Characters

Avatar Dahnu

14-15 year old boy who wants to be just like his dad, a big, tough, hardworking farmer who doesn't take handouts from anyone. As the oldest of three children, he constantly looks after his siblings, and truly cherishes that role. It's very hard for him to look beyond the needs of his own family. As he never wanted to be the avatar anyway, he looks at the anti-avatar movement as a way out of responsibility. He has a hunger to learn anything and everything, but his teachers are not always upstanding people.

Mordi/Rowin

9-10 year old boy who is Dahnu's brother. He is a nonbender. He takes to heart a certain code of ethics concerning right and wrong as well as reciprocity and indebtedness as a result of naivete or how he was raised. Mischief tends to follow wherever he goes. He is a growing boy that eats a ton, and questions a lot of things. Though he is still young, on occasion he seeks to be more mature.

Kimi

5-6 year old girl who is Dahnu's sister. She is a nonbender. She is an adorably headstrong and compassionate girl who clings to her (often misguided) beliefs through anything. Active and annoying she is also worried about keeping to the rules. Her ignorance of the gravity of issues can lead to her being more honest. She has an inexplicable ability to make things go her way.

Ren

16 year old girl who is an exceptional chi-blocker. She is very mature for her age. Her and her brother have always looked out for each other. Her sense of duty is expressed in what she does for her family, and if her family were not involved in the war she wouldn't care that much. She is nurturing and able to keep Dahnu's family going.

Taruk

25 year old waterbender who is the General of the United Republic. He is a fierce warrior and will stop at nothing for the safety of his men. His loyalty and honor are corrupted during the war when so much chaos is going on. He falls into the belief that the ends do justify the means and will do anything to end the war one way or another.

Aunt Kani

58 year old woman who is Ren and Taruk's aunt, she is a little senile and crazy, but she has a wisdom to her that keeps her going. Like Kimi she tends to believe many things that have no evidence of being true. Her conscious is not firmly rooted in the ground, yet her view from the clouds tends to put everything on earth in perspective.

Master Zokan

He is Dahnu's firebending teacher and the closest thing to a mentor for Dahnu. He works as an ambassador when the war begins. He is hard on Dahnu, but there is a reluctant affection for the boy. He has the wisdom and knowledge to tirelessly work toward peace. Regardless, his efforts are never fully appreciated without the avatar to endorse them.

Xiang

The Earth King. A middle-aged man with the optimism and sensitivity of a man half his age, yet with the wisdom and experience to override it if necessary. His convictions about leadership and commitment to his people are his greatest attribute, but can at times be his greatest downfall.

Norio

The leader of the anti-avatar movement, he truly believes that one person should not have so much power. He isn't anti-government, or crazy. He is smart and clever, he knows that membership to his cause is entirely dependent on perception.

Yori

The Fire Lady. A middle-aged woman, she can be very empathetic and zealous, but as a leader she is characterized as calculating and fair. She is very concerned over all sides of the conflict and their possible outcomes. She struggles balancing the welfare of her people vs. the welfare of the world.

Harrow

Dahnu's father who is a nonbender. Like Dahnu all he wants is to mind his own business and keep to the farm, he has deep sense of duty and honor. Accepting Dahnu as the avatar is difficult for him as well. He is hard on his children, but there is a deeper affection in him that can only be sensed, not expressed.

Patti

Dahnu's mother who is a nonbender. Quietly compassionate she has an ability to know her family and what they need without them actually saying anything. She is the glue of the family the person that they all imperceptibly depend on. She is reserved and hardworking.