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ALL POSTSCould Yakone have been the leader of the Red Monsoon Triad?
<p>I mean Yakone was a waterbender and had his "criminal empire". Also "Red Monsoon" could be a reference to bloodbending, since the monsoon is a tropical wind that often comes with rain, and the "red" of the name could refer to blood.
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<p>I believe the Triads in LOk are the result of Yakone's gang splintering after he went into hiding. Zolt and the other bosses probably worked for him when they were young.
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<p>That's an interesting idea, but I doubt that, ethnically-divided gangs don't really tend to form out of 1 big supergang that broke apart. They form individually, based on the group's own particular history & perceived needs.
</p><p>For example, the Italian mafia formed out of alliances between the newly unified government & vigilante clans that existed previously, while the Irish mob is a much more recent organization that formed in America in response to threats from anti-Irish groups.
</p><p>In my opinion, given his belief in the innate superiority of bloodbenders & apparent ties with the Water Tribe, Yakone probably headed the Red Monsoons, maybe even the earliest incarnation of the group. It likely formed either from prisoners released from the Fire Nation & compensated or from struggles with other gangs. The Agni Kais probably arose out of anti-firebender sentiment. The Triple Threats, not being ethnically divided, would have formed for business reasons. The Terra Triad were likely either a nationalist group, perhaps descended from or based on Hundred Year War resistance fighters, or formed for business reasons.
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<p>Yeah I thought that too, since chinese triads were groups of revolutionaries who were funded by organised crime.
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<p>Barely related, but is there anything that indicates whether or not the Terra Triad is still active by Korra's time?
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<div class="quote"><i>Neo Bahamut wrote:
Barely related, but is there anything that indicates whether or not the Terra Triad is still active by Korra's time?</i></div>
<p>I think we might get an answer to this in <i>Turf Wars</i>, as the triads are going to have a somewhat bigger role than in the show. Who knows, maybe there are even new triads that were founded sometime during the show's events.
</p><p>(HEAVY) SPOILER </p><p>EDIT: If I'm not mistaken, we'll get to see the Agni Kai triad in action in the comic because - READ AT YOUR OWN RISK - Koh's been publishing panel shots of the comic and the most recent one shows a fight between what seems like a firebender and three members of the Air Nation (those being: Jinora and Kai and maybe Daw?). </p><p>But I could be wrong and it's either a member of the Triple Threads, as there also are firebenders within their group, or it's someone unrelated to the triads. </p>
Barely related, but is there anything that indicates whether or not the Terra Triad is still active by Korra's time?</i></div>
<p>I think we might get an answer to this in <i>Turf Wars</i>, as the triads are going to have a somewhat bigger role than in the show. Who knows, maybe there are even new triads that were founded sometime during the show's events.
</p><p>(HEAVY) SPOILER </p><p>EDIT: If I'm not mistaken, we'll get to see the Agni Kai triad in action in the comic because - READ AT YOUR OWN RISK - Koh's been publishing panel shots of the comic and the most recent one shows a fight between what seems like a firebender and three members of the Air Nation (those being: Jinora and Kai and maybe Daw?). </p><p>But I could be wrong and it's either a member of the Triple Threads, as there also are firebenders within their group, or it's someone unrelated to the triads. </p>
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Or maybe it will be a new triad..
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