Paramount and Dark Horse have announced the upcoming detailed guidebook Beasts of Four Nations: Creatures from Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. The full-color book comes in either a standard or Deluxe Edition, but both feature the art and the lore behind the animals from the Four Nations. The book is written by John O’Bryan, one of the original writers on the animated series, working alongside series co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko.
Here’s the description from Dark Horse:
One of the things everyone loves about the Four Nations is all the strange, wonderful, and sometimes scary creatures that inhabit them. Some of the most notable among these creatures are the Air Nomads’ flying bison, Kyoshi Island’s elephant-koi, the Earth Kingdom’s singing groundhogs and fire ferrets, and even the little purple pentapus.
The Beasts of the Four Nations: Creatures from Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra (128 pages, 9×12”, hardcover) standard and Deluxe editions will be available in bookstores on Sept. 23, 2025 and in comic shops on Sept. 24, 2025. They are available for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, TFAW, and wherever books and comics are sold. The standard edition will retail for $39.99, and the Deluxe Edition will retail for $79.99.
