When it comes to shows that last a lifetime and live on in the hearts of their fans, then Avatar: The Last Airbender is a show that fits that description perfectly well. This is because the show somehow managed to include everyone in its storytelling, and at the end of the day, there is hardly anyone who has seen the series that has not been touched by its uniqueness. Truly there are very few shows like it, so it is fondly remembered. This fodness even translates to merchandise and paraphernalia; anything that can remind fans about the show is considered golden. And that includes any Avatar the Last Airbender Wallpaper.
In light of this, we’ve compiled some of the most amazing entries from the Avatar the Last Airbender wallpaper list; and we bet you’ll love them to bits.
What better way to start this list than with a canvas poster wallpaper that fully represents the climax of the series? Thus wallpaper showcases the primary characters from the third book; the Book of Fire. We have Sokka, Katara, Aang, Toph and a surprising addition of Zuko. On second thought, maybe not so surprising, considering by the third book, Zuko has switched sides and is now Aang’s firebending teacher. It’s a perfect piece, sure to draw wows and oohs from anyone who sees it, and we can just imagine it over a mantle in the home. Or even over a bed.
This is another canvas poster wallpaper, and this time we have the titular character himself; Avatar Aang. In this wallpaper, Aang looks to be in the avatar state, with his tattoos glowing as they do whenever he goes superpowered. Behind him is Sozin”s Comet, which is surrounded by a beautiful crimson hue. This is ironic considering the fact that the comet embodies the end of the world for the three nations as they know it. Luckily, Aang was able to defeat the Phoenix King and save the world from impending doom.
There are few things as disarming as Aang’s smile, truly. And this canvas wallpaper poster shows just that. It also pays homage to each of the three books in the series. The first frame shows Aang in the ocean swimming; a clear reference to the Book of Water. The second panel shows Aang in a cloud of orange smoke, and that symbolizes the Book of Fire. The third panel shows Aang surrounded by stalagmites, a pointer to his time learning how to bend earth in the Book of Earth. This wallpaper captures the true essence of the show in simple details, and would be a perfect addition to any collection.
While we actually got just three actual seasons of the animated series, the story does not end there. The tie in comics serves as continuations, and the first comic, often referred to as Avatar The Last Airbender Season 4: The Promise. Now in this wallpaper, we get to capture the true essence of that tie-in comic. Not to brag, but we mention this wallpaper is a must-have. It does after all feature Aang, Toph, Katara, Zuko as the new Firelord, Sokka and even Momo as they try to find out what really happened to Zuko’s mother.
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Avatar State Aang
Aang is very rarely angered or distressed to the point where he is visibly fierce. But in this wallpaper we can see that the Avatar is on his edge. He has entered the Avatar state, and is now bending all four elements at the same time. Whatever the case may be, something serious has definitely happened for the otherwise peaceful and easy going defender of all elements. He’s even breathing fire.
Overlooking Aang
In this wallpaper, we see Aang overlooking the world as it stands. It is clearly different from the one he left behind, and from the colors and hues you can tell this is a pretty intense scene. This particular scene was taken from the intro sequence of the show itself, and you can just hear Katara recounting the events of the hundred year war as you look at this fine masterpiece.
Avatar: The Last Star Wars
This last wallpaper on our list is a bit of a parody. It is an interesting take on both franchises, imagining Avatar The Last Airbender characters as Star Wars Characters. Sokka appears as legendary voyager Han Solo. Appa is his trusted sidekick and companion Chew Bacca. Uncle Iroh appears as Yoda, not an unusual portrayal, considering the level of wisdom both characters exude. Momo is none other than JarJar Binks. Finally, we have Katara as Padme Amidala, Zuko as Anakyn Skywalker on the Darkside, and Aang as Obiwon Kenobi. It’s the best cosplay you can think of.
Zuko is arguably the most popular character in the entire Avatar franchise. And it’s easy to see why when you consider his journey through the series.
The story arc of the Fire Nation prince is probably the most complex of any character in the series. He first appears as the main antagonist, winding up as one of the main heroes.
The story most people know is Zuko’s story as depicted in the Avatar: The Last Airbender series. And that’s understandable. The most engaging elements of his story are arguably from that series, anyway.
But the reality of Zuko’s story is NOT the simple “happily-ever-after” implied at the close of The Last Airbender. The complexities become even deeper in our anti-hero’s journey later in his life.
This article re-tells Zuko’s life story. You can use the contents to skip to any particular time during Zuko’s life that you most wanted to read about. And for a summary of Zuko’s legacy, then skip to the last section of the article.
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Zuko’s Life Story
Zuko Before The Last Airbender
Birth
Zuko’s father, Ozai, was the second-born son of Firelord Azulon and the grandson of Firelord Sozin. But Ozai had ambitions of power, despite his older brother, Iroh, being true heir to the throne. Zuko’s mother, Ursa, was the granddaughter of Avatar Roku (the Avatar that preceded Aang).
Understanding Zuko’s family tree is essential to understanding the complexities of his character. It is at the very core of his conflicts. But more on that later…
Zuko, although powerful as a firebender when we met him in Avatar: The Last Airbender, didn’t show bending skills until much later than most newborns. He apparently lacked the “spark in the eye” of firebending infants, a fact that caused great anger and disappointment in his demanding father. Ozai was ready to kill the child, such was his disappointment at his own son’s shortcomings. Ursa, Zuko’s mother, intervened to prevent Ozai’s disposal of Zuko – the only reason he stayed alive. Amazingly, that wouldn’t be the last time her actions saved Zuko from his father. But more on that a little later…
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The Eagle and the Turtle-Crab
As he grew up, the family sometimes took holidays to Ember Island – memories Zuko remembered as the few happy experiences he had growing up. On one such holiday, as a three-year-old, Zuko witnessed an eagle attacking a turtle crab. He saved the turtle crab from being eaten by the eagle. It was one of Zuko’s first displays of empathy.
But Zuko looked back at the eagle. It occurred to him, then, that predators such as eagles would starve without eating other animals: deep-rooted moral conflicts grappled within the young Prince for the first time.
Just then, a wave surprised him and pulled him into the ocean. He drowned and became unconscious. But Ozai actually saved his life, retrieving him from the water. Ozai was angry all the same, perceiving weakness in Zuko’s mind. That his son was concerned so much with helping the needy disappointed the future Fire Lord. For the rest of the day, Ursa comforted Zuko while he vomited sea water. Zuko’s mother, so often, was the only consolation in his harsh upbringing.
Ember Island was the only place where Zuko remembered feeling part of a family. Clearly, though, it wasn’t all happy-families for him there…
Growing Up with Azula
Zuko’s sister, Azula, is an extraordinarily cold and clinical villain throughout the Avatar franchise. As a child, she displayed natural intelligence as well as skill in firebending – Ozai’s dream child, you could say. Her emergence as a infant prodigy estranged Ozai even further from his firstborn, Zuko. Taking Azula under his wing, the girl would grow to be as much a frightening prospect as Ozai himself.
Naturally, then, Zuko didn’t draw much comfort from having a younger sister. Quite the opposite. There were several instances where Azula made his life more difficult than it already was.
She once set his butt on fire for telling their mother about her setting a bush on fire (I must admit, I did laugh a little bit at that one!!). Another time, she devised a plan after noticing a mutual attraction between Zuko and her friend, Mai. Azula’s plan consisted of setting an apple on fire atop Mai’s head, knowing that Zuko would act to protect her – and act he did! In trying to knock the apple off her head, Zuko knocked her into a fountain and landed on top of her. Azula and Ty Lee laughed at their misfortune, with Azula also telling Ty Lee: “I told you it would work!”
Their mother would often bemoan Azula’s ruthlessness. Her own mother thought of her as a “monster,” Azula herself would later reflect. Ozai was thrilled by her natural flair, conversely.
“You Were Lucky to be Born”
Azula once described her’s and Zuko’s firebending teacher as a “dummy” during a family dinner.
Zuko responded: “He’s not a dummy! He just thinks that proper firebending technique has to start –“
But Ozai cut him off.
He snapped at Zuko. Azula had mastered 14 more firebending techniques than Zuko had at that point, despite being two years younger.
Ozai’s went on to tell Zuko that he was lucky to be born, whereas Azula was born lucky.
Fierce words from a fierce father…
Positive Male Role Models
Ozai wasn’t the only male influence in Zuko’s life, though (luckily).
Piandiao – who later taught Sokka (of Team Avatar) the art of swordsmanship – taught Zuko to fight with two broadswords. Piandiao encouraged Zuko to nurture his great potential. Ozai was unable to even recognize that potential.
But it was his uncle Iroh – “the Dragon of the West” – who was clearly Zuko’s most notable male influence.
Iroh recognized that his younger brother, Ozai, treated Zuko harshly. He kept an instinctive eye on poor Zuko whenever he was around. After his own son, Lu Ten, died in battle, Iroh grew even more attached to his dear nephew. In essence, Iroh treated Zuko like his own son.
It was unfortunate for Zuko that Iroh was so often occupied as a War General during his childhood. The confidence boosts Zuko so needed throughout a childhood riddled by put-downs from his father and sister may have come regularly from a consistently present uncle Iroh. Notably, however, Iroh did send Zuko a dagger which had the words “Never Give Up Without a Fight” engraved into it – a gift that Zuko would hold dear for many years. It was gestures like this that would stick with Zuko during challenging times
Uncle Iroh’s influence would go on to be a crucial factor in Zuko’s character arc, as you will soon see. But not before Zuko received even crueler treatments from his father…
Azulon Calls for Zuko’s Sacrifice
When Zuko’s uncle was still known as General Iroh, his son, Lu Ten, died in battle. Iroh subsequently retreated from his siege of Ba Sing Se as a result of his utter heartbreak. His motivation for battle had all but fizzled out. Ozai subsequently called for a meeting with his father – Fire Lord Azulon.
During the meeting, he bid Azula showcase her firebending skills and war strategy nous to impress the Fire Lord. Feeling left out, Zuko volunteered to showcase his own firebending skills. But he embarrassed himself, falling flat on his face during his demonstration.
Unimpressed, Azulon dismissed Zuko, Azula, and Ursa (who comforted Zuko in his embarrassment) to speak in private with Ozai. Azula and Zuko eavesdropped on this meeting, though … and didn’t expect to hear what they heard.
Ozai requested that he be made Azulon’s new heir to the throne, given Iroh’s loss of a natural heir to carry on his own line. Azulon was disgusted. He told Ozai that he should learn to understand Iroh’s suffering. At that point, Zuko ran away – frightened by what he might hear next. Azula, though, stayed to listen to the juicy details.
Azulon asserted that the only way Ozai could understand Iroh’s suffering is if he lost his own first-born son. The implication, of course, was that he should sacrifice the underwhelming Zuko.
Ursa’s Sacrifice
When Azula proudly told Zuko and his mother about Azulon’s request, Zuko refused to believe it. Ursa, meanwhile, went to speak directly with Ozai.
Given their poor relationship, Ursa could only negotiate with Ozai. She eventually agreed to leave the Fire Nation and never return if he would spare Zuko’s life. Ozai reluctantly agreed.
As of the next day, the kingdom assumed Ursa missing or dead. As for Zuko, his only consistent source of love had left him at just 11 years old. He wouldn’t learn any more about her disappearance for many years.
Banishment
And Zuko’s emotional turmoils didn’t end there.
Two years later, after Ozai had taken his place as Firelord, Iroh permitted Zuko to join the other generals in a war meeting. Iroh insisted that Zuko keep quiet during the meeting, but Zuko – a fiery teenager – couldn’t resist. He criticized the proposed strategy of an established war general, infuriating his father, Fire Lord Ozai.
As we’ve seen, it never took much to trigger Ozai’s pent-up anger at Zuko. But what happened next nobody could’ve expected. Ozai called Zuko to fight in an Agni Kei – a combative firebending duel for the honor of the participants. Zuko agreed … but didn’t realize that it was his own father that he’d be dueling.
Zuko begged his father not to fight him, down on his knees. But the Fire Lord proceeded to burn his son’s eye, leaving the permanent scar that is synonymous with Zuko’s character in the Avatar franchise.
Ozai then stripped Zuko of his birthright and banished him from the Fire Nation. Ozai told him that he must capture the Avatar if he were to regain his honor. A virtually impossible task considering the fact that the Avatar hadn’t been sighted for almost 100 years.
Still, Zuko set forth. Fortunately for him, his uncle Iroh couldn’t bear to see his dear nephew roaming the world lost and alone. So he joined the Prince in the obsessive search for the Avatar that followed…
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Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender (Book One: Water)
Avatar Hunting
For two years, the banished Prince searched all over the world for the Avatar. He looked in all the four air temples and in the most obscure of places, leaving not a rock unturned.
While sailing close to the Southern Water Tribe, Zuko noticed an ethereal blue light in the distance – shooting from the ground up into the sky. He instinctively knew that a phenomenon so powerful couldn’t have come from anything but the Avatar … and how right he was.
Not long afterward, he saw a flare coming from an old Fire Nation shipwreck. He looked closer with his telescope. And there he was: The Last Airbender. It surprised Zuko to see him floating over the shipwreck like a young whippersnapper, though. After all, the Avatar ought to have been more than 100 years old by that point.
The Avatar moved towards a nearby Water Tribe village with a Water Tribe girl; Zuko pursued him.
Avatar Aang handed himself over. Finally, Zuko felt he would be able to earn his father’s respect! But Katara and Sokka atop Appa, the flying bison, saved the Avatar after the ship has set sail. It wouldn’t be the last time Zuko’s Avatar hunting would disappoint him so much, either.
Zuko frustratedly continued that chase of Aang for the majority of Book One: Water. His pursuit was not without distraction, though…
Agni Kei with Zhao
Zuko and his uncle Iroh crossed paths with Zhao – Commander of the Fire Nation Navy and a powerful firebender. Zuko hoped to avoid such an audience. But their ship needed repairs after the battle during Avatar Aang’s escape. When they found Zhao’s fleet, there was no choice but to ask for help.
Realizing that Zhao would certainly try to capture the Avatar for himself, Zuko urged Iroh to help conceal knowledge of the Avatar’s return from the Commander. But Zhao knew something was wrong. He had Zuko’s crew interrogated and learned of their mission.
Zhao then asserted that the task of capturing the Avatar was too important to entrust to a teenager. Naturally, Zuko angrily challenged the Admiral to an Agni Kai.
To be fair, though, Zuko handily defeated Zhao. He even also spared the Commander’s life at the end of the duel. But Zhao attacked Zuko as he walked away. Uncle Iroh blocked his cheap shot, though. Iroh then told Zhao that, even in banishment, Zuko was honorable than he was. Zuko clearly appreciated the encouragement from his loving uncle.
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The Blue Spirit: Rescuing the Avatar
It dismayed Zuko to learn that what he hope to prevent had come to fruition … Commander Zhao succeeded in capturing the Avatar.
In response, Zuko dressed up as ‘The Blue Spirit’, sneaking riskily into Zhao’s quarters and ‘rescuing’ the imprisoned Avatar. He couldn’t stand the idea of Zhao delivering the Avatar to his father. That would ruin the chance of Zuko himself regaining his honor by completing the task his father had set him. It would only be another reason for his father to deem him surplus to requirements.
After their escape, Aang soon realized that the Blue Spirit that helped him escape was none other than his nemesis, Zuko. Aang suggested that the two of them could be friends … but Zuko attacked him. Aang quickly escaped but it wouldn’t be long before their paths crossed again…
Capturing the Avatar
Zhao destroyed Zuko’s ship after learning that he was responsible for the Avatar’s escape. But Zuko managed to evade Zhao’s notice while hiding aboard the commander’s ship.
Zuko eventually managed to escape the ship and captured Avatar Aang while he meditated into the spirit world.
He tied the Avatar up and carried him on his shoulder while trekking across the treacherous iced-over landscape around the North Pole. As the ground broke beneath his feet, Zuko sought refuge in a cave. There, he spoke to the unconscious Avatar, giving air to his turbulent emotional past.
Zuko pointed out the irony that, when he finally captured the Avatar, a snowstorm stood between him carrying him to the Fire Nation. Then he compared Aang to his sister, whose life, he explained, always went smoothly and according to her plans. And he referred again to his father’s harsh statement that Azula was born lucky while Zuko was lucky to be born – then going on to claim that he doesn’t need luck.
“I’ve always had to struggle and fight, and that’s made me strong. It’s made me who I am.”
Zuko, in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book One: Water, ‘The Siege of the North Pt. 2’ (Episode 20)
When Aang returns to consciousness, though, he attacks and traps Zuko under a pile of heavy snow. Team Avatar turns up to save him, but Aang insists on saving Zuko from under the snow – recognizing that his foe would surely die if they did nothing.
Zhao’s Death
During the Siege of the North, Zuko attacked Zhao again for trying to kill him. But Zhao got dragged to his death by the hand of the great water spirit, La, combined with Aang in the Avatar State. Zuko offered a hand to pull him back to safety, but the stubborn Admiral refused.
After the battle, Zuko left the scene with his uncle Iroh. It took Iroh by surprise that Zuko no longer seemed obsessed with capturing the Avatar. “I’m tired,” Zuko told Iroh.
“A man needs his rest,” Iroh explained, as Zuko – worn out – lay back and fell asleep.
Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book Two: Earth
Azula Inviting Zuko Home
Princess Azula tracked down Zuko and Iroh – now branded as traitors by Firelord Ozai – convincing Zuko that his father wants him back home again.
Excited at the prospect of being back in his father’s favour, and of going home, Zuko happily joins Azula on her ship. But when the captain of Azula’s ship accidentally refers to Zuko and Iroh areas “prisoners,” the Prince and his uncle realise that they need to escape Azula’s grasp.
Their ties and links to the Fire Nation: completely severed. Using the dagger Iroh had gifted to Zuko as a boy, the pair cut off the topknots of their hair. They realized that it was time to assume new identities separate from their royal heritage.
Zuko Alone
The pair traveled through the Earth Kingdom together, with Iroh begging for change and Zuko dressing up again as the Blue Spirit to steal food from locals.
After growing frustrated with Iroh’s passiveness, Zuko decided to leave his uncle behind and pursue his own path. In the popular episode ‘Zuko Alone’ (Book Two: Earth, Episode 7), he worked with a poor Earth Kingdom family who regularly struggled in dealing with the local soldiers. Despite actually being Earth Kingdom soldiers, they treated local people poorly. When Zuko stood up to a group of those soldiers, local people display real gratitude toward him. He is fed and sheltered by the family, forming a close emotional bond with their young son, Lee.
Zuko had regular flashbacks to his childhood during this, the first time he had spent away from his life as a Fire Nation prince. He remembered Azula’s tormenting; his father’s cruelness; his mother’s love.
He realized, in the present, that he would need to move on eventually. And Zuko left the young Lee a parting gift: the pearl dagger that Iroh had gifted to him as a child.
Reminiscent of David Carradine’s Kwai Chang Caine in Kung Fu, Zuko slumbered (like a true nomad) in a humble pile of hay. But Lee’s mother unexpectedly awoke him. She told him that the village soldiers stormed their home, demanding food, and her son pulled a dagger – the one Zuko had gifted to him – in defense. With a sense of obligation, Zuko returned to the village.
He bravely fought the soldiers alone, without the use of firebending. But the large group overwhelmed and knocked him down. After another flashback – of his mother telling him “never forget who you are” – Zuko awoke and defeated the soldiers with his firebending.
Despite his help, the town – including the family he had returned in order to help – turned against him. He fled the village once more, with glares of hatred burning in the back of his head from the villagers he left behind.
Back to Iroh
Zuko’s experience riding solo clearly taught him a lot. He was able to experience the goodness that exists within people from other nations, and the difficulties they face. The people the Fire Nation were invading, he learned, were good, proud people. Zuko slowly realized that he didn’t want to be part of the tyrannical empire that his father was building.
Still, Zuko’s journey from ‘villain’ to ‘hero’ was far from over.
Next, he followed Azula’s tank train trail, revealing himself during her own face-off with Avatar Aang. The face-off quickly exploded into an all-out battle in which Team Avatar (now including Toph Beifong), Zuko, and Iroh quite ironically fought together against Azula, the common enemy.
The six of them cornered Azula, who feigned a surrender. But she slyly shot lightning at her uncle Iroh, badly injuring him. Team Avatar came to help, but Zuko firebended at them and told them to leave.
In the following days, Zuko took care of his uncle, while Iroh taught him how to redirect lightning.
Feeling confident that he had mastered the technique, Zuko asked Iroh to shoot lightning at him for practice. When Iroh refused, Zuko left in a rage.
Seeking out a thunderstorm, he stood at the edge of a high cliff. He screamed at the heavens. “You never held back before!” he declared, urging the universe to somehow retaliate to his anger. Zuko fell to his knees and burst into tears. No lightning struck him.
After returning to Iroh, the pair headed to the walls of Ba Sing Se…
Ba Sing Se
Iroh’s positive, friendly demeanor – along with his obvious passion for tea – landed himself and Zuko jobs in a tea shop.
After impressing with tea-making skills, an entrepreneur offered Iroh the opportunity to open a new tea shop. He offered Iroh a higher pay rate, creative freedom to build the shop however he please, and even a fancy new apartment. Post-banishment, Iroh couldn’t have imagined a better situation to unfold for him … unfortunately, Zuko didn’t feel the same way.
Zuko continued to sulk and whine about how his life was panning out. Iroh, then, made it his business to shake Zuko’s leg on his behalf.
When a regular customer to the tea shop – a teenage girl called Jin – showed interest in Zuko, Iroh convinced his nephew to go on a date with her.
Although reluctant at first, Zuko had an enjoyable (albeit awkward) time with Jin. Upon returning to the tea shop, he even told Iroh that his evening was “nice” (shock horror!).
It wasn’t long, though, before Zuko learned of the Avatar’s presence in Ba Sing Se…
Metamorphosis
He dressed up, once more, as the Blue Spirit and managed to find the Avatar’s flying bison – Appa – locked up in captivity. But during the process of claiming Appa, Iroh turned up.
He confronted Zuko:
Iroh: What do you plan to do now that you have the Avatar’s bison? Are you going to keep him locked up in our apartment? Should I make him tea?
Zuko: First I have to get him out of here…
Iroh: AND THEN WHAT?! You never think these things through…
Zuko & Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book Two: Earth, ‘Lake Laogai’ (Episode 17).
Iroh talked Zuko down expertly. He referred back to when the Avatar’s friends saved him back at the Siege of the North, suggesting that Zuko is not in his right mind. Iroh challenged Zuko to look deep within himself to discover what it is that he really wanted in his life. Zuko eventually freed Appa, returning to the apartment with his uncle and dropping the Blue Spirit persona forever.
Zuko then fell into a deep fever. He slept and hallucinated for a number of days, his inner conflicts playing out visually in his mind’s eye. So far removed from his usual behaviour, freeing the Avatar’s bison plummeted Zuko into what Iroh described as a “metamorphosis.”
Zuko was changing. He started out as the tyrannical Firelord’s son; he was becoming a hero that the war-stricken world so badly needed.
And when he awoke from his fever, Zuko was a much friendlier and positive companion for Iroh.
Loyalties Tested
Azula locked Zuko in the Crystal Catacombs during her siege of Ba Sing Se… where he was accompanied by Katara of Team Avatar. Katara expressed extreme anger towards him, which Zuko clearly understood the reasons for.
After talking together for a while, Katara began to sympathize with Zuko’s personal plight. So convinced by Zuko’s transformation, Katara almost applied some of her limited supply of Spirit water – that she had been saving for something important – to Zuko’s face burns. But before she could, Avatar Aang showed up (with none other than Zuko’s Iroh!), distracting her.
Not long after, Azula arrived at the scene. And she warped Zuko’s mind again with promises of acceptance from their father – the promise of happy family life at home, where she told him he belonged.
In spite of his metamorphosis, his experiences of later, and his encounter with Katara, Zuko betrayed his uncle and Team Avatar. Regaining his honor in his father’s eyes remained his top priority.
Before leaving the scene, Azula struck Aang in the Avatar state – with the belief that this would kill the airbender and end the Avatar’s cycle of reincarnation.
Azula assured Zuko that he had made the right choice and had restored his honor; the Prince, though, didn’t feel very honorable…
Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book Three: Fire
Returning Home
Zuko soon learned that Azula had told their father, Firelord Ozai, that it was Zuko who killed the Avatar, not her. She explained that there was nothing for Zuko to worry about if what he told her was true – that there was no way the Avatar could’ve survived. Of course, in the back of Zuko’s mind was the fact that Katara possessed a powerful and healing Spirit water … but he didn’t tell Azula that. For sure, though, Azula knew something was on Zuko’s mind. That’s why she was so willing to sacrifice the glory that comes with killing the Avatar.
Nervous about the Avatar’s potential survival, Zuko hired an assassin – who Team Avatar would later nickname “Combustion Man” – to finish the job.
Nevertheless, Ozai did accept Zuko back into the kingdom. He did restore his son’s honour, that Zuko had sought after for years prior. But Prince Zuko still felt the same as before – torn, angry, conflicted.
Indeed, the only saving grace for Zuko’s stay in the Fire Nation was being reunited with Mai. The pair shared an intimate, romantic relationship upon his return. But even his loving girlfriend caused moments of grief for Zuko.
The Beach
In ‘The Beach’ (S3E6?), Zuko and Mai’s relationship encountered some issues. Meanwhile, Mai, Ty Lee, Azula, and Zuko all opened up to each other emotionally, revealing their individual emotional traumas.
When it came to Zuko, the group pressed him to answer a simple question: who are you angry at?
After struggling with the question, Zuko finally responded by yelling: “I’M ANGRY AT MYSELF!”
It became quite clear at that point that Zuko was not satisfied with the choice he made in Ba Sing Se. It seemed as if he regretted his decision to join forces with Azula, betraying his loving uncle as well as the Avatar.
Despite the therapeutic holiday, including this collective release of emotions, Zuko’s turbulence continued. Things with Mai were much better when they got back to the Fire Nation kingdom, but Zuko self-loathing wouldn’t end until he made one big decision in his life.
In spite of acquiring his father’s approval, Zuko still felt the same levels of inner-conflict that he had done before. Nevertheless, he was close to completing the metamorphosis that he began back in Ba Sing Se…
Discovering His Roots: Fire Lord Sozin & Avatar Roku
Zuko began visiting his uncle Iroh, who had been imprisoned as a traitor to the Fire Nation after the events at the Crystal Catacombs.
Iroh’s influence guided Zuko to discover something he didn’t expect: that the previous Avatar – Avatar Roku – was his great-grandfather.
Iroh explained to Zuko that understanding the conflict between his two great-grandfathers – Avatar Roku and Fire Lord Sozin – was critical in understanding the conflict within himself:
Avatar Roku and Firelord Sozin were the closest of friends growing up. They did everything together! Practiced combat, studied, even pursued romances. They were like brothers. When it was revealed that Roku – who was usually less skilful than Sozin – would be the Avatar, Sozin wasn’t bitter. He was excited for his friend.
But Sozin, after becoming Fire Lord, offered a proposition to Avatar Roku. He suggested that, together, they could usher in an expansion of the Fire Nation. The prosperity that they have built could be shared with all the nations.
When Roku refused this proposition, explaining that the four nations should remain separate, the pair were at odds with each other until Roku died. When Roku did pass away, Sozin had an opportunity to pursue his dream of a Fire Nation empire … and to make matters worse, Avatar Aang disappeared. The rest, as Zuko well knew, was history.
After more friction between him and his father, Zuko finally spoke his mind.
He openly criticized his father’s beliefs and mission, declaring his own intention to leave the Fire Nation and teach the Avatar firebending.
He also assured his father that he would help Team Avatar to end the Fire Nation’s assault on the rest of the world. This, he believed, was his destiny. Ozai then struck lightning at Zuko, who stunned the Fire Lord by redirecting his strike to the ceiling. What a way to stand up to a controlling father!
Joining Team Avatar
He left a letter for Mai, explaining his decision to switch sides, and promptly left.
Finding the Avatar wasn’t too hard – after all, he’d been tracking the Avatar for years prior to making this decision.
Convincing Team Avatar that he was trustworthy, however, was much more difficult.
As a result of his betrayal back in Ba Sing Se, Team Avatar were extremely reluctant to accept him – Katara in particular.
Zuko had to defeat the assassin, “Combustion Man” – who he previously hired to kill Aang – to prove that his intentions were good. Even after that, though, Katara continued to act extremely hostile towards him. She assured him that, if he gave even the slightest impression that he might hurt Aang, then she would kill him there and then. Ouch.
The Sun Warriors and The Firebending Masters
Zuko’s firebending skills all but disappeared as soon as he started teaching Aang. Katara mocked him and joked about the inconvenience. His firebending not working would’ve helped Team Avatar back when he was hunting them, after all.
All the same, his firebending wasn’t working. Zuko suggested that the reason could be that he’d changed sides and that he needed to draw his firebending power from another source. He didn’t want to take strength from anger as he had done before.
Therefore, he went with Aang to visit the Sun Warriors – who introduced the pair to the last living dragons in the world. After Zuko and Aang were deemed worthy, the dragons – a.k.a. “The Firebending Masters” – showed them the source of their firebending power. Fire was not merely a destructive thing, they realized. It was the source of all life.
With the knowledge and understanding gained from the masters, Zuko proceeded to teach Aang. He taught him all he could about firebending in the short time they had before the arrival of Sozin’s Comet – the comet which would give Firelord Ozai the power he needed to overwhelm and conquer all four nations.
Bonding with Team Avatar
Zuko helped Sokka to rescue Hakoda and Suki from the Fire Nation’s Boiling Rock prison. In the process of escaping, he betrayed his girlfriend Mai once again and matched his previously overpowering sister in battle. In spite of his betrayal of Mai, though, she saved Zuko’s life by betraying Azula, who was about to cut the line of the cable car carrying Zuko and co. to safety.
Meanwhile, Katara still couldn’t warm up to Zuko. Even though he’d taken Aang to see the dragons and helped Sokka to rescue her father, she simply couldn’t bring herself to trust him. It was fitting, then, that the two of them would take a trip together … to find the man who killed Katara’s mother.
Zuko witnessed Katara’s use of her brutal ability to ‘bloodbend’, as she showcased the dark side of her personality. But when Katara finally met with her mother’s killer, she couldn’t bring herself to kill the man that she had wanted to murder for years.
Finally, after helping her on this mission, Katara accepted Zuko into Team Avatar. His redemption was complete … almost.
Sozin’s Comet
When Aang disappeared in the days prior to the comet, Zuko – identified as the “expert” of the group at tracking down the Avatar – led Team Avatar.
They couldn’t find Aang. But they did find The Order of the White Lotus. Here, Zuko was reunited with his dear uncle Iroh.
Crying apologetically for his betrayal of his uncle, Iroh embraced Zuko. He forgave the betrayal far more easily than Zuko expected.
“I was never angry with you, Zuko. I was just sad because I thought you’d lost your way.”
Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book Three: Fire, ‘Sozin’s Comet Part 2: The Old Maters’ (Episode 19).
During the last great battle of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series, Zuko fought Azula again. This time, though, they fought in a comet-fuelled Agni-Kai. Zuko got the better of his sister – who showed early signs of her oncoming insanity – and forced her to admit defeat. True to her treacherous character, though, Azula aimed one last bolt of lightning at Katara, who stood nearby. In the last step toward his redemption, Zuko blocked the lightning by diving in front of Katara, seriously injuring himself in the process.
Katara managed to finish off Azula, thanks to her waterbending prowess and rapid creative thought processes. After neutralizing the Princess, she healed Zuko’s new wounds and thanked him for saving her life. No doubt about where Zuko’s loyalties lay existed for her anymore.
Zuko’s Coronation
Aang was victorious in defeating Firelord Ozai, the comet passed, and the world saved. Team Avatar was a success!
Zuko’s crowning as Fire Lord followed. During the coronation, he promised the four nations that he would work with the Avatar to ensure world peace and harmony are restored. He made it his mission to restore honor to the disgraced Fire Nation.
And the icing on the cake for the new Fire Lord: his girlfriend, Mai, forgave him for betraying her (twice!). Everything came up Zuko 🙂
And that was the end of Avatar: The Last Airbender…
…but Zuko’s story was FAR from over!!
Zuko in the Avatar Graphic Novels
Fire Lord Zuko: First Actions
Zuko visited his father in prison as soon as his coronation was complete.
He insisted that Ozai tell him what had happened to his mother … the outcome of that particular narrative reveals itself later, though (patience, dear reader!! We’ll get there).
The first of his major, official acts as Fire Lord was to help usher in the Harmony Restoration Movement. The movement removed all of the Fire Nation colonies from the other nations, allowing the Four Nations to re-continue their previously harmonious relationships together.
Zuko made Aang promise to “end him” if he ever became a Fire Lord similar to what his father had been. In spite of his redemption, Zuko was still concerned that he could turn bad again.
Assassination Attempts & Yu Dao
Restoring the Four Nations to their previous glories through the Harmony Restoration Movement was a popular policy … until it wasn’t.
Six assassination attempts on Zuko’s life shook up his peaceful demeanor. The last attempt came from Kori Morishita – daughter of the mayor of Yu Dao, one of the Fire Nation’s main Earth Kingdom colonies prior to the Harmony Restoration Movement.
The people of Yu Dao were furious with the Movement. They claimed that the decision forcefully removed innocent people from their homes. Zuko decided to investigate further.
When he arrived at Yu Dao, it came as a surprise to him that the mayor’s wife and daughters were actually earthbenders. In fact, Yu Dao was a great example of how Fire Nation and Earth Nation natives could live together harmoniously. Fire Nation people had been living there peacefully for generations.
Zuko, therefore, canceled the Harmony Restoration Movement. In other words, he allowed Fire Nation colonies to remain in Yu Dao and elsewhere. This perplexed Avatar Aang and Katara, who confronted the Fire Lord for his apparent U-turn.
But after some discussions directly with Zuko, as well as a brief conflict between the Fire Lord and Katara, Aang tried to convince the Earth King to change his mind about Yu Dao.
Mai Breaking Up with Zuko
During the complicated situation in Yu Dao, Mai grew impatient with Zuko’s lack of attention towards her.
Following the several attempts on Zuko’s life, the Fire Lord suffered from nightmares regularly disturbing his sleep. Mai, then, hired the Kyoshi Warriors as his bodyguards.
When Zuko went to Yu Dao, though, he forgot to tell Mai he was leaving. This lack of communication upset her immensely.
Later, Mai learned that Zuko had been holding secret meetings with his father Ozai (in his prison cell). Zuko had originally been meeting with Ozai to learn about his mother’s whereabouts; those meetings, though, had turned into counseling sessions for Zuko’s role as Fire Lord.
When Mai found out about these secret meetings, she broke up with Zuko.
It was yet another challenging and confusing life situation for Zuko to navigate.
The Battle of Yu Dao
After Mai broke up with Zuko, the Earth King marched an army towards Yu Dao in an attempt to reclaim it from the Fire Nation. In turn, Zuko took a Fire Nation army of his own to Yu Dao, prepared for battle.
The battle could easily have escalated into a war, if not for the intervention of Aang. The Avatar headed to Yu Dao, suspecting that he might have to fulfil his promise and “end” Zuko. Luckily, Aang separated the armies by entering the Avatar state and was able to strike an agreement with the Earth King.
Then he turned to Zuko…
Zuko went into metamorphosis again, just like he had in Ba Sing Se when staying with his uncle Iroh. He woke up after 4 days and felt much better. That relieved Aang, who no longer needed to fulfill his promise of killing his friend if he became like Fire Lord Ozai.
After those events unfolded, Zuko tried to get back to the mindset that he had before becoming Fire Lord. This started with re-setting one intention in particular…
Zuko’s Search for Mother … with Azula
He returned to his father’s cell to insist Ozai share more information about Ursa’s whereabouts. But when Ozai refused to help, Zuko turned to Azula – living in a mental asylum.
With the help of his unpredictable sister, along with Team Avatar, Zuko searched for Ursa.
There were many bumps in the road – not least a few fights with Azula (naturally!). Azula also carried with her a letter which implied that Zuko was not Ozai’s son. If true, this would’ve meant Zuko was not the true heir to the Fire Nation’s throne. This, along with a psychotic episode in which Azula was restrained by Team Avatar, made the mission far harder than Zuko wanted.
Eventually, Azula and Zuko managed to reach an agreement. “Why does our relationship have to be like this?!” Zuko lamented to his sister before they made a kind of peace with each other.
Afterward, they arrived in Hira’a – Ursa’s hometown. They were welcomed here by a man called Noren along with his wife Noriko, who also had a young daughter named Kiyi. In search for the man Azula’s letters claim is Zuko’s true father (Ikem), the team headed for Hira’a’s “Forgetful Valley,” where Ikem was rumored to have ventured.
In the valley, an ancient spirit called The Mother of Faces showed itself to them. The Mother told Zuko that she had erased Ursa’s memories and bestowed upon her a new identity. That identity was none other than Noriko – the woman who met with Team Avatar in Hira’a.
Catching Up with Mum
Azula almost immediately attacked Noriko when they arrived back in Hira’a. Zuko managed to stop her attack and restrain Azula. But his tricky sister escaped and ran off into the Forgetful Valley.
Zuko was stopped by The Mother of Faces when chasing her. The spirit asked Noriko, who also followed them, if she would like her memory restored … Zuko’s mother accepted and became Ursa once more.
Ursa embraced her son lovingly, filling a hole in Zuko’s heart that had existed for so many years. She apologised for leaving and explained the letter about Zuko’s father. It turned out that she had faked the letter to anger Ozai. Indeed, Ozai was Zuko’s real father and Zuko was the true Fire Lord.
Zuko played with the daughter of Norem and Ursa, Kiyi – who he then understood to be his baby sister. The siblings got along swimmingly well.
And Ursa finally told Zuko her life story from beginning to end. A satisfying tie up of Zuko’s loosest of loose ends!
Zuko went searching in the Forgetful Valley for Azula, but couldn’t find her (if you think she’s going to make a return … well, aren’t you smart?!).
The New Ozai Society
Zuko was threatened by the emergence of The New Ozai Society on his return to the Fire Nation. This society’s goal was simple: to reinstate Ozai’s nationalist state to power, removing Zuko from the throne in the process.
The New Ozai Society had been bubbling under the surface ever since Zuko’s coronation. But upon his low-key return to the Fire Nation, the society’s leader – Ukano, father of Mai (Zuko’s ex-girlfriend) – decided it was time to attack. Zuko was traveling home with his mother Ursa, sister Kiyi, and Norem (Ursa’s husband), accompanied nonetheless by the Kyoshi Warriors (now his personal bodyguards).
Ukano’s forces successfully captured Zuko and the Kyoshi Warriors, demanding Zuko to relinquish the throne. When Zuko refused, Ukano threatened to burn the caravan that carried the Fire Lord’s family. Disgusted by Ukano’s conduct, one of the masked society soldiers – Kei Lo, who happened to be Mai’s new boyfriend (unbeknownst to Zuko at that point) – unmasked himself and set Zuko free.
Eventually, Kyoshi Warrior reinforcements – accompanied by Mai, no less – came to the Fire Lord’s aid, easily finishing off the New Ozai Society.
The Kemurikage Spirits
A month later, Mai’s baby brother Tom-Tom was kidnapped by what she claimed looked like the Kemurikage Spirits.
The tale of these spirits was a story told to naughty children in the Fire Nation. The myth went that they would kidnap misbehaving children – a narrative used by parents who wanted to get their kids in order.
The kidnappers that took Tom-Tom, though, had taken several other young children for real (and not naughty children, necessarily … hehe).
Zuko offered to help Mai find her brother and the other missing children as soon as he heard the news. He employed the help of Aang, who he supposed would be a great help in dealing with potential dark spirits (being the Avatar and all).
A team of Zuko, Aang, Mai, and Kei Lo (who Zuko was clearly jealous of for being Mai’s love interest) worked together. They headed to the High Temple, where Aang meditated into the spirit world. There, Aang learned that the Kemurikage spirits had not left the spirit world, indicating that the kidnappers were merely dressed like Kemurikage.
A Moment Alone with Mai
During the mission to learn more about the Kemurikage, Zuko and Mai shared some moments of affection.
However, Mai was angered by Zuko when he asked her to compare her new relationship with Kei Lo to the one they had shared. She told Zuko that he broke her heart twice and they should both move on. It seemed to Mai that Kei Lo liked her much more than she liked him; that, she claimed, would prevent her from getting hurt the way Zuko hurt her.
Clearly, there were still feelings between them. But it is still unclear (to this day, reader) whether or not they ever rekindled their relationship due to gaps in the Avatar franchise narrative. You can be sure, though, that this page will be swiftly updated as soon as any such information is revealed!!
Zuko’s Response to the Kemurikage
Zuko soon learned that a military organization had started up in response to the kidnaps – the Safe Nation Society. Zuko angrily enforced that this group should be disbanded or its members would be arrested.
Not long afterwards, though, Kiyi (his stepsister) was kidnapped.
In response, Zuko locked down the entire city and ordered the homes of the Safe Nation Society to be searched. Aang expressed his concern, but Zuko continued to react emotionally. The Safe Nation Society soon kicked off a riot in the city, leading to their imprisonment.
Azula’s Return
Eventually, the team discovered that it was none other than Azula (surprise, surprise!) who led the faux-Kemurikage all along. Zuko fought his sister again, this time being defeated by Azula who seemed to have regained some stability/control in her time outside of the mental asylum.
Zuko told Azula that she was wasting her time fighting him. Even if she killed him, she would never be Fire Lord. But Azula laughed, explaining that taking the throne was not her goal. Her goal was to influence Zuko to become a leader like Ozai, ruling with strength and fear … she also claimed that she had already achieved that goal, citing Zuko’s recent behavior as evidence.
As she told him this, Zuko noticed that his friends had found and saved the missing children. Azula then disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Incidentally, Azula is yet to appear in the Avatar franchise since.
Zuko reflected upon his conduct of late. Azula’s suggestion that she had changed him to be more like Fire Lord Ozai before gave him yet another feeling of guilt. In a speech to the people of the Fire Nation, Zuko apologized for his recent performance as Fire Lord, promising to do better from now on.
The Southern Reconstruction Project
Some years later, Hakoda (leader of the Southern Water Tribe and father of Katara and Sokka) called for a meeting between world leaders. In the meeting, the leaders – consisting of Head Chieftain Hakoda, Fire Lord Zuko, and Earth King Kuei – discussed plans to redevelop the post-war Southern Water Tribe.
This was a project that Zuko was eager to help out and fund. The Earth King, though, was hesitant.
Regardless, Zuko was welcomed with intense hostility by the Water Tribe citizens. They clearly hadn’t forgiven the Fire Nation for the war just yet.
The protestors managed to kidnap the Earth King, luring Zuko into crossing a broken bridge to rescue him. Luckily, Avatar Aang was at hand to help rescue Kuei and things worked out okay.
But it was clear that echoes of the war were still ringing around the minds of people worldwide.
Zuko in The Legend of Korra
Later Reign and Fatherhood
Zuko in older age with his daughter Izumi.
Zuko’s controversial decision to abort the Harmony Restoration Project ultimately proved to be one of his best decisions as Fire Lord.
The Yu Dao example of Fire Nation and Earth Nation citizens living together harmoniously acted as a precursor to the development of Republic City. He was also one of the key figures in initiating the United Republic of Nations, which oversaw more than 50 years of world peace.
Very little has been written of Zuko’s life between the beginnings of the Republic and his appearances in The Legend of Korra (which will be covered in the next section). As with other topics in this article, however, any events that are described in future Avatar franchise installments will be updated into this article as quickly as those events are revealed!
Possibly the most burning questions for fans is that of Zuko’s lovelife.
The Fire Lord did have a daughter named Izumi. However, Izumi’s mother is never revealed during The Legend of Korra, or anywhere else for that matter.
Speculation that Mai was Izumi’s mother has certainly done the rounds on the internet. And the existing Avatar literature leaves plenty of room for that possibility (given that Mai broke up with Kei Lo not long after the events with Azula’s Kemurikage). But Izumi’s mother remains an unanswered question for the moment.
Nevertheless, Zuko did have a daughter. His relationship with her would seem to have been quite positive, too. He eventually abdicated his throne, entrusting it to Izumi in his retirement.
Izumi also bore a grandchild for Zuko, too – Iroh (named for Zuko’s uncle, of course). Iroh would become a general of the United Forces.
One more noteworthy development in Zuko’s life is that he adopted a dragon, which he named Durk.
Helping Avatar Korra
Zuko remained a close friend of Avatar Aang, who would regularly come to the Fire Lord for counsel. On the flip side, Zuko learned to trust Aang’s intuition.
After Aang’s death, Zuko ensured that he was available to the aid of Avatar Korra whenever necessary. Most notably, he helped defend the Republic against the threat of Zaheer and the Red Lotus.
Korra came to Zuko for advice herself after her connection to the spirits of previous Avatars was severed by Zaheer’s brutal assault on her. During a visit to the spirit world, she happened to meet with Zuko’s uncle Iroh, who suggested that she go to Zuko for guidance (as Aang had done before her). Iroh explained that Zuko had a connection to the Avatar spirit himself.
Zuko was stunned that Korra had communicated with his uncle.
Such was Zuko’s good reputation in the Republic, a statue was erected of him near Central City Station.
Death
Zuko’s death is yet to be described in the Avatar franchise. And knowing the topsy-turvy nature of his story, there can be no guarantees that he died peacefully in his sleep!!
That being said, Zuko moved to the paradisal Ember Island after handing the Fire Lord title to Izumi. The idea was that he could relax and retire there … we sure hope that he was able to! And we’re sure that we will hear more about Zuko in the future.
Zuko’s Legacy
Undoubtedly, Zuko’s character arc in Avatar: The Last Airbender left a lasting impact on watchers of TV series’. Not only is it considered one of the best redemption arcs in animated and/or children’s TV history – it is considered one of the best in all TV history.
Zuko’s story is comparable to other epic redemption arcs such as Jaime Lannister and Theon Grejoy in Game of Thrones, Severus Snape in Harry Potter, Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars. Being held up alongside such esteemed company as that would surely be a compliment to any character from any piece of literature!
Avatar: The Last Airbender is a marker point to which all other animated series are compared to. And Zuko is – in no small measure – an important reason for that.
After all, Zuko embodies one of the key themes of the entire series: that good and bad/light and dark exists within everything and everyone. He displays a tendency to be thoroughly hateful, while also proving that he is simultaneously a loving, empathetic character. Don’t we all have such conflicting feelings/morals between love & hate, like & dislike? Zuko represents the human struggle as a whole.
Katara was easily one of the best characters in the Last Airbender series. A waterbending prodigy, she went on to become one of the most prolific benders in the world; even beyond just waterbending. She had a lot of ups and downs over the course of the series, but she maintained her good nature all through regardless. Now, let’s look at some of the best things Katara Avatar ever did in the series.
She brought a lot of balance to the show. She was the motherly figure amongst a bunch of kids who did not know better. She gentle but she was also a protector and would get very angry if anyone tried to cross her or the ones she loved.
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1. Katara Discovered The Avatar
It might have been somewhat by accident that Katara and Sokka found and freed Aang from the iceberg in the beginning of the show, but Katara showed no hesitation in wanting to open it. She also wasted no time in trying to help Aang once she realized what they were dealing with. Along with her brother, this does show how kind that she is. If Katara had been somebody else, then the Hundred Year War might have never ended.
The Avatar was destined to fight the fire Lord, but Katara and Aang were also destined to help the Avatar. He would have never been able to fulfill his destiny without the help of Katara and her brother. They all needed each other to become the best versions of themselves and to help restore balance to the world.
2. Agreed To Become Aang’s Waterbending Teacher
Even though she was not a master bender herself, Katar still agreed to help train Aang. We cannot overemphasize just how important this fact was. She was literally the only waterbender of the Southern Water Tribe, and it naturally fell on her shoulders. However, she could have flaked on her responsibility. Instead, she takes it on. Her selflessness and willingness to help made a huge part in Aang being able to master waterbending as quickly as he did.
Katara became a waterbending master because she was stubborn and unwilling to let old school traditions hold her back. The idea that a woman could only heal was ridiculous to her. Its a good thing because Aang, though he was a fast learning had a lot of work to do in order to be a fully realized Avatar.
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3. Katara Stole the Waterbending Scroll
Early on in the series, the crew found a waterbending scroll that would be a huge boon to their training. Unfortunately, the pirates that had the scroll weren’t going to part with it easily. Katara ended up stealing the scroll. The situation eventually melted into a huge brawl between everyone. While the situation put Team Avatar in danger, Katara and Aang’s waterbending both benefited from using the scroll.
When she stole the scroll that was clearly a stolen product, she shows that she was brave enough to fight for her family and traditions. It put them in a bad spot, but it made for a very fun episode. They had to run from the pirates but they also ran into Zuko and Iroh while they were running.
4. She Forgave Aang For Lying
When Aang intercepts a letter from Sokka and Aang’s father detailing where he is, he fears they may eventually leave him. So to keep his friends from going to seek their long-lost father, Aang does the unbelievable; he lies. By the time Katara Avatar and Sokka find out, the lie has gone on for long. They have every right to be angry with the airbender, but Katara calms down and then eventually forgives her friend. It takes a really heart to be able to do something like that.
The whole show could have been much different if Katara did not choose to forgive. She could have remained bitter and held the mistake against Aang. But she was always good at seeing the best in others. She saw the best in people like Jet and even Prince Zuko. She though that everyone was capable of good.
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5. Katara Avatar Forgave Zuko
There must be something about Katara Avatar’s heart, because it has to be as pure as snow for all the forgiving she does. We can understand her forgiving Aang, but it is her mercy for Zuko that is most baffling. Zuko betrayed her and Team Avatar quite a lot of times, and it is no wonder she objected to him joining them in Book Three. Eventually, she comes around, and they become friends again.
Katara really struggled in the Book of Fire with Zuko and being the nice caring girl we came to know. She wanted revenge for the death of her mom. The anger and pain from losing her mom started to bubble over and she even considered killing the man who murdered her mother. She chose not to kill him but she was still mad at him. In the moment she decided that Zuko would be forgiven because he did everything he could to help her.
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6. Trained Korra in Her Old Age
Korra’s selflessness is unprecedented. Even in her old age she still turns up to help her friends when they need her. We’ve talked about how Katara took Aang’s waterbending training as her task; but he was not the only Avatar she trained. His successor, Korra also was a beneficiary of Katara’s kindness. The interesting thing is, she did not need to do this; she was already in her eighties at this point. But she ignored her limitations and took the rambunctious avatar under her wing.
Katara really wanted the best for the world and all the people in it. She gave her all to Aang and she turned around and did the same thing for Aang. She wanted nothing but the best for these people. As an old woman she could have rode off into the sunset but instead she choose to be their for the next Avatar.
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7. Katara Avatar Freed The Imprisoned Earthbenders
The hordes of earthbenders that were trapped in a Fire Nation prison rig were saved by none other than Katara herself. She purposely trapped herself in order to devise a plan to save the group. Eventually, with help from Aang and Sokka, she did just that. This, in turn, led to the earthbenders freeing themselves from Fire Nation jurisdiction. Once more, it’s all thanks to Katara. What a world builder.
8. Learned Bloodbending
Bloodbending is a…….. strange sub bending art. Granted, bloodbenders are some of the most powerful benders when you look at it, but it is such a dangerous art of waterbending – it is outlawed. But we have one person to thank for this. And you guessed it right; Katara. Her refusal to bloodbend led to its outlawing; but it also shows something. The pure heart of Katara. Knowing the hurt that comes from bloodbending, she used it a few times and decided it needed to go. Even if it meant she would have been one of the most untouchable benders, she did not let that happen. We can be glad Ama is somewhere turning in her grave in anger that her plan did not work.
Bloodbending gave anyone who could do it the power to control another human being. Katara used it to get out of the grips of Ama and she also used it when she was facing off with the killer of her mother. Two very low moments and she hated how it made her feel.
9. Became the Painted Lady
When a Fire Nation village becomes abandoned by the spiritual force that used to protect it because the rivers around it were polluted, Katara takes it upon herself to fill in. In her place, Katara impersonated the Painted Lady in order to help the villagers, who had become sick from said pollution. Eventually, she was able to clean the river of its pollutants with the help of Aang. The real Painted Lady then returned and thanked Katara for what she had done.
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Of course, one of the best things that Katara did was step in and defeat Azula once Zuko was struck down. This was an incredibly tense fight, but in Azula’s declining mental state, she was able to trick her into walking over a grate of water, which allowed her to freeze the almost-crowned Fire Lord. This, of course, was a huge element of the Hundred Year War ending for good.
Its so easy to forget that it was Katara who stopped one of the baddest fire benders to ever walk the face of the earth. All her fire was blue because she was that dope! Azula was crazy but she deserves credit where it’s due. She was an amazing bender. It shows how good of a bender and how Katara was always able to keep a cool mind. She was able to stop stop her right in her tracks and cause her to have a complete meltdown.
The question everyone wants to know is, How did Aang die? Avatar Aang was one of the most beloved avatars in history. Granted, the fact that he was the avatar most people got introduced to at the start of the franchise helped his popularity, but other factors really endeared him to the people of the four nations. When we first met Aang, the world had been plunged into a century-old war, and the Fire Nation had taken over most of it, waiting to deliver the final blow and assume full control of things.
Through the events of the Last Airbender, we see Aang get discovered by Sokka and Katara and begin their quest to train the Avatar so he can take down the Fire Nation and restore balance to the world. They succeed, and Team Avatar works towards rebuilding their world in a better image. By the time we see Avatar Korra take over the mantle, the world has definitely undergone a massive change. It also means Aang is no more. But one question remains; How did Aang die?
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So How Did He die?
We never really get an answer from the series, but from tie-in comics and speculation from different sources over the two series, we can piece together the events that transpired in Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. Let’s dig into the life and death of one of the greatest airbenders in history as we answer the question: How did Aang die?
The History of Aang
Every true Avatar fan knows how Aang was born. He was the next in line after Avatar Roku of the Fire Nation was killed by an erupting volcano in his old age. Roku was 70 when he died, and his death heralded the time of the Fire Nation’s attack; Firelord Sozin realized the absence of the avatar would leave the fire nation almost untouchable. His death also brought about the birth of the new avatar; Aang. But Sozin already predicted the avatar cycle, and so to avoid having problems with a new avatar, he murdered the entire
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How Did Aang Die After Avatar: The Last Airbender?
Though Aang does appear in The Legend of Korra in Korra’s visions, the first Avatar we knew and loved died long before the events of the series. So just how did Aang die? Well Essentially Aang’s death can be attributed to a complicated form of old age.
Avatars generally live long lives. Even Kiyoshi lived to be as old as 230. Aang could have lived just as long, but he was not so lucky. Because he spent a hundred years frozen in the iceberg, even though he was a kid at the time of his discovery, those years began to catch up to him.
His life energy became drained, and at the rather young age of 66, Aang finally died. This makes him one of the youngest avatars to die, second only to Avatar Kuruk who passed at the age of 33 after spending years trying to save his fiance Ummi from Koh the face stealer.
Despite dying so relatively young, Avatar Aang left behind a powerful legacy.
Before he died, Aang tasked the Order of the White Lotus with finding the next avatar. Because of the cycle, we knew that it would be a waterbender. The White Lotus eventually located Korra, a young but very skilled and talented bender. She would go on to carry the Avatar Legacy, and would even contact Aang for advice and spiritual guidance from time to time. That is, until she lost her connection to every other Avatar and became the progenitor of a new avatar cycle.
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How Did Aang Die: Avatar Aang’s Legacy
A person’s greatest legacy is often who he leaves behind and the ideology he instills in them. For Aang, his legacy consisted of his family. Together with his close friend and wife Katara, Aang continued the race of the formerly extinct Air Nomads. He and Katara had just three children, Bumi, Kya and Tenzin, and of those three, two became airbenders.
Although only Tenzin showed his affinity for bending while Aang was alive, it was enough to start the air nation all over again. Eventually, several people in the world would gain air bending after Korra reopened the spirit portal. Tenzin himself went on to have four children who all became airbenders, thus continuing the legacy of the Air Nomads naturally before the spiritual imbalance was corrected by Korra.
Book One
Even in his death Aang was still a very important character. His spirit served as the spiritual advisor to Korra, then seventeen years old, just like how Roku was an advisor to him. Initially, he is only able to give her glimpses of his memory concerning Yakone.
This was about her issues with his two sons, Amon and Tarrlok, who were Yakone’s Bloodbending vendetta products on the Avatar. Only after she loses her ability to bend when Amon takes it from her that things change. Korra allows herself to listen to her past lives, at which point Aang restores her powers by triggering the Avatar State and teaching her to Energybend.
Book Two
In the second season of the Legend of Korra, we find out that Aang and his children had a very warped relationship. Apparently, Aang treated Tenzin differently, making him his apparent favorite, perhaps due to the fact that they were both airbenders.
But it’s revealed that Aang was very negligent of his other children, to the point that even the Air Acolytes did not know about Bumi and Kya.
Aang himself later appears, along with Roku, Kyoshi and Kuruk to Korra in a vision. He encourages her to learn the origins of Wan (the first Avatar) and Raava. Aang also appears in the Spirit World, encouraging Tenzin to move past the legacy of being Aang’s son to find his own path.
The Death of the Avatar Cycle: How Does Aang Die Again?
Korra loses her connection to Aang and the other preceding Avatars when Vaatu the dark avatar takes Raava and kills her. Even though Korra does get the Divine Avatar spirit when she is reborn, fusing with her does not restore the connection. To her dismay, she finds that her spiritual connection to the past avatars is lost forever.
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Book Three
When Zaheer gives an ultimatum for Korra to surrender to him or lose the new airbenders, Korra meditates into the spirit realm. She expresses her wish to call upon Aang’s spirit and ask his advice in saving the new Air Nomads. Iroh’s spirit appears to her, and assures her that, even though Aang is no longer able to guide her, she could always ask one of Aang’s closest friends his nephew, Lord Zuko.
They say a dog is a man’s best friend, and most times that’s a very valid statement. Since the days of the early man we’ve seen the dog become an integral part of human nature, from Hunter to helper to protector and friend. But if the dog is revered as man’s best friend, what is the Avatar’s best friend? The answer to that is what we call animal guides. For Aang, it was none other than the flying bison; Appa Avatar.
Most avatars we know of have an animal companion. Korra had Naga, Wan had the deercat, Yangchen was revealed to have had a sky bison as well, and Roku had Fang. While Kyoshi and Kuruk weren’t shown to have an animal guide, we can still conclude on the importance of the animals. They are often a symbol of the avatar’s connection to nature. Let’s take a look at the animal guides, especially Appa, Avatar Aang’s best bud.
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Appa Avatar
Appa was Avatar Aang’s loyal sky bison. The bison shared a very strong relationship with the Avatar, as well as a flying lemur by the name of Momo. Together, they were all that was left of the air nomad nation. Appa’s most key feature came from the fact that he could fly, despite how big he was. This was all thanks to the sky bisons’ natural ability to Airbend. Appa served as a primary means of transportation for team Avatar, very much like a mobile, flying home.
Early life of Appa Avatar
The air nomads had always bonded with young sky bison calves, who would grow to become their lifelong companions. When Appa was still a young calf who lived around the Eastern Air Temple, young airbenders would meet these young calves and bond with them. The herd’s mother would willingly direct her calves to meet the young monks. And this was how Aang and Appa met. Aang came forward with an apple, offering it to a young Appa. Appa took it from the boy and the two immediately became the best of friends.
A few moments before Sozin attacked the air nomads, Aang heard that the monks had decided to separate him from his mentor, Monk Gyatso. He made up his mind to run away with Appa, and it was in this fleeing that the Fire Nation attacked.
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Journey to the North and Subsequent Discovery
Aang and Appa flew over the ocean, but they were caught in a storm that sent them straight into the bottom of the sea. The waves threw them back and forth, and as a response to the danger, Aang entered the avatar state, freezing himself and Appa. This was how they got stuck in the iceberg for a hundred years.
Exactly a hundred years later, the two were discovered by water tribe siblings; Katara and Sokka. They set on their quest to help Aang fulfil his destiny as the avatar, and Appa served as their transportation as well as home. He was a regular fixture in most of Sokka and Princess Yue’s dates, always bickered with Momo over food, but overall was a beloved friend for all members of Team Avatar.
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Appa Avatar’s Disappearance
Appa became lost for a short while in the Earth kingdom. It is revealed he was kidnapped by a group of sandbenders in the middle of the Si Wong desert. At this time Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Momo were trapped in an underground Spirit library.
We later find out that Appa was sold to beetle-headed merchants, who in turn sold him to a Fire Nation circus. There, a sadistic trainer attempted to make him part of his show. Appa escapes, and hurries back to the desert hoping to find Aang and the rest of the team, but they are long gone. He journeys throughout the Earth Kingdom until he encounters the Kyoshi Warriors, who healed his various wounds sustained on his travels. They would have escorted him back to Aang, but they were attacked by Azula and her friends. Suki forced Appa to flee, while she and the rest of the Kyoshi warriors took on Azula.
On his journey, Appa travelled to the Eatern Air temple, where he met Guru Pathik. The guru was able to tell Appa where Aang was, by reading the avatar’s spiritual energy. Appa then flew to Ba Sing Se, but ended up being captured by Long Feng and kept in a secret location under Lake Logai. It was Zuko who discovered him, subsequently freeing the bison. Zuko had planned to use Appa to lure Aang out, but upon speaking with Uncle Iroh, he decided to do the right thing and let the Avatar’s animal companion go.
Escape from the Earth Kingdom
Appa found the group cornered by Long Feng and the Dai Li and was instrumental in their defeat, biting Long Feng on the leg when confronted by him. Once safe, Aang welcomed him in a tearful display of affection. Appa took part in forcibly entering the Royal Palace of Ba Sing Se, providing the first key piece of evidence to King Kuei of Long Feng’s subterfuge since Long Feng’s bite mark still lingered.
When the Dai Li’s cover-up efforts left the Earth King skeptical of Team Avatar’s claims, Sokka made a last-ditch effort to show the king the ruined Fire Nation drill by enticing him with a ride on Appa. Since his saddle was lost during his capture, the group was forced to ride bareback on him. After the fall of Ba Sing Se, Appa was seen spiriting Team Avatar, including a near-fatally wounded Aang, the Earth King, and his pet, Bosco, out of the now-captured city
Appa Avatar’s Personality
Appa seemed to have a reasonably trusting attitude towards people. He did not hesitate to collect the apple from Aang when they first met. And he became incredibly loyal to the airbender. The bison also took an immediate liking to Appa when they first encountered each other. He however loses this trusting trait after his experience with the sandbenders and the circus trainer. He showed human emotions when he was without Team Avatar, and seemed to care for them a great deal; always coming to their aid at various occasions. It also appeared that Appa was incredibly intelligent; and while he could not speak, he clearly understood human language.
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The Sky Bison: Appa Avatar and Boma
The Air Nomads raised herds of sky bisons for travel and companionship. Humans originally learned bending from sky bisons. Sky bisons are able to form close, lifelong bonds with humans. Appa is initially the only known bison to accompany an Avatar. However, in the tie-in comic, we see that Yangchen, the only other known airbending avatar also has a sky bison named Boma, as well as two flying lemurs. Although this was probably thought to be due to the fact that most air nomads had a bison, regardless of their avatar status. Nevertheless, it seems likely other Avatars from the Air Nomads would also bond and travel with sky bisons.
Dragons: Fang, Ran and Shaw
Roku is the only known avatar to ride a dragon. Firelord Zuko also rides a dragon, however he is not an Avatar. Similar to Sky bisons, humans originally learned to bend by observing Dragons. The Fire Nation originally worshipped dragons. Firelord Sozin started the tradition of dragon hunting. Killing a dragon meant your firebending was better than theirs and your firebending skills became legendary.
Ran and Shaw, the dragons who showed Aang and Zuko the true meaning of Firebending, never bonded with humans. Also, because people had to go hunt dragons, it seems logical most lived in the wild. People have only ridden on dragons twice in the show.
There is no reason to think other Avatars rode dragons.
Badgermoles
Badgermoles were the original Earthbenders and, like sky bisons and dragons, humans, including Toph, learned to bend from them. No Avatar has ever ridden a badgermole. The only tame badgermole was seen at the Earth Rumble VI tournament where Aang meets Toph.
Kiyoshi is the only Avatar from the Earth Kingdom shown in the series and she was never seen travelling with an animal guide.
There is no reason to think Avatars rode badgermoles.
The Moon and Ocean Spirits: Tui and La
There are currently no known animals which bend water. Tui and La, Moon and Ocean, are two spirits who became koi fish in the mortal world. It is said waterbenders learned their bending by watching these spirits and the movement of the tides with the moon, not from a bending animal like the other nations.
Polar Bear Dogs: Naga
Naga is a polar bear dog. The Water Tribe has historically feared them. Korra is the only known human to ever tame and ride a polar bear dog.
There is no reason to think Avatars rode polar bear dogs besides Korra. Even Avatar Kuruk, the only other waterbending avatar, seemed to be wearing a polar bear dog pelt. This probably means the waterbenders used to hunt these vicious animals.
Every show is just as good as its bad guy. While Avatar had plenty of bad guys, from Jet down to Combustion Man, they were all just to keep us waiting for the main Baddie. Azula might have ended up being more of a threat overall, but when it comes to the position of the primary bad guy from the animated series, then no one really takes the cake just like Fire Lord Ozai.
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Voiced by legendary actor Mark Hamill, not much was known about the Firelord except for the brief scenes he appeared in at the beginning of the series. However, as short as those scenes were, one thing was clear. Fire Lord Ozai was a brutal ruler, and an even more brutal father; just ask Zuko or Zuko’s mother. While a legendary character, he however was defeated at the supposed height of his career. Still, he remains one very enigmatic character; interesting enough for us to find out exactly what is behind the man that was once the Phoenix King.
The Fire Lord had his face hidden for the entire first season of Avatar. It built up suspense and made you wonder in your head what he looked like. When they did reveal him, you see that he looks pretty normal but has a very demon like voice and smile to him.
1. He is Voiced By Mark Hamill
We already stated this, but it is worth mentioning again. Afterall, no one else could have really captured the menacing voice that Ozai was meant to have. Interestingly, even in silence, Fire Lord Ozai was an imposing figure to anyone who had the misfortune of being around him. At every single point in time, Mark Hamill captured every fiery emotion that Ozai exuded. From the snide lack of affection for his children to his onslaught on the Avatar in the last fight, Hamill portrayed Fire Lord Ozai in the best of villainy forms.
Mark Hamil is also the voice of many other iconic characters like The Joker from Batman the Animated Series. Mark was able to perfectly capture the essence of the character with his voice. He was brutal, straight to the point and he lacked any real emotion. The only thing he cared about was power.
2. Fire Lord Ozai Killed His Father
Yes, you heard that right. Ozai already had a basket full of evil atrocities by the time we first meet him in the show, and one of them was patricide. In fact, this is the only reason he becomes fire lord, as the throne is rightfully Iroh’s. However, when Iroh’s son dies in battle, Ozai approaches their father to make him his heir in his brother’s place. The infuriated Firelord then asks Ozai to sacrifice Zuko as his punishment.
However, in order to save Zuko, Ursa, his mother and Ozai’s wife, propositioned Ozai to poison Firelord Azulon. Ozai saw this as killing two birds with one stone; as he got to have the throne and Zuko got to live. This would have further secured his legacy and made his claim to the throne stronger. So Ozai goes ahead with the plan and kills his father to become Fire Lord Ozai.
3. He Had No Military Experience
Fire Lord Ozai was a powerful firebender no doubt, but he actually had no experience fighting wars. His brother General Iroh was more skilled, having earned his stripes on the battlefield, as well as the respect of the soldiers. Ozai on the other hand was just royalty. In fact, if it weren’t for his scheming and plotting, he might never have qualified for the throne.
You make the assumption in the show that if Azula is so strong, her father must be that much stronger of a bender. But it’s just not true, he rarely if ever had to fight due to his royalty.
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4. Fire Lord Ozai’s Reign Was The Shortest
While his father Azulon ruled as fire lord for 75 years, and his grandfather Sozin ruled for 78 years, Fire Lord Ozai ruled as fire lord for a much shorter period of time. He only ruled for just five years, which pales greatly in comparison to the length of time his predecessors ruled. While he did commit a lot of atrocities in his time, it was still the shortest reign in history.
5. He Began The Fire Nation’s Industrial Age
Say what you want, but Ozai was a visionary, albeit a murderous one, it was under his rule that the fire nation really improved technologically, down to the point that by the time Sozin’s comet came again, the fire nation had tanks, boats, airships, and other metal war machinery. In that regard, their technological advancements also extended beyond their military. Let’s not forget that the fire nation was the most progressive and prosperous nation at the time as well, thanks to him catalyzing the situation and making their economy better.
6. Fire Lord Ozai Nearly Took Over the World
So many times we hear a villain say they will conquer the world, but not many succeed at their quest. In fact, a lot of them are very bad at their quests for world domination, but there was something about Fire Lord Ozai.
He actually came very close. With the might of the Fire Nation and their new technological war machines, Ozai painted the world red. The might of the Fire Nation at some point became too much for any nation to stand. Even the once impenetrable Ba Sing Se fell, thanks to good old fashioned trickery and spycraft. It was something even the dragon of the west, Iroh couldn’t do.
Of course, he didn’t do it all by himself. He had his father and grandfather’s reigns to thank, but under his reign, the Fire Nation’s hold on other countries increased. By the third season of the series, the Fire Nation has managed to extend their violent influence to 90 percent of the world. If that’s not impressive, we don’t know what is.
7. He Had A Fan Club
Loyalist is a much better word, but you could still call them a dedicated fan club. Fire Lord Ozai was one of the most popular fire lords ever. This is probably because many of the Fire Nation people agreed with him and helped spread his ideals and vision for the world. You can imagine what they tried to do to reinstate him after his defeat at the hands of Aang.
When Zuko took over as the Fire Lord, Ozai’s loyalists rebelled and wanted to put him back on the throne. They didn’t care that he was now a non-bender. Another interesting fact is that it was Zuko’s father-in-law, Mai’s father Ukano that started this rebellion. And guess what they were called? The New Ozai Society. Of course, they failed, but you have to admit that Ozai still having influence even after his incarceration is a scary thing to behold.
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8. Fire Lord Ozai Was A Really Bad Father
This last point is no news. You need only take a look at his children Zuko and Azula to see so. Zuko was such a damaged and lost soul at the end of the series, that it took some divine intervention for him to find his way back to the light. Azula on the other hand was incredibly damaged psychologically. If there is anyone to blame for this, all fingers point at Ozai.
The side characters in Avatar: The Last Airbender are so fleshed out that you can’t separate them from the main characters sometimes. That’s how well written the show is. One of such characters is Ty Lee, one of Azula’s closest friends, if we can call her that. Most of the time, the scenes she is in are focused mainly on fights, so we don’t get to dwell on her other traits. But in this article, we’ll talk about facts you should know about Ty Lee Avatar.
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Ty Lee Avatar: Appeared In A Few Episodes
Eleven. Yep, that’s the number of times Ty Lee appears in Avatar: The Last Airbender. We know, it sounds crazy, considering how it feels like Ty Lee was such a big part of the show. While that’s not wrong, we are made to believe this mostly because of her rather large personality.
In fact, she didn’t make her first appearance until the third episode of Book Two. Furthermore, she only appeared in 11 episodes after that, and even one of those episodes involved her saying no lines. She didn’t even appear in the Legend of Korra series.
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Ty Lee Avatar Was The Only Person Azula Apologised To
It’s an impressive feat to note, almost as impressive as the fact that Azula never apologized to anybody in three seasons on that show. But Ty Lee was the exception, and perhaps it highlights just how serious the friendship between the two girls is. The apology comes after Azula makes her feel bad about her attention-seeking behavior.
The character is often used to show how insane and manipulating Azula was. In the end, it was as if Ty Lee knew all along that she was not really a good friend. Being with Azula meant being around power and that seemed to be the only attractive trait.
She is One of Seven Sisters
When she reveals the fact that she is one of seven sisters in “The Beach”, we don’t quite understand the gravity of that statement. In truth, Ty Lee is one of seven daughters – all of whom look shockingly alike. That really explains a lot about her personality. Her sisters even have similar names to hers. They are named Ty Lin, Ty Lat, Ty Lao, Ty Liu, Ty Lum, and Ty Woo. This totally explains the need for her to constantly seek attention from others, seeing as she does not have an identity when surrounded by her sisters.
Ty Lee Avatar Was A Circus Girl
When she became frustrated at the lack of attention and further lack of identity that came from having six sisters that looked exactly like her, Ty Lee had to do something. So, she ran off to join the circus, and we really cannot blame her for that. Running off was likely the only option she had, the only chance she would ever have at getting what she wanted. Of course, that was cut short by Azula, who ended up pulling the poor Ty Lee back into her evil schemes.
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She is a chi blocking expert
Besides being an incredibly flexible person, Ty Lee also had the distinct ability to chi block. This would in turn block a bender’s access to their bending, and rendered most of them useless in a fight. It was an impressive ability, and she turned out to be a formidable foe. Even when she was faced with a large number of bending opponents, she would simply just take away their bending; tipping the scales back to her favor.
Her Chi Blocking is widely used in the Legend of Korra. All the credit goes to Ty Lee because she was a character who was not a bender but used her Chi Blocking and athletic ability to win fights anyway. She gave real hope to all of the little people.
Ty Lee Avatar: The Kyoshi Warrior
When Ty Lee resisted the will of Azula, she found herself hanging out in a Fire Nation prison alongside the Kyoshi warriors. Eventually, she became friends with this fierce group of ladies, and later even became a member of their team. It was a team-up ordained by the heavens because Ty Lee already showed the skills that the Kyoshi Warriors had always embodied.
Ty Lee never felt like a fully fleshed out bad guy. Azula was a crazy person, and Mai was just down to do whatever would not leave her bored. But Ty Lee never felt evil, she just felt misguided. Her joining the Kyoshi Warriors made a lot of sense.
First Outsider Kyoshi Warrior
You might not know it, but Kyoshi warriors do not take in members, not from their Island. However, Ty Lee was the first-ever non-member of Kyoshi Island to become a Kyoshi Warrior.
Ty Lee Became Friends With Toph
Though the two didn’t interact much since they were on opposite sides of the conflict for most of the animated series, Toph Beifong and Ty Lee did form an unlikely friendship after the events of the series.
In the comics that picked up where the show left off, Ty Lee found herself discontented with her time post-war. She and Toph went to a circus performance to remind the former of her old life. To her surprise, her sisters were doing an acrobatic act together, following in her footsteps. Toph then took her around to more exhibits so she wouldn’t feel so out of sorts.
She Picked the Side of Good
Mai eventually betrayed Azula to save Zuko’s life. This meant that Ty Lee was forced to pick aside. We never really know the lengths that Azula could have gone to, so it really could have ended in death for Mai. Ty Lee could have easily stayed out of the whole business, but instead, she chose to side with Mai, believing Azula to have taken things too far. Ty Lee had to choose to save her friends, so she picked Mai.
Of course, because of this, Ty Lee was sent to prison. It automatically meant her friendship with Azula was over. The interesting thing is that this betrayal seemed to hurt Azula more than anyone else, even leading her to a mental breakdown complete with paranoia. But for Ty Lee, it ended up being a good thing in the long run. She probably would have never met the imprisoned Kyoshi Warrior and become a part of them.
Ty Lee Avatar Wanted To Be An Individual
Remember we mentioned that Ty Lee had six sisters that looked exactly like she did? This was also why she joined the circus. Having so many faces around that look exactly like yours can be crazy, so we assume Ty Lee was always feeling like a part of a group and not really an individual. Through the series, we see she is on a constant quest to find her own identity, and it worked for a while.
Over the course of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series, we meet several characters that further push the show’s story. Some of them appeared as side characters, with bigger roles to play eventually. Others seemed to have bigger implications but ended up just dropping the ball. The Jet Avatar connection cannot be separated because he helped to move the story forward so much.
In this article, we’ll take a look at Jet in Avatar, the leader of the Freedom Fighters, and how such a prominent hero would lose his oath so badly. We’ll also consider reasons why he should be tagged as a hero or tagged as one of the series’ secondary villains.
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Jet (Avatar): Introduction
Jet first appears in Avatar: The Last Airbender in Season One, the Book of Water; Episode 10. In this episode, the team meets a charismatic teenager leading a band of rebels who are fighting against the Fire Nation. This charismatic leader of course is Jet, and although he seems to be on the same side as Team Avatar, Sokka distrusts him from the onset.
Katara, on the other hand, seems to be smitten by the rebel leader. She was very impressed with Jet’s skills, and Jet was impressed in her waterbending ability. They also sympathized with each other over losing family members to the Fire Nation.
Jet had a deep-seated grudge against the Fire Nation, particularly a group of raiders named the Rough Rhinos. This was because the Rough Rhinos attacked his village, killing both his parents and burning it down to the ground.
Ever since that day, he would despise the Fire Nation. Jet dedicated his life to stop them in any way he could. But his plans grew to become severe, even attempting to sacrifice innocent lives to fulfill his agenda.
Over the years, Jet formed a ragtag group of young Earth Kingdom refugees who had been displaced by the Fire Nation. He would call them the Freedom Fighters. He and this group spent their days troubling the fire nation and colonials on the outskirts.
They lived in forest treehouses. Jet had the ultimate plan to finally eradicate Fire Nation presence from the entire forest, so he came up with the plan to destroy the town’s dam. This would in turn flood the forest, and the nearby town, and wipe out whoever was in it.
One day, the freedom fighters looked for a distraction to take out a camp of Fire Nation soldiers. Coincidentally, Aang, Katara, and Sokka accidentally walked into the camp. The soldiers made to arrest Team Avatar, but Jet and the freedom fighters swooped in to save the day. Longshot knocked out the captain with a poisoned arrow, and the Freedom Fighters began fighting the soldiers.
The rest of his group followed suit, and combined with the bending powers of Team Avatar, were able to take out their opponents. At one point in the fight, Jet took out a soldier Sokka was fighting and told him that he had to be quicker when Sokka protested. When the fight ended, the two groups introduced themselves to each other. Katara became infatuated with the charismatic rogue, and Aang was happy to make new friends, but Sokka did not like him.
The Duke found barrels full of blasting jelly, and Pipsqueak found crates filled with jelly candy, both of which Jet called great scores and advised his group not to get the two mixed up. He invited Aang, Sokka, and Katara to dinner at his treehouse.
At dinner, Jet gave a humorous account of the battle to his followers. While Aang and Katara quickly grew to like the Freedom Fighters, Sokka’s dislike and distrust of Jet worsened, particularly because Jet painted him in a weaker light.
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Jet’s Betrayal
Eventually, we find that Sokka was right not to trust Jet. In truth, Jet planned to destroy an entire village to get rid of the Fire Nation, but he was also willing to hurt innocent villagers to do it. Luckily, Sokka was able to warn the villagers before it happened, and Team Avatar left a frozen Jet in disgust and disappointment.
We would see Jet appear in the second season, coming into the city around the same time that Zuko and Iroh were seeking refuge there. Jet asks Zuko to become a freedom fighter with him, but Zuko turns him down.
Later, Jet sees Iroh heat his tea using firebending and becomes obsessed with exposing them to the Earth Kingdom as firebenders. He ends up fighting Zuko in a swordfight but is arrested by the Dai Li.
Now, based on everything Jet had gone through, would it be fair to call Jet a villain since he attempted to kill innocents, or would it be fair to say that he was just a victim of the war? Let’s see why Jet is a hero who just lost his way and the reasons he’s not.
Reasons Why Jet is A Hero in Avatar
Here are reasons why Jet Avatar is one of the most pivotal heroes to the protagonists’ quest to change the world.
1. He Went To Ba Sing Se For A Second Chance
After the whole drama with the Avatar, we don’t see much of Jet for a long time until the second book in the Earth kingdom. Here, we see the freedom fighters, particularly Jet, Smellerbee and Longshot, and Duke, head to Ba Sing Se for a fresh start.
The mere fact that Jet realized his wrongdoings and disbanded the freedom fighters so he could refind his path is more than enough to show he was just a messed-up kid. And it may just have worked had he not seen Iroh heat his teacup.
2. Jet Avatar Overcame The Dai Li’s Hypnosis
After his arrest for attacking Iroh and Zuko at the tea shop, we see Jet try to convince the Ba Sing Se government that there were indeed firebenders in the city. Because Long Feng’s administration intended to make sure everyone within the wall did not know anything about the war, he had Jet brainwashed.
Set on Team Avatar by Long Feng, Jet eventually breaks the villain’s hold on him and turns the tide on his former controller. He even charges at him, attempting to take him down even though he knows the former is an accomplished earthbender.
3. He Merely Wanted To Defend The Earth Kingdom
All Jet ever wanted to do was make sure the Earth Kingdom was free from the Fire Nation’s abuse. He had already suffered greatly at their oppressor’s hands, so naturally, he wanted to make sure it never happened again. Unfortunately, he got obsessed with his mission, and he lost his way.
4. He Helped Team Avatar Locate The Dai Li’s Base
In Ba Sing Se, Jet proved to Aang and the rest of the team that he was back on their side, helping them find their way through the tunnels and to where the Dai Li operated from. Without him, they would have never been able to locate Appa as well and would have probably been successfully tricked into searching on Whaletail Island.
5. He Looked Out For Others Who Were Less Fortunate
The whole reason the Freedom Fighters were set up in the first place was to ensure that people who had no resources to themselves after attacks from the Fire Nation. From the onset, Jet genuinely cared about people, and we see this side of him on the ship taking passengers to Ba Sing Se when he hatches a plan to get good food from the kitchen. He even enlists Zuko in his quest to feed the hungry travelers.
Reasons Jet Avatar Is A Villain
Here are reasons we consider him a typical bad guy in the series
1. He Attacked Iroh In A Public Setting
This is one unforgivable thing that Jet did. Iroh is a fan favorite, even if he is indeed a Firebender and the former Dragon of The West. But he is also a lovely person, one who does not have a bad bone in his body, and Jet attacking him is just unacceptable. The older man just wanted to serve tea!
Even if he had noticed they were firebenders, he could have gone to the authorities. Instead, he attacks them hoping to force them to firebend.
2. He Didn’t Try To Avoid Civilian Casualties
The whole point of the Freedom Fighters was the people. However, Jet loses track of that, even going as far as trying to drown the innocent villagers of the town. All of this he does to get the fire nation out. He doesn’t care if the people get hurt or are killed; he is just blinded by hatred.
3. He Was Driven By Hatred
Jet was driven purely by hatred, and that negates any chance of him having a pure heart. He would have resorted to even murdering innocents to get his way. He demonstrates how deep his hatred runs when he attacks Zuko and Iroh. There are several people around, but he does not care about their safety. All he wants to do is get his way.
4. He Attacked The Avatar
Jet attacks Avatar when it is discovered that he is responsible for trying to drown the village people. He had already denied his involvement, but at some point, he attacks Aang so that he can’t be stopped. It doesn’t get more evil than that.
5. Jet Avatar Lied To Manipulate Others
People lie. Especially the characters in The Last Bender. All through its run, we are faced with a lie upon a lie, a testament that not everyone is honest/ even Aang lied at some point. But if there is anyone who lies the most, then it would have to be Jet.
He lied to Team Avatar, trying to get them to aid him in his vendetta against the fire nation. He also lied to his teammate Smellerbee, a lie that eventually ended in his arrest and even subsequent death.
However you see it, Jet fits the bill of a typical hero and villain at the same time. While most of his run on the series showed him as a bad person, his final moments held a bit of a redemption for him. He died helping the Avatar out.
The Legend of Korra is the sequel to the Last Airbender Series. The Legend of Korra is a TV animation series that aired after the Last Airbender series. It is a series that showcases the next Avatar’s life, her struggles, and her life’s battles. Avatar Korra is a young Avatar who excelled at all the bending disciplines at an early age. She met opposition from a man named Zaheer and his team that was called the Red Lotus.
Avatar Korra was born in the Southern water tribe in the south pole. To understand who Zaheer is, it goes long before Korra was born as the Avatar when the Red Lotus formed. The Red Lotus is an organization operating as direct opposites of the White Lotus. They are an organization that is obsessed with restoring to the natural to the world. Their belief is the natural order is the best way for evolution.
Zaheer is the leader of the Red Lotus Gambit.
Zaheer explaining his ideals to Korra, said
“The Idea of having nations and governments is as foolish as keeping the human and spirit realms separate. You’ve had to deal with a moronic president and a tyrannical queen. Don’t you think the world would be better off if Leaders like them were eliminated?”
– Zaheer
This what they believe and what they stand for. Korra retorts, telling him that chaos would run wild. He tells her that this is the plan.
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Who is Zaheer?
Zaheer, as earlier stated, is the leader of the Red Lotus. He is also an anarchist and a martial arts expert. He believes in the foundation of new world order, one that exists without the Avatar, The Order of the White Lotus, or the four nations. After harmonic convergence in 171 AG, Zaheer was also one of the individuals that were blessed with air bending.
He was and is a knowledgeable person in the ways of the air nation and their traditions. He was also fascinated by Guru Lahima, the only spiritual guru to have achieved flight. After the death of his girlfriend and the love of his life, he attained flight by letting go of his earthly tether and entering the void. He unlocked the ability of flight, making him the second person to have done that in all of history.
The Plan to Take Out The Avatar
Before he achieved this, Zaheer and the Red Lotus planned to capture a young Korra and raise her. Chief Sokka, Lord Zuko, and others banded together to stop him and his three accomplices. They were all imprisoned in high-security prisons that were designed to hold just them. They possessed special abilities that made them formidable. Almost unstoppable, too, but they were defeated by the combined forces of Chief Sokka and the rest of the older Team Avatar.
When he became an Airbender thirteen years later, this enabled him to escape the custody of the Order of the White Lotus. Also, subsequently, he was able to devise a plan to free his allies from the various prisons that they were being held in, including his girlfriend P’Li.
He threw the Earth Kingdom into chaos by killing the Earth Queen and attempted to end the Avatar Cycle by killing Avatar Korra while she was in the Avatar State, as Roku told Aang in the Last Airbender series. “If you are killed in the Avatar State, the Avatar cycle will cease to exist.”
Zaheer was going to capitalize on this and end the cycle permanently.
This attempt failed, and Zaheer’s comrades were killed, leaving him as the only survivor of their group of four. He was later defeated and imprisoned again.
After his defeat, Zaheer was once again imprisoned. This time, he was imprisoned in a new facility near Republic City. To his disappointment, he heard of Kuvira placing the people of the Earth Kingdom under her military dictatorship, thus rendering his attempt to free them from oppression futile. Hoping Korra could stop her, Zaheer helps Korra in 174 AG to meditate into the Spirit World and let go of her fear of him and of “what might have been,” as he explained to her.
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Zaheer joined the Red Lotus as a teenager. He then learned about Raava and Vaatu and Avatar Wan’s decision to separate them. Zaheer strongly believed that this action had disrupted the world’s balance. When he was in his youth, he met a young fire bender.
Her name was P’Li. He had saved her from the clutches of a warlord who intended on making her his personal assassin.
After this, Zaheer convinced P’Li to join him in the ranks of the Red Lotus. Soon after, the two of them eventually formed a romantic relationship. In 158 AG, Unalaq, a fellow Red Lotus member, devised a plan to kidnap Korra. Unalaq was also Korra’s Uncle. This was a plan which Zaheer supported, as they intended to use her to re-open the spirit portals and free Vaatu while at the same time training her in bending and the ways of the Red Lotus.
Although Unalaq ultimately did not go through with the attempted abduction and remained hidden and shielded.
Zaheer, Ghazan, P’Li, and Ming-Hua, however, did go on with his plan, though they were captured and imprisoned by Tenzin, Tonraq, Zuko, and Sokka. Despite being subjected to relentless interrogation, Zaheer and his associates refused to budge or reveal their true motives at any point during their captivity.
Zaheer Releasing His Friends
Soon after Zaheer was able to escape from captivity due to his newly found gift, he was scheming to free his friends from the hold of the White Lotus. He managed to disguise himself as a White Lotus member. He used the uniforms from the guards he had fought off and stolen a speedboat, which he used to make his way to Ghazan’s prison.
On getting there, he fought off White Lotus sentries and supplied his friend with a few rocks to help him escape. Ghazan is a lava bender, and he was able to utilize this assist properly. After Ghazan used his lava bending to release himself from his cell and dispatched the remaining guards, the two friends heartily greeted each other. When he asked Zaheer how he became an Airbender, Zaheer explained that he believed it was a gift bestowed upon him after Harmonic Convergence to indicate that their path was the righteous one.
The Journey Continues for Zaheer…
Afterward, the two of them journeyed to the volcano in which Ming-Hua’s prison was located with the intent of freeing her. Once they were within range of the water bender’s cage, Zaheer sliced the barrel of water that Ghazan had thrown in the air in half, enabling Ming-Hua to utilize it to escape. Their individual prisons were designed to keep them away from bendable elements.
After the trio took care of the remaining sentries, Zaheer announced that they would head to the Northern Water Tribe in order to free P’Li.
As they neared P’Li’s prison, Zaheer created a snowstorm to mask their approach before engaging in battle with Tonraq. The newly gifted Zaheer evaded all of Korra’s father’s attacks before knocking him down with an air blast.
After P’Li was freed by Ming-Hua, the four members of the Red Lotus made a clean getaway. Happy to see each other again, Zaheer and P’Li embraced, the Airbender saying he never doubted he would see her again before sharing a passionate kiss.
Zaheer is one of the most formidable, if not the most formidable, opponent that Korra faced in her time as the Avatar.
Avatar, the Last Air Bender, is one of the greatest franchises of our lifetime. The intricate storyline and immersive world created many unforgettable characters we couldn’t help but get emotionally invested in. You may want to know how some storylines play out like how did Sokka die?
While Netflix’s release of Avatar (mixed with a lot of extra time due to the pandemic) led the show to come back in the limelight, the franchise was one of the most recognizable of our generation. If anything, this popularity only rekindled a passion that was already there.
In fact, the show was so successful; it got a “sequel.” The Legend of Korra was an amazing series. While it did not surpass the original magnificence, it was still amazing and had a lot to offer its audience. Among the new steampunk atmosphere and a new avatar, there were many Easter eggs for fans of the original show.
The Legend of Korra is set after Aang’s death. As the store’s lore goes, Aang is replaced by his reincarnation, Korra, whom the entire story is set around. Although they are quite old by this show’s time, many characters outlived Aang.
We got to experience what happened to some of our favorite Avatar characters – from their children to their elderly selves. This makes sense as the show is actually set 70 years after the original ends. Short enough where some of our teen heroes would still be alive – but long enough that it’s realistic to expect some of them didn’t make it to the party.
Katara, Zuko, and Toph all get to get engaged with the new Avatar at one point or another in the series. However, there was one main character who never made a live appearance. Many fans were sad to notice the lack of Sokka in the new series.
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Where is Sokka?
In the legend of Korra, Sokka does land some onscreen appearances throughout the show. The biggest reference to him helping save Korra. Sokka had many accomplishments in his post-fire-war life, one of which was becoming the chieftain of the Southern Water Tribe.
During his time in leadership, and shortly after the death of his friend, Aang, a powerful group known as “The Red Lotus” kidnapped the new Avatar, Korra. Sokka teamed up with Zuko, Tenzin (Airbending son of Aang and Katara), and Tonraq (Korra’s father) in order to save Korra and stop the kidnapping.
Aside from this action – we really don’t see or hear too much about the character. While the audience knows he’s a significant historical figure, many were sad to discover he died shortly after Aang. There’s a statue of him erected in his honor in front of the Southern Water Tribe Cultural Center. There he is, holding his trusted boomerang.
How Did Sokka Die?
Sokka’s death is never really explained anywhere. While Katara references his death directly, she never really brings it up with any sense of anger or vengeance we’d assume she had. While it seems a little boring, it seems the only real explanation is that he died of old age.
Considering he would be in his 70s or 80s, it’s not too difficult to assume this. While this does feel very young for the cast of Avatar, who has been known to surpass 100 (or even 230) years of age, it seems we can only assume he lived a good life. Avatar is coming out with new material and in that we may find out the answer to How Did Sokka die.
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Many fans were delighted to see that their favorite characters ended up with children. However, there is a lot of mystery surrounding the cast of the Avatar gang’s children. Some people look towards the comic series for some extra insight on how some of our favorite pairings went does, but even then, things can get pretty vague.
There is a huge blank space between where the comic series ended and when Korra began. Even after all these years, we don’t have some of the big answers to some pressing questions.
For example – who did Sokka end up with? Sokka had some pretty intense romantic moments with other characters. Aside from the short-lived affair with Princess Yue (who becomes a moon immediately after sealing a kiss), he had a long-time romance with the Kyoshi warrior, Suki.
They had a lot in common and had a fairly organic, budding passion, and many people found it easy to keep them the happy pair of soulmates. The comics further dove into these stories, and as far as readers know, the two never separated. While Suki and Sokka ended off in the series together, it was never explicitly said in the show whether or not they stayed together in adulthood.
For one thing, there is a serious lacking of Suki in the legend of Korra. In fact, there was absolutely no mentioning of the female warrior at all. This is pretty disappointing as she was a crucial member by the end of the series and leaves the audience to have a lot of questions. Did Suki die a while back? Did they break up? And did she have a falling out with the rest of the gang?
To make matters worse, Sokka didn’t leave behind any kids. Or, at least, that’s what the audience is left to believe. While we got to see appearances from other descendants of Aang’s crew, there was a huge absence in any of Sokka’s kids. This leaves the audience to believe there were none. We aren’t even given a single hint or answer to what had happened.
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Well, that is pretty much all we know about one of our beloved characters. Both he and his contributions are brushed over a little too often. The audience doesn’t get enough insight into his life and how everything turned out from him aside from a rescue mission and a few positions.
Going all the way back to the original series, some fans noticed some intense and devastating foreshadowing. In the 14th episode of Book One, the original trio encounters a fortune teller early in their journey. While Aang and Katara get some gimmicky predictions on love or being the Avatar that no one needed a crystal ball to see, Sokka got some depressing predictions.
Without even taking the time to analyze his palms, consult any instruments, or even take him in the room, she says she already knows Sokka’s fate. He will have a future full of “struggle and anguish, most of it self-inflicted.” While it was kind of funny at the moment, considering how Sokka was bashing the fortune teller the whole time, looking back, it was pretty ominous.
In fact, many of the conflicts Sokka encountered could fall under this category. While the series seemed to end off on a light note, we really don’t know if the fortune teller’s prediction applied to adult Sokka. The answer to how did Sokka die and many other things remained mysteries.
Will We Ever Find Details Like How Did Sokka Die?
Both the original series and The Legend of Korra are long over, but this doesn’t mean we won’t get to hear more about our favorite characters. In fact, with the spike in popularity due to the Netflix release, maybe we can expect creators to answer some questions about our favorite characters.
With a new adaption coming to Netflix and the occasional novel being released, we may just get the answers we deserve (and the media to give our favorite characters some justice). Sokka and Suki were far from the only characters who didn’t get the closure they deserved.
Every story has a beginning, and the Last Airbender series told a lot of beginnings in its long run. However, we didn’t quite get the lowdown on the origin of the eponymous character. Not until the spin off series; The Legend of Korra gave us an insight on the First Avatar; Avatar Wan.
The second book or season of The Legend of Korra series was not a very popular one. Many fans really hated it, and it is popularly considered as the lowest ranking season of all. It retconned a lot of the franchise’s established mythos; all the while doubling up with one of the most unbelievably annoying villains to appear on a TV screen; Unalaq.
There was no getting behind his foolish and downright creepy obsession with the spirit world. The only redeeming factor from the Book of Spirits was the First Avatar’s appearance: Avatar Wan.
The First Avatar appeared in two episodes of Book 2, showing viewers a time when the four nations had not been formed; and the spirits had a higher stake to Earth than humans did. While fans got to really see how life was for the First Avatar; the first ever bridge between the spirits and humans, you could argue that not every single detail was picked up. There were some subtle details that may have gone under the radar; and so it’s only right we shed some light on them.
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The First Avatar’s Eye Color
Before he became the first Avatar; Wan was a resident of the city on the Lion Turtle that granted people the ability to bend fire. We can safely assume his people would go on to become the Fire Nation in the coming 10 millenia that spanned from The Beginning.
One other nod to this possibly correct assumption was the First Avatar’s eye color. Throughout the Avatar series, from the Last Airbender to The Legend of Korra; we see that there is a distinct eye color that many firebenders are shown to possess. Most of them have the same copper-colored eyes that Wan does.
We get more of this in the prequel novel, The Rise of Kyoshi; where Hei-Ran and her daughter Rangi are described as having the same ‘copper or bronze-colored iris’. It is also mentioned that this is one of the major ways to discern a firebender; down to the point that a waterbender once uses poison to change his eye color to bronze so he can hide from pirates.
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The Double Meaning of The First Avatar’s Name
Without even adding any actual logic to the name; you have to admit that the name Wan does sound like “one”. Away from that very phonetic link, is the fact that as Wan is the first Avatar to ever exist, his name also possesses a secondary meaning; already shown in the series before. Wan means ten thousand in Mandarin, which is a reference to the events that saw him become Avatar ten thousand years before Korra’s existence and the events in The Legend of Korra.
The name has also been used in Avatar: The Last Airbender before, in reference to the spirit owl Wan Shi Tong, whose library Avatar Aang and his group used to find a way to stop the Hundred Year War. In Mandarin, Wan Shi Tong means “he who knows ten-thousand things,” and the spirit himself mentions this when he is introduced in the episode.
The Basis For His Design
Character designs based on real people are not a new thing. In fact, it is not uncommon for animators to base character designs on likenesses to someone on the team, considering how much of a constant reference point they are when drawing and animating the character. We’ve already discussed how The Boulder was based on pro wrestler and A-List actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, but the very first Avatar was also subject to this treatment.
In the Legend of Korra’s artbook, we are treated to the knowledge that Avatar Wan was modeled after Avatar showrunner and co-creator Bryan Konietzko. He had also previously played the “Foaming at the mouth guy” in Warriors of Kyoshi and Avatar Day in The Last Airbender series.
The First Avatar Determined The Order Of The Elements
The Avatar series has one aspect that is widely known, and that is the order or cycle of the elements. The avatar elements rotate in a cycle, from the Fire Nation first, to the Air Nomads, then the Water Tribe and the Earth Kingdom bringing up the end. Once it ends, it restarts with the Fire Nation yet again. As Avatar Wan was the first Avatar, and as he was a firebender, it made sense that the order began there.
Also, it is in this order that the Avatar is supposed to learn the respective elements during training. The Avatar is meant to start learning the elements from their native element, and then work their way through the cycle in the order. Avatar Wan established this order, obtaining the elements as he sought to create peace with the spirits. He began with firebending, and then airbending, bringing it all to a close with waterbending and earthbending.
Where He Died
In his last moments, we see Wan passing away in a field after sustaining injuries from a war he was fighting. It is assumed he fought this war alongside or with the Earth Kingdom, as he is shown surrounded by many large wooden coins; which are a signature of siege weapons that the Earthbenders and the Earth Kingdom were associated with.
This location was actually featured in the main Avatar series at an earlier time. During the Book 2 episode ‘Zuko Alone’, Zuko passes through a field of the broken Earthbender coins as he makes his way to a rural town.
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The First Avatar’s Firebending Skills
Although we see that many characters have used the power of fire long before Wan did, the first Avatar was actually the first to create the firebending artform. We see this when he single handedly manhandles a group of wanderers who attempt to attack him with their fire.
As the Avatar, and the first one at that, it should be no surprise that Wan’s bending would be above average in comparison to most firebenders, but we don’t see his skill in using fire to propel himself. The main instances of fire propulsion occur with mainly the Royal Family. In the Last Airbender, it’s Azula and Ozai that do this, and in the Legend of Korra, it’s General Iroh, Zuko’s grandson.
The First Avatar’s Firebending Teacher
In the Last Airbender, we learn that humans learned the art of bending the elements from watching the original masters of bending; dragons for fire, sky bison for air, badger moles for earth and the moon for water. The Legend of Korra may have either retconned or expanded that reveal with the introduction of the Lion Turtles, who are seen giving humans the power to bend, but they did not teach them the art. In the same vein, we see an actual training session from the original masters with Wan.
The First Avatar spends some time in the spirit wilds, and while he does, he learns the firebending artform from a dragon spirit. The dragon spirit teaches him the Dancing Dragon bending form, which we have earlier seen. Aang and Zuko learn it from the last two dragons in the Last Airbender Book 3 episode; The Firebending Masters as they also learn that dragons are not as extinct as the world believes them to be.
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What He Wears As The First Avatar
The Avatar not only acts as the bridge between the spirit and human worlds. He is also a force for unification of the four nations. As such, the Avatar must be impartial and treat everyone with impartiality. While he was not able to unify the four nations in his time as the Avatar, Wan did his best to represent all nations, and we see this especially in his fight against Vaatu.
As he prepares to take on the dark spirit, Wan is dressed in clothing that honors all four nations. His robes are orange and yellow for the Air Nomads; his scarf is red for the Fire Nation; the blue sash he wears represents the Water Tribe and his green armbands signify the Earth Kingdom.
He Inadvertently Created The Red Lotus
The Red Lotus organization is introduced in Book 3 as the main antagonists. They are a militant splinter cell of the White Lotus organization. As opposed to the White Lotus’s task of protecting balance and the Avatar, the Red Lotus vehemently oppose the world order. They believe that the Avatar contributes imbalance to the world, and must be removed permanently. The reason for this belief lies in the actions of the first Avatar. Wan not only sealed away Vaatu in the Tree of Time but also closed off the spirit world from the physical world until the next Harmonic Convergence 10,000 years later.
If it wasn’t for the actions of Wan, the Red Lotus organization may never have been formed. In the same vein, we can argue that without Wan, the world would have been thrown into 10,000 years of darkness. This was something that Vaatu promised afterall.
The First Avatar Was Voiced By Talented Actor Steven Yeun
We’ve had some amazing actors lend their voice talents to bring The Legend of Korra characters to life. There was J.K Simmons, who played Tenzin and Zelda Williams who played Book 4 villain Kuvira. In the same light, the first Avatar was actor Steven Yeun.
Steven Yeun has a number of acting gigs under his belt, primarily with Netflix animations such as Keith in Voltron: Legendary Defender, Little Cato in Final Space and Steve in Tales of Arcadia. Most notably however, is his role as Glenn Rhee on AMC’s hit horror drama show; The Walking Dead.
It’s no surprise that someone of this calibre was hand picked to play the very first Avatar. Avatar Wan’s role was a very pivotal one, and so it makes a lot of sense.
Mai Avatar: Mai is best-known as the typically bored, angsty girlfriend of Prince Zuko during Avatar: The Last Airbender. Although her sassy indifference is basically a negative trait, audiences have found Mai to be rather endearing. After all, who doesn’t have days where they simply don’t give a damn about anything? Even if it’s only occasionally, we are all capable of those moods. Mai basically reflects that part of our personalities, which is why she is so likable!
Even the happiest among us have to do things in everyday life that we’d rather not do. Washing the dishes at home, helping awkward customers at work – you name it! Most people just get on with those menial day-to-day tasks. But Mai is completely honest in those moments. She isn’t afraid to express what she is thinking, even if that might make other people uncomfortable.
It’s true that somebody like Mai isn’t necessarily a good role model. For example, Mai isn’t one of the happiest characters in the series and doesn’t enjoy her life as much as, say, Aang – or even her best friend, Ty Lee. But Mai is pretty much a bad-ass, and the Gothic angel of the entire Avatar franchise. Who doesn’t want to be at least a bit more like her?!
Mai also undergoes a real transformation in her personality by the end of the series. Audiences love to see characters develop and learn throughout a story. Mai is a great example of this in practice.
Without further ado, here’s her story – the good and the bad. We hope you enjoy it! 🙂
Mai Avatar: Her Life Story
Mai Avatar: Upbringing
Mai’s upbringing was exceedingly comfortable – too comfortable, in fact.
Her father, Ukano, was a governor of New Ozai. He bought anything Mai wanted … so long as she behaved the way a governor’s daughter was expected to behave (i.e. quiet, polite, and sensible).
That might sound like a dream come true for many kids growing up, especially those who grew up without even a sniff of luxury. But Mai’s upbringing lacked something essential, despite the abundance that was given to her. In being rewarded for good behavior, she was conditioned to be emotionally distant and cold. In ‘The Beach’ (S3E6) she reflected that this was a form of emotional neglect from her parents, resulting in her moody, teenage angst.
Mai’s mother, Michi, also told Mai stories about the Kemurikage (dark spirits that kidnapped badly-behaving children). This was another strategy of forcing Mai to behave as she was expected to, inadvertently conditioning her to yield to the demands of forceful and aggressive leaders (Azula, for instance).
Accusing Ukano and Michi of bad parenting might seem appropriate at this point. Ukano thought he was doing a good thing by buying extravagant gifts for his daughter, it’s safe to say. And Michi’s own mother told her stories about the Kemurikage as a child. Mai’s parents only raised her the way they did because they believed it was the correct way to raise their child.
Maybe they were bad parents. But that isn’t entirely their fault.
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Mai Avatar: Knife Throwing
Mai’s knife-throwing skills are arguably better than anybody else’s in the Avatar franchise. The origins of those skills is quite a sad story in itself, though (typically for Mai!).
She used to throw knives at her bedroom wall due to the levels of boredom she experienced. Mai resorted to this because she hated life in the Fire Nation so much. Perhaps she was also letting out the pent-up anger that she’d been unable to express in public or with her parents.
Later, Mai was enrolled in the Fire Nation Academy for Girls. She met Princess Azula and Ty Lee there, who noticed Mai’s skill with weapons pretty quickly.
Azula’s Antics
Anybody who has watched Avatar: The Last Airbender knows that Azula grew up to be an intelligent and highly manipulative gal. Well, she was no slack at a young age, either.
At a sleepover, Azula made the suggestion that she, Mai, and Ty Lee should steal the mochi that Mai’s mother Michi had made as a gift for Mai’s grandmother’s 70th birthday. After going along with stealing the mochi, Mai & Ty Lee eventually refused to eat it. Instead, Azula went on to eat the entire dessert by herself.
Mai was uninvolved in this rascality. Nonetheless, she had nightmares about the Kemurikage abducting her for stealing the mochi afterward.
On another occasion, Princess Azula observed Mai’s obvious attraction to Prince Zuko. Upon doing so, she initiated a ‘game’ with Mai, Zuko, and Ty Lee. She balanced an apple on Mai’s head, claiming that players had to knock it off in a certain way. She demonstrated this by setting the apple on fire atop Mai’s head, prompting Zuko to tackle Mai into the pond behind her to put out the fire on her head. Azula got to laugh, telling Ty Lee “I told you it would work!”
Poor Mai! Raised by her parents and alongside the psychotic Princess Azula!
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Mai Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 2: Earth
Mai’s first appearance in the Avatar series is in episode 3 (‘Return to Omashu’) of the second season, Earth.
She had been forced to live in the recently-conquered Earth kingdom of Omashu by her parents. Her father had been appointed governor of the city – so Mai, her mother Michi, and her new two-year-old brother Tom-Tom (who is simply adorable, by the way!) came with him.
Mai was complaining about how boring life was in Omashu (describing it as “unbearably bleak”). Just then, the Omashu resistance attempted to assassinate Mai, her mother, and Tom-Tom. They rolled a huge boulder down towards them that surely would’ve crushed them. But Avatar Aang stopped the boulder with his airbending after appearing on the scene by chance.
Desperate for some excitement – and mistakenly believing Team Avatar (Aang, Katara, and Sokka) to be responsible for the assassination attempt – Mai showcased her combat skills for the first time.
She pursued Team Avatar alongside a team of Omashu guards, demonstrating the frightening accuracy of her long-distance knife-throwing. More persistent and skillful than the guards, Mai actually got close to catching up with Team Avatar. But they were saved by members of the resistance who earthbended the ground beneath them to steal them away from Mai’s hungry claws.
Meanwhile, Mai’s brother Tom-Tom had wandered off and found himself in the campsite of the Resistance. Mai’s father, Ukano, assumed the resistance had kidnapped him.
Formation of “Ozai’s Angels”
Adding to a dramatic day for Mai, her old pal Princess Azula turned up. She invited Mai into the fan-named “Ozai’s Angels” team, which would consist of Azula, Ty Lee, and Mai. They would go on working together for the majority of The Last Airbender series.
“Are you here to kill me?” Mai dryly asked of Azula, before joining the Princess on her mission to capture Zuko and Iroh. Despite her reluctance to pursue Zuko (her childhood crush), Mai was relieved that an opportunity arose to save her from her draining existence in Omashu.
As Princess, Azula appointed Mai to take control from her father of the trade between the government and the resistance for the governor’s son (and Mai’s brother) Tom-Tom. In the negotiation with Team Avatar, Azula asserts that swapping a two-year-old boy for a King (Bumi, Aang’s friend) is not a fair trade. Mai agrees, raising King Bumi out of reach from Team Avatar and out of the trade. Ozai’s Angels and Team Avatar then commenced their first battle against each other, resulting in Team Avatar’s escape.
Aang returns baby Tom-Tom to his parents (without them knowing it was him) and Mai’s broken family is restored. But this is a pretty chilling first impression of Mai. Her willingness to give up baby Tom-Tom in negotiations gave a view of the meanest, most Stoic side of her personality. It is possibly the nastiest perspective we ever get of Mai.
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Mai Avatar: Skillful, But Indifferent
Following the hairy trail left behind by Appa, the Aang’s flying vison, Ozai’s Angels intensely pursued Team Avatar for some time. When catching up with them, Mai, Azula, and Ty Lee left a lasting impression on the series’ heroes with their high-level combat skills. Mai and Ty Lee get the better of Sokka and Katara a few times throughout the series, while Azula gets dangerously close to capturing Aang.
Later in the series, Mai assisted Ozai’s Angels in defeating the Kyoshi Warriors (led by Sokka’s love interest, Suki). After describing the Kyoshi Warrior outfits as “nauseous,” Mai and the Angels dressed up in those outfits to infiltrate the kingdom of Ba Sing Se.
Her fighting skills were never in question. But her commitment to Azula’s mission seemed quite low on a number of occasions. During the Fire Nation’s initial attack on Ba Sing Se, Mai refused to chase Sokka and Katara into a sewage pipe, disgusted by the appearance and smell of the “wall sludge juice.” Classic!
Later on, during The Coup of Ba Sing Se, Team Avatar (now accompanied by Toph Beifong) regrouped and came to reclaim Earth King Kuei’s pet bear from the guard of Mai and Ty Lee. Completely disinterested in the menial task of guarding the pet, Mai told Team Avatar to “just take the bear.”
Yup. Mai really didn’t give a single iota!
Relationship with Zuko
Azula set Mai up on a date with Zuko, with the hope that she could lure the Prince back home. As a result, Mai rekindled the childhood spark that had existed between her and the future Firelord.
But Mai and Zuko’s relationship was bumpy at best. There were plenty of sweet moments of affection shared between the moody pair – who clear bonded over their shared negative outlooks on the world. But, also due to that shared negativity, they found themselves becoming irritated and angry with one another on an equally regular basis.
In Book 3, Episode 6 (‘The Beach’), Mai briefly broke up with Zuko because of his angry demeanor. They get back together in the same episode and their relationship improves significantly after they both express their emotions to each other (as well as to Ty Lee and Azula, both of whom released emotions of their own). But she received a letter from Zuko, in ‘The Day of Black Sun’, explaining that he was going to join Team Avatar. Mai’s heart was broken for the first time as she read the letter.
At The Boiling Rock, where the warden (Mai’s uncle, Mishi’s brother) held Zuko prisoner, she returned to argue with her now ex-boyfriend. Mai, uncharacteristically frustrated and affected, questioned Zuko’s motives in leaving. She disagreed with his view that he had to do what he did in order to save his country. Then, Zuko took an opportunity to escape the cell, locking Mai in there with a prison guard.
“I Love Zuko More Than I Fear You”
Mai turned from villain to hero when she prevented Azula’s attempt to stop Zuko, Sokka, Suki, and Hakoda from completing their prison break. Stunned at her betrayal, Azula goes to attack Mai – one of the only people ever to show her authority such a lack of respect. But, as Azula readied her attack, she was chi-blocked by the other of Ozai’s Angels, Ty Lee.
In spite of all Mai’s awesome combat skills, this was possibly the bravest we ever see of her. Standing up to Azula is no mean feat. But Mai doesn’t give a damn. She told the controlling Princess what she really thought, following her heart rather than her head.
Furious, Azula arrested her former allies and proceeded to go a little bit insane.
In prison, though, Mai and Ty Lee meet and befriend their former foes: the Kyoshi Warriors.
Ty Lee joins the Kyoshi Warriors after the war, when they are released from prison. Mai, meanwhile, returns to her lover, Zuko – forgiving him for previously breaking her heart.
They dated again for a while after Zuko’s coronation as Firelord. You could be forgiven for thinking that their new relationship, having both turned corners in their respective lives, would be much stronger.
But…
Another Break-Up
The new relationship wasn’t as smooth as the lovers had hoped. As Firelord, Zuko confided in Mai less and less; her frustration grew with his poor communication over time. When her new friend Suki told her that Zuko had been meeting with his father, the former Firelord Ozai, Mai decided she’d had enough of him keeping secrets from her. Hurt by Zuko’s lack of effort, she broke up with him once again. What a mess!
Moving on: Meeting Kei Lo
In an attempt to overcome yet another broken heart, Mai worked in her Aunt’s flower shop for a while. She was approached and asked out by Kei Lo – a fresh-faced young man with a huge crush on Mai – while working there.
She agreed to go on a date with Kei Lo and actually had a great time.
However, Kei Lo then took Mai to a meeting of the ‘New Ozai Society’ – a movement that aimed to reinstate Ozai as Firelord, overthrowing Zuko. Mai was enraged at Kei Lo and the society for their ideology – and was even more shocked to learn that her father was the society’s founding member.
She angrily fought with society members, defeating them easily. Left standing was her father and Kei Lo. Mai told her father that bringing her baby brother Tom-Tom to a place like that was completely unacceptable. And she punched Kei Lo square in the face for good measure, declaring their date to be over. Vintage Mai.
The Gothic Angel was never one to shy away from drama, that’s for sure!
Battling the New Ozai Society
Mai, her mother, and Tom-Tom moved out of her father’s home after Mai informed Michi of Ukano’s involvement with the New Ozai Society.
While catching up with Ty Lee, Kei Lo returned to visit Mai again. Mai acted enthusiastically pleased to see him, to the surprise of Ty Lee. Encouraged by Mai’s affection, Kei Lo told her that Ukano had plans to assassinate Firelord Zuko and his family. When Kei Lo left, Mai went back to her usual, emotionally-detached self, causing Ty Lee to criticize her lack of honesty towards Kei Lo. Mai explained that she didn’t trust Kei Lo and just wanted to hear what he had to say. Ty Lee, though, told Mai that she believed Kei Lo was telling the truth.
Mai grappled with her lack of trust towards Kei Lo until his claims, eventually, proved to be accurate. He then helped Mai to save Zuko’s life and defeat the New Ozai Society.
After those events, Mai spoke with an apologetic and caring Kei Lo. She kissed him for the first time … but, as she did, witnessed what looked like Kemurikage spirits – who she had nightmares about as a child – kidnapping Tom-Tom.
Aang Helps With Kemurikage Spirits; Zuko Talks to Mai
Firelord Zuko returned again, enlisting the help of Avatar Aang to save Tom-Tom as well as other children that had been kidnapped. Avatar’s ability to contact the spirit world would be useful in tackling spirit problems, he figured.
Mai, meanwhile, was accused by her father of being the reason Tom-Tom was kidnapped. Kei Lo then encourages her to inform Zuko that Ukano was involved with the New Ozai Society. She didn’t want to expose her father, though, because she wanted Tom-Tom to grow up with a father.
Avatar Aang, Firelord Zuko, and Kei Lo helped Mai to explore the reasons for the Kemurikage attacks. During their mission, Mai and Zuko continued their old-time bickering, much to the awkwardness of Aang and Kei Lo.
Mai and Zuko eventually got some time alone, where the Firelord asked Mai about her feelings for him compared to her feelings for Kei Lo. Angry at Zuko’s initiation of such a conversation, she insisted they both move on. She tells Zuko that she felt stupid for letting him break her heart twice. Then she told him that Kei Lo liked her more than she liked him, which she preferred because it prevented her from getting hurt the same way again.
When Aang and Kei Lo returned, Aang informed Mai and Zuko that he spoke to his contacts in the spirit world. Apparently, the Kemurikage spirits hadn’t actually entered the mortal world at all. The child-abductors, then, were imposters.
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Saving Tom-Tom from An Old Friend
The team soon learned that the ‘fake Kemurikage’ was headed by none other than Princess Azula, who had been released from prison by Zuko just a few months earlier (fool!).
Along with Aang, Zuko, and Kei Lo, Mai managed to retrieve Tom-Tom from the Kemurikage – thanks, too, to the help of her father Ukano.
When the events transpired, Azula and her Kemurikage managed to escape arrest, while Ukano turned himself over to the prison. He apologized to Mai for his behavior and promised that he will try to make it up to everyone from that point onwards.
Mai, though, broke up with Kei Lo, leaving him in tears. Clearly, she didn’t feel like working on a relationship after all the heavy drama that had recently gone down.
What Happened Next?
Mai’s break-up with Kei Lo is Mai’s last appearance in the Avatar franchise’s literature (so far).
However, Gene Yang – who was involved in the writing of some Avatar comics – claimed in an interview that Mai and Zuko got back together 3 years following her break-up with Kei Lo. In The Legend of Korra, we learn that Zuko has a daughter called Izumi. But it is not revealed who her mother is. That has led some fans to further speculate about Zuko’s relationship with Mai.
The adult life and death of Mai, then, is currently unclear. But keep an eye on this page – if we learn anything new about Mai’s life, we will update this article.
Mai Avatar: The Goth Angel
One thing is for sure, though. Mai redeemed herself from being a villain (a quirky villain, but a villain all the same) in her first appearance to being a character we root for in her later appearances. She is one of the many characters in the Avatar franchise that we can’t help but feel affection for.
Plus, her Gothic style is definitely among the coolest of all the characters in the series. Mai will inevitably have a cult following as long as the Avatar franchise remains popular.
We all remember Sokka as one of our favorite characters from ATLA. He was an indispensable member of the Avatar team due to his different abilities. We can find his great creativity and strategic ability, which saved the team from many situations on different occasions. He was always a flirtatious character, and it made you wonder, who does Sokka Marry?
Every time the story demanded humor to break the ice, he was the comic relief of the series. Subsequently, earning him a place in our hearts. Sokka did not only stole our hearts. But he proved to be a real heartbreaker since he had many love interests in the story. But did Sokka spend the twilight of his life with one of them? Who does Sokka marry?
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Who Does Sokka Marry? His First Love That Got Away
Sokka was a teenage warrior of the Southern Water Tribe, son of Chief Hakoda and Kya. His father left with the other tribesmen to fight in the Hundred Years’ War. On the other hand, his mother died at the hands of the Fire Nation during a raid on their village. His grandmother Kanna raised him along with his younger sister Katara. Eventually, Sokka, along with Katara, discovered Aang and then accompanied him to defeat the Fire Nation and bring peace to the four nations.
We can see Sokka’s first love interest once they got to the North Pole. He met Princess Yue and immediately started a kind of emphatic, awkward relationship. We could see their first sparks of love immediately. However, regarding Appa rides, strolling around the city, and their overall chemistry.
Due to political reasons, someone else was already engaged with Yue. This arranged marriage didn’t have time to represent more than a bump in the road when they faced more tangible problems like an upcoming siege from the Fire Nation to the Northern Tribe.
As we all know, the siege ended with general Zhao sneaking into the Spirit Oasis, where he struck the Moon Spirit’s mortal form. That move left all waterbenders powerlessly. The moon spirit touched Yue when she was a newborn and saved her life.
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Protect The One You Love
So when the moment came she sacrificed herself to give back the life the moon gave her. Even though it was against Sokka’s wishes. Yue died in his hands to become the moon spirit and protect her village from the attack. We can see Yue again when she appears before Sokka and her father, swearing she would always be with them. This love story ends with them sharing a final kiss until Yue vanished completely.
Even though Sokka’s first approach with romance was a rather fleeting and tragic one. His loss affected him due to his protective nature. Sokka repeatedly blamed himself for not being able to protect his first love. After this, he was portrayed several times gazing up to the moon in a contemplative way during the series.
Who Does Sokkar Marry? What About Suki?
As the story moved forward our friends got to Kiyoshi’s Island. There, Sokka’s narrowed perception of the world got expanded a little bit. Our boomerang lover friend only had seen the South Pole before the story started. So, He perceived women as unskilled fighters until he met Suki and the Kiyoshi warriors.
Their skill amazed him, making him ask for forgiveness for the first impression he gave and asked for tuition. Here is where his relationship with Suki started. They were mere partners with some things in common. They were warriors in charge of their home villages with no bending skills, but as the avatar team had to continue its journey, the time to say farewell came and Suki kissed Sokka on the cheek telling him that even though she was a warrior, she was also a girl.
Inspired by Sokka, Kiyoshi warriors also departed their Island to participate in the war. They meet again with our friends several times. As their encounters increased, their relationship evolved from respect and estimation to much more than just the fellowship he would feel for other allies.
Sadly, Sokka’s heart was still wounded from his previous love. He refrained himself from kissing Suki under the moon the first time, putting her off without giving a proper explanation. Nevertheless, when she tried to apologize for trying to kiss him, he made up and fully kissed her before splitting paths again.
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The Love Kept Growing
By season 3 their relationship had gotten to a point where Sokka was not only building sandcastles in her honor, and intending romantic sneaks in their tents when they had the chance but also became canonically one of the best romances in the entire saga.
Along the 4 seasons, we saw how their relationship evolved, as we described above, step by step. Even though they didn’t spend every day together, Suki became an important addition to the Avatar team, even participating in the final battle with fire lord Ozai.
The last thing we heard about Suki and Sokka is after the events from ATLA. In the comics, they decided to spend some time together relaxing away in Cranefish Town. This is the most detailed relationship Sokka had. But we never got a proper closure from it. So we don’t know if Suki was the one Sokka marry or if they eventually drifted away.
Enter in Kaya From The Comics
Sokka even had a brief romantic encounter in the comics with a village girl named Kaya. Our protagonists were visiting Kaya’s hometown when she passed by. Then, Sokka made a compliment and she mistakenly she took a compliment made by Sokka, as the latter tried to set a date between them, he had one of his “Sokka moments” and Kaya mistakenly thought he was the avatar, getting sudden interest in him. She thought she was dating the avatar instead of a non-bender. Aang, Toph, and Katara supported that idea to help Sokka. However, Kaya only appeared in one chapter from the comics.
Above we described all known Sokka’s romantic relationships: Suki, Yue, and Kaya. In the end, whether he married or who does Sokka marry is not clear. There is no information regarding Sokka having children. Given this hole in the avatar’s narrative, fans have not lost time making theories. Some indicate that Sokka may be the father of Suyin, Toph’s daughter.
Other Who Does Sokka Marry Theories
Several theories ship Toph and Sokka based on moments like the one when Suki saved Toph from drowning and the latter proceeded to kiss Suki on the cheek. As Toph thought it was Sokka who saved her to then tell her she should just have let her drown out of embarrassment from the moment and their friendship in general. Another hypothesis states: Since the position of tribal chief is passed from generation to generation. Senna could be Sokka’s daughter and Korra his granddaughter.
After all this, there’s very little information about who does Sokka marry and his fate in general. Such as: In 124 AG he wrote a book where he explained how he won the war, and in 128 AG he can be seen at court as part of the United Republic Council, meaning that he had become chief of the Southern Tribe.
Conclusion of The Who Does Sokka Marry Theories
Since the first episode of The Legend of Korra, we are aware that Sokka died. Unfortunately, there is no official answer to who does Sokka marry. Nevertheless, we haven’t lost hope with the recent creation of Avatar Studios from Nickelodeon we might as well hear at any moment about a Sokka spin-off that may shed some light on this mystery. Let us know in the comment section what do you think? Who did Sokka end up with? Did he overcome the loss of his first love? What happened with Suki? Did Sokka have children?
