Avatar State

The Avatar State is the ultimate technique that all Avatars (past & present) learn when they grow into full powered Avatar.

## Capabililties

The strongest and most powerful ability that the Avatar can invoke is the Avatar State.

This state was created when Wan permanently bonded with Raava by touching the energy coming through the spirit portal during the Harmonic Convergence in 9,829 BG.

It allows the Avatar to channel vast cosmic energies and the knowledge of previous Avatars, granting them increased strength and the ability to perform especially powerful and extraordinary feats of bending.

The Avatar may unconsciously enter the State in response to the perception of mortal danger or high emotional stress, utilizing the State as a defense mechanism.

While in this state, the Avatar has access to bending techniques that may have not yet been learned in their current lifetime but typically has no conscious control over the resulting actions if the state is triggered reflexively or momentarily, which can cause great collateral damage.

An Avatar with full mastery of the Avatar State has conscious control over the State and can enter and exit it at will.

It was by entering the Avatar State reflexively that Aang was able to freeze himself and Appa inside an iceberg for a hundred years by using a combination of airbending and waterbending.

He did not physically age at all during the century, as he was in suspended animation, but it took a great physical toll on his body after being in the Avatar State for such an extended period of time.

While in the Avatar State, the Avatar's eyes glow, as did Aang's Air Nomad tattoos; however, if the body has received an injury deeper than the tattoos, that specific area will not glow in the State.

The white glow is the result of Raava's spirit in the Avatar, and the combination of all the Avatar's past lives focusing their energy through a single body.

When Aang spoke in the Avatar State, his voice encompassed a combination of several different voices at once.

When Aang spoke in the Avatar State during the Vaatu crisis, his voice was simultaneously encompassed with Raava's.

It is possible for an Avatar to control the Avatar State, but this requires great spiritual discipline and concentration: Guru Pathik attempted to teach Aang to control the Avatar State by helping him clear his chakras, but Aang could not let go of Katara in exchange for cosmic power.

Fire Sage Kaja informed Roku to clear his mind, but Roku found emptying his mind of thoughts to be quite challenging and was initially unable to do so.

More often, the Avatar State is activated by danger or emotional turmoil.

Aang inadvertently entered the Avatar State when he discovered that his friend and teacher, Monk Gyatso, was killed by comet-enhanced Fire Nation soldiers.

Aang also entered the Avatar State when General Fong placed Katara in danger by sinking her into the ground with Earthbending.

When in complete control of the Avatar State, an Avatar's eyes glow momentarily, rather than continuously.

It is possible for an Avatar to channel a specific previous incarnation while in the Avatar State.

When this happens, the Avatar takes on the appearance and voice of that previous incarnation.

However, the Avatar will be unable to recall the experience because the previous incarnation takes over the current Avatar's body, necessitating the presence of another person to witness and relay details of the possession.

Aang did this on multiple occasions, channeling Roku twice, and Kyoshi once.

The appearance of these incarnations seems to vary as Roku always appeared as an old man while all the other Avatar incarnations appeared youthful and in their prime.

It is possible that those in the Spirit World manifest visually as they see themselves and not as they currently are: Aang saw himself garbed in Air Nomad attire and with a shaved head within the Spirit World, even when he was wearing a Fire Nation outfit in the physical world and had hair.

Entering the Avatar State allows the Avatar to break free from the effects of bloodbending, as demonstrated by Aang when he dispelled Yakone's hold on him.

## Weakness

It is said that if the Avatar is killed during the Avatar State, the Avatar will be destroyed forever with no reincarnation.

## Users

* Avatars
	+ Yanchen
	+ Kuruku
	+ Kyoshi
	+ Roku
	+ Aang