In season 2, Korra spent some time learning about the Spirit World and how the spirits of light Raava and darkness Vatuu brought balance to everything. As the story goes, 10, years before the events of The Legend of Korra , a man named Wan borrowed and subsequently kept the power to firebend from one of the ancient lion turtles, for which he was banished from his home.
Keeping that power allowed him to survive in the real world and live among the spirits. Sometime later, Wan sought the other lion turtle cities so he could also learn to bend the other elements.
That's when he discovered Raava and Vatuu tethered together, fighting each other. Not thinking clearly, Wan severed Raava and Vatuu's bond and inadvertently allowed the spirit of darkness to escape and wreak havoc. Wan and Raava only saw one way they could defeat Vatuu and imprison him in the Spirit World; they had to bind together. Doing so enabled Wan to become the very first Avatar.
Together, they traveled the world and learned how to master bending the other three elements - air, earth, and water; this was only possible because Raava, who was a powerful ancient spirit, carried the elements for Wan.
After they defeated Vatuu, Wan and Raaava continued to maintain balance in the world for many years. Then when he died, Raava's spirit was reborn in another human, thus beginning the Avatar Cycle. Note that Salai and Szeto aren't included here since very little is known about them. At 70 years old, he tries to prevent the destructive overflow of a volcano and ultimately gives his life to protect others.
Thus, he appears in this form to Aang as he guides the young Avatar through his duties, and it is his most recognizable age to viewers. Of the seven Avatars named in the series, Avatar Kuruk died the youngest at only 33 years old.
His story is among the most tragic, as well. On his wedding day, his betrothed was sucked into the Spirit World. Each year, on the anniversary of this day, he ventured into the realm to retrieve her.
Famously, Koh had stolen her face. Kuruk encounters Aang during the show while his spirit is trapped searching for her. In his final moments, Kuruk urged his friends to be part of the search for the next Avatar who would eventually be Kyoshi. He was committed to his role to the very end.
Audiences met Korra, the headstrong Avatar following Aang, at 17 years old. She was significantly older than Aang was at the start of her program, and her story crossed over three years by the end of its run.
In the canonical comic series , she is He told Roku that he firmly believed the Fire Nation had entered a period of great prosperity, and proposed to Roku that together the pair could spread this wealth to the world by expanding the empire. Roku was horrified by this proposition, telling Sozin that the four nations were to be kept separate, and advised the Fire Lord to never bring the subject forth in future conversations. He worked hard to maintain the delicate balance between the nations.
At some point in his life, Roku found a dragon , Fang , when he was a baby, not yet hatched from his egg, and adopted him as his animal guide and constant companion during his life as the Avatar. Roku destroyed the throne room and subdued Fire Lord Sozin. Seventeen years after Roku's wedding, he discovered that Sozin had proceeded with his plans and set up colonies within the Earth Kingdom. Infuriated at this act of war, Roku confronted Sozin.
Blasting open the doors to the throne room inside the Fire Nation Royal Palace, he lambasted his old friend and ordered him to cease his aggressive expansion. When Sozin retorted that Roku's loyalty lay with the Fire Lord and the nation's progress, deeming him a traitor if he did so otherwise, Roku warned the Fire Lord not to challenge him.
As he turned to leave, Sozin attacked him from behind, but Roku easily dodged the attack and used his earthbending to reappear behind Sozin, giving him the opportunity to strike him with an air blast. Suspending Sozin in the air with an earth pillar by the collar of his robes, Roku entered the Avatar State and destroyed the throne room and part of the palace with a massive gust of air. He spared Sozin's life for the sake of their past friendship and left him still hanging above the ground, though not before warning him never to move forward with his plans again, as it would otherwise result in his "permanent end".
Roku attempted to save his home , which resulted in his death. Twenty-five years later, Roku's home island was consumed in a violent volcanic eruption so massive that even Fire Lord Sozin could see and feel it from his palace a hundred miles away.
Initially, he managed to give time for the other inhabitants including his wife to escape the island by forming an air sphere around him. Through the use of his bending abilities, Roku attempted to contain the volcanic destruction, although it was delayed by continuous spitting of lava from the volcano's mouth, using earthbending to create trenches to divert the lava safely to the sea, and using airbending to solidify the lava and blow away the poisonous gases from the geysers formed underneath until he used the Avatar State to bend lava to the other side.
He eventually lost hope though, when the secondary volcano close by also erupted. At that moment, however, Sozin arrived on his dragon and offered his assistance to the Avatar. The two used their bending to try to contain the lava flow, with Roku saving Sozin from a nasty fall using earthbending, but the poisonous gases eventually forced them to flee the mountainside. On their way down, Roku warned Sozin to not breathe the gas and used his airbending to protect them, before succumbing to a gas geyser himself.
His vision blurring, Roku pleaded for help. Instead, Sozin realized that without Roku in his way, his plans of conquest would come into fruition, therefore leaving on his dragon and a shocked Roku to die. Aghast by his former friend's decision and reason to leave him for dead, Roku ultimately realized that his death was inevitable. Right before the pyroclastic flow engulfed him, Fang curled up with his master and the two died together. Avatar Aang in front of his predecessor's statue in the the Southern Air Temple sanctuary.
Like all the other Avatars before him, a statue of Roku was built in the sanctuary of the Southern Air Temple, next to Kyoshi's. Another statue of him was also built in the Fire Temple on Crescent Island where he had once trained. The Fire Sages, who were once loyal to Roku, eventually lost faith that the Avatar would return and fell under the control of the Fire Lord, gradually turning away from their true purpose of serving the Avatar.
Roku informed Aang of the impending return of Sozin's Comet and urged the young Avatar to defeat the Fire Lord before its arrival. A century after Roku's death, during a winter solstice, Aang was able to communicate with him by visiting the sanctuary of the temple that Roku had inhabited years prior.
There, Roku informed Aang of the impending return of Sozin's Comet and described Fire Lord Ozai 's plan to harness the comet's energy and gain victory in the War. He entrusted the young Avatar with the task of mastering the four elements and defeating the Fire Lord before the comet's arrival, before the summer's end. Roku also helped Aang defeat a group of firebenders along with their leader, Admiral Zhao , who waited outside of the sanctuary to capture the young airbender by manifesting himself in Aang's place, seizing control of the fire bent at him and sent it back in a powerful wave that knocked back all opposition and melted the chains of those captured.
Furious over the treachery of the Fire Sages, except Shyu , he used lavabending to awaken the dormant volcano directly underneath the temple, destroying the structure before the solstice ended during which he disappeared after the completion of his task. Roku aided Aang several times after this, appearing to Jeong Jeong to persuade him to teach his successor firebending after the deserter refused to teach the art. During the Siege of the North , he offered critical wisdom in the ways of the Spirit World , informing Aang of how he could save the Moon Spirit and defeat the invading Fire Navy.
Later, after Aang entered the Avatar State without control after "losing" Katara due to General Fong , he revealed to Aang the nature of the Avatar State, including the fact that, if he was ever killed in the such a state, the Avatar Cycle would be broken and cease to exist. He offered encouragement and shared his own experience in mastering the Avatar State. Shortly after, Roku showed himself to the young airbender once more, when the latter was feeling disheartened over his perceived failure in Ba Sing Se.
Roku, however, blamed himself for the entire tragedy, saying that he should have foreseen the War and taken steps to prevent it. He proceeded to tell Aang that he believed it was his destiny to save the world and redeem him. Aang entered the Spirit World and Roku guided Aang through his life, from his friendship with Sozin to his eventual death. Roku told Aang that he needed to be decisive in his actions.
Aang also communicated with Roku immediately prior to the arrival of Sozin's Comet. He told Roku that he felt insecure about killing Phoenix King Ozai, as he was taught by the Air Nomads to respect all life. While understanding Aang's discomfort, Roku insisted that Aang must kill Ozai in order to save the world.
He told Aang that it was his reluctance to end Sozin's life that initially started the Hundred Year War, and that Aang must not make the same mistake by showing mercy to Fire Lord Ozai. Aang had promised to Zuko that he would end his life if he ever developed ridiculous plans just as his father had; the young Fire Lord appeared to be in such a mental state when he withdrew his support of the Harmony Restoration Movement.
They had two children: Zuko and Azula. General Iroh led the siege of Ba Sing Se. He eventually broke through the outer wall, but his son, Lu Ten, was killed in the conflict.
After Azulon's death, Ozai rose to the throne. Ursa was banished from the capital. During Zuko's childhood, he fought an Agni Kai duel with his father and lost. Ozai banished Zuko, sending him on a search for the Avatar. During the siege of the Northern Water Tribe capital city of Agna Qel'a, Zhou killed the moon spirit, causing Princess Yue to sacrifice herself to restore it. Aang went into the Avatar State, effectively ending the siege. Aang, Sokka, and Katara traveled back to the Earth Kingdom to search for an earthbending master.
The gang met Toph, an incredibly skilled blind earthbender who eventually agreed to train Aang. Azula struck Aang with lightning, and Katara brought him back from death using water from the Spirit Oasis.
Sokka planned an attack on the Fire Nation Capital to take place during the solar eclipse, but the attack failed after Aang was unable to locate the Fire Lord and fight him. Zuko abandoned the Fire Nation, offering his services as a firebending master for Aang. The two trained together, and Team Avatar prepared for the fight against the Fire Lord. During the comet, Aang fought the Fire Lord, taking his bending and effectively ending the war.
Zuko was crowned as the new Fire Lord, and Ozai was imprisoned. The post-war period was characterized by rebuilding, particularly in the former Fire Nation colonies in the Earth Kingdom. Some colonies formed coalition governments with representatives from the Earth Kingdom and Fire Nation.
The Southern Water Tribe also underwent reconstruction with assistance from the North, establishing diplomatic ties with other nations, with Katara and Sokka's father Hakoda at the helm.
In adulthood, Aang and Katara had three children: Kya, a waterbender, Bumi, a non-bender, and Tenzin, an airbender. Toph had two children: Lin and Suyin, both metalbenders. Zuko had a daughter named Izumi. Aang later defeated Yakone, a bloodbender, and took his bending. After completing her firebending training, she moved to Republic City to train under Tenzin, Aang, and Katara's son. There, she joined a pro-bending team alongside brothers Mako and Bolin, and befriended Asami Sato, a tech heiress.
The Equalists, an anti-bending group led by Amon, attacked Republic City. After unlocking her airbending, she exposed Amon's true identity: Noatak, a waterbender and Yakone's son. Korra reconnected with her past lives after the battle, and Aang restored her full bending. Unalaq persuaded Korra to open the Spirit Portal at the south pole, but his forces invaded the Southern Water Tribe and launched the two tribes into a civil war.
Korra attempted to garner support from Republic City against the Northern occupation but was unsuccessful. She was later swallowed by a dark spirit, losing her memory. She reconnected with Wan, the first Avatar, and learned of the battle between Raava and Vaatu.
He became the first "Dark Avatar," fusing with Vaatu. Korra defeated both of them, but lost her connection with the previous Avatars in the process. She made the decision to keep the Spirit Portals open, and declared that the Southern Water Tribe was independent with her father Tonraq as chief. Korra's decision to leave the Spirit Portals open resulted in a number of non-benders, including Bumi and Zaheer, to gain the ability to airbend.
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