A solar eclipse, often referred to in the series as the "darkest day in fire nation history" namely because firebenders lose their ability to bend flames when a solar eclipse is taking place, indicating their dependance on the sun for fire bending. This is similar to the waterbenders' lack of bending ability during a lunar eclipse. FIRE and WATER are often seen as opposite elements, never co existing in harmony, and in the same way, their weaknesses are of the opposite phenomena: SOLAR and LUNAR eclipses. However, firebenders' skills and abilities in the feild of firebending improve unimaginably when a comet passes the earth. They aquire extremely powerful abilities, such as the ability to fly using fire, and slamming the ground, producing massive pillars of fire.
It was through the utilisation of the Sozin's comet that fire lord Sozin invaded the temples of the nomadic air benders and finished off their race, seeking to destroy the AVATAR, the only threat to his vision to wipe out all other races, for he knew that the avatar immediately succeeding AVATAR ROKU [988 (182YA - 112YA)] was going to be an air nomad of the southern air temple... He failed to do so, resulting in AVATAR AANG becoming the last and only airbender left alive, and is often considered a living artifact together with his one-of-a-kind APPA the flying bison which bends air between its head and tail to fly
Fire lord Sozin, the one who instigated the great war, and also the imperialist who wiped out most of the air nomads
Avatar Roku, the avatar b4 Aang, riding on his pet dragon, Fang...
Roku>Fang
Aang>Appa
You might have noticed the recurring symbols on roku's cloak and sozin's head pin. That's the fire nation emblem as both of them were native fire benders...
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