Neytiri

**Neytiri te Tskaha Mo'at'ite** is the deuteragonist and lead heroine in *Avatar*, as well as having a role in *Avatar: The Way of Water*. An agile and fierce Na'vi, Neytiri is the tsakarem of the Omatikaya clan, as well as a proficient warrior using bows. She is the second-born daughter of Eytukan and Mo'at and younger sister of Sylwanin.

When Neytiri is 18 years old, she meets Jake Sully in a Pandoran forest, helping him when he is attacked by a pack of viperwolves. Neytiri becomes his teacher in the ways of the Na'vi and helps him to complete several tasks. Despite that she and Tsu'tey were intended to become a couple, Jake and Neytiri fall in love and confirm their relationship under the Tree of Voices. Neytiri fights alongside Jake in the Assault on the Tree of Souls against the Resources Development Administration. Using a couple arrows, she saves him from being killed by Miles Quaritch.

Neytiri becomes the mother of three biological children: Neteyam, Lo'ak and Tuktirey, as well as the adoptive mother of Kiri. When she is around 34 years old, Neytiri and her family become refugees when they are forced to flee to the Metkayina clan. During this time, Neytiri shares Jake's struggle of living in a different environment.

## Biography

### Early Life

Neytiri was born in 2136 as Neytiri te Tskaha Mo'at'ite, daughter of Mo'at. She grew up learning through songs, as all Na'vi do, learning to love and celebrate their connection with Eywa and all other life. She was presumably trained as a hunter and, at some point, completed Iknimaya and Uniltaron.

### Meeting Grace Augustine (*Avatar: Adapt or Die*)

When Neytiri was a young girl, Dr. Grace Augustine contacted the Omatikaya Clan and proposed the idea of a school where the Na'vi and humans can interact. Mo'at and Eytukan were against the idea but consulted Neytiri, Sylwanin, and the other children for their opinions on the matter. The children requested to visit Hell's Gate, and Mo'at took them there to meet Grace and learn about human operations. Grace gave Neytiri and the other kids a tour of the base and taught them how to play basketball.

After returning home, Mo'at talked to the children about what they thought about attending the human school. Neytiri was excited about the idea, and Sylwanin pointed out that at the school, the Sky People would be able to learn from the Na'vi and not the other way around. Mo'at and Eytukan agreed to the school, but were interrupted when Ateyo showed up with a sick child who visited Hell's Gate with Mo'at. The boy had a fever since shortly after disembarking from a Samson aircraft. Soon, many other children came to Mo'at with symptoms of a mysterious illness, and Eytukan declared that the humans must have poisoned them. Neytiri also fell ill and worsened as the days went by.

Thankfully, Mo'at uncovered a cure for the disease with the help of Mireya and Grace learned that the sickness was being caused by chemicals that the RDA had been dumping into the local water supply. The two of them cured all of the affected Omatikaya members with the cure made from the syekalin flower, although Neytiri did not like the taste of it.

### Death of Sylwanin

Later, Neytiri became Grace's student at the established school and learned to speak English; she was considered to be Grace's "best student" along with her sister, Sylwanin. Tragically, the schoolhouse closed in 2152 when SecOps soldiers pursued Sylwanin after she set a bulldozer on fire. She fled to the school hoping Grace would protect her, but she was killed right in front of Neytiri, riddled with bullets in the doorway. Although Grace managed to save many of the other students, relations between the humans and the Na'vi became more strained than ever, and Neytiri's parents forbade humans from entering their land.

Due to the customs of the Omatikaya clan, Neytiri became the new tsahìk-in-training after Sylwanin's passing and was thusly betrothed to her sister's fiancé, Tsu'tey.

### Meeting Jake Sully (*Avatar: Tsu'tey's Path* & *Avatar*)

Two years later in 2154, shortly before meeting Jake Sully, Neytiri is meditating at the Tree of Souls with her parents and Tsu'tey. After reflecting, Tsu'tey is excused and leaves to join his group but Mo'at orders Neytiri, much to her annoyance, to stay, as a Tsahìk is always listening for the will of Eywa.

One day while Neytiri is hunting in the woods, she spots an avatar and begins to stalk him. As she is about to kill the armed intruder with a bow, a woodsprite floats down and gently touches her arrowhead, which she takes as a sign from Eywa. She continues to follow the avatar because of this symbol. When the avatar is attacked by a pack of viperwolves, she protects him by fending off the creatures. The avatar, whose name is Jake Sully, tries to thank her for the assistance, but Neytiri angrily rejects him as she was forced to needlessly kill three of the viperwolves to protect him. Jake asks why she saved him, and she says it is because he has a strong and fearless heart. Suddenly, dozens of woodsprites land on Jake. Amazed by what she just witnessed, Neytiri sees this as a good omen from Eywa and decides to take him to Hometree, the home of the Omatikaya clan.

### Teaching Jake to be an Omatikaya

As Neytiri guides Jake through the forest, Tsu'tey and his cavalry of hunters ambush Jake, but Neytiri intervenes and explains that there has been a sign from Eywa and that Mo'at, the Tsahìk of the clan and Neytiri's mother, should decide Jake's fate. Escorting Jake to see Mo'at and the clan leader and Neytiri's father, Eytukan, the latter becomes angry at the fact that Neytiri brought Jake to Hometree because he had expressly forbidden humans from entering his people's land. In spite of this, Mo'at approves of Jake after an inspection and orders Neytiri to teach him "the ways of The People", so that the clan may learn more about his role as a warrior. A shocked and angry Neytiri reluctantly obeys to the command and guides a clueless Jake to an evening gathering in the clan before sleeping.

The next day follows with Neytiri teaching a persevering Jake how to create tsaheylu, the bond, to ride a direhorse: a horse-like creature the size of an elephant. She also teaches him the Na'vi language, how to use a bow, how to move stealthily and balanced as Na'vi, how to kill an animal with the appropriate respect, etc. Most important is the preparation for the taming of Jake's own banshee; a rite of passage for all prospective Na'vi hunters. During this time, Neytiri's resentment towards Jake diminishes and they gradually start to fall in love.

After much preparation, Neytiri notions to Jake that he is ready to tame his own banshee. Jake, Tsu'tey, and two other Na'vi initiates climb Iknimaya in the Hallelujah Mountains, to the Banshee Rookery, where Neytiri meets up with them on Seze, her own banshee. When Jake tames and tentatively flies his own banshee -- nearly falling to his death in the process -- Neytiri is very proud, and their relationship begins to flourish, much to the disdain of Tsu'tey. Having successfully tamed his banshee, Jake accompanies Neytiri on several hunts, including the Great Hunt. During the celebration of the hunt the following night, Neytiri asks Jake to dance with her, and Tsu'tey, along with Neytiri's parents, notice their bond growing. Later, when out hunting with Neytiri, the two of them are pursued by a Great Leonopteryx. They manage to escape the beast, and back at Hometree, Neytiri explains the cultural significance of the creature and anyone who is able to successfully tame it.

Jake finally undergoes the ceremony where Eytukan declares him a part of The People and the entire clan accepts with the symbolical joining of hands, while Grace and Neytiri look on proudly.

Later, after taking him to the Trees of Voices, Neytiri informs Jake that he may carve his own bow from Hometree and may choose a woman, naming a few potential mates while looking away. Jake rejects them, expressing that he has already chosen a mate; "but this woman must also choose me". Neytiri replies, saying that she had already accepted Jake's proposal. She then initiates the Na'vi mating ritual by joining their queues. After they perform the custom, they spend the night together under the Tree of Voices.

### The Destruction of Hometree

When Neytiri wakes the morning after she and Jake mate, she discovers the forest being torn down by several RDA bulldozers, destroying the sacred location they had spent the night under: the Trees of Voices. Neytiri can't wake Jake, as he terminated the link when he had fallen asleep the night before. When he finally reconnects with his avatar, he quickly destroys one bulldozer's cameras in an attempt to get them to stop while they were in hiding, Neytiri was devastated by the destruction of the sacred trees. Returning to the Hometree, Tsu'tey recognizes that Neytiri and Jake have mated, and confronts Jake. When Mo'at questions her, Neytiri explains that she and Jake are mated for life, and it can't be changed. Jake tries to explain his true mission but before he can, his and Grace's avatar bodies fall to the ground, their connections having been broken at the mountain camp by Quaritch. Tsu'tey tries to kill Jake, but Neytiri protects her mate's avatar.

When Jake and Grace return in their avatar forms, Jake explains that the RDA is coming to destroy Hometree and reveals that he was sent by the RDA to learn their ways in order to convince them to leave Hometree. Upon realizing that Jake knew about the RDA's intentions all along, a distraught Neytiri furiously rejects him, and the Na'vi subsequently take Jake and Grace captive before preparing for the defense of their home. Colonel Quaritch's hostile SecOps force arrives at Hometree and proceeds to fire gas into the settlement. The Na'vi, with the use of bows and arrows, make a futile stand against the humans, but are quickly overwhelmed. When the fleet switches to incendiary missiles, the Na'vi flee into the forest. Hometree is destroyed by the high-explosive rocket fire, and many Na'vi are killed. As Neytiri searches for her father, Eytukan, she finds him impaled on a shard of wood. Before he dies, he hands Neytiri his bow and tells her to protect the clan, leaving her devastated. Jake approaches Neytiri and tries to comfort her, but she angrily pushes him away, screaming at him to never come back.

### Gathering All Na'vi Clans For Battle

Neytiri, Mo'at, Tsu'tey, and the surviving clan members go to the Tree of Souls, where they begin to pray to Eywa. Meanwhile, Jake devises a plan to come back to the clan not only to help them against the RDA but also to try and prevent Grace from dying. Jake manages to bond with the feared great leonopteryx, becoming the sixth Toruk Makto. The Omatikaya, along with Neytiri, are in awe and accept Jake again, as he has become Toruk Makto, a leader that can save them from the humans. Also, Neytiri and the rest of the Omatikaya see that he has not betrayed the Na'vi, but has rather come to see that the Sky People are destroying all that is good on Pandora and that he is now, as Toruk Makto, truly one of the People. Neytiri slowly approaches Jake and says "I see you", a Na'vi greeting meaning "I see who you truly are", and Jake says it back to her. Remorseful for her previous behavior against Jake, she tells him that she was afraid for her people's sake until Jake's return.

Jake tells Mo'at that Grace is dying and begs the help of Eywa. When night falls, the clan gathers and attempts to perform a consciousness transfer on Grace to transfer her human mind permanently into her avatar. As the ritual begins, Neytiri chants and prays with the rest of the clan for Eywa to save Grace, but unfortunately, her injuries are too severe and the transfer fails. Neytiri is mournful of her passing, removing Grace's exopack from her human body and resting a hand on her face.

Neytiri then witnesses Jake's speech in front of the survivors of the Omatikaya clan with growing excitement. After the speech and with a plan of how to strike against the RDA, Jake takes her to the waiting great leonopteryx. With both on its back, the giant creature sets off for the other Na'vi clans, followed by many Omatikaya warriors on their banshees. Neytiri passionately aids Jake in translating his call to battle for the members of the distant clans. The night before the final assault on the RDA, Neytiri overhears Jake pleading Eywa for her help in the battle. She tells him that Eywa does not take sides and will only protect the balance of life and embraces him.

### The Final Battle

When Quaritch's forces appear, over two thousand Na'vi warriors led by Jake and Tsu'tey take to the skies and attack the fleet, causing huge losses on both sides. As the battle wages on, the Na'vi begin to retreat before the might of the RDA's forces. Attempting to escape from a pursuing Samson, Neytiri flies low over the battle on the ground and is shot at by Lyle Wainfleet in an AMP suit. Thrown to the ground after falling to the jungle floor below, Neytiri survives uninjured, but Seze is killed. Neytiri attempts to flee from the advancing ground forces and hides behind a tree, with Quaritch's soldiers bearing down on her, preventing her from escaping. When all things seem bleak, the native wildlife of Pandora strikes back in force, signaling that Jake's earlier plea to Eywa for help was not unheard. The ground and aerial troops are scattered by the wildlife and destroyed, while the Valkyrie shuttle carrying the explosives is destroyed by Jake before it reaches the Tree of Souls. A thanator then finds Neytiri in the jungle and allows her to ride it through tsaheylu.

Jake manages to bring down Quaritch's Dragon gunship, but the Colonel manages to get into his AMP suit and escape the ship's destruction. Quaritch finds the camp containing the avatar link units by chance, where Neytiri engages him on the back of her thanator. However, Quaritch kills the thanator with his AMP suit knife and is about to kill Neytiri when Jake arrives in his avatar form to challenge him. As they fight, Jake destroys the AMP's life support but is caught in the suit's grip. Neytiri saves Jake by shooting two arrows into Quaritch's chest, killing the Colonel. The camp is damaged during Quaritch's attack and exposes the interior and its inhabitant to the toxic Pandoran atmosphere, leaving Jake's human body suffocating.

After Neytiri kills Quaritch, she holds Jake's avatar body and realizes that he isn't there. She then rushes into the link shack and finds Jake's real body lying on the floor, unconscious. She holds him in her arms and puts an exopack on his face, saving his life. Jake is able to breathe again and he puts his hand on her cheek and says "I see you". Neytiri starts to cry and responds with "I see you" as she holds his hand closer to her cheek and closes her eyes. This is the first time she sees him in his human form. This permanently reaffirms their love for each other, as the Na'vi often see humans as demons or evil.

After Jake has reconnected to his avatar, he and Neytiri are guided through the jungle by Ka'ani to a mortally wounded Tsu'tey, who had been found in the jungle by a group of surviving Na'vi warriors. Tsu'tey knows that his death is inevitable and decides to give leadership of the Omatikaya to Jake and begs him to end his suffering by killing him. Jake refuses first, but Tsu'tey says that he will be remembered since he battled with Toruk Makto. He honors Jake by calling him brother and states it would be a great honor to have him be his last shadow. Neytiri shows deep sorrow and weeps for him as Jake merciful kills Tsu'tey to end his suffering before praying that his soul will become one with Eywa.

### Jake's New Life as a Na'vi

Having put an end to the RDA's attack, the Na'vi round up the remaining humans to be sent back to Earth, while allowing a handful to stay with them on Pandora. This includes Norm Spellman and Dr. Max Patel. Jake decides to stay in his avatar form forever, and concludes his final entry log of his experiences on his birthday. Returning to the Tree of Souls, he undergoes the consciousness transfer from his human body to his avatar form. With Neytiri watching over Jake's two bodies during the process, he awakens to a new life as a Na'vi.

### Aftermath of the Battle (*Avatar: The Next Shadow*)

Two weeks following the Na'vi's victory over the RDA, several clans were still struggling with the losses and damages they suffered during the battle, and Neytiri had volunteered to assist them in Jake's place; Jake remarked that the other clans would have more trust in her due to her being fully Na'vi. She planned to leave with Ikeyni to assist the struggling Olangi clan, who had suffered the heaviest casualties during the battle. Before departing, she finds Jake at the gravesite of his human body; he was still suffering internal conflicts about his transition into his avatar body, and Neytiri takes note of this, remarking that it isn't healthy for him. She then discusses her journey with him, promising to visit the Tayrangi clan, and sets off on her direhorse.

She would, however, be forced to return only a couple of days later after receiving news that an attempt had been made on Jake's life by the family of Tsu'tey: Artsut, Ateyo, and Arvok, though the latter had been coerced into participating. Thankfully Jake had survived and Neytiri finds him again back at the gravesite, where they embrace and the worried Neytiri questions him about what happened. He is dismissive of the situation and downplays the events, remarking that it's "just a scratch", but Neytiri is concerned and points out that Jake doesn't seem himself. He states that in fact he has never felt more like himself and finally leaves his human body behind.

### Raising a Family (*Avatar: The High Ground* & *Avatar: The Way of Water*)

At some point, Neytiri became pregnant with her first child, Neteyam, and gave birth in 2155. On the occasion of Neteyam's birth, Neytiri sang a Songcord for her son. The Sully's firstborn was welcomed by the entire Omatikaya clan, and since she and Jake had also adopted Kiri who was born from Grace's avatar around the same time, they both performed the first connection ritual with Eywa.

In the years that followed, she gave birth to two more children: a son, Lo'ak, and a daughter, Tuktirey. While a human boy named Miles Socorro wishes to be a part of the Sully family, the family probably knew from the beginning the identity of Spider's father, who was Miles Quaritch, and probably for this reason, Neytiri is the only one of the family who doesn't. he accepts Miles, as he brought back too many painful memories of his father's death and the destruction of his home.

During Lo'ak's ikran taming, Jake becomes concerned for Lo'ak's welfare, although Neytiri insists the danger is part of the rite. Neytiri is emotionally shaken and weeps in joy that Lo'ak is alive. Later, Jake and Neytiri have a discussion about their children facing dangers. Though they sympathize with each other's viewpoints, Neytiri mentions Jake has been breaking the Three Laws of Eywa by teaching their hunters to use guns made of metal. Jake insists even though he is not human, he still feels he is a marine and that he is still like the Sky People.

After Lo'ak tamed his own Ikran on the second attempt, and the clan celebrates his success, by decision of the council of elders, the Omatikaya were given a new Hometree. Neytiri made sure that the whole family held a proper thanksgiving prayer meeting. Neytiri does not like that Kiri has invited Spider into the family gathering. Jake tries to talk to Pentyaru about the Sky People potentially returning, but Neytiri insists they just enjoy themselves for tonight. Neytiri also tries to convince Jake that their people need hope, although Jake feels as if he is lying to his people. In their conversation, as he tries to defend Spider, Jake also educates Neytiri on what the word "sin" means.

After the two put their kids to sleep, Jake and Neytiri go on a night date. As they rest on the ground, Jake looks up and sees a massive light in the sky, making Jake realize the RDA is back. Later on, after the children suddenly disappear during a council meeting and are found, Neytiri has a massive argument with Miles regarding human nature and their previous war with the Na'vi. Neytiri demands that Spider stay away from Kiri. When Frances Ardmore broadcasts her message to the humans, Neytiri is at a loss, and Jake tells her that everyone are simply scared for their lives.

### Living with the Metkayina Clan

Jake and Neytiri's land becomes torn apart due to the ongoing actions of the RDA. Neytiri assists during their operations and she is seen killing pilots using her bow. At Site 26, Neytiri rushes to protect her children from the Recoms with Jake. Neytiri ends up speaking to Quaritch; she calls him a demon and says she will kill him as many times as she must. Neytiri kills a male Recom named Sean Fike and a female Recom named Walker. Despite her and Jake's efforts, Spider ends up being abducted.

That night, while tending to Jake's wounds, Neytiri calmly reminds him to be not too hard on his sons, to which Jake expresses his fear of losing them and his need to be strict on them. Knowing the danger Spider's knowledge poses to their safety, and also to avoid further persecution of the Omatikaya clan, Jake convinces a reluctant Neytiri and his children to banish themselves and retreat to the Metkayina clan's waterworld, which disrupts tribal politics.

After migrating across the sea to the reef clan, Jake seeks sanctuary from the clan leader, Tonowari. His mate Ronal is incredibly skeptical, however, causing Neytiri to defend Jake as the one who helped resist the Sky People. The two women begin hissing at each other and Jake tries to apologize for Neytiri, saying she is exhausted, but she tells him not to apologize for her. Jake's request ends up being accepted, though Tonowari insists they learn sea life and pull their own weight. It is not entirely known how Neytiri pulls her weight around the village, and she is not seen learning how to ride an ilu or skimswing like Jake and her children, though she is seen apparently cooking.

When Kiri falls into a seizure, Ronal sees Norm and Max already trying to help her, and she attempts to leave the room. Neytiri is disgusted by how easily the woman gives up on saving her child, reminding Ronal that she is Tsahìk. This proves useful when Ronal is eventually able to help Kiri awaken from her coma.

## Personality and traits

Neytiri respects the Na'vi way of life and is careful to obey their laws and traditions; at least initially. Neytiri is said by Grace to have been one of her best students at her school, suggesting she is quite intelligent and curious. Neytiri looked up to her older sister Sylwanin as a role model and was taught by her that not all human beings are evil, though her view of the species was heavily damaged after Sylwanin was murdered by one. The event made her grow to believe that Sky People are unable to See.

However, after her chance encounter with Jake and seeing signs he deserves protection by Eywa, Neytiri begins to question the ideas taught by her clan, seeing that there are more truths to the world than the ones her clan believes in. For example, after Tsu'tey claims Jake is a "demon in a false body", she does not automatically believe this claim as she has already repeatedly seen Jake's innocence and his caring, loving side. Neytiri begins to internally struggle between following her clan's expectations of her, versus her own true feelings. She begins to develop a more rebellious side; Neytiri is not someone who would just blindly follow orders and has been known to disobey her parents and her mate. She disobeys her parents by mating for life with Jake and later she disobeys Jake when he orders her to retreat from advancing human troops (as Toruk Makto, Jake is technically higher ranked than Neytiri during the final battle), which would have likely resulted in her death if Eywa had not sent the Pandoran wildlife.

Like her mate, Neytiri is brave, loyal, strong-willed, and shares a love of flying and frequently rides on her ikran, Seze. Neytiri cares for Seze and mourns her when she is killed. Neytiri is devoted to her people and is willing to put herself in a dangerous situation for the sake of her clan. At one point, she plans to take on a group of AMP suits and human soldiers single-handedly, even though it could be suicide. Neytiri is also wise far beyond her years, possibly due to having to endure great tragedy, such as her sister's death as well as her father's later on. She can usually see past someone's flaws to the heart within, supported by her relationship with Jake; she falls in love with him because of his strong heart, and even when she sees him in his human form, she does not stop loving him and weeps due to being overwhelmed after finally seeing the man behind the avatar.

Neytiri has a tendency to get angry when people close to her do wrong or when others try to offend or harm her loved ones. When Tsu'tey tries to kill Jake's unconscious body, she attacks Tsu'tey, flinging him away, and then ferociously defends Jake's vulnerable body. When Jake reveals his true mission to the clan, Neytiri is heartbroken and yells furiously at him probably thinking his love for her was a lie, resulting in his rejection from the clan as a traitor. However, she later forgives Jake when he returns to the Omatikaya as the sixth Toruk Makto because she realizes that he was a traitor to the Sky People, not the Na'vi and that his love for her is true and far deeper than Neytiri ever thought. When Miles Quaritch tries to kill Jake, Neytiri uses all her rage and emotion to kill the colonel.

By the time 14 years have passed, Neytiri once again has to find it within her heart to accept, forgive or work with the human invaders. Her challenges involve accepting Spider, and being more compassionate since she does not naturally feel it for humans.

## Abilities

Despite her respect for life, Neytiri is a formidable warrior. She is very skilled with a bow, and taught Jake how to use one as well. She is also skilled in close-range combat with her knife. She single-handedly defeated the pack of viperwolves that had attacked Jake using both her bow and knife. Neytiri also managed to kill the deadly warrior, Colonel Quaritch, with her father's bow, even when the latter was armored with an AMP suit and the Na'vi have a very slim understanding of technology. However, Quaritch was distracted when trying to slit Jake's throat and hadn't noticed Neytiri's actions.

In addition to her fighting skills, Neytiri is also an excellent flyer. Like many Na'vi, she learned English at Grace Augustine's school. Her speech is broken and accented, but it improves through her time with Jake.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Jake Sully

Neytiri and Jake's relationship starts as a mentor and her student when Neytiri is tasked to instruct Jake in the ways of the Omatikaya. When she first saw him in the forest, she wanted to kill him, following the Na'vi's decree not to allow the Sky People anywhere near their home. However, Eywa gave him a sign to spare him, allowing Jake to be admitted to the Omatikaya. At first, Neytiri was a demanding and strict teacher, but as time passes, they grow closer to one another and a mutual attraction grows between them. After Jake bonds with one of the ikran of the Hallelujah Mountains, and so finishes the final test to become one of the Omatikaya people, their relationship reaches a new level. After the night of Jake's ceremony of acceptance, the two go off together to a grove of trees called the Trees of Voices where they both choose each other as life mates and mate before Eywa. This seals their relationship for the remainder of their lives, according to the Na'vi way. During the events leading up to the final battle with the RDA forces, their relationship is temporarily broken. Neytiri believes Jake to be a traitor after he confesses to being a spy for the RDA and rejects him from the clan, saying he "will never be one of The People."

After Jake proves his strong connection to Eywa by becoming Toruk Makto, Neytiri realizes that he is not a traitor to the Na'vi, but instead has risked his life to ally himself with them. Neytiri is first stunned by Jake's loyalty and love for her and the people and regains her love for him as she says "I see you". Jake displays his love for her by distracting Colonel Quaritch from killing her while she lays pinned by the body of her thanator. Neytiri shows her love for Jake on two separate occasions. First, she saves his avatar's life from an enraged Tsu'tey when the link is halted by Quaritch. Later on, she saves both his human and avatar bodies from Quaritch by not only killing the Colonel but also by placing an oxygen mask on Jake's human face after he nearly suffocates in Pandora's atmosphere. After Jake regains consciousness, Neytiri begins to shed tears of joy while holding the human Jake in her arms. As Jake goes through the consciousness transfer, she watches over both his human and avatar bodies up until the point where he wakes up as a Na'vi.

Jake and Neytiri's bond is further solidified when, after receiving news that Jake had been poisoned by Tsu'tey's parents, Neytiri immediately abandons her mission with the other clans to return home and assist him, and is greatly relieved to see he has survived.

#### Neteyam

Though it is not shown in great detail, Neytiri had a good relationship with her first born son. She viewed him as reliable and would take him on many of her missions with Jake, and she also entrusted him with caring for his other siblings. Neytiri once noticed that he was bleeding and he reassured her that he was fine, causing her to be annoyed at Jake for disciplining him instead of attending to his wounds first.

#### Lo'ak

Although their interaction is not shown in detail, Neytiri does love Lo'ak and feels disheartened by Jake's harsh treatment towards their child. When Lo'ak almost dies during his ikran training, Neytiri rushes to embrace him. He was also seen towards the end of the movie calling out to her as he was worried about her and his sister after they were stuck inside a sinking ship.

#### Kiri

While not as close as her adoptive mother as she is to Jake, Kiri still loves her adoptive mother. At one point, Neytiri asks Kiri what is wrong and Kiri finds it difficult to open up to her, instead only replying that it is nothing. Kiri wishes Neytiri would be more accepting towards Spider as the human's inclusion into the family acts as a point of contention between her and Neytiri as displayed when she pleads for her not to kill Spider while being held at knife point by Quaritch. Nonetheless she has been seen to care for adoptive mother as seen when she cried out for Neytiri when she tried to save Tuk from falling into the SeaDragon. Kiri would later go on to save her adoptive mother and sister from the flooding ship.

#### Tuktirey

She is seen to have a good relationship with her youngest child and cares very deeply for her well-being and her safety as she does with all her children. This is seen when she is flying to the Metkayina village and has Tuk with her and shelters her for the harsh elements and let her sleep inside her cloak on the long journey. It is also seen that she cares very deeply for her safety such as when Tuk fell down a flooding doorway and into the sinking SeaDragon. Neytiri jumped in to save her and tried to find a way out and comforted her when she said she was scared.

#### Eytukan

Neytiri had much respect for her father, Eytukan, the tribal leader of the Omatikaya, and she loved him very much, although they had some familial problems. When Eytukan died after RDA forces, led by Quaritch, attacked and destroyed Hometree, she went through a time of great emotional pain and anguish, crying and wailing over her deceased father. After his death, Neytiri took his bow and used it to help protect her people, just as her father had requested as his dying wish.

In the aftermath, during a discussion with Jake about leaving the Omatikaya, Neytiri bows and mentions her father, who gave her his bow and asked her to protect the village. Jake made her realize that leaving the clan would be best way to fullfil her father's last wish.

#### Mo'at

Neytiri loves her mother, Mo'at, and respects her as the spiritual leader of the Omatikaya and as a direct line to Eywa. It was she who introduced Jake to her mother to tell her that she saw a sign of Eywa and ask her, along with her father, what to do with him, since humans or avatars were not allowed to approach their lands due to the slaughter that the RDA did. against young Na'vi (among them Sylwanin, his other daughter) by rebelling against them for cutting down trees. Neytiri is always nearby helping her when her mother does her rituals. This can be seen when Neytiri watches over and cares for Grace and Jake's human bodies in the Ritual of Transference. However, Neytiri does not always obey her mother's orders. When she falls in love with Jake, she disobeys both of her parents and mates with him. Neytiri and Mo'at were devastated by the loss of Eytukan and their home.

Years later, when Neytiri emigrates with her family to the Awa'atlu village, she looks very sad that she had to leave her people, including her mother, as Mo'at continues to serve as the clan's tsahik.

#### Sylwanin

Although Sylwanin sometimes teased Neytiri as a child, they appear to have been very close as children, spending much of their time together. Sylwanin and Neytiri agreed to opening Grace Augustine's schoolhouse and attended it together for 10 years, with Grace remarking that the two were her best students. Tragically, it was in the schoolhouse where Sylwanin was killed right in front of Neytiri, which likely contributed to her resentment toward sky people.

### Friends and Allies

#### Tsu'tey

Tsu'tey and Neytiri grew up and learned together, although Tsu'tey was in love with Neytiri's older sister, Sylwanin. After her older sister was killed, Neytiri took her place as tsahìk-in-training and was betrothed to Tsu'tey. Although she cared for him as a friend, Neytiri did not love Tsu'tey and chose Jake as her mate instead. After Jake and Neytiri mate, Tsu'tey was still angered and attempts to kill Jake in a fit of rage. Neytiri defends Jake's unconscious avatar against him after Jake is disconnected by Quaritch. Neytiri respected Tsu'tey, but she often treated him with superiority and contempt, especially when she openly showed her dislike for Jake. Their relationship was eased somewhat by Jake's confession of the true purpose of his mission with the Omatikaya and later during the Battle of the Tree of Souls, the two fought directly alongside Jake as Toruk Makto. After the final battle, she is saddened when she and Jake find Tsu'tey suffering after his fall from the Valkyrie shuttle, crying as Jake mercifully ends his life.

#### Grace Augustine

Neytiri and Grace had a close relationship. She considered Neytiri, along with her sister, Sylwanin, as one of her best students. The military intervention of the SecOps soldiers in the school inevitably distanced them, as all Sky People, including Grace, were banned from entering the Omatikaya village. Upon her return, Neytiri continued to be friendly and even protective of her. The two had a mutual respect for each another. Neytiri rushes to Grace's side when she collapses after being returned to her human form by Quaritch. She is greatly concerned when she learns from Jake that Grace is dying and feels a strong sense of loss when she passes away.

#### Seze

Neytiri had a close and affectionate bond with her ikran, Seze, which is apparent when she first introduces the beast to Jake, petting her and giving her treats. Together, they hunted and battled highly efficiently. Seze was Neytiri's mount during the assault on the Tree of Souls. With her agility and Neytiri's navigation and quick thinking, they managed to escape a pursuing Samson aircraft by flying into the dense jungle, but unfortunately, Seze was taken down by Lyle Weinfleet (while using his AMP suit), sending her and Neytiri tumbling to the ground. Seze was killed and a distraught Neytiri took time to mourn her and stroke her neck before fleeing the oncoming ground troops.

#### Miles Socorro

Neytiri has a strained relationship with Miles. He believes she hates him and he does not consider her his true adoptive mother, referring to her instead as "Mrs. Sully". At one point, Kiri invites Spider into a family gathering which greatly irritates Neytiri. Neytiri views him as trouble and does not like Kiri being around him, later on trying to forbid the two from any interaction.

Neytiri had a hard time accepting Spider because she always saw him as one of the people who killed her father and destroyed her home. She also entirely blames the sky people for the war that took place on Pandora a decade and a half ago; when Miles calls it "our war", an infuriated Neytiri says "it is your war" back at him. Despite Spider's arguments regarding his innocence and the fact that he had nothing to do with his parents' crimes, Neytiri ignored any words from the boy.

At the SeaDragon, in order to get Kiri back, Neytiri held Spider hostage and slightly cut him across the chest as a threat to Quaritch. For a moment she even seemed willing to fatally stab him, although it is unclear if she was bluffing or not. Despite surviving with just a scratch, Spider was visibly shocked after this.

### Sasuke Uchiha

Neytiri is fascinated by Sasuke after being introduced and the two become friends

### Boruto Uzumaki

Neytiri acts as a mother figure of Boruto and enjoys his company

### Himawari Uzumaki

Neytiri acts as a mother figure of Himawari and enjoys her company

### Kawaki

Neytiri was easily annoyed by his behavior at first but the two became friends

### Kisame Hoshigaki

Neytiri is fascinated by Kisame and his family and is a close friend with them

### Enemies and Rivals

#### Miles Quaritch

Neytiri's hatred towards Quaritch began with the destruction of the Hometree, which resulted in the death of her father. She fiercely fought him in the final battle, and it was she who inflicted the fatal shots on the Colonel, thus saving Jake's life. Most likely, knowing of his parentage, Neytiri despised Quaritch's son Spider, despite the fact that the boy spent a lot of time (almost his whole life) with her family and became close friends with Kiri in particular. Learning that the Colonel had been reborn as a Recombinant, Neytiri vowed to kill him as many times as necessary. The height of her hatred came after her son Neteyam was shot by one of the Recombinants, possibly Quaritch himself or Lieutenant Wainfleet. This made Neytiri go berserk, even threatening to kill Spider just to hurt the Colonel, but ultimately took pity on the boy.