Avatar: Seven Havens Launches on Paramount+ With a New Young Avatar

Avatar: Seven Havens has arrived on Paramount+, with Friday, Oct. 9 listed as its airdate.

The series is created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the original creators behind the franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

It is the third animated series in the Avatar universe, which launched in 2005 with Avatar: The Last Airbender. It is also the second sequel series, meaning it picks up the same continuity in a new era with a new lead, following The Legend of Korra from 2012 to 2014.

The new story is set nearly two centuries after those earlier series. Civilisation has organised into seven havens, described as walled city-states, after a cataclysm blamed on Korra, the previous Avatar.

That flips the premise. The new Avatar is a young Earthbender who discovers her power only to be marked as humanity's destroyer, not its saviour, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

She is ten years old. Saheli Khan voices Pavi, the young protagonist, with Aishu Devan voicing Nisha, her long-lost twin sister. Dee Bradley Baker voices Geet, a giant cat-monkey companion.

For fans, this means a familiar structure with a new pressure on the lead. Pavi must learn to master the four elements while most of the world fears what her arrival will bring.

Season 1 comprises 13 episodes of 22 minutes each. New episodes will release three at a time each week, according to Variety. That is a change from an earlier plan to release all 26 episodes at once.

The series incorporates distinctly Indian influences by deliberate design, as reported by Variety. It comes from Avatar Studios, the division led by DiMartino and Konietzko and set up to produce a wide range of Avatar content for Paramount+.

The launch follows a difficult summer for the franchise. Hackers said Seven Havens was in their crosshairs next after a hack linked to the Paramount Avatar movie, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter in June.