Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender.
This little plot has been nagging me ever since I first watched Avatar, and, since it refuses to leave my head, I decided to post my little plot bunny . I hope you like it, and I crave feedback!
Oh, this is only accurate up until the third chapter of the first book of Avatar: The Last Airbender, since I have yet to see further.
Praetor
Chapter One: Balance
Nature always balances itself out; it is a fact that cannot be overlooked. Man, on the other hand, seems to constantly create chaos to upset that balance. Nature, then, came up with a solution…
The four great powers of nature, water, wind, fire, and earth, exemplify that balance. Fire and Water balance each other, as do Earth and Air. Neither is more powerful than the other three, and all can coexist in harmony. The creation of the Benders, however, posed a new problem to nature.
Humans are chaos. They cannot be regulated or restrained by nature and are forever discovering new ways to escape her. War, greed, and hate are simply a few of the conflicts. Any portion of elemental benders could raise an army to subdue the other three and become the dominant element through careful planning and superior numbers. To balance this chaos, the Avatar was created. A bender who could control all elements was nature's assurance that all would be balanced because the existence of an Avatar proved that no element could dominate another.
One loose end remained, however. The Avatar, being human, was also subject to human failings. What was to keep the powerful balance from becoming corrupt itself? Balance. Balance is nature's key. So, the Praetor was created; a being that possessed the power to bend all elements, but was not as powerful as the Avatar. Instead, an important responsibility rested on the Praetor's shoulders, equal to the Avatar's duty of Peacekeeping…
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Actions unforeseen, however, thwarted Nature's well-laid plans. The Avatar became dormant and, linked by duty and nature, dragged the Praetor down into oblivion as well…
One hundred years would pass before the Avatar was awakened. And as the earth felt the shocks and aftereffects of his reawakening, a sleeping figure deep within stirred and opened a glowing ebony eye.
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I know, I know, it's a short intro, but I felt I had to introduce the logic behind my plot. Please tell me if you like this and click that pretty little button…
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