Location from Avatar: The Last Airbender by Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
A small, resentful Earth Kingdom village that annually burns an effigy of Avatar Kyoshi — built on the cliff edge where she killed their beloved conqueror, Chin the Great.
Chin Village is a place defined entirely by a grudge. Centuries ago, the warlord Chin the Great stood on this very cliff demanding the village's submission when Avatar Kyoshi separated the peninsula into an island, and Chin fell to his death as the ground crumbled beneath him. The village has never forgiven the Avatar for this, celebrating Avatar Day not as a holiday of honor but of resentment — burning effigies and putting Aang on trial for Kyoshi's crime. The village is small, poor, and proud of its bitterness. It represents a fascinating corner of the Avatar world: a place where the Avatar is the villain of the local story. The trial forces Aang to confront the moral complexity of his past lives.
A modest coastal village perched on cliffs overlooking the sea. Simple wooden buildings and a dusty town square. A ceremonial platform faces the cliff edge where the land was split. During Avatar Day, paper-mâché effigies of past Avatars are paraded and burned. The cliffside drops sharply where Kyoshi Island once connected.
Also known as: Chin's Village