Pakku
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| Pakku | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Nationality | |
| Physical description | |
| Gender |
Male |
| Hair color |
Grey |
| Eye color |
Blue |
| Personal Information | |
| Allies |
Northern Water Tribe, Southern Water Tribe, Aang, Katara, Sokka, Kanna, Hakoda, Order of the White Lotus, more... |
| Weapon of choice |
Water |
| Fighting Style(s) | |
| Chronological and political information | |
| Profession |
Waterbending instructor |
| Position |
Waterbending Master |
| Affiliation | |
| First Appearance | |
| Voiced By |
Victor Brandt |
Pakku is the Waterbending master and instructor of the North Pole's Northern Water Tribe. Dryly sarcastic, and very serious about his art, he gives no breaks to his students. Likewise stubbornly set in the customs of his culture, he only taught Waterbending to male tribe members.
[edit] History
When Pakku consented to teach Aang, but rejected Katara, she schemed to learn from Aang at night. Pakku quickly discovered them and barred Aang from further instruction until Katara apologized. Rather than submitting to Pakku's sour chauvinism, Katara challenged Pakku to a fight. Though he acknowledged her skill, Pakku still would not consent to teach her, and eventually defeated her.
During his fight with Katara, Pakku knocked her grandmother's necklace to the ground. Later, he recognized its pendant as the betrothal necklace he had carved sixty years before for "the love of [his] life," his fiancée Kanna. Kanna did not return Pakku's love, and fled to the Southern Water Tribe to escape their arranged marriage, eventually passing down her necklace to her granddaughter, Katara. In his heartbreak, Pakku never pursued another bride and dedicated himself to his Waterbending.
Realizing that his stubborn adherence to custom had cost him a wife, Pakku consented to teach Aang and Katara. Katara rose to mastery faster than any of his students, and he tasked her with instructing the slower-learning Aang. Pakku recently played a critical role in defending the North Pole from a Fire Nation siege, and afterward decided to travel to the Southern Tribe to help them rebuild their nation.
Aang and his comrades accompanied Pakku at the beginning of his journey to the Southern Tribe, before leaving to travel to Omashu. When the groups split, Pakku gave Katara a vial of water from the Spirit Oasis in the northern city, and gave Aang a box containing scrolls of Waterbending techniques. As for Sokka, Pakku comically gave him only words of good luck.
It can be presumed that prior to the fall of Ba Sing Se, Pakku and the other Northern healers and Waterbenders have worked to restore the war-torn Southern Water Tribe. However, after Ba Sing Se fell, Pakku worked quickly to take action. It was revealed during "Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters" that Pakku is a member of the Order of the White Lotus. When Katara and Sokka reunited with him, he announced himself as the kids' new grandfather, as he finally married Kanna while he was away. The two children were thrilled with this engagement. Sokka tries to find a nickname of his liking, considering "Gramp-Gramp" and "Grampakku", but fails at it.
Pakku and the White Lotus Society launched an attack on Ba Sing Se, working to liberate the city during the arrival of Sozin's Comet. Thanks in part to Pakku's efforts, the city was finally saved. Pakku joined his allies and family at Zuko's coronation.
[edit] Relatives
- Kanna (Wife)
- Sokka (Step-Grandson)
- Katara (Step-Granddaughter)
- Kya (Step-daughter in-law, deceased)
- Hakoda (Step-son)
[edit] Notes
- Pakku is the shadowed Waterbender in the opening sequence.
