Kyoshi

Kyoshi was an Avatar from the Earth Realm who was born immediately after Avatar Kuruk of the Northern Water Tribe. Kyoshi was born into a family of criminals: Jess, a renegade nun from the Air Nomads, and Hark, a thief from an impoverished family of actors from the Earth Kingdom. She inherited her signature outfit from her parents: a gold headdress and metal battle fans from her mother, as well as a daofei from her father. Kyoshi had a difficult childhood. Her parents abandoned her, and she barely survived until she was saved by Kelsang, who became her adoptive father. She was not recognized as an Avatar until she was sixteen years old, and his friend Yun was declared an Avatar. When the truth about her origins was revealed, the world of Kyoshi was plunged into chaos. Yun was sacrificed to a monstrous spirit, and Kelsang was killed when he tried to protect her from Jianzhu, Yong's former master and the de facto ruler of the Earth Kingdom. Frightened and eager to get revenge on Jianzhu, Kyoshi escaped with her other friend, Rangi, and joined her parents' old crime gang, the Flying Opera Company. Along with these unlikely allies, Kyoshi travels through the Earth Kingdom and finds herself embroiled in the underworld while she is hunted by Jianzhu. After a series of trials and personal losses, Kyoshi gets closer to his accomplices, starts a romantic relationship with Rangi and helps get rid of Jianzhu. In the years that followed, Kyoshi struggled to gain recognition as an Avatar and maintain stability in the Earth Realm, as Jianzhu's death led to tensions and a power vacuum. Kyoshi witnessed the end of the war between Camellia and Peony in the Land of Fire, and later had to deal with her friend Yun, who succumbed to the desire for revenge on anyone who lied about his status as an Avatar.

This experience greatly influenced her worldview and approach to the role of the Avatar. Unlike her successors, Roku and Aang, Kyoshi was convinced that only true justice could bring peace, and if necessary, she did not hesitate to kill her enemies to achieve this goal. Thanks to this approach, she was a very effective Avatar. She prevented the resurgence of the devastating Yellow Rebellion, prevented the Firelord Zoryu from carrying out a massacre of the disgraced Sowon clan, repelled an attempted armed takeover of Earthrealm by Chin the Conqueror, founded the island of Kyoshi and the warriors of Kyoshi to protect her adopted homeland, and helped transform Earthrealm into a constitutional monarchy. In the last years of her life, she maintained peace among the fifty-five nations of Earth's kingdom, helped to implement policies aimed at improving the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable, and helped transform Earth's sages from a corrupt group of politicians into an order of wise counselors and scholars. Having lived for more than two centuries, Kyoshi led the world to an unprecedented peace. However, some of her actions led to long-term problems for the Earth Kingdom: Jianzhu's death, as well as Chin's and her founding, Dai Li, led to the decline and subsequent fall of her home country in the centuries that followed. After her death, Dai Li obeyed the order of Earth King Jialun to destroy the sages who tried to maintain the policy of peace and prosperity pursued by Kyoshi. Because of this, Kyoshi deeply regretted the creation of Dai Li.

Kyoshi was born in the year 312 somewhere in the Earthrealm. The exact place of her birth was unknown even to herself. At the time of her birth, the country was in turmoil due to the Yellow Collars Rebellion and the marauding gangs known as Daofei. One of the most powerful criminal groups, the Flying Opera, was led by Kyoshi's parents, Jeza and Hark. Her parents were unusual people: her mother, Geza, was an apostate nun from the Order of Air Nomads, and her father, Hark, came from a noble but impoverished family of actors from the Earth Kingdom. After Kyoshi's birth, her parents decided to lay low and for the most part refrained from participating in criminal activities. Together with his daughter, they traveled all over the Earth Kingdom in a carriage, never staying anywhere for a long time.

However, when Kyoshi was five or six years old, her parents decided to leave her in the care of one of the residents of Yokoya Port, a poor community of farmers and fishermen located on a peninsula in the Whaletail Strait in the southwest of Earthrealm. They left her a chest with Jesa's signature metal fans, as well as a diary with information about the Daofei and their customs. When her parents left, the villager immediately broke the deal and kicked Kyoshi out into the street. Since the people of Yokoya themselves were mostly poor and had nothing to do with her, they showed no sympathy for her and would have left her to starve to death. Homeless and hungry, Kyoshi ate leftovers, which made her even more of an outcast in the eyes of the people of Yokoi. Later, Kyoshi blamed her parents for her misfortunes and hated them like all criminals in general. Nevertheless, she grew very quickly and was already taller than many teenagers at the age of seven. Despite being larger than the others, the other children bullied and beat her, especially Aoma, the daughter of the Yokoya village chief. Aoma repeatedly hit her with a stone and told the adults that they were just "playing".

In 305, the village was visited by Jianzhu and Kelsang. These two masters traveled around the Earth Realm for seven years in search of an Avatar. They offered Yokoi's children a challenge with toys belonging to previous avatars of the Air Nomads, but they all failed. Kyoshi was spying on the scene, and Kelsang invited her to pick out the toys, despite Jianzhu's objections, who thought she was too old for the Avatar. Despite her disbelief, she took the clay turtle that belonged to the previous Avatar. When Kelsang told her that she could take three more toys to check if she was really an Avatar, Kyoshi decided that it was a lie or a ruse. She was not used to kindness and by nature considered promises of good luck dangerous. As a result, the girl ran away with a clay turtle without passing the test. The two masters let her go and then mistakenly declared a boy from the Earth Kingdom named Yun Avatar. Realizing that no one from the village was helping Kyoshi, Kelsang sought her out in the village and took her under his wing. The girl, who was used to being mistreated, was initially reluctant to trust the monk of the Air Nomad clan, but when she realized that he was being honest, Kyoshi was struck by the kindness of the Air Nomad and began to consider him her adoptive father. Kelsang always took care of Kyoshi when he was in the villages, but he often had to leave the village for long periods of time, and then he left money for various farm families to look after her until he returned. Despite this and the promises of farmers, it continued to be forgotten. One night, when she was about ten years old, she became very ill and lay alone on the floor of the tool shed while the rest of the villagers admired the fireworks set off by the itinerant merchant. At dawn, she woke up with a fever and staggered out into a field on the outskirts of the city, where the ground had been scorched by the explosion. She panicked and ran away, deciding that she would be blamed for what had happened.

That same year, Kelsang returned to find that Kyoshi had lost weight and had pale skin. He realized that she had not been taken care of well and promised that he would never leave her alone for such a long time again. At that time, Kyoshi was more interested in the new hobby of local children - kite flying. Since she had neither a mentor nor the materials to make a kite, Kelsang decided to cheer her up by using his air magic and the rope he found as a kite

In order to improve Kyoshi's living conditions, Kelsang eventually convinced Jianzhu to give her a job at the Avatar Mansion, which was being built for Yoon's trainers and their entourage. While the construction of the Avatar Mansion was underway, Kyoshi met Rangi, a fire mage who was appointed Yun's bodyguard. Rangi soon began to regularly yell at and command Kiyoshi. After a few weeks, Kyoshi realized that the fire mage expresses some emotions in a special way: if she yells at people, it means she likes them. Subsequently, they became good friends. Due to Kyoshi's desire for order and cleanliness, the staff eventually decided that her talents would be best used to clean up after Yun, who, wherever he went, left a mess in his wake. She also helped in the kitchen and occasionally sorted the gifts that were sent to the Avatar. Kyoshi enjoyed life in the mansion and considered it her home. Despite always keeping herself somewhat apart from the rest of the staff due to her lineage and friendship with Rangi (who treated the other servants with outright disdain), Kyoshi cared for the other employees and maintained a good working relationship with some of them. Despite the fact that her financial situation improved significantly, Kyoshi still faced harassment. Many servants thought she was arrogant because of her proximity to Yun. Because of her unusual physique, she attracted the attention of men who harassed her, considering her a curiosity to stare at, poke her finger at, or do worse, believing that someone like her should be grateful for attention.

Aoma and her companions continued to mock her when they had the opportunity to get close to her. They envied her more prosperous life and closeness to the Avatar, despite being an orphan and an outsider, while they had to work hard in their parents' fields and fishing boats. Despite this, Kyoshi preferred to take a neutral stance and endure bullying rather than fight back, even though she was physically strong enough to do so. She held almost no grudge against the people of Yokoi, who mistreated her as a child and adolescence. Because of this, Rangi had to save her from Aoma and the others before they could hit her. The fire mage urged her to fight back, but Kyoshi refused, despite Rangi trying to help her get revenge. She rejected violence, including the use of her own abilities for earth magic. It could only shovel very large chunks of earth into a heap, not being particularly accurate. Considering these abilities useless for her work as a servant, Kyoshi rejected Kelsang's offer to undergo training and tried not to use her abilities at all. Over time, Yun, Rangi, and Kyoshi grew closer, and the supposed Avatar and the maid began to spend a lot of time together. Rangi developed romantic feelings for Yun, but she tried to deny them for a very long time and convinced herself that his closeness to her was just his usual way of behaving with girls. She was also attracted to Rangi, such as when she was distracted by the exposed skin on the back of Rangi's head or when she was slightly worried about the thought of Rangi never being born. She didn't seem to be as aware of these feelings as her feelings for Yun, but she also tried to ignore them, denying her sexuality, which most of the people of the Earth Kingdom wouldn't accept.

One of Kyoshi's duties was to help Yun sort through the many gifts that officials and sages from all over Earthrealm sent him. One evening, while sorting out the gifts, Yun put Kiyoshi's head on her lap, and they began to joke. They almost kissed, but stopped in time, deciding that a relationship between them was impossible due to the difference in social status and responsibilities. They didn't talk about it anymore, but whenever Yun saw fire lilies, he would look from them to Kyoshi and back until she smiled and blushed.

Kyoshi's life changed dramatically in 296. Kelsang began to suspect that she might be the real Avatar, though Kyoshi thought the suggestion was ridiculous. At first, the monk agreed not to express his guesses publicly. In the days that followed, she tried to act as if nothing had happened, and together with Yun and Rangi, she ran small errands. She subsequently joined Yoon's crew when he went to an iceberg near the South Pole, where a treaty was to be signed with pirates known as the Fifth Nation. On this occasion, Jianzhu presented Kyoshi with an impressive green kimono with armor, which later became part of her iconic image. In the course of tense two-day negotiations with the pirates, Kyoshi became close to Rangi, but otherwise remained a bystander. However, when the leader of the Fifth Nation, Tagaka, announced that the meeting was a trap to capture the Avatar, Yuna only managed to escape thanks to Kyoshi's intervention. Using brute force and the Avatar's state, she destroyed most of the Fifth Nation's fleet, demonstrating her outstanding mastery of earth magic. Because of this event, Kelsang confessed to others his belief that Kyoshi was an Avatar. As the Avatar's identity was questioned, Jianzhu tried to find out the truth by introducing Kyoshi and Yun to an evil spirit known as "Father Firefly" in the southeastern Earth Realm. The creature recognized Kyoshi as the true Avatar. To her horror and shock, Jianzhu left Yun to be torn to pieces while he led Kyoshi to safety. Not long after, Kelsang suddenly appeared and tried to save her, but Jianzhu killed him. Unable to contain her emotions, Kyoshi entered the state of an Avatar and was able to return to the Avatar Mansion. There, she told Rangi, who had sworn to protect her. As a result, they both escaped to the inner lands of the Earth Kingdom in the flying bison Pengpeng Kelsang.

They tracked down the Flying Opera troupe and joined it to hide from Jianzhu. Kyoshi quickly figured out that one of the gang members, Lao Ge, was a notorious assassin. He agreed to be her mentor in spiritual practices and the art of killing. Despite hiding their real names, Kyoshi and Rangi gradually grew closer to the other gang members: Kirima, Wong, and Lek. Traveling with criminals, Kyoshi found herself in the Daofei city of Hujiang, where the Flying Opera troupe had to agree to cooperate with a more powerful criminal group, the Autumn Blossom Society led by Mok. In Hujiang, Kyoshi realized that she was in love with Rangi. To her relief, the fire mage shared her feelings, and she decided not to deny or hide her orientation anymore. After escaping from Hujiang due to a shirshu attack sent by Jianzhu, Kyoshi was forced to reveal her true identity to the rest of the gang. To her pleasant surprise, the criminals refused to leave her, considering her their comrade and friend. Kyoshi then took her training seriously: Rangi taught her fire magic, Kirima taught her water magic, and Wong and Lek taught her earth magic. Lao Ge also continued to share his knowledge, including his self-proclaimed method of achieving immortality.

After several weeks of preparation, the Flying Opera troupe went to the village of Zigan. There, they were to help the Autumn Flower rescue a prisoner from the dungeon of the corrupt governor Tie Xihong. To test his strength, Lao Ge secretly asked Kyoshi to kill Tie as well. The operation to free the prisoner was successful, although Kyoshi decided to spare Te, threatening that he would become a more conscientious official. However, to the horror of the Flying Opera troupe, the freed prisoner turned out to be Xu Ping An, a mad rebel leader guilty of mass murder. Xu immediately announced the revival of the Yellow Necks and prepared to resume his destructive rebellion. Realizing that Xu could not be allowed to get away with it, Kyoshi summoned him to the leitai. The duel almost ended in Kyoshi's death, as Xu turned out to be a powerful lightning mage. However, Kyoshi eventually entered the Avatar state and killed Xu. After that, the Yellow Necks dissipated, and Kyoshi's friends cared for her while she recovered. However, Jianzhu finally found her and ambushed the Flying Opera Company, kidnapping Rangi and unwittingly causing Lek's death. Swearing revenge, Kyoshi met with Jianzhu in Qingchao Village. After a tense conversation and Kyoshi's refusal to become the sage's apprentice, they engaged in a duel. At first, they were equal in strength, but suddenly Yun appeared and mercilessly killed Jianzhu, after which he left without a word. Kyoshi fled the city, leaving its inhabitants, the Chin Clan, furious at the destruction caused by the duel with Jianzhu. Subsequently, Kyoshi was reunited with Lao Ge, Kirima, and Wong, who in the meantime saved Rangi. The group decided to split up, and Kyoshi went to the Southern Air Temple to publicly declare that she was an Avatar.

After Kuruk revealed his true identity as an Avatar to the nomads, he appeared to Kyoshi in a vision and begged her for help. However, Kyoshi was unable to fully tune in to him, and the essence of his request remained unclear. She also learned that Jianzhu had bequeathed all his lands and wealth to her. Over the following months, Kyoshi began to fulfill her duties as an Avatar. Before leaving the Southern Air Temple, Jingpa was appointed as the Avatar's personal secretary by the Council of Elders. He subsequently became her confidant and friend, though their working relationship was often strained due to Kyoshi's reluctance to do what was expected of her, namely to help and cooperate with the elites of the four nations, despite the fact that many of them were corrupt and pursuing their own interests. Kyoshi found it difficult to be friendly and diplomatic, and she did not hide her disgust for rampant corruption in the Earth Realm. Since she did not know how to solve problems through conversations, Kyoshi resorted to force and manipulation to administer justice. She could afford it, because her abilities as a magician and strategist were steadily growing, including thanks to the study of the works of her long-time enemy Jianzhu. Feeling unable to properly influence Earthrealm's elite, Kyoshi eventually single-handedly launched a crusade against Earthrealm's worst Daofei factions, wiping out several of them. She also searched for Yun but found no trace. In general, her behavior and views repelled many representatives of the country's elite, and ordinary people began to fear her. To her own displeasure, Kyoshi increasingly resorted to tactics similar to those used by Jianzhu, and began to have deep doubts about how she should act as an Avatar.

Shortly after the war between Camellia and Peony, Kyoshi returned to Ba Sing Se and over the next two years helped create a task force that quickly dealt with the most dangerous Daofei and violent criminals in the Lower Rim of Ba Sing Ce. In this endeavor, Kyoshi enlisted the support of Ambassador Qin of the Fire Nation, and the ambassador convinced then-Earth King Yi Ming to officially approve the task force. Kyoshi was needed elsewhere, and she left Rangi in Ba Sing Xie to keep order, and the task force was placed under the control of the Earth King. Shortly after Kiyoshi's departure, the Earth King began using the task force to intimidate criminals who were preventing him from consolidating his power. When Ambassador Queen's children were kidnapped, Rangi saw that tensions were rising in the city and, fearing that it would turn violent, she left the city to inform Kyoshi of the situation. At this time, Wang Shi Tong, a spirit with an extensive library of knowledge, contacted Kyoshi. The Spirit Knowledge Seekers informed the Avatar that a group of Taoists known as the "Paper Knives" had stolen a very valuable and important volume. Kyoshi didn't fully understand what the book was about, and she didn't have time to save the book when she was helping people. In the end, she instructed to return the book to her friends and allies, who turned to their acquaintances.

In the end, Kyoshi mastered the state of the Avatar, began to inspire fear and effectively restore order in the world. It managed to maintain a "tense balance" between the four nations. Kyoshi also made no secret of her bisexuality and tried to achieve greater tolerance for non-heterosexual people in the notoriously conservative Earth Kingdom. However, these efforts have not yielded much results. When she visited ports on the peninsula she considered her second home, she constantly had to put drunken men in their place who caused trouble for local women. In the end, she decided to teach women self-defense techniques. Later, these women formed the first squad of Kyoshi Warriors.

During Kyoshi's lifetime, the reign of the Earth Monarch was not popular among the inhabitants of the Earth Kingdom. Taking advantage of this, a warlord named Chin unleashed a war to conquer the continent. He was successful until he reached the peninsula where Kyoshi lived in 270 and found the Avatar waiting for him. Standing in front of his army, Chin demanded immediate surrender, but Kyoshi warned him that she would not sit idly by while he led her home. When he refused to back down and struck a defiant posture, displaying the magic of the earth, she unfurled one of her fans and sent a powerful blast of air at it, leaving the humiliated warlord in his underwear. Kyoshi then entered the state of Avatar and separated the peninsula from the mainland through earth magic, lava magic, and air magic, forming the island of Kyoshi and thereby protecting her homeland from subsequent threats. Indignant, Chin remained standing on the edge of the newly formed rock, which began to crumble under his feet. He did not budge, and eventually fell into the sea and drowned, ending his campaign and opening the way for a great era of peace. Although Kyoshi was only indirectly involved in Chin's death, she didn't see much difference between creating the circumstances that led to his death and killing him herself, and claimed for generations afterwards that she had killed him personally. Due to Kyoshi's act, the villagers of Chin on the mainland instituted Avatar Day to condemn Kyoshi and all subsequent Avatars for the death of their leader. Meanwhile, the people of Kyoshi Island established "Kyoshi Day" on the same day as Avatar Day to commemorate how she created the island and brought peace back to their village. In the same year, a statue of Kyoshi was erected in her honor in the village square.

Shortly after the last skirmish with Chin, Kyoshi was summoned to Ba Sing Se at the request of the 46th Earth King, as his unpopular rule led to a peasant uprising in the city. By the time Kyoshi reached the city, the peasants had already destroyed everything that represented the "old government," including ancient and valuable artifacts of historical and cultural significance. The king demanded that she stop the rebellion at all costs. However, Kyoshi flatly refused, saying that it would be wrong. Angered by her disobedience, the Earth King ordered his guards to arrest her. But the King remained seated on the throne, cowering in fear, and Kyoshi dispatched the guards in one move and chastised him for daring to challenge the Avatar. At gunpoint of Kyoshi's battle fan, the fearful monarch agreed to a compromise: the Earth King gave the peasants a say in the governance of the state, and Kyoshi, in turn, agreed to protect Ba Xing Xie's cultural heritage from further desecration. She began to train an elite squad of earth mages called Dai Li, but their subsequent decay weighed heavily on Kyoshi in the afterlife.

In the last years of Kyoshi's reign, a period of peace and prosperity began in the Earth Kingdom. Kyoshi facilitated various bureaucratic measures aimed at helping the poorest segments of the kingdom's population, and strengthened ties between the fifty-five states of the Earth Kingdom. The constitution she drafted with the 46th King of Earth was in effect for nearly two hundred years, until her death. The earthly sages who were once against her began to seek redemption after their order was disgraced and lost its status. They began to regain the lost trust of the people, realizing their true role as wise advisers and scientists. Many young people in the Earth Kingdom admired Kyoshi, such as Princess Guo Xun of Omashu, who later became the queen of the city. Throughout his life, Kyoshi had several companions. Kyoshi's last companion, who also possessed air magic, was a nun from the Eastern Air Temple named Disha, who joined her when Kyoshi was already more than two hundred years old. Their last joint mission took place in 84 BC, when they tracked down the Daofei leader in the Earth Realm. Kyoshi and Disha learned that the culprit was the son of a man whom the Avatar had executed years ago, and that he had forced his gang to commit various atrocities for the sole purpose of getting Kiyoshi's attention and facing her himself. After they challenged the Daofei, Disha told Kyoshi that the man's actions were influenced by her own decision to kill his father years ago. The nun believed that many of the problems they faced were a direct consequence of the Avatar's actions in the past, and she feared who Kyoshi might become if he lived another hundred years. Kyoshi did not like her companion's advice, and as a result, Disha decided to break up with the Avatar. When Disha told the Council of Elders about her concerns, it became known, and soon no air magic master was willing to help Kyoshi.

Kyoshi died in 82 at the age of 230, two years after she and Disha broke up. She was the oldest known Avatar and human in history. Perhaps Kyoshi learned the secret of immortality from her spiritual master Lao Tzu. Her daughter Koko succeeded her as ruler of Kyoshi Island, and Kyoshi herself was reincarnated as an aristocrat from the Fire Nation Roku. The news of Kyoshi's death spread around the world, but no one knew how death overtook the Avatar, not even her close associates. Sister Disha assumed that Kyoshi eventually believed that Disha knew her better than she knew herself and simply "let go" of her, deciding to finally end her immortality and allow the Avatar Cycle to continue.

Kyoshi's life and character were marked by a struggle with herself and with the role of Avatar. She was naturally sensitive, attentive, trusting, balanced and hardworking. Due to her difficult childhood as a teenager, she suffered from low self-esteem and continued to constantly doubt her abilities and kindness even after declaring herself an Avatar. As a child, she was distrustful of people because she was abandoned and not cared for. Prone to stoically enduring hardships rather than fighting back, and growing up in an environment where there was little positive social contact, Kyoshi often did not know how to be proactive and could not properly evaluate people in her youth. Therefore, she preferred to solve problems with the help of force, despite her negative attitude towards violence. On the whole, she had a keen sense of justice, shaped by her childhood, and did not tolerate those who inflicted suffering for their own gain. She has always distinguished good from evil, and the poverty in which she grew up taught her to fight resolutely against those who abuse power. Its main goal was to maintain balance at all costs. Usually, Kyoshi would hide her self-doubt and compassion behind a mask of righteous rage in order to fulfill her duties as an Avatar, and only show her loving and friendly side to those she was close to. To those she didn't know, she was direct, fierce, and assertive, and her opinions were always heard, whatever her inner feelings were. In her personal life, she was easily embarrassed and was more passive in her relationship with Rangi. In addition, due to her origins, Kyoshi had a strong attachment to order and cleanliness, as she had to live in dirt and garbage as a child. Faced with the harsh realities of the world and repeatedly disillusioned with political elites, Kyoshi gradually became more decisive and uncompromising in dealing with opponents.

If she was truly convinced that someone was absolutely corrupt or evil, she did not hesitate to take their lives in order to save others. Although she never became truly ruthless, her methods of working as an Avatar were heavily influenced by Jianzhu and Lao Ge. Therefore, Kyoshi did not hesitate to use her power and impose her will, openly threatening powerful people like Fire Lord Dawn or the 46th Earth King. She often took risks and seized the moment, being the embodiment of action, acting decisively and quickly. By the age of forty, she was no longer going to "let anyone get away with it". In general, Kyoshi gave her most dangerous opponents one chance to change course, and if they missed it, she did not hesitate to destroy them. Despite such a tough stance, she preferred not to kill anyone and was known to be more lenient with less dangerous enemies. In the last years of her life, Kyoshi became even more committed to her relentless pursuit of justice and peace. However, after living such a long life, she began to lose her understanding of the value of human life. In the third century of her life, she seemed less and less likely to doubt that the threat posed by someone outweighed that person's right to life. This highly utilitarian side of Kyoshi was often the closest thing to future Avatars when they turned to her for advice. Kyoshi could have a deep dislike for those who were genuinely concerned about her behavior in the last years of her life, but she was also able to reassure others and inspire confidence in them.

As the reincarnation of an entity known as the Avatar, Kyoshi possessed the ability to control all four elements. At the age of 16, she entered the Avatar state for the first time, albeit involuntarily, during a fight with Tagaka, when it happened as an instinctive defensive reaction. Later that year, Kyoshi was able to fully realize her increased powers while in the Avatar state when she consciously fought Xu Ping An and killed him. Her most famous feat was to use the Avatar state to separate her native peninsula from the mainland of the Earth Kingdom and throw it far out to sea, thus creating the island of Kyoshi. To do this, she first cut through the earth's mantle with the help of earth and lava magic to separate the continents, and then with the help of air magic, threw the island into the sea. In her youth, Kyoshi had difficulty handling small amounts of land, and lacked precision in manipulating magic. However, over time, she was able to overcome this disadvantage and easily handled tiny shards of glass. During her training with the Flying Opera Company, she improved her control over earth magic. In her last fight with Jianzhu, she was able to match him in strength by holding the stone tea house in place. Eventually, she mastered the Flying Opera's signature ability, the "foot on dust," with which she could lift herself into the air, summoning dust and dirt to temporarily support her weight. Among Kyoshi's other impressive abilities is his instinctive ability to break through walls and pass through several layers of lungkau. She was also able to dig a moat fifty feet deep around Governor Tie's palace before any of the Daofei could get inside.

Kyoshi had a natural talent for fire magic, and was especially good at fire breathing. At first, she was unable to pass the test that Hei-Ran had conducted to see if Kyoshi had mastered fire magic, but after Jianzhu killed Yun, she mastered the skill and learned how to create a powerful fire breath. During the fight with Xu Ping An, she entered the Avatar state, maintaining control of herself. She was able to create a fiery lasso around the criminals from Yellow Neck. The unbridled power of Kyoshi's fire magic was also evident in the fact that she was able to deflect several fireballs released by the palace guards of the Fire Nation with one hand. The fire explosion created by Kyoshi shattered Yuna's protective shield, though Rangi had to change the direction of his attack. Kyoshi was also able to move jerkily and melted the lock of the iron door during the attack on Governor Chū's palace. Although Kyoshi did not have a mentor in air magic during her time with the Flying Opera Company, she was naturally talented with this element. After just one training session with Rangi, in which she tried to create a wind, Kyoshi was able to summon a vortex of leaves. During the attack on the Tie residence, she summoned a powerful gust of wind that threw the Immortal Tieguay away. She later took to the air in an air vortex and then threw Xu, allowing him to fall to his death. She could also fight several of the Fire Nation's top guards, using air magic to pin them against the walls and ceiling. Kyoshi first demonstrated her abilities for water magic when Kirima threw a water sphere at her to test if Kyoshi was indeed an Avatar. She has demonstrated her natural power in water magic several times: first, when Kyoshi was able to scoop all the water out of a large and deep pond during a raid on Te Palace. She also summoned a huge wave to lift Lady Huazo's ship and freeze it in an attempt to intimidate the aristocrat.

In addition, she knew how to heal with water and mastered an advanced and unique healing technique that can slow down all processes in the body, including death. This technique requires tremendous brute force. Kyoshi used it in battle, freezing the heart and lungs of her enemies and killing them instantly. She also knew how to use standard healing to heal Rangi's wounds after her battle with Yun. After the fight, she was able to enter the Avatar state to extract water from under the ruins of the Avatar Mansion and heal the Ranks. Under the guidance of Nyahita, the spiritual mentor of her predecessor, Avatar Kuruk, Kyoshi learned various methods of communicating with her past incarnations. The first method was simply to see it in a dream. This method worked best in places that had special significance to the Avatar's past. The second method was for a past life to inhabit Kyoshi's body to speak on her behalf rather than directly with her. The last and most difficult method was meditation in the Spirit World, where she could talk to the Avatar face to face. Kyoshi has demonstrated exceptional ability in the application of the latter method. Already in the first session, she successfully immersed herself in Kuruk's early memories as an observer and saw different stages of his life. In addition to her mastery of the elements, Kyoshi was a skilled warrior and was well versed in the art of tessenjutsu, masterfully and deftly wielding a pair of golden metal battle fans. Kyoshi was incredibly strong and as a teenager could lift an adult man with one hand. Before invading the territory of the complex, Te Lao Tzu revealed the secret of immortality to Avatar Kyoshi. Because aging is the result of the body breaking down at "the tiniest, most imperceptible levels" without restoration, Lao Tzu taught her that the process could be stopped by monitoring the condition of all parts of the body and putting back everything that was out of order.

Kyoshi is a girl, Yun is a guy, Rangi is a girl. Kyoshi's signature Avatar outfit has a deep meaning and is closely related to her personality. Equipment includes a green kimono with heavy armor, a metal headdress, and face paint, all of which were later adopted by the Kyoshi warriors as their uniform. The silk threads on the garments symbolize the brave blood flowing in their veins, while the gold insignia represent the honor of the warrior's heart. The war paint associated with the Flying Troupe, the criminal group to which Kyoshi belonged in her youth, has its own meaning. White symbolizes betrayal, suspicion, and willingness to do "evil deeds" toward others, while red symbolizes the hidden, compassionate side. This outfit, along with two metal battle fans, became part of Kyoshi's signature attire and was kept in her shrine after her death. Kyoshi's avatar was tall, standing at least seven feet (213 cm) tall. This made her one of the largest avatars in terms of physical abilities: she was often several heads taller than those around her.