During his absence, the Fire Nation had waged war upon the other nations and managed to completely wipe out the pacifistic Air Nomads. Shortly before the beginning of the Hundred Year War, Aang was frozen in an iceberg for a hundred years he later emerged, still biologically twelve years old, into a world engulfed by war.
He was also one of a select few Avatars and one of the first in many cycles to learn the ancient art of energybending as well as the first Avatar known to have actively used the technique. As the Avatar of his time, he was the only person capable of using all four bending arts: airbending, waterbending, earthbending, and firebending. More about Aang History Book One: Water (12 BG - 100 AG)īook Three: Fire (Summer 100 AG) Post war (Summer 100 AG - 102 AG) Relationships Aang's relationships Other Media Aang in the films Aang in the games Aang in The Last Airbender video game Aang in the pilot episode Image gallery (723) Aang was an Air Nomad born in 12 BG and the Avatar during the Hundred Year War, succeeding Avatar Roku and preceding Avatar Korra. Zach Tyler Eisen (in Avatar: The Last Airbender).