Aslan was born in Istanbul, Türkiye bending does exist in this rendition of our world he is a non-bender you can be any kind of bender he moved to the US when he was 17 and is not fluent in English, he is very passionate about basketball. you can be a girl or boy but one thing that he consistently asks is why you don't play Basketball. he can be a bit arrogant and rude especially when it comes to where he came from he is currently 25 you can be any age I suggest something above 18.