• Avatar:
  
  It's hard to have an 'Avatar' RP without an avatar, isn't it? But we also don't want to be limited by canon or a specific individual portraying the avatar. So, we've decided to dial this back to the base meaning of the word: an incarnate divine teacher. With enough time, training, and inherent skill, anyone can be an avatar if they are able to incorporate all teachings of each elemental style into their practice. 
  
  
• Airbenders:
  
  Airbenders are fun and honestly we've been missing out on an entire character type all these years. While hereditary Air Nomads are just barely avoiding extinction, airbending can manifest in previously considered nonbender young adults with significant spirituality. Unlike other elements, due to the spirituality aspect, airbenders manifest their powers later in life when their personalities and beliefs are more concrete.
  
  
• Less character limitations:
  
  Before we restricted everyone to Asian characters. While we still ask everyone to create Asian-inspired characters, you are now welcome to also use inspiration from other non-western ethnicities. You want a Xhosa airbender? A Navajo firebender? You got it! We only ask to exclude western ethnicities, as there are plenty of other fantasies that accommodate those.
  
  
• No Galgori, no Six:
  
  This was the most difficult decision for us to make, but ultimately we decided that it was too difficult to constantly be incorporating the Galgori / Six into our plots while still retaining an air of mystery. Anyone who had or wanted to have a Galgori character is welcome to take some base elements of them and incorporate them into a nebulous nonbender character, but Galgori and Galgori history are no longer TARP canon. If anyone is interested in what the plot line would have been, please feel free to PM Kami for details.
  
  
• Open Plot:
  
  We do, however, still like the social inequality set forth in Korra season one. To that end, our plot will now reflect two political alignments: The Traditionalists who want to preserve the bending-is-special status quo, and The Reformists who want to abolish that system and treat bending as any other inherent talent — interesting, but not any more or less worthy of respect. Players will be asked to choose one alignment or another for their character, without restriction, meaning that as long as you write a character biography that shows their beliefs to align closely with a specific group, then their bending ability or lack thereof does not matter.
  
  Also, we'll have a plot events lined up on a schedule, so we'll avoid having long periods of nothing — each plot point will be about 3-4 months apart, so you'll have plenty of time to prepare.
  
  
• A bigger Republic City:
  
  Instead of the RP taking place in three generic locations, we've broken Republic City down into six districts. These districts have specific environments and atmospheres, which we hope will give players the opportunity to participate in more places and feel more like there's a city atmosphere.
  
  
• The other nations:
  
  While we do not currently have non-Republic City locations planned, we are not opposed to people coming from different parts of the world and different nations. However, we continue to ask that any explicit mentions of the government / societal structures of each nation be avoided. In the future, however, we would not be opposed to including the other nations in the RP, provided that the story our players come up with lends itself to it.