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Avatar: The Last Airbender
characters
Here you can read everything about all the
Avatar: The Last Airbender characters. Below you will find
a list of characters from Avatar: The Last Airbender. The
world of Avatar is filled with a vast array of interesting
characters and strange beasts.
The sections are devided in main, major secondary and minor secondary characaters. |
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Click here to view the Character Sections:
Main Characters
Major Secondary
Characters
Minor Secondary
Characters - Book 1 Water
Minor Secondary
Characters - Book 2 Earth
Minor Secondary
Characters - Book 3 Fire
Avatar: The Last Airbender - main characters
 Aang
The fun-loving, 12-year-old (plus 100 years spent in suspended
animation) titular character of the series and the current
incarnation of the Avatar, the spirit of the planet manifested
in human form. As the Avatar, Aang must master all four elements
to bring peace to the world. This burden was dropped on his
shoulders early in life and eventually led to his being frozen
in suspended animation for one hundred years until awakened
by Katara and Sokka.
Aang's shaved head is a symbol of his status as a monk
of the Air Nomads and the blue, arrow-shaped tattoos mark
him as an Airbending Master. He comes from the Southern Air
Temple where his guardian was Monk Gyatso. All of his kind
died after he ran away, having overheard that he would have
to be separated from his guardian. However, after his new
friends Katara and Sokka, members of the Southern Water Tribe,
broke him out of a massive ball of ice, which he remained
in for the 100 years he was in suspended animation, he quickly
learns about the war going on between the Fire Nation and
the other three nations.
When Aang was a child, he unknowingly revealed that he was the
reincarnation of the Avatar when he chose four specific toys
out of thousands. These four toys--a string-powered propeller
(Air), a clay turtle flute (Water), a wooden Hog-Monkey (Earth)
and a wooden hand drum (Fire)--were the same ones that past
Avatars had chosen for generations when they were children.
This is the same procedure a child must go through in order
to be recognized as the reincarnation of a Tulku Lama in Tibetan
Buddhism.
Raised by Airbender monks, Aang grew up in the idyllic
surroundings of the Southern Air Temple. Aang was a carefree
young boy, given to frequent travel, play, and possessing an
almost effortless mastery over his native element. His world
drastically changed when the monks revealed that he was the
Avatar, destined to master all four elements and bring peace
to the world.
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 Katara
The
14-year-old, sole remaining Waterbender of the Southern Water
Tribe who, along with her brother Sokka, discovers Aang.
She and Sokka accompany him on his quest to defeat the Fire
Lord and bring peace to the war-torn nations. She is a very
gifted Waterbender who, by season two, achieves her dream
of becoming a master Waterbender. Katara grew up as the mature,
motherly figure of her family and tribe. When Katara was
eight years old, her mother was killed in a Fire Nation
raid. Because of this, Katara adopted the responsibilities
left by her deceased mother. Though her interests lie in
developing her waterbending skills, she resigned herself
to cooking and cleaning duties while her brother, Sokka,
trained to become a warrior.
At the age of twelve, Katara saw the departure of her
father, Hakoda, and the other tribesmen to the Earth
Kingdom to participate in the war effort against the
Fire Nation. This left her, alongside her brother and
grandmother, Kanna ("Gran Gran"), to look after
the tribe. In "The Serpent's Pass," a refugee
goes into labor and Katara delivers the baby, claiming
she did it lots of times, proving how much responsibility
she had in her former home. Not only does she have experience
delivering human babies, Katara claims to have delivered
baby seals as well. |
 Sokka
A 15-year-old warrior of the Southern Water
Tribe who, with his sister Katara, accompanies Aang on his
quest to defeat the Fire Lord. Unlike his three human companions,
Sokka cannot bend an element. He constantly struggles to
deal with his lack of mystical power in a world filled by
Benders. Sokka grew up in his village as an aspiring warrior-in-training
of the Southern Water Tribe. Forced to mature quickly when
his mother was killed in a Fire Nation raid, he cultivated
his warrior skills with a militant zeal, while his sister
Katara did chores and practiced Waterbending. When he
was thirteen, his father and the other village men left
to fight alongside the Earth Kingdom in the war against
the Fire Nation, leaving him and his sister to look after
their tribe with their grandmother, Gran Gran. Apparently
the oldest male left at the South Pole, by the time he
was fifteen he seems to have developed a semi-leadership
role (or at least assumed one for himself), trying to train
children to be a new generation of defenders. |
 Toph
A 12-year-old, blind Earthbender who leaves
her wealthy lifestyle and home to join Aang on his quest
in season two. Her parents are incredibly overprotective,
leading her to rebel and fight in underground tournaments.
Her popularity as "The Blind Bandit" attracts a
hopeful Aang who, at that time, was looking for an Earthbender
to teach him. Though blind, Toph has been shown to be a very
exceptional Earthbender, possessing abilities unique only
to her, such as bending metal. Toph is the one and only child
of the wealthy Bei Fong family, who reside in the Earth Kingdom
town of Gaoling and whose symbol is a flying boar. Toph's
parents are very protective of her, viewing her blindness
as a disability in every sense of the word. They assume that
she is weak and vulnerable to everything around her. To avoid
risk and danger, they kept her at the beginner level of earthbending
for over six years, had guards keep close watch on her at
all times, and kept the knowledge of her existence from the
public. |
 Zuko
The
exiled 16-year-old prince of the Fire Nation who is obsessed
with capturing the Avatar in his quest to restore his honor
and to redeem himself in the eyes of his father, Fire Lord
Ozai. After being branded a traitor at the beginning of Book
Two, he begins to change from a spoiled prince to an outcast
who begins to pity and bond with the same people his nation
terrorized. When Zuko was about eleven years old, his cousin,
Lu Ten, died while away at war. Soon after, General Iroh,
devastated by the loss of his only child, abandoned his
two-year siege of the Earth Kingdom Capital City, Ba Sing
Se. During an audience with Fire Lord Azulon, Ozai shows
off Azula's prodigious Firebending skill and her knowledge
of military strategy, both of which outstrip Zuko's. Azulon
is unimpressed by all of these exercises and demands that
Ursa and her children leave and Ozai be frank about his
reasons for wanting the audience. Azula and Zuko eavesdrop
on Ozai and Azulon’s conversation as Ozai voices
his desire to be made heir in place of Iroh, justifying
this course of action by pointing out that not only has
Iroh’s overwhelming grief and subsequent erratic
behavior made the date of his return from war uncertain,
but that Iroh no longer has any heirs to carry on his line.
Azulon, however, is outraged and he declares angrily that
Iroh has suffered enough, but Ozai’s suffering has
only just begun.[ |
 Azula
The 14-year-old princess of the Fire Nation, Zuko's younger
sister, Iroh's niece, and Fire Lord Ozai's favorite child.
Azula has been especially cruel all her life. Her mind is
set on war and power; she manipulates and even tortures others,
including her brother.Azula was born to Prince Ozai and Princess
Ursa about two years after her brother, Zuko. She was first
seen in the audience at Zuko's ill-fated Agni Kai. She
is named for her grandfather, Ozai's father, Fire Lord
Azulon. Azula grew up in the riches, splendor, and privileges
of being royalty in the Fire Nation. Her sharp wits and
the fact that she is a Firebending prodigy gained great
attention and acclaim, and quickly made her Ozai's favorite
child. Her father began raising her as his true heir early
on, taking her into his confidence and grooming her in
politics, while mostly ignoring Zuko. From the quality
of her ship and soldiers, her favored status was readily
apparent.
Even when she was only nine years old, Azula displayed
her natural talents, along with her tendency for malice
and perfection. When Ty Lee succeeded in performing a
cartwheel after Azula had fallen over attempting to do
her own, Azula replied by shoving her friend to the ground
and laughing gleefully. When she saw the nine-year-old
Mai attempting to hide her crush on Azula's brother,
Azula used her acting and cunning to convince her mother
to make Zuko play with them. "Playing" was
quickly defined as forcing Zuko to tackle Mai into a
fountain while trying to save her from a flaming apple
on her head. |
 Iroh
A retired
Fire Nation general and Prince Zuko's uncle, who is also
branded a traitor in Book Two. Iroh is the older brother
of Fire Lord Ozai and was the original heir to the throne
of the Fire Nation. Iroh is an immensely powerful Firebender
of the highest order who accompanies his nephew in his quest
to capture the Avatar. He looks upon Zuko as a son more than
as a nephew, especially after the loss of his only son, Lu
Ten. Iroh was the firstborn son of Fire Lord Azulon and Fire
Lady Ilah. Iroh was destined to succeed Azulon as Fire
Lord of the Fire Nation, but because of the mysterious
events surrounding Azulon's death, and Iroh's abandonment
of the siege on Ba Sing Se to grieve for his son, Lu Ten,
Iroh's younger brother, Ozai, succeeded their father to
the throne. |
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