So as already mentioned, Amon defeated avatar Korra... How exactly did that happen?
In the 1st season of LOK there were multiple situations when Amon could've removed Korra's bending, but for some reason chose not to. In our version, he took one of those chances and captured Korra, this way showing the world his power and making more scared civilians support the revolution. Of course, some tried to rescue Korra, but were unsuccessful for many reasons (like Team Avatar wasn't united enough, Korra herself was still untrained...).
At first, the Equalists didn't have any allies outside of Republic City, but soon enough small, poor cities (mostly from the Earth Kingdom) started to support the regime. The Earth Kingdom itself declared Equalist organization to be illegal and cut of the communication with Republic City to prevent another revolution. However, it didn't help, and 4 years later a group of young revolutionaires united with the Equalists to overthrow the Earth Queen. The Fire Nation offered humanitarian aid for oppressed benders and used to take refugees, but a year later the Equalists attacked and the war broke. It lasted 7 years, during that time the Equalists gained more support around the world, what caused the Fire Nation to capitulate. With Water Tribes everything was... interesting. As the power of removing bending comes from bloodbending, Amon needed more waterbenders in his army, so the North Pole was the first place where the Equalists headed. Oficially, they made an alliance with Unalak. In reality, many benders ran away or were brainwashed, and only a small amount of them actually joined the Equalists. To conclude, the world was ready, but it took some time to change.
What happened to Mako/Bolin/Asami/Tenzin/other characters from the show?
To be honest, we weren't focusing on them, so we aren't sure. Tenzin, of course, still tried to unite airbenders after the Harmonic Convergence, but that didn't turn out well.
What happened to Korra? How did she die?
So the Equalists at first weren't sure how to kill a powerful avatar without the avatar cycle causing problems in the future, so they kept Korra captured, slowly making her lose her will to live. Amon planned to execute her, as well as to end the avatar cycle publicly, but something didn't go as planned... This piece of story is planned as a prequel and involves characters not yet presented, so we'll get to it later! *wink*
How do the Equalists remove people's bending powers after Amon's death?
Even when he was alive, Amon considered his regime to last long, so he established a secret state academy, where he tought loyal waterbenders-equalists to bend blood and remove bending; these people were called 'proscriptors' and wore masks to hide their identity. Of course, it was highly forbidden to talk about the nature of bending removing, as oficially it was a gift from a spirit. Later, an infamous scientist named Chen Yuizhe invented a machine for this purpose, and the Proscriptor Organization was dissolved. However, using the bending removing machine can be lethal for small children and people who are poor of health, so the machine is still worked on.
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