Fei Yen is the young Avatar from the Fire Nation. Born fifty years after the death of the previous Avatar, earthbender Avanish, who gave his life to secure an uneasy peace between the United Earth Republic and the allied nations of Fire, Air and Water. Fei has known of her status as the Avatar since early childhood when she found she could easily bend earth as well as fire. Since then she has tried to run away from her destiny, desiring instead to lead a simple life rather than take her place as the Avatar. Try as she might, however, she could never escape Zhang's watchful eye and was, for the most part, confined to the Fire temple.