Chapter 70: Final Author's Notes
a goodbye message from Baithin, read by M^3
Episodes
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Distorted Reality
This podcast is THE COMPLETED audiobook format for the Avatar: The Last Airbender fanfiction Distorted Reality by AO3 user Baithin.
~Three years after losing the war, a bitter and cynical Aang is told by the Avatar spirits that he has to relive his adventures - this time, with Zuko and Azula at his side in a war against the Water Tribes.~
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Episodes
Chapter 69: Epilogue
What was it that allowed Aang to take this great journey, after being separated from the spirit world for three years after his greatest failure? How will the other world fair, now that the Avatar has brought it to the precipice of an uncertain future, and left them? How will those he loved, and lost, move forward? (This is the final episode of Distorted Reality, thank you everyone so much for your support, listenership, and everything! We would especially like to thank the brilliant author of t...
Chapter 68: Howl of the Wolf Princess (Seiryu’s Moon, Part 4)
Aang's journey comes to its end. The distorted reality finds its peace, and the hope for a new future. (Stay tuned for the epilogue!)
Chapter 67: Comet and Moon (Seiryu’s Moon, Part 3)
The arrival of a competing celestial spirit changes the tides of battle, as Aang finally faces down the man responsible for this world's turmoil, and his friends give everything they have into pushing back the Water Empire forces. [Stay tuned for the final part!]
Chapter 66: The Invasion (Seiryu’s Moon, Part 2)
Circumstances change, and the invasion begins. [stay tuned for Part 3]
Chapter 65: The Third Guru (Seiryu’s Moon, Part 1)
As the assembled forces begin their final march to Aniak'to, Sangmu retreats from the city with surprising news, news of a guru who knows the recipes of the Air Nomads. Meanwhile, those at the North Pole deal with the aftermath of their battle against the Nightseer. [stay tuned for Part 2, and more on the way!]
Chapter 64: The Puppetmaster
Aang's training to learn how to defend against bloodbending is interrupted by the discovery of their camp, and along with it, old wounds reopened as Katara and Hama join the side of the Avatar. Meanwhile, at the North Pole, Mai and her team find a way off the iceberg they've been stuck on, and rush to stop Arnook's plans before the new moon rises.
Chapter 63: The Drowned
As Team Avatar makes preparations for Seiryu's Moon, Zhao disappears and threatens the camp's safety. In the ensuing chaos, secrets are revealed that challenge Zuko and Azula's morals, as well as the latter's control over the Fire Lord dwelling within her.
Chapter 62: Spirit Lights
With Team Avatar finally reunited, the group makes a commitment to revealing all secrets- but can they live with the consequences? Meanwhile, Ty Lee and the others continue their daring escape from the North Pole, and find some unexpected help on the way.
Chapter 61: The Red Lotus Blooms
Aang puts his plan into motion to move the invasion forces to the South Pole, but runs into a dangerous surprise on the way... Meanwhile, Yue finally finds her way back to her father and Suki, but learns not everything is as she thought it was. She will need nearby allies to set things right.
Chapter 60: The Eclipse (The Blood Moon, Part 2)
Aang's skills as a mediator are put to the test as the delegation from Si Wong declares their imprisonment of Nagi, and his secret gambit is revealed. Meanwhile, while Azula prepares to defend the Water Emperor, Katara returns to her father's palace in hopes of completing her mission of revenge- and punishing Azula for her betrayal.
Chapter 59: Seer, Hearer, Speaker (The Blood Moon, Part 1)
Two weeks after the illusory meteors fell from the sky, Azula's inner Fire Lord advises her to change her strategy when startling information is discovered. Meanwhile, Aang has been leading the preparations for the invasion plan from Ba Sing Se- but his priorities begin to shift as the threat of civil war looms around him. (If you haven't checked it out, please tune in to the Bonus Episode in which we interviewed Baithin- especially if you want to know what the next few chapters will be called!)...
Bonus Episode: Interview with Baithin
You asked, he answered! Tune in now to find out the juicy details about our beloved author… and keep listening till the end to get some exclusive info about the future of Distorted Reality!
Chapter 58: The Aniak'to Alchemical Institute
Azula begins to navigate the politics of the Whale's Belly while Katara puts her plan into action. Meanwhile, Sokka, Zuko, and Sangmu attempt to infiltrate the Aniak'to Alchemical Institute. (this will be our last regular episode until Baithin updates, but we are interviewing him May 16th, so please send in questions via our socials!)
Chapter 57: Si Wong City
Aang, Toph, Yue, and Nagi finally bring the refugees to the safety of Si Wong City. While Yue and Nagi spend some time together, Aang and Toph set their sights on their next destination. Meanwhile in the North Pole, Mai's team continues on their mission, unaware of what obstacles may lay in their path... (Don't forget to submit questions you want us to ask Baithin via anchor, email, tumblr, or reddit!)
Chapter 56: The Dying Banyan
After escaping the Spirit World, Aang now must find safe passage for the 300 refugees and soldiers under his protection… but the Foggy Swamp of this world is far more dangerous than his own, and the tension between the two groups could burst at any moment. Meanwhile, Jet finally gets a chance at the pirate that destroyed his village and killed his family, but at what cost?
Chapter 55: The Face Stealer
Aang enters the spirit world, and finally reunites with Toph and finds Yue. But in order to return Toph's face, they must face Koh the Face Stealer once and for all. Meanwhile, Sokka, Zuko, and Sangmu deal with the bounty hunters that have been pursuing them, and seek a plan to save the world from the spirit world's collision.
Chapter 54: The Taboo-Breaker
Yue, Nagi, and the Tophs finally come across the rest of the survivors from the fall of Ba Sing Se, but this only provides Yue marginal comfort as she navigates her guilt around invading the Earth kingdom, as well as her feelings towards Nagi. Meanwhile, multiple interested parties attempt to do some recon when High Chief Arnook leaves his palace... Aang finally meets Raava face-to-face... ...and Azula & Katara enter the heart of the Water Emperor's domain: Aniak'to....
Chapter 53: The Great Glacier
Aang and his friends cross the final stretch to reach the South Pole portal, but an unexpected run-in delays them. Meanwhile, Haru meets a fellow earthbender while walking around the city- but when he tells the others about his encounter, turmoil ensues.
Chapter 52: Stormblood, Part 2
After discovering the secret of the Poisonous Snowy Wolverine-Skunk Clan's "spiritual protector", Azula seeks to master the power of lightning-bending from the enslaved twins Lo and Li- while the twin's Masters decide to dispose of Katara with a warrior's death. Meanwhile, Sangmu gets the gaang out of a sticky situation, and begins to warm up to Sokka. In the spirit world, Toph has to recover her will to live- while a certain feathery spirit does his best to destroy her and her friends.
Chapter 51: Stormblood, Part 1
Azula and Katara seek out the Poisonous Snowy Wolverine-Skunk Clan, opponents of the Water Nation rumored to be the guardians of the Everstorm, a spritual storm that protects the clan with lightning... Meanwhile, Aang and his group discuss the special arts of bending while making their way towards the spirit portal... and in the spirit world, Toph feels herself slipping away.
Chapter 50: The Herbalist
After striking a deal with the spirit Sedna, Aang and the boys travel to a small village whose herbalist can help Sangmu recover from her century in the ice. Aang feels hopeful that with Sangmu awake, he will finally have someone with which to share the burden of being the Last Airbender with... Meanwhile, Mai, Ty Lee, and the Freedom Fighters run into trouble while making port at the North Pole. The group is separated and Mai must find a way into High Chief Arnook's palace.
Chapter 49: The Spiritsong Grotto
Aang, Zuko, and Sokka, on their way to the South Pole, are called down to a cave by a powerful spirit, who harbors someone once thought lost. Meanwhile, Yue, Nagi, and the Tophs face Koh the Face-Stealer once more, and find sanctuary in the domain of a familiar spirit.
Chapter 48: The Avatar and the Sea Dragon
Forced to continue traveling despite the disappearance of Katara and Azula, Aang finds himself being visited by his counterpart in this world- who comes bearing the memories of this world's Kuruk. Meanwhile, aboard the swampbenders' pirate ship, Ty Lee struggles to bond with people she was hoping to grow closer with, with the help of aura reading.
Chapter 47: The Girl In The Iceberg
Wracked with guilt about Sangmu's fate, Aang diverts the team to Peach Petal Island, crafting a plan to rescue the girl who has become part of a tourist attraction. Just a simple defrost and abscond, right? Meanwhile, Nagi and the others traverse the spirit world, seeking guidance from The Painted Lady and other benevolent spirits on how to escape- and how to get Toph her face back. After all, they don't know if or when help is coming, and the Face Stealer always returns for his prey....
Chapter 46: The Southern Air Temple
Aang decides to make a short detour to his home, willing to revisit the devastation if it means gaining insight into the Spirit World through reading ancient documents. What will the gaang discover as they read the words of the long dead? Meanwhile, Mai, Ty Lee, Haru, and the Freedom Fighter set out on their mission, planning to make contact with some friends of Kanna who will transport them to the Northern Water Tribe... but what sort of people would run a ship willing and able to approach the ...
Chapter 45: The Last Kyoshi Warrior
With the gang making a stop at Kyoshi Island for supplies and disguises, Aang and Sokka find themselves wrapped up in more than they bargained for, as a plan to free the island is set underway. Elsewhere, in someplace unknown, Toph pushes onward, spurred only by her own will.
Chapter 44: Ozai
After the chaos of the siege of Ba Sing Se, Aang and his allies must make plans for the attack on the Water Emperor, but first Aang must face the man whose presence plagues his mind, the phoenix that burnt his first world to the ground: Ozai.
Chapter 43: Interlude: Sorrows of the Moonlit Mother
Between Book 2: Earth, and Book 3: Water. An interlude telling the tragic tale of Sokka's and Katara's mother's disappearance, and Hakoda's subsequent rise to the throne of the emperor.
Chapter 42: The Crossroad Between Worlds, Part 2
With Ba Sing Se collapsing due to the manifestation of Wan Shi Tong's library into the city, the goals of Aang and his friends become all the more perilous with the arrival of another dangerous spirit, and the definitions of ally and enemy become blurred in the face of a greater threat. The worlds have been thrown into imbalance, and it is up to the Avatar to restore or raze them.