Avatar: The Legend of Korra [RPG]

The favorite sport of Republic City takes place on a hexagonal platform divided into a blue half and a red half, raised 10 meters above a water-filled pit. Grates leading to the water are located on the platform, along with strategically placed stone discs and three dividing lines on each side. Pro-bending is a 3-on-3 team sport where a waterbender, an earthbender, and a firebender face off, each equipped with safety gear. The objective is to push the opposing team back. One point is earned for each line pushed back, and three points are awarded for knocking a team out of the arena, for a maximum of eighteen points if the entire opposing team is eliminated. This sport consists of seven rounds and is frenetic, dynamic, and very exciting, but also limited. Advanced bending techniques are not allowed, only brief bursts.

Earthbenders must use stone discs; they cannot break sand. Waterbenders have a maximum of one second per jet and cannot create waves. Firebenders can only fire one burst of flame at a time, with a maximum duration of one second.

Illegal contact, such as using advanced techniques, is equivalent to disqualification.

Team names are usually the name of an animal plus their sponsors.

A vast array of fauna inhabits the world, extending across virtually every landscape, as well as the oceans and skies. Most of the animals featured are hybrids of two real-world animals; sometimes this hybridization is explicit, other times more subtle. However, there are some exceptions, such as bears and cats.

Examples of this are Badger moles, Flying bison, opossum chickens, Gatigator (Alligator with a catfish head), otter penguins, tiger seals, polar dogs, polar bear dogs, buffalo yaks, vulture wasps, giant rhinoceros beetles, Jacktilope (rabbits with antlers), winged lemur, turtle ducks, etc.

Energybending is the ability to control another person's life force. It predates the four major bending arts, as well as the arrival of the Avatar and the formation of the four nations. Only one person in history has been able to use Energybending: Avatar Aang.

Transferring knowledge: allows transferring information to another person, generally knowledge about the use of Energy control. Give Control: allows you to grant the power to control an element to a person Take Control: to wrest basic control from another person. Restore Control: Those masters who have been deprived of their control can regain it through Control Energy.

Avatar Aang's spirit is, technically, capable of giving this technique to the next Avatar in the line, but it has not done so yet.

The story takes place after the events of the second season of "Avatar: The Legend of Korra." The Unitarian Amon has disappeared, the evil Avatar Unalaq has been killed, the four nations are at peace, and following Unalaq's defeat, an unprecedented event known as the "Harmonic Convergence" has occurred, causing multiple non-benders around the world to awaken the ability to airbender.

The Avatar is the world's balancing force, a person who in each lifetime has served to maintain peace. The Avatar possesses a profound spiritual connection and the ability to learn and master the four elements. When an Avatar dies, the cycle continues, and they are reborn in the next nation of the cycle. The cycle follows a pattern: Fire, Air, Water, and Earth. The last Avatar was Aang, an Air Nomad, and the current Avatar is Korra, born in the Southern Water Tribe.

The Avatar, when he reaches his peak, is usually the strongest person in the world, capable of mastering all 4 elements simultaneously and entering the "Avatar State," a state in which his eyes glow and he acquires all the knowledge, skills, and strength of previous avatars.

The Metalbending Police Force is Republic City's elite police squad, currently led by Toph Beifong's daughter, Chief Lin Beifong. The Metalbending Police operate primarily through the use of specialized metalbending techniques. Their uniform consists mainly of segmented metal armor, which offers protection against chi blocking, though regular officers wear plain gray uniforms with only a few plates. Officers use metal cables stored on reels on their backs as their primary weapon, in addition to firing segments of their armor that fold up and can be used to bind criminals with solid metal.

Cylindrical reels are attached to each officer's back, with metal cables extending through their arms. The compacted metal wires can be extended or retracted using Metal Control. The officers are adept at manipulating the metal cables, often controlling them with enough force to anchor themselves to solid ground or to wrap them around a person. This is their primary method of law enforcement. In addition to manipulating cables connected to the reels on their backs, the officers utilize metal wires scattered throughout Republic City. Officers can maneuver through streets by attaching a cable from their reels to a stationary wire, propelling themselves across the city.

The police force has vehicles, cars, boats, trucks and even aircraft from which police forces are deployed.

Sandbending: This is a form of Earthbending where sand particles are manipulated. It uses a style very similar to Airbending and is used only by desert sandbenders. Most Earthbenders have the ability to control sand, but due to the ever-changing nature of sand and the similarity of the technique to Waterbending and Airbending, most Earthbenders find it difficult to master.

Lightning Generation: Formerly a Firebending technique reserved for royalty, Lightning is now used in factories as a blowtorch, or, for the more experienced, to generate energy that powers Republic City. It's a technique that only an advanced user can transform into a deadly ability. While it's mostly used for factory work, if a soldier uses Lightning, it requires absolute concentration and mental clarity. When unleashed with a movement that mimics waterbending, it can be lethal. A miscalculation when using this technique offensively will cause the lightning to explode within the user.

Combustion: The rarest Firebending technique, reserved for a unique and unknown sect. A third eye tattoo on the forehead fires a thin, invisible beam of energy that explodes upon impact. Effective at both short and long range, it's a perfect technique for an assassin. However, if the user suffers any kind of head injury, this third eye can cause them to explode. Absolute control is required.

Specialized control techniques or "Sub-Control" are sub-skills that exist within each of the four Control styles, which only expert masters can take advantage of.

Bloodbending: A forbidden Waterbending technique, it controls the fluids within a person to manipulate their muscles and twist their body, controlling them like a puppet. However, it is by far the most difficult sub-bending to learn, as it is illegal and only one person remains who knows Bloodbending: Master Katara, who also discovered and strictly prohibited this technique. Furthermore, it is so energy-intensive that it can only be used during a full moon.

Plant Control: A rare Waterbending technique used by swamp tribes, it allows control of moisture within plants and roots with high water saturation, making it only useful in swamps, mangroves, or the ocean.

Healing: Specialized Waterbenders can also heal wounds, both external and internal, as well as some mental ailments. When used, the water glows a golden color, but there is a very clear limit to its effectiveness against mortal wounds, which can only be overcome with spiritual water.

Lavabending: This is an extremely rare Earthbending technique; only 10% of Earthbenders are born with the potential to use it, and only 1% activate it. This technique allows the user to transform all earth and rock into molten rock, burning lava that expands rapidly. It is potentially the most dangerous sub-bending.

Metal Control: The ability to control treated metals by sensing the Earth particles within. All trained Earthbenders can use it, but it is mostly the style used by the Republic City police force.

Mineral Control: The technique of controlling earth-rich minerals, such as crystals, is relatively easy to do with the fundamentals of Earthbending.

Firebenders utilize their body heat as a source of their control. This aspect of firebending is a stark contrast to other bending arts, which can only manipulate external sources of their element. However, firebenders can also control or enhance nearby flames. Unlike other disciplines, firebending has few defensive moves beyond blocking and dodging. Instead, firebending uses concentrated bursts of fire to overwhelm opponents before delivering a fatal blow. Spinning kicks and rapid flurries of punches are among the various offensive attacks available to firebenders.

The intensity of the flames and the amount that can be generated depends largely on the individual; the number of Fire Masters whose flames turn blue from the heat can be counted on the fingers, and experienced soldiers and Masters can launch flames that serve as jet propulsion for flying.

This style is characterized by fast kicks, direct and explosive strikes, and sweeping movements, reflecting the aggressive and intense nature of fire. It is primarily based on Northern Shaolin Kung Fu.

When a comet passes near the planet, Firebenders become more powerful; however, if the "Sozin's Comet" passes by the planet, an event that occurs every 100 years, a Firebender can temporarily triple their power.

The Earthbender uses a balance of offense and defense to defeat their opponent. Common attacks include levitating earth and/or rocks and hurling them at enemies, controlling them with a series of punches and kicks. A levitating block of earth can also serve as a shield when placed in front of a master. Earthbenders, in particular, possess a limited ability to use magnetism, allowing them to attach themselves to vertical surfaces and even ceilings made of earthen structures. A skilled Earthbender can also magnetize fragments of earth to their body to create simple rock armor or to enhance their physical attacks; they can also use these techniques to imprison an enemy in seconds.

Earthbending is based on the Hung Gar style of Kung Fu, which emphasizes a strong connection between the feet and the earth, using powerful kicks and punches that evoke the mass and power of the earth. It features direct, hard, and patient movements. However, there is also the Republic City style of Earthbending, based on street boxing, with fast and direct movements.

Earthbending is also the element with the most variations, although as a weakness, in an ocean, on a wooden platform, etc., an Earthbender cannot control their element.

Waterbending is the most versatile of all the elements, focusing on the flow of energy and emphasizing using an opponent's strength against them rather than brute force. While a Bender's victory in battle depends on their skill and ingenuity, Waterbenders, unlike other benders, gain a significant advantage or disadvantage depending on the amount of water surrounding them. Highly skilled Waterbenders can draw water from surprising places, and the most adept can even draw moisture from the air.

Instead of supporting a separate set of offensive methods, Waterbending employs defensive techniques that can be transformed into attacks and counters - defense into attack.

Most Waterbenders, with a little practice, can manipulate water, move it, control snow, and alter its temperature. This is the primary offensive technique of Waterbenders, as they can change the state of water between liquid, gas, and solid. Ice offers a high degree of lethality, as it can be shaped into points or blades. Steam or mist can obscure a battlefield and conceal movements. A Waterbender can also superheat and boil water and other liquids to scorching temperatures.

An experienced Waterbender can whip, create water tentacles, control and create ocean waves, freeze entire surfaces, etc.

The weakness of Water Masters is that during an eclipse their powers disappear, however in contrast their powers are strengthened during a full moon to the point of doubling.

Waterbending is based on a style of Tai Chi, specifically the Yang style. It is a Chinese martial art characterized by slow movements and elegant forms that evoke the sensation of flowing water.

Airbending focuses on speed and evasion, sacrificing a strong offense for a defensive stance. Although seemingly lacking in fatal moves, it is the most dynamic of all the bending arts. As for the element of freedom, Airbenders use their ability to control air without the hindrance of the ground or any other environmental factors, using their own momentum as a weapon. The key to Airbending is flexibility—finding and following the path of least resistance. Its fighting style is based on Ba Gua Kung Fu.

Air control is flexible and has hundreds of techniques, including common techniques such as: air spheres, air gusts, air currents, small air vortices, punches, potatoes, and shields that use air as force or air suction and heat regulation.

Advanced air techniques can only be performed by a true Air Master, usually only those monks with their tattoos done: Air wheels around the monk to move, wind breath, small tornadoes, air blades and hooks, air gutter (temporary levitation using the direction of the air) and a forbidden technique such as asphyxiation by taking the air out of the lungs and generating a vacuum around the head of the victim.

Those Air Masters who abandon all their sentimental and earthly possessions can access the sub-control called "Flight," in which the master can fly freely through the air without active effort.

Air monks are also the only known ones who can access the spirit world through a projection of their spirit, although this is a purely spiritual practice.

"Control" is the ability to manipulate an element; it is very important for all aspects of life in the world.

There are five known bending arts. Four of them control a specific physical element, while the fifth controls the energy within a person's body. The four elemental bending arts are based on the four classical elements: water, earth, fire, and air. Each is manipulated through specific martial arts styles that allude to the qualities of the element itself. Some benders are able to effectively manipulate their element by barely moving their body—for example, just their head. In even rarer cases, it is possible to perform bending without the aid of physical movement, instead using only focus and willpower; an ability known as psychic bending.

Approximately 50% of the world's population has the ability to use Elemental Control. Even among identical twins, it's possible for one to be a Master and the other not. In the case of mixed marriages, the children may be Masters of one of the elements, but this doesn't imply the ability to manipulate the elements at will; training and learning are necessary.

A Master is usually limited to a single Elemental Control Art; the only living being capable of mastering more than one element is the Avatar.

The title given to those who can control the elements is "Master," although it represents nothing more than the ability to control an element. They are known as "Earth Master," "Air Master," "Fire Master," and "Water Master," respectively.

In this world, the economy is diverse and developing, so there are also several types of currency with different values ​​worldwide.

The currency of the United Republic of Nations (Republic City) is called the yuan. Yuan denominations are available in both coins and banknotes. The banknotes feature Avatar Aang on the front and an image of City Hall on the back. The coins are gold-colored. This currency is accepted worldwide.

In the Earth Kingdom, currency is called "Pieces," copper, silver, and gold coins with a circular shape and a square hole in the center, which serves as the kingdom's emblem. Copper Pieces are inexpensive and used by commoners and in most states, silver Pieces are common among the upper and middle classes, and gold Pieces are used by the wealthiest. Royalty also uses rounded gold ingots as currency.

Fire Nation coins are much more angular than their Earth Kingdom counterparts. They vary in weight, size, and shape, though all bear the Fire Nation emblem on one side. The copper piece is the least valuable Fire Nation coin; it is a rectangle with two concave sides and a small image of a flame in its center. The silver piece is the smallest coin, pentagonal in shape with the National Crest on its front. It is more valuable than the copper piece. The gold piece is the longest of the Fire Nation coins and is mostly rectangular with an opening that runs from its base to just below the top. Composed entirely of gold, these pieces are the most valuable Fire Nation coins.

The currency of the Water Tribes is based on rings of different materials, copper, silver and gold; their economic system is not as advanced or sophisticated as those of the most industrialized nations.

Republic City is the capital of the United Republic of Nations and one of the largest and most modern cities in the world, with a population in the millions. Located on the shores of Yue Bay, it was built on the site of a former Fire Nation colony and was founded by Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko after the Hundred Year War as a welcoming place for people from all four nations. As a modern, urban center, Republic City boasts a high level of development and a wide variety of transportation, including cars, motorcycles, and airships.

Republic City is home to several landmarks. These include a statue of Avatar Aang in Yue Bay, a large city park, several suspension bridges, and tall buildings. The police force uses Metalbending for civil law enforcement. Probing is the most popular form of sport in the city.

This city is democratic, meaning the people elect a president to govern. Its culture is rooted in the 1920s and the era of industrialization. This city is home to all kinds of Masters from every nation, as well as non-Masters. It is a cultural center of the world, but also a hotbed of conflict.

In the past, the fourth nation was inhabited by Airbenders, hundreds of pacifist monks, all of them Airbenders with a great spiritual connection who lived their lives mastering and learning about the element of air. However, during the Great War, 100% of the monks were killed, including children and women.

There are four Air Temples on the continent, in the south, north, east, and west. They are located in mountains and canyons, hidden above the clouds or in mountain walls, but they are currently uninhabited.

There is a fifth Air Temple in Republic City, located on an island owned by Master Tenzin, son of Avatar Aang. This temple, along with the Northern Air Temple, has become one of the main temples of the Air Acolytes, due to an event in which numerous non-benders suddenly became Airbenders. The acolytes are apprentices, ordinary people from various nations who are still learning and adapting to the Airbending system.

The Northern Water Tribe is an independent Water Tribe state located in the North Pole, ruled by a hereditary chieftain. The people of the Northern Water Tribe are traditionally conservative and highly spiritual, yet still open to change and reform. The Northern Waterbending style is the most widespread form, practiced by Waterbenders at both poles and in the United Republic of Nations. Its capital, Agna Qel'a, is a vast, multi-level city, seamlessly integrated into the frozen landscape. Towering ice cliffs rise above the city, upon which it was originally built. The city sits on the shores of the North Sea, and behind it lies a vast frozen tundra.

Their current rulers are the twins Desna and Eska, daughters of the former leader Unalaq, who died for his numerous crimes against the world. The Northern Water Tribe's culture is a blend of Inuit and Japanese traditions; its population is almost entirely Waterbenders (60%) and non-benders (40%).

It is a federation of several smaller tribes located at the South Pole, governed by a Council of Elders, who also elect the Southern Chief who rules over all. For a long time, the Southern Water Tribe had been almost wiped off the map, and all the Waterbenders had been killed during the Great War. After the Hundred Year War and the reinvolvement of both Water Tribes in international affairs, the South became a major economic power: both its population and infrastructure increased, and the people live primarily in its coastal capital, Wolf Cove, and several nearby villages. The people of the Southern Water Tribe are modern, progressive, and focused on trade, but in contemporary times, they lack the spirituality that had long defined their culture.

The Southern Water Tribe is covered in snow, ice, and sea, giving Waterbenders an advantage over any other type of bender. The landscape is filled with mountains, icebergs, and peaks. Its current leader is Tonraq, father of Avatar Korra.

The culture of the Southern Water Tribe is a mixture of Inuit and Japanese culture; its population is almost entirely Waterbenders, 50% and 50% non-benders.

Located in the Fire Islands in the Western Hemisphere, the Fire Nation lies along the equator and is comprised of several islands, known as the Fire Islands. Its capital is simply known as the Fire Nation Capital. It is an absolute monarchy ruled by the royal line known as the Fire Lords, with its current leader being Fire Lord Zuko, one of the greatest Firebenders and formerly a member of Avatar Aang's team. Geographically, it is situated in an archipelago of tropical volcanic islands, many of which are still active and provide the nation with a virtually unlimited source of energy. Due to its hot and humid climate, the Fire Nation is home to a diverse array of flora and fauna, although the main islands consist primarily of rugged, grassy plains teeming with wildlife.

Previously, the Fire Nation was blamed for the Great Hundred Year War; however, today, blame is no longer assigned, and it is a progressive nation with a rich economy and a Japanese-style culture. The population is roughly 50% Firebenders and 50% non-benders, although there are many tourists from various nations.

The geography of the Earth Kingdom varies greatly due to its immense size, occupying 70% of the continent. The northwestern areas are mountainous and covered in dense coniferous forests, while the western interior also contains several swamps and large canyons. The center of the Kingdom comprises the vast Si Wong Desert, and the southwestern coast is covered in lush forests. However, a rain shadow leaves the Kolau mountain range and the areas to the southwest as arid mountain ranges with sparse grasslands; the only major settlement in the area is Omashu. The center of the Earth Kingdom is Ba Sing Se, the kingdom's city-state, which is divided into four enormous walled districts, each nested within the previous one, and is where the Earth King or Queen resides.

The Earth Kingdom is ruled by a monarchy that follows a long dynasty, currently headed by Queen Hou-Ting. In this kingdom, the leaders are weak but possess great forces such as the Earth Army and the Dai-Li. Earth Kingdom culture is very similar to Chinese culture, and it is divided into 55 smaller provinces, each with its own minor ruler.

The Earth Kingdom's population is based on 40% Earthbenders, 50% Non-benders, and 10% Firebenders due to previous colonies.