#bumihc

Bumi is a very affectionate man who shows his love and appreciation to his friends and family through physical touch.

Bumi owns a small, quaint house within the neighbourhood the Southern Water Tribe immigrants live. He bought it before he married Meya. They were supposed to live there and raise their daughter there. Fate had other plans, and Bumi was left alone living there when he wasn’t on missions. When Meya finally decided to come to Republic City with Ila, the worst happened, and she lost her life. Ila was left in the care of her grandparents and was raised on Temple Island until she was fifteen. 

Two years after the conclusion of Book Four, Bumi is considered, skill-wise, a master airbender. However, he chooses not to get the tattoos. He’s lived his whole life as a nonbender and doesn’t want to change his lifestyle.

Bumi is a genius who learns through observation. While his parents were training his siblings, he soaked in every move; he needed no direct instruction. Born a nonbender, he developed his own fighting style—drawing from airbending and waterbending techniques and later adding firebending to the mix after countless training sessions with Iroh. 

Bumi doesn't know how to cope. After his wife's death, he fell apart. He picked fights to feel something, shut down emotionally, and buried himself in work. Guilt consumed him—he blamed himself for not protecting her and their daughter. In his grief, he even turned on his father, then fell to his knees, pleading for the impossible: Please, bring her back, Dad. You’re the Avatar.

Bumi’s favourite flowers are yellow snapdragons and sunflowers. He also loves poppies, daisies, and bushclovers.