What Happened To Toph’s Parents After Avatar: The Last Airbender?

After their daughter was born without sight, the Beinfongs sought to protect her from an outside world they feared would harm her. Thus, Toph grew up safe but guarded in the gilded cage of her parents’ opulent Earth Kingdom estate in Gaoling. By coincidence, Toph eventually encountered a group of Badgermoles — the original Earthbenders — who taught her how to use her natural gift of Earthbending. 

Years later, Toph became a competitive bender in Gaoling’s underground fighting ring, where she earned the nickname “The Blind Bandit.” It is here that she meets Aang and his friends, whom she ultimately joins in order to teach the budding Avatar the art of Earthbending. Effectively running away from her constrictive life to save the world, Toph was briefly pursued by her parents’ hired mercenaries before losing contact with them completely. It was only after the war ended that Toph would learn the fate of her family.