Prologue
While Katara was gaining influence throughout the known world, there were people who resisted, as there always is. This Resistance, or BAK (Benders Against Katara) as it had come to be known, similar to the one that Katara herself was in against the Fire Nation, grew in numbers in one city, the city Katara could never take over: Ba Sing Se.
Ba Sing Se was the city of old money, the untouchables: even Katara had no chance of defeating them, yet, for they had unlimited resources. It was in the depths of this city that the Resistance thrived; it also helped that the founder's son, Jakome Muhon, was a close friend with the most prestigious family in the city, the Bei Fongs. With the support of the Bei Fong family, the Resistance had protection wherever they went, for the connections of the Bei Fong family were extensive and abundant.
Now, the Resistance didn't always have the Bei Fongs' blessing. The only daughter of the last Bei Fong male, 16-year-old Jahanara, had befriended Jakome. Jahanara's grandmother, Toph, was never fond of the Muhon's, the family who started the Resistance, but upon meeting Jakome and his parents, Toph realized that despite her friendship and personal feelings towards Katara, the Resistance was the only way that all people could be safe.
Jahanara, despite her grandmother's wishes, decided to help fund BAK's desperate endeavors to end Katara's reign of terror. Most of the funding that BAK received from Jahanara went toward transporting new members to a resident safe house, and then to the city of Ba Sing Se. The rest went to upgrading on firearms, living conditions and overall BAK security.
Jahanara, raised by her grandmother after her father's death and her mother's mental breakdown, grew to be a very stubborn, independent, and arrogant yet reasonable girl, much like Toph herself. Her grandmother, the legendary tri-bender of earth, metal and sand, was blind since birth and had endured the strenuous trials of perfecting her bending abilities. So much so, that at a young age she ran off, and eventually met up with a trio of misfits: Aang, Sokka and Katara herself. After refining her bending skills with Aang's help, Toph eventually went back to Ba Sing Se, and married her father's sister's husband's sister's son, to keep the wealth in their family.
During Toph's journey with the trio she learned much of Katara's life and about Katara herself. Katara had the potential to be a powerful bender, perhaps a tri-bender like Toph herself, but, unlike Toph, Katara never studied up to her potential. Only when Hama took possession of her did Katara realize the aptitude of her full power. Katara never showed any real weaknesses to Toph besides the fact that she would do anything to save someone. However, that quality faded away when Hama took control of her. Toph, though cunning in her old age, did not have much more insight on Katara other than that. Katara, in Toph's mind, was no longer conscious in her own body; to Toph, her friend, Katara, was dead and only Hama was left in her place.
After the war Toph had drifted back to her home and became more secluded than she had intended. Rather than travel like she had planned she found herself married, raising a family, and felt her adventurous youth was gone.
Sokka, Suki, and their flourishing family visited once a year and every time seemed to grow, whether a new pet or a new baby was with them. Aang, after explaining to Katara he loved another, visited often with his wife, Sonja, and their seven or eight children. Katara visited with her brother, Sokka, and his family the first few years but the conception of her daughter while she was unwed kept her from returning. Hama's control over Katara later kept her from her family after her daughter was grown.
A little after this is where our story begins. Katara, under Hama's possession, is terrorizing the world with her bloodbending as the Resistance brews its plot to take her down.
Characters:
Jahanara – girl – earthbender, Toph's granddaughter
Alaia – girl – airbender, Aang's second son's second daughter
Miren– girl – waterbender, Northern tribe member
Dalla – girl – firebender, Mai and Zuko's grandkids
Soo-Yin – girl – waterbender – Katara's granddaughter
Dagur – boy – firebender, Mai and Zuko's grandkids
Inaki – boy – waterbender, Sokka's grandson
Esti – girl – airbender, Aang's third son's fourth daughter
Jakome – boy – earthbender, Bumi's great-grandson