<P> Katara then accompanies Aang to the Earth Kingdom for him to learn earthbending . At an Earth Kingdom stronghold, General Fong places Katara's life in danger to induce Aang's Avatar State; but achieves only destruction . After the earthbender Toph Bei Fong joins the group to teach Aang, Katara and Toph initially quarrel; but thereafter become friends . In the Earth Kingdom's capital, Katara encounters antagonist Prince Zuko and his sister Azula; and during the battle, Aang is injured by Azula's lightning, whereupon Katara takes him to safety and eventually heals him . </P> <P> In a village burdened by the Fire Nation's pollution, Katara disguises herself as the river spirit' Painted Lady' in order to help the village . While staying with the semi-reclusive Hama, the protagonists learn she is a Waterbender of the Southern Tribe imprisoned by the Fire Nation . Later, she offers to teach Katara a Waterbending technique called "Bloodbending", which enables physical control of animals and humans . When Katara refuses to learn this technique, Hama uses it on Aang and Sokka, forcing Katara to use the technique herself on Hama . When Prince Zuko joins the protagonists after the Invasion fails and gains everyone's trust, he fails to do so with Katara until he assists her in finding the man who was responsible for killing her mother . Though deciding not to take her revenge nor forgive, she does come to terms with Zuko and accepts him as friend . </P> <P> During the four - part series finale, Katara assists Zuko in preventing Azula from becoming Fire Lord and battles her; eventually defeating her, she heals Zuko . When the war ends, she is seen in Ba Sing Se with the other protagonists and she finally shares a passionate kiss with Aang, starting a romantic relationship with him . </P> <P> In the sequel series The Legend of Korra, Katara, now eighty - five, is one of the surviving members of the original Team Avatar (along with Zuko and Toph). She is a high - ranking member of the White Lotus and took it upon herself to train Korra in waterbending, becoming the latest in a line of masters to serve as a teacher to multiple Avatars . Katara and Aang are also revealed to have had three children: the non-bender Bumi (who later acquired the ability to airbend), the waterbender Kya, and the airbender Tenzin . She plays a rather minor role in the first season of the series, only giving Korra her blessing to leave for Republic City to train with Tenzin and attempting to unsuccessfully heal her after she lost her waterbending, firebending and earthbending abilities to Amon . </P>

Who does katara end up with in avatar