Avatar: Seven Havens Root Chakra and Korra’s Grin, Eps 10-13

Pavi unlocks the Avatar: Seven Havens Root Chakra by answering a question about fear with the only answer that works: she stops running from what she is. Everything else in episodes 10-13 (Ellora’s lockdown, a chancellor who turns the red energy into a weapon, a jailbreak) is the same question asked of other people, and most of them answer it worse.

Spoilers for episodes 10-13 below. If you’re catching up, the twin Avatars set the stage, the Afflicted block made the fear visible, and eps 7-9 turned it on Nisha.

Episodes 10 and 11: Ghosts, Spirits and a Ruined Haven

Episode 10, “Ghosts and Spirits,” has Chancellor Kayoko putting a hefty bounty on Pavi. Pavi is out looking for her parents, which makes her easy to sell: an informant tries to collect the reward, and Jae and Lan turn up in the middle of it. Nisha, meanwhile, is drawn toward the thorn tree by something spiritual. Both twins end up with ghosts and no answers.

Episode 11, “Battle of the Ruins,” brings them to the Faceless. Agam invites them to the Republic Forest, and her pitch is spiritual alignment: whatever is afflicting the Avatar can be cured with it. The episode has a spa scene (Pavi’s “Spa Pavi,” an attempt to get Nisha’s bending back on track) and a quieter moment where Pavi admits what Agam asked her: what are you afraid of? Her answer is being seen as an Avatar. She wishes she had told Agam the truth, and she wishes she were as brave as her sister.

Kayoko spends the same episode working out the Avatar’s location and planning to use the spiritual energy against the ruins.

Jae’s Undercover Game

Jae deserves a mention for the way he plays both sides. His undercover role is close to perfect, and he sets up the jailbreak by giving Agam a piece of rock that she later uses to free the others who were jailed, Karthik among them. It’s a small object, and it’s the reason the jailbreak works.

Episode 12, The Dome: Fear Runs a City

The red energy turns volatile when it senses fear, and Kayoko has been running Ellora on it. In “The Dome,” Nisha is trying to stop the energy from destroying the city when Kayoko removes her from her spot. Nisha has already bought the Ellorians time to evacuate, which is no small feat. Kayoko takes a hit from the energy herself and is left catatonic.

Agam is the opposite case. She’s brave and fearless, and her bravery, along with the Faceless, is what saves the haven. Even she can’t stop the energy from destroying her underground home. Ellora has a queen, but the chancellor runs the city, and Agam is its rightful leader. This is my reading and not the show’s: if she ends up in that chair, the city is at least run on serenity and not fear. She has also already worked out that the Avatar isn’t evil.

The Avatar: Seven Havens Root Chakra and the Parents’ Memory

Episode 13 is titled “The Root Chakra,” and it picks up with the first chakra: the one that deals with fear and survival. The twins connect with the dome and get pulled into a memory of their parents fleeing.

What comes out is the part Pavi has wanted for years. She had assumed her parents left because they were afraid of her, an Avatar. They weren’t. They were scared of Nisha, and they left her behind while they fled.

Pavi then faces the dome and says she’s tired of being afraid, afraid of what she really is. The Root Chakra opens, she asks why now, and she answers herself: she put the fear aside.

Kyoshi, Roku, Aang and Korra, and Why Korra Is Smiling

Kyoshi, Roku, Aang and Korra appear. Aang and Kyoshi don’t say a word, and neither does Korra, but she looks at Pavi with great pride and a huge grin, and the animation carries the whole emotion of it.

My reading, and only that: Korra is the Avatar whose story was about fear, doubt and whether she deserved the role. A grin from her is recognition of something she found hard. It also cuts against the idea the series has leaned on, that being an Avatar is something to be afraid of. Up close, she just looks proud.

It also changes what the scene is. As I read the lore, every Avatar is the same human soul, Wan’s, reincarnated with the spirit Raava attached. Your past lives are still locked somewhere, and that’s what an Avatar unlocks each time. The show dresses it up as a spirit guide, but what Pavi opens is a door to herself, and the personalities differ the way they should from life to life: brash Korra, calm Aang.

The chakra order is worth knowing. In The Last Airbender, the first is earth, tied to fear and survival, and the second is water. The vision Pavi gets next is a haven by the water, which points that way. If the show keeps to canon, the third is fire and shame. That’s a theory based on the old series, not anything this one has confirmed.

Three Responses to Fear

Kayoko’s priority is survival, and the Root Chakra governs survival. She feeds her fear, builds a weapon on it and ends up struck down by the energy that reacts to it. Agam doesn’t seem to feel it, and her bravery saves people. Pavi does neither: she names what she is, and the chakra opens.

Jae Has Nothing Left, So He Goes Along

Jae ends the block with nothing left, and as a sign of personal growth he joins Pavi on her trip to the next haven. It’s a quiet payoff for a character who spent the season on the wrong side of the room: an airbender who isn’t the Avatar, traveling with her as a companion and not as a handler.

Two Avatars Is Still the Open Question

Pavi has the chakras and the past lives. Nisha bends all four elements, which is the thing her parents ran from. If an Avatar is one soul reincarnating, it isn’t clear what Nisha is, and the show hasn’t said whether this is a split, a shared mantle or something new. It’s unprecedented in Avatar lore, and I’d rather leave the question open than pretend it’s settled.

Avatar: Seven Havens Eps 10-13 FAQ

What are the titles of Avatar: Seven Havens episodes 10-13?

Episode 10 is “Ghosts and Spirits,” episode 11 is “Battle of the Ruins,” episode 12 is “The Dome” and episode 13 is “The Root Chakra.”

Who unlocks the Root Chakra in Avatar: Seven Havens?

Pavi does, in episode 13. She says she put her fear aside, and the chakra opens.

Which past Avatars appear to Pavi?

Kyoshi, Roku, Aang and Korra. Aang, Kyoshi and Korra say nothing, and Korra smiles at Pavi with obvious pride.

Why did Pavi and Nisha’s parents leave?

They were scared of Nisha, and they left her behind while they fled. They weren’t afraid of Pavi.

What happens to Chancellor Kayoko?

She is hit hard by the red energy and left in a catatonic state.

Who travels with Pavi to the next haven?

Jae, the airbender who isn’t an Avatar. He has nothing left, and joining Pavi is his step forward.

What is the second chakra?

The show hasn’t named it yet. In the original series it is the water chakra, and the haven Pavi glimpses sits by the water.

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For every chapter and the release schedule, see the Avatar: Seven Havens Book One chapter guide.