Hakoda investigates the nationalists' hideout, only to discover it abandoned with a note informing him that he will soon see the truth. The siblings and Maliq enter the tent where Malina is recovering with Hakoda by her side, only to discover the pair of them kissing.

During their escape, the pair run into Thod, Gilak's second in command, who tells them of a story of a snow rat with the ability to talk and walk on two feet who endeared himself to a human tribe, only to be driven away by them when he asked to be treated as an equal.

Their leader, Gilak, expresses his belief that Malina and Maliq have a hidden agenda before Katara and Sokka escape the group and return to the city. Katara and Sokka follow the thieves to a secret hideout occupied by a group of southern nationalists, who resent the northern tribe's imposition of their values onto the southern tribe, as well as Hakoda's complicity in the matter. While dining out with Malina and her brother Maliq, the northerners in charge of the redevelopment process, thieves steal a briefcase containing important documents from Maliq, with Malina getting injured in the struggle. Though Sokka is enthusiastic at the changes, Katara fears that their tribe is losing its cultural identity. Plot Part One Īfter she dreams of their late mother Kya, Katara and Sokka, now fifteen and sixteen years old, return to their home village in the Southern Water Tribe, discovering that it has been transformed into a bustling and thriving city reminiscent of the Northern Water Tribe, and that their father Hakoda has been elected leader of the entire south. In 2018, Faith Erin Hicks took over as writer with Peter Wartman as artist for the next graphic novel trilogy, Avatar: The Last Airbender – Imbalance.

In early June 2017, the artist team Gurihiru, who drew the first five stories, announced that Avatar: The Last Airbender – North and South was their last story. As a close sequel to the original Avatar series, it depicts events that occur seventy years before the sequel series The Legend of Korra. The trilogy is set following the events of Smoke and Shadow. The first comic in the trilogy was published on September 28, 2016, the second on February 7, 2017, and the final one on April 26, 2017. Avatar: The Last Airbender – North and South, Part 1 coverĪvatar: The Last Airbender – North and South is the fifth graphic novel trilogy created as a continuation of Avatar: The Last Airbender television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko.

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