Heiruk

Heiruk is the het ship between Kuruk and Hei-Ran from the Avatar: The Last Airbender fandom.

Canon
Hei-Ran was appointed the new firebending master of Avatar Kuruk. Although he had already mastered firebending, he had disobeyed his airbending teachers at the Southern Air Temple and was appointed a chaperone. Hei-Ran only joined because her older relative got sick, and she had to replace him. When meeting Kuruk in the Fire Nation Capital, he immediately made his affections known. She sorely rejected him, but in private, told him that romance would only be forbidden while they were on duty.

Kuruk asked Hei-Ran for more instruction in firebending, wanting to improve his techniques even as a master. However, their relationship changed when Hei-Ran saw Kuruk sleep with a local maid in Yaoping Town. However, Kuruk had only done so after being afflicted with depression after battling a dark spirit. Over the next few years, Kuruk indulged in more hedonism, and Hei-Ran went her own way from the team.

Hei-Ran was due to marry a man called Junsik, but just before the wedding, Kuruk wrote a new love declaration. He showed it to their mutual friend Kelsang, but he warned him not to show it to her, as it would either ruin her marriage or their friendship. Kuruk did not, and soon after, married a woman called Ummi, who was kidnapped by a dark spirit called Koh. Kuruk died young at just 33, and the same year, Hei-Ran had a daughter with Junsik named Rangi.

Kuruk was reincarnated as a girl named Kyoshi. Kelsang found out that Kyoshi was the Avatar by listening to her recite a love poem that Kuruk had once written for Hei-Ran, as she was calling on the memories of her past life. Kyoshi also ended up in a relationship with Hei-Ran's daughter, Rangi.

Fanon
The ship was popular after the release of The Rise of Kyoshi, due to Kelsang's revelation of Kuruk's plans to declare his love for declaration. The ship only became more popular after The Shadow of Kyoshi, where Kyoshi's vision of Kuruk revealed that Hei-Ran reciprocated Kuruk's love before the incident in Yaoping Town. It naturally opposes the Kummi and Heirik ships that pair both with their canonical spouses, although some Heiruk shippers enjoy all three ships. Many Heiruk shippers also appreciate Rangshi, seeing it romantic that Kuruk's reincarnation ended up falling for Hei-Ran's daughter.

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