Amon who is avatar

His claim that spirits gave him the power to bend because the Avatar had failed the world? All fake. Ad — content continues below. Once we learned Amon himself was a bloodbender, more powerful than Tarrlok, it made sense.

By reflex he waterbent himself to safety but in doing so washed off his makeup. In order to maintain his fabricated cover story of being brutally mauled by a firebender, Amon paints on a vivid facial scar under his mask, which he defiantly reveals in a climactic moment and plays as an act of vulnerability. As a waterbender, Noatak comes from the same bending lineage as Avatar Korra, connecting the two in a way that neither would be proud of.

By painting over his face and hiding behind his mask, Amon distances himself from his past entirely, whereas the Avatar is a constantly renewing cycle. His own element, water, is what ultimately reveals him though, washing away the face paint and revealing Amon for the person he tried so hard to leave behind, or at least only indulge in a way that suited him.

For a man who wanted to stop the cycle of benders using their powers for violence, but had to indulge his own violent abilities to do so, Amon ultimately lets himself be stopped, ending the cycle definitively, if not peacefully. A nuanced, complex ending for a nuanced, complex character at the end of a dense, challenging season of animated television. Ultimately, Amon represents a masterclass on creating compelling antagonists and advancing the sophistication of storytelling for The Legend Of Korra.

His ultimate goal is to rid the world of bending. Last Edited: 2 May pm. Was this guide helpful? YES NO. In This Wiki Guide. Release Date. In reality, Amon doesn't care about equality for peace's sake. He is actually a Bloodbender from the Northern Water Tribe named Noatak, and he is carrying out his father's revenge. His father, Yakone was a criminal whose bending was taken away by Avatar Aang.

After Yakone fathered two sons, he realizes his children inherited his ability to bloodbend outside of the lunar cycle, so he plans his revenge. He teaches his sons to be bloodbending masters, forcing them to practice on helpless animals and each other, all while drilling into them that the Avatar is corrupt, obsolete and arrogant. Noatak, while upset with his father, sees the Avatar and the natural ability bestowed to all benders as the source of his pain. If no one could bend, his father may have been a different man, and no one else would have an unfair advantage over another.