MAJOR SPOILERS BENEATH THE TAG

Alright everyone, I’m going to go straight to the nitty gritty. Bryke has toldus that although Book 3: Change will feel a lot like Avatar the Last Airbender, it will be a darker story.

Prepare your feels everyone, this might not go over well with some of you.



Alright everyone here it is:





ZAHEER ORCHESTRATED AANG’S DEATH

YES, you read that right. Our beloved Avatar was KILLED by this “Team Evil-tar”, and Zaheer was the one who orchestrated it. There are numerous ways it could have been done so I’m not going to focus on the how.



I’m going to focus on the WHY.

Zaheer has been revealed to be a philosophical villain on a crusade that he believes is a “righteous” cause.

However he also wants to bring about the end of the White Lotus AND the Avatar.

Here’s my current standing theory:

1. Zaheer was one of the first Air Acolytes to join Aang in his quest to rebuild the Air Nation.

2. He studied the Air Nomad culture immensely and gained an incredible understanding of their ways. All along the way, he is obsessed with being like Avatar Aang.

3. Zaheer continually tries to prove himself to Aang hoping to be viewed as his favorite. They develop a close friendship, much like father and son. (I’m getting a serious Kung Fu Panda 1 vibe all throughout this season so far)

4. Aang has Bumi, and Kya but neither of them are airbenders. Aang begins to worry that none of his children will be Airbenders.

5. Zaheer uses this as the moment he has been waiting for. He asks Aang to use energybending to GIVE HIM AIRBENDING.

6. Aang is torn between the desire to rebuild the Air Nomads before he dies or to follow his teachings and be patient. Ultimately he turns down Zaheer’s request, stating that it would be unnatural, and energybending is not a power one should flaunt carelessly.

7. Zaheer feels betrayed considering everything he’s done for Aang.

8. Tenzin is born and is eventually discovered to be an Airbender. Aang focuses all his teachings and efforts in training and raising Tenzin.

9. Zaheer now believes he has no value to Aang and has an identity crisis. He runs away and joins up with “Team Evil-tar”.

10. He develops a philosophy in his travels that doesn’t involve the Avatar being necessary in the world.

11. He ambushes Aang using his past friendship to get him alone and vulnerable. Then he strikes with his three powerful bending friends and watches Aang nearly die. Before he can deliver the final blow, Aang’s friends arrive and drive Zaheer away.

12. Katara’s healing is not strong enough to heal Aang’s wounds, and he tells her that they must show Zaheer mercy. No matter what he’s done, he’s still family to him. Cue tearbending moment to end all others and AANG DIES.

13. Korra is born. She gets her powers. White Lotus are charged with protecting her. Zaheer finds her and tries to kill her/abduct her. He is stopped by the GAang and many others.

ALRIGHTY NOW!!!

Here is where I’m drawing all the ideas for this theory from!

1. Zaheer is an accomplished airbender even though he apparently JUST received the ability.

2. He attacked Korra as a baby when she was 4, which was the year she was discovered to be the Avatar.

3. He is obsessed with Guru Lahima, an ancient airbender guru. He could only have truly learned from this person by having access to the airbender manuscripts that Aang would have gathered in his attempts to rebuild his people’s culture.

4. Zuko claims that “Individually these criminals could take down any bender, together they could take down the entire world, and NOW their leader is an airbender!”

This claim would be exaggerated UNLESS THEY HAD ALREADY PROVEN THEIR ABILITIES’ POTENTIAL IN A PREVIOUS CONFLICT.

5. These criminals are taken seriously, and are considered a HUGE threat to the WORLD. That’s why the White Lotus guards them. Also why they guard them in secret, not even the leaders of the current nations knows these people exist.

6. This is the biggest point I have to make here:

AANG DIED AT AGE 66?!?

Mike and Bryan NEVER confirmed the: “Aang aged 100 BIOLOGICAL years in the iceberg theory”.

Yeah ummmm NO.

Our beloved Aang was betrayed and killed by the very person who worked together with him to begin the rebuilding of the Air Nomad nation.





This would make Zaheer the most incredibly personal villain the Avatar fandom has ever had to deal with. You thought the love-hate relationship with Azula or Tarrlok was strong, just wait until this guy gets his back-story flashback!!

