Raava

Raava is the spirit of peace and light in the world. In 19,830 BSC, Raava began to combat her natural opposite, Vaatu, the spirit of darkness and chaos. Raava permanently bound her essence to Wan's, and said that she would be with him "in all [his] lifetimes," starting the Avatar cycle.

History


Around the time when Wan began living with the spirits and learning firebending, Raava and Vaatu were fighting in the Spirit Wilds, near Wan's camp. As the two spirits brawled, they caused destruction of the forest around them, causing other spirits to flee. Raava managed to trap Vaatu, though when Wan came to the two and tried to persuade them to stop fighting, Vaatu tricked Wan into freeing him from Raava's grasp, which he did by means of firebending. After Vaatu escaped, Raava became very angry with Wan, introducing herself as the spirit of peace and light in the world. Then, she explained to him that Raava and Vaatu needed to keep or struggling because they are the balance in the world.

Sometime later, Raava went on a journey with Wan to try to stop Vaatu before he became too powerful. During the journey, she would meet lion turtles to provide airbending, waterbending and earthbending for Wan to help her fight Vaatu. Since Wan was a normal mortal human being he was not able to hold all the four bendings together in himself, that is why Raava would hold the other elements for Wan, passing through him to grant him the element.

Over time, she grew weaker until she was nothing but a ghostly wisp. During the Harmonic Convergence, she merged with Wan, allowing him to defeat and lock away Vaatu, thus restoring balance to the world. Upon his death, Raava told Wan that they would remain eternally connected, and left his body. This began the Avatar Cycle.