Editing Avatar: The Last Airbender (section)

== Books ==
Starting with the novel ''The Rise of Kyoshi'' by F.C. Yee, a new subset of the Avatar brand called ''The Chronicles of the Avatar'' was created, specifically focusing on the lives of past Avatars before Aang.

There are currently three entries in the series:

* '''The Rise of Kyoshi''', describes the trials and tribulations of Avatar Kyoshi, the Earth Kingdom Avatar preceding Roku, who in turn preceded Aang. She has to struggle with her friend being misidentified as the Avatar far before her, leading to a world-shattering revelation (to give you an idea how little Kyoshi mattered before this, she worked as a maid for the household which provided for the "Avatar" beforehand). This then moves onto the sociopathic Earthbending tutor of her friend seemingly killing him and DEFINITELY killing her father figure, all while hounding her through the entire continent, trying to mold the Avatar into his own personal vision. Kyoshi has to in turn make many compromises with her own moral code in order to evade him, with the eventual goal of killing him for everything he's caused her.

* '''The Shadow of Kyoshi''' deals with a slightly older Kyoshi, who's now settled somewhat into her role as Avatar, though still struggling heavily with her own morals and insecurities. Kyoshi has to face down political intrigue in the Fire Nation, as well as her friend Yun who surprise surprise isn't actually dead and is feeling quite pissy at all the people that lied to him about his destiny. Chaos inevitability ensues. Perhaps the most notable consequence of this book is describing the plan to consolidate all the power of the Fire Nation into the crown by Fire Lord Zoryu, which we know now led to the absolute monarchy that initiated the Air Nomad genocide and the Hundred Years War in the original series.

* '''The Dawn of Yangchen''' is the latest book in the series so far, with a sequel confirmed. As the name implies, it focuses on Yangchen, an Air Nomad Avatar two generations back from Kyoshi, and a whole four generations before Aang's time. A young Yangchen has to manoeuvre through political minefields dealing with the extremely powerful ruling class of trade-center cities, whose citizens are mistreated and need her help. Also sheds some light onto the origin of Combustionbending, the bending subtype that Combustion Man and P'li used in their respective series.
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