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{{Character infobox
| nation      = spirit
| image       = 
| name        = Kyoshi's animal guide
| nickname    = 
| eyes        = Green<ref name="TSoK27">{{Cite Kyoshi|227}}</ref>
| skincolor   = 
| skintype    = Fur<ref name="TSoK27" />
| gender      = 
| pronouns    = 
| allies      = [[Kyoshi]]
| enemies     = 
| weapon      = 
| position    = * [[Knowledge Seekers|Knowledge Seeker]]
* Kyoshi's animal guide
| pred        = Unknown, eventually [[Nujian]] <small>(as previous animal guide of the [[Yangchen|Avatar]])</small>
| success     = [[Fang]] <small>(as next animal guide of the [[Roku|Avatar]])</small>
| affiliation = * [[Flying Opera Company]]
* [[Spirit World]]
| appearance  = "[[The Meeting]]" {{oa}}
}}The '''animal guide''' of [[Avatar]] [[Kyoshi]] was a [[Knowledge Seekers|Knowledge Seeker]],<ref name="BtE106">[[Dante Basco|Basco, Dante]] (host), [[Janet Varney|Varney, Janet]] (host), [[F. C. Yee|Yee, F. C.]] (guest), [[Nancy Wu|Wu, Nancy]] (guest). (February 20, 2024). "Bookbending! with F.C. Yee & Nancy Wu". ''[[Avatar: Braving the Elements]]''. Episode 106. Apple Podcasts.</ref><ref name="Letter to Bookseller">{{Cite web|url= https://www.edelweiss.plus/#sku=1419735055&page=1|title=The Shadow of Kyoshi Digital Merchandising Kit Letter|date=June 29, 2020|accessdate=April 27, 2023|author= Yee, F. C.|publisher=Amulet Books}}</ref> occasionally described as a fox.<ref name="TSoK27" />

== History ==
In 312 [[History of the World of Avatar#Dates|BG]], Avatar Kyoshi and [[Flying Opera Company|her companions]] buried [[Yun]] on the [[Kyoshi Island#As peninsula|Yokoya]] peninsula. After the ceremony, all save for the Avatar left after some time. Eventually, Kyoshi was surprised by a sudden gust of wind and noticed sounds behind her; turning around, she discovered the Knowledge Seeker emerging from a bush. Mistaking the spirit for an unusual animal (a non-hybrid fox), she allowed it to approach her and offered her hand. The Knowledge Seeker began licking it, and Kyoshi soon began to scratch the spirit behind the ear. After some time, the spirit suddenly walked away and then moved in a circle, signaling for Kyoshi to follow.<ref name="TSoK27" />

Though utterly confused, Kyoshi decided to go along and was led by the spirit to a small spring. There, she received a vision of Avatar [[Yangchen]]. As the two talked, the Knowledge Seeker opted to rest on a nearby stone, basking in the sun. Following the conversation, Kyoshi realized that the "fox" was a spirit and requested it to lead her back to her friends. The Knowledge Seeker obliged,<ref name="TSoK27" /> and continued to stay by her side from then on. It eventually became Kyoshi's animal guide.<ref name="BtE106" /><ref name="Letter to Bookseller" />

== Appearances ==
=== ''Chronicles of the Avatar'' ===
==== ''The Shadow of Kyoshi'' ====
{{AppearKyoshi|227}}

== Trivia ==
* Kyoshi's initial confusion at the Knowledge Seeker's non-hybrid appearance (with her comparing it to a "falconfox")<ref name="TSoK27" /> is similiar to [[Team Avatar]]'s confusion over [[Bosco]]'s existence in "[[City of Walls and Secrets]]".<ref name="CWS">{{Cite episode|1|214}}</ref>
* In 66 BG, [[Roku]] claimed that Kyoshi only bonded with her animal guide later in life.<ref name="TRoR12">{{Cite Roku|112}}</ref> As she met the Knowledge Seeker in her youth, it is unclear whether Roku was referring to the spirit or another, later animal guide.

{{Succession box
| before = Unknown, eventually [[Nujian]]
| title  = [[Avatar]]'s animal guide
| years = Unknown
| after  = [[Fang]]
}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Fauna]]
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