Harbor town

The Harbor Town is a small coastal village located in the western Earth Kingdom. It is situated on the nation's western coast, and remains free from Fire Nation control.

History
Aang and his friends visits this village during a regular supply stop in "The Storm". While there, they run into an old fisherman willing to go fishing, against his wife's proclamations of an upcoming storm. When the fisherman's assistant backed out of the trip, Sokka asks for the job in order to earn fast income. The fisherman recognizes Aang as the Avatar and accuses him of abandoning the world 100 years earlier. This affects Aang deeply, and he runs away to deal with his personal guilt. With help from Katara, he recovers and even saves Sokka and the fisherman when the storm destroyed their boat.

Layout and Description
Most of the Harbor Town's inhabitants make their living from the sea, either from fishing or trading. However, it is also home to some rather stubborn citizens, some of whom are crazy enough to go fishing during stormy weather or try to make a dishonest bargain with local travelers. Because of the lack of flat ground, most of the village is built compactly on the bare rock. The dock area is faced by rows of warehouses, while most people live in simply built wooden houses perched on the cliffside.

Trading
There are only two known traders in the Harbor Town: a fruit saleswoman who attempted to haggle Katara into buying an obviously unripe melon, and the fisherman and his wife, who make a seemingly shady profit by fishing. The trading on Harbor Town is very small, and it is almost entirely consisted of sea-based products.