Soonjei

Soonjei
Soonjei is an earthbender who appears in the Avatar comics titled, "Avatar: The Last Airbender North and South Part 1" and "Avatar: The Last Airbender North and South Part 2." Team Avatar first meets Soonjei when they go penguin sledding near the docks of the Southern Water Tribe. While sledding Sokka slid directly into a wooden beam on the construction site were Soonjei and two other waterbenders, Kam and Noa, happened to be working for the Southern Reconstruction Project.

History
A few years after the Hundred Year War Soonjei was hired along with two waterbenders to help "rebuild" the Southern Water Tribe. This project was called the Southern Reconstruction Project. The three men first met Sokka and Katara while building a structure near the docks of the Southern Water Tribe when Sokka came crashing down into the construction site while penguin sledding. To Sokka's surprise he found children playing in the construction site. After questioning a child about why they chose to play there Soonjei, Kam, and Noa emerge out of the construction and warn Katara and Sokka that they're not allowed to be on the construction site. When Katara offers to take the children home, Noa attempts to bury the children in snow. Sokka and Katara protect the children and eventually Katara defeats the three men.

When Katara and Sokka meet their father, Hakoda, in his office they find out that the three men that attacked them earlier are working with Hakoda's partners, Malina and Maliq. The three men were hired to help in the Southern Reconstruction Project.