Hama's village

Hama's village is a village located in the central islands of the Fire Nation. The citizens of the town believed it to haunted by a "Moon Monster", which was, in fact, Hama using Bloodbending.

History


Hama, a Southern Waterbender, came to this village, where she lived in exile after she escaped her captivity from the Fire Nation. She had been captured years before trying to defend her tribe from the Fire Nation. After mysteriously acquiring her inn in the town, Hama engaged in her own private war against the Fire Nation. Using a sinister technique she learned in prison known as Bloodbending, Hama imprisoned and tortured many of the town's residents, locking them away in the Mountain prison. It made no difference to her if they were civilians or soldiers. In her eyes, they were all the enemy. Since her torturous techniques only worked under a full moon, citizens stayed indoors on these nights, preferring not to risk their safety. This reign of terror plagued the town for several years.

During the final months of the War, Team Avatar was camping in the nearby woods when Hama suddenly showed up, acting motherly and offering to take them to her inn for a few nights. They gladly accepted, and during their stay they discovered that Hama was a Southern Waterbender. Katara was ecstatic at this discovery and wished to be taught more about her tribe and Waterbending. Taking advantage of Katara's desire to learn Waterbending, Hama agreed to share with her some unique Waterbending techniques, while secretly desiring to force her to learn Bloodbending to continue "their" war on the Fire Nation populace.

During their stay here, Aang, Toph, and Sokka discovered the hidden Mountain prison where Hama's prisoners were being held. Having been told of Hama's actions by the prisoners, Toph stayed behind to free them while the boys rushed to save Katara, who was in the woods with Hama. Hama tried unsuccessfully to teach Katara Bloodbending when the latter refused to continue Hama's reign of terror, forcing Hama to Bloodbend her instead. Katara fought back, but the boys' intervention forced Hama to Bloodbend them. She almost caused Sokka to kill Aang with his sword when Katara was forced to Bloodbend Hama into submission.

Katara was traumatized by the experience and Team Avatar left the village, though not before the villagers thanked them for capturing Hama. She was locked away by the villagers where they would ensure she would never Bloodbend again, finally ending the terror that had gripped their town for so long.

Description
Hama's village is a typical village in the Fire Nation and lies within a rural area that is surrounded by forests. The village itself lies on a large bed of rock and hosts a lively marketplace where many popular Fire Nation products are sold, including the valued ash bananas and komodo sausages. It also is located near vast fields of fire lilies.

One of the town's landmarks is Hama's inn, where Hama herself resided in her exile.

Unknown to most of the townspeople, the town was also located near Hama's mountain prison, where she imprisoned and tormented captured villagers.

Notable residents

 * Hama
 * Old Man Ding
 * Mr. Yao