Related: Avatar: Casting Netflix's Live-Action Last Airbender TV Show This is why no one besides the Avatar can master more than one type of bending. The lion turtle explained that no human had ever held two elements at once, and that Raava would need to hold onto the power of air for him until he mastered airbending. Wanting to fix what he had done, Wan asked the lion turtle to give him the power of air. These people were the original Air Nomads, with similar robes and tattoos to the ones that Aang would later wear, and they lived peacefully alongside the spirits - that is, until Vaatu transformed the friendly spirits into monsters. Avatar: The First FirebenderĪfter freeing Vaatu, Wan continued searching for the other lion turtle cities until he came across one that floated in the sky, with the lion turtle gifting its inhabitants the element of air. That's where Wan's journey to mastering all four elements - and becoming the Avatar - began. He used his fire powers to lead a siege on the Chou family's larders, but was defeated and banished from the city into the Spirit Wilds. Wan asked the lion turtle if he could at least keep the fire to defend himself in his exile, and the lion turtle agreed. He volunteered to join a hunting party, was given the power to create fire by the lion turtle to use on the trip, and then pretended to be scared and returned to the city - not giving the fire back, as he was supposed to do. One day, Wan hatched a plan to use the lion turtle's gift of fire to steal food from the Chous. Related: Avatar: What Happened To Aang After The Last Airbender Ended Wan was an Aladdin-like figure: a poor young thief who stole from the wealthy Chou family who ran the city, but shared the food that he stole with his human and animal friends. The lion turtles protected humans from the spirits that roamed the land, and gave them the gift of the elements when they ventured out of the city.
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The two-parter "Beginnings" reveals that, almost 10,000 years before the events of Avatar: The Last Airbender, humans once lived in great cities on the backs of lion turtles (like the one that teaches Aang how to energybend in Avatar's series finale). Avatar: The Last Airbender's young hero Aang is the latest in a long reincarnation cycle of Avatars - benders born once into every generation to maintain balance between the spirits world and mortal world - but who was the first Avatar? Sequel series The Legend of Korra dives into the origins of the Avatar in season 2, explaining how a young firebender called Wan came to change the balance between spirits and mankind.