Ho

Ho
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**Ho** was the Earth Kingdom-born Avatar immediately succeeding Avatar Miran and preceding Avatar Oben. As the Avatar of his time, he was the only person capable of using all four bending arts: earthbending, firebending, airbending, and waterbending.

Ho was originally born in a Farming village called Bashu is located near the Northern Earth Kingdom, Ho was separated from his family as a result of a massacre led by Shang the son of the Earth Kingdom Governor. He was eventually found by Peng and his wife Omi, who adopted him, living in Gongmen Town hoping for Ho to inherit the family noodle shop someday. However, Ho was drawn to bending, and his unwavering enthusiasm for it led him to be deemed as the Avatar.

Ho originally thought to be a non-bender, but discover to have an innate skill for Earthbending to which he began training under Master Chen Fu. Though clumsy and unaccepted at first, Ho persevered and fulfilled the destiny of the Avatar by defeating Taizen and discerning the Avatar Scroll, proving himself as a hero to everyone, including himself, and eventually become a Fully Realized Avatar.

## Personality

Ho is usually easygoing, playful, and cocky like a big kid, as well as rather "fanboyish" when expressing his love for bending arts he is seen as a huge Avatar fan, owning posters and action figures of his favorite Avatars, but is himself clumsy, portly, and having low self-confidence, only dreaming he could be a great master in bending and originally thought himself as non-bender while feeling stuck in his unfulfilling life at his parent's noodle shop.

When revealed to be the Avatar, Ho has difficulty to accept the heavy responsibility that he is about to bear and initially doubt himself to be the Avatar especially when Chen Fu didn't believe Ho was Avatar at the beginning. However after some encourgement from Shujing he became deteriment to prove himself and willing to endure every harsh training that Chen Fu throw at him.

Ho possesses a kind and selfless nature, and is generally friendly and laid back. He also has a strong sense of justice, and is willing to risk his life to protect others. Though immature and oblivious in some situations, Po is able to take things seriously when it is called for.

Though having grown more confident since being named as the Avatar nevertheless has moments of intimidation and self-doubt. Even as he tries to talk tough, this boisterous behavior tends to become more comical than threatening and is perhaps a front for his insecurities. Despite this, Ho does have a sense of dignity and defiance, as shown when he argued with Chen Fu as he tried to leave Wanjing Palace, and when he argued with Sae in order to seek out Huang.

Ho is rather stubborn when it comes to admitting his problems, even to his friends, as he developed confusion about his own identity after learning he was adopted by Peng and Omi, and seeing visions of his biological parents. This inner struggle showed that Ho tries to stay true to his idea as the Avatar that the Avatar should remain firm and sway by emotions. He was also persistent enough to not heed the warning of his friends and endanger himself in order to find answers about his past. However, after finding the truth about what happened to his parents, He was able to let go of this dilemma by retaining an appreciation for the life he had led, and achieved inner peace by not letting tragedy define who he was.

## Abilities

As the Avatar, Ho has the unique ability to use all four elements and has the potential to become the most powerful bender in the world. Ho at the beginning did not show any sign of potential as a bender and was thought to be a non-bender by those around him including himself.

But after some time, after he was declared as the Avatar, Ho inadvertently showed to have a knack for Earthbending and develops an orthodox style of bending and was the first Avatar who originally didn't show sign of being a bender.

### Earthbending

Ho originally did not show any sign of being an Earthbender However He inadvertently reveals his potential in Earthbending where he reveals to have the ability of seismic sense noticing Chen Fu even though he was far away from where Chen Fu was. Under Chen Fu's tutelage, He greatly improves prolifically in Earthbending and after a year of training, He was regarding as one of the most powerful Earthbenders in his time.

Ho utilized often uses an improvised style of Earthbending capable of maneuvering his way through a barrage of earth projectiles with no wasted movement proven himself to be extremely agile despite his size

### Firebending

Ho began his Firebending training a year after mastering Earthbending. Ho undergoes the tutelage of Homura He quickly adapted having learned various advanced techniques such as the breath of fire.

### Airbending

Learning Airbending has proven to be very difficult for Ho due to Garu's strict behavior and high-strung teaching methods and his more adept to earthbending.

### Waterbending

Ho has demonstrated his skill in learning waterbending but his skills were very lacking as noted by Chen Fu but through rigorous determination under the tutelage of Hakon, his waterbending abilities increased dramatically. He demonstrated the ability to bend with much greater precision and ease then he was previously was able to draw unseen water out of different sources and bend greater quantities in general, streaming them into powerful blasts and freezing water with much more control than before.