Poi and Ping

"earth"

- I'm an earthbender!" "I'm not!

Poi and Ping were identical twin brothers that lived in Makapu Village. They wore their hair and clothing in a way which made them look mirrored; Poi wore his braid on the ornate pad of his robe on the left shoulder while his twin wore them on the right shoulder. There were only a few characteristics that distinguished the brother from each other, the most notable was the fact that Poi was an earthbender while Ping was not, proving that bending abilities are not solely defined by genetics; likely for having closer contact with the ground for earthbending, Poi was not wearing shoes while his brother was. Another noticeable difference was that Poi had freckles and Ping didn't.

History
During the village's ceremonial cloud-reading in which the local fortuneteller, Aunt Wu, made predictions based on cloud formations, one such prediction was that twins would enjoy a good year. Poi and Ping cheered and high-fived each other. Shortly before the volcanic eruption of Mt. Makapu, Poi was part of a small group of earthbenders tasked with creating a earth trench to contain the molten lava that would eventually spill out of the volcano.