Katara, a fourteen-year-old girl living in the Southern Water Tribe, was the only waterbender left in her tribe after several Fire Nation raids. With the death of her mother and the long absence of her father due to the Hundred Year War, she was forced to grow up fairly quickly. She grew swiftly in strength and bravery, standing up for what she believes in and still managing to hold on to hope. Her distressed life changed forever when she and her brother discovered the Avatar, Aang, frozen in an iceberg. Katara journeyed with Aang and her brother, Sokka, to the Northern Water Tribe in the hope of finding a waterbending master to teach herself and Aang.