Katara

## Background

### 2002 - 2019: Katara

Katara is the second child & only daughter of Southern Water Tribe Chief Hakoda & his wife Kya. Though born in her nation's capital, the land was quickly diminished by Bhutran's Great War when Katara was just nine years old. At a young age, she was faced with the reality of her faction's dwindling strength.

The Souther Water Tribes's defenses slowly crumbled under the might of the Fire Nation, who had essentially assumed control of the country under the dictator Ozai. The only silver lining of the Great War was that they were located the farthest geographically from the Fire Nation & they were perceived as a non-threat, resulting in them being mostly left along other than random raids. Despite the war surrounding her childhood, Katara grew up within a loving, close family & community.

Her loving family was shattered when Katara was just twelve. During one of the last raids on their faction, Fire Nation soldiers came looking for last remaining hydrokinetic of their town. Though her mother was aware of Katara's elemental abilities, she instead said she was the one they were looking for. But instead of being captured as the others before her, she was murdered in her own home.

The death of Kya had a profound impact on her family. Both Katara & her brother Sokka developed a deep hatred & resentment toward the Fire Nation. Hakoda joined the other men of their town in fighting the dictatorship's rebellion. And their grandmother became the new caretakers of the young pre-teens. With the absence of her mother in the family, Katara soon found herself taking on many of the domestic responsibilities expected of women of her town despite her young age. Living in a town consisting almost completely of women, children & the elderly, she took care of not only her own family but of the whole town as well. Most of her work was done alongside her grandmother, the town's residential midwife.

While wrapping up their last patient of the day, a young boy came in look for her Gran-Gran. Sokka attempted to get him to leave but their gandmother decided to hear him out after hearing that he had come because of a man named Gyatso. While the two went to go talk, Katara & her brother tried to figure out who the young boy was. When they returned, Gran-Gran introduced the boy as Aang, the ward of her former friend & the new resident of their household. Sokka was not happy but Katara decided to welcome him into their town. Over the new few weeks, the two became good friends to the point that Aang revealed the truth about himself. He was the last aerokinetic of their country. Instead of giving the reaction he was expecting, Katara got a crazy idea.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Homo Magi Physiology:** Bhutran is a place where most of its citizens are born with a natural affinity to use magic, specifically one of the four elements. Katara inherited the ability of hydrokinesis despite neither of her parents possessing the ability.
	+ ***Hydrokinesis*:** Katara's most notable ability is her manipulation od water. She rapidly developed her skill at the art, as her fierce resolve to master the element helped her become one of the most powerful hydrokinetic masters in Yu Dao. Katara was identified as a hydrokinetic when she was a small child after she cracked some ice when her brother teased her. Over the course of her childhood, she taught herself basic techniques & managed to master some simple hydrokinetic forms. When she first met Aang, she was capable of "pushing & pulling" water, streaming small amounts & manipulating it into basic forms & movements, and was gaining some control over the ability to change its physical state. Over time, she has improved & her confidence her abilities increased dramatically. She demonstrated the ability to manipulate water with much greater precision and ease compared to when she first stole the scroll. She is able to accomplish various feats, such as drawing unseen water out of different sources, streaming them into powerful blasts, cloud manipulation, hand-held variation, rapidly condensing water vapor into ice & much more.
		- ***Healing*:** Katara's innate aptitude toward hydrokinesis made her a rare case to naturally have access to the incredible ability to heal by manipulating the chi paths in a person's body, including herself. She inadvertently discovered this ability after getting her hands accidentally burned. However, this ability does not work one someone who is fatally wounded.
		- ***Blood Manipualtion:*** Katara has learned the advanced ability to manipulate the water within the body of all living beings, allowing one to control them like puppets. Though she rarely uses this skill, she is determined to greatly understand its workings.
* **Medicine:** Katara's knowledge of healing extends her elemental skills. She is versed in midwifery, as she had helped her grandmother deliver many babies.
* **Multilingualism:** She is fluent in Bhutranese & English.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Katara was born to a military man & herbalist mother. At a young age, she discovered she had hydrokinetic abilities & was taught by her mother until she was killed during the Great War. After the death of her mother & departure of her father to fight with the rebels, Katara & her brother were raised by their grandmother Kanna. She spent her days helping her grandmother until a young boy named Aang arrived at their house looking for Kanna. After revealing himself as the last of the Air Nomads, Katara convinced him & her brother to fight against their country's dictatorship as freedom fighters.

## Notes

* Katara is an original character of the *Avatar: The Last Airbender* franchise.