Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Characters / DistortedReality

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* FailureKnight: She thinks she failed as a leader [[spoiler: after losing several of her Roku Warriors in battle]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* NamedInTheAdaptation: The leaders of the Gan Jin and Zhang tribes are given first names here.

to:

* NamedInTheAdaptation: NamedByTheAdaptation: The leaders of the Gan Jin and Zhang tribes are given first names here.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* LossOfIdentity: [[spoiler: This is the greatest danger of losing a face - after Koh takes hers, Toph starts to waste away, becoming a listless drifter who just follows her companions Yue and Nagi silently while they trek through the Spirit World. Only her connection to the other Toph, her canon self, seems to keep her grounded]].


Added DiffLines:

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: She loves the caves and caverns deep beneath Ba Sing Se that seem to unnverve just about everyone else.


Added DiffLines:

* BadassBookworm: She loves studying history and the culture of her people and works to preserve it, just like the Dai Li were originally founded to do.


Added DiffLines:

* BreakTheCutie: She witnessed first hand the genocide of her people. Like Aang, she was only twelve. [[spoiler: It doesn't end when it turned out she survived the genocide. She wakes up to a world at war for a century, the knowledge that everyone she knows is dead (including her bison, Minmin), and that her only friend left has completely changed and now travels with the descendant of the man who killed her people]].
* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Her mother was Water Tribe and her father was an Air Nomad. When it turned out she could airbend, they dropped her off at the Western Air Temple. She was old enough that she has vague memories of her parents, unlike most of the other kids, and has lingering feelings of abandonment.
* HumanPopsicle: [[spoiler: One hundred years ago, when fleeing the destruction of the Air Temples to find her parents in the Water Tribes, she encounters Emperor Aniak and his wife Sedna, who freeze her in an iceberg. Sedna, the human form of an ice spirit, did it to save her from Aniak's wrath]].
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler: Aang doesn't immediately tell her that he's not the same Aang she knows; by this point, she's the only member of Team Avatar who doesn't know that Aang is from another world]].
* OriginalCharacter: An airbender who does not exist in the show as a friend of Aang's from before his one hundred years in suspended animation.
* PosthumousCharacter: She's only shown in flashbacks and dream scenes, depicting Distorted!Aang's life before he got stuck in the volcano. As such, Aang himself doesn't know her, and only has memories of her from his other self. [[spoiler: Ends up being subverted when it turns out she's alive; she just got frozen by Sedna in an iceberg for a hundred years as well, and Aang frees her]].
* ThereIsAnother: Deconstructed. [[spoiler: Aang finds Sangmu, another airbender, frozen in ice a hundred years ago by the winter spirit, Sedna, and frees her. Aang thinks that, with another airbender to carry on their culture, he now has the freedom to do what needs to be done in regards to ending the war and pushes the responsibility of carrying on their culture to her. Sangmu recognizes this and calls him out on it]], and to his credit he realizes what he has done.
* YouAreNotAlone: Aang says this to her after [[spoiler: freeing her from the ice when she wakes up a hundred years later. It's subverted in that he also expects her to carry on their culture alone, but she calls him out on that]]. In an earlier flashback, she told Aang she and Kuzon would stick with him while he traveled the world for his Avatar training.


Added DiffLines:

* AnimalMotifs: He's compared to a dog begging for scraps at the table since he fights for the Water Nation but isn't accepted by them or his own people.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Despite being an enemy soldier and antagonist to Aang in Book 3, when he meets Aang again in Spriggy's hut he is revealed to be Spriggy's supplier of herbs and medicines from all around the world and well-loved by children like Siku and Sura.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: He has a high rank in the Water Nation military despite not being a native.


Added DiffLines:

* AscendedExtra: Downplayed. She is the same kooky herbalist from the show, but so far has only appeared in one chapter even if it's in a more prominent role. She also (not so subtly) hints that she's a member of the White Lotus in this world.
* KidnappedScientist: More or less how she ended up in the Water Tribes to begin with. Her knowledge of herbalism and healing made her a target for the Aniak'to Alchemical Institute, and since her village was already under the control of the Water Nation, they recruited her.
* TheMedic: And she's apparently so good that she teaches her techniques to waterbenders to make them better healers.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Kind of. She's OnlyKnownByTheirNickname.
* ReluctantMadScientist: The Aniak'to Alchemical Institute eventually got "too ambitious" for her and she ended up booking it, but she didn't go all the way home - instead, she came across a Water Tribe village that needed her healing so she decided to stick around.


Added DiffLines:

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: She prevents a whole platoon of Water Nation soldiers (including waterbenders) from reaching Kyoshi Bay so they can't get on their ships to scare away the serpent, and ''succeeds''. Due to her age, however, the strain catches up to her and she passes away shortly after]].
* [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Her Kind]]: The titular character of "The Last Kyoshi Warrior," since in her eyes, Suki doesn't count since her training was incomplete. [[spoiler: As she lay dying, she charges Sokka with passing on the last secrets of being a Kyoshi Warrior to Suki, though she stresses that he is not welcome among their order]].
* NeverMessWithGranny: She's pushing ninety and holds off an entirely platoon of soldiers singlehandedly. Even before then, she's ornery enough that they don't really mess with her.
* OriginalCharacter: She doesn't exist in the show at all.

Added: 4324

Changed: 18

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Sokka guesses that Ghashiun is in love with Katara, but he actually secretly has a crush on Sokka.



* AscendedExtra: In canon, he's a minor character and all he does is kidnap Appa. Here, he allies with Katara and Sokka while they infiltrate Ba Sing Se so he can sneak in and find his sister.
* OCStandIn: Ghashiun is shaping up to be this, since he was only the sandbender who kidnapped and then sold Appa in the show. Here, he's TheStoic AntiVillain [[spoiler: siding with Katara and Sokka in their plan to conquer Ba Sing Se]] who just wants to find his sister, Nagi.
* TheStoic: He's cold and standoffish at first, and it takes him a while to open up to Sokka even a little bit.



A Dai Li agent in Ba Sing Se who is originally from the Si Wong Desert. She gets embroiled in the plot when her brother's actions inadvertently get her framed and arrested by corrupt members of the Council of Five.

to:

A Dai Li agent in Ba Sing Se who is originally from the Si Wong Desert. She gets embroiled in the plot when her brother's brother Ghashiun's actions inadvertently get her framed and arrested by corrupt members of the Council of Five.



* ByTheBookCop: She doesn't seem to exhibit any of the corruption that tends to be common among the Dai Li.
* LadyOfWar: Yue, a LadyOfWar herself, notes that Nagi's combat style tends to be fluid and graceful, utilizing sandbending along with Dai Li grapple techniques.
* OriginalCharacter: She doesn't exist at all in the show and it's unknown if Ghashiun had any siblings.



* BadassBureaucrat: She struggles with it a bit but ultimately she is a good fit for the position and succeeds at weeding out corruption.
* DancesAndBalls: She throws a big one for the Avatar's arrival in Ba Sing Se.
* ProperlyParanoid: Kuei says she has every reason to be paranoid about the Council of Five, Long Feng, the Dai Li, the Creeping Crystal, and (unknown to him) even the White Lotus. There are potential enemies and secret factions all around her and her position makes her vulnerable.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Aang doesn't trust her at first just because of her position, but she proves to be a helpful ally in Ba Sing Se, if misinformed about certain groups.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Azula and Toph [[spoiler: break her out of the prison that the Council of Five unjustly put her in and Wan Shi Tong attacks the city]], she tries to flee until Aang convinces her to stay and sort out the chaos across the city - and she does.



* LaResistance: [[spoiler: He formed one called the Creeping Crystal with Kuei, in order to fight the war without the ObstructiveBureaucrats within Ba Sing Se]].



* AbdicateTheThrone: The Earth King, Kuei, did it before the start of the story, and hasn't been seen in five years. Ba Sing Se is led by the Council of Five and the new Grand Secretariat, Wu, instead.
* AdaptationalBadass: He was pretty helpless in canon but he's more than capable in battle here, despite being a BadassNormal.
* AdrenalineMakeover: Aang notes that he looks much more action-oriented and muscular than he used to.
* BadassBookworm: He is noted to be a powerful warrior alongside Bosco, his bear, and has a love of his nation's history and studies it in his free time.
* DropTheHammer: He uses a massive war hammer in battle.
* PuppetKing: Averted in this world. He abdicated specifically so he wouldn't be one anymore.
* LaResistance: [[spoiler: He formed the Creeping Crystal alongside Bumi]].
* WarriorPrince: Or Warrior King, in this world. But Kuei himself would rather be a [[WisePrince Scholar King]].



Along with Grand Secretariat Wu, they are the current ruling body of Ba Sing Se in King Kuei's absence. Their members consist of General Fong (the general who tried to induce the Avatar State in Aang in canon), [[OriginalCharacter General Fa Lan, General Muku]], Generals Yo Gan Jin and Zhu Zhang (the two clan leaders in "The Great Divide").

to:

Along with Grand Secretariat Wu, they are the current ruling body of Ba Sing Se in King Kuei's absence. Their members consist of General Fong (the general who tried to induce the Avatar State in Aang in canon), [[OriginalCharacter General Fa Lan, General Muku]], Generals Yo Gan Jin and Zhu Zhang (the two clan tribe leaders in "The Great Divide").


Added DiffLines:

* InterserviceRivalry: They have a pretty fierce rivalry with Wu and the Dai Li and both factions struggle for control of Ba Sing Se.
** Carrying over from their portrayal in canon, the leaders of the Gan Jin and Zhang tribes still have a rivalry with each other despite both of them being members of the Council of Five.
* KangarooCourt: They run one and arrest Wu and Nagi with it.
* TheMole: They try to make Aang their mole so he would spy on Wu for them.
* NamedInTheAdaptation: The leaders of the Gan Jin and Zhang tribes are given first names here.
* OriginalCharacter: Generals Fa Lan and Muku.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Or so they seem to be at first.
* WarHawk: General Muku in particular seems unusually committed to fighting the Water Tribes, the sandbenders, InvadingRefugees - anyone who he thinks threatens the city.


Added DiffLines:

* MrExposition: When he meets Aang, [[spoiler: he reveals that he has memories of their meeting back in Aang's world. He then explains to Aang why the Spirit World is breaking down, why Aang should stop it, and how Aang can go back home]].


Added DiffLines:

* TheBeastmaster: Kind of - spirits of different animals in the region seem to do his bidding.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He hints at the existence of Raava and Vaatu.

Added: 2543

Changed: 619

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* {{Foil}}: To Katara, especially her canon version. It's best seen when they meet Jet - where Katara was smitten with him in the show, Azula isn't impressed (and it's instead Zuko who gets along with him best). However, Jet decides to just let her in on his plan to destroy the village and [[spoiler: she goes along with it due to Fire Lord Azula's influence and Aang and Toph stop them both]]. And Azula is by no means a TeamMom.



* TechnicolorFire: Like Aang, she eventually learns how to bend blue and white flames. However, she struggles a lot more with the "protection" side of it, and mostly sticks to blue fire in high-intensity moments.

to:

* TechnicolorFire: Like Aang, she eventually learns how to bend blue and white flames. However, she struggles a lot more with the "protection" side of it, and mostly sticks to blue fire in high-intensity moments.



* {{Equal Opportunity Evil}}: The Water Nation, in contrast with the Fire Nation, actually is willing to incorporate denizens of conquered lands as members of its military forces. Suki herself was taken in by Kya at the fall of Kyoshi Island and raised as family.
** Hakoda even has a group of soldiers under his command made up of conquered Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom troops called the "Wolf's Skulls," led by Chit Sang. Perhaps contradictory, he does perpetuate the Water Nation's StayInTheKitchen attitude toward women, though.



* AnimalMotifs: Ravens, symbolizing the Nightseer.



* {{Revenge}}: Her primary motivation going into Book 3, due to [[spoiler: her two friends and underlings, [[MauveShirt Xiao]] [[OriginalCharacter and]] [[WeHardlyKnewYe Lu Mao]], who are killed in the Water Tribe raid on Ba Sing Se - even while the city is under attack by dark spirits]].

to:

* TheReliableOne: Aang notes as much on more than one occasion.
* {{Revenge}}: Her primary motivation going into Book 3, due to [[spoiler: the death of her Roku Warriors (including her two friends and underlings, [[MauveShirt Xiao]] [[OriginalCharacter and]] [[WeHardlyKnewYe Lu Mao]], Mao]]), who are killed in the Water Tribe raid on Ba Sing Se - even while the city is under attack by dark spirits]].


Added DiffLines:

* AuraVision: Explicitly has it here, unlike in the show where it was unclear if it was genuine or not.


Added DiffLines:

* NiceHat: She had one for all of two seconds during her tenure as a pirate but she sadly loses it to the wind.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Ty Lee notes that she's an aura reading rebel acrobat [[spoiler: princess]], but she wants to add "pirate" to the list upon meeting Huu and his crew.


Added DiffLines:

* TechnicolorFire: He uses blue and white fire together in battle, and also even used gold once like the firebender sage in ''Korra'' did to sense a spirit's chi.


Added DiffLines:

* TheCharmer: Katara notes this about Jet soon after meeting him, but she's even more of one, and outwits him.
* {{Irony}}: Aang notes the irony of Jet joining [[spoiler: [[LaResistance the Creeping Crystal]]]] which has its headquarters underneath Lake Laogai where they reunite, because that was where Jet died in his world.
* PoisonousFriend: He brought out Azula's worst tendencies and also manipulated [[LivingLieDetector Toph]]. He gets better.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: He manages to survive Ba Sing Se this time around and becomes even more prominent in Book 3, traveling to the North Pole with Mai to rescue Toph and take down Arnook]].


Added DiffLines:

* TheBigGuy: Of the North Pole team.
* TheBusCameBack: Like several other characters, he returns to the story in Book 3, Chapter 1, and he joins the expedition to the North Pole with Mai, Jet, and Ty Lee.
* {{Hunk}}: Ty Lee seems to think so, anyway. He's implied to be a bit bulkier than in canon due to his soldier background.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* {{Deuteragonist}}: After Aang, she gets most of the focus of the story, with her development and struggles with [[spoiler: Fire Lord Azula]] often taking center stage. Reflecting this, she even starts to have [[spoiler: dream scenes reflecting Fire Lord Azula's life after Sozin's Comet in the other world]] in Book 3.

to:

* {{Deuteragonist}}: After Aang, she gets most of the focus of the story, with her development and struggles with [[spoiler: Fire Lord Azula]] often taking center stage. Reflecting this, she even starts to have [[spoiler: dream scenes reflecting depicting Fire Lord Azula's life after Sozin's Comet in the other world]] in Book 3.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Kind of. [[spoiler: After becoming a taboo-breaker she disappeared into the icy tundra during a blizzard and is implied to have died due to exposure. Sedna, the ice spirit, found her and took her to safety in her Spiritsong Grotto like all the others she found, possibly reviving her, but now Kya's life is tied to the grotto and she can never leave]].


Added DiffLines:

* PosthumousCharacter: He died seven years before the start of the story.


Added DiffLines:

* PosthumousCharacter: He died long before the start of the story.


Added DiffLines:

Leader of the Roku Warriors, an elite group of fighters living on and protecting Crescent Island - the former home of Avatar Roku centuries ago. Like Suki in canon, she later reappears as a staunch ally to Team Avatar.
----
* TheChainsOfCommanding: She's a firm believer in this and struggles to make Jet understand his role as a leader. [[spoiler: Though when her underlings are killed in the raid she becomes something of TheUnfettered]].
* TheFace: Mai is this while the gang is in Ba Sing Se. She's trained in blending in with high society, and coaches the gang on it since in this world Toph doesn't remember her upbringing as part of the nobility as much.
* BetaCouple: Late in Book 2, with Zuko.
* {{Foil}}: To Jet. Both of them are leaders of their respective groups, but they handle things in different ways and Mai is not afraid to call Jet out on how reckless he is and how his actions could get his Freedom Fighters killed [[spoiler: like she lost her warriors]].
* {{Ninja}}: Mai and the Roku Warriors are essentially this, more than the Kyoshi Warriors were in canon. In addition to their knife and needle throwing, they are trained spies, undercover diplomats, and experts in infiltration.
* OhCrap: When [[spoiler: [[WhamShot Wan Shi Tong brings his Library into Ba Sing Se's Middle Ring]].]]
* {{Revenge}}: Her primary motivation going into Book 3, due to [[spoiler: her two friends and underlings, [[MauveShirt Xiao]] [[OriginalCharacter and]] [[WeHardlyKnewYe Lu Mao]], who are killed in the Water Tribe raid on Ba Sing Se - even while the city is under attack by dark spirits]].


Added DiffLines:

A circus acrobat who meets the group in their travels across the Fire Nation. Though Aang wishes to leave her where he knows she can still be happy, she latches onto the group once she learns they're headed for the Golden City.
----
* AmicableExes: With Zuko after Book 1.
* ArrangedMarriage: She had one with Chan. [[spoiler: It's not normally a Fire Nation custom, but only because she's the ''princess'' of the Golden City]].
* BadassPrincess: [[spoiler: Princess of the Golden City and Yue's distorted equivalent]].
* TheBusCameBack: After leaving the story at the end of Book 1, she returns at the beginning of Book 3.
* GenkiGirl: She's a little more outgoing and excitable than she is in canon, but she comes across as a breath of fresh air in contrast with how everyone else went a bit DarkerAndEdgier.
* RebelliousPrincess: [[spoiler: Ty Lee, contrasting with the PrincessClassic Yue is in the canon universe, because she fled from home to avoid her duties hoisted onto her after ''all'' of her many older sisters fled for the same exact reasons]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: Ty Lee joining the Gaang completely ruins Sokka's plans to capture Aang.


Added DiffLines:

A Sun Warrior and member of the White Lotus Society. He meets Aang in Ba Sing Se and presents himself as a helpful, if enigmatic, ally.
----
* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: He has mastered the use of both blue and white fire and uses them in conjunction with each other.
* CallForward: Xai Bau, who was TheGhost in ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfKorra'' and founder of the Red Lotus sometime in Aang's time, makes an appearance here. He's a Sun Warrior and member of the White Lotus.
* OCStandIn: Considering we know next to nothing about him in ''Korra'', he counts as this here.
* ToUnmasqueTheWorld: He [[spoiler: wishes to reveal the existence of other worlds to the general public so they can tear down the barriers between worlds and reap the benefits of being connected to infinite parallel universes]].
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He is known to never wear a shirt, even in the extreme cold of the South Pole. It's likely because of his firebending skill.


Added DiffLines:

Zuko and Azula's uncle who looks after them in their village in the Fire Nation while their father Ozai is away at war. Zuko and Azula were too young to fight, but Iroh's son Lu Ten left with Ozai.
----
* BigDamnReunion: At the beginning of Book 3, he departs from the Fire Nation and reunites with his son, Lu Ten. [[spoiler: Counts double for Canon!Iroh, who reunites with this Lu Ten after losing him during the war at Ba Sing Se]].
* TheBusCameBack: He returns to the story in a big way [[spoiler: at the beginning of Book 3, reuniting with his son and revealing that he has merged together with his canon self]].
* DemotedToExtra: [[AscendedExtra Kanna]] may have taken Iroh's role in this story as a mentor-figure to Prince Sokka, but at the same time Iroh took over ''her'' role... relegating him to being Zuko and Azula's kooky uncle that hasn't been seen since the first few chapters. [[spoiler:Though he does make a return in chapter 46.]]
* MergerOfSouls: [[spoiler: After the worlds begin to merge, he admits to Kanna and Xai Bau that he willingly merged with his other self from Aang's native world, and now he's here to help]].


Added DiffLines:

Lives in the Golden City at the northern part of the Fire Nation. He ends up teaching Aang and Azula firebending.
----


Added DiffLines:

One of Ozai's soldiers, left behind to recover after being wounded in battle. Despite being in a different world, Aang isn't happy to see him at all, perplexing both Zuko and Azula who have fond memories of him from their village.
----


Added DiffLines:

Over five years ago, after King Bumi went to Ba Sing Se and told King Kuei the truth of the war that Long Feng (the Grand Secretariat at the time) hid from him, Long Feng fled to the Fire Nation with many of his Dai Li agents and set up shop there, becoming king of a small city named Jie Duan.
----


Added DiffLines:

Zuko and Azula's father, away from his village fighting in the war against the Water Nation. A distant and practical father, this Ozai nonetheless cares for his children even if he doesn't show it outright.
----
* AboveGoodAndEvil: Not Ozai himself - but he genuinely believes the Avatar is this, and advises Aang to "do what [he] must."
* AdaptationalHeroism: He is ''enormously'' more moral in this world, even if he is an example of GoodIsNotNice.
* DemonicPossession: Ozai thinks he has a form of this, in that he's tormented by visions of a dark spirit. [[spoiler: It turns out to be his self from Aang's world, the Phoenix King]].
* TheDreaded: In the "Ozai" chapter, Aang tries to avoid meeting Ozai as much as possible, for understandable reasons. Surprisingly, it's Ozai who seeks Aang out for advice regarding [[spoiler: his visions of another, evil Ozai he keeps seeing]].
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[spoiler: Like Zuko, he gains firebending, ordained to him by Phoenix King Ozai]].
* GoodIsNotNice: Despite being more of a heroic figure, he can still appear cold, pragmatic, and intimidating.
* SafetyInIndifference: He tries to cultivate this trope in his children so that if he dies in war, they won't have to go through the same pain they did when they lost their mother. Aang calls him out on this.


Added DiffLines:

A MasterSwordsman living in the Fire Nation, just like in canon. Unlike in canon, both Aang and Zuko become his students, and Piandao becomes a recurring part of the story after Aang steals his meteorite sword (to give to Sokka), so Piandao pursues him across the Earth Kingdom.
----
* EnemyMine: With [[spoiler: Kanna]] against Aang, though it's subverted when it turns out they were allies all along as [[spoiler: members of the White Lotus]].
* InspectorJavert: Not knowing Aang's reasons for stealing the sword, he pursues Aang across the Earth Kingdom to get it back [[spoiler: and only relents once Aang reveals his secret that he's from another world]].
* OutOfFocus: He drops from focus shortly after [[spoiler: Aang tells his friends the truth about being from another world]].
* TheWorfEffect: As a final test for Aang, he challenges the latter to a duel, but he's also suffering from a grievous wound at the time inflicted on him by [[spoiler: Katara. Aang wins]].


Added DiffLines:

Like in canon, Jet leads his Freedom Fighters to fight against the Water Nation's tyranny. When he first meets the group, he takes his actions too far, but later on encounters them again while he's trying to turn over a new leaf.
----


Added DiffLines:

Living in the Fire Nation as a soldier for Jie Duan, Long Feng's splinter city, Haru and his father fight in The Coalition, defenders of the Fire Nation coasts against Water Nation and pirate raids. Later on, the Coalition takes a more active role in the war and he becomes a more prominent character.
----


Added DiffLines:

A sandbender from the Si Wong Desert. In canon, he was actually the sandbender who kidnapped Appa, but here he is an ally of Katara's who follows her while she infiltrates Ba Sing Se, all so he can reunite with his sister Nagi.


Added DiffLines:

A Dai Li agent in Ba Sing Se who is originally from the Si Wong Desert. She gets embroiled in the plot when her brother's actions inadvertently get her framed and arrested by corrupt members of the Council of Five.
----


Added DiffLines:

In Aang's world, Wu was a simple fortuneteller and village mystic, but here circumstances have aligned to make her Grand Secretariat and Long Feng's successor after he fled to the Earth Kingdom. Surrounded by enemies on all sides and working to restore the Dai Li's image by fighting their corruption, she has her work cut out for her.
----


Added DiffLines:

Former king of Omashu. Along with King Kuei, he vanished over five years ago after Omashu fell to the Water Nation and he informed Kuei of the war's existence.
----


Added DiffLines:

Former king of Ba Sing Se. After Bumi informed him of the war's existence over five years ago, both of them vanished.
----


Added DiffLines:

Along with Grand Secretariat Wu, they are the current ruling body of Ba Sing Se in King Kuei's absence. Their members consist of General Fong (the general who tried to induce the Avatar State in Aang in canon), [[OriginalCharacter General Fa Lan, General Muku]], Generals Yo Gan Jin and Zhu Zhang (the two clan leaders in "The Great Divide").
----


Added DiffLines:

A mysterious guru who teaches Aang about the Avatar State and knows even more of Aang's circumstances than he lets on.
----


Added DiffLines:

A guru residing within the mountains of the Earth Kingdom with an appreciation for history and ancient knowledge regarding primordial spirits of light and darkness.
----


Added DiffLines:

An airbender who lived in the Western Air Temple before the start of the war. Close friends with the Aang who was originally from this world after he got sent to her temple for his Avatar training. Together with Aang and Kuzon, they escaped from the attack on the temple, but shortly afterward Aang got stuck in his suspended animation for a hundred years and never saw her again.
----


Added DiffLines:

A firebender raised under Water Nation rule and not truly part of either nation. He leads a legion of soldiers under Hakoda called the Wolf's Skulls, made up of men from the Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom.
----


Added DiffLines:

An herbalist from the Earth Kingdom living in a Water Tribe village, teaching various healing techniques to its inhabitants with her beloved cat, Miyuki.
----


Added DiffLines:

An elderly Kyoshi Warrior who has been forced to live in the Southern Water Tribe capital of Aniak'to ever since she was a young girl as a sort of hostage to prevent her people from rebelling against Water Tribe rule. This didn't stop them eight years ago when they rebelled and got crushed by Prince Hakoda, who took a young Suki as the next hostage and "representative" for Kyoshi Island. Mizuka was allowed to train Suki in her ways before being permitted to return home at last in retirement.
----


Added DiffLines:

A cantankerous monkey spirit that Aang encounters in the Spirit World who first clues Aang into the fact that the Spirit World is the same as the one he knows, connecting it to each world.
----


Added DiffLines:

A malevolent spirit who steals faces and first encountered Aang years ago when he sought the location of the moon and ocean spirits. When [[spoiler: the worlds begin to merge and break down, it enables Koh to break out of the Spirit World and come to the physical world for the first time in eons]].
----


Added DiffLines:

The knowledge spirit. He still carries a grudge from that time Aang lied to him and sought the date of the solar eclipse to use to his advantage in his war with the Fire Nation.
----


Added DiffLines:

The ice spirit and spirit of winter. Taking the appearance of a Water Tribe woman, she became a mortal a century ago after falling for Emperor Aniak's trickery. Since then, she seeks revenge on his line and acts as a protector to the outcasts from the society he had created.
----


Added DiffLines:

The spirit of the "cold moon." Like Sozin's Comet, Seiryu's Moon comes every hundred years and massively empowers every waterbender in the world.
----


Added DiffLines:

A phoenix spirit who turns out to be the spirit of Sozin's Comet (or rather, Suza's Comet).
----


Added DiffLines:

A pair of helpful spirits that are old friends of Aang, returning the favor from when he helped them out in his world.
----


Added DiffLines:

!!The Previous Avatars
Aang's past lives who worked together to send him to a different world to help him make up for his mistakes. In the ''Distorted'' world, the order of his past lives has been rearranged: of the ones he knows, Yangchen is the oldest, then Roku, then Kyoshi, then Kuruk, and then Aang. Wan is still the first Avatar.
----


Added DiffLines:

Aang's old friends and allies from his world. Many of them have lost their lives to the war, but Katara, Sokka, Toph, Zuko, Appa, and Momo fought alongside him up until he unwillingly departed for the ''Distorted'' world.
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* TheAce: Under the tutelage of Kuruk and his Team Avatar (which consisted of Ta Min, Gyatso, Sozin, and Sud), Aniak became a politically-minded and talented poet, lute-player, bender, and charmer, well-liked by just about everyone he met.
* AGodAmI: Not quite a god, per se, but fashioned himself as Seiryu, the spirit of the cold moon, and took that on as a nickname when he became emperor. [[spoiler: He also trapped Seiryu's love, Sedna, in a mortal form and seduced her, married her, and fathered a child with her, if only to fit his superiority complex]].
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Aang notes his good looks on more than one occasion in the narration, but it turns out that Aniak's good looks were hiding years of extreme superiority and disdain for others. He is the one who used Seiryu's Moon to wipe out the airbenders and begin the war, after all.
* HappilyAdopted: Very happily. Both Aniak and Kuruk respected each other very much.
* MoralityChain: Growing up, he was this to Kuruk, keeping him grounded so he wouldn't waste away fighting dark spirits.
* NotSoDifferent: When viewing Kuruk's memories, Aang thinks this about himself and Aniak.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: By the time he became emperor, he was only known as Emperor Seiryu, after the spirit.


Added DiffLines:

* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: He wasn't the one who destroyed his village, but well into adulthood he is the one who leads to Kuruk's death by manipulating him into a trap so that dark spirits could drown him]].
* StartOfDarkness: Emperor Aniak (this world's Fire Lord Sozin) had his when he witnessed the destruction of his clan as a child.
* YoungerMentorOlderDisciple: He is the younger mentor to Kuruk's older disciple, despite also being his adopted son. Since Aniak knows how to spiritbend and purify dark spirits from a young age, he becomes Avatar Kuruk's spiritual advisor.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Amazingly Embarrassing Grandparents]]: Sokka seems to think she is.


Added DiffLines:

* MurderByInaction: She probably wasn't ''intending'' to kill [[spoiler: Bato]], but she didn't try to prevent it or shed a tear when a dragon swooped down and devoured him.


Added DiffLines:

* LetsYouAndHimFight: He tries to set one up between Bato's father Chief Kuskok and [[spoiler: his own father, Kvichak, in order to expose how weak his father is so Hakoda himself could take the throne]]. Kuskok and Bato were both in on this plan.


Added DiffLines:

* CreepyGood: Maybe not entirely "good," but she creeps out even Katara on occasion, due to her reverence to spirits and enjoyment of dark, creepy places - perhaps a side effect of being blessed by the night spirit rather than the moon spirit in this world.


Added DiffLines:

* [[MrExposition Ms Exposition]]: Knows a lot about spirits and explains things about them whenever it's relevant.


Added DiffLines:


Matriarch of the Crab-Spider Clan and long-time friend of Kanna before their falling out some time ago. A prominent figure in the Water Tribes, she discovered bloodbending and learned it alongside Kanna in their youths, and later became Katara's waterbending instructor.
----
* ApronMatron: Seems to exert more than the usual control over her two sons that she mentioned.
* EvilCounterpart: To Kanna.
* EvilMatriarch: As Matriarch of the Crab-Spider Clan, she seems to hold political power at least to the equivalent of the other clan chiefs.
* EvilMentor: To Katara, who made Hama her full-time teacher after Kanna refused to teach her bloodbending.
* DirtyOldWoman: She unashamedly ogles the shirtless (and much younger) Xai Bau.
* NeverMessWithGranny: She's a bloodbender and taught herself the skill, along with how to fight in general.
* PeoplePuppets: She still discovered bloodbending in this world and honed the skill along with Kanna, and later taught it to Katara. It's implied that it spread at some point in her adulthood, but not that much.
* VitriolicBestBuds: In Kanna's flashback, the two of them trade barbs with each other but it's clear that they were close friends.


Added DiffLines:


High Chief of the Northern Water Tribe, second in power only to Hakoda.
----
* DealWithTheDevil: The Nightseer giving Yue some of her life (in place of the moon spirit, who abandoned the Water Tribes a century ago with the beginnnig of the war) has shades of this.


Added DiffLines:

Chief of the Buffalo-Yak Clan. In Book 1, he has a role similar to Admiral Zhao in the show as an underling to Hakoda and early rival for Prince Sokka.
----
* EatenAlive: [[spoiler: How he meets his end after his attempt to kill the dragon spirit that represents the fire of life. Its mate, the dragon that represents fire's destructive properties, devours Bato]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In the flashback chapter for the night of Emperor Kvichak's death, Bato [[spoiler: was the one who found Kya after she fled from the palace with Katara and Sokka in tow, and led Hakoda to them. This act led to Kya being banished and declared a [[{{Unperson}} taboo-breaker]] and massively shaped Katara and Sokka's childhoods]] - and is likely part of the reason Sokka and Katara can't stand him.
* SmugSnake: He loves just taunting Sokka, but he proves to be more of a skilled waterbender than Sokka expected and defeats him in Sedna'a.
* TunnelKing: He puts Aang on the ropes by fighting in this manner at one point - by freezing over a large part of a river, he tunnels through the ice to avoid Aang's attacks and retaliates.


Added DiffLines:

A deserter from the Water Nation, like Jeong Jeong was in canon. He was once Bato's waterbending master and also taught Aang some waterbending techniques.
----


Added DiffLines:

Head Seeker of the Aniak'to Alchemical Institute.


Added DiffLines:

Sokka and Katara's mother, who vanished from their lives when they were young.
----
* DeadpanSnarker: She's where Sokka gets it from.
* MamaBear: Like her canon counterpart and Princess Ursa, she gives up everything for her children's safety.
* {{Unperson}}: She [[spoiler: was declared a taboo-breaker by Hakoda, which are considered little more than ghosts in Water Tribe society. From then on, Sokka and Katara were forbidden from even mentioning her, and everyone else acted like they forgot she even existed. All because Hakoda pinned the blame for Kvichak's murder on her]].


Added DiffLines:

Third emperor of the Water Nation, and also Hakoda's father and the emperor before him. Kanna's husband. The ''Distorted Reality'' equivalent to Fire Lord Azulon.
----
* DirtyCoward: Weasels out of a direct fight when Kuskok challenges him to Sedna'a and instead declares the other man to become a sacrifice to the spirits.
* TheEmperor: A cold, cruel man who made his decisions based on the will of the spirits.
* EvilLuddite: Emperor Kvichak, Hakoda's father, was shown to be this in that he preached the old ways of spirit worship, opposed his son's inventions, and frowned upon using the resources of the places they conquered, even if it would benefit his people.
* EvilOldFolks: He has no qualms about [[spoiler: sacrificing his own granddaughter Katara to the spirits in order to save face to Kuskok's accusations of weakness]].
* OriginalCharacter: Hakoda's father is never named or mentioned in the show.


Added DiffLines:

First emperor of the Water Nation. As a child, he was the last survivor of the desolation of his village, where Avatar Kuruk found him and raised him as his own son. As he grew older, Aniak wished to restore his Wolf Clan to its former glory and united several different southern clans under his rule, forming the beginnings of the empire. The ''Distorted Reality'' equivalent to Fire Lord Sozin.
----
* OriginalCharacter: The equivalent to Fire Lord Sozin.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* TheLancer: To Katara in Book 2.


Added DiffLines:

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Ghashiun in Book 2.


Added DiffLines:

* TheLeader: Of her own FiveManBand in Book 2, leading an attack/infiltration on [[spoiler: Ba Sing Se while Sokka comes along as her [[TheLancer lancer]]]].


Added DiffLines:


Since early in the war, Kyoshi Island was a subject to the Water Nation due to its proximity, so Suki had been raised among their culture since her birth. After a failed uprising when she was a child, Hakoda put her village to the torch and took Suki as an adopted ward - technically a glorified hostage to keep her people in line. Nonetheless, Suki is still a member of the royal family and close to Katara and Sokka, and joins Katara's AmazonBrigade to track Sokka down in Book 2.
----
* ActionGirl: A rarity in the Water Nation - she was allowed to continue her Kyoshi Warrior training under the guise of "dance lessons," one of the only ties to her native culture she has left.
* AffablyEvil: As nice as she is, she's still a villain and loyal to Katara and the Water Nation.
* AmazonBrigade: She's part of Katara's, along with Yue. Averted once Sokka and Ghashiun join the group.
* TheBigGuy: In Katara's FiveManBand late in Book 2.
* BoisterousBruiser: This version of Suki likes fighting quite a bit more than her canon self did.
* EnemyMine: In the Book 2 finale, she fights alongside Yue, Toph, Zuko, and Nagi against [[spoiler: Koh the Face Stealer]].
* HappilyAdopted: Suki was taken in by Kya after the Water Tribes crushed a rebellion on Kyoshi Island, and is effectively Katara and Sokka's sister. [[NotBloodSiblings Doesn't stop her from liking Sokka, though.]]
* [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Her Kind]]: Suki is the last Kyoshi Warrior, since the rest of them were killed in the failed uprising. [[spoiler: There ''was'' another - Mizuka, who trained Suki after the uprising - but the elderly warrior died of complications sustained after her stand-off with Water Nation warriors on Kyoshi Island in Book 3]].
* LoveTriangle: She's in one. Both she and Yue like Sokka, but Suki and Yue get along with each other just fine and never let it come between them.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After [[spoiler: Yue gets taken to the Spirit World with Toph and Nagi]], Suki rages against all of the [[spoiler: dark spirit knowledge seekers that have invaded Ba Sing Se]] until Ghashiun snaps her out of it.
* UpbringingMakesTheHero: Inverted: Suki was taken in by the Water Tribes at a young age.


Added DiffLines:


Princess of the Northern Water Tribe and daughter to High Chief Arnook. Close friend of Katara and Sokka for many years, she is recruited by Katara to help find Sokka in Book 2.
----
* AdaptationalBadass: Yue couldn't fight at all in canon; here, she's a capable BadassNormal who fights with a katana.
* AffablyEvil: Emphasis on the "affable."
* AmazonBrigade: Like Suki, she's part of Katara's. It stops being one when Sokka and Ghashiun come along.
* ApologeticAttacker: When fighting Zuko.
* ArrangedMarriage: In her backstory, she was arranged to marry ''Sokka''. However, she became one of the Water Sages (who can fight and don't have to marry) in order to avoid this - not because she doesn't like him, but because she wanted to make her own choices.
* AscendedExtra: Goes from a minor character in the show to a prominent one here.
* BadassPrincess: She's still a princess in this world, but she's outranked by Katara.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: ''Yue'' manages to [[spoiler: cut off several of Koh's legs, but he still manages to kidnap her to the Spirit World]].
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Normally can't use bending, but she has a (yet undisclosed) ability due to her connection with the Nightseer, a spirit that represents the night. This ability supposedly shows itself on a new moon.
* EnemyMine: She joins forces with [[spoiler: Toph, "Spirit-Toph," and Nagi in order to escape from the Spirit World after Koh the Face Stealer drags them there]]. Earlier, she fights together with Suki, Toph, Zuko, and Nagi against [[spoiler: Koh]].
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: [[AffablyEvil Yue]] is this, in a way, to Ty Lee.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Her weapon of choice, implied to have studied with the Kokkan Samurai.
* LadyOfWar: She became an effective fighter with her katana.
* LoopholeAbuse: She became a Water Sage - which are more or less nuns - to avoid her ArrangedMarriage and learn how to fight, since they are the only women in the Water Nation who are allowed to in order to protect the Water Temple.
* LoveTriangle: She's in the same one as Suki, since they both love Sokka. Both of them get along with each other just fine, though, and consider each other close friends.
* SecurityCling: Yue finds comfort in grabbing Nagi's hands as often as possible while [[spoiler: they are stuck in the Spirit World]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ElementalArmor: Downplayed. She keeps some ice jewelry on hand to use in a pinch.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He is nothing but polite and respectful to Kanna, and [[spoiler: after she kills Kvichak he banishes his wife and declares Kya a [[{{Unperson}} taboo-breaker]] instead of her]], all because she is the highly respected "Moonlit Mother."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* AbusiveParents: Hakoda was this to Sokka and Katara both:[[spoiler: he cut out one of Sokka's eyes, and according to Katara, she was passed over as a heir even after Sokka left due to the Water Tribe's StayInTheKitchen attitude, and never acknowledged her.]]

to:

* AbusiveParents: Hakoda was this to Sokka and Katara both:[[spoiler: both: he cut out one of Sokka's eyes, and according to Katara, she was passed over as a heir even after Sokka left due to the Water Tribe's StayInTheKitchen attitude, and never acknowledged her.]]

Added: 1576

Changed: 4

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* EvilOverlooker: ''Katara'' in the Book 2 cover image from the webcomic.

to:

* EvilOverlooker: ''Katara'' Katara in the Book 2 cover image from the webcomic.


Added DiffLines:

Emperor of the Northern and Southern Water Tribes and Chief of the Wolf Clan. He took over after the mysterious death of his father, Emperor Kvichak.
----
* AbusiveParents: Hakoda was this to Sokka and Katara both:[[spoiler: he cut out one of Sokka's eyes, and according to Katara, she was passed over as a heir even after Sokka left due to the Water Tribe's StayInTheKitchen attitude, and never acknowledged her.]]
* AdaptationalBadass: Getting waterbending and a power boost to put him on the same level as Fire Lord Ozai would do that.
* AdaptationalVillainy: For the same reasons as Katara.
* BigBad: Just like Ozai in the show, Aang's ultimate goal is to defeat him to bring balance to this world.
* EmperorScientist: Still likes his inventions and is a proponent for the Water Tribes' sciences, particularly advances in alchemy, healing, and war.
* NayTheist: He frowned on his father's worship of the spirits.
* PragmaticVillainy: He took advantage of a situation careening wildly out of control [[spoiler: and sought to overthrow his father by working with Bato's clan in secret before Kanna killed Kvichak first. When Kya fled the palace on the same night to avoid a young Katara's ritual sacrifice, he pinned the blame on her, banished her without remorse, and came out on top as the new emperor]].
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Hakoda killed the last Water Emperor to become the next one himself.]]
** Though it later turns out [[spoiler: this is just a rumor. [[TilMurderDoUsPart Kanna did it instead]]]].
* SpikesOfVillainy: Just look at those shoulder spikes in his picture!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* SecretKeeper: She is one of the few people outside of [[spoiler: Aang's inner circle who learns his secret that he's from another world, along with Piandao and Bumi]].

to:

* SecretKeeper: She is one of the few people outside of [[spoiler: Aang's inner circle who learns his secret that he's from another world, along with Piandao Piandao, Bumi, and Bumi]].Xai Bau]].

Added: 2694

Changed: 299

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* AdaptationalHeroism: Played with: Distorted!Katara seems to be far more kind/caring to her friends and family than Canon!Azula, despite the two being "counterparts" of a sort. However, she is willing to ([[AmbiguousSituation maybe]]) murder troops from her own country to achieve her goals, so....
* AdaptationalVillainy: Like most Water Tribe characters, it comes with the territory.
* AmazonBrigade: Like Azula in canon, she puts together a small team consisting of herself, Suki, and Yue.
* AntiVillain: She just wants her brother back, and unlike Azula, seemingly cares for her friends.
** As of the latest chapter, Katara wishes to reform the empire so that not only could a woman like her be able to rule but also so that once it subjugates the rest of the world it'll actually maintain a peace rather than get engulfed in infighting rooted in its MightMakesRight culture. She still believes in its imperialism, however.
* BadassPrincess: Against her father's wishes she learned how to fight in secret when she was younger, though know most people know about it and respect her anyway.
* BloodKnight: Katara just ''loves'' to fight and she'll sometimes hold off on using bloodbending because that can end battles too quickly and she wants to get a chance to show what she can do.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Katara cares a lot for her family and friends (besides her [[AbusiveParents father]]).
* EvilOverlooker: ''Katara'' in the Book 2 cover image from the webcomic.
* {{Foil}}: To Azula, in more ways than they were in canon. She also counts as a foil to Canon!Azula - while both are scarily powerful princesses and effective villains, they differ in several ways: Katara is most definitely ''not'' a DaddysLittleVillain and genuinely values her relationship with her brother Sokka instead. While Princess Azula controlled people through fear, Katara accomplishes the same through her natural charisma and by appealing to emotion. Where Princess Azula was a master schemer, this Katara tends to muscle her way through situations and relies on her personal connections.
* HearingVoices: Like [[spoiler: the rest of Team Avatar, she sometimes hears the voice of her canon counterpart, Katara. But she doesn't know the voice's origin, unlike the others, so she's a bit more shaken up by the sudden good conscience trying to influence her]].
* KingIncognito: Or rather Princess Incognito. [[spoiler: She's the Blue Spirit]].
* {{Tsundere}}: Distorted!Katara is a type A, unlike the original series, where she was a type B.


Added DiffLines:

[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/26_pakku.png]]


Added DiffLines:

!!Kya
[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/22_kya_2.png]]
::


Added DiffLines:

[[quoteright:139:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/25_jeong_jeong.png]]


Added DiffLines:

[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ozai_distorted_reality_1.png]]


Added DiffLines:

----
* AntiVillain: He's just trying to be reunited with his sister and doesn't care about the war or what side he has to be on to find her.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* AmicableExes: With Ty Lee by the end of Book 1.


Added DiffLines:

* BetaCouple: With Mai late into Book 2.


Added DiffLines:

* TheDragAlong: He gets captured by Team Avatar at the end of Book 1 and travels with them for some time into Book 2, entirely against his will, [[spoiler: until Katara finds them and he joins her]].


Added DiffLines:

* TheExile: Sokka was not banished: instead, he left of his own will to restore his honor, which means he still has authority over the Water Tribes, unlike Zuko with the Fire Nation in canon.


Added DiffLines:

* GadgeteerGenius: He invented submarines (or at least the concept of them, like in the show) and other miscellaneous things like parasailing.
* HeelFaceTurn: Starts off as EnemyMine, [[spoiler: but after reuniting with his mother in the Spiritsong Grotto and confronting all of the horrible things his nation has done he sides with the Avatar for real]].


Added DiffLines:


Sokka and Katara's grandmother. Known as the "Moonlit Mother," she is a respected figure in Water Tribe society due to being the mother of the current emperor, Hakoda. When Sokka went into his self-imposed exile, she went along with him, providing wisdom much in the same way that Iroh did in canon.
----
* AdaptationalBadass: She's more or less at Iroh's level. She wasn't even a waterbender in canon.
* AffablyEvil: In Book 1, similar to Iroh in the show.
* ArrangedMarriage: In her backstory, her marriage to Emperor Kvichak was arranged. She rather would have married Pakku, but couldn't get out of it here.
* AscendedExtra: Goes from appearing only in the first two episodes to one of the main characters of ''Distorted Reality''.
* DotingGrandparent: To Sokka, at times.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: With Piandao, against Aang]]. Subverted when it later turns out they were allies to begin with.
* FailureKnight: She carries a lot of guilt for her role in the events that led to [[spoiler: Kya's disappearance]].
* TheGadfly: In "The Tale of Aang," she [[spoiler: sends Aang on what he thinks is a SecretTestOfCharacter for the White Lotus, but it turns out to be a prank since it only turned out to be a string of errands for her]].
* NeverMessWithGranny: Kanna quickly defeats Ty Lee at one encounter, and is effectively ''Iroh's'' equivalent. [[spoiler: She also uses bloodbending to kill Emperor Kvichak, her husband, in order to protect her grandchild]].
* ParentalSubstitute: She was this to Kya.
* PeoplePuppets: Years ago, she learned bloodbending along with Hama. After Hama teaches it to Katara, [[spoiler: Kanna teaches it to Sokka]].
* SecretKeeper: She is one of the few people outside of [[spoiler: Aang's inner circle who learns his secret that he's from another world, along with Piandao and Bumi]].
* TilMurderDoUsPart: [[spoiler: She killed her husband, the previous emperor]].


Added DiffLines:


Princess of the Water Tribes and daughter of Emperor Hakoda. Chafing at her tribe's harsh rules and restrictions toward women, she finds ways to rebel and change the ways of her people, even though she has a deep love for the Water Tribes. Learned waterbending from both her grandmother Kanna and later Hama.
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

The prince of the Water Nation and eldest son of Emperor Hakoda. After willingly exiling himself after his embarrassment of an ice dodging run, he seeks the Avatar to make up for his failure. In this world, Sokka is capable of waterbending. His doting grandmother, Kanna, joins him on his journey.
----
* AdaptationalBadass: The addition of waterbending to his repertoire makes Sokka much more capable in combat, since he also still uses his boomerang, club, and machete alongside it.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: A trait he carries from the original show. When [[spoiler: Aang finally tells him that he's from another world]], Sokka doesn't believe him (at first), even after the line between his world and the Spirit World starts to break down.
* ArrangedMarriage: In his backstory, he had one with Yue before Yue herself called it off by joining the Water Sages.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Between an abusive father, a controlling and difficult sister, and a MissingMom, he doesn't have a happy family. It's part of the reason that [[spoiler: he has such a hard time believing Aang's story of another world where Sokka, Katara, and Hakoda had a loving relationship]].
* BreakTheHaughty: Book 3 does a lot to take him and his view of his nation down a peg.
* CovertPervert: Sokka agreed to go to the circus the Gaang was at upon hearing from his grandmother there were girls in tights there.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Averted: unlike Prince Zuko, Prince Sokka thinks things out before he does them, and came a lot closer to catching Aang than Zuko ever did.
* EnemyMine: At the end of Book 2, [[spoiler: he joins forces with Aang and Azula against Wan Shi Tong, and later joins Team Avatar in full to rescue Yue from the Spirit World]].
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Ghashiun develops a crush on Sokka perhaps even before meeting him.
* EyeScream: After he fails his ice dodging and Hakoda gives him another chance in a trial by combat, Sokka still has a poor showing and during the fight Hakoda cuts out his eye.
* MasqueradingAsTheUnseen: [[spoiler: Katara]] is the "real" Blue Spirit, but Sokka uses the mask once to hide his identity without knowledge of who previously used the mask.
* MixedAncestry: He learns that [[spoiler: the winter spirit Sedna is actually his great-great grandmother]]. He's not too pleased.
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: He already learned bloodbending from his grandmother Kanna, though by his and her own admission he's not very good at it. Even so, he manages to steal control away from Katara a few days away from a full moon]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* BrokenPedestal: Jet is this to her.


Added DiffLines:

* DayInTheLimelight: "The Blind Bandit" is basically a "Toph Alone" chapter.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: As a Freedom Fighter, she was known as Bandit. Her old friends continue to call her that even after she leaves.
* NeverBeHurtAgain: She says as much to Jet after reuniting with him underneath Lake Laogai.
* NobleTopEnforcer: She was essentially this to Jet during her time in the Freedom Fighters and got ''furious'' at him once she realized he used her as this.

Added: 1335

Changed: 147

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She likes to think she's the Girly Girl to Toph's Tomboy, but it's downplayed since Azula has plenty of tomboyish traits too.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Her and Toph butt heads a lot at first - and while they continue to do it later they gain a lot of respect and genuine care for each other.


Added DiffLines:


In this world, the Bei Fong family fell in a Water Tribe raid, leaving a young Toph orphaned and alone until she became a founding member of the Freedom Fighters along with Jet. After meeting Aang and the others and having her eyes opened to Jet's [[WellIntentionedExtremist issues]], she travels on her own for a bit before finally joining Team Avatar to teach Aang earthbending.
----
* TheArtifact: She's first introduced with dual hammers as weapons, but those slowly start to appear less and less before disappearing altogether.
* TheBlank: [[spoiler: Koh steals her face in the Book 2 finale, and fights to retain her identity in the Spirit World throughout Book 3]].
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: She manages to harm [[spoiler: [[FaceStealer Koh]], but she also sports a GrinOfAudacity afterward and he steals her face because of it, and also drags her into the Spirit World with him]].
* RichesToRags: In this world, Gaoling fell before the start of the story and Toph is part of Jet's Freedom Fighters.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Azula. Their relationship starts off pretty rocky but they become much closer as time goes on, even if they continue to snark at each other.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

::
!!Piandao
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

!!Suza
::

Added: 21

Changed: 21

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


[[folder: Chit Sang]]

to:

[[folder: Chit Sang]]Other characters]]


Added DiffLines:

::
!!Spriggy
::
!!Mizuka

Added: 2689

Changed: 113

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* CuddleBug: Sabi, in contrast to her counterpart Momo's more energetic behavior.



* SixthRanger: [[spoiler: Sokka]] officially in Book 3, and later [[spoiler: Sangmu]].



* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler: Katara]] for the beginning of Book 3.



* TechnicolorFire: He learns to use both blue and white fire, keeping a balance between a desire to kill and a desire to protect, respectively. He uses white fire more often than blue fire, but he normally uses the standard red flames.



* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: She picks on Zuko a lot, but sometimes they have their moments.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: After Aang, she gets most of the focus of the story, with her development and struggles with [[spoiler: Fire Lord Azula]] often taking center stage. Reflecting this, she even starts to have [[spoiler: dream scenes reflecting Fire Lord Azula's life after Sozin's Comet in the other world]] in Book 3.
* DrillSergeantNasty: As [[spoiler: Zuko's]] firebending master.




to:

* GoodIsNotNice: She's nearly as haughty as her canon self and capable of being just as mean, especially to Zuko.
* GuileHero: Tricks or lies her way out of several difficult situations, most often before she masters firebending.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Sometimes, regarding Aang. [[spoiler: Eventually, she comes to terms with these feelings and confesses them to him]].
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: Distorted!Azula starts to become more and more like Canon!Azula as time goes by. [[spoiler: However, she shows in the end she's still a [[AntiHero good guy.]]]]
* TechnicolorFire: Like Aang, she eventually learns how to bend blue and white flames. However, she struggles a lot more with the "protection" side of it, and mostly sticks to blue fire in high-intensity moments.


Added DiffLines:


Like his younger sister Azula, this Zuko grew up in a small island village in the Fire Nation's southern archipelago. Unscarred in this world and with no bending abilities, his upbringing was quite different from his canon counterpart Prince Zuko. As a familiar friend to Aang, Zuko is a comforting presence in the early part of his new journey.
----
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: He tries to hide it, but he really does love and look after his sister.
* BadassNormal: He can't bend, but once he gets training he is no less skilled with his broadswords than his canon counterpart.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Toward Azula, and later also Aang and Toph.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[spoiler: Eventually, his canon self gives him the gift of firebending]].
* TheHeart: He often acts as the group's emotional center, keeping them grounded on the task at hand. When he meets Katara, he [[spoiler: tries to draw out her much kinder canon self by appealing to her emotional side, because he knows how much she means to Aang]].
* TeamDad: Toph even calls him this in one earlier version of a chapter.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:


Raised in a village in the southern archipelago of the Fire Islands, this Azula has humbler origins than her canon counterpart, but she's nearly as haughty. The last firebender in her village, she's untrained and goes along with Aang for the opportunity to master her abilities... but she's suspicious of the boy and determined to learn all of his secrets from the moment she meets him.
----
* AdaptationalHeroism: Comes with the territory.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Much to her own consternation, Azula eventually develops a crush on Aang. He doesn't reciprocate [[spoiler: (at least at first, and when he finally does think he might be able to, he misses his opportunity to tell her)]], for many reasons - mostly related to how she has the same face as the person who killed many of his loved ones.
* EntertaininglyWrong: Until the InternalReveal, Azula deduces that Aang is a time-traveller. [[PeggySue She's only]] [[MirrorUniverse half-right]].


Added DiffLines:

::
!!Ozai
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* TookALevelInCynic: Aang starts off the story much more jaded and cynical than he ever was in canon, due to losing the war in his own world and suffering the losses of many people he cared about. He stopped shaving and started eating meat as a sign of his loss of values. However, after enough people point this out to him, he starts making a conscious effort to go back to his older values and thus TakesALevelInKindness.

to:

* TookALevelInCynic: Aang starts off the story much more jaded and cynical than he ever was in canon, due to losing the war in his own world and suffering the losses of many people he cared about. He stopped shaving and started eating meat as a sign of his loss of values. However, after enough people point this out to him, he starts making a conscious effort to go back to his older values and thus TakesALevelInKindness.[[TookALevelInKindness Takes A Level In Kindness]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

!!Mai


Added DiffLines:

!!Ty Lee


Added DiffLines:

!!Xai Bau


Added DiffLines:

!!Iroh
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

!!Jet


Added DiffLines:

!!Haru


Added DiffLines:

!!Ghashiun


Added DiffLines:

!!Nagi

Added: 73

Changed: 26

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


::
!!The Avatars

to:

::
!!The Avatars
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Previous Avatars]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Canon World characters]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

List of characters from the ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' FanFic ''Fanfic/DistortedReality''. See the original series' characters pages for their original appearances - many things, such as appearance tropes and things related to their basic personalities, are still the same, and thus should not be listed here. All art is by Rocket Axxonu [[https://avatardistortedreality.tumblr.com on the avatardistortedreality Tumblr page]].

[[WMG: Team Avatar]]
[[folder: As a whole]]
Aang's Team Avatar in the ''Distorted'' world is quite a bit different from the team he knows. Starting with himself, Zuko, Azula, Appa, and Sabi in Book 1, they set out to the Golden City for him and Azula to learn firebending. Other characters join along the way (sometimes in a temporary capacity), but other permanent members include Toph, [[spoiler: Momo, Sokka, and seemingly Sangmu]].
----
* BadassCrew: Just like in canon, they all develop into powerful fighters.
* CastCalculus: Changes Book by Book, and sometimes halfway through:
** Early Book 1: PowerTrio (Aang, Azula, Zuko). A constant throughout all of these lists is Appa, along with Sabishi the (female) flying lemur as the [[TeamPet Team Pets]] ([[spoiler: joined by Momo as of Chapter 40]]).
** Late Book 1: FourPhilosophyEnsemble / FourTemperamentEnsemble (Ty Lee as the Sanguine Idealist, Aang as the Melancholic Cynic, Azula as the Choleric Realist, and Zuko as the Phlegmatic Apathetic)
** Early Book 2: FiveManBand (Aang as TheLeader, Azula as TheLancer and TheSmartGuy, Toph as TheBigGuy, Zuko as TheHeart, and [[spoiler: Sokka as the SixthRanger and TheDragAlong]])
** Late Book 2: FiveManBand (Aang as TheLeader, Azula as TheLancer, Toph as TheBigGuy, Mai as TheSmartGuy, Zuko as TheHeart)
* GuestStarPartyMember: Ty Lee in Book 1, Mai in Book 2 in Ba Sing Se, [[spoiler: Katara]] in Book 3.
* TeamPet: Appa, as usual, and Sabi, the new flying lemur. Though [[spoiler: the end of Book 2 sees Sabi joined by Momo]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Aang]]
!!Aang
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/12_aang.png]]
After failing to defeat Phoenix King Ozai in his world, Aang gets sent to an AlternateUniverse where the Water Tribes began the war. After three years of nearly endless fighting and losing lots of people he cares about, the war has taken a toll on Aang - and a lot of that is thanks to Fire Lord Azula. Now, in this new world, he has another chance to win the war and set things right by restoring balance to this world.
----
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Even in the canon world, it's shown that Katara did not openly reciprocate Aang's feelings for her, likely due to the fact that the war is still ongoing.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: Aang grabs a sword and starts wielding it in battle to augment his bending, [[DualWielding along with his usual staff]]. Though it's implied he has not (yet) broken his ThouShaltNotKill policy, even in the original world. The drama of it comes from how he [[spoiler: stole the meteorite sword from Piandao to give to Distorted Sokka instead of forging his own]].
* BreathWeapon: Aang improvises one by holding a flame in front of his mouth and blowing with airbending, similar to how a flamethrower works.
* ConflictBall: Despite knowing that Zhao is in Bato's role and thus a good guy now, Aang is still openly hostile to him. Aang is fully aware he's holding it.
* {{Determinator}}: After everything he's been through, Aang just won't give up so easily anymore.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Aang completely shuts down when he finally sees Katara in Azula's role.]]
* IHatePastMe: Aang gets frustrated with how physically weak his twelve year old body is.
* InstantExpert: Justified: when Aang is shown how to do a bending move he had learned in his world, it removes a mental block, letting him use that move as if he had never forgotten how to do it in the first place.
** Defied with his waterbending; it's implied that his mindset changed too much for him to do it effectively, so he struggled a bit when [[spoiler: Sokka]] started to teach him.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: Bumi]] notes that Aang is acting like a cynical old man rather than the playful kid he used to know.
* RazorWind: Aang accomplishes this by combining airbending with a sword. It's powerful enough to make him wonder why air nomads never used swords before.
* SaveBothWorlds: Said verbatim by [[spoiler: Aang, when he resolves to do just that to Guru Pathik. Pathik admires Aang's determination to do so.]]
* ScrewDestiny: Aang refuses to let [[spoiler:Ty Lee]] die, and [[TakeAThirdOption takes a third option.]]
* TakeAThirdOption: Guru Pathik tells Aang [[spoiler: he can actually choose which world he could stay in, but he ''must'' choose, or every world faces oblivion. Aang decides to stay in the Distorted universe long enough to defeat the Water Emperor before going home to save his friends]].
* TookALevelInCynic: Aang starts off the story much more jaded and cynical than he ever was in canon, due to losing the war in his own world and suffering the losses of many people he cared about. He stopped shaving and started eating meat as a sign of his loss of values. However, after enough people point this out to him, he starts making a conscious effort to go back to his older values and thus TakesALevelInKindness.
* VagueAge: Aang, discussed in a conversation with [[spoiler: Bumi]]. He's physically twelve and chronologically one hundred and twelve like in the series, but thanks to aging three years in the canon universe and then going back to his younger body he's mentally "fifteen or sixteen."
* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, Hero?]]: Aang for [[spoiler:stealing Master Piandao's sword and not releasing Sokka after meeting Kanna in the Earth Kingdom.]] Azula later starts becoming a pro at giving him these.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Azula]]
!!Azula
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7_azula.png]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Zuko]]
!!Zuko
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9_zuko_distorted_reality.png]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Toph]]
!!Toph
[[quoteright:141:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_toph.png]]
[[/folder]]

[[WMG: Water Nation]]

[[folder: Sokka]]
!!Sokka
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8_sokka2.png]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Kanna]]
!!Kanna
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/10_kanna.png]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Katara]]
!!Katara
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_katara.png]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Hakoda]]
!!Hakoda
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hakoda_distorted_reality.png]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Suki]]
!!Suki
[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/15_suki_distorted_reality.png]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Yue]]
!!Yue
[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/16_yue.png]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Hama]]
!!Hama
[[quoteright:144:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/18_hama.png]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Arnook]]
!!Arnook
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Other Water Tribe characters]]
!!Bato
::
!!Pakku
::
!!Thod
::
!!Emperor Kvichak
::
!!Emperor Aniak
[[/folder]]

[[WMG: Fire Nation]]
[[folder: Mai]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4_mai.png]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Ty Lee]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/17_ty_lee.png]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Xai Bau]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Iroh]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11_iroh.png]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Golden City/Other Fire Nation characters]]
!!Jeong Jeong
::
!!Zhao
::
!!Long Feng
[[/folder]]

[[WMG: Earth Kingdom]]
[[folder: Jet and the Freedom Fighters]]
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_jet.png]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Haru]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Ghashiun]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Nagi]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Ba Sing Se/Other Earth Kingdom characters]]
!!Grand Secretariat Wu
::
!!Bumi
::
!!Kuei
::
!!The Council of Five
[[/folder]]

[[WMG: Other Characters]]
[[folder: The Gurus]]
!!Guru Pathik
::
!!Guru Shén
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Sangmu]]
!!Sangmu
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Chit Sang]]
!!Chit Sang
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Spirits]]
!!Enma
::
!!Koh the Face Stealer
::
!!Wan Shi Tong
::
!!Sedna
::
!!Seiryu
::
!!The Painted Lady and Hei Bai
::
!!The Avatars
[[/folder]]

Top