Team Avatar

Team Avatar was a title that referred to Aang and his group of trusted companions. This same name applied to other Avatar teams that existed in past eras.

## Aang

Aang was the Avatar that the entire team existed for in order to protect, develop, and train to defeat Firelord Ozai and thus prevent his rule of the world. Aang was the last airbender who survived the Air Nomad Genocide. Aang was already a master airbender when he was located but had to learn the other elements from scratch.

## Katara

Katara and her brother Sokka discovered Aang in a block of ice by accident. Katara was still in the process of learning waterbending when she found him. In due time, Katara would become a master waterbender and even the best waterbender of her era. Aang quickly feel in love with Katara and the duo eventually had a family together. Katara trained Aaang in the art of waterbending. Katara was compassionate, caring, and motherly.

## Sokka

Sokka was one year older than Katara (15) when the duo discovered Aang. Sokka was a nonbender who used a trusted boomerang in ranged combat. Over time, Sokka grew from an immature novice to a natural leader and tactical expert. Sokka was known for his loving humor. Sokka helped plan logistics for Team Avatar.

## Toph

Toph was widely considered the best earthbender in the world, though the municipal King Bumi rivaled her in that claim. Toph was blind but had the ability to sense her opponents movements while they were standing on the ground by using seismic sense. Toph invented a new technique called metal bending which allowed her to control and manipulate metal. Toph trained Aang in the art of earthbending. Toph was witty, courageous, forward and confident.

## Zuko

Prince Zuko was initially Aang's rival who was sent to hunt him in order to regain his honor. Aang and Zuko fought each other several times before Zuko was attacked and nearly killed by Zhao's forces. Zuko shifted his attention to Zhao until his "death" at the hands of cosmic forces. Zuko's mentor and loving uncle Iroh had been deemed a traitor for challenging Zhao's call to kill the moon spirit which would therefore disrupt the nature balance of the world. Zuko likewise was deemed an bandit and left alongside his uncle in exile.

The duo eventually would run into conflict with Azula as Zuko tried to go undercover and still capture Aang. Iroh eventually disclosed that he was against Zuko's goals and believed he should choose his own path rather than doing what his father forced upon him. Zuko entered a state of internal conflict but eventually was tempted by his then wicked sister Azula to betray his uncle in order to earn his father's love and defeat Aang once and for all. Zuko agreed and his actions led to Aang's death. Iroh was captured and taken into prison.

Zuko was filled with shame and regret that he masked by spending time with his long-time crush Mai. Zuko began to fall into turmoil with Mai due to his insecurities and later decided to rescue his uncle. When Zuko searched for Iroh, he discovered that he already escaped. Zuko later sought out Team Avatar who were reluctant to trust him but gave him a chance after Appa embraced him. Zuko eventually trained Aang to firebend and defeated Azula (with some help from Katara) while Aang routed Ozai.

## Appa & Momo

Also are important were the team's pets Appa and Momo. Appa was a flying bison which transported the team while Momo was a flying lemur that offered good moral support.