- Earth.
Fire.
Air.
Water.
Only the Avatar
Can master all four elements
And bring balance to the world.
- The Avatar has gone missing.
After President Raiko refused Korra's request
To aid the south in the war of the water tribes,
She headed to the fire nation,
Seeking a new ally against Unalaq.
But unbeknownst to her friends,
A dark spirit attacked Korra
And dragged her into the ocean.
She has washed up on a desolate island
With no memory of who she is.
- We found the Avatar washed up onshore,
But she doesn't remember anything.
- [weakly] Raava.
- A dark energy has infected her.
We must purge it before it destroys
Her Avatar spirit.
Let the waters cleanse the darkness
That plagues your spirit.
[ethereal music]
♪ ♪
- Who are you? - I am you.
- Who am I?
- You are the Avatar.
- I don't know what that is.
- In order to remember,
You must regain your connection
With your Avatar spirit.
- If you don't, darkness will engulf the world.
You will die, and our era will end.
- How do I regain my connection?
- Go back. Return to the beginning.
Find Raava.
- Are you Raava?
- No, but I can help you find her.
My name is Wan, and I will show you
How I became the first Avatar.
- Nobody steals from the chou brothers!
- Really? Because I just did.
- You're dead, Wan.
- Actually, I feel quite alive.
[chous shouting]
[all grunt]
[birds screech]
- Hey, stop!
[exciting music]
♪ ♪
- [laughs] hey, fellas.
You're just in time for lunch!
- Oh! [groans]
- [grunting]
- I told you no one steals from us.
- [laughs nervously]
[shouts]
[groans] [cow moos]
[snorts]
[groans]
- [sighs]
Did you steal from the chous again?
- Yeah, and I got nothing to show for it
Except a few dirty rolls and a whole lot of bruises.
Hey, Yao, I got some food for you.
- Mmm. Delicious.
Thank you, Wan.
[chirping]
- You guys are hungry too, huh?
- Wan, you should eat.
- [sighs] they need it more than I do.
Besides, I'm tired of eating scraps.
If only there was some way
To get into the chous' food cellar.
We'd be eating like-- well, like chous.
- If chou the elder catches you sneaking into his palace,
You'll end up dead.
Or worse, he'll banish you to the spirit wilds.
- No, don't get banished.
You don't want nothing to do with those spirits.
They'll get inside ya, scramble up your mind,
Turn ya into this-- a monster!
- Don't do anything crazy, Wan.
You just gotta accept the world is the way it is.
Some people have power. Some people don't.
And you don't.
- [slurps]
Not yet, anyway.
- Are you strong? Are you fearless?
Do you have what it takes to battle the spirits?
Then join the hunt.
- Count me in.
- [laughs]
We're going to be out in the wilds for a week.
You wouldn't last two seconds.
- I can handle myself.
We all get fire, right?
- Yeah, but do you know how to use it?
- Well, not exactly, but I--
- Ah, let him come.
Not like we got any other volunteers lining up.
- All right. Welcome to the hunt.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[blows horn]
[rumbling]
- The Lion Turtle.
- Great guardian of our ,
We are venturing into the spirit wilds
To bring back food for our people.
Please, grant us the power of fire.
- The power is yours to keep
Until your return.
- You're first, kid.
- May the element of fire
Protect you against the spirits.
- Whoa! [groans]
- Just make sure you aim at the spirits, not us, okay?
- Sure thing.
- Everyone stay close.
Spirits love to pick off stragglers.
- Uh, guys?
I don't think I can do this.
- Now, quit your whining.
We haven't even seen a spirit yet.
- I think I wanna go home.
- I knew you were nothing but a sniveling coward.
Go give your fire back to the Lion Turtle,
And don't ever show your face around me again.
- Wan, you're back.
- What goodies did you snatch for us this time?
- [gasps] - [screams]
- What did you do?
You can't steal from the Lion Turtle.
- Really? Because I just did.
- You know it's forbidden
To bring the power of the element into the .
Please, go back to the Lion Turtle
And return the fire.
- Jaya, it's time to stop being so afraid of the chous
And show them we have the power to change things.
Hey, chous! Open the gate, and let us in.
- What are those filthy peasants doing here?
- Don't worry, father. We'll take care of them.
[door slides open]
- Hand over all the food you're hoarding,
And we won't give you any trouble.
[chous laugh]
- You're not getting past us.
We have the weapons. You're powerless.
- Powerless, huh?
[chous groaning]
Follow me!
Grab as much food as you can.
- Maybe you're right.
Maybe we do have the power to change things.
- Stop right there!
- Looks like the chous found backup.
- Get everyone out of here.
I'll hold them off.
[all grunting]
- No, please. Have mercy.
Wan?
- [groans]
- Even when you have the power, you're afraid to use it.
- Tell me who else was involved in the rebellion,
And I might take mercy on you.
- I'm not telling you anything.
- Then, you've left me no choice.
Wan, you are hereby banished.
- Yeah! And give back the fire you stole.
- No! Wait.
Great Lion Turtle, I am sorry
For stealing the fire from you, and I accept my punishment.
But please, I need to be able
To protect myself in the wilds.
- Never again may you return
To this .
But I will allow you
To keep the power of the element.
- [grunts]
[somber music]
♪ ♪
- Bet he doesn't last till morning.
[howling, chirping]
- Hey, watch where you're stepping, human!
- Who said that? - Down here!
How'd you like it if I started walking all over you?
- [sighs] you're just a little frog.
[shouts] - who's little now?
- [gasps]
[grunting]
[shouts] - [belches]
- [panting]
[panting]
[ominous music]
[muffled groaning]
[panting]
[stomach growls]
[sighs]
Get off me! Get off me!
[screams]
[groans]
[shouts]
[groans]
[mystical music]
♪
[gasps]
- You are not welcome in my oasis, human.
- Please, help me.
I'm starving, and I haven't slept all night.
- Not my problem.
- Let me pass.
- You dare use fire against me?
Now, be gone with you!
- [groans]
[sighs]
[mystical music]
[gasps]
♪
[spirits chirping]
- And who might you be?
- I am bushy, the bush spirit.
And I would like to enter your oasis.
- Very well. You may pass.
[sniffs]
Wait a second!
Something stinks.
I knew I smelled a human!
- [sighs]
[groans]
Come on, let me in, just for a little while.
- No! Go back to your Lion Turtle.
- Believe me, I'd love to go back home.
But I can't. I was kicked out.
- That's too bad. - Poor human.
- Don't pity him.
He's just like every other human:
Ugly, destructive,
And lacking any respect for nature.
- Who are you calling ugly, ugly?
- Hmm.
- If you can't go back to your ,
Then you should go live in another one.
- What? There are other Lion Turtles?
- "there are other Lion Turtles?"
Of course there are, dozens of them!
Boy, you humans are stupid too.
- So which way to the nearest Lion Turtle ?
- Hmm.
I think it's on the other side
Of none-of-your-business valley.
[laughs]
[sighs]
- Real funny.
You know what? I don't need your help.
I'll find it myself.
- Good luck!
[gentle music]
♪
[stomach growls]
[cat-deer growls]
[cat-deer whimpers]
- [sighs]
[cat-deer growls]
It's okay. I'm gonna get you out of there.
- Finally, we caught something.
Get it down.
- Back off.
- Wan? What are you doing here?
- I'm saving this animal.
- That animal's our dinner.
Now, get out of the way.
- No.
[dramatic music]
♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Ahh!
He--help! Help!
- Get 'em off! Get 'em off!
Ahh!
- [shouts]
[groans]
- Well, looks like you're all out of tricks, Wan.
- I really hate humans!
- No, no. [screams]
- [groans]
[sighs]
[screams]
- I don't know what he's screaming about.
He's better-looking now.
- I feel great. What's in this water?
- It has special healing properties.
- Thanks.
So what did you do to that hunter?
- Spirits are able to take over
A human body for a short time.
If I stayed in there any longer,
I would've killed him, which I did consider.
- Thanks for saving my neck.
But why'd you do it?
- I saw you save the cat-deer from those hunters.
I've never seen such an act
Of selflessness from a human before.
- Told you I wasn't like the others.
- Guess I underestimated you, human.
- Are you off to find another Lion Turtle ?
- I was.
But I think I've had enough of humans for a while.
I've decided to stay here
And learn the ways of the spirits.
- What a great idea. - That'll be fun.
- Oh, now, now, hold on.
A human living with spirits?
It's never been done.
- First time for everything, right?
- Hmm.
I guess we can try it.
I've never had a human as a pet before.
I think I'll call you "Stinky."
- The name is Wan.
- Stinky is more accurate.
- What happened in the wilds?
Where are the others?
- Gone. Spirits took them.
They were protecting that kid Wan
Like he was one of their own.
- Did you hear that? Wan's still alive.
- [growls]
[applause]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- And the way Wan moves fire,
It's like nothing I've ever seen.
He uses it like it's an extension of his body.
[groaning]
[all cheering]
- Wan has proven that with the power of fire,
Anyone can survive in the wilds.
We don't have to live
Under chou the elder's rules anymore,
So I say we leave this and start over.
Who's with me?
[all cheering]
[gentle music]
♪
- You ready to go, Mula?
- You sure you want to leave?
- Yes, it's time I see the rest of the world
And find the other Lion Turtle cities.
- I'm proud to call you my friend, Stinky.
- [sighs] thank you for everything.
Good-bye, everyone.
- We'll miss you.
♪
- [whimpers]
- [groans]
- The all-powerful spirits are battling.
- They're gonna wipe out the entire valley!
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[Mula growls]
[spirits grunting]
- Stop, or you'll destroy everything!
- This doesn't concern you, human!
- It does when the lives
Of spirits and animals are in danger.
- If you're a friend to spirits,
Then use your fire to help me break free.
- Don't involve the human. This is between us.
- Please, save me.
She has tormented me for 10,000 years.
- 10,000 years?
Let him go!
[shouts]
- [screams]
- Thank you, human.
You have performed a great service for the spirits.
- Do you realize what you've done?
- Yeah, I helped a spirit who was being bullied by you.
- You are gravely mistaken.
I was keeping him under control.
- And what gives you the right?
- You don't even know who I am, do you?
- Should I? - Yes.
My name is Raava.
That spirit you freed is Vaatu.
He is the force of darkness and chaos.
I am the force of light and peace.
Since the beginning of time,
We have battled over the fate of this world.
And for the past 10,000 years,
I have kept darkness under control
And the world in balance,
Until you came along.
- So by freeing Vaatu,
I let chaos into the world?
- Precisely.
The human and spirit realms
Are headed toward annihilation,
And it's all your fault.
- Raava, I found you.