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Kyoshi
Kyoshi is the Avatar proceeding Avatar Roku of the Fire Nation and succeeding Avatar Kuruk of the Northern Water Tribe. An Earth Kingdom native, Kyoshi was born to two criminals, Jesa, a rouge Air Nomad nun, and Hark, an Earthbending thief from an impoverished family of Earth Kingdom actors. Kyoshi makes her first appearance in the Avatar: The Last Airbender series in Season 1 Episode 4: The Warriors of Kyoshi. Since then, she has made several appearances in the Avatar: The Last Airbender, the comics that follow Aang after the televised show ends, short cameos in The Legend of Korra both comics and shows, and is even the star of her own duology

Early Life
Abandoned by her parents, Kyoshi was an orphaned child residing in Yokoya Village with nothing but a chest containing her mother's fans and a notebook detailing daofei (organized groups of Earth Kingdom outlaws) customs. In their seven-year search for the Avatar, Jianzhu and Kelsang came across Kyoshi, encouraging her to take the Avatar test like the other children in the village. After picking the turtle, one of the four toys that belong to past Avatar's, Kyoshi ran away with it after being told she could take three more, believing it to be a lie. Kelsang tracks her down in the village and adopts Kyoshi. He eventually gets her a job serving the false Avatar so that the two of them can remain close together.

After much convincing from Yun, Jianzhu allows Kyoshi to tag along on a trip to talk peace with the Fifth Nation pirates. When things go south, Kyoshi defends the group and herself with an astonishing feat of bending that puts Yun's Avatarhood in question. Trying to figure out who the real Avatar is, Jianzhu takes Kyoshi and Yun to see a spirit named Father Glowworm. Wanting revenge on the Avatar for the actions of past incarnations, Father Glowworm attempts to attack Kyoshi, Jianzhu stopping him and Yun becoming a sacrifice in the process. Upon fleeing, Kelsang arrives in an attempt to save Yun and Kyoshi from Jianzhu, but ultimately loses his life at the hands of his former friend.

The loss of her father figure triggers the Avatarstate in Kyoshi who buries Jianzhu in the mountainside. She then flees back to Yokoyia mansion, gathering her few belongings and preparing Kelsang's skybison. Unable to shake Rangi, the Avatar's bodyguard joins Kyoshi on her unusual Avatarhood journey.

The Shadow of Kyoshi
After an unconventional journey of learning the elements and taking the lives of her enemies, Kyoshi starts her journey in Ba Sing Se where she strives to clean the streets of the crooked and corrupt. She is quickly summoned to Fire Nation where she reunites with Rangi and is swiftly thrown into the political war stoked by Yun.

Later Life
In the aftermath of the events of her duology, Kyoshi continues cleaning up Ba Sing Se of corruption and daofei. In doing so, she creates the Dai Li, an elite task force that follows her orders and ways of peacekeeping. However, after her death, the Dai Li became loyal to the Earth King and nearly two centuries later, they become a big problem for Avatar Aang, making several appearances in the show.

Appearances
Kyoshi makes her first appearance in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender in the episode The Southern Air Temple. You can see her statue among other past Avatar's. More is learned about her in the episode Kyoshi Island where they meet the Kyoshi Warrior's, a group of female fighters who were formed by Avatar Kyoshi during her lifetime.

Kyoshi also visually appears in the Legend of Korra and is even mentioned in the comics. Upon Korra struggling with her feelings, it is mentioned that Kyoshi spent much of her life not hiding her bisexuality and attempting to make strides in the acceptance of homosexual relationships, but she did not make much progress.

Kelsang
Kelsang, the disgraced Air Nomad, raised Kyoshi as his adoptive daughter and was a key figure in her life. Their relationship was one of mutual love, understanding, and affection, where they could both be open and honest with each other. Kelsang remained loyal to Kyoshi until the end of his life, refusing to believe Jianzhu's lies about Yun’s supposed death, his final act of love being an attempt to protect her from his former friend.

Rangi
Rangi, the Avatar's bodyguard from the Fire Nation, remained close to Kyoshi’s side through both novels. Her relationship with Kyoshi is one of tough love and admiration. While initially belligerent towards her friend, Kyoshi came to realize that Rangi only yelled at the people she cared about. With complete trust in her Avatar, Rangi follows Kyoshi closely through her story, often the voice of reason. When mutual interest is shown, they eventually start a romantic relationship with each other.

Yun
Yun, the false Avatar, became close friends with Kyoshi during her time of servitude at the Yokoya mansion. Their relationship was playful, and even flirty; Kyoshi at one point expressed fleeting feelings for Yun. Distraught at Yun’s abduction by a spirit, caused by Jianzhu, Kyoshi vowed to take Jianzhu down, doing so unexpectedly with Yun upon his return from the spirit world. By the beginning of The Shadow of Kyoshi, Yun’s feelings towards Kyoshi had more than soured, the jealousy he harbored toward her being the Avatar and not him, causing him to lash out and take revenge against those who had once supported him, yet tossed him to the side when he was deemed the false Avatar. This would lead to his downfall at the hands of Kyoshi herself.

Jianzhu
Jianzhu is one of the main villains of Kyoshi's story. Wielding the political power and invisible strings that even a nation's leader would envy, Jianzhu was a terrifying man who attempted to mold and shape Kyoshi into the Avatar he never could with Kuruk. While originally looking up to him, after Jianzhu used Yun as a spirit sacrifice, killed Kelsang, and sent bounty hunters after the true Avatar, Kyoshi feared him until she came face to face with him once more. After a powerful earth-bending struggle, Jianzhu finds his death at the hands of Avatar Kyoshi and Yun. Already having a will written up, Jianzhu bequeathed his estate and all his wealth to Kyoshi, of which she wanted none.