Friday, June 6, 2025

Let's Talk...Avatar Legends

It is a rare series that can truly be considered revolutionary in the cultural zeitgeist. A show that can literally be the harbinger for transformation of an entire industry. A show like Avatar: The Last Airbender. Airing between 2005 and 2008, Avatar: The Last Airbender takes place in a world comprised of four nations each based on the four classical elements (Earth, Fire, Water, and Air). In this world, there are people known as benders who are capable of manipulating one of the four elements based on their nation of origin. Only a single individual, known as the Avatar, is capable of bending all four elements at once. The Avatar's duty is to maintain peace between the four nations and the spirit world, a realm filled wit all kinds of strange

Beyond its cultural impact, I don't think it is too much of an exaggeration to say that Avatar: The Last Airbender also had a truly transformative impact upon my family growing up. It was the one "children's" show that my entire family would watch, oftentimes on replay as we had the entire DVD collection at home. We relished in the triumphs and tragedies, the beautiful music and themes, and I personally absolutely adored the expansive world-building presented to us.

And in the past 20 years, the Avatar universe has only vaguely been explored since The Last Airbender. Of course, there was The Legend of Korra, which was controversial within the community but otherwise until the last few years, Avatar seemed an abandoned IP. Thankfully, that is no longer the case and that is where today's article will be focusing. We are going to discuss the current lineup of Avatar properties, the upcoming projects and releases, and conjecture about interesting and fascinating potential areas to explore within the universe of Avatar, now more popularly referred to as Avatar Legends.

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LET'S TALK...

Whilst discussing the various properties within the Avatar universe, we will divide up our discussion into three categories. These categories shall be...
1. What Is..., which will focus on the properties that have already been released as of the publishing of this article. Included will be a short synopsis of the property in question and its general perception within the community as a whole. 
2. What Will Be..., focusing on upcoming releases. I will include bits of information that are known about the upcoming projects and my general excitement for them.
3. What Could Be..., which will be a more hypothetical fanfictiony segment where I discuss possible elements of the Avatar universe that I would like to see explored in greater detail. 
 
As a note, I will be focusing on canon properties within the Avatar universe, relative to the original Avatar: The Last Airbender TV show. Thus, I will not be discussing adaptations, noncanon video games, or comics. I am discussing those properties that ultimately contribute to the lore of the Avatar universe.
 
What Is...
1. Avatar: The Last Airbender
The one that started it all, Avatar: The Last Airbender follows the adventures of Aang, a 12-year old airbender in his quest to learn all four elements, master the responsibility of being the Avatar and put an end to the Fire Nation's Hundred Year War of global conquest. The series is divided into three seasons (Water, Earth, and Fire) and is still widely regarded and lauded as being one of, in not, the greatest animated TV show of all time.

2. The Legend of Korra
A sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra follows the next generation as Korra, the waterbender who succeeded Aang as the Avatar, struggles to forge her own path and identity in a changing and ever-evolving world. From the streets of Republic City to the deepest and darkest parts of the Spirit Realm, Korra's journey of self-discovery will change the world of Avatar forever.
 
This series is somewhat controversial among fans. Many elements are lauded and praised heavily, with excellent world-building and likeable characters. However, the series wasn't designed for the four seasons it was given, with each season being green-lit only after each story was finished. The result is a story that feels disconnected season to season and more of an anthology than a single connected story.
 
3. Avatar: TLA Comics
    - The Promise Trilogy
The Promise trilogy of comics follows immediately after the conclusion of Avatar: The Last Airbender and deals with the peace process following the end of the Hundred Years War, specially with regards to the Fire Nation colonies, which represent neither Earth Kingdom or Fire Nation but a new cultural identity all their own. With the issue of the colonies being so complex, it will challenge the friendship between Fire Lord Zuko and Avatar Aang.
 
The Promise acts as both a sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender and  a prequel helping to bridge the gap into The Legend of Korra, specifically regarding the foundation of the United Republic of Nations.
 
    - The Search Trilogy
Just like how The Promise acts as a bridge between Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra with regards to the foundation of the United Republic of Nations, The Search acts as a continuation on an unresolved plotline from Avatar: The Last Airbender, specifically regarding the fate of Fire Lord Zuko's mother, Princess Ursa, who disappeared when he was a child under mysterious circumstances. When he gets a hint as to her fate, he works with the Gaang (the name for Avatar Aang's friend group) and his estranged sister Azula to uncover her whereabouts which is rooted not only her personal history but in a conspiracy involving Zuko's royal grandfather.
 
The Ursa mystery was the largest unanswered question during the original series, so this comic was deeply desired by fans; though I do recall some people being rather unsatisfied with its overall outcome.
 
    - The Rift Trilogy
The Rift acts as both a sequel to The Promise as well as building up on elements that later play into The Legend of Korra, specifically Book 2 of Korra (Spirits). The trilogy focuses on the relationship between technology and the natural/spiritual world after the founding of a factory in the settlement of Cranefish Town (the future Republic City) accidentally causes a powerful spirit to become angry and threaten the town. Avatar Aang seeks to resolve the crisis, even as he is dealing with his own turmoil regarding a group of fans would seek to bring back Air Nomad culture without truly understanding it.
 
The Rift works into the larger pattern of Avatar comics setting up events that would later become major plotpoints in The Legend of Korra, and the relationship between humans and spirits is the central conflict of Book 2 so this series was a wonderfully bittersweet introduction to the issue, as Aang learns that peace between humans and spirits will not be easy as technology develops, an issue that is a thematic center-point throughout all of The Legend of Korra.

    - Smoke and Shadow Trilogy
Smoke & Shadow acts as a direct sequel to The Search, detailing a plot to undermine Fire Lord Zuko's reign and restore his father Ozai to the throne. The trilogy goes into a little bit of Fire Nation history and lore but is mostly focused on the relationship between Zuko and Mai, Zuko and his half-sister Kiyi, and the nature of change and insurgency.
 
This comic trilogy is much smaller in scale and far more personal to Zuko, with Aang holding only a very minor role, almost a cameo. It highlights Kiyi and Mai as more central characters and they will return again in another graphic novel. It also furthers Azula's story but ultimately keeps her fate an ever-present mystery.
 
    - North and South Trilogy
A key element of Book 2 of The Legend of Korra was a civil war developing between the Northern and Southern Water Tribes. The source of this conflict is implied to have been decades old and a result of what is essentially colonialism on the part of the Northern Tribe during reconstruction. North and South shows the beginning of this reconstruction and the inevitable conflict between national identity and progress. Katara and Sokka return to the Southern Water Tribe to aid in reconstruction efforts to find their father in a new relationship with a Northern Water Tribe woman. This woman, while seemingly nice, is leading a charge that seems to be changing long-standing traditions and elements of the South in favor of Northern culture.
 
When these changes lead to an insurgency, Katara and Sokka have to choose a side and try to keep the entire South from fracturing and destroying the peace they've worked so hard to achieve. North and South is a rather dark story in the Avatar mythos and it doesn't really resolve nicely, as the conflict is more or less buried but it is made obvious to everyone that the conflict between the North and South is going to flare up again, just as we see it does in The Legend of Korra.

    - Imbalance Trilogy
The first season of The Legend of Korra (Air) dealt with the conflict between benders and nonbenders within Republic City. The Equalist movement was something of a reaction to the clear bender bias that ran throughout the entire city. In Imbalance, we see the origins of this conflict, as Cranefish Town's business council has found itself imbroiled in a conflict between benders and nonbenders with a seeming Bender supremacy group pushing the conflict further. Aang and the gang have to resolve the crisis and keep the newly forming Republic City from fracturing into war before it is even founded.
 
Seeing Aang and the gang deal with the conflict between benders and nonbenders is an element that wasn't explored in the original series and its clear from the Equalists in The Legend of Korra that despite Aang's efforts in this story, his efforts to provide balance and equality for all citizens was largely ineffective. It's a very real story of prejudice (both systemic and otherwise) and is the kind of maturity that makes Avatar such an effective series.
 
    - The Lost Adventures & Team Avatar Tales
The Lost Adventures are a series of short anthologies that date back to the late 2000s when Avatar: The Last Airbender was still in production. They are almost always humorous or self-contained and largely used to explore character moments throughout the first three seasons of the show.
 
    - Katara and the Pirate's Silver
A light-hearted adventure set during the original series, the story follows Katara as she's forced to team up with a band of pirates in order to deliver supplies to an Earth Kingdom town, halt a Fire Nation army, and reunite with Team Avatar. The story highlights the complexities of war and the differences between opportunists and profiteers. The pirates act as both a foil and a lesson for Katara forcing her confront the moral grayness of the world, especially for a character like Katara who is as morally certain as a character can get.
 
    - Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy
Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy is set after The Rift and details Toph's boredom following the establishment of her school. Her original students have begun teaching students of their own and Toph finds herself listless, even as her other friends have found their callings and passions. With the help of Sokka and Suki, Toph begins to explore her other interests hoping something will reignite her spark, leading to the discovery of a type of earthbender Toph has never seen before: a lavabender.
 
The story highlights more of Toph's life post Avatar: The Last Airbender but the story doesn't really allow itself to go to far into the future as Toph's future as Chief of Police for Republic City is still quite a ways off. Ultimately making this story feel like a standalone adventure more akin to something seen in The Lost Adventures, albeit with more length.
 
    - Suki, Alone
A significantly darker story, Suki, Alone covers the trials of Suki, a Kyoshi Warrior ally of Team Avatar, as she tries to survive in a Fire Nation prison. The story covers her tribulations within the prison, trying to find whatever hope she can in a hopeless situation, her past and the struggles she faced to become the leader of her warriors, and the betrayals and losses that led to her position. The story goes into the importance of personal strength and hope in the face of adversity.
 
    - Azula in the Spirit Temple
 Acting as something of a sequel to Smoke & Shadow, this story focuses on Azula's mental state after she runs away from her group of outlaws following a disagreement of their future. Stumbling across a spirit temple, Azula is haunted by visions of her past, present, and future as a spirit tries to uncover what it is that Azula actually wants.
 
The story is a fascinating exploration into Azula's psyche which was incredibly broken by the end of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Azula's fate in the era of Avatar Korra remains an enduring mystery of the franchise that has yet to be fully answered and for how interesting this story ultimately was, it provided nothing in the way of real answers.
 
    - The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer
The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer is the first story to seriously explore Uncle Iroh's past as he is forced confront mistakes he made during the Hundred Years' War by teaming up with June, the bounty hunter he worked with during the war, in order to uncover a tea cartel with ties to a former officer of his. As he confronts his own past and mistakes, he works to help June find her own identity in a post-war world, one that doesn't really need a bounty hunter.
 
This is a story rooted in self-discovery and confronting one's mistakes. It puts Iroh in the absolute best-light and his relationship with June is always a treat to watch.
 
    - Ashes of the Academy
 Acting as a sequel to Smoke & Shadow, Ashes of the Academy follows Fire Lord Zuko's half-sister Kiyi as she attends the Fire Nation's premiere school of noble children, despite the fact that she isn't noble herself. Worried that the culture of the school, heavily rooted in bullying and the use of fighting to resolve conflicts, is counter to his vision for the Fire Nation and a threat to his sister, Zuko hires Mai to become a teacher at the school in order to uncover the source of the school's brutal culture and reputation.
 
This is a story about the marks of generational trauma and the perpetuation of violence. The consequences of a single person and how the notions of class can be perpetuated by hate and violence. It's a very real story that I think has parallels to many of our current issues.
 
4. The Legend of Korra Comics
    - Patterns in Time
 An anthology series comprised of new stories and Free Comic Book Day releases set in the era of Avatar Korra. Patterns in Time is largely self-contained stories with many detailing events in Korra's past, though their are stories from Tenzin, Asami, and even Meelo. Though I would have to say that for a world-builder the real prize of this anthology is the story Wisdom, which is set at one of the earliest times in the Avatar universe, over three thousand years before The Last Airbender during the life of Guru Laghima (a very influential Air Nomad that influenced the Red Lotus heavily). This comic alone represents the sheer breath and scale that Avatar lore is capable of, if they were willing to go further.
 
    - Turf Wars Trilogy
Set immediately after the conclusion of The Legend of Korra Book 4, Turf Wars covers the chaos in Republic City that resulted from the formation of a spirit portal in the heart of the city. Now the crisis between humans and spirits threatens to explode as people on both sides seek to exploit the portal, all the while the rising spirit conflict is also destabilizing organized crime in Republic City with everything coming to a head in a fight that threatens to break out into all-out war for the city.
 
    - Ruins of the Empire Trilogy
Ruins of the Empire wraps up the conflict with Kuvira and her Earth Empire as we see her followers continue to destabilize the Earth Kingdom, even as Earth King Wu attempts to transition the nation into a democracy. This story is a haunting story of how fascist regimes use the very trappings of democracy to destroy it from the inside and that is a story that I think is very poignant in our modern society.
 
    - Mystery of Penquan Island
One of the more recent releases, this graphic novel is actually focused on Bolin and Mako, the two teammates of Avatar Korra. When a missing persons case lands on Mako's desk, he is pressured heavily not to go looking into the situation when all clues lead to the isolated Penquan Island. Torn between his orders and his sense of morality, he and his brother journey to Penquan Island where they uncover a conspiracy rooted in political corruption and shadows of the Hundred Years' War that tie even into Mako and Bolin's own backstory. 
 
5. Chronicles of the Avatar
    - The Kyoshi Duology
Chronicles of the Avatar is a series of novels that focus on the lives of the various known past Avatars. Two books are dedicated to each Avatar in the series, with the Kyoshi duology being the first in the series. Covering The Rise of Kyoshi and The Shadow of Kyoshi, these two books explore Kyoshi's discovery as the Avatar, her conflict with mentor figures that seek to control her, and dark spirits that managed to escape from her predecessor, the controversial Avatar Kuruk. The duology is an exploration of how the best of intentions can lead to dark outcomes and show the subtle transformation of Avatar Kyoshi from a hopeful dreamer into the pragmatic and brutal force of balance that characterized her later life.

    - The Yangchen Duology
Set in the era of Avatar Yangchen, considered to be one of the greatest Avatar's to ever live, The Dawn of Yangchen and The Legacy of Yangchen detail her life as a young and untested Avatar, struggling to live up to the diplomatic legacy of her predecessor, Avatar Szeto, in an era where diplomacy is almost nonexistent and spies are everywhere. Yangchen must team up with a thief named Kavik as they seek to stop a plot to further destabilize an already unstable global politic, as well as deal with a difficult and dark relationship with the spirit world, a relationship which will lead to tragedy in her successor, Avatar Kuruk's life.
 
This duology shows Yangchen not as the paragon of Avatar values that she is remembered as in later history, but as that flawed and very human young woman struggling to make her own way in a shifting and unstable world.
 
    - The Reckoning  of Roku (Book 1 of the Roku Duology)
The first book in the Roku Duology, The Reckoning of Roku outlines Roku's discovery as the Avatar and his quest to begin mastering the elements. All the while, his relationship with Prince Sozin is put into a new light and Roku has to uncover his own nature as the Avatar, separate from his predecessor, the brutal and militaristic Avatar Kyoshi.
 
As the Roku Duology is not yet finished, we don't actually know how Roku's journey through the novels will continue. But I am excited to see what occurs.
 
6. Republic City Hustle
A three episode webseries initially released on Nick.com, Republic City Hustle told the origin story of Mako and Bolin following the death of their parents as they struggle to survive on the streets of Republic City, including run-ins with the local crime rings.
 
Very short and acting very much as prologue for Mako and Bolin at the height of The Legend of Korra, the series is meant to be very child-friendly and a fun exploration of how these two brothers got to the point they are at the start of the series.

7.  The Legend of Korra (video game)
Unlike other video game tie-ins, The Legend of Korra, released in 2014, was actually designed to be canon with the rest of the Avatar Legends lore. Set between Books 2 and 3, the game outlines a plot to release a powerful spirit known as Hundun who seeks immortality and to conquer the world. Korra must work with her friends to defeat Hundun's allies and stop his invasion from the Spirit World.

The story of this video game is... kind of weird, I'm not gonna lie. I only vaguely followed this story's campaign and it does very little to explain Hundun's backstory, only that it involves another Avatar centuries earlier (whose story honestly seems like it would've been more interesting).
 
8. Avatar Legends Roleplaying Game
For fans of D&D and other roleplaying games, the idea of playing in the world of Avatar is ultimately a no-brainer. As this is a roleplaying game, I can't completely declare everything canon, I can say that the elements presented in the pre-written adventure modules (set in the eras of Kyoshi, Roku, the Hundred Years War, Aang, and Korra) do seem to be treated as canon. So while the resolution of these adventures are in the players hands, the backstory of those adventures and the characters involved is not; which leads to a lot of fun and interesting implications.
 
Though I would like to see more of Yangchen and Kuruk's era as well, so perhaps we will see expansions set during their eras. 
 
9. Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy
Designed as a scrapbook written by Avatar Aang for his son Tenzin, the book acts as something of a synopsis of the lore of Avatar: The Last Airbender up to that point. It includes fun easter eggs and commentary of events by the cast through letters and comments and acts as a nice little lore-dump from the minds of the characters themselves.

10. Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy of the Fire Nation
Very much like the previous entry, this scrapbook is designed as if it had been written by Uncle Iroh for his nephew, Fire Lord Zuko. In it, he goes a little into the history of the Fire Nation Royal Family, his own personal history, the good and the bad, as well as touching upon how the Fire Nation is changing as Iroh is growing older, with the final segments seemingly taking place toward the end of Iroh's life outside of the Spirit World.
 
The book is a treat for world builders like myself as it includes an incredibly detailed family tree of the Fire Nation Royal Family.
 
11. The Legend of Korra: An Avatar's Chronicle
Written from the perspective of Avatar Korra, this scrapbook is once again written as a sort of plot synopsis of the entire The Legend of Korra TV show from the perspective of the main character reflecting on the events. Not much more to say, its essentially the Korra version of the previous two entries.

12.  Free Comic Book Day minicomics
Free Comic Book Day minicomics are a staple of the comic book industry, and Avatar has introduced them for many years for both Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. All of these stories are, much like The Lost Adventures largely self-contained and more humorous stories, meant to draw fans into buying the more complex graphic novels.

What Will Be...
1. Chronicles of the Avatar
    - The Awakening of Roku (Book 2 of the Roku Duology) (October 14, 2025)
The next book in the Roku duology, not much is really known about this book as I can't find a synopsis anywhere. I imagine based upon the title that it will detail Roku's discovery as to his own identity as the Avatar, separate from Avatar Kyoshi. The Roku we see in the original series is very much built as a man who lived his life trying to be the opposite of Kyoshi so it may be that this series works to show his evolution into that man, even as the world around him perhaps needs a firmer hand. Again this is mostly speculation as the authors have been surprisingly quiet about it all.
 
It also hurts because this seems to be the last entry in the Chronicles of the Avatar book series as of writing this article, despite the fact that there are many Avatars whose stories could still be told.

2. City of Echoes (July 22, 2025)
City of Echoes is a very important novel as it is the first novel to be released under the Avatars' new Avatar Legends brand. Much the same way that Star Wars had the Legends epitaph for much of its non-movie properties, Avatar Legends looks to be the series' creators attempt to expand the Avatar brand beyond just Aang and Korra, with City of Echoes following the character of Jin, a minor character from the Ba Sing Se arc of the original series. The book will follow her perspective during the Coup of Ba Sing Se that takes place at the end of Book 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender as she tries to survive in a city of lies and secrets.
 
The book is the first the franchise to not focus on the Avatar and promises a unique look into the life of ordinary people in the Avatar universe. If it is recieved well, this could provide a framework for more interesting non-Avatar stories down the line.

3. Avatar: Seven Havens (circa 2027)
The next major animated series set in the Avatar universe, Seven Havens is set in the era following Avatar Korra. A pariculatly dark time, this era is characterized as an era of societal collapse, where humanity is confined to seven settlements where the rest of the world is seemingly consumed in chaos and issues with the spirit world. Seven Havens follows the new Avatar Pema as she struggles to uncover the history of her world and her place in it, since the Avatar is now scene as a force of chaos and destruction rather than peace and balance.
 
We still don't know a lot about this upcoming series, but what we do know paints a world unlike any we have seen before that promises to turn the entire Avatar world on its head.
  
4. The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender (October 9, 2026)
The first animated motion picture set in the Avatar universe, The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender is set a few years after the end of the original The Last Airbender show, with the main cast now adults forced to confront  brand-new villain. We know almost nothing about this project, despite the fact that it is set to release in a little over a year and a half, which does make me a little concerned.
 
But we've never had an Avatar movie (actually worth the effort) before so all in all I like how experimental the creators of the series are willing to be with properties within the IP.

5. Untitled Avatar RPG Game (TBA)
The idea of creating an open-world action RPG for Avatar seems like a no-brainier and though we don't know much, what has been revealed seems promising. The story seems like it would be set around 7000 years before the start of the Hundred Years' War, during a volcanic ice age that the player will have to deal with as the new Avatar. If this synopsis is accurate, this game would be one of the earliest periods ever explored in the Avatar universe and I am so incredibly excited to learn more. Unfortunately, we know next to nothing about this project, not even a release date. The game honestly sounds like it could be to the original series of Knights of the Old Republic was the original series of Star Wars.
 
And that...makes me very excited.

6. Avatar: The Last Airbender: Relics of the Four Nations (October 28, 2025)
Yet another scrapbook, this entry seems to focus on showing us cultures of the Four Nations through the various relics and artifacts of the world. Again, not a lot is known but I imagine that this will be a treat for any world-builders and may perhaps give some fun hints or clues as to events set even earlier than Avatar Yangchen. 

What Could Be...
1. "Adventures" of Avatar Szeto
In the line of past Avatars, the most distant Avatar for which we have an unbroken line of Avatars is Avatar Szeto, the predecessor of Avatar Yangchen. We don't know much about him, though we have seen him several times in both Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra in a non-speaking capacity. What we do know seems to paint him as a bureaucrat and skilled diplomat and seemed to focus much of his attention on the Fire Nation, often to the detriment of the other nations. He apparently lived in an age where the Fire Nation was crumbling and threatening to fracture due to war, famine, and natural disasters. Rather than employing brute force, Szeto seems to have joined the government as a minor functionary and rose through the ranks of government, reforming the Fire Nation from within with law and bureaucracy rather force and power.
 
We also learn that his act of focusing on the Fire Nation only may not have been true, as he seems to have possessed a powerful spy network and his period was one of relative peace between the Four Nations. This idea of a non-combative more political Avatar feels truly unique and not something that the series has really explored.
 
I could actually see Avatar Legends cover his "adventures" in two possible ways. More comedic elements could be treated in a sort-of mockumentary style, similar to The Office, where we follow a beleaguered Avatar Szeto as he tries to fix things from within a system fighting him every step of the way. Or if we wanted to focus on political intrigue and backroom dealings, we could have a dark poltical thriller in line with shows like House of Cards or Game of Thrones. Either one could lead to some really interesting takes on an Avatar that seems unlike any we have seen the series thus far.

2. Chronicles of the Avatar - Kuruk Duology
Avatar Kuruk is, within the fandom, probably the most popular and least explored Avatar in the franchise. The successor of Yangchen and predecessor of Kyoshi, his tenure as the Avatar is incredibly short and tragic. Just hearing stories of Kuruk's life in the Kyoshi books implies something that, if it were made into the next duology in the Chronicles of the Avatar series, would probably read like Lovecraftian horror.

Kuruk spent his entire life apparently hunting dark spirits and otherworldly entities enraged by failures in Avatar Yangchen's life. His efforts to stop these spirits ultimately destroyed his friendships and love life, as well as caused him to live a short life full of pain. Any story of his life would inevitably be a tragedy and a horror novel, and that is something that I think the supernatural world of Avatar could absolutely explore well. More mature content for an audience that is now, not only children, but the adults who grew up with the original series.
 
3. Adventures of more Past Avatars and Ordinary Civilians
The Line of Avatars preceding Aang (Roku in the Upper Left)
The world of Avatar is truly expansive, with the first Avatar, Wan, apparently living 10,000 years before Korra. That leaves us with literal millennia to explore and hundreds of Avatars to meet and fall in love with. Up to know, the Avatar franchise has focused on Avatars we've met in the shows, but the various other properties have begun mentioning earlier Avatars as well. We know about Szeto, but we also learned about Avatars named Zalir, Gun, and Salai. We know very little about these three but that could open up fun possibilities, especially when we also couple with the fact that the creators have seemingly already designed up to 18 Avatars preceding Korra.  We only have their images and connections to conceptual art, but it absolutely sets the imagination ablaze.
 
Also with the release of City of Echoes, we have the possibility of discovering the world through the lens of people other than the Avatar. Perhaps a story of someone who lives centuries before any known Avatar that we follow their adventures, where the Avatar is a force on the periphery of the main characters life. Never meeting but whose impact is still felt.
 
All of this ultimately works to show that the Avatar Legends property is strong and has the potential to be as well-regarded and expansive as the Star Wars mythos, if the creators allow their imaginations to move beyond the paths already tread by their two flagship shows. I await more information and feel like it truly is a great time to be an Avatar fan.
 
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