Naru (Character)

''This article is about the character. For the series, see the Legend of Naru.''


 * "The Avatar has so much weight put onto them, and now I have to carry the torch,"
 * ―Naru explaining how he feels about the title of Avatar to the Bender Force

Naru is the current incarnation of the Avatar and immediate successor of Avatar Korra. He is an earthbending Avatar and the youngest Avatar to be dubbed the title. Naru is both the creator and leader of the Bender Force, a team of various Benders that work together to defeat all malicious purposes. He is also the main character of the fanon continuation of Avatar: the Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra series the Legend of Naru series.

He is voiced by actor Naru Anderson.

Early Life
Born and raised in the Earth Kingdom, where he learned earthbending, specially sandbending. Born and raised in a small sandbender settlement, Naru's family moved to the bustling city of Ba Sing Se following the forced relocation of sandbender tribes 4 years before. Sub-bending was outlawed by that time, and so his parents moved to the city to start anew, as both were Sub-benders. The White Lotus had arrived on his doorstep to tell his parents, two innocent citizens, that he was the Avatar. He was dubbed the Avatar at age two.

Appearance
Naru has wild light brown hair and can always be seen wearing his light green earthbending-themed clothes. He has big brown eyes and throughout the last season wears a thick red belt around his forehead. He has a mischievous smile.

Personality
Naru is introduced as the young Avatar, with a jaded edge that makes him appear unfriendly. He isn't shy about voicing his opinion on Amity or her leadership skills, though he comes to respect her. He is witty and sarcastic, often calling others out on their behavior. His inability to control his powers served as an insecurity as he desperately tries to prove everyone wrong about him being unable to help. Naru can be incredibly focused when he chooses to be, and just needs a little boost to discover his full potential.

Naru is kind, caring, and loyal to his friends, and he can put aside his ego and pride to help whoever he cares for.

Abilities
As the Avatar, Naru has special abilities. But, through his will, he has planned (and has) learned most Special or Extra bending abilities such as:


 * Metalbending
 * Lavabending
 * Lightningbending
 * Bloodbending
 * Lightning Redirecting
 * Mudbending
 * Spirit Bending
 * Wall of Flames
 * Pressurized Fire Stream
 * Long-Ranged Multiple Fire Whips
 * Dragon Fire
 * Breath of Fire
 * Fire Breathing
 * Energy Reading

And, through the Past Avatars, unlocked the power of Traveling through Time, and Soundbending, an ability only Aang was capable of before he had mastered it. He also has mastered standard abilities in her first year at the Academy of Elements:


 * Ice Blade
 * Ice Tentacles
 * Ice vapor
 * Ice Bullets
 * Ice Claws
 * Water Whip
 * Ice Column
 * Ice Creeper
 * Ice Disc
 * Ice Shield
 * Iceberg Spike
 * Water Manipulation
 * Air Ball
 * Air Tornado/Cyclone
 * Air Blast
 * Air Punch/Kick
 * Flying
 * Air Manipulation
 * Air Bomb
 * Air Cushion
 * Heat Regulation
 * Air Funnel
 * Air Shield
 * Air Swipe
 * Fire Whip

Trivia

 * His name follows a longstanding tradition in the earthbending traditions, where often people include one or two "N"s and/or have an "RU" sound in their name.
 * The actor who voiced him has the identical name as the character, Naru.
 * Naru is the second youngest Avatar to be known as the Avatar before Teenage and Adult years.
 * He matures over the three seasons, growing less childish, like Aang in his growing years.
 * He was dubbed the first most powerful Avatar, just ahead of Korra and Aang, by Kamara, Master Pakkuchan, the Earth King, and even Vakuku, his mortal enemy.
 * Naru is the sixth known person to break a Bloodbending grasp.
 * He is the first known Avatar to have learned almost all known of the side elements.
 * He is the Earthbender shown in the Opening Sequence of of The Legend of Naru.
 * Naru is the fourth person to have learned spirit bending the first was Unalaq, then Korra, and Jiao, who taught her.
 * Naru is the second known person, or Avatar, in that manner, to learn Soundbending and Control others minds with her voice, she later taught Jiao to Soundbend.
 * Naru was the first person to bring non-Avatars into the Avatar State and the Spirit Realm.