Zhang leader

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- Let us travel to the Earth Kingdom capital as one tribe!

The Zhang leader was the head of the Zhang tribe. Being that her tribe was enemies with the Gan Jin people, the Zhang leader often feuded with members of the aforementioned group. A bit of a slob and somewhat laid back, she was a very accurate representation of her tribe as a whole.

History
In the final months of the Hundred Year War, the Zhang leader hoped to cross the Great Divide with her tribe. When the Zhangs arrived, they found that a member of the Gan Jin tribe had already "reserved" a trip across for his party. When the rest of the Gan Jins arrived, it was decided by Avatar Aang that the two groups would cross the Great Divide together while the Zhangs' sick and the Gan Jins' elderly would fly across on Appa. The canyon guide did, however, warn the groups to dispose of any food before entering.

Neither tribe heeded said warning, resulting in the canyon guide being attacked by a canyon crawler. The assault left both his arms broken, thus inhibiting him from using his earthbending abilities and trapping the feuding people in the canyon.

Throughout their time in the canyon, the two tribes' bickering, to Aang's dismay, did not relent, and eventually resulted in Aang's separation of the two. While separated, Katara was taught the ancient legend of Jin Wei and Wei Jin by the Gan Jin leader, while the Zhang leader taught Sokka their version of the story. In doing so, both tribes revealed to their pupils that they smuggled food into the canyon, resulting in an attack from canyon crawlers.

The next morning, the tribes continued to argue, to which Aang declared once more that harsh words would not solve problems, but action would. Both tribe leaders agreed, but their only action was to begin a duel, which Aang quickly put an end. However, this exposed the smuggled food to both the Avatar and the canyon guide, causing Aang to lose his temper, though his hunger quickly got the best of him.

The exposed food quickly attracted a horde of canyon crawlers and after a short attempt to battle them, Aang quickly realized that by attracting the crawlers to the food and then muzzling them, both tribes could ride them out of the canyon. After his plan proved successful, Aang threw the remainder of the food into the Great Divide, where the crawlers would remain.

After briefly complimenting each others' survival skills, the Zhang and Gan Jin leaders then decided to duel once more, before which the two briefly mentioned Jin Wei and Wei Jin.

Aang then explained that Jin Wei and Wei Jin were actually eight-year-old twins at the time of the orb crisis and that they were simply playing a game titled "Redemption". Jin Wei had the "sacred orb", which was only a ball used in playing the game, but lost control of it. Wei Jin then took the ball, attempting to run it to the other goal, the "gates" mentioned in the legend, but stepped out of bounds. As per the rules of the game, Wei Jin was placed in the penalty box, the "prison", not for twenty years but for a mere two minutes. Aang told them that though the two kids had differences, they respected each other enough to share the same playing field.

Believing the Avatar's story and wisdom, the Zhang leader told her opposing tribe leader that it was time to forget the past, to which the Gan Jin leader agreed. She then urged declared the tribes would travel together to Ba Sing Se, which was met with a cheer and a quick departure. However, unbeknownst to her or any of their combined group, Aang later revealed his story to be a lie.

Personality
Like the rest of her tribe, the leader of the Zhangs was very sloppy and relentlessly carefree, to the point that she automatically disliked neat, uptight people, like the Gan Jin leader. However, the two were almost destined to dislike one another, given their tribes' problematic history. After Aang lied to help the pair settle their disputes, they agreed to travel to the Earth Kingdom capital together.

Abilities
The leader of the Zhang was skilled with a sword, wielding a large, curved sword. She proved herself to be an agile fighter, skillfully dodging attacks thrown her way, while nimbly retorting and striking back.