Avatar: Legend of Shen

Prologue:

>Korra's Birth: Year 0
>LOK Finale: 21
>Korra Disappears: 58
>Korra Dies, Earth Avatar Born: 80
>Earth Avatar Series Begins: 96

Background:

>80s style time period
>Cold war between United Earth Republic vs Fire Nation
>Northern Water Tribe is allied with FN
>Southern Water Tribe is allied with UER
>Air Temples are neutral
>UER is formed of Ba Sing Se and a few other Earth Republic states
>The remaining states are independent, with a number of them alligned with FN
>The independent states vary in their political systems, raning from tribes to theocracy to aristocracy, etc.
>Both sides squabbling for power, trying to gain more Earth territory; not really sure of who would win if a full blown conflict emerged, in a late-CW scenario whenthe avatar appears
>Suddenly most valuable chip is in the game
>If either side has the Avatar, it means the indecisive states would probably side with them, giving them an edge in the conflict
>Several states of the former EK + FN + SWT as the NATO of this world, while UER + NWT as Warsaw Pact
>Spirit weapons on both sides
>Spirit world colonization on both sides

Outline:

>Introduce Shen and his brother
>FN spies in the neutral Si Wong Desert region find out about Shen
>Kimiko (with Poi in tow) under Vachir's orders comes to recruit Shen (with Bayar in tow)
>Poi wears some traditional female sandbender garments (hammerpants)
>Travel in the hopes to find an Airbending teacher
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>World-building as they travel from Air Temple to Air Temple, as they tavel through the various Earth states
>They first head they head to Eastern Air Temple
>From there they head towards the Southern Air Temple
>They meet the winebendesr at a bar, and also at the bar are the SS but Team Avatar/SS don't know each other's identities
>After the Southern Air Temple they take a pit-stop at FN where they meet Vachir
>From there they go to the Western Air Temple, and finally the Northern Air Temple
>They get turned down from every Air Temple, as they are taking a neutral stance on the cold war
>A rebellious airbender kid stows away with them when they leave the last Air Temple

>After some squabbling about him coming with them at all, he offers to be Shen's teacher
>Team Avatar are travelling in UER territory
>During there travels, they run into Mud, who finds out Shen is the Avatar and challenges him to a fight
>After getting overpowered by Mud, Shen accidentally reveals that he is the Avatar in a means to defense
>They get arrested and thrown into a temp prison until the authorities get orders on what to do
>Team Avatar meet Lee at the priston and escape with his help
>SS is introduced, as the UER president hires them to hunt back the Avatar
>Team Avatar start training, but realize the SS is after them and need to keep moving
>Lee and Bayar travel in Lee's ride, whilst the other's are still travelling with Azusa
>As they travel, Shen and Kimiko begin to reevaluate their world views, and Shen struggles with his Vaatu problem
>Lee and Bayar gets lost from the others an episode or two before the finale
>The SS finally succeeds in capturing them, despite Shen finally going Avatar-mode (finally gets to connect with Korra)
>They get thrown in a Dai Li prison to prep for brainwashing

>Vachir gets the news that the Avatar has been captured by UER, and in panic leaves to attack the Dai Li in retaliation in order to get the Avatar
>Lee takes Bayar to his "connections", Detectives Hato and Kodo, to get help finding Team Avatar
>Lee and Bayar rescues the team
>Vachir returns back to FN after finding out Team Avatar is no longer there
>Beach episode(s), waterbending training
>Mud reveals that he has been tracking Shen down and challenges him to another fight, gets #rekt
>Vachir's attack causes tensions to rise between FN and UER (international incident tier)
>He grows even more paranoid and reluctantly conducts a military coup, usurping the Fire Lord
>Shen and co. have to mediate Vachir and UERs confrontation from turning into a full-blown spirit-nuclear war
>Shen has his epiphany, stops fighting Vaatu and accepts him, fusing him with Raava
>This gives him the power boost he needs to neutralize antagonists
>War averted, Shen bears witness to the signing of a peace treaty between the FN and UER

Protagonists:

>Shen Ji, 16
>Sandbending Avatar
>Doesn't care about the outside world, but slowly grows custom to it
>Parents are dead (he discovers he is the Avatar mourning his father's death), and he with his brother lives with one of his dad's old friend
>Goes with the flow, anddoesn't care about anything but his immediate surroundings, also he is stoic, slow to hatred but can furious anger, patient if unhurried
>Looks up to Bayar, wishes to be like him
>Dislikes Kimiko initially, seeing her as snooty
>Maybe has a crush on Poi

>Bayar, 21
>Avatar's brother
>Was hailed as a sandbending prodigy before they discovered the Avatar, and as a result he is slightly bitter/envious about his brother, but is also protective
>Fiercely loyal to the sandbender tribe, and follows the Avatar into the outside world to keep him from losing touch with his roots
>Hates Kimiko initially, views her as a corruptor of Shen
>Wants to dislike Poi, but honestly can't fault her for anything other than occassionally being too loud

>Kimiko, 19
>Rich, noble firebender
>A sophisticate with a superiority complex, she sets out on a mission to locate the Avatar and convince him to ally with the FN
>At first she sees Shen as a dirty, uncouth tool, but slowly starts to respect him and feel guilt over manipulating him
>Finds Bayar brutish and gross, but tries to be professional about it, although she feels Bayar pushes it too far sometimes
>Loves Poi like a sister, but kind of takes her emotional support for granted and doesn't quite realize how much she is dependent on Poi

>Poi, 16
>Waterbender handmaiden of Kimiko
>The daughter of hired servants from the volcanic islands surrounding the FN, she was born into Kimiko's household, where she grew alongside Kimiko as a sister, and now she is a happy-go-lucky and loyal friend of Kimiko
>She's also desperate for affection and terrified at the thought of someone not liking her
>Loves Kim as a sister, and values Kim's happiness to the point that she is willing to sacrifice her expession of negative feelings to avoid bringing her down
>Finds Sandbender culture fascinating, and is very curious about Shen and Bayar
>Brings the fashion into hammerpants!

>Lee, 24
>Con-artist extraordinaire
>A sleazy, smooth-talking con-man, he meets the team at a Dai Li prison camp and after organising an escape joins the team

>Wang, 14
>Airbending runaway
>After the team visit one of the air temples to request help, they get turned down, as the airbenders are taking a neutral stance on the current affairs, this airbender follows the team and joins them against their will
>Wang wants to be hardcore, but his temple won't let him (and he doesn't like his name)

Antagonists:

>Vachir
>A firebending General in the Fire Nation military, he is a FN zealot, with an obsession with FN history and a collection of FN antiques
>Fear and paranoia of the UER motivates him to take drastic measures to ensure the survival of the FN
>He is from a FN allied Earth state, and his particular home state used to be a former state of the UER, before rebellions led them to independence

>Suicide Squat
>A group of skilled non-benders hired by the UER
>Captain - a rugged, cantankerous, old ex-sea-captain, who stinks of fish/booze, she is a master tactician and highly skilled with a boomerang
>Rhino - a juggernaut of a man, he uses pure brute force to bring down his target
>Snake - a charming chi-blocker who uses his skills of acrobatics to bring an aspect of stealth to the team
>Eagle - a Yuyan archer, she function as the marksman of the team

>Mud
>An earthbending wrestling probender, he specialises in crystalbending
>When he finds the Avatar, he grows an obsession over fighting him, to prove his position as the best earthbender to exist
>His name is ironic, AVATAH! Because mud's soft but he's HAAARRRRD!

Other:

>Meelo, Jinora, Ikki and Rohan are the only ones still alive from LoK
>They each lead one of the four air temples
>Meelo leads a militaristic branch (Northern), with airbending ninjas who use their skills to bend sound-vibrations
>Jinora leads a spiritual branch (Eastern), with a focus on reaching enlightenment
>Ikki leads a humanistic branch (Western), with a focus on charitable works
>Rohan is a non-bender who leads an academic branch (Southern), which focuses on educating the airbenders of the history of the Air Nomads among other things

>Sandbender Tribes
>The sandbenders are isolated tribes that inhabit the Si Wong desert, in UER, despite this they have a culturally ingrained resentment to the UER
>The males are the political/militaristic leaders, who run errands and heists to provide the necessities and luxuries of life
>The females are the spiritual leaders, who interact with the desert spirit(s) and have the responsibility of authorising, through the wisdom of the spirit(s), the plans that the men devise

>Animals
>Azusa - a giant Rhino Beetle, she is the teams primary companion, who allows the team to travel through the air, although she has low stamina and needs to rest occasionally - her indestructible shell makes up for this weakness though
>Camelspiders - these giant spider/camel hybrids are the sandbenders choice animals for transport, with incredible speed, and impressive stamina, they allow the sandbenders to transverse the desert - their silks also come in handy for various uses

>Spirit Guide
>Korra gives advice and help to Shen semi-often
>Her advice is usually about facilitating agreements and non-aggression, showing how she grew from where she started
>Doesn't mention her being missing
>However Shen just ignores or argues with her for the most part

>Winebenders (trio)
>Waterbenders who fight in the drunken boxing style
>Seemingly chaotic, but always in control; their style is based around transitioning from seemingly weak, soft movements to strong, powerful movements, as such they only maintain definite shapes with their waterbending for split moments
>They can do most of their techniques while sober, but their unique training makes it so that alcohol improves thier skills/strengths; for this reason, they carry emergency bottles of booze at all times
>One is a laughing drunk, one an angry drunk, and the third member is an oblivious drunk who is semi-conscious for the best part
>As part of their philosophy, they embrace aspects of the lower class and downtrodden

>Detectives Hato and Kodo
>Lee's "connections"
>Holt is the impulsive and aggressive, firebending maverick of the duo, whilst Cole is the cool and collected, waterbending by-the-books of the duo