War of Chin the Conqueror

The War of Chin the Conqueror was a major hostile takeover of the Earth Kingdom by the tyrannical Chin. Almost the entire Earth Kingdom was taken over in an epic campaign, all except Ba Sing Se and the now Kyoshi Island. The War ended after a decisive kill of Chin at the hands of Avatar Kyoshi.

Background
Chin the conqueror was a tyrannical warlord, vicious and power hungry, had grown a decisive army in order to gain power over the Earth Kingdom. The 46th Earth King was very unpopular, so Chin, taking it to his advantage, then began to spread his army to the corners of the continent, and began taking over the Kingdom.

Campaign
Chin quickly began conquering the kingdom. The campaign easily began to conguer each city, and after a formidable amount of time, they had left only two known cities/villages left: Ba Sing Se and the know Kyoshi Island.

Final Invasion
Avatar Kyoshi had attempted to keep Chin from reaching her land, but Chin eventually did, invading it. In a stand off, Chin confronted Kyoshi. Kysoshi told him to leave her village immediately, but he was too stubborn. Kyoshi unleashed an epic display of her Avatar State, bending the distance between them in half.



Bending lava, she deepened the crack, and Airbended a powerful gush of air out to completely separate the peninsula from the mainland. Chin, standing on a crumbling ground, refused to move, and because of this, he fell to his death. The War had ended.

Aftermath
The Earth Kingdom seemed to recover quickly. About 200 years later, very few, if not none, Earth Kingdom citizens had ever heard of the war, nor of the actual happenings of Chin's death.

The War led to Avatar Day to be created by the citizens of Chin Village. However, the actuality of it's ground stand was bias at best; first of all, the citizens who celebrated it thought that the meaning of it was to remember the death of "Chin the Great," who they believed to be great and loved. They left out several important details, and celebrated it by burning Avatar statues.

The village would celebrate this way until Team Avatar showed up, and Avatar Aang was jailed for Kyoshi's killing. Katara and Sokka investigated deeper into it, and eventually Aang was freed, and Avatar Day became a day to commemorate Aang saving them from the Rough Rhinos.

About an hour before the Battle at Wulong Forest, Aang summoned Kyoshi for guidance. Kyoshi reminds him that her forceful ending of Chin the Conqueror's war for dominance brought a great era of peace. Aang points out that she didn't actually kill him, and that Chin's own arrogance got him killed. Kyoshi says she sees no difference in this, and tells him that she would have done anything she had to do to stop Chin. Aang regrets consulting Kyoshi on this complex matter after hearing this.

Appearances and References

 * Avatar Day
 * Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters