Avatar: Seven Havens Episodes 4-6 Recap: Can Pavi and Nisha Really Bend Energy?

The first three episodes of Avatar: Seven Havens established Ellora, one of the titular havens, and the show’s timeline after The Legend of Korra. They also showed that the current era has two Avatars, the estranged twins, Pavi and Nisha. Paramount+ released three more episodes in the series, and the plot has thickened in terms of threats to Ellora.

Created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the show is set 225 years after The Legend of Korra and sees a world untrusting of Avatars after Korra caused a Cataclysm event that split the world into seven havens. As the Avatars emerge in Ellora, the Order of the White Lotus within the Bender Brigade safeguards this secret from the rest.

Who Are the Faceless?

The third episode, ‘The Order’, ended with three devil-masked entities waiting to attack Ellora. They are revealed to be the Faceless, a group of thieves who are targeting the food supplies of Ellora and are raiding the haven every few weeks. The fourth episode, ‘The Faceless’, starts with them raiding a supplies inventory as the Bender Brigade, led by Jae, loses to them.

One of Jae’s platoon members, Uki, makes a mistake during the battle with the Faceless and fails to hold them back. The next day, Jae notices Uki has not shown up for breakfast or training, making him suspicious. When he, Pavi, and Nisha search her room, they find a drawing of Ellora and a term which Nisha reads as ‘Portable Sports’.

Other clues lead the trio to a Kachori shop and then later to Uki’s house. After bonding with Uki’s family, the trio head to her room and find a bigger map of Ellora with markings of the Faceless raids. Nisha realizes that the smaller note actually read ‘Possible Spots’. Uki was finding the pattern of raids, and the next raid will take place at the Western Gates.

By the time they reach the gates, the raid is already in progress. Pavi and Nisha deduce that the Faceless are using the gates to smuggle out ‘camel-dillos’ so they can transport more supplies. The Avatar duo try to manipulate the path of the camel-dillos and a Faceless raider herding them. While they showcase their multiple bending skills, a Brigade member sees them and realizes that the Brigade is hiding the Avatar.

The episode ends with the trio failing the task. The Faceless escape with the supplies, camel-dillos, and Jae even notices a tied-up Uki in the cart. The show has not yet revealed who the Faceless are and why they are robbing supplies from Ellora, but their actions have definitely caused a dent in the haven’s defenses and confidence. The Faceless kidnap more Benders, and this leads to Chancellor Kayoko reaching out to other havens for help.

How Did Commander Karthik Come Across Nisha?

The fifth episode, ‘The One Left Behind’, expands more on Pavi and Nisha’s past. In the premiere, it is revealed that the twins separated ways somewhere in the Harshlands, though they have very few memories of their life before Ellora. The only thing they remember now, after the Anomaly shows them this memory, is a lullaby their mother used to sing. In fact, Pavi and Nisha accompany Jae in finding Uki because other Benders say that she used to hum the same lullaby.

However, after the Faceless debacle, Commander Karthik orders the duo to stay hidden for a while as rumors of the Brigade hiding the Avatar spread like wildfire. Jae handles the rest of the Brigade’s fears about the new Avatar, which includes his boyfriend, Datu. The man who saw Avatars Pavi and Nisha during the Faceless battle and spread the rumors is shown to be afflicted by the Red Anomaly. He invades the stage while Chancellor Kayoko is addressing the fears and threatens to kill her. However, Karthik subdues him.

Pavi and Nisha begin to snoop around the archives to see if Nisha’s scrolls have any clues about their parents. There, they accidentally open a secret door and find a message written by Pavi and Nisha’s parents to Karthik. They ask him to find Nisha, the Avatar, in the Harshlands while a storm destroys their home. They also find another identical green amulet like the one Pavi wears.

Nisha feels bad that Karthik hid this from her and feels that she was abandoned by her parents. Pavi gets confused because she was not mentioned in the message. She begins to doubt that her parents even knew her as the Avatar and doubts her skills. Commander Karthik, however, assures both of them that they are on the right path.

The episode introduces a key element of Pavi and Nisha’s past, which is that their parents knew at least one of them was the Avatar and they handed Nisha to Commander Karthik’s care. It also paves the way for Pavi and Nisha’s character journey, with both having to overcome a feeling of abandonment to accept their destiny.

Avatar: Seven Havens Packs Other Havens, Energy Bending, and More

The sixth episode of Avatar: Seven Havens actually packs quite a lot of plot threads in its 20-minute runtime. As we all know, Pavi is the first disabled Avatar in the franchise, and in ‘Night of the Afflicted’, she begins to experience severe pain in her ghost limb. When taken to the doctor, it is revealed that she lost her leg a few years ago, not from birth. As the doctor removes her artificial limb to craft a new one, she is given a crutch.

Meanwhile, the increased kidnapping of Bender Brigade members by the Faceless has spooked others. The Red Anomaly is also shown to be growing. The Benders are constantly pruning it, leading many to be impacted by its energy and sent to care. These affected people are branded as the ‘Afflicted’. Bountan and Lan are among the Afflicted.

When Pavi and Nisha accidentally enter the Afflicted chamber with Karthik, they get spooked by the Avatars and escape by subduing them. Pavi loses her crutch, but refuses to take Nisha’s help. Nisha, meanwhile, feels pity for Pavi, which annoys her even more. The escaped Afflicted find the Red Anomaly in its full glory. It is revealed that the Anomaly feeds on fear, and the Afflicted are driven by fear. Pavi and Nisha subdue some of the Afflicted in their own ways. Bountan leads the Anomaly to the infirmary, where it starts attacking.

Pavi and Nisha join forces, with the former finally accepting help, and they face the Anomaly head-on. This is where it is revealed that the dual Avatars can Energybend. We already saw them transported to the Spirit World by the Anomaly in the previous episodes, which gave them the lullaby hint. This time, they see the departure of their parents.

Meanwhile, a few rebellious Brigade members question the Chancellor about the missing benders and demand that their concerns be addressed. Jae calms them down and meets Kayoko to convince her to reach out to other havens. The upcoming episodes will naturally expand on the havens concept, and we might get to see how other havens function. More information about the Faceless might also be revealed as the case of the missing benders gets pursued.

What did you think of the latest Avatar: Seven Havens episodes?

Avatar: Seven Havens is available to stream on Paramount+.