| By Cangse Sanren | Part of the Phoenix Rising, Dying Embers continuity. |
Kanna Pathuk, referred to by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren as "Gran Gran", was Katara and Sokka Pathuk's caring paternal grandfather and Hakoda's sire. She was a dominant waterbender and the oldest resident of the Southern Water Tribe. Although Kanna initially distrusted Ozai when he and his two children first arrived at the South Pole, once he was revealed to be the Avatar, she regained hope, something, she remarked, that she had not felt for a long time.
After the Siege of the North, Kanna reunited with Master Pakku, who had ventured to her home with some other people from the Northern Tribe in order to provide assistance in rebuilding the Southern Water Tribe. Pakku later carved Kanna a new betrothal necklace, and, two years after the conclusion of the Hundred Year War, they eloped to the Misty Palms Oasis to get married.
Several weeks after their wedding, Kanna reunited with her grandchildren and in-laws in the capital city that had been built up from their original village in the South. After embracing them, she informed them of her marriage to Pakku, Hakoda's tales of their accomplishments during the war, and that their father had been crowned Emperor of the entire Southern Water Tribe. She also informed them that they were expecting a child; much to their shock and joy. A few months later, a healthy little girl was born, who they named Lunala, or Luna for short at Zuko's suggestion for the moon.
History[]
Kanna was born in 19 AG to a noble family in the Northern Water Tribe, and when she reached the marrying age of sixteen, it was arranged that she would marry Pakku, a young waterbender. Following the tribe's engagement tradition, Pakku carved a betrothal necklace for her. Though he loved her deeply and thought their marriage would be successful, she harbored a strong distaste for the Northern Water Tribe's chauvinistic social standards for women and refusal to let them learn how to fight, which Pakku vehemently supported. As a result, Kanna despaired and searched for a way out of the marriage. Sometime before their wedding, Kanna fled her homeland and traveled to the Southern Water Tribe. Although she left without notice, she did take the necklace with her.
A young Kanna tearfully watches as the love of her life was taken away from her.
Kanna, while still a young woman, befriended Princess Aurelia Panuk, one of the Southern Water Tribe's most skilled waterbenders and the daughter of it's current chieftain, and the two experienced the Fire Nation's first raids on their tribe together. Although Aurelia and her fellow waterbenders fought intensively, they eventually succumbed to the invasions, and when she was taken onto the Fire Nation vessel, Kanna was the last face Aurelia saw before she was locked away.
Years passed, and the Hundred Year War continued to stress the Southern Water Tribe's warriors and resources, making Kanna somewhat bitter and cynical. Her son later became the tribal chief and married a woman named Kya, who eventually gave birth to Sokka and Katara, Kanna's only grandchildren. Kanna later passed on her engagement necklace to Kya, and Kya passed it down to Katara. Kanna never told her son or grandchildren the history or significance of the necklace, or of her past in the Northern Water Tribe.
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