Haru

"earth"

- You've got guts, Katara. I'll give you that.

Haru is a young skilled Earthbender, whose Earth Kingdom village was occupied by the Fire Nation.

History
Seizing the village's coal mines to fuel their ships, the Fire Nation extracted exorbitant taxes from the citizenry for five years, and most cruelly, took all known Earthbenders to a prison shipyard, Haru's father Tyro among them. To ensure his safety, Haru's mother forbade him from Earthbending (although he continued to practice Earthbending in secret, as a way to feel close to his father).



One day, as he was practicing alone, Aang and his friends stumbled upon Haru. While Haru and Katara struck up a kinship over shared parental losses, they came upon a villager trapped under a rock slide. Haru aided him through Earthbending, but the old man betrayed him to the Fire Nation soldiers and he was taken into custody.

Aang and Sokka then helped engineer Katara's false arrest for Earthbending, so she would be taken to the shipyard. There they and Haru helped stir up a mass prison rebellion and escape. Reunited with his father, and reinforced by fellow Earthbenders, Haru now has a chance of driving the Fire Nation from his home.

Since Aang and his friends last saw Haru, he liberated many Earth Kingdom villages.

In "The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion", Haru is one of many familiar, but slightly changed faces recruited by Sokka to help in the war. He now has a mustache and small beard. Haru and his father are part of the ground forces attacking the capital. When the submarines were destroyed, the warriors decided to surrender, Haru promises Tyro that they will return to rescue them. The young people (Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Teo, The Duke, and Haru) were put on Appa and sent away. They then headed for the Western Air Temple.



Haru has befriended both Teo and The Duke since the invasion, and upon arrival at the Western Air Temple, he and his two friends began to explore. They found it to be the perfect place to hang out and practice some Earthbending.

Haru stuck with Aang's group until the Fire Nation attacked the temple in "The Southern Raiders". He fled along with Hakoda and his friends while Aang's group took off.

In "Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King", when Katara announces she has a surprise, Toph quickly assumes she "had a thing with Haru", only to be met with silence from everyone.

Haru was seen during Zuko's coronation after the War ended, and is finally reunited with his father once again.

Haru is a playable character in first Avatar video game as well.

Trivia

 * 'Haru' in Japanese means the season 'spring' (春) and in Korean means 'one day.'

Relatives

 * Tyro (father)
 * Haru's Mother

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