NATION: Air

Special Skills: Airbending, waterbending, earthbending, firebending

Voiced by: Zach Tyler Eisen

First Appearance: “The Boy in the Iceberg”: Episode 1, Season 1

Playful, kind, and adventurous, Aang always helps those in need. When conflict arises, he tries to resolve it peacefully. If someone forces Aang to fight, he uses his bending defensively and never seeks to harm or injure. Where others see an enemy, Aang sees a potential friend. He’s a vegetarian who prefers spending time in a forest to a crowded city. Aang respects all beings, whether they’re human, animal, or spirit. When he’s overwhelmed, Aang meditates to calm his mind and find balance within himself.

Growing up at the Southern Air Temple, Aang was an airbending prodigy who, by the age of twelve, became the youngest Airbender in history to earn his arrow tattoos! But Aang’s life forever changed when the monks told him he was the reincarnated Avatar—the master of all four elements, tasked with keeping
balance in the world. Scared of the tremendous responsibility that came with being the Avatar, Aang ran away on his beloved sky bison, Appa. But they flew into a violent storm and crashed into the ocean. Aang’s Avatar powers instinctively kicked in and saved them, sustaining him and Appa in a sphere of ice for a hundred years. When Aang finally woke from this icy cocoon, he discovered that the Fire Nation was nearing victory in a long war against the other nations. Aang realized he could no longer run from his responsibility, or his power!