The Central Water Tribe

The Central Water Tribe is the traditional water bending guild. Its purpose is to preserve the water tribe way of life and the southern and northern style of water bending. Of the four traditionalist bending guilds they have the staunchest dedication to living out their culture and customs. This causes some dissension between the two tribes as the northern tribe believes that women do not deserve to learn combat water bending while the southern tribe believes that anyone with the aptitude and passion to learn should be taught water bending. Currently the northern tribe is the most influential as the guild master hails from their ranks, but the southern tribe may one day have its due if Korra the new guild champion has anything to say about it.

=Membership and Daily Life= Do to the strict tradition of the northern water tribe this is the most difficult traditional bending guild to gain membership for. It matters not if someone is a water bender, only if they were from or have ancestry to either the southern or northern water tribe. No mater how skilled a water bender you are if you do not hail from the poles you will not be allowed into the guild or allowed to live in their district. Because of this many young water benders who don't meet the qualifications are lured into the Trader's Union and their is great animosity between the two guilds. The southern tribe has been trying to get rid of this stipulation for years but have so far been unsuccessful. It is difficult for women born of the northern tribe to learn any kind of bending beside healing. Even if someone has proven linage to either of the tribes if they are a bender of any of the other three elements they will be denied entrance.

An average day for the members of this guild depend on your standing. Non benders fish for a living or run one of the simple businesses that provide income for the tribe. Water bending training takes place either early in the morning or at night were the power of the moon invigorates their bending. Northern tribe women are expected to learn healing and how to cook and clean and be obedient. While southern tribe women are expected to do what ever the hell they want as men and women are both equal in the south pole.

=Guild Hall: Ocean's End= Located in the center of the fishing district by the sealed off ocean. Ocean's End is built from ice and other water tribe building materials. It was crafted from all the water brought along from the north and south pool after the exodus to Ba Sing Sa. Its name reflects that it is the last part of ocean lived in by the water tribes. And that if the tribes have truly traveled to the end of the ocean. The chief and his adviser's live inside and it is here where meetings are held. Ocean's end doubles as a hospital and it is here that the healing arts are taught to women and men who wish to become healer's. Surrounding it is the residencies of the other guild members. The entire district though made up mostly of regular buildings is lade out like an enormous tent site with Ocean's end being the center. Various market stalls and kiosks litter the district selling food and other finished goods.

=Guild Master: Chief, Okkor of the Northern Water Tribe= As cold and stern as the north pole he hails from. Chief Okkor is the rigid leader of this guild. He runs the guild with a heavy hand and does not tolerate any who question his authority or go against the traditions of the northern water tribe. Okkor wasn't always this way but after the North Pole was conquered by Enoh and he was forced to flee to the safety of Ba Sing Sa hes been trying strengthen his people. He feels that the reason for their defeat was that the idealism of people like Katara and Avatar Korra made the people of the water tribes became soft and weak. He believes that water benders should be less like the waves and more like the glacier. Okkor is a powerful water bender as befitting of his title and when he does engage in combat he has been known to fight ruthlessly. He hates the Trader's Union to the point of obsession and would do anything to hinder them. He believes that his guild champion Korra, is an insubordinate hothead. Their is nothing Okkor would like more then for her to be defeated in combat by a man of the northern tribe and taught her place.

=Guild Champion: Korra the Southern Hunter= As you can imagine many children are named after Avatars especially ones as respected and beloved as Avatar Korra.This Korra has no direct linage to the late Avatar aside from being from the southern tribe. However Korra takes after her namesake greatly. She is a passionate individual that refuses to follow the laws laid down by Okkor and the northern tribe. Though only in her early twenties she is already recognized as one of the strongest water benders in the guild. And was able to obtain her position by defeating the last champion in honor combat despite him being a much more experienced bender. Many suspect she may be even stronger then Okkor, as she is younger and spends a lot more time training. She is also against the restrictions placed on allowing new members into the guild and believes that letting more benders in would only strengthen them. The guild has become stagnant under Okkor's leadership and Korra wants to correct this as soon as possible.