Avatar: The Last Airbender

## Introduction

**Avatar: The Last Airbender** is a series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. **Avatar: The Last Airbender** is a story about a boy, whose nation (the Air Nomads) was attacked by the Fire Nation and taken out by their power. The boy who had been missing for 100 years was named Aang and he was the Avatar, He was found in an iceberg by the female lead and her brother whose names are Katara and Sokka. His destiny was to battle the Fire Nation to bring peace to his world which he does with his friends (Katara, Sokka, Oppa, Momo, Toph, Zuko). So he goes on an adventure to find bending masters of each element to train him for his inevitable fight with the Fire Lord.

The power system of this universe is the manipulation over a singular element you would be born with, although not everyone can be born with an element they can bend. Element bending was derived from lion-turtles (a hybrid animal in the verse) who would gift those who seek power, the ability to manipulate a single element. The exception to this rule is the Avatar who was granted all base elements to bend to his will. The original benders of each element were said to be Sky Bison's for Air, The Moon for water, Dragons for Fire, and Badger moles for Earth.

The Avatar is the human manifestation of light and peace through the connection with the Avatar Spirit. The Avatar was initially created when Wan permanently fused with Raava during the Harmonic Convergence. The Avatar is tasked with mastering the four element-bending skills and using his or her power to maintain harmony and peace among the four nations of the world as well as between humans and spirits because he or she is the only physical entity capable of bending all four elements. Following the cyclic order of fire, air, water, and earth, the Avatar Spirit leads the Avatar to reincarnate into the following country after death. This is also the customary sequence in which any element is learned, mirroring the order in which the first Avatar, Wan, learned the elements.

Avatar: The Last Airbender isn't only a show but also a collection of comics that go from the beginning to the end of the series, and even go into what happens after the show. And then a spin-off of Avatar: The Last Airbender called The Legend of Korra, goes in depth about the Avatar cycle and more.

## Terminology

**Fire Bending:** Benders born of the Fire Nation who control fire.

* **Lightning Bending:** The ability to bend lightning by separating positive and negative energy, then allowing them to clash into each other. (Sub-class of fire bending)
* **Combustion Bending:** The ability to condense fire so much that it causes a potent burst of energy (Sub-class of fire bending)
* **Lighting Redirection:** The ability to redirect lightning. (Sub-class of fire bending)

**Water Bending:** Benders born to the Water tribes who control water.

* **Blood Bending:** The ability to bend another humans blood, although its considered taboo and is outlawed in Korra. ( Sub-class of water bending)
* **Healing:** The ability to heal yourself or others with water. (Sub-class of water bending)
* **Spirit Bending:** The ability to cleanse evil spirits with the use of water (Sub-class of water bending)

**Earth Bending:** Benders born to the Earth Nation who control Earth

* **Metal Bending:** The ability to bend metal, which was derived from Toph Beifong. (Sub-class of earth bending)
* **Lava Bending:** The ability to bend lava, or create it from pieces of the earth. (Sub-class of earth bending)
* **Sand Bending:** The ability to bend sand. (Sub-class of earth bending)
* **Seismic sensing:** The ability to sense vibrations through the ground. (Sub-class of earth bending)

**Air bending:** Benders born to the Air Nomads who control air.

* **Temperature Regulation:** The ability to change the temperature. (Sub-class of air bending)
* **Flight:** The ability to fly. (Sub-class of air bending)
* **Spirit Projection:** The ability to project your spirit outside of your body (Sub-class of air bending)

**Avatar:** The user of all 4 elements who brings balance to the world

## **Characters**

* Team Avatar
AangZukoToph BeifongSokkaKatara