Avatar: The Saga of Zia

Prologue

Water, earth, fire, air.

For over three-hundred years, since the end of the Fire Nation's war, the four nations have lived at peace with each other. Over the years, the Avatars have settled disputes and ultimately prevented wars. Now, a mysterious force of renegades from all four nations has been attacking temples all across the world, demolishing them and destroying relics and statues of previous Avatars. These renegades are led by a strange woman named Inna -formerly of the Northern Water Tribe- who dominates her fearful, but fiercely loyal subjects with the power of her fiery speeches. Inna claims that the nations should not be separate, but united as one, all-powerful force that can stand against anything…even the spirits. The spirits are what Inna truly wishes to conquer.

The only thing preventing Inna and her followers from waging war on the rulers of all four nations and the spirits is the Avatar. Inna knows that as long as there is an Avatar, there will be a strong connection between our world and the spirit world. She knows that the only way she will ever successfully defy the spirits and the dominion of the four nations is to destroy the Avatar…permanently.

For years, Inna has sought out ways to destroy the Avatar. It has become her life's obsession. But unfortunately for Inna, the new Avatar that was born into the Fire Nation nearly sixteen years ago, has been well hidden. The only ones who know of the Avatar's true identity are the Fire Sages, and they keep their secrets well. With the Avatar's sixteenth birthday approaching, Inna knows that the Fire Sages must confront the new Avatar with his or her identity. The secret cannot be kept much longer.

Inna bides her time, waiting patiently for her chance. She has waited years to find and destroy the Avatar. Now she is about to get her chance.