Champion: The First Probender
Champion: The First Probender is an Avatar: The Last Airbender fanfic by GenghisQuan. The story takes place four years after the end of the series, and the Four Nations have organized a tournament in Ba Sing Se in order to celebrate the coming together of nations through friendly competition. Six teams, each comprised of an OC and a canon character and representing one aspect of the post-war world, compete against each other in a round robin format. They are:
- Team Northern Water Tribe: Ximen Qing and Mai
- Team Southern Water Tribe: Katara and Brad
- Team Earth Kingdom: Lin Hayate and Lan-Feng
- Team Fire Nation: Ouyang Yunfei and Ty Lee
- Team White Lotus: Kazuma and Toph
- Team Muggle: Kei Mallari and Sokka
As the title may imply, the story is an imagined account as to how the sport of Pro-Bending may have come into being, but as the plot progresses, it becomes clear that the war is still fresh in everyone's minds, and behind the scenes there are forces seeking to bring the newly realized peace to an end.
This is Not Just a Tournament after all.
- Absurdly Sharp Blade: Sokka's Space Sword, Kazuma's sword (cuts through the head of hammers), Yunfei's Windbreaker (cuts loose hair)
- Action Girl: Pretty much every girl that fights in the tournament and then some.
- Alliteration: Author is somewhat fond of this in prose. Xin Fu also does this in his role as emcee.
- Arranged Marriage: Between Yunfei and Ty Lee, which was why she ran off to join the circus prior to the events of A:tLA.
- Audible Sharpness: Yunfei's sword Windbreaker (he does come from a clan of master smiths), as well as most other Ouyang blades.
- Blade on a Stick: Kei's weapon of choice
- Call Back: Author has fun with stuffing as many references to the original series. Almost as much fun as he has with...
- Call Forward: Author also has fun putting in references to The Legend of Korra as well.
- Chekhov's Gun: Many.
- Dance Battler: Kei and Ty Lee
- Encyclopedia Exposita: The "Codex Entries" at the end of each chapters, which provide supplemental worldbuilding besides. This is also a bit of a Shout-Out to the Mass Effect series.
- Fantastic Racism: due to the end of the war. Combines with Fantastic Slurs Tribal, Earther, Matchstick, and Twinkie (though the last one doesn't really have anyone it can be used on)
- I Call It Vera: Windbreaker, Yunfei's sword. Clan Ouyang as a whole does this.
- Martial Arts Do Not Work That Way: Avoided. Author trains wushu, along with Shaolin (which Firebending is based on) and Tai Chi (which waterbending is based on).
- My Country, Right or Wrong: Yunfei says this during a heated debate with Kazuma. Shijie later says the modified version of this.
- Paparazzi: Hawagul bin Kadeer al Urumqi
- Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Kei knows Wing Chun.
- Tournament Arc: quickly becomes Not Just a Tournament
- Shout-Out: Many in each chapter.
- The most notable are the Codex Enteries which are obviously inspired by Mass Effect
- Repeated references are made to the Zhaoka Incident
- Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: Brad.