The epic tale of 12-year-old Aang, who is revealed to be the next Avatar and the only person in the world with the ability to control the four elements—earth, fire, air, and water—is told in Netflix’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender.”
The live-action series takes us back to Aang’s early years when he was still a carefree young man and didn’t know who he was—a prodigy. He embarks on a stormy trip throughout eight episodes, and at the conclusion, he realizes that much more work needs to be done before he can officially take on the role of world saviour.
He needs to get ready for a lot more death and destruction that is coming. Twelve-year-old Aang is a budding Airbender who learns he is destined to be the next Avatar and needs to become proficient in all forms of bending to assume the role.
Part of the globe awaits his return and the establishment of peace, but the Fire Nation is not pleased with it. To kill the young Avatar as well, they launch an assault on the Airbenders and eliminate every single one of them. But Aang makes it through, and a hundred years later he emerges from the ice, having used his powers, over which he still lacks complete control.
Avatar: The Last Airbender Ending Explained
Those who possess elemental powers are endowed with the ability to bend elements. There are two spirits in the case of the Waterbenders who give them life. They are given life by the Ocean spirit and the ability to push and pull water, just as the Moon does with the tides, by the Moon spirit.
Zhao feels that if he kills them, or at least one of them, he will have not only won the war for Fire Nation but also permanently established the Firebenders’ supremacy. They are the source of all life and power for the Waterbenders. It may now be simpler to kill an Avatar—a person who is still human.
However, humans are not allowed to kill elemental creatures like the Moon and Ocean spirits unless they own anything from the Spirit World.
Zhao discovers Kuruk’s knife to be the perfect solution. Kuruk was a former Avatar who had lived much of his existence in the Spirit World, battling evil forces that tried to infiltrate his world and wipe it all out. To combat them, he crafted a knife in the afterlife.
Zhao now possesses the knife, and he has decided to kill the Moon spirit to eliminate the Waterbenders’ power. Zhao uses Kuruk’s knife to kill the Moon spirit, which had assumed a mortal form for a single night, by stabbing it against all logic.
In addition to upsetting all Waterbenders, the annihilation of the Moon spirit raises the possibility of a global imbalance that would ultimately result in the end of time. Aang understands that he must let the elemental Ocean spirit channel him if he wants to save the Waterbenders at this point.
It’s not like the previous Avatars channelling him, though. This entails giving himself up totally. He will not be Aang after the Ocean spirit has taken control of him.
Aang is aware of the dangers, yet he feels compelled to defend the Waterbenders and summon the Ocean spirit, which assumes a terrible form and lashes out at the Fire Nation army. Aang will always be imprisoned in the Ocean spirit, which will scour Earth in search of its mate, the Moon spirit, but will never find it.
Certainly, Fire Nation will not be capturing Agna Qel’a this time. Therefore, unless the Moon spirit can be revived, the world’s equilibrium will be permanently upset.