Duels (170 AG)



Duels are battles fought between two individuals and can be considered a form of recreation, a way of settling disputes, or a training tool for students who are developing skills in a particular art. Duels may be friendly spars, fought to pass time, or in the most extreme cases, fought to the death. Duels are practiced by a variety of cultures.

The following is a list of known duels that occurred during 170 ASC.

Duel between Amon and Lightning Bolt Zolt
Combatants: Amon and Lightning Bolt Zolt

Victor: Amon



As part of his "Revelation", Amon pledged to prove his power by removing the bending of several captives. These included the Triple Threat Triad leader Lightning Bolt Zolt, some other members of the Triad, and Bolin. After bringing him onto the stage, Amon allowed Zolt to be released and gave him a chance to fight. Lightning Bolt Zolt attempted to defeat Amon with several blasts of fire and lightning, but the Equalist leader easily overpowered him while evading all of his attacks. Amon caught Zolt's arm to control his lightning, and then placed two fingers on his forehead, stripping him of his bending.

Duel at City Hall
Combatants: Korra and Tarrlok

Victor: Tarrlok



At night, Tarrlok was doing paperwork at City Hall, assisted by the council page. Korra came through the window and demanded Tarrlok release her friends and the unjustly detained non-benders. Tarrlok dismissed the page and refused, revealing that the reason he arrested her friends was to make her rejoin his task force. Korra refused to allow herself to be intimidated and Tarrlok pointed out that both of them were willing to go to extremes to get what they want. Korra denied the similarity and compared Tarrlok to Amon, causing him to attack Korra with a water stream. Korra dodged and counterattacked with earthbending and firebending, but the councilman created a barrage of ice darts. The barrage left Korra unable to move freely or attack, forcing her to protect herself with an earth wall. The Avatar then flipped the wall of Tarrlok's office, sending him into the council's meeting room. Korra jumped there and earthbend leaving him without any water to bend. Korra taunted Tarrlok - believing him to be helpless without water - and rushed in to deliver a final blow with firebending, only for him to reveal himself to be a bloodbender by completely stopping Korra in her tracks before knocking her out. He then threw her at the wall and detained her in a police car, vowing to take her far away from Republic City, where she will never get in his way again. She was barely able to let out a breath of fire before Tarrlok shut the door and started driving toward parts unknown.