Katara from Avatar: The Last Airbender

Photos taken by that really cool waterfall thing at colossalcon- man, such a fun convention for Avatar!!
... though we were soaking wet for the rest of the day... it was still fun!

Katara is a female waterbending master, born and raised in the Southern Water Tribe by her grandmother, Kanna, alongside her older brother Sokka, and she is the daughter of Chief Hakoda and Kya. During her childhood, Katara was one of the last two capable of performing the art from her tribe. At first she lived a peaceful life with her family, until she lost her mother in a Fire Nation raid.

The murder of Katara's mother and the later departure of her warrior father left her traumatized and alone. Though she was cared for by her grandmother she invariably found herself filling the mother role left behind by Kya, even to her own older brother. As was the custom of the Water Tribe for women to see to domestic duties, Katara soon took on many of the responsibilities expected of an adult and quickly became independent and strong willed. Morally and emotionally driven, she developed a great sense of justice and compassion for others, becoming fiercely protective of others in need.

Katara was identified as a waterbender when she was a small child. As she grew older, she kept practicing even though she did not have a teacher, and learned whatever little she could. She rapidly developed her skill at the art, and her fierce resolve to master the element helped her become not only one of the strongest and most powerful waterbending masters, but potentially the youngest and quickest to obtain such status in many years.

Katara's innate aptitude toward waterbending abilities made her a rare case to also naturally have access to the incredible ability to heal by manipulating the chi paths in a person's body, including herself.

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I had such a blast doing this shoot!! We got to go to the wavepool at Colossalcon and it was perfect for waterbending! Can't wait to go back next year!

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September 24, 2012