Karanga

### Abilities

Kickboxing, Chi-Blocking Defense, Environmental Fighting, Wrist Blade Shooting, Wrist Blade Dueling, Stealth, Smoke Grandes, Climbing

### Build

Lean muscle

Karanga is a book 4 villain in Avatar: Macai's Journey.

Karanga was the leader of the Disciples of Justice shadows, which was a name for the group of assassins within the organization. Karanga was one of the highest ranking Disciples of Justice, making her a DOJ Enforcer. Karanga was of Western Water Tribe origin and was born as a nonbender.

## Abilities

Karanga was a master kickboxer with chi-blocking defense skills. Karanga was capable of holding up against elite strikers like Azula in hand-to-hand combat and is only a step behind her in that regard. Karanga had athleticism and agility that is just a step under Ty Lee's. Karanga's running speed was equal to Mai's putting her over Ty Lee, Kanna, and Azula in running speed. The assassin's hand speed was incredible, topping everyone in the Avatar universe outside of Aang during her era and making her difficult to defense against. Despite this ,Karanga doesn't fight with a high output approach but she also fights a bit less reserved and counter-offensively than Azula.

Karanga's striking was a balanced mix of offense and defense. Making her even more deadly are her wrist blades and stealth skills. Karanga's stealth was above that of even the Blue Spirit and was among the best during her timeline. Karanga is also a ruthless fighter, willing to do whatever it takes to win. Karanga uses a little trash talk to dissuade her enemies before battle but she never underestimates her foes in combat. The assassin uses a well distributed mix of punching, blocking, dodging, and kicking when she engages her foes. Sometimes Karanga used spinning attacks and flips in battle but unlike Ty Lee and Kanna she rarely used cartwheels.

Karanga not only had wrist blades, but she also had a wrist blade repeater. This gave her the ability to shoot several blades at her opponents in combat at a rate that is faster than firebenders could punch flames and was equally accurate as Mai's knife throws. Karanga had smoke grenades that she could use to hide herself in combat and had incredible conditioning. If things got too messy, Karanga could escape or distract her opponents to create another opportunity to attack. Karanga was a master of using her surroundings to her advantage in battle. She does this better than Azula, Macai, Aang, Mai, and Ty Lee. Karanga had the ability to flip behind trees, slide under desks, leap into alleys, jump on walls, flip tables, or do whatever else to flip a fight in her favor.

Karanga was a tactical expert in combat when it came to guerrilla warfare, capturing enemies, surrounding opponents, depleting enemy morale, using battle intimidation tactics, and blackops. Karanga's biggest disadvantage in battle was that she lacked defense against benders outside of dodging. This is why she relied heavily on attacking her opponents by shooting wrist blades at them, her athleticism, and environment a lot when she fights.

## Personality

Karanga was efficient and a passionate fighter. She was known for being a woman of few words in battle and uses many hand gestures when on the battlefield. Karanga deeply valued loyalty and hated traitors. The assassin believed in finishing and staying true to whatever she commited herself to.