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This small village on Kyoshi Island was one of several settlements on the Earth Kingdom island. It was the home of Suki, a member of Team Avatar. By the time of the Hundred Year War, the village was mainly inhabited by farmers and was one of the most isolationist communities on Kyoshi Island.
Similar to other villages of the Kyoshi Island, it housed its own band of the Kyoshi Warriors.[2]
History[]
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By 296 BG, the village mainly consisted of a collection of small farms.
In 296 BG, the village was rather small, with its buildings being cramped and looking cheaply-made. The area was home to a small collection of outlying farms that supplied Yokoya Port and the Avatar mansion.[3] Kyoshi often came to one farmhouse on the outskirts of the village to stock up on soybeans for the Avatar mansion's supplies. "Avatar" Yun and Rangi accompanied her on her chores one day, and Yun helped out the curmudgeonly old man who owned the farm by creating a grotto to store supplies.[3] The grotto would be regularly used by the village in the following centuries.[4]
The village grew in size between Kyoshi's youth and the beginning of the Hundred Year War. In 270 BG, it erected a commemorative statue for Avatar Kyoshi and placed it on the wooden pillar that marked the spiritual center of the village.[5][6] It also built a shrine to Avatar Kyoshi on a nearby hill.[3][4]
In the course of the Hundred Year War, contact between Kyoshi Island and the rest of the world was reduced. The island's villages opted to remain neutral in the conflict.[4][7] While many villages still continued to trade with outsiders,[8][4][7] Suki's village even cut off trade with non-natives.[1][nb 1]
Suki, Mingxia, and her comrades harvested dumpling weed in order to help their village.
As a result, agricultural crop failures resulted in a threat of famine for the village during the late war. By this point, this village had begun to believe so strongly in isolationism and self-sufficiency that its leaders refused to consider outside aid even in this situation. Thanks to the Kyoshi Warrior band of Suki having gathered wild plants as extra food, however, a famine was avoided. Regardless, the event inspired one of the village's warriors, Mingxia, to request a change of the isolationist policies of her community. The settlement's council rejected her proposal, however, prompting her to migrate to the Earth Kingdom mainland.[1]
In late 99 AG, Team Avatar visited Kyoshi Island. The group was captured by Suki's warriors as suspected spies and brought to her village. There, the locals treated them with great respect upon learning that Aang was the Avatar. However, the island's fishers and traders spread tales of the Avatar's arrival in the Earth Kingdom mainland, causing Prince Zuko to raid the island to capture Aang. The Fire Nation prince attacked Suki's village, burning much of it while battling Aang and the Kyoshi Warriors.[8]
Heavily damaged by Zuko's raid, Suki's village had to be rebuilt.
After Team Avatar and Zuko's forces had departed, the village was rebuilt. During this process, Suki revealed to her fellow warriors that Avatar Aang's actions had inspired her to venture from the island to help others in need. Though some of her comrades refused to go along with this plan,[1] Suki and a number of like-minded warriors left their village and moved to the Earth Kingdom mainland to make a difference.[11]
In 100 AG, the village was again visited by Sokka and Katara, who arrived riding on Appa and were welcomed by a large number of the island's inhabitants. The two siblings intended on acquiring the necessary information about Kyoshi that would prove both her and Aang innocent, as the latter was being held prisoner in Chin Village for the murder of Chin the Conqueror. Due to his imprisonment, Aang was not able to be present during the visit, much to villagers' disappointment, namely Koko and foaming mouth guy. Sokka and Katara proceeded to Kyoshi's shrine, led by Oyaji whom they had informed of the accusation against the Avatar. After having analyzed Kyoshi's relics and having been told of the history of Kyoshi Day, the two deduced that Kyoshi was not responsible for Chin's murder and left the island, returning to Chin Village thereafter.[12]
Leadership[]
By the late Hundred Year War, the village was led by a council which included Oyaji.
By the end of the Hundred Year War, Oyaji served as the village leader.[9] However, important decisions were usually discussed and voted upon by a larger council of village elders.[1]
Culture[]
Unlike other villages on Kyoshi Island, which mainly relied on fishing and trading,[2] Suki's village was predominantly a farming community. Regardless, its inhabitants did possess some boats,[1] patrolled the nearby Koi Bay, and did include seafood into their regular diet.[8]
By the late Hundred Year War, the people of Suki's village believed so strongly in isolationism and self-sufficiency that its leaders refused to consider outside aid even when threatened by famine.[1]
Layout and important locations[]
Located northeast of Koi Bay and west of Koi Harbor,[4][7] the village was rather small, mainly consisting of two rows of wooden houses which were located along a road leading up to a Meeting Hall.[4][7][8] At the village's entrance, a large wooden log was topped by a carved and painted statue of Avatar Kyoshi.[8]
Kyoshi Dojo was located close to the village, and served as the training place for the local Kyoshi Warriors.
Somewhat apart from the rest of the village was the Kyoshi Dojo, where Suki and her followers were training by the late Hundred Year War.[4][7] At this point, the Kyoshi Dojo was a spacious wooden building whose floor was covered by straw mattresses and whose walls were decorated with paintings, weapons, painted fans. In order to leave room for the warriors' training, the dojo had very little.[8][13]
A shrine to Avatar Kyoshi was also located a short distance from the village, heading along the path from the dojo. In it, items connected to Kyoshi were venerated, which included her iconic wardrobe and war fans, as well as a large tapestry depicting the island's founding.[12]
Between Suki's village and Koi Harbor, one could find Crescent Bridge as well as a waterfall, Crystal Falls.[4][7] The latter was a popular motif for the village's painters.[8][13]
Notable figures[]
Trivia[]
- The description of the village on Yokoya peninsula in The Rise of Kyoshi chapter "The Test" and Suki's village highly resemble each other.
Notes[]
- ↑ The comic Suki, Alone claims that Kyoshi Island had closed its borders and that this isolationism applied to all of Kyoshi Island,[1] but this is contradicted by other canon information such as the episode "The Warriors of Kyoshi",[8] the older Avatar: The Last Airbender official website,[9] and Avatar Extras.[10] Thus, the isolationism as portrayed in the comic can only apply to some villages on the island, not all of them.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Hicks, Faith Erin (writer), Wartman, Peter (artist), Matera, Adele (colorist). Suki, Alone (July 27, 2021), Dark Horse Comics.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 From older Avatar: The Last Airbender official site, originally on Nick.com. Encyclopedia now broken, archived at The Lost Lore of Avatar Aang - Creature: Kyoshi Island.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Yokoya", Avatar: Generations. Navigator Games & Square Enix Mobile London (April 18, 2023). Square Enix.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "Kyoshi Island", Avatar: Generations. Navigator Games & Square Enix Mobile London (August 11, 2022). Square Enix.
- ↑ Descriptions, Avatar: Generations. Navigator Games & Square Enix Mobile London (August 11, 2022). Square Enix.
- ↑ Yee, F. C. (author), DiMartino, Michael Dante (author). (July 16, 2019). Chapter One, "The Test". The Rise of Kyoshi. Amulet Books.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 AceGameplay. Avatar Generations - Gameplay Walkthrough Part 7. Retrieved on September 18, 2022.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Malis, Nick (writer) & Volpe, Giancarlo (director). (March 4, 2005). "The Warriors of Kyoshi". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 1. Episode 4. Nickelodeon.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 From older Avatar: The Last Airbender official site, originally on Nick.com. Encyclopedia now broken, archived at The Lost Lore of Avatar Aang - Character: Oyaji.
- ↑ Avatar Extras for "The Warriors of Kyoshi" on Nicktoons Network.
- ↑ DiMartino, Michael Dante, Hamilton, Joshua (writers) & Spaulding, Ethan (director). (September 15, 2006). "The Serpent's Pass". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 2. Episode 12. Nickelodeon.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 O'Bryan, John (writer) & MacMullan, Lauren (director). (April 28, 2006). "Avatar Day". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 2. Episode 5. Nickelodeon.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Art of the Animated Series, page 47.