Prologue:

>Korra's Birth: Year 0

>LOK Finale: 21

>Korra Disappears: 58

>Korra Dies, Earth Avatar Born: 80

>Earth Avatar Series Begins: 96

Background:

>80s style time period

>Cold war between United Earth Republic vs Fire Nation

>Northern Water Tribe is allied with FN

>Southern Water Tribe is allied with UER

>Air Temples are neutral

>UER is formed of Ba Sing Se and a few other Earth Republic states

>The remaining states are independent, with a number of them alligned with FN

>The independent states vary in their political systems, raning from tribes to theocracy to aristocracy, etc.

>Both sides squabbling for power, trying to gain more Earth territory; not really sure of who would win if a full blown conflict emerged, in a late-CW scenario whenthe avatar appears

>Suddenly most valuable chip is in the game

>If either side has the Avatar, it means the indecisive states would probably side with them, giving them an edge in the conflict

>Several states of the former EK + FN + SWT as the NATO of this world, while UER + NWT as Warsaw Pact

>Spirit weapons on both sides

>Spirit world colonization on both sides

Outline:

>Introduce Shen and his brother

>FN spies in the neutral Si Wong Desert region find out about Shen

>Kimiko (with Poi in tow) under Vachir's orders comes to recruit Shen (with Bayar in tow)

>Poi wears some traditional female sandbender garments (hammerpants)

>Travel in the hopes to find an Airbending teacher

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>World-building as they travel from Air Temple to Air Temple, as they tavel through the various Earth states

>They first head they head to Eastern Air Temple

>From there they head towards the Southern Air Temple

>They meet the winebendesr at a bar, and also at the bar are the SS but Team Avatar/SS don't know each other's identities

>After the Southern Air Temple they take a pit-stop at FN where they meet Vachir

>From there they go to the Western Air Temple, and finally the Northern Air Temple

>They get turned down from every Air Temple, as they are taking a neutral stance on the cold war

>A rebellious airbender kid stows away with them when they leave the last Air Temple

>After some squabbling about him coming with them at all, he offers to be Shen's teacher

>Team Avatar are travelling in UER territory

>During there travels, they run into Mud, who finds out Shen is the Avatar and challenges him to a fight

>After getting overpowered by Mud, Shen accidentally reveals that he is the Avatar in a means to defense

>They get arrested and thrown into a temp prison until the authorities get orders on what to do

>Team Avatar meet Lee at the priston and escape with his help

>SS is introduced, as the UER president hires them to hunt back the Avatar

>Team Avatar start training, but realize the SS is after them and need to keep moving

>Lee and Bayar travel in Lee's ride, whilst the other's are still travelling with Azusa

>As they travel, Shen and Kimiko begin to reevaluate their world views, and Shen struggles with his Vaatu problem

>Lee and Bayar gets lost from the others an episode or two before the finale

>The SS finally succeeds in capturing them, despite Shen finally going Avatar-mode (finally gets to connect with Korra)

>They get thrown in a Dai Li prison to prep for brainwashing

>Vachir gets the news that the Avatar has been captured by UER, and in panic leaves to attack the Dai Li in retaliation in order to get the Avatar

>Lee takes Bayar to his "connections", Detectives Hato and Kodo, to get help finding Team Avatar

>Lee and Bayar rescues the team

>Vachir returns back to FN after finding out Team Avatar is no longer there

>Beach episode(s), waterbending training

>Mud reveals that he has been tracking Shen down and challenges him to another fight, gets #rekt

>Vachir's attack causes tensions to rise between FN and UER (international incident tier)

>He grows even more paranoid and reluctantly conducts a military coup, usurping the Fire Lord

>Shen and co. have to mediate Vachir and UERs confrontation from turning into a full-blown spirit-nuclear war

>Shen has his epiphany, stops fighting Vaatu and accepts him, fusing him with Raava

>This gives him the power boost he needs to neutralize antagonists

>War averted, Shen bears witness to the signing of a peace treaty between the FN and UER

Protagonists:

>Shen Ji, 16

>Sandbending Avatar

>Doesn't care about the outside world, but slowly grows custom to it

>Parents are dead (he discovers he is the Avatar mourning his father's death), and he with his brother lives with one of his dad's old friend

>Goes with the flow, anddoesn't care about anything but his immediate surroundings, also he is stoic, slow to hatred but can furious anger, patient if unhurried

>Looks up to Bayar, wishes to be like him

>Dislikes Kimiko initially, seeing her as snooty

>Maybe has a crush on Poi

>Bayar, 21

>Avatar's brother

>Was hailed as a sandbending prodigy before they discovered the Avatar, and as a result he is slightly bitter/envious about his brother, but is also protective

>Fiercely loyal to the sandbender tribe, and follows the Avatar into the outside world to keep him from losing touch with his roots

>Hates Kimiko initially, views her as a corruptor of Shen

>Wants to dislike Poi, but honestly can't fault her for anything other than occassionally being too loud

>Kimiko, 19

>Rich, noble firebender

>A sophisticate with a superiority complex, she sets out on a mission to locate the Avatar and convince him to ally with the FN

>At first she sees Shen as a dirty, uncouth tool, but slowly starts to respect him and feel guilt over manipulating him

>Finds Bayar brutish and gross, but tries to be professional about it, although she feels Bayar pushes it too far sometimes

>Loves Poi like a sister, but kind of takes her emotional support for granted and doesn't quite realize how much she is dependent on Poi

>Poi, 16

>Waterbender handmaiden of Kimiko

>The daughter of hired servants from the volcanic islands surrounding the FN, she was born into Kimiko's household, where she grew alongside Kimiko as a sister, and now she is a happy-go-lucky and loyal friend of Kimiko

>She's also desperate for affection and terrified at the thought of someone not liking her

>Loves Kim as a sister, and values Kim's happiness to the point that she is willing to sacrifice her expession of negative feelings to avoid bringing her down

>Finds Sandbender culture fascinating, and is very curious about Shen and Bayar

>Brings the fashion into hammerpants!

>Lee, 24

>Con-artist extraordinaire

>A sleazy, smooth-talking con-man, he meets the team at a Dai Li prison camp and after organising an escape joins the team

>Wang, 14

>Airbending runaway

>After the team visit one of the air temples to request help, they get turned down, as the airbenders are taking a neutral stance on the current affairs, this airbender follows the team and joins them against their will

>Wang wants to be hardcore, but his temple won't let him (and he doesn't like his name)

Antagonists:

>Vachir

>A firebending General in the Fire Nation military, he is a FN zealot, with an obsession with FN history and a collection of FN antiques

>Fear and paranoia of the UER motivates him to take drastic measures to ensure the survival of the FN

>He is from a FN allied Earth state, and his particular home state used to be a former state of the UER, before rebellions led them to independence

>Suicide Squat

>A group of skilled non-benders hired by the UER

>Captain - a rugged, cantankerous, old ex-sea-captain, who stinks of fish/booze, she is a master tactician and highly skilled with a boomerang

>Rhino - a juggernaut of a man, he uses pure brute force to bring down his target

>Snake - a charming chi-blocker who uses his skills of acrobatics to bring an aspect of stealth to the team

>Eagle - a Yuyan archer, she function as the marksman of the team

>Mud

>An earthbending wrestling probender, he specialises in crystalbending

>When he finds the Avatar, he grows an obsession over fighting him, to prove his position as the best earthbender to exist

>His name is ironic, AVATAH! Because mud's soft but he's HAAARRRRD!

Other:

>Meelo, Jinora, Ikki and Rohan are the only ones still alive from LoK

>They each lead one of the four air temples

>Meelo leads a militaristic branch (Northern), with airbending ninjas who use their skills to bend sound-vibrations

>Jinora leads a spiritual branch (Eastern), with a focus on reaching enlightenment

>Ikki leads a humanistic branch (Western), with a focus on charitable works

>Rohan is a non-bender who leads an academic branch (Southern), which focuses on educating the airbenders of the history of the Air Nomads among other things

>Sandbender Tribes

>The sandbenders are isolated tribes that inhabit the Si Wong desert, in UER, despite this they have a culturally ingrained resentment to the UER

>The males are the political/militaristic leaders, who run errands and heists to provide the necessities and luxuries of life

>The females are the spiritual leaders, who interact with the desert spirit(s) and have the responsibility of authorising, through the wisdom of the spirit(s), the plans that the men devise

>Animals

>Azusa - a giant Rhino Beetle, she is the teams primary companion, who allows the team to travel through the air, although she has low stamina and needs to rest occasionally - her indestructible shell makes up for this weakness though

>Camelspiders - these giant spider/camel hybrids are the sandbenders choice animals for transport, with incredible speed, and impressive stamina, they allow the sandbenders to transverse the desert - their silks also come in handy for various uses

>Spirit Guide

>Korra gives advice and help to Shen semi-often

>Her advice is usually about facilitating agreements and non-aggression, showing how she grew from where she started

>Doesn't mention her being missing

>However Shen just ignores or argues with her for the most part

>Winebenders (trio)

>Waterbenders who fight in the drunken boxing style

>Seemingly chaotic, but always in control; their style is based around transitioning from seemingly weak, soft movements to strong, powerful movements, as such they only maintain definite shapes with their waterbending for split moments

>They can do most of their techniques while sober, but their unique training makes it so that alcohol improves thier skills/strengths; for this reason, they carry emergency bottles of booze at all times

>One is a laughing drunk, one an angry drunk, and the third member is an oblivious drunk who is semi-conscious for the best part

>As part of their philosophy, they embrace aspects of the lower class and downtrodden

>Detectives Hato and Kodo

>Lee's "connections"