Another Avatar from the past that gets some mention is Avatar Yangchen, who was the Avatar before Kuruk. She only briefly appears in the Avatar: The Last Airbender series. However, a recently ...

As a result, we get to meet both Kyoshi and Avatar Kuruk in addition to Avatar Roku much earlier in the timeline. "A lot of that stuff about those Avatars came from the Kyoshi novels," he says.

The Avatar is an individual tasked with mastering ... like the oft-maligned Kuruk and the venerated Yangchen, as well as tidbits of information about geography, political history, and language ...