After his death, he reincarnates as Korra, the main character in The Legend of Korra series which takes place several decades after the events of the original series.Īang was founded with the help of Zuko, the United Republic of Nations, with the Republic City as its capital, which includes inhabitants of different nations, in order to preserve peace. Aang, of course, succeeds and manages to lead a peaceful life later on.Īang eventually marries Katara and has three children with her: Bumi, Kya, and Tenzin. Once awakened from his cryogenesis, Aang must learn 3 other elements to ironically save the world he once knew, which is the plot of The Last Airbender. He was frozen for a whole century before being thawed. However, due to his absence – because he ends up frozen in an iceberg with Appa – a global war begins as part of the expansion of the Fire Nation. Before the beginning of the series, the Avatar knows his reason for being and he flees to avoid his fate. The people who are capable of manipulating him are named “Airbenders,” a title that Aang earns due to his status as an avatar. In this case, the boy comes from the Air Nomads, a group of individuals capable of using the air for their benefit.
In turn, they are born according to a cycle, which corresponds to the succession of the aforementioned elements. The avatars have learned to control all of the four elements – Water, Earth, Fire, and Air – in that order, to maintain peace and harmony. As such, Aang is the penultimate – but the most recent, according to the chronology of the series, is a girl named Korra – of countless reincarnations born throughout history dating back to the first Avatar, a master of the fire called Wan. The Avatar, within the series, is considered a being that provides the balance between the four elements as well as with the Four Nations and that has been the physical embodiment of the spirit of the world.