Genji

*This article is about the character. For the series, see The Legend of Genji*.

**Genji** is the current incarnation of the Avatar and immediate successor of Avatar Korra. Born and raised in the Earth Kingdom, where he learned earthbending, specially sandbending. He is the main protagonist of *The Legend of Genji*.

Born and raised in a small sandbender settlement, Genji's family moved to the bustling city of Jinsha following the forced relocation of sandbender tribes 4 years ago. Genji traded his homemade sand-sailor for a mop and bucket, taking on odd jobs around the city to support his mother and little sister. Now 17 years old, Genji is a skilled sandbender, but also a chronic truant who struggles in school.

## History

### Early life

Genji was born into the Hami tribe, a group of nomads who lived in the Si Wong desert from Khotan and Zahra. At one point Genji turned out to be a bender and his father trained him. Years later his sister Shai was born.

### Displacement

In 204 AG, the Earth Federation, the new government that had replaced Earth Kingdom, found itself overwhelmed by economic problems and to create more jobs and revive the economy decided to invade the Si Wong desert to exploit the fields. of oil and mines present there. The sandbenders tribes held out as best they could, but dozens of them were driven out of their homeland, including the Hami tribe.

Thus it was that Genji and his family found themselves forced to live in the city of Jinsha. A year later Khotan left them to return to the desert and Genji found himself the man of the house. To help his mother pay the bills, he dropped out of school to do odd jobs here and there, and then began to work permanently in the Old Lao's repair shop. Other than that Genji occasionally wrestled in the Sandbox a ring where Sandbenders fight each other for prize money and did jobs for a thug named Malik.

### Book One: Sand (沙)

One day several bills came to pay and since a curfew had been imposed after the riots in Omashu in Jinsha and other cities, Genji's mother could no longer do her night work. Not wanting to worry her, Genji didn't tell her anything and decided to have a match in the Sandbox against a very strong bender, Quicksand in order to get a big win.

Unfortunately he was defeated and Malik who had attended the meeting offered to make a delivery for him and despite initially not wanting to, in the end he let himself be convinced.

Genji carried a load of bombs to the Red Sands, but after it was paid the suitcase opened and he saw what he had carried, so the Red Lotus adepts said that now that he had seen, they could not let him go.

Fortunately, after seeing that Genji was just a boy, the Red Sands decided to let him go, but on his way home he was caught by his mother and this sparked an argument, which was interrupted by a series of explosions, which destroyed the family home.

## Trivia

* Genji is the second known Avatar not to have been identified as such. The first is Kyoshi.
	+ Curiously both are successors to a young dead Avatar who belonged to the Water Tribe.
* Genji is both the first known Avatar to have a non-bender parent, and the first Avatar not to be an only child.

## References

1. ↑  "This second part gives a brief overview of what happened to the world after Avatar Korra's sudden and mysterious passing. And, it gives a quick glimpse at how each of our main six characters ended up where they are when the story starts 👀🤔" - The Legend of Genji (@legendofgenjiofficial) • Instagram photos and videos (www.instagram.com)
2. ↑ Meet Genji — Legend of Genji (legendofgenji.com)