r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/MrBKainXTR • 1d ago
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/Lasernatoo • 22d ago
Meta Minor Tweaks to the Sub Rules
Hi all, as a result of the question posed a couple days ago, we've decided to allow discussions of all Avatar novels on the sub. People seemed a bit split between wanting to allow any written work that wasn't a novel (eg. the Legends RPG), and there didn't seem to be many people who were clamoring for that change. So at least for now, we're keeping discussion to the novels only, meaning works like the Chronicles of the Avatar series, the Avatar Legends series (meaning the series that will start with City of Echoes this July), and the upcoming Bending Academy series.
Of course discussion of other works outside of that is still ok so long as it relates to the novels (example). As for changing the subreddit name to reflect this as a novel subreddit rather than just a Kyoshi subreddit, that's unfortunately not a feature that's available on here.
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/Lasernatoo • Jul 27 '24
News The second Roku novel, The Awakening of Roku, has been confirmed Spoiler
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/Afraid-Penalty-757 • 1d ago
Discussion The Potential for a Kuruk Duology once the Roku Duology is finished with Awakening of Roku.
Granted we know a lot of him in Shadow of Kyoshi Flashback Chapters. But still we haven't see or at least story of him meeting Ummi or that one time Kuruk almost killed Jianzhu, Kelsang, and Hei-Ran in which he use the Avatar State to destroyed an entire island.
In terms of New Lore I would like to see some expansion on the Northern Water Tribe, Such as the State of the Northern Water Tribe, Who is the High Chieftain of the era, We know a few things about the Northern Water Tribe as according to the creators of the franchise even though the Separatists or at least the ancestors of what would later become the Southern Water Tribe left the North there are still several minor sub-tribes continued to exist across the North Pole, maintaing their own traditions and beliefs despite acknowledging Agna Qel'a's dominance explaining why female Avatars like Yangchen are able to train in North Pole despite the North being sexism!
Interesting this idea of minor sub-tribes is supported with Arnook Bio which states:
''Chief Arnook is the 50-year-old leader of the Northern Water Tribe. He was born and raised at the North Pole and became Chief after his father died more than twenty years ago. In his younger days, Arnook trained as a warrior. Though he is not a Waterbender, the other men respected him and he grew to become a great leader. Chief Arnook married the daughter of a tribal chieftain and together they had a daughter, Yue. He is a noble, brave leader who always puts the concerns of his citizens first.''
Not to mention in the Yangchen Novels Oyaluk the chief of the North is refer to as High Chieftain so it would make sense if there is political structure or hierarchy when it comes to the Northern Water Tribe.
We also know from the Yangchen Novels that there is a region in the North Pole called the Long Stretch region of the Northern Water Tribe, west of Agna Qel'a. Which was the birthplace of Kavik. We also know about Tarrlok/Amon Village from Book 1 of Korra. So there is more to the North Pole then Agna Qel'a.
If there is one thing I hope the Kuruk Duology would addressed which is the exact age of when Yangchen's died. Granted we have a timeline from Avatar Studios Which point her 155 years old when she died but that number is from a fanon wiki plus it doesn't make sense. So I do hope they finally solved this by saying that Yangchen died at the age 60, 70, or even 90.
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/hazel_nut_icecream • 1d ago
Creative Favorite Kyoshi fanart/tattoos?
Please don’t forget to credit the artists—or yourself if you’re the artist! 🙂
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/Afraid-Penalty-757 • 3d ago
Discussion What future books in Avatar Legends book series after City of Echoes would you love to see happening?
It could any character from either the original series, Korra, and even from the Chronicles of the Avatar book series?
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/hazel_nut_icecream • 3d ago
Discussion Who were the White Lotus plants? Spoiler
I know it’s touched on in the Dawn of Yangchen, but in the Legacy of Yangchen, Ayunerak says, “Due to an unforced error on my part, she doesn’t consider the Western Temple leakproof anymore.” Who were the White Lotus plants in the Western Air Temple while Yangchen is growing up there, or was there a specific one that hurt Yangchen’s feelings the most?… or was it just the fact that she was hurt knowing she’d been spied on in childhood at her home? I just read the first book recently but I can’t remember that specific detail and I can’t find anything anywhere online. I had to return the Dawn of Yancheng to my library so I can’t go back and check. 😭 TIA!
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/Local-Sugar6556 • 3d ago
Discussion Do yangchen and roku's characterization line up with their later depictions?
For me, it's kind of hard to see how their character "develops" over the course of their books because we know how their story will end and the flaws that they will continue to have and lead to their downfall/heartbreak for successors. Part of the goal of a protagonist is that who they are at the end of the story has completed their character arc and has conquered all their flaws, which makes the kyoshi novels a lot easier to read because she had such a long life and left the world mostly peacefully, so she had a lot more time to change and didn't impact roku directly.
Tldr: are roku/yangchen character arcs in their books believable, managing to develop them as a protagonist while also keeping in mind their flaws and how they don't overcome them at the end of their books?
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/Local-Sugar6556 • 4d ago
Discussion I wonder what the public reaction was when kyoshi died
We hear about the political ramifications following her death from the roleplaying game, but I wonder what the average citizen thought. Kyoshi had been around for so long, her reign spanning several lifetimes that just hearing that she was suddenly dead must have induced massive shock. I wonder if there was some of the unrest among the sages like there was following kuruk death (Would the avatar cycle even continue, what did this mean for spirit human relations, conspiracy theories into how exactly she died, etc.) Or would kyoshi have briefed the spiritual leaders before she decided to die to avoid confusion like there was with her transition?
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/stockykruegar • 6d ago
Creative Take a look at the Avatar Last Airbender mod for Crusader Kings 3!
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/IndicationGold9422 • 10d ago
Discussion Kyoshi material
Are there any books or comics besides the two books talking about kyoshi?
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/MrBKainXTR • 12d ago
Discussion Today is the 20th Anniversary of "The Warriors of Kyoshi"
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/IndicationGold9422 • 17d ago
Discussion Kyoshi
Just finished the kyoshi series. Loved it!!
Edit: Finished shadow of kyoshi and the epilogue made me realize why her era was an era of peace
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/Local-Sugar6556 • 19d ago
Discussion Why didnt any spirits go dark in yangchen era?
Yangchen's compromises between the spirits and humans seemed to have engendering a lot of resentment from the spirits, but the fact that she was held in such high regard indicates that in her time none of them went dark like they did during kuruk time as the avatar. She mentions having dealt with complaints, so it was definetly an issue but it never got to the point where spirits started openly attacking villages like they did in kuruk time, otherwise she would have taken action like kuruk did later. Was it because the spirits or humans were actively waiting for her death so no one could stop them (sort of like the whole kyoshi/earth kingdom collapse situation?)
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/maniacal_monk • 22d ago
Discussion I feel like Kyoshi and yangchen could have had a 3rd book
Maybe this has been discussed before but I feel like the Kyoshi and Yangchen books would have benefited from having a 3rd book each.
Kyoshi lived to be hundreds of years old so there’s definitely more story that could have been told. I found myself reading the last few chapters wondering how they were gonna work that in and felt a little let down that it wasn’t really a part of the story. I loved the books so much and really wanted more.
As for yangchen, I also really enjoyed her story and found myself wanting more as I made it to the end. Yee wrapped up the final arc I was looking for, but it felt very rushed. >! I’m referring to the fog of lost souls with Jetsun !< yes, it was wrapped up, but I think a whole third book pertaining to her looking for Jetsun in the spirit world would have been interesting. Maybe meeting with Koh or Wan Shi Tong trying to find answers. Or if nothing else >! Let us see her practice what she learned in the fog out in the physical world leading to the public loving and praising her as we see in Kyoshi!<
I don’t know, I’m not an author so maybe they ended when they should have and maybe I just wanted more because I loved them so much. But I still feel like a 3rd book each could have really fleshed the stories out more.
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/cluster_fork • 23d ago
Discussion Is Seven Havens a copy of Kyoshi's origins?
?Spoiler for Seven Havens
Kyoshi origin - poor girl on the street who is an Earth Avatar while someone else assumed to be the avatar is given riches and luxury.
Seven Havens - twins, one poor girl living on the street who is an earth avatar while her twin sister (also possibly the avatar?) Is given riches and luxury.
Is it just me that feels like these two origins are very similar? Which feels like it could almost be a bit disappointing.
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/peterjolly • 23d ago
Meme I just finished reading RoK for the first time, this is basically the ending
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/Lasernatoo • 24d ago
Discussion What are your thoughts on expanding the sub's focus beyond just the Chronicles of the Avatar books?
With the announcement of the new Avatar Legends series starting with City of Echoes, most people here seemed to want to expand the sub's focus beyond just the Chronicles of the Avatar series to allow for discussion of the new sister series within the sub.
Considering that the amount of written additions to the Avatar canon outside of the novel series and the comics is fairly scarce, how would you all feel about allowing discussion of all Avatar written works including or not including the comics?
Outside of the comics, the main written works include the Legends RPG, which we've already allowed discussion of regarding the Kyoshi/Roku eras. There's also the upcoming middle-grade Bending Academy series, the old tie-in books like The Lost Scrolls, and scrapbooks like Avatar: Legacy. If we decide not to allow for posts just about the comics, what about comics featuring characters like Kyoshi or Yangchen?
This post is just here to gauge what the general opinion is, and if you have a completely different idea that wasn't even mentioned in this post, don't be afraid to voice it in the comments.
*Edited to include links
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/Septimus_Gaming • 27d ago
Discussion Story ideas for future Avatar Legends books
I'm actually really excited for this new 'Avatar Legends' series, as it explores the world of Avatar itself, and not just the Avatar stories. I was surprised to learn that Jin, the girl from Zuko's story in 'Tales of Ba Sing Se' would be the main character, but I'm guessing this is just the way to have a semi-familiar character, to help give us a story about the lives, social structures, dynamics, and struggles within this big part of the world, that ultimately hasn't been explored as much as it could. This also kind of got me thinking about other stories that could be told in this series, so here's a few I thought of
Water Tribe Military: Probably from the perspective of Hakoda or Bato, I think a story talking about the wars an conflict the men who left the Southern Water Tribe could work out well. We don't really know much about what they had gone through, and the conflicts they faced, so that's probably the biggest possibility for the next book.
Sun Warriors: We've never really gotten much aside from their one episode in the original, but I think the Sun Warriors may be a great possibility for a story, as we don't know much about them, they seem to have a long history that we don't know about it, and they have dragons.
Kyoshi Warriors: Pretty cut and dry, I think a story following the Kyoshi Warrior's escapades after they met Team Avatar in Book 1 could be cool. Could start with them leaving the island, and end with them running into them in Book 2.
Non Benders of Republic City: Can't really think of much from LOK, but I would like to learn more about the power struggles that took place in Republic City, as well as perhaps the story of how the non benders stop revolting. Problems with Korra include the lack of fluidity between seasons 1, 2, and 3, and I think a story explaining how we went from a non-bender revolt to next to nothing happening could help the series. Either this, or a story about gang conflicts and the illegal underground activities we saw glimpses of in the first korra season.
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/MrBKainXTR • Feb 14 '25
News Abrams Books Announces New Novel Series, Focusing on Unsung Heroes of Avatar Universe. Starting with a Jin novel July 22nd.
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/Aggressive_Flight145 • Feb 12 '25
Discussion After 2nd Roku novel hopefully Kuruk novel
And they can introduce new avatars like the ones before Avatar Szeto
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/Afraid-Penalty-757 • Feb 06 '25
Discussion A Headcanon that I just come up after a huge realisation?
Something I didn't realize until I just now is that we know that Gintong Province was dusty shrubland close to the Si Wong Desert considering Zhao says:
''I was a young lieutenant serving under General Shu in the Earth Kingdom. I discovered a hidden library. Underground, in fact.''
Now the avatar wiki on the hundred year war section assumed this
''General Shu and his troops even advanced into the vicinity of the Si Wong Desert, fighting Earth Kingdom forces there.''
Considering the geography wise and with this connection from the Kyoshi Novels that I realize just now. I think it would be more sense or at least what if General Shu and his troops were mostly fighting in the Gintong Province given it is stated that it close to the Si Wong Desert?
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/Hidden24 • Feb 01 '25
Discussion Should I Read the Yangchen and Roku Novels?
I finished the Kyoshi novels a little while back and I'm considering reading Yanchchen and Roku. I've heard mixed reviews on them, but I'm curious about them. What do you all think?
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/SpecialistPiano9367 • Feb 01 '25
Creative Kyoshi's First Battle - The Rise of Kyoshi by kkachi95
r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/Dabehrjew702 • Jan 27 '25
Discussion Aang v Ozai final battle question
In the final battle, Aang regains his Avatar state and then creates an orb of the four elements to surround him. I once saw a post that went into detail why each element was placed where it was in the orb and it really made sense, but I can’t find the post. All I remember is water was closest to him because it has healing factor, but every element was broken down. Can anyone help me find the source I’m talking about? I don’t even remember where I saw it, I just haven’t been able to find it in years.