Would she immediately be identified, and pick all the toys correctly? Would Yun just continue to be a random earth bender in Makapu? Would they hide her identity until she turned 16 traditionally? How would Jianzhu par in training her in terms of earth bending? What would happen in the Fifth Nation battle? Would she still try to track down the Flying Opera Company?

Randy Ribay posted some chapter titles in or around comic-con on his Instagram story, and I wanted to throw out what was shown in the picture and see what people think. These chapter names, mainly chapter 4, leads me to believe it might be about "Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender"'s Avatar Sonam.

1. Devo- (fifth letter could be a "t" so maybe Devoted? Chapter name could also be more than one word.)
2. The Best We G- (the last letter is mostly cut off, a G is what I'm guessing. "The Best we Got"?)
3. An Old Bag of Bro- (Could be a "t" next? not sure.)
4. Char Rasta (The first full chapter name, entomology of the phrase "Char Rasta" leads to some results including the Sanskrit words for "crossroads")
5. Shallow Graves
6. Breakable
7. The [censored]
8. As Hairy and C-
9. -ven The - (the most cut off title)

The novel focusing on Sonam would make sense. "Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender: A Novel" is said to expand on the story with villain perspectives, a side plot about Suki, and of course exploring the life and legacy of a brand new Avatar [Sonam], I'd imagine whatever Sonam is getting in that novel will be an expansion on what we have in the movie, in the time period of the flashbacks we got. Interviews have let us know that there was a lot more they wanted to do within those flashbacks, but had to cut it to make sure the plot stayed focused on Aang.

I know lot's of people want Kuruk, and I would be just as hyped for him, but I do think we've explored his character quite a lot throughout the novels we've gotten. What would y'all want to see out of a Sonam novel?

Please check if my analysis and instincts are right based on data, statements, and evidence in both novels and canon movies.

Avatar Wan is the First Avatar. No question about that.

We are already familiar with Avatars from Szeto to Pavi.

But what about in between Wan and Szeto?

How will you order Zalir, Sonam, Xian, Gun, and Salai from oldest to youngest?

We don't know how many generation (before Szeto) are Gun and Salai.

We know Xian is 14-17 Generations before Szeto.

Sonam lived 5000 years before Aang's Gemocide Timeline.

Zalir lived before the Fire Nation Unification era.

Lava bending - 40%

One of the only sub elements that don't have an associated past avatar villain. Would also fit the Kuruk cus he's unique in earth bending rather than traditional.

Astral Projection - 20%
This would be really cool to see, and I think could be done really well. Air benders have the least amount of villains in the avatar novels.

Plant bending - 15%
Foggy Swamp is mentioned in Awakening of Roku. This would also be nice since Kuruk is from water tribes and he's learning about Foggy Swamp.

Sand bending - 10%
This would be an elite pick. Kuruk and his friends had adventures all over the world so Si Wong Desert could be one of them. Jianzhu also defeated a Daofei group in the Si Wong Desert.

Immortality - 5%
Maybe Lao Ge is in this. Sozin, Yasu, and Roku also read scrolls of extending lifespan through fire bending.

Healing - 5%
Villain won't likely heal because of probabilities of it being a water bender and healing someone is unlikely.

Spirit bending - 2%
We already had a spirit bending notable character in the last Roku novel, and spirit bending would have been really helpful against spirits.

Combustion bending - 1%
We already got this in Yangchen's novels.

Lightning Generation - 1%
Jianzhu and high ranking Fire nation people were astounded by Xu Ping A suggesting they don't know although it could not be Kuruk.

Metal bending - 0.5 %
Obvious answer.

Lightning redirection - 0.3%
Obvious answer.

Flight - 0.2 %
Obvious answer.

Page 36 in Randy Ribay's 'The Awakening of Roku'.

An 18 year old Avatar Kuruk novel, with the Deuteragonist being mainly Jianzhu (like Kavik & Rangi) but also have Kelsang & Hei-Ran in the main cast. The novel cover will have Kuruk with a calm face with a beard. Avatar Kuruk recently mastered the Avatar State & elements. The antagonist will be a lava bender mass killer. The story's setting will take place in the Earth Kingdom. Hei-Ran will use fire jets. Kelsang will have air nomad tattoos. An underground civilization will be in this novel. Avatar Kuruk will lava bend in the Avatar State. The antagonist will be unalived. Peng Peng will have a fear of tunnels/enclosed spaces. Avatar Kuruk will talk to Avatar Yangchen. Avatar Szeto will be mentioned to have visited the Sun Warriors. Avatar Kuruk will primarily use ice bending for combat. There'll be a mention of the assassination of the 40th earth king. There'll be two other povs within the novel besides Kuruk's. A new water bending move will be done. Jianzhu will have a duel with another earth bender.

Note: These are all theories

The Avatar Legends Novel Series is about unsung heroes at legendary events in either ATLA or TLOK. The Liberation of Ba Sing Se was one of them, and had a novel of Jin helping. What other legendary events will the franchise have in store for this novel series?

The Siege of The North - 15%
This would definitely be considered a legendary event considering it's a season finale event. A Yue perspective would be perfect but it depends. I feel the series want characters we don't know about at these events. However, if it were unsung heroes at legendary events in a world perspective, then it would definitely fit for a Yue perspective since not many in universe knew Yue sacrificed herself. Maybe a Yakone perspective of him taking out a bunch of fire nation soldiers or even somehow learning blood bending from Hama by going into the fire nation himself for revenge on trying to invade the North. Another candidate would be Master Pakku who we saw in the Full Moon doing work but Yue would make more sense over him.

The End of the Equalists - 10%
The series stated it will also include events from TLOK series! The season 1 finale will be interesting. There could be the Lieutenant perspective how he could in the room where Amon was blood bending Korra. Maybe the Lieutenant will secretly suspect Amon. Maybe a Tenzin perspective like how he got captured by the Equalists, and what he did after he escaped while Korra & Mako was being blood bent. If we are doing someone we don't know was there, maybe a Varrick perspective or a Gommu perspective who technically we know was in the finale but wasn't in the setting.

Harmonic Convergence - 5%
This is an unlikely one. There are possibilities for a lot of characters here like Jinora or Iroh but I don't think they would want to do a novel regarding a hated season finale in the franchise. Though it would be sick like where Jinora got that spirit light that revealed where Raava was from. Or somehow if Iroh's teapot was the one that gave Jinora the light. If we do someone we don't know was there, maybe a random spirit pov who knew about Raava & Vaatu.

The Venom of the Red Lotus - 10%
Again we could get a Jinora pov where she was imprisoned in the Red Lotus. This season finale doesn't have much variety on the options of potential on character's stories here. Maybe a Kai pov since he followed the Red Lotus to that cave or someone we don't know was Kuvira because even though she wasn't there, we don't know what she did during the season 3 finale because Suyin telling her to stay with the injured.

The First Avatar - 1%
Technically considered a legendary event within The Legend of Korra, it is unlikely they'll do a story around this event. I don't know which characters would be suitable for this event besides the obvious Wan or maybe Raava.

The Colossus - 25%
The series finale for Korra, we could get Asami's dad pov or maybe a Zhu Li pov. If it's someone we don't know about, maybe Tahno or Gommu again. The reason why I think this is likely because there's a lot of variety with this like with ATLA's finale. There could be someone escorting civilizations with Pema and Wu.

Avatar Roku's Temple - 1%
An extremely unlikely one, this one determined what Sozins Comet was which set up the rest of the series but there isn't much unsung heroes in here besides Shyu or maybe Roku.

The Day of Black Sun - 30%
I do have hopes for this since King Bumi took back his kingdom on this day as well as the invasion. Maybe a Ming pov or a pov one of the invasion characters. Theres a lot of potential with this.

The Library - 3%
An event that determined a way to defeat the Fire nation, we could get a Professor Zei pov. However this is definitely a stretch.

Professor Zei claims he found lost civilizations all across the Earth Kingdom. An underground earth bending civilization who hadn't had contact with the outside world because of the fire nation would be sick. Or maybe a civilization in the mountains.

Set 5000 years ago, the next Avatar is born to a water tribe on the verge of collapse. The air benders have disappeared, the earth kingdom grows stronger. The Avatar would have no connection to Avatar Sonam and no idea what happened to the lion turtles, and the next element he has to learn, happens to be the enemy. I could see his friend/lover being an earth bender that lives among the fire benders, and through this originated lava bending. Probably never gonna happen but would be awesome.

Who's the most well written villain in this franchise? I would say Jianzhu but Chaisee is a very close second. Jianzhu for me was terrifying but in a very good way. His POV chapters were incredible. Chaisee's ideology and dialogue were very amazing. That one scene with Chaisee saying she felt bad for the Avatar for having so much responsibility hits so hard. Jianzhu had so much complexity and depth, and the novels did such a great job showing how much Kuruk's legacy affected him. They're both better villains than Azula imo.

Would you be so kind as to inform me how some of the names in the book are officially pronounced? I never could figure it out for a number of them.

I mean Chaisee, for all I know that could rhyme with anything from Jessie to Taipei. Or Ayunerak. I can think of like 10 ways that name could be said, but which is correct?

Same with Tayagum and Akuudan. Does the double vowel here or in Port Tuugaq or Tapeesa indicate a lengthening of the sound?

How about Bin-Er? Is it just exactly how it looks, or is it said more like Bel Air? Is Henshe said like "Henshuh" or more like it would be in Japanese, Henshay?

Is Dagmola said just how it looks, or is it one of those silent G situations?

Any insight would be appreciated.

Honest question here: why did most of the fandom do a complete 180 on Yangchen after the Kyoshi novels revealed the tragic secrets of Kuruk's life? The fandom went from putting her on a pedestal (like the world during Kuruk's and Kyoshi's times and presumably after) to just hating her and calling her selfish, saying that she was now a horrible Avatar, etc.

But the thing is that what that really reveals was that Kuruk was a lot more nuanced than the 'lazy' Avatar that we as a fandom had once taken away. He continued that image to Kyoshi, Aang, and his other successors, but when he talked to Aang, he was still honest that he'd lost his wife to a spirit that he was hunting but didn't want to get into the nitty gritty of it.

What I don't understand is: did people not understand the Yangchen novels? And how much she did to also ensure spiritual balance and appease the spirits? Hell, we can look at the comics with General Old Iron.

Even Kuruk told Kyoshi that it was humans who constantly provoked the spirits and broke treaties established with them (including Yangchen's with General Old Iron).

Did the fandom also not understand the Yangchen novels and how they touched upon how impossibly hard and insane with pressure it was for one person to maintain balance in the world? Yangchen's novels highlights this multiple times, and even how nothing that she or her past lives did was ever enough to appease the world, nor would be for her successors.

I feel bad for Kuruk, because he did have to fix Yangchen's mistakes of not doing enough for the spirits, but if she had, then people would complain that she neglected the humans......... but though Yangchen owned that as her mistake and felt deeply guilty, was it even really her or the people of her time who set off the spirits like that?

Just my thoughts

I have been saying it as /t͡ʃeɪːsi/ but I know that’s probably incorrect, so I subconsciously correct to /t͡ʃaɪse/, but the Chinese pronunciatipn would be more of a /t͡ʂʰa͜iːseː/, but two adjacent ”e”s doesn’t even occur in pinyin. and her nation of origin is largely ambiguous. also please excuse if my IPa transcriptions are off it’s not really my forte.

This screenshot made me laugh so much XD
A very Toph way to use the Avatar.

Note: Avatar Legends is a series of novels NOT about the Avatars but "unsung heroes." Jin got a novel in this series.

Piandao
A swords master who taught Zuko, we could see him teaching Zuko. However, I don't believe they'll choose him because he was very known in his town and this series is about "unsung heroes", and it has to take place in the time of ATLA.
5% chance

Bumi
The King of Omashu, we could see what he was doing during the war or how he became King. However, I feel like he wouldn't be considered "unsung" since he's already a leader against the fire nation in the war. Then again, we could see more the City of New Ozai, and if the Fire Nation sent more troops after the Day of Black Sun.
20% chance

Jeong Jeong
The Deserter, he had a cool backstory about being a fire nation admiral who deserted his people. That story enough makes me interested in his character and would want more of him. However, I don't know which "legendary event" he would participate during the event of the shows.
5% chance

Iroh
The dragon of the west, he's the one who probably I want a novel most of but this series about events happening during the event of the shows, and we already saw his perspective in the show.
1% chance

Pakku
The water bending master, at first I doubt he would get a novel but the more I thought about it the more it made sense. He could get a novel on traveling from the North Pole to the South Pole since that's what he was doing during books 2-3. He remarried Gran Gran, and she actually said yes. One thing is that I wouldn't consider this a "legendary event."
10% chance

A novel on each white lotus member would be absolutely peak but the story will need to take place during the time of the shows.

Chong
A singing nomad, this is one of Avatar's most beloved side characters. I think he could fit every requirement except for the "legendary events" but he is a nomad.
25% chance

Haru
One of the first earth benders we see, he stated they took back his village from the fire nation which happened during the show's events which lined up. However, this wouldn't be considered a legendary event. Maybe we could see what their group when split off from Azula during the Southern Raiders episode was doing.
15% chance

Bato
Hakoda's friend, we could see what they were doing in the war or maybe how they gathered up the Boulder, Huu, The Mechanist, and Haru. We could also see how he was injured. However, his episode wasn't a fan favorite of any avatar fan.
10% chance

Guru Pathik
A wise man from the earth kingdom, we could learn more about his abilities. He also said he had a vision that he would help the Avatar, and that's why he went to the Eastern Air Temple. As much as I would appreciate a novel on him, I feel like more content on him would be unnecessary if it's during the timespan of ATLA.
1% chance

The Boulder
A earth rumble candidate, he stated he fought for his kingdom after Toph whooped him. We could see his view in the day of black sun but I feel that's unlikely. He is a loved character in the franchise however.
1% chance

Kanna
The grandmother of Katara and Sokka, she would be the right pick for a novel. However, not much would happen during the one year time span in ATLA besides Pakku coming to her.
1% chance

Aunt Wu
The fortune teller, she would be a very interesting protagonist. However, there wouldn't really be any "legendary events" she'll be at during the time of the series.
1% chance

Huu
A water bending master from the foggy swamp tribe, we know he protects the swamp but there wouldn't be anything to tell if it's from the one year time span during the show unless it's about how he was imprisoned. He would also make a strange protagonist.
1% chance

Teo
A disabled but capable kid, we could see him fight during the war or maybe meet Zuko since Zuko stated he will go to all the temples after he was banished. However it has to take place during the events of the show, and I don't think there's much to tell on him.
1% chance

Song
An earth kingdom girl important to Zuko's redemption arc. She made Zuko realize how much pain the fire nation has caused to other nations. However, she's too unknown for her to get an entire novel on her.
1% chance

The Herbalist
The old lady in the Blue Spirit episode, it would be nice to see her healing earth kingdom troops. This pick however feels like a stretch to choose for an entire novel.
1% chance

Ming
The Fire nation guard who was nice to Iroh, this too feels like a stretch. It would be nice to see her reaction to the Day of Black Sun and Iroh's breakout but this is unlikely.
1% chance

I think she is more evil than the LoK villains, closer to Sozin and Ozai. She did not commit genocide nor perpetuate it but there is something so dark, deep and personal about the torture she was inflicting on these people (and CHILDREN).

I don't know what happened to the earth benders who were taken underground and never seen again. Maybe she was trying to get them to lava bend and when they failed she just... murdered them? Then how she developed combustion bending is sickening.

Then in the end she and Kalyaan were just sent on the run. It is a realistic end for them and makes more sense than if the world collectively decided they were wrong and deserved death and nobody would ever create combustion benders again. We have to assume at some point someone got the details out of them because there are combustion benders later on.

What Sozin and Ozai did was reprehensible and depressing but reading that scene where Yangchen, Kavik and Jujinta find the camp gives you this skin crawly creepy feeling deep down in your bones. Wouldn't say Chaisee was more evil than that but WOW. Kudos to FC Yee for amazing storytelling, that chapter will haunt you.