So’lek [Mangkwan]

So'lek is a very talented warrior, adept at hunting. He is resourceful and emotionally resilient, and also a bit brash at times. He can also be quite sympathetic towards those who have experienced loss and confusion of their identity like him, which may explain his mentor-like demeanor around the Sarentu (Tamtey).

Although he harbors deep anger at the RDA, causing resentment towards humans, he does grow to see the nuance that there is goodness within humanity, shown by his interactions around Priya, Alex and Alma. Although So'lek once merely saw humans to be used as a tool for his own ends, So'lek scolds Nor for his vindictive behavior upon stabbing Alma, commenting that the humans in their organization are still their allies.

One of So'lek's favorite foods is steamed stormglider buns, revealed in the blurb about the recipe.

Issue 1 — 2154

So'lek was a respected young hunter who came from the Trr'ong clan, which took part in the Battle of Ayram Alusìng of 2154. While he lost his first ikran Mamante in the war,[1] he fought well only to learn that most of his clan had been wiped out and the survivors had been absorbed into other clans. So'lek's mentor Wawen also died in the war.

After the battle, he returns to the ruins of his village (destroyed by the Sky People on their route to the Hallelujah Mountains) and begins to have flashbacks to the prior battle. In the middle of his flashback, he is approached by Txuratrri, a woman from his clan. She also survived the battle, but was fatally injured, so she asks So'lek to help her reunite with Eywa, sensing her impending death. So'lek takes her to the Tree of Voices, and helped her connect with the tree before he also connected.

While connected, Eywa shows So'lek a vision of the fallen members of Trr'ong, led by Hawnutu'un, the founder of the clan, speaking with him personally. Hawnutu'un tells So'lek his story: he himself had participated in a bloody war that plunged him into loneliness and despair, but this led him to follow the the Path of the Promiser. During it, he performed a series of difficult feats and returned to the forest afterward to form the Trr'ong Clan. Hawnutu'un suggests that So'lek might become a hero as legendary as himself in the future, something the young warrior did not dare to believe. He asks Hawnutu'un what he should do, but at that moment the vision ended.

Upon disconnecting, So'lek discovers that Txuratrri had already passed away. He buries her body in the roots of the sacred tree and then began to wonder what to do. Looking at the distant Hallelujah Mountains, he remembers the story of Hawnutu'un and decided to repeat his journey. So, he climbs one of the highest peaks in the mountains, and almost gives up along the way due to another flashback to the battle. High above, he sees flamingo orchids, the same flowers Hawnutu'un spoke of, and looking towards the forest, he sees light coming from the Tree of Souls, realizing that the sacred tree had been saved and the Sky People had been expelled from Pandora. So'lek realizes that the beginning of his journey was very similar to the story of Hawnutu'un, which ultimately convinces him to take on the same quest.

Issue 2 — 2158

So'lek has spent the last four years studying and stalking the thanator, attempting to tame one of the creatures as the next step of the Path of the Promiser. However, each attempt he makes ends in failure, with the thanator either chasing him away or forcing him into a confrontation. After many failures, So'lek eventually seeks help from the Anurai Clan.

He is brought into the Anurai camp, which is near a large bone sanctuary, and led to Entok, who will serve as his teacher. Entok takes So'lek to speak with the tsahìk, Tiali. She shows him a flute carved from a thanator tooth and advises him to stay in the present, urging him to stop dwelling on the past and chasing the future. Tiali asks Entok if he believes So'lek is worthy of learning their ways, and though Entok says no, Tiali convinces him to teach So'lek anyway.

Entok chastises So'lek for wanting to learn everything immediately, and tells him that he needs to be more patient. Entok tells So'lek to choose a bone from a pile to make a flute from, and So'lek spends time learning how to craft the flute from Entok. While taking a break, he sees a bone mural made by an Anurai craftsman and notices that Hawnutu'un is depicted in a part of the mural about the story of the first Toruk Makto. He learns that Hawnutu'un is revered by the Anurai as well for breaking rocks to allow water to cool the lava threatening the Tree of Souls.

Weeks pass by, and So'lek continues crafting his flute. One night, he is alone in the wilderness and sees a wounded male thanator about to be attacked by a stronger female thanator. So'lek saves the male thanator and drives off the female, despite more flashbacks to the Battle of Ayram Alusìng. After chasing away the female, So'lek stays with the male thanator and eventually gains his trust through offerings of food and treating his wounds. Entok observes So'lek helping the thanator, and teaches him the music of the bone flute, which calms the thanator enough to be approached. After So'lek learns the song, he is able to bond with the thanator. The bond helps him clear his mind and regain confidence and mental fortitude.

So'lek returns to the Anurai, who congratulate him on his achievement. Tiali offers a place for him with the Anurai, but he tearfully refuses, knowing that he needs to continue the quest given to him by Hawnutu'un. So'lek leaves, thanking Entok for his teaching before he continues on into the wilderness.

Issue 3 — 2159 to 2162

In 2159, So'lek arrives in the territory of the Tipani Clan, aiming to complete the next part of his quest: obtaining armor crafted from the shell of the cuirass crab. He first encounters Eykang, an outrider of the Olangi Clan. Eykang tells him that the Tipani are cautious and extremely stealthy, and though they already know he is there, they will not reveal themselves to him unless they deem him worthy to meet them.

By 2160, he is still searching for the Tipani. He has spent the past six months observing the cuirass crabs, trying several strategies to trap one and take its shell, with none being successful. Another year passes, and in 2161 he still has not seen even a glimpse of a Tipani clan member, having been alone in the forest for two years. However, while talking to himself about how futile his quest is, a troop of Tipani warriors emerge from the forest and tell him to follow them. They bring him back to their village, and So'lek tells the gathered warriors about his quest. After a long silence, Rimu speaks up and boldly states that she will teach him.

Rimu begins to teach So'lek the ways of the Tipani, and So'lek is struck by her beauty and skill. Though Rimu offers to simply gather the shells for him, So'lek instead chooses to learn how to do it himself from her. For a year and a half, Rimu continues to teach So'lek and they eventually grow close. In 2162, So'lek believes he is finally ready to gather his own cuirass crab shell, but in a private moment with Rimu, he nearly confesses that he has feelings for her. Rimu, however, stops him, telling him that if he intends to leave the Tipani to continue his quest, she does not want to hear anything beyond whether or not he is ready to collect his own shell.

So'lek chooses to obey what Rimu has told him and goes on to collect a shell for himself. He is successful, cleanly prying a molted shell from the back of a crab, and Rimu gives him a proud smile as he displays the shell to her before she disappears into the trees. So'lek searches for Rimu in vain, and returns to the Tipani camp to find another warrior who teaches him how to fashion the shell into armor. So'lek asks the warrior where Rimu is, and the warrior tells him that if she wants to be seen, she will be seen. So'lek chooses to leave behind the piece of armor he crafted, knowing he has with him the knowledge to make more. He leaves the Tipani camp to continue his quest, but, after some thinking, states that he may yet return.

Issue 4 — 2162

Eight years after the Battle of Ayram Alusìng, So'lek is still on the move, and reaches a territory where viperwolves live. Having traveled most of his path, he feels wiser than before, but he still feels pain, and has terrible dreams about that distant battle. So'lek is worried about what will happen to him when his journey comes to an end. Distracted by his worries, So'lek is harvesting a Shell Fruit, but gets too close to a Poison Breath Spore plant. It spews poisonous spores in his direction, temporarily blinding him.

As So'lek struggles to clear his eyes, he hears laughter and notices that a pair of viperwolves are nearby, ready to attack. Blinded, So'lek puts up a desperate resistance, and although the beasts knock him to the ground, he fights to the end, just as his clan once did. Bleeding, he follows the retreating viperwolves to their lair, hoping to fulfill the last requirement of his journey... but ends up collapsing, exhausted, and finds the spirits of his ancestors surrounding him. Surprised, he asks Hawnutu'un about his unfinished journey... only to wake up in an unknown place, being tended to by a Na'vi woman who welcomes him to the world of the living and asks for his name. She introduces herself as Syanan, and explains that he is with the Tawkami Clan after he nearly died of his wounds.

Even after being given a portion of the healing Sage Mushroom, So'lek felt very weak, and only a week later was he able to sit up. While he regained his strength, Syanan began to show him the local plants, naming each one. She laughed a lot (which even made So'lek think she was a little crazy), but continued to encourage his interest in herbalism, even if he ended up choosing the wrong plants. The rest of the Tawkami treated the stranger very simply, and as an unusual feature of Syanan's hut, and so three months passed. One day, while helping the healer with her affairs, So'lek was caught in the thought that, although he was completely healthy, the idea of continuing the journey had not arisen in his head. Suddenly a Na'vi burst into the cabin, exclaiming that someone needed So'lek and Syanan's help. The entrance to a cave where gatherers searched for Sage Mushroom had filled with stones, and So'lek recognized it as the place where he was heading in search of the viperwolves' lair. Fortunately, after enormous collective efforts, the debris was cleared and Syanan began treating the injured. Thanks to her and So'lek, who helped with the treatment, the three gatherers were saved. That night, So'lek prepared to continue his journey. With a final joke, Syanan and the rest of the Tawkami bid him farewell, and he continued on his way, feeling stronger and more alive than ever.

The Mangkwan Clan, also known as the Ash People, is a Na'vi clan led by Varang, who is considered both its Olo'eykte and Tsahìk.[1] They are based in Ash Village, which is located on the ruins of a forest that was destroyed during a volcanic eruption. They are the secondary antagonists in Avatar: Fire and Ash.

Unlike other Na'vi, the Mangkwan resents Eywa and rejects her blessing in favor of a cultish worship of fire. Members of the clan are violently hostile towards other Na'vi clans such as the Tlalim and the Aranahe. They act as ruthless aerial pirates who pillage for resources, often torturing and killing captured survivors by cutting off neural queues.

Following the Second Pandoran War, the Mangkwan joined forces with Recombinant Miles Quaritch and became auxiliary raiders for the Resources Development Administration. Armed with firearms (which they regard as "thunder"), flamethrowers and communication equipment from the RDA, they aim to take down the Resistance and dominate all other Na'vi clans, with the ultimate ambition to "spread their fire" across the whole Pandora.

The Mangkwan clan once lived in ways not much different from the Omatikaya. However, they had a history of hostility and were avoided and shunned by most Na'vi.

There once was a gigantic hometree in the center of their village. However, a volcanic eruption had befallen them, turning their hometree into a charred stump and their village into a desolate place of ash. This incident horrifically killed many of their clan members, and they suffered brutal ends as people died from burning to death, experiencing great suffering.

The Mangkwan prayed and begged Eywa for help, but she never came, and the clan began to wonder what the purpose was of honoring a deity and a force that was unable to save them from torment. Tragically, the Mangkwan were unable to understand that Eywa is a sentient consciousness around the biological system of Pandora and can only balance out life; she has no control of the whole moon and could not protect them from this catastrophe.

Although the clan has struggled immensely and still has unresolved trauma due to their suffering, Varang, who was a little girl during the eruption, eventually pulled them out of their misery and saved many of them from succumbing to starvation, becoming a hero of her people. Regardless, they have a dark and hostile perspective on the world. As such, their survivors grew to resent nature and everything held dear by forest-based Na'vi, including Eywa.

Following the attempt on Jake Sully's life during the First Blood ritual, Ateyo, Artsut, and their son Arvok were exiled from the Omatikaya clan. They set out on a journey in search of the Mangkwan clan, who could receive them despite their crimes. During a break in their journey, an argument broke out, as a result of which Arvok separated from his parents to go his own way instead of going with them. In turn, Ateyo and Artsut went on to the Mangkwan clan, though it is unknown if they found and were accepted into their ranks.

When Peylak and the Tlalim clan are transferring Miles Socorro and Jake's family back to High Camp via airship, Varang and the Mangkwan attack them.

Some time after, the clan stalks the Sully children in a rainforest and temporarily hold them captive, but they escape. However, Varang learns how to use weaponry and meets Recom Quaritch.

Later, Quaritch and Lyle Wainfleet arrive at the clan with RDA weapons, hoping the clan can assist them in locating Spider. After Wainfleet snipes one of Varang's clan members, she compliments Quaritch for performing a decent trick against her. While Quaritch and Varang are alone, he offers to be her equal, and claims he can provide her with ultimate weaponry to dominate all the other Na'vi clans. Quaritch provides the clan weapons such as flamethrowers.

The Mangkwan join with the RDA to find Jake at Awa'atlu, abducting him to Bridgehead. There, the Mangkwan are given a camp near the perimeter.

During the Battle at the Cove of the Ancestors, many Mangkwan assisted Varang in the fight, and were either injured or killed in the conflict.

Members of the Mangkwan clan form a coalition force with the RDA to attack the Aranahe clan in the Western Frontier. They destroy the clan's hometree and surrounding Kinglor Forest territory with a devastating fire attack before invading the area to attack the survivors.

Very little was known about the Mangkwan lifestyle and traditions prior to the volcanic eruption. Even before that event, however, they already had a reputation for hostility and were largely avoided and shunned by most other Na’vi. Over time, they became conquerors and aerial pillagers, tormenting nearby villages for resources. They believe that power and might are the keys to survival, and they are willing to do anything to ensure their continued existence.

The Mangkwan are depicted as a formidable force capable of launching massive raids on other large groups, such as the Tlalim clan or Wind Traders, and their flying ships. Their alliance with the RDA also bolsters their numbers tremendously through shared logistics, weapons, and transport.

After rejecting Eywa, it is said that they began accepting outcast Na’vi who had murdered other Na’vi. Unlike most Na'vi clans that are strictly hereditary, the Mangkwan are known to welcome and recruit exiles and outcasts from across Pandora. Major Na'vi tribes range from several hundred to over a thousand members. The Mangkwan appear to be on the larger end of this spectrum, or even bigger, due to their aggressive expansionist nature and the diverse origins of their members.

They cover themselves in grey and white ash, painting their bodies with red and black to symbolize what they see as their rejection of Eywa.[2] Many members appear nearly bald, with shaved or thinning hairstyles, and are marked by piercings and other body modifications. The Mangkwan hunt using direhorses, which they decorate in the clan’s colors, and many other members have been seen flying nightwraiths.

The Mangkwan are atypical among Na’vi clans in that, while most Na’vi revere the natural world, the Mangkwan are described as being openly disconnected from it.[6] They show little respect for their mounted animals despite being bonded with them and do not care when they perish. This is taken to such an extent that they hardly care when their own clan members die, and some are even willing to sacrifice themselves.

The clan does not follow the Great Balance or the Three Laws of Eywa. They openly cut down trees to spite Eywa and no longer feel guilt for doing so after turning away from her, and the harvested wood is used to build their yurts. The clan eagerly and has no qualms with wielding human weapons, not following the belief that touching metal poisons one's heart.

They hold an extreme amount of resentment toward Eywa following the volcanic disaster. Many members of the clan came to the belief she is a tyrannical and selfish entity, unworthy of worship or respect. They also believe that by rejecting and actively opposing her, they have opened their eyes and become a far stronger clan. While their strength is undeniable, this mindset has caused the Mangkwan to adopt twisted, ruthless, and sadistic personalities.

Fire lies at the center of their culture, effectively becoming a religion, and they view the element as a source of power and inspiration.[7] Varang claims that fire is the only truly pure thing left in the world. A totem within their village stands as a symbol of their defiant independence.

The Mangkwan eat more meat compared to other clans, since fruits spoil before they can be transported into their wasteland stronghold, and they lack the patience and soil for farming. Mangkwan hunt and kill their food as individuals, only sharing with those who help in the killing of the animal.

Na’Vi are humanoids in general in their anatomy, although they also have feline characteristics such as flat, forked noses, large and round eyes, pointed ears that can move independently and a long and prehensile tail used to grip and balance. The neck is long and the body is thin, with a narrow, elongated waist and broad shoulders that create a V-shaped upper back. Despite their thin proportions, their muscles are drastically defined and have about four times the strength of even the strongest human. The Na’vi use their superior strength, agility and strange sense of balance to climb trees, rocks and other obstacles with ease. In the unlikely case of a fall, they usually escape unharmed, since their bones are reinforced with a type of natural carbon fiber. Clearly separating them from humans, native Na’vi has only four digits on each hand and foot, including a thumb and the opposite thumb.

The skin of the Na’vi is soft and iridescent, and appears within the blue spectrum, ranging from the greenish cyan and turquoise found in the oceanic clans to the deeper blues seen in the Na’vi that live in the jungle, such as the Omatikaya. The color is due to the presence of the cyanine pigment, which can “tan” to a darker purple color after prolonged exposure to UV rays. The skin is marked with darker color marks, usually stripes, although this can vary widely. Bioluminescent marks, which resemble freckles, splash the skin and seem to follow the circulatory or nervous system. These points can change color to indicate mood and emotion, although it is unknown if the Na’vi have conscious control over this ability. These marks help Na’vi identify with each other, especially at night. Most Na’vi have dark brown or black hair on their heads. They don’t seem to have any other body hair, except for the eyelashes that appear occasionally, and some have a small lock of hair at the tip of the tail. The hair on the head can vary in texture, from straight to very curly. The hair on the back of the head is divided and braided around the tail to protect itself. The tail is a long appendix that ends in pink tendrils that look like hair, but are actually extensions of the Na’vi nervous system. This organ plays many key functions in Na’vi culture, allowing them to link with animals, access the memories of their ancestors through Eywa or link to each other to see the memories of others.

The Na’vi (English: The People) are a kind of intelligent humanoids that inhabit the lush moon of Pandora. Although the Na’vi are hunter-gatherers with a technology equivalent to that of the Paleolithic era of the Earth, along with a society that is essentially Neolithic, with very intelligent. The Na’vi and the Tulkun are the only known extraterrestrial species that have been discovered to have a level of wisdom equivalent to that of humans. The Na’vi should not be confused with similar-looking avatars either. The lifestyles of the Na’vi clans are very varied, they have their own traditions and beliefs and have developed sophisticated cultures. Despite this, they all share a deep spiritual connection with other forms of life on their moon, among themselves and with a “goddess” who embraces them and whom they call Eywa. The Na’vi are involved in a violent war with the Resource Development Administration composed of humans from planet Earth. The war began after the organization tried to collect a rare mineral known as unobtanium and failed to negotiate a peaceful solution. The conflicts intensified and led the RDA to destroy the Tree of Voices and, later, the native tree of the Omatikaya clan. In the end, the Na’vi defeated the RDA and expelled them from Pandora back to Earth, winning the War of Pandora. However, the RDA returned fourteen years later to colonize Pandora completely due to the worsening conditions on Earth, which started the Second Pandoran War. Some clans have allied themselves with like-minded humans to form The Resistance and fight against colonization efforts.

The Na’vi wear little clothes and don’t seem to worry about showing a lot of skin. They cover their genital region and women do cover their breasts and nipples, but often only a little. It is common for men and children to be almost completely shirtless. Clothing also seems to show the growth and progress one makes in one’s clan, with clan leaders and other high-ranking individuals using a greater number of pieces that are often brighter and more intricate than the average or younger members of the clan. This tends to emphasize the Na’vi as unique individuals while maintaining their identity within the style of their clan. Accessories are added to a Na’vi’s outfit as they make their life journeys and milestones. For example, Jake Sully, as an apprentice member of the clan, only wore an undecorated loind hand; however, as he learned more about Na’vi culture, he wore bracelets and necklaces to show off his role. After completing Uniltaron, he got a girdle. It is known that some Na’vi adorn themselves with tattoos and body paint, and are proud of their clothing as a form of artistic self-expression. That is why it is common for the Na’vi to learn to make their own clothes or receive them as a gift from their loved ones. As a result, clothing usually symbolizes aspects such as celebration, family love, friendship and life’s achievements.

An avatar (Na’vi name: uniltìrantokx, meaning “dream walker”) is a genetically designed human/Na’vi hybrid body, designed to serve as a remote-controlled container for a human mind.

The human candidates selected from the Avatar Program funded by the RDA, known as drivers, can connect psionically with their avatar bodies, which use their human DNA as part of the genetic templates and look a lot like the facial features of the drivers themselves. Avatars are used to explore Pandora without the need for exopacks to breathe air that would be poisonous for humans and to interact more easily with Na’vi natives.

The fully developed avatar has an appearance much closer to the Na’vi with long limbs than to a human. The typical size of an adult varies from nine to ten feet (2.75m to 3m) in height with blue skin, bioluminescent marks and large eyes with golden irises. The mobile ears, a tail and the Na’vi tail, a unique set of nerve endings normally braided in a hair-like configuration that protrudes from the base of the skull and called Kuru, reproduce faithfully to be almost identical to those of the Na’vi. Breathing, musculoskeletal structure, function and arrangement of internal organs are comparable to those of the Na’vi, allowing sustained precision operation in Pandora’s hostile atmosphere and jungle environment.

A Recombinant, or Recom, is a completely conscious human/na’vi hybrid soldier, which has the recorded memories and personality traits of an individual human incorporated, and therefore does not need to be controlled remotely from a link unit as an avatar. The 1st Recom Unit is the main “muscle” of the RDA’s Sec-Ops and the group of special operations forces, which receives orders directly from the highest ranks of the RDA and assists in any extraordinary circumstances. Miles Quaritch acted as squad leader along with Wainfleet as second in command. The organization commissioned them to hunt down and eliminate Jake Sully, the leader of the Resistance.

The recombinants are approximately identical to normal avatars, and have physical traits of both Na’vi and humans. The key difference is that Recom are not psionically driven by a human, but have backup memories and identities of human candidates loaded directly into their consciousness through the use of a special link device known as Soul Drive. This makes them completely autonomous beings and essentially genetically modified clones of their former human beings, inheriting the memories (up to the time of backing), the abilities and personalities developed during the previous life of that human. Recom soldiers are known as “recombinant warriors” or simply “Recom warriors.” Thanks to their Na’vi physiology, Recom warriors can move through Pandora to a large extent without being detected as an alien threat to Eywa, and they can avoid triggering their “immune response” in which Eywa sends his wildlife after them. They also have tails, which allows them to access the moon’s neuroanl network and even domesticate Pandoran animals (such as banshees and direhourses) through tsaheylu, thus eliminating the need for vehicular deployment and turning them into even better infiltrators.

Like the Na’vi and the Avatars, the Recom can operate within facilities with human air; however, due to the lower levels of carbon dioxide compared to those in Pandora’s atmosphere, the Recom must take “sips” of supplemental carbon dioxide every minute or two of the AAS-RO2 Atmospheric Adaptation System.

The Resistance refers to a group of people, including Na'vi and some humans, who are opposing the RDA since the organization's return to Pandora in 2168. The group was involved in the Second Pandoran War and was part of the Skirmish at the Three Brothers and the Colonization of the Western Frontier.

Opposing Frances Ardmore and her mission to make Pandora the new home for those on Earth, their mission is to protect Pandora from the RDA's colonization and environmentally harmful practices. While the Resistance view themselves as the peacekeepers of Pandora, the RDA brands them as eco-terrorists according to Solar Unity Law. The RDA intends to kill Jake Sully due to him being a major war leader of the Resistance, which would greatly destroy Resistance morale and interrupt their plans.

The origins of the Resistance date back to 2154 due to the events of the Pandoran War. Relations between the Na'vi and the RDA were originally peaceful but tensions formed due to the latter's more destructive practices such as bulldozing the Tree of Voices in the forests of Pandora.

Conflicts between the RDA and the Na'vi ignited when attempts for a diplomatic agreement between the two resulted in failure, and violence escalated on both sides. The Na'vi began attacking RDA machinery and killing their members. Meanwhile, the RDA had given up on diplomacy in response to this and shifted to using forceful methods. This resulted in several humans turning away from the organization and forming a resistance with the Na'vi to aid them in driving away the RDA.

The growing resistance was noticed by the organization who attempted to silence them and the Na'vi by launching a preemptive attack to destroy the Tree of Souls. The resistance led Jake Sully and Neytiri worked together to rally approximately 2000 Na'vi from 15 clans alongside like-minded humans to defend from this attack. The RDA lost the subsequent battle and a majority of them were expelled from Pandora, sent back to Earth. Those that remained were largely loyal and/or sympathetic to the Na'vi, taking up residence the RDA base Hell's Gate and eventually making a home for themselves there.

However, the RDA returned 14 years later due to the fact that Earth was left in ever worsening condition with numerous lives trapped there. The organization came in ten heavily armed spaceships with their arrival having been detected by those on Pandora. The new head administrator Charles Stringer along with general Frances Ardmore broadcasted a transmission and threatened the occupants of Hell's Gate to surrender and be given amnesty, or die. After the RDA made their video broadcast, Jake urged everyone at Hell's Gate to stick with their plan to fight them. Despite this, most humans decided to surrender; a group vote had been cast and more than half of them decided to do so, though some decided to fight with the Na'vi.

The group piloted a spaceship directly to the RDA's fleet and on the Interstellar Vehicle Venture Star. Once there, they were checked for weapons or any other contraband, and were brought to meet General Ardmore and Charles Stringer. Jake threatened to destroy the unobtanium left behind from the war and the various structures as leverage to get the organization to surrender peacefully. He told Frances Ardmore that if the RDA were to step foot on Pandora, every living thing would be united to drive them away. Talks for a diplomatic agreement briefly started which Stringer supported, but once again ended in failure; Jake claimed the organization would simply never hold their end of a treaty and Ardmore made it clear the RDA no longer had interest in any sort of diplomatic solution.

This soon led to a violent conflict on the spaceship when Jake ordered one of the structures on Pandora to be destroyed. However, what Jake and his team did not expect was that a human in their group had been secretly working to sabotage the plan. The explosives were soon disarmed and several of their allies on the moon were neutralized. With this, the RDA began to set foot on Pandora en masse, reclaiming Hell's Gate while Jake and his allies were forced to retreat.

The RDA eventually disembarked into the atmosphere and rather than staying in orbit. They used the powerful engines of the spaceship which created firestorms that burned the forest down and killed many of the animals residing there. After the forest burned down, the organization sent down their Landing Modules into the glowing rubble of the burned forest which contained numerous RDA soldiers and machines including AMP drivers and the bulldozers. They proceeded to clear away the remains of the forest and started the construction on Pandora, soon setting up Bridgehead.

The Resistance wages a guerrilla war against the RDA, cutting off supply lines and attacking outposts. Due to the strong coordination of their units and well planning, the Resistance are often successful in their exploits, dealing at least some damage to the operations of the RDA. Even so, the organization still possesses formidable capabilities which more often than not makes the efforts of the Resistance a major challenge. The RDA has also managed to deal damage to the Resistance as well, attacking their bases and neutralizing important assets along with various members.

At one point, Ardmore employed Recom special forces led by Miles Quaritch with the mission to eliminate Jake Sully which would disrupt the Resistance. This group continuously tracked him and his family, finding and almost capturing them once. Although the the Recoms were unable to capture Jake, this still forced him to seek refuge with his family in the Reef Clans, temporarily abandoning the Resistance. In the end, however, the Recom squad was defeated with most of its members having been killed and Quaritch being forced to retreat.

Jake Sully left Alma Cortez, one of the former teachers of The Ambassador Program, in charge of Resistance efforts for the Western Frontier region. In the Western Frontier, the Resistance's headquarters lie in the heart of the Kinglor Forest where some former Hell's Gate members are involved with as well. One Resistance member, Alexander Tremayne, invented a tool known as the Systems Interrogation Device (SID) for visualizing and manipulating embedded electronics. Designed with Na'vi scale in mind, it's made up of bespoke Resistance technology, combining RDA and TAP elements. The handheld device was designed to allow avatars and Na'vi in the Resistance to interact with human scale technology. Due to its unique components, it can be used to hack into RDA technology.

Thanks to the efforts of a surviving member of the Sarentu Clan who had been harmed by the RDA, the Resistance was able to unite Aranahe Clan, Zeswa Clan and Kame'tire Clan, and with their help, they were able to destroy a major RDA facility and defeat John Mercer. Thanks to this, the Resistance gained the respect of the Na'vi, and they even invited the Sky People to participate in the Great Games in the Heart of the Plains, although the festival ended up turning into a confrontation with the RDA.

The Mangkwan clan and the RDA are allies. Coronel Miles Quaritch is Varang’s mate. Wukula is So’lek’s close friend.