To prevent humans from freeing Vaatu, Wan led the spirits from the physical world into the Spirit World and closed the two spirit portals. Though Wan initially struggled in fighting Vaatu, he was able to trap the spirit in an elemental sphere and imprison him within the Tree of Time after allowing his spirit to permanently merge with Raava, in the process creating the Avatar Spirit. To atone for his mistakes, Wan resolved to master all four bending arts to aid Raava in the next battle, providing his body to the light spirit as a host. As a result, Vaatu was able to harness negative energy and turn several spirits dark, allowing him to gather strength while Raava weakened. Prior to the Harmonic Convergence that occurred in 9,829 BG, the link that kept Raava and Vaatu connected was severed by Wan, who unknowingly set loose chaos into the world under the belief that releasing Vaatu would aid in maintaining spiritual balance. ĩ,829 BG See also: Battle during Harmonic Convergence (9,829 BG) However, as the Harmonic Convergence began, Raava, the spirit of light and peace, battled Vaatu and was able to restrain him for nearly ten thousand years. Ī rare planetary alignment occurs once every ten thousand years, leading to the merging of the polar spirit portals and resulting in Harmonic Convergence.Īt some point before the Harmonic Convergence of 19,829 BG, Vaatu, the spirit of darkness and chaos, managed to break through the barriers that separated the plane of the humans and that of the spirits, allowing both entities to travel from one world to the next. However, after Raava merged with Wan, becoming the Avatar Spirit, it became the Avatar's duty to battle Vaatu in the Spirit World near the two portals that connect the two poles of the physical world. During this event, Raava and Vaatu must engage in a battle that determines the fate of the world until the next Harmonic Convergence. When the planets align, spiritual energy is greatly amplified, causing the spirit portals at the North and South Poles to merge, while an aura of spirit energy envelops the Earth. Harmonic Convergence is a supernatural phenomenon that occurs once every ten thousand years. ĭuring Harmonic Convergence, the spirits of light and dark battle for the fate of the world and both Wan and Korra have used the amplified spiritual energy to fuse with Raava. Raava explaining the importance of Harmonic Convergence to Wan.

That is when Vaatu and I must battle for the fate of the world.' For the episode, see Harmonic Convergence (episode). This article is about the celestial event.

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