Kuruk is one of the overarching protagonists of the Nickelodeon animated series, Avatar: The Last Airbender. He is a Northern Water Tribe-born Avatar succeeding Yangchen as part of the Avatar cycle. As he secretly destroyed dark spirits in the mortal and Spirit World, Kuruk began to neglect his regular duties as the Avatar. He was finally punished once more, losing his fiancée, Ummi, to Koh the Face Stealer.
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