Daw

Daw is a merchant from Republic City who discovered his airbending abilities shortly after the Harmonic Convergence of 171 AG.

History
Daw discovered that he inexplicably became an airbender following Harmonic Convergence, causing him to panic due to being unable to control his newfound abilities. Alarmed, he inadvertently destroyed his and his brother's store during an uncontrolled display of his powers, after which he hastily locked himself in a room and his brother called the authorities. Upon arriving on scene, Detective Mako ordered Daw to come out of the room. The latter, however, ended up blowing the door off its hinges, knocking the firebender against a wall, and fled the store in terror.

Panicked, Daw went to the top of Kyoshi Bridge, forcing the Metalbending Police Force to halt traffic until he was detained. Despite orders from Lin Beifong to come down, Daw refused to budge out of fear that he would cause harm to other civilians. When metalbending officers ascended the beams of the bridge prepared to detain Daw, the man frantically conjured up an air blast that sent all of them plummeting into the harbor below. However, after consulting with Avatar Korra, Daw relented to develop his airbending under Tenzin's tutelage and agreed to come down. However, he missed a step while reaching toward Korra and fell from the beam, but was saved by Korra using her airbender staff. Following this, Korra introduced Daw to Tenzin, who expressed delight over meeting an airbender whose diaper he did not have to change. Daw corrected Tenzin and expressed his need to have a diaper change, as he had fallen off a bridge.

Daw was subsequently sent to Air Temple Island to train as an airbender. Upon being introduced to other airbenders while eating a meal one day, Daw quickly jumped up with a burst of air and nervously introduced himself. He then watched as an airbender who claimed his name to be Yorru entered and demonstrated his own abilities. That evening, during his training, Daw was unable to get through the airbending gates and expressed confusion at Meelo's advice to "be the leaf". He and his fellow trainees soon watched in shock as "Yorru" made it through the gates effortlessly. Immediately afterward, Kya informed the group that Tenzin had found other airbenders and that they would be joining them at the Northern Air Temple the next day, which excited Daw.

Daw and his companions arrived at the Northern Air Temple the following day. However, the day after, Tenzin, having misunderstood Bumi's advice to train them with an iron fist, began drilling the airbenders like a drill sergeant. One of the training regiments involved Daw getting his head shaved by Tenzin, claiming that a bald airbender can feel the wind against his head, only to then learn that the shave was voluntary.

Later, Bumi rallied the airbenders to help rescue Jinora and Kai from air bison poachers. Though Daw and the other airbenders expressed hesitancy in engaging the poachers, Bumi is able to rally their spirits. In the midst of the attack, Daw felt the wind against his bald head as he detected a net fired at him and is able to repel the attack.

Abilities
Despite lack of training, Daw demonstrates raw airbending potential, exhibiting enough power to destroy an entire store. Additionally, Daw's defensive instincts prompt him to inadvertently execute powerful airbending techniques, such as an air dome which he used to fend off several metalbenders.

Trivia

 * Daw is the first person in either series to have explicitly lost bowel control from fear.