Toph Beifong

Bei Fong Toph or simply Toph is Aangs Earthbending teacher and is one of the main characters. Toph is agressive, stubborn, rude but she provides a great asset for Aang's quest.

Life before meeting Aang
Toph is the heir to the wealthy Bei Fong family, but for all her life though she was treated like a delecate object because she was blind. Toph grew up to be hard and rebelious and resented her treatment by her parents, but along the way she was trained by Earthbending Master Yu and he told her how to see the world with her feet. Her fathered hired Yu to train her in the most basic of Earthbending but secretly Toph trained herself and soon joined the underground earthbending tourniment Earth Rumble six.

But one day her fate would change when a young Airbender comes for her assistance.

Toph's Personality
Toph is rude and upfront, but it is clear she knows what she is doing. Toph's lessons are hard and rough but are benificial to Aang's plight as Aang has such a responcibility ahead of him. Right now Toph is slowly gtting used to being on a team so she is still rather upfront and stubborn.

Teaching Aang
Toph's teaching style is just as agressive and hard as her personality, she pushed Aang to his limit and tested his patience. First she had him stand in front of a boulder and push it with Earthbending, but Aang failed his first test. The second test involved Aang lifing and carrying a large boulder but once again he failed

Personal life and interests
He drinks a lot of tea and enjoys strategic games like Pai Sho (Possibly Spelled pie-shou, Pi Sho, or Pi Shou) a game probably similar to Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) or Mah jong. He was also seen in the pilot episode playing some other kind of tile game that looks a bit like solitare. Uncle Iroh also seems to like the bounty hunter Jun and flirts with her often in episode 15. And apparently he has a sixth sense about where the Avatar is, he also seemed to know about the spirit world and he seems to know when storms are coming.