Talk:Amon/@comment-4852389-20120612020704

I personally believe Amon has some sort of connection to Koh the Face Stealer. Koh is known to dislike the Avatar because a previous incarnation, Kurruk, tried to slay him in revenge for stealing the face of Kurruk's girlfriend/wife. It was mentioned earlier in Legend of Korra (can't remember exactly when, but I believe it was said by Amon in "The Revelation") that the spirits were angry with the Avatar, supposedly thinking the Avatar had failed humanity. Maybe not all the spirits, but just Koh?

So these circumstances seem to warrant the precence of Koh behind the scenes. Keep in mind: Aang sought out Koh at the end of Book 1 to discover the physical world identities of Tui and La, two very old spirits. Aang asks Koh in particular because Koh is also very old, meaning he likely knows the secrets of energybending. This presents two possiblities.

1: After gaining hatred for benders, either Amon sought out Koh, or Koh saw an opportunity with Amon to launch an attack on the Avatar. Ultimately, Koh gave Amon the power to energybend.

or 2: (which for some reason I seem to think is more likely the case) Amon is Koh in physical form. When other spirits came to the physical world, they took on the forms of animals. Tui and La became koi fish, and Wan Shi Tong became some mutated owl thing. Who's to say spirits can't just assume the form of a human being? Perhaps Amon's mask doesn't actually cover up a scar, but is rather connected to Koh's lack of a single face.