This gorgeous fantasy world of Avatar: The Last Airbender, created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino, isn't all about war or about losing oneself in adventure. Those two aspects are taken care of by the story in due course, but it is Team Avatar's mission to save everyone — and the world — that matters more than anything else.
There is no dearth of sightseeing potential in Avatar: The Last Airbender, from gentle meadows and churning canyons to Metalbending architecture and oversized cities. In fact, Aang adores traveling around the globe more than anything, showing how diverse and beautiful its locations are.
10 The Capital In A Caldera
An extension of the Fire Nation Capital is Royal Caldera City, which is where the elite had their residences. In addition to the royal family, several nobles and military high command live here, along with their families.
The property values of Royal Caldera City are through the roof, considering how desirable land is. The city is completely built inside a volcanic caldera, making it both unique and nigh impregnable.
9 The Inverted Air Temple
The Western Air Temple is where Team Avatar and Zuko make amends, but not before surviving a harrowing encounter with Combustion Man.
Although partially destroyed in the fight, the temple retains the one main reason for its charm — it has been built upside down. The geometry of the compound is complicated enough without having to imagine how everything works inverted. The Western Air Temple is one of the many wonders of the Avatar world.
8 The Metalbending City-State Of Zaofu
Zaofu appears in The Legend of Korra, having been built by Suyin Beifong, Toph's younger daughter. Like Omashu and Ba Sing Se, this Metalbending city is independent of the Earth Kingdom, at least to a degree.
The buildings, the roads, everything in Zaofu is composed of metal. Its most impressive feature is the security measure: a lotus-shaped automated dome made of platinum. Each zone in Zaofu has been carefully designed to enhance those around it, providing a gorgeous architectural symmetry.
7 The Gentle Erosion Of Ember Island
Ember Island is not an ordinary beach, not according to Lo and Li anyway. They claim that "Ember Island is a magical place ... and it can help you understand yourselves and each other."
The anti-Team Avatar — Azula, Ty Lee, Mai, and Zuko — dismiss the twin servants' words as inconsequential. Soon, however, they are forced to reconcile with each other and themselves, and all four of them obtain some manner of epiphany. No wonder Ember Island is such a famous resort.
6 The Deathly Serpent's Pass
Team Avatar assist a group of immigrants to Ba Sing Se over the dreaded Serpent's Pass, an extremely thin sliver of rock that leads straight to the capital of the Earth Kingdom.
As incredible as it appears, it is 10 times as dangerous to actually walk over. Public fear of Serpent's Pass is such that most travelers outright reject the idea of using it to get to Ba Sing Se. The unique feature of this outcrop is the sea monster that calls the region its lair.
5 The Ruins Of The Sun Warrior Civilization
The Aztec-themed Sun Warrior city had been thought abandoned for centuries until Zuko and Aang accidentally learn that the remnants of this once prominent civilization continue to live there.
The Sunstone Chamber is a secret area that can be accessed by timing refraction off a gemstone, while the Dragon Mural is an exquisite sight: wall paintings of two ancient dragons along with a Sun Warrior, reflecting the Firebending process Aang and Zuko undergo with Ren and Shaw.
4 The City Of Omashu
King Bumi's Omashu is a massive Earthbending city, the likes of which are extremely rare in the world. One of its amazing features is the delivery system, which employs a series of interconnected chutes and large troughs. Items are transported using a nifty blend of gravity and Earthbending.
Omashu is built into a mount peak in the Kolau Mountain range and is at least a few hundred years old in the current timeline. Temporarily renamed New Ozai, Omashu is wrested out of Firebender hands during the eclipse.
3 The Eerie Rock Columns Of The Wulong Forest
The landform where Aang and Ozai have their final battle is intense and eerie. Known as the Wulong Forest, only one part of it consists of trees, the other is a vast array of stone columns over barren soil.
The reason for this is geographically unclear, but it's likely caused by wind or water eroding rock over thousands of years. Unfortunately, Aang's Avatar State does some irreparable damage to the Wulong Forest, but it could be argued that defeating Ozai is a greater priority.
2 The Spirit Oasis At The North Pole
The Spirit Oasis is one of the few parts of the physical world that shares a direct link with the Spirit World. In TLOK, Avatar Wan's storyline reveals that this location used to be a haven for the Spirits.
Nestled within Agna Qel'a, the capital of the Northern Water Tribe, the Spirit Oasis is exactly what its name conveys — a spot of life amidst a freezing desert. The Ocean and Moon Spirits, La and Tui, manifest themselves in a pool, perpetually swimming around each other as a metaphor for the tides.
1 The Megacity Of Ba Sing Se
Ba Sing Se, once known as the "Impenetrable City," is enormous in every way imaginable. It has two main walls, the first of which covers massive farms, lakes, hills, and so on.
The second contains the city proper and is further subdivided into the Lower, Middle, and Upper Rings. Class distinctions aside, Ba Sing Se is an architectural marvel, not just because of its unbreakable walls, but because of the complex human ecosystem that makes the city so efficient.
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April 22, 2021 at 05:30AM
