Kya (pilot)

Note that Kya was later renamed Katara for the main series due to a prior character having the same name.

In this pilot episode, Kya is very similar to her character in the first book of the main series, Katara. She is a mostly inexperienced waterbender who mostly acts as a motherly figure (despite indications of something else when speaking to Aang) and places a great deal of importance on hope and determination.

History in Pilot Episode
Kya [renamed Katara in the series], Aang, and Sokka are together fleeing Zuko on his ship. They run into a sea serpent, but it takes interest in Zuko's ship rather them them, and allows them to escape to an island. When there, Kya practices her waterbending, but can't control it well; Aang offers her some advice and demonstrates the correct leg stance. When Sokka demands them to help search for food, Kya is reluctant to leave Aang, "the world's last hope", and so Sokka goes off in a huff. Kya and Aang wait around, and engage in a slightly awkward conversation before Momo alerts them to danger.

When they reach the Fire Nation base and see Sokka being taken in, Kya decides to go after him but tells Aang to stay hidden. She gets captured as well, but refuses to reveal Aang's wherabouts. When Aang flies in, shocking everyone, the soldiers throw Sokka and her into a pit. After Sokka fails to get out, and finds the situation hopeless, Kya tries to waterbend some water dripping into their pit. It turns out that there is a large container of water, and Kya succeeds in getting them out by moving the water into the pit, carrying Sokka and her up. When they are surrounded by soldiers, Aang flies by, grabs them, and escapes. Kya screams, terrified, and moves up to hold onto Aang.

Similarities to Real Series

 * Kya already seems to have feelings for Aang, as noted by Sokka's "boyfriend" comment, recreated in the actual series in The Avatar Returns and The Fortune-Teller.


 * The serpent reappears in the aptly named Serpent's Pass in The Secret of the Fire Nation Part 1: The Serpent's Pass.