Yangchen's network

Soon after beginning her Avatar journey, Yangchen began recruiting people as associates, informants, and spies. From this initial collection of individuals emerged a global network of assets and allies of varying loyalty to the Avatar.
The network's core was Yangchen's personal team, consisting of Kavik, Tayagum, Akuudan, Jujinta, Pik and Pak, and Nujian. This group was a potent force of bending and martial arts masters who excelled as secret agents, capable of high-level undercover missions.
The Avatar's wider network included long-time loyalists such as Boma, indebted associates like various shang merchants, and even powerful ex-enemies like Yingsu, Chaisee, and Kalyaan. Furthermore, Yangchen served as the administrator of four rich cities, Bin-Er, Taku, Port Tuugaq, and Jonduri. In this position, she could use the cities' resources to further her own cause and support her network.
== History ==
=== Foundation ===
When Yangchen began her Avatar journey, her following was limited to her flying bison Nujian, her winged lemurs Pik and Pak, and her guardian Boma. In her first mission, the Avatar was forced to deal with the wrathful spirit General Old Iron, who attacked the Earth Kingdom city of Tienhaishi. After a great battle, Yangchen was forced to strike a deal with the spirit. This agreement resulted in Tienhaishi being abandoned and its people resettled across the Earth Kingdom.
It was during this resettlement when Yangchen realized the need to make underhanded deals and engage in deception as well as spycraft to aid others. She subsequently began to build up a network of allies. Among the first recruits were two Water Tribe warriors and lovers, Akuudan and Tayagum, whom she rescued from Earth King Feishan's prisons. Yangchen provided the two with the chance to start a new life in Jonduri, a shang city-island overseen by Zongdu Chaisee. Immensely grateful for her aid, Akuudan and Tayagum subsequently volunteered to serve as the Avatar's chief spies in the city.
As time went on and her network expanded, Yangchen created a number of false identities; these were designed to either be used as a disguise for her agents or as alleged recipients of secret messages to cover up her information trail. Many of these false identities were non-existent relatives of Boma, eventually resulting in the old man seemingly possessing a large family spread across all nations.
=== Expansion and Bin-Er crisis ===
By Year 17 of the era of Yangchen, the Avatar suspected that the influential shang merchants were not just abusing their power on a massive scale, but also involved in shadowy operations threatening the four nations. Thus, she and Boma visited the shang city of Bin-Er to investigate. She used the opportunity to first attempt to pressure the local shangs into improving the living standards of the local population, and later went undercover to learn about the merchants' plans. Furthermore, Yangchen blackmailed an errand runner, Kavik, to become another network member during her visit to Bin-Er. Though initially unwilling to work for her, Kavik proved to be an essential addition to her team and gradually became the Avatar's friend.
Kavik's value to her operations was proven when he infiltrated Chaisee's network with the aid of Akuudan and Tayagum. This mission was supposed to uncover a secretive project overseen by some shang merchants, codenamed "Unanimity". While Yangchen was occupied with other Avatar duties, Kavik gradually gained access to the shangs' secrets. In the process, he also got close to Jujinta, an exiled fighter of exceptional skill. Eventually, Kavik was discovered by Chaisee's right-hand man, namely his own brother Kalyaan. Blackmailed by his sibling, Kavik relayed outdated information to Yangchen so that Kalyaan's true employer, Henshe, could bring "Unanimity" to Bin-Er. Deceived, Yangchen set out for Port Tuugaq.
Despite his betrayal of trust, Kavik provided his bison whistle to Jujinta and later secretly sent a letter to Yangchen so that the rest of the Avatar's network could still stop the shangs' human weapons. This allowed Yangchen, Jujinta, Akuudan, and Tayagum to arrive in time at Bin-Er to fight the first demonstration of "Unanimity", namely three powerful combustionbenders. Together, the team subdued the combustionbenders and captured Henshe.
=== Legacy ===
Even in her own lifetime, Yangchen was adored and almost worshipped by people across the world, partially thanks to her extensive network and its positive effects on the lives of many. The self-sacrifice of two comrades of Yangchen was remembered and honored following her death, though the intense devotion to Yangchen herself meant that her forces' achievements were often attributed solely to the Air Avatar. Conversely, her companions were sometimes blamed for the negative aspects of her operations.
At least two of the cities she had overseen, Taku and Port Tuugaq, continued to prosper for centuries. Taku was ultimately destroyed in the early Hundred Year War.
== Members ==
=== Core group ===
* Avatar Yangchen
* Akuudan
* Jujinta
* Kavik
* Nujian
* Pik and Pak
* Tayagum
=== Network associates ===
* Boma
* Chaisee
* Kalyaan
* Noehi
* Teiin
* Yingsu
== Enemies and rivals ==
* Chaisee (later turned into an asset)
* General Old Iron
* Henshe
* Kalyaan (later turned into an asset)
* Thapa
* Xiaoyun
* Yingsu (later turned into an asset)
== Notes ==
== References ==
== See also ==
* Organizations in the World of Avatar
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