When the Avatar visited the Barrab Tribe in Savage Empire to ask them to unite with the other clans against the Myrmidex threat, Balakai demanded from the Avatar to get a healing root for his sick son Nakai from the north, so that he could cure him of his sickness. After that was accomplished, Balakai agreed, and even put the feud with the Sakkhra on for the Avatar's bravery.