Amon's relationships

This page consists of Amon's relationships with other characters. Amon was a mysterious man who led the Equalists in a self-styled war against benders. As the former leader of a revolutionary organization, Amon utilized his abilities of manipulation to achieve great success, subverting non-benders to his cause and ensuring that his enemies, and at one point Avatar Korra, were too immobilized with terror to effectively combat his revolution.

Tarrlok
"'Our father set us on this path; fate caused us to collide. I should have left with you when we were boys.' 'Leave with me now. We have a second chance; we can start over. Please, you are all I have left in the world.' — Tarrlok and Amon in 'Endgame'."



Noatak and Tarrlok were brothers born to Yakone and his wife. As children, Noatak was very protective of his younger brother. As Tarrlok struggled to learn waterbending and later bloodbending, Noatak stood up to their father on multiple occasions on account of his sibling. Tarrlok noted that even as a child, Noatak wanted everyone to be treated equally and fairly. When Yakone forced Noatak and Tarrlok to bloodbend each other, Noatak complied. However, Tarrlok refused to bloodbend after experiencing the pain it caused and Yakone called him weak and threatened to beat him. Noatak intervened by bloodbending their father, denouncing him as the true weakling. Noatak then insisted that he and Tarrlok run away, but Tarrlok refused out of love for their mother. Noatak called his brother weak and he ran away from his family. Yakone and Tarrlok assumed that Noatak died in the blizzard and never heard from him again.

Many years later, Noatak assumed the identity of Amon. Tarrlok had no knowledge that his brother was the leader of the Equalists and in order to gain power within the Council, he launched very aggressive attacks against the Equalist Revolution and non-benders. Amon, the Lieutenant, and some chi blockers encountered Tarrlok as he was about to leave the cabin where he detained Korra. Threatening to take his bending away, Tarrlok laughed at that statement and attempted to bloodbend them all. Albeit successfully subduing all of Amon's henchmen, Amon himself was able to resist Tarrlok's control. Unable to be detained, Amon easily took away Tarrlok's bending.

After successfully occupying Air Temple Island, Amon imprisoned his brother there so he could keep a close eye on him. While away, Tarrlok disclosed Amon's identity to Avatar Korra and Mako out of disgust at what he and Noatak had become. Tarrlok explained that while Noatak based the revolution on a lie, he believed that Noatak thought bending was the source of the world's suffering based on their shared horrible past. Korra and Mako used this information to expose Amon in front of his supporters, causing him to lose the Revolution.



When he escaped, Noatak swiftly returned to his brother, and apologized for what he had done to him. Tarrlok apologized as well, saying he should have left with him when they were children. Noatak asks Tarrlok to escape with him now though, as he is the only thing he has left. Tarrlok follows his brother out of Air Temple Island.

Tarrlok and his brother then left Republic City on an Equalist outboard motor boat, and Noatak, who was driving the boat, cheerfully speaks of their reunion and future. He even comments that he forgot the sound of his own name. Tarrlok assures him that things will be like "the old days", which brings a tear to Noatak's eyes. However, Tarrlok (in a moment of personal self-redemption or revulsion) uses an electrified glove he found from the boat to electrocute the fuel tank, killing himself and his brother.

Yakone
"'We're your sons, not your tools of revenge.' — Noatak to his father Yakone in 'Skeletons in the Closet'."



It was revealed that Amon's story about his family being extorted by a firebender while living on a farm was a lie and that Amon was, in fact, a waterbender, the eldest son of Yakone, and the older brother of Councilman Tarrlok. Amon, originally named Noatak, spent his childhood in the Northern Water Tribe with his family. Yakone favored Noatak over Tarrlok. His father brought him on many hunting trips and taught his children the art of bloodbending. In one incident, Yakone forced his sons to bloodbend each other. Tarrlok refused and Noatak defended him, even bloodbending his own father; this resulted in Noatak running away from the Northern Water Tribe and soon enough, he became the leader of the Equalists. Yakone and Tarrlok spent many days looking for Noatak, but they never found him, assuming he died in a blizzard. Yakone then died several years later.

Yakone's wife
"'He was right about you. You are a weakling.' - Noatak rebuking Tarrlok's concern about leaving their mother in 'Skeletons in the Closet'."

According to Tarrlok, their mother was a warm, caring woman. Yakone's wife loved her sons and husband very much. However, unlike Tarrlok, Noatak did not seem to care about the effect that running away would have on their mother. When Noatak ran away, she was never the same again.

Equalists
Amon was the leader of the Equalists, a group of activists who believed that everyone should be equal, and wanted to eliminate bending from the world. He commanded them, and seemed to have taught them a fighting style known as chi blocking. They were known to go to extremes for their cause, with Amon taking bending and attacking Republic City in the name of the Equalists.

Amon's reputation was ruined after his supporters witnessed him waterbending after the Equalist Victory Rally.

Hiroshi Sato
"'I've dreamed of this day for so long.' 'Yes, the time has come for the Equalists to claim Republic City as their own.' - Hiroshi Sato and Amon during the attack on Republic City in 'Turning the Tides'."



Hiroshi Sato had created and provided all of the Equalist weaponry, namely the electrified gloves and the mecha tanks. Hiroshi's hatred of benders and the reason he joined the Equalists stemmed from the actions of a firebender for having killed a loved one, in the industrialist's case, his wife. This allowed for Hiroshi to swear his undivided loyalty to Amon's cause, and he began manufacturing weapons for the Equalist regime in a secret factory concealed under his private estate.

The two appear to be on good terms with one another, as Amon perceives Hiroshi to be one of the most useful supporters of the Equalist movement. The extent of their relationship with each other is through Amon's assurances that Hiroshi will have his daughter back soon.

Lieutenant
"You traitor! I dedicated my life to you!"

"You've served me well, Lieutenant." - The Lieutenant and Amon after the former discovered the truth about the latter in "Endgame".



As his right hand and the second in command over the Equalist troops, Amon and his lieutenant have a relation of trust with each other. The leader often trusts him to gather certain intel or perform other various tasks that would aid him in his war for equality. The Lieutenant is usually the one who is in charge of communicating Amon the news about the progress of the mission and their enemies' moves. Like Amon, the Lieutenant has a hatred for benders and believes there is no longer a place in the world for them. He is very willing to follow his orders and does so without question. Like the other Equalists, the Lieutenant has accompanied Amon in public appearances as well as fight his enemies, such as during the attack on the Pro-bending Arena.

The Lieutenant found out about Amon's true identity and saw this as a betrayal to him and the Equalists, believing Amon to be nothing more than a liar and a hypocrite. He attempted to attack Amon, but the latter used his bloodbending to hurl the lieutenant into a pile of wooden posts. However, before that, he thanked the Lieutenant for his service.

Benders
"'The era of bending is over! A new era of equality has begun!' — Amon giving a speech in 'The Revelation'."



Amon, a bloodbender who left his family, had an intense hatred for benders. Amon first developed his antagonistic feelings when his father forced him and his brother first to bloodbend animals, then each other. Years later, Amon had become the leader of the Equalists and, after gathering enough members, launched an Anti-bending Revolution to rid Republic City and then the world of all benders. When Avatar Korra came to Republic City, Amon unveiled his ability to take away a person's bending, forever striking fear into the heart of all benders in Republic City. Amon would have stopped at nothing to ensure that all benders are removed from the world in the name of equality. Interestingly, as opposed to the Fire Nation during the war where they isolate and detain enemy benders from the world, Amon is more lenient as he simply strips his victims of their bending and lets them go.

Korra
"'I told you I would destroy you.' — Amon telling Korra in 'Endgame' after removing her bending."



As the Avatar, the ultimate bender, Korra is Amon's natural opponent in his strife for a bendingless world. From his youth, Amon became obsessed with the Avatar and his powers, specifically his power to remove bending from another. Amon sought to emulate the Avatar in every way, and eventually developed a technique to remove bending similarly to the Avatar's energybending. Amon sought to overtake the Avatar's position, feeling that the Avatar had failed humanity and that bending was the ultimate cause of suffering in the world.

Upon Korra's arrival in Republic City, he ordered to speed up the established preparations and carry on with their plans. Amon met Korra for the first time when he ambushed her at Avatar Aang Memorial Island after she challenged him to a duel. Although he had her right where he wanted her, he decided not to take away her bending as that would effectively make her a martyr for the other benders of the world. Amon does not fear the Avatar in the least. However, despite his animosity toward her, Amon views Korra's abilities with utmost respect, as he warned the Lieutenant and the other Equalists not to underestimate her when attempting to retrieve her from the metal box in which Tarrlok imprisoned her.

He succeeded in taking away her water, earth, and firebending but the spirit of Aang later restored all her bending abilities and imparted the knowledge of energybending to restore other benders who were victims of Amon.

Mako
"'I'm impressed. No one has ever gotten the better of me like that. It is almost a shame to take the bending of someone so talented. Almost.' - Amon after Mako quickly caught him off guard in 'Endgame'."

Mako is a firebender, and as a result, was an enemy of Amon. After Amon took Korra's bending away at the Equalist Victory Rally, he proceeded to take Mako's bending as well. Right before he could, however, Mako quickly blasted Amon with lightning, knocking him back long enough for Mako to grab Korra and attempt to run away. However, Mako was quickly caught again by Amon. As Amon walked up to behind Mako, he stated that the firebender's quick thinking impressed him, and that it was "almost a shame to take the bending of someone so talented." After Amon was knocked out the window and exposed as a waterbender by Korra, he outmatched Mako's firebending and quickly escaped.

Metalbending Police Force
"'My metalbenders are on their way to Amon, and it's all my fault. Tarrlok's right, I've failed as chief. First thing in the morning, I'm handing in my resignation.' 'No! You can't give up like this!' 'I'm not giving up. I'm gonna find my officers and take Amon down. But I'm gonna do it my way: Outside the law.' - Lin Beifong and Tenzin after the Battle at the Equalist factory in 'The Aftermath'."

As the city's main guard, Lin Beifong and her officers tried to knock off all threats in Republic City. Being one of Amon's natural enemies, they try to stop Amon at all costs and arrest him. After being captured in the Battle at the Equalist factory, the Equalists mentioned that the officers would be taken to Amon. However, after the escape, Lin Beifong decided to resign from her duty as Chief of Police in order to pursue Amon without the law restraining her actions. The captured officers' bending was all stripped before Lin Beifong broke them out.

Tahno
"'Wait, please don't do this! I'll give you the championship pot! I'll-I'll give you everything! Just please don't take my bending!' - Tahno begging Amon to not take his bending in 'And the Winner Is...'."



As a waterbender, Tahno was another enemy of Amon. During the Attack on the Pro-bending Arena, Amon and several Equalists appeared before Tahno and the Wolfbats. Originally the Wolfbats tried to fight them off, but were nearly effortlessly defeated. Tahno then tried begging for Amon to not take his bending, even going as far as to offer the championship winnings, but to no avail. After taking their bending, Amon dumped the Wolfbats into the drink. During Amon's speech, he spoke about the Wolfbats, claiming that it was fitting that the benders in the audience celebrated "three bullies who cheated their way to victory," since they threatened and abused non-benders every single day. He also mentioned that "cleansing them of their impurity" only took him mere moments, even though they were considered the best in the bending world.

United Republic Council
"'As you have heard, the Republic Council has voted to make me public enemy number one, proving once again that the bending oppressors of this city will stop at nothing to quash our revolution.' — Amon over the radio after the United Republic Council declared him their primary target in 'The Voice in the Night'."

As the city's number one public enemy, Amon views the council as a threat to his plans. When he demanded to close down the Pro-bending Arena, the council almost complied to his demand, but, after Lin Beifong's intervention, the councilors changed their minds and brushed his warning aside. However, this move played right into his hands as it allowed him to publicly demonstrate his power to take bending away. The council was powerless to stop him and failed to apprehend him afterwards.

Later when Amon began his attack on gun taking out the members of the Council. First his brother, Tarrlok, then the Fire Nation Council woman, and others. His equalizes failed to capture Tenzin, though. And for a time he was the only remaining council member. Later, however, he attempted to escape with his family, and Lin Beifong sacrificed herself to save the family. However this was not enough as the family was eventually captured anyways, and Amon attempted to remove Tenzin's bending during an Equalist rally. However Korra and Mako arrived and freed the Council member and his family.