1. Iroh
   Sokka
2. Zuko
   Aang

Aang was born 100 years before the events of the show take place. However, he was still a kid when he was discovered because he was frozen in an iceberg after running away from his responsibilities as the Avatar.

1. Azula
   Katara
2. Toph
   Ty Lee

As the Fire Nation came to dominate most of the world, they wiped out the Waterbenders living in the South Pole. When the show begins, Katara was the only Waterbender left in the region, though she had to hide her abilities.

1. Sokka
   Iroh
2. Zuko
   Ozai

Zuko was the disgraced prince of the Fire Nation who was banished from his home after he spoke out against a strategy proposed during a war meeting. After his banishment, Zuko believed it was his destiny to capture the Avatar and return home.

1. Sokka
   Appa
2. Hakoda
   Roku

Fueled by his arrogance, Sokka was the self-proclaimed leader of Team Avatar. His desire to lead stemmed from his youth when his father left him behind after setting out to fight the Fire Nation. At the time, Sokka was the only teenage male left in his tribe.

1. Ty Lee
   Mai
2. Toph
   Yue

Born into a wealthy family from the Earth Kingdom, Toph grew up in an overprotective household. Ultimately, the pressure she felt at home forced her to run away to join the Avatar as he set out to combat the Fire Nation.

1. Longshot
   Momo
2. The Duke
   Bumi

Momo is discovered by Aang when Team Avatar ventures to the Southern Air Temple where Aang once lived. During this time, Aang learns that the Air Nomads had been wiped out in a genocide by the Fire Nation.

1. Azula
   Toph
2. Ty Lee
   Suki

Manipulative and powerful, Azula was one of the main antagonists chasing the Avatar across the world. During this time, she organized a coup to capture Ba Sing Se, the capital of the Earth Kingdom.

1. Momo
   Appa
2. Longshot
   Zhao

During a trip into the Si Wong Desert, Appa was kidnapped by a gang of Sandbenders. He was eventually sold to a circus but managed to escape only to be captured again in Ba Sing Se.

1. Ozai
   Roku
2. Zhao
   Long Feng

In his attempt to finally capture the world, Ozai was confronted by Aang in a battle that decided the fate of every nation. Ozai was defeated in the battle, but instead of killing him, Aang took away his ability to firebend.

1. Roku
   Kyoshi
2. Kuruk
   Yangchen

Hailing from the Fire Nation, Roku was the Avatar before Aang. During his lifetime, Roku had to betray his nation by suppressing the ambitions of the Fire Lord who wanted to expand his empire.

1. Zhao
   Roku
2. Ozai
   Iroh

Known as the "Dragon of the West," Iroh was once the heir to the throne of the Fire Nation and one of the most powerful Firebenders around. However, his son was killed during the Hundred Year War, leading him to venture across the world in search of a spiritual awakening.

1. Mai
   Yue
2. June
   Joo Dee

Mai was a companion of Azula but also the lover of Zuko. Considering Azula used fear to maintain their friendship, Mai turned on the princess to save Zuko from her wrath and was imprisoned for her betrayal.

1. Pakku
   Bumi
2. Long Feng
   Tyro

Bumi was friends with Aang during their youth before Aang was frozen in an iceberg after he fled from his responsibilities. When they encounter each other after Aang's absence, Bumi gives Aang three challenges to help him remember Bumi's name.

1. Teo
   Arnook
2. Bato
   Jet

Seeking a new start, Jet travels to Ba Sing Se with two other members of the Freedom Fighters. However, he eventually finds himself in trouble and gets brainwashed by the Dai Li, who use him to lure the Avatar into a trap.

1. Joo Dee
   Yue
2. Mai
   Suki

When Aang lands on Kyoshi Island with his group of friends, he is captured by Suki and her fellow Kyoshi Warriors. At first, they are believed to be spies from the Fire Nation until Suki finds out Aang is the Avatar.

1. Tyro
   Long Feng
2. Arnook
   Teo

Long Feng is the leader of the Dai Li and an influential voice in the ear of the Earth King. He uses his influence to convince the Earth King that there is not a war going on outside of the Earth Kingdom Capital of Ba Sing Se.

1. Bumi
   Gyatso
2. Haru
   Tyro

After Aang learns that he's the Avatar, Gyatso takes the young Airbender under his wing and teaches him airbending while also serving as a father figure. He is eventually killed during the Fire Nation invasion on the air temples.

1. Mai
   Ty Lee
2. Yue
   June

One of six identical sisters, Ty Lee ran away from home to find her own place in the world, eventually joining a circus. As part of the circus, she learned acrobatics, which she later incorporated into her fighting style.

1. Smellerbee
   Gyatso
2. Hakoda
   Jet

Hakoda suffered through the death of his wife, Kya, at the hands of the Fire Nation before the events of the story take place. Seeking to bring an end to the Fire Nation's reign, Hakoda led the men of the Southern Water Tribe away from home and into the war.

1. Bumi
   Pakku
2. Zhao
   Long Feng

After chasing the Avatar across the world to the North Pole, Zhao lays siege to the home of the Northern Water Tribe. The siege seems successful until Aang merges with the Ocean Spirit and destroys the Fire Nation fleet.

1. Joo Dee
   Kyoshi
2. Yue
   June

During the Fire Nation siege on the Northern Water Tribe, the Moon Spirit is killed by General Zhao. Knowing the Water Tribe needs the Moon Spirit to use waterbending, Yue sacrifices her life to revive the spirit.

1. Li
   Lo
2. Big Bad Hippo
   The Boulder

A powerful Earthbender, The Boulder was known for his many one-liners that characterized his wrestling persona. A significant part of these one-liners was that he always referred to himself in the third person.

1. Jet
   Pipsqueak
2. Longshot
   The Duke

As with the other members of the Freedom Fighters, Longshot was a victim of the Fire Nation during his youth, coming from a village that was burned during a raid. To combat those who harmed his village, he became a skilled warrior with a bow and arrow.

1. Lo
   Ursa
2. Xin Fu
   Kyoshi

Kyoshi was born to members of both the Air Nomads and the Earth Kingdom. Both of her parents were criminals who abandoned her at a young age. Her childhood forced her to have a harsh view on the role of the Avatar, as she believed in harsh punishments for crimes committed.

1. The Duke
   Jet
2. Longshot
   Smellerbee

With the appearance of a tomboy, Iroh mistakes Smellerbee for a boy when they run into each other in Ba Sing Se. At first, she is upset by this but later comes to accept herself for who she is.

1. Tyro
   Bato
2. Haru
   Teo

When Haku was young, his village was overtaken by the Fire Nation, who imprisoned Haku's father along with the other adult earthbenders. Haku continued to train his own earthbending skills, and when he ran into Team Avatar, he helped them rescue the members of his village.

1. Fong
   Gow
2. Sozin
   Bosco

Every 100 years, a comet passes over Earth, which increases the power of Firebenders significantly. This comet was later named after Sozin, who used its power to wipe out the Air Nomads in search of the Avatar.

1. Bato
   Arnook
2. Teo
   Kuei

Born in the Southern Water Tribe, Bato grew up with Hakoda, the father of Sokka and Katara. Once the members of the Southern Water Tribe decided to put together a force to fight the Fire Nation, Bato became one of the key members.

1. Teo
   The Boulder
2. Pipsqueak
   Big Bad Hippo

Using his brute strength, Pipsqueak's weapon of choice is a large log that he wields like a hammer. When he is first encountered by Team Avatar, he uses this log to fight Fire Nation soldiers, crushing two of their swords in the process.

1. Ursa
   Joo Dee
2. Li
   Lo

Due to being brainwashed by the Dai Lee, Joo Dee had a persona that was very mechanical and always cheerful. She takes Team Avatar around the city when they arrive and tries her best to delay them from seeing the Earth King.

1. Sozin
   Jeong Jeong
2. Piandao
   Bosco

Known as "The Deserter," Jeong Jeong was once an admiral within the Fire Nation Navy. He abandoned his position, however, after witnessing the devastation that the Fire Nation was causing.

1. Pakku
   Bato
2. Arnook
   Piandao

One of the greatest Waterbenders around, Pakku initially trains the Avatar when he arrives in the Northern Water Tribe. However, he stops his lessons when he learns that Aang has been teaching Katara because only males are allowed to learn waterbending.

1. June
   Kyoshi
2. Joo Dee
   Ursa

With no strong allegiance to a nation, June served as a mercenary who hired out her skills to the highest bidder. One of her greatest gifts was tracking prey, as she used her pet shirshu named Nyla, which could track a scent miles away.

1. Sozin
   Piandao
2. Teo
   Kuei

Teo was paralyzed as an infant when his home was destroyed during a flood that also killed his mother. The villagers who survived the flood sought a new home and eventually ended up in the Northern Air Temple.

1. Pipsqueak
   Teo
2. Bato
   The Duke

The Duke is only 8 years old when Team Avatar encounters him and the other Freedom Fighters. He became a Freedom Fighter after he was discovered trying to steal food from their camp.

1. Kuei
   Arnook
2. Jeong Jeong
   Piandao

Arnook had been well established as the chief of the Northern Water Tribe when Team Avatar arrived in the episode, "The Waterbending Master." Arnook, himself, was not a Waterbender, but he was a strong leader who was respected by his peers.

1. Xin Fu
   Big Bad Hippo
2. The Boulder
   Jeong Jeong

Xin Fu runs the underground Earthbending tournament where Team Avatar first meets Toph. After Toph runs away from home, he is hired by her parents to track her down and bring her back.

1. Piandao
   Sozin
2. Gow
   Fong

Believing he was weak because he didn't have bending powers, Sokka sought out a master of his own, eventually coming across Piandao. The swordmaster took Sokka under his wing and taught him how to be both cunning and tactical.

1. Bato
   Arnook
2. Xin Fu
   Tyro

After being freed from the prison rig, Tyro decided to continue his fight against the Fire Nation and eventually took back his village. Later, he was part of the raid on the Fire Nation during the solar eclipse.

1. Sozin
   Piandao
2. Fong
   Kuei

Prior to the arrival of Aang, King Kuei was manipulated by Long Feng into believing that there was no war outside of the walls of Ba Sing Se. Once he was shown a Fire Nation drill by the Avatar, he had Long Feng arrested and began to plan a counterattack against the Fire Nation.