Bei Fong Family
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The Bei Fong Family, an upper-class Earth Kingdom family, is the wealthiest family in the village Gaoling. The family includes the father Lao Bei Fong, the mother Poppy Bei Fong, and their only daughter Toph Bei Fong. Their home, big and with extensive gardens, also houses many guards and servants. The symbol of the Bei Fong family is a flying boar, and the family Earthbending instructor is Master Yu, resident of Gaoling.
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The Bei Fong Family lives in Gaoling, a village located within a mountain range in the Southern Earth Kingdom. The blind daughter Toph Bei Fong is the only child of the family, and she was sheltered by parents who believed her blindness made her fragile and incapable of looking after herself. They went to extreme measures to protect her, including hiding her existence from the rest of the world. Toph, resenting her parents' treatment, grew up hard and rebellious. At the age of
six, she ran away from home into a cave inhabited by Badgermoles. These creatures were the first earthbenders and according to Toph, she understood them, and they understood her, because they were both blind. She learned Earthbending by imitating their movements. Toph learned to "see" through the use of her Earthbending, feeling people and other objects through their vibrations, which she feels through the ground via her bare feet. Although her father, Lao Bei Fong, later hired the Earthbender Master Yu to instruct her, he didn't teach her anything other than beginner moves, unaware that she had already become very powerful. She became such a powerful bender that she secretly entered underground Earthbending tournaments as the Blind Bandit, and was the champion of Earth Rumble VI. After she was defeated by Aang in the final tournament, he and his friends went to her house to request Toph for to be the Earthbending teacher for Aang, the Avatar. She refused at first because her parents did not know about her powers. Her parents explained their understanding of the condition of their daughter; but that night Aang and Toph are kidnapped by Xin Fu and other competitors of the Earth Rumble VI, asking for a reward for their rescue. When Lao Bei Fong went to rescue his daughter, he saw the Earthbending abillities of Toph and he bother with her after the fight with the competitors. Toph asked about the teaching for Aang, but her parents do not give her permission. That night Toph escaped with Aang, Katara and Sokka, arguing and lying that her parents had understand. So, Lao and Poppy Bei Fong hired Xin Fu and Yu for the rescue of their daughter. The parents thought that the Avatar had kidnapped Toph.
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