Amon is from the Northern Water Tribe.
He's a waterbender and a bloodbender.
Just like I was.
What?
Did you know this all along?
No, not until after he captured me.
How did your brother end up becoming Amon?
It all began with my father, Yakone.
With the help of his former gang, he escaped prison
and underwent surgery to change his appearance.
He assumed a new identity and settled down
in the Northern Water Tribe.
That's where he met my mother, a warm, caring woman.
Before long, they started a family together.
[laughing]
Amon was the firstborn under the name Noatak.
I was born three years later.
- Uh! - Ooh!
Noatak was a good natured kid, always looking out for me.
Those were the good years,
before my brother and I discovered we were waterbenders.
But first we were excited by our new abilities.
But our training brought out a different side in my father.
Tarrlok, you better shape up or you'll be out here
in the cold all night until you get it right.
- I'm trying but-- - Try harder!
Your brother was never this sloppy.
Dad, he'll get it. He just needs time.
Don't talk back to me, son! Ever!
Even back then, my brother wanted everyone
to be treated fairly and equally.
When I was seven, my father took me and Noatak
on a hunting trip far away from our home.
He told us his true identity was Yakone,
Republic City's most notorious crime boss.
And that he was once a bloodbender of rare skill.
What's bloodbending?
The most powerful and feared form of bending in the world.
It was declared illegal thanks to that coward, Katara.
Our family has the strongest line of bloodbenders in history.
You boys have this power inside of you
and I will teach you to master it!
What happened to your bending, dad?
The Avatar stole it from me.
That's why I brought you out here,
to learn your destiny.
You two will become bloodbenders of the highest order.
When the time is right, you will claim Republic City
and you will destroy the Avatar!
You must avenge me.
That is your purpose in life.
The good days were behind us.
Every full moon our father took us on another supposed hunting trip
where he secretly trained us in bloodbending.
We kept the truth from our mother.
[growling]
Stop! You're hurting it!
Toughen up, Tarrlock.
You'll need a thicker skin for this.
[moaning]
Very good, son, very good.
A few years later, my father taught us
to bloodbend anytime without the need of the full moon.
We practiced constantly and I hated every minute of it.
[growling]
[whimpering]
I had no stomach for manipulating helpless animals.
My brother, however, seemed to revel in his new found power.
[whimpering]
He was a prodigy,
mastering my father's psychic bloodbending technique
by the time he was 14.
[whimpering]
[gasping]
[whimpering]
That's the way it's done.
That's what you need to strive for.
Even though Noatak was my father's favorite,
it wasn't any easier for him.
He carried the burden of all Yakone's expectations and demands.
Something changed in Noatak over the years.
The loving brother I once knew became cold and detached.
Our father pushed us to extremes.
And one day he made us bloodbend each other.
Noatak, go.
[groaning]
Excellent.
Er! Uh!
[breathing]
Tarrlok, your turn.
No, I won't do it.
Bloodbend your brother, Tarrlok!
That felt awful.
I don't want to do that to anyone.
I never want to bloodbend again.
You're a disgrace, a weakling.
I'll teach you a lesson, you insubordinate--
[groaning]
Stay away from him.
How dare you bloodbend me!
What are you gonna do about it?
You're the weak one.
[groaning]
You always say bloodbending is the most powerful thing in the world.
But it isn't. The Avatar is.
He took your bending away.
What could be more powerful than that?
I made what you are! You're mine!
We're your sons, not your tools of revenge.
Let's go. We can run away from him forever.
Run away? But what about Mom?
We can't just leave her.
He was right about you.
You are a weakling.
[grunting]
Noatak! Don't leave, please!
Noatak!
My father and I searched for days,
but we never found a sign of Noatak.
We thought he perished in that storm.
My mother was never the same after the loss of my brother.
My father stopped training me.
With Noatak gone, his hopes for revenge withered,
and he passed away a few years later.
That's one of the saddest stories I've ever heard.
Avatar Korra, I am truly sorry for all that I did to you.
I thought I was better than my father,
but his ghost still shaped me.
I became a soldier of revenge just like he wanted me to be.
And so did my brother.
The Revolution may be built on a lie,
but I think Amon truly believes
bending is the source of all evil in the world.
How did you figure out Amon is your brother?
When he took my bending, the sensation was somehow familiar.
I later recognized it as my brother's bloodbending grip.
So he somehow uses bloodbending to take people's bending.
I don't know how he does it, but then again,
I've never encountered a bender as strong as Noatak.
How in the world do we beat him?
We can't. Any attack we throw at him, he'll redirect with his mind.
That's how he's been able to challenge any bender.
So much for our ambush.
If we stay here, we're toast.
- But there's another way to beat him. - How?
This whole time Amon has been one step ahead of us.
But finally we have the advantage.
We know the truth about him.
If we expose him as a bender in front of all his supporters...
At the rally.
we could take away his true power!
And undermine this whole revolution.
Thank you for your help.
We can't just leave him here.
Go. Amon can't know anyone spoke with me.
Defeat him.
Put an end to this sad story.