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Published: 2005-11-08 21:00:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 109651; Favourites: 1631; Downloads: 5857
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Description My entry to the OC creation contest [link] for the avatar fans club

While Aang and Sokka run after that strange new creature, Katara stays behind and looks curiously upon the statues in the inner sanctuary. Air, Water, Earth, and Fire. Men and women with different expressions...and she finds that one statue seems to smile as if it had been laughing for a thousand years.

Name: Avatar YiLin

Age: Lived up to Age 32, previous airbender avatar before Yangchen. 800-900 years before Aang.


Gender: Female

Nation: Air

Likes: Playing and goofing around with children, nature, ancient Air Nomad folklore, flight, freedom, her fellow 'sisters' at the Eastern Airtemple, and...perfume?

Dislikes: (when she was quite younger) her old strict, dogmatic and overbearing airbending teacher; Master Eunhee, embarrassing/awkward romantic situations, violence and injustice against innocent people, having to put her duty as the Avatar above her own personal feelings.

Background History: More than 700 years ago, In a time of relative peace, the reincarnated spirit of the Avatar was born in a girl from the Eastern Airtemple. YiLin thought she would be destined for the mundane life of an airbender priestess, spending the rest of her days doing repetitious bending exercises, temple chores, and saying endless prayers and chants. Then, of course, came the day when her true destiny was told to her. YiLin started out being a shy, somewhat prudish child. But because of the stern, but fair, tutilage of her master; Eunhee, YiLin eventually grew to be a wise, open-minded and generous, (though still somewhat naive) woman. Seeing life beyond the mountains during her training, YiLin eventually learned to greatly enjoy traveling the world, meeting all sorts of people, giving help and protecting the small and weak.
Avatar YiLin is not known historically for being as brave and beautiful in battle like the honorable Avatar Kyoshi, as dignified and respected like the legendary Avatar Roku, or even as spiritually intune with the supernatural as Avatar Onsui. But these days, she is remembered for establishing a small abbey in the Northern Earth Kingdom, a sanctuary for refugees and the orphaned, an abbey that stands to this day.
She was sadly killed in an attempt to save that abbey,and its inhabitants from the attack of renegade benders from the west. Some consider her death as foolish and not at all fitting for a powerful being such as the Avatar, but YiLin would not have had it any other way.

Extra Info: As one of her earlier duties, Avatar YiLin was once called upon to look after the five-year-old daughter of the FireLord; Princess Hiashi, after an assassination attempt on the FireLord's palace. The child was sent away with YiLin to the Air Temple for safety. Hiashi was a spoiled, sullen girl who did not take to living with lowly AirNomads very well. It took a while to get over the little princess's temper tantrums 9__9;;;, but because of YiLin's patience, sensible amount of discipline and kindness with her, Hiashi grew to love YiLin as her own mother, and YiLin herself (who had dreamt of having children) grew attached to the child.
~~~
Ages later, Aang cannot help but sense the spirit of something vaguely familiar in Prince Zuko...even though he is not sure what it means.

(Yeah, I know it seems bombastic to create an AVATAR >__> but I've had this character in my head for a while and she wants to get out. ^^...and I apologize for the lengthy bit of extra info)

EDIT: I'm not sure if FEMALE airbenders are actually all bald. Though I do know that there are some buddist sects that have female monastics shave their heads as well as the males [link]
AND wear cute headresses ^w^ [link]
But perhaps if the female airbender isn't a priestess/nun/whatever she could have hair.
Like Malu the ghost witch (aka the new avatar character as seen in upperdeck avatar card trading website) [link]
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Comments: 193

zuko-gaara-lover [2007-02-17 00:46:54 +0000 UTC]

in-ter-rest-ing!!!!!???????

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zuko-gaara-lover [2007-02-17 00:46:49 +0000 UTC]

in-ter-rest-ing!!!!!???????

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suppai [2007-02-08 00:36:24 +0000 UTC]

what amazing character design you are so talented I love how she looks. such cute freckles. ^_^ and the outfit is really great love the niffty hat and her boots

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sabresedge [2007-01-03 05:45:14 +0000 UTC]

I like her.... I can see some fo her spirit in Aang

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Zukos00Girl [2007-01-02 04:50:23 +0000 UTC]

:3 I love your OC!!!

She's so kindhearted. Usually, most OC's are those crazy angsty teen benders that fall inlove with Zuko, or somehing. XD

But this one is different.

And, I think the female benders just shave like, half of their heads, judging from what I saw in the Book 2 Finale...but you probably already knew of this. ^_^

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Amieva [2006-12-29 18:16:18 +0000 UTC]

XD I love how she has freckles

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Kyon-kichi-chan [2006-12-23 23:22:29 +0000 UTC]

Aw damn- I just faved-the-hell out of your gallery and haven't posted one comment XD

Sorry about that.

But your work is simply AMAZING!

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Knitpick In reply to ??? [2006-12-14 02:59:07 +0000 UTC]

I love the concept!

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Kikkiluff [2006-12-03 16:19:50 +0000 UTC]

WOW.
SERIOUSLY, THEY SHOULD PUT THAT IN THE SHOW.

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ShadowIZ [2006-11-05 16:35:45 +0000 UTC]

Did I mention that I love the way you thought about the way that all the avatars are joined. That was a very nice touch Congrats on winning!

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Setalina-Muro In reply to ??? [2006-11-03 06:41:59 +0000 UTC]

So, I dont' know why it is...but I am completly in love with your Avatar YiLin figure...hm....

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ramanth In reply to ??? [2006-11-01 19:41:46 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous work! I love these OC's.

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ramanth In reply to ??? [2006-11-01 19:41:31 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous work! I love these OC's.

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BloodRose13th [2006-11-01 02:40:05 +0000 UTC]

This has to be one of the most awesome avatar pics I've seen in a long time. I love your coloring and the way your characters express themselves.
Keep up the good work!

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cheese-slave [2006-10-31 17:13:52 +0000 UTC]

Well colour me impressed.

Excellent work, both in the drawing and the background.

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raeraem [2006-10-31 16:20:42 +0000 UTC]

Totally loving this Definite fave! Also, congrats on your win in the Avatar OC contest here on DevArt!

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deida-chan [2006-10-28 22:25:33 +0000 UTC]

She does have a cute headress! The one as YiLin as a little girl is so adorable! !

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ShadowIZ [2006-10-27 14:56:56 +0000 UTC]

Nice design, it's nice to see a girl avatar for once! ^^

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Fire-Lotus [2006-10-10 21:53:02 +0000 UTC]

This is great.

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song-lee [2006-09-02 18:45:14 +0000 UTC]

I love that she doesn't have hair and she so beautiful. nice work

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YukiBlueSnow [2006-08-23 00:25:10 +0000 UTC]

"...that seemed to be laughing for 1000 years."
I LOVED that phrase... She is a beautiful character X3

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Zulema [2006-08-10 01:37:28 +0000 UTC]

Even the girls have to shave there heads! lol XD

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HopeDoodles In reply to ??? [2006-06-28 08:38:47 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I loves it~!

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Jojobaah [2006-06-25 05:38:33 +0000 UTC]

Questiooonnn!
Actually, a couple:
1.) How old was Princess Hiashi when YiLin was killed?
2.) Was Hiashi still under YiLin's care at that time?
3.) What happened to Hiashi after YiLin died? How did she cope?
4.) a.) How long do you think it would take for an Avatar's statue to be created after they die?
b.) How many statues do you think should be made of each Avatar? A guess is fine. ^_^

And... I think that's about it. Hope you don't mind the questions ^__^' *grovels and burrows underground*

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NSO-Earthbender In reply to ??? [2006-06-15 19:00:09 +0000 UTC]

very creative, beautiful job!

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cozmicomicollector In reply to ??? [2006-06-12 01:22:16 +0000 UTC]

hey there


so i don't normally comment on old pichures that have enough comments in them to burden the artist forever (though maybe you're used to it ^_^), but i gotta mention this.

so i say this(even if you're prolly already of it considering you prolly watched the new season): the pichure in itself is amazing, and i love how yoy make it how blad women can ever be pretty; and the story that goes along with it is cute; not at all mary-suish with what normally is
but i also gotta say that, if you didn't notice in the first episode of the new season; they showed a brief clip of the airbending avatar before Aang, and it looked quite abit like your YiLin .>

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Kyasarin131 In reply to ??? [2006-06-03 21:10:24 +0000 UTC]

there's not much i can say about this, except that it's beautiful. i love the painting in the upper right corner.

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Spleef In reply to ??? [2006-05-07 02:01:56 +0000 UTC]

The costume design pwns.

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Roku-fox In reply to ??? [2005-12-02 14:08:45 +0000 UTC]

I love how deep and detailed this peice is. Love in depth story! Good job! Maybe some fanfiction?

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Qwark-o-Ray [2005-11-27 22:22:02 +0000 UTC]

This is so WONDERFUL!!! I LOVE THIS! The Yi Lin's character and story just FREAKIN' BLEW ME AWAY.

Curse you and your amazing story telling talents that make me want to beat more out of you! CURSE YOU, I SAY!

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drgnelf In reply to ??? [2005-11-23 01:46:07 +0000 UTC]

Luuuuurv the scroll! The character is really cool too, really seems to work since no female air nomads have been seen yet.

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NiamiSokka [2005-11-23 00:18:44 +0000 UTC]

I tried drawing a girl from the air nomaids and it serously didn't turn out right. Geez I wish I could draw like you!! :\

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missypena [2005-11-16 00:57:16 +0000 UTC]

i'd like to see this one win. she has an excellent design that's very true to the series. nice work. ^^

-zimmay

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xtheblademaster [2005-11-12 19:36:28 +0000 UTC]

Airbender Love. *Adds to favourites*

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Rach6Libby [2005-11-12 14:19:31 +0000 UTC]

OMG!!! Thatsa soooo weird! My OC's name is HIASHI! Shes from my fan fic [link] omg this is so cool, I spent a long time searching for the perfect name, and Hiashi (which means spreading of a fire) is perfect!

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oliko [2005-11-11 22:24:01 +0000 UTC]

Hm... I was wondering...You drew some similar charas ( I mean, some pics with similar charas) and you put them in 'fanart' section. I don't have a clue where those charas come from, I simply don't know that series. Is it a cartoon? A comic? Or a story?

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Shadow-Bender In reply to ??? [2005-11-11 22:12:36 +0000 UTC]

She's so awesome! I love her hat *wishes I had a hat like that*

I'm wondering, what do those characters in the upper right-hand corner mean?

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Isaia In reply to Shadow-Bender [2005-11-12 06:30:45 +0000 UTC]

I says (or tries to say): "Avatar YiLin, of Air" ...sorta XD

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AzKailani [2005-11-11 18:16:37 +0000 UTC]

Oooh, very interesting!!

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joodlez In reply to ??? [2005-11-11 04:59:45 +0000 UTC]

WOWZ, A FEMALE AIRBENDAARRRRRR. O_O_O I was wondering if they were also bald... I guess they are, according to you. ;[
Sh5t, I love her hat. And rest of her clothes. Awesome designs; she looks so pwnage. o0o

and LOL, how can I win drawing hair when yours doesn't even have any... this totally pwns mine, though. I think you'll win. !! Good luck!

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math-dunce In reply to ??? [2005-11-10 01:56:20 +0000 UTC]

Whoaness. I want to pick out a favorite thing, but everything is so cool! YiLin's statue, the toy (you rock so much for including the toy), the scroll depicting her awesomeness. And then her hatless shot, showing that even hairless girls can be pretty, as seen in the beautiful full sized portrait. I really really like her clothing. Great job, and I wish you luck on the contest (not that you need it; this is a shoe-in for the win).

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Isaia In reply to math-dunce [2005-11-10 07:30:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
And I'm glad you noticed her scroll ^^
BTW: the halfbaked chinese calligraphy says: "Avatar YiLin, of Air"...or at least I tried to make it say that >__>
>D eheh, don't say that I'll win.
Because, a buncha other geniuses could enter the contest and kick my ass muchly ;D

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whirleeq [2005-11-10 01:27:28 +0000 UTC]

I think this is gorgeous...

But I am wondering if the female air nomads would actually shave thier heads... I was thinking that was just a monk thing. Either way, this is a beautiful peice, you have an amazing talent .

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Isaia In reply to whirleeq [2005-11-10 01:36:29 +0000 UTC]

eheh, I wouldn't know if female airnomads/benders shave their heads.

But real female buddhist monks DO actually shave their heads XD
[link]
and have cute headdresses almost like the nuns from Christianity
[link]

also, I based YiLin's costume on not just male Airbender clothes, but from the clothes of the nuns from the abbey in "Bato of the Watertribe". [link]

..I even made use of the little plot bunnie for YiLin about how that abbey came to be ;D

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FacelessMaster3003 In reply to ??? [2005-11-10 01:00:28 +0000 UTC]

awesome^^

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PriestessOfNox In reply to ??? [2005-11-10 00:31:01 +0000 UTC]

Awesome character development, and I love how you extend it to Aang and Zuko. I hope you'll do more in the future.

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Chyou [2005-11-09 20:40:14 +0000 UTC]

awsome! oh wow is that katara? thats so great. ^_^

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Isaia In reply to Chyou [2005-11-09 22:10:24 +0000 UTC]

LOL
nar, it's not Katara >D

It's my own original character.

But she feels very flattered that you'd think it's Katara XD

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Chyou In reply to Isaia [2005-11-09 22:37:51 +0000 UTC]

oh....you sure its not katara? lol. ok..so WHO is she?! O.o and why is she posing as katara?

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Isaia In reply to Chyou [2005-11-10 00:06:10 +0000 UTC]

...
god I'm slow >__>

Yes, That actually IS katara looking at the statue LOL
*goes off to rinse out my brain*

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