Vraxx

Vraxx was an earthbender who served as a General and later Marshal of the Earth Kingdom during the years 557 - 571, and later led a revolution against the Earth King, taking hold of the nation and enforcing militaristic reforms. He held the title for about one year, until the Black Lotus surfaced.

## History

Becoming a General of the Earth Kingdom at a rather young age due to his mastery of lavabending, Vraxx's most recognized accomplishment was his defeat of General Valderly of the Water Tribes. Although it is known that he burned him away with lava, how he achieved this victory has not been yet revealed.

### Imperial Coalitions (565 AG - 567 AG)

Later, the beginning of the Imperial Coalitions in 565 AG caused the Earth King to send a sizable, elite force led by the now Marshal Vraxx (His title of marshal was given to him in response to his triumph over Valderly) to the swampy Air Nation, an ally of the Earth Kingdom. Stationed in the crescent-shaped continent, Vraxx was to defend their friends from an attack if needed, meanwhile training his troops and preparing further measures. No particularly significant assault came during the first coalition, aside from both Air Nation and Earth Kingdom troops fending off an Imperial army which had landed to test the resistances.

Once the war ended, Vraxx kept his troops in the Air Nation due to the Earth King's orders; Another war would brew once the allies recovered, and recalling Vraxx's army would serve no purpose. When the second Coalition began, the periodic raids on the Air Nation coastline were becoming increasingly fierce. Vraxx, possessing the bulk of the current Earth Kingdom army, readied to defend the last unoccupied nation from the Fire Empire invasions.

#### Air Nation Invasion

Eventually, sooner than expected, on October 2nd, the main invasion fleet of the Fire Empire did come. Boasting about 200,000 men aboard the ships, excluding crew to man the vessels, it was truly one of the most massive invasions ever to be seen. The fleet spanned across the entire continent's view, as the arrival of Water Tribe forces under General Larousse brought more reassurance to the defenders. To add to the odds, Vraxx had previously trained a legion of Foggy Swamp Tribe men native to both the Air Nation and Earth Kingdom, to use the swamp and marsh to their advantage as they knew how to work with it. With Admirals Cromwell and Burlington aboard the fleet, they recognized that it would not be an easy fight.

Luckily, Vraxx had employed the use of tens of masterful tactics, such as strategic positioning atop mountains and setting up of elementals below. Due to his thinking, the initial barrage was a total disaster for the Fire Empire. Thousands of men instantly fell upon reaching the shore, with barely any imperial soldiers treading further than that. The Foggy Swamp Tribe caused even more chaos, becoming one of the main factors that would turn the battle in the allies' favor.

After a while, including the dropping of an EFD 2.0 bomb on the fleet by Marshal Felix, the activation of more of Vraxx's tactics, the crippling strength of the Air Nation's troops and air force, the elite Earth Kingdom troops, the navy and assistance of the Water Tribes, it had become obvious that the Fire Empire would lose with a devastating defeat. However, before either side could assure their victory, a final obstacle arose in the form of Morris's eleven commanders, who immediately caused more havoc. Vraxx, Felix, and Larousse went to confront the eleven, and after a very short battle, killed each of them.

#### Siege of Inferno City

Vraxx conversed and planned with Admiral Cromwell, who had revealed himself as one with the resistance, about the future attack on Inferno City. After about a month of planning, gathering forces, and making last minute preparations, the assault was initiated, and on November 7th the allies set out, going through the bay.

Inferno City's resilience proved tough. Although what remained of the Imperial military was rather pathetic in comparison to the other nations, General Livingston and Morris were present at the battle, and the city was much harder to successfully mount than expected. The great gates of Azulon provided an advantage to the Fire Empire before they were destroyed.

Marshal Vraxx climbed the mountain with his allied commanders to ensue combat with Livingston, and the EFD 2.0 Cannon was unveiled. Vraxx immediately noticed the threat and demanded that his troops find a way to disable it. However, their attempt to disable it did not last long; Although successful at first, Morris had made his way atop the cannon, empowering it with his own energy. Leaving Livingston bound by earth and ice, Air Elder Zheng used airbending to fly Vraxx and the others up to the top of the cannon, then beginning to fight the Emperor himself.

Morris was not a weak combatant, however, and put up an exhausting final stand against the seven commanders, until the cannon was destroyed and they fought on the ground in front of Inferno City. Soon after, the Avatar arrived and began to battle Morris himself at the same time. Eventually, Morris activated his white flame armor mode, causing Vraxx to go into a wild frenzy, in the end pinning Morris down by binding him with earth and leaping onto him, ignoring the searing energy against his fists. He made way for the Avatar to strip Morris of his bending, leaving the former Fire Emperor with nothing of his grandeur left.

### Reign as Earth King (574 AG - 575 AG)

Succeeding the war, Vraxx remained a marshal of the Earth Kingdom and loyally served for years, training a lavabending legion headed by himself to bolster the Earth Kingdom army. But this proved to have an ulterior motive when Vraxx rebelled against the Earth King, leading a short revolution which ended in the siege of Ba Sing Se. The seasoning of his troops was too much to hold out against, and the lavabending regiments absolutely crushed the opposition. Vraxx himself defeated the Earth King and crumbled the city's walls with ease.

#### Invasion of the Water Dominion (574 AG)

Immediately, Vraxx demanded an island territory which the Air Nation had captured and held from the Fire Empire during the first Coalition. The Imperials had taken it from the Earth Kingdom, who were the original owners of the land.

This caused tension between the two nations, resulting soon in a war after Vraxx was unable to convince, nor be convinced due to several factors. The newly found Water Dominion, which had sided with the Air Nation, was the prime target for Vraxx. Being a new nation, they would be weak and not have much of an army at their disposal to hold out, while the Air Nation was not an easy area to invade. Vraxx himself led an invasion, assisted by Felix's Fire Nation, to the Water Dominion's southeast, while another army targeted the north. In the south, Vraxx had an easy time disposing of the futile Dominion militia. When he came to check upon the northern army, the incompetence of its generals resulted in its surrender and near-defeat, even after threatening General Vorian with death if he failed. Admiral Cromwell showed as well, and the two forced the garrison of the north to surrender.

Negotiations took place, because Larousse begged Elder Zheng to give in rather than letting his nation fall. The island was returned to the Earth Kingdom, and the Water Dominion's lands were given back.

Back in the Earth Kingdom, just outside of Ba Sing Se, Vraxx issued a punishment to the three Earth commanders who failed him in the operation by demoting all three, and melting their left arms off using his lavabending.

### Black Lotus

In 575, the Black Lotus began to surface, three appearing in the Earth Kingdom, and King Vraxx was one of those sent to combat them after they were recognized as a massive threat and infiltrated Union City during a world meeting, taking a bone of the feared Acnologia. On Tenrou Island, the Black Lotus faced off against Gale, Kelvin, Romulus, Vraxx, the Avatar, and the freed/reformed Morris. Vraxx primarily fought Jackal, and at times, Valerian, until Acnologia's resurrection was complete. Acnologia, after more combat, fired off a beam at the world leaders, who disappeared, leading him and the Black Lotus to believe that they were dead.

However, it was merely one of the Avatar's defense mechanisms, as they were transported to a white realm where they met Raava, the spirit of light. Raava blessed each of the leaders with a massive boost in strength, causing them to be able to defeat and kill three of five of the Black Lotus when they returned.

The Avatar, Morris, and Vraxx squared off against Krom, who was unable to hold for long as the Avatar pierced his body with a beam of holy light. Krom absorbed the energy from the pillar of darkness which had been present in the center of the island for the entire battle. This granted him the ability of shadowbending, as Krom moved the island and deformed it to the point of being indistinguishable and ravaged. Vraxx and the other world leaders quickly transported themselves to Union City as Krom left to meet with Acnologia to destroy the city.

Vraxx watched as the shadowbender betrayed the dragon just east to the city, out at sea, tethering Acnologia with chains which dragged him into the shadow realm. The world leaders leaped in, especially after seeing Morris take on five demons sent by Krom, who held a magical book, with ease, to fight against Krom.

During the battle, Morris was killed in sacrifice for the Avatar by Krom, and Vraxx jumped at the book that Krom had so foolishly left on the ground. The Avatar copied Krom's ritual, while the others provided a distraction. Cromwell entered the battle as well, with Morris's former power siphoned into him due to Morris's last act, to aid the world against its most powerful enemy.

This did not last long for Vraxx, as Krom readied to expand an attack to finish them all off. Vraxx leaped in front of the attack, causing a hole to be burned through his body as he used up all of his energy left in his system to badly harm Krom with his lava, causing damage that Krom could not reform due to the sheer power. But the Earth King was finished. He fell and breathed his last breath, alongside Morris in the afterlife.

### Legacy

When the Black Lotus was finished, the Avatar held a ceremony acknowledging the two deaths that had occurred against Krom. Two graves were placed in Union City, with their bodies buried beneath them. When Union City was recreated into Union Hold, the graves were carefully moved and still remain.

In history books, Morris and Vraxx were told to be some of the greatest heroes (and sometimes villains) ever. Their legacy was spread and they were widely acknowledged for their feats and accomplishments.

## Trivia

* Due to his position as a prime general, Vraxx was named after the War God of the same name from *Tears of the Gods.*