The Divided Soul
Prologue -
It has been 100 years since the death of Avatar Aang after he had succeeded in ending the Fire nation's campaign of world domination. The two water tribes had once again become one great nation north and south were once again united as brothers due to avatar Aang's work. The ingenuity of the southern tribe combined with the mystical prowess of the northerners created a great nation unrivaled in prosperity. Fire nation rebuilt itself into a peaceful nation under Fire lord Zuko the dragon of balance. The Earth nation was once again a prosperous agricultural society with the greatest earth bender to ever lived fading into the back pages of history. However the peace won by avatar Aang only lasted until his death, since that time the world has yet again descended into darkness.
Avatar Aang was anteceded by six avatars all of which have died. The first met his end at the young age of 16, his antecessors weren't as lucky their life span was a mere 14 years each. Each of the avatars following Aang had a single defining feature; all of the avatars to date have been of the water tribe. No one knows why this perversion of the avatar cycle has occurred but it has caused the Water Empire as they are now called to become immensely powerful. The inherent ingenuity of the southern water tribe more specifically that of Sokka and his father Hakoda provided this new nation the means of creating a submersible armada that terrorizes the sea, the prowess of the northern tribe has yielded an incredibly powerful class of water bender. Combining these factors with the avatar made the Water Nation largest and most powerful nation the world has seen. Their campaign began directly following avatar Aang's death when the first target of the new Water Empire in order to test their power was that of Fire nation. Fire lord Zuko fought bravely and valiantly to the end but was undone by the shamans of the Water Empire, the new class of bender practiced a dark art bending an enemy's blood forcing the enemy to submit. Fire lord Zuko was slain but his men were not nor his nation destroyed instead the nation was to submit to taxation and all able bodied men to enlist in the army. This ensured an army with the strengths of both Fire and Water Nations. Earth nation was their next target but the continent has yet to fall with a 100 years of siege but taking the northern coasts with the help of Bei Fong family has provided the Water Empire with very few but very powerful earth benders.
There exist only the Earth Nation and the renewed Air Nation which only spoken of in rumors. With the avatar as a weapon of the Empire all hope seems lost. The most recent avatar is currently at the expected age of death 14, which has given hope that the resistance may get it's hand on the avatar when it reincarnates yet again but avatar Yue the girl who has received the legacy shows no signs of failing health which has all but destroyed of receiving an untainted avatar. One shimmer of light remains in this new world of darkness though it was spoken by avatar Aang on his deathbed to his child the first air nomad born in the western temple since Aang had been frozen in an iceberg,
"When all hope seems lost and all you can see is the moon to light your sky remember that the sun has to rise eventually, if it gets really bad I'll make them come out at the same time."
And so the story begins ……..