Hiraya te Salem Ka'art'ite, the last of the nomadic Terapaxti, has chosen the shadows. A survivor of the RDA's cruelest experiments, she knows a bitter truth: in a world at war, her mutated blood is not a gift - it is a prize to be exploited by humans and Na'vi alike. ​Her carefully guarded solitude is shattered when a stranger stumbles into her sanctuary. He doesn't come with shackles or syringes; he comes with a gentle smile and a name that carries the weight of a legend. ​"I am Neteyam te Suli Tsyeyk'itan. Son of Toruk Makto. It is nice to meet you, Hiraya."

Neteyam's arrival at the Metkayina clan gives Pay'ra a purpose to heal her relationship with her first love: the sea