| abstract | - The village was originally habituated because its fertile volcanic soil was conducive to fruitful agriculture. Because of its hidden location in the mountains, Makapu Village was untouched by the Fire Nation for the duration of the Hundred Year War. Travelers heading along the coast often stopped by for food, supplies, and most notably to have their fortunes read by renowned fortuneteller Aunt Wu. The villagers had absolute faith in Aunt Wu, including her annual cloud-reading prediction in regards to whether or not the nearby volcano, Mt. Makapu, would erupt during the year. During Team Avatar's visit to the village, Aunt Wu predicted once again that the village would not be destroyed by the volcano. However, when Avatar Aang and Sokka climbed to the top of the volcano to fetch a rare panda lily for Katara, they saw for themselves that it was bubbling with lava and about to erupt. The villagers, having confidence on the validity of the fortuneteller's prediction, disregarded Team Avatar's warning, prompting Aang and Katara to change the village's supposed fortune by using bending to manipulate the clouds into the symbolic shape of "volcanic doom", which, according to Aunt Wu's cloud-reading book, was a skull. Upon convincing Aunt Wu for a second reading of the clouds, she confirmed the volcano's impending eruption, inciting the villagers to band together in order to dig and earthbend a large channel around the village to divert the anticipated lava flow. Although the lava streamed into the channel as planned when the volcano erupted shortly after, it soon began to overflow. Aang was forced to use airbending to cool and solidify the molten rock as it splashed up against the bank. Aang's airbending saved the village, leaving behind a large rock wave as a permanent reminder of the volcano's dangerous potential. Nevertheless, the villagers were unfaltering in their faith in Aunt Wu and claimed that her prediction turned out to be true as the village had not been destroyed, much to Sokka's annoyance and frustration. Team Avatar left soon after. The village was briefly visited by Zuko and Iroh when they were tracking Katara's scent with the aid of June's shirshu.
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