The Promise: The Omnibus (Parts 1-3)

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of racism, graphic violence, and death. In particular, this section deals with issues of colonialism, cultural appropriation, and genocide.

The first pages of the novel replicate the title sequence from the original Avatar: The Last Airbender animated television series. This sequence is an iconic part of the show and summarizes the story’s premise and setting. The story takes place in a fantasy universe in which people are separated into four groups defined by their abilities to telepathically manipulate, or “bend,” one of the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. In this universe, one person, known as the Avatar, is reincarnated each generation and is the only one able to bend all four elements. The Avatar is a quasi-divine being tasked with maintaining the universe’s balance—in this generation, the Avatar is Aang, who was born as an airbender. 

The graphic novel begins just after the end of the Hundred Year War and the final defeat of the Fire Lord Ozai. Having mastered all four elements and defeated Ozai, it is now Aang’s role to help restore global harmony. He hopes to do this with the help of

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