders and expelled. Many benders try to sneak into the guild to learn chi blocking and the other fighting or weapon styles to incorporate into their bending. The penalty for being caught can be quite severe.

=Guild Hall: Zhishi the College of Knowledge= It is one of Ba Sing Sa's three great universities, in addition to Ba Sing Sa university and and the Fire Nation Cultural Academy. Though it has more students then the other two as every member of the Elementless League are considered enrolled even if they never take a class. Only non benders who are a member of the guild are allowed to take classes and while most classes are free professors are allowed to charge students for taking their classes. The guild master is the Dean of the College and oversees its running and his own students. Zhishi wasn't always the official guild hall for the guild but like the Fire Administration more members would spend their time here then in the real guild hall so the second guild master decided to make a switch. Almost anything that doesn't relate to bending can be learned here. Benders often try to sneak in so they can learn chi blocking so the students are constantly on guard.

=Guild Master: Master of Arms, Shin Sato= Once the heir to future industries his grandmother's company was bought out by the Mechanist Combine. Since then Shin has harbored a deep hatred for benders and their unfair natural advantage over non benders. Despite this he is beloved by his guild members and students and would do anything for their sakes. His life goal is to prove to the world that non benders are not inferior to benders and can be just as powerful. To live up to his ideals Shin has mastered a wide variety of fighting styles, weapons and intellectual fields. His chi blocking is incredibly fast and accurate and he can throw or use submission holds on people twice his size and strength. His is the grand master of the Lotus Ken style of sword fighting and is one of the greatest swordsman in Ba Sing Sa. He is also adept with practically every weapon style that is taught at his guild and has the aim and bow proficiency of a Yu Yan archer. Shin still retains his knowledge of science and technology from his upbringing as the heir to Future Industries and often tinkers with machinery. His technological knowledge could easily gain him the position of Head Engineer if he ever joined the Mechanist Combine. He also enjoys art and literature but like his predecessor Sokka isn't very good at drawing. While he hates benders he isn't above working with one for the greater good. And if his guild or his city is in danger he will swallow his pride and do what has to be done.

=Guild Champion: Seya, Captain of the Kyoshi Warriors= Since the first guild champion Suki it has been tradition for the guild champion of the Elementless League to be the leader of the Kyoshi Warriors. This hasn't always happened but Seya has proven herself strong enough to keep the tradition alive. Her mother was a Kyoshi Warrior and died in the war against Enoh. Her father brought her to Ba Sing Se to escape the war and forbade her from following in her mother's foot steps. Seya's father was a assembly line worker at Future Industries before it was taken over by the Mechanist Combine. It was during this time that she met Shin and the two of them became friends. After Future Industries fell out of Shin's hands he decided to join the Elementless League, Seya wanted to join with him but her father forbid it. One night as he was traveling the streets looking for work he was killed by a street gang. Though Seya wanted to honor her father's wishes she could not resist the call to follow her mother's path and joined the Kyoshi Warriors. Her and Shin remained friends and steadily rose through the ranks of the guild together until he became guild master and she became the guild champion. Though she doesn't agree with Shin's hatred of benders, Seya is still his closest friend and would do anything for him or the guild. She has mastered chi blocking and the fighting style of the Kyoshi warriors. Though her weapons mastery isn't as broad as Shin's she is especially adept with metal fans and katana. The Katana is her most potent weapon and she is even more proficient with it then Shin. She generally stays away from more technologically advanced weapons like stun gloves finding them to be weapons unfit for real warriors.