Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • Premise According to the series' creators, about half of Book Two takes place in Republic City and the other half takes place in other areas of the world. In a panel discussion at 2012, Konietzko and DiMartino indicated that Book Two takes place six months after the. They said that it partially takes place at the South Pole in the Southern Water Tribe and focuses mainly on the mystical 'Spirit World' (hence the title Spirits) and the history of the Avatar lineage and mythology. New characters include Tenzin's older sister Kya, a waterbender; Tenzin's non-bender older brother Bumi; Korra's paternal uncle Unalaq; and her first cousins, Desna and Eska. A two-part episode entitled, Beginnings, tells the story of Wan, a selfless, kind, compassionate, and caring young man who became the original as a result of his attempts to maintain peace and balance between the material and spirit worlds. Production Development In early 2011, during the production of – initially conceived as a standalone 12-episode miniseries – Nickelodeon decided to order fourteen additional episodes to round out a standard 26-episode season.