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This is Firebending. As we all no Firebenders are winning this war planing to eliminate the four other nations. Fire benders are part of the Fire Nation. Fire means power or powerful so it fits in with the story line. Firebenders as we all no can start fire at will. They can also burn things, heat up things, and breath fire. They can just do anything with fire. They dress in red and yellow. They live on the land and is the second largest piece of land compaired to earth kingdow. Also like zuko's uncle said the breath is energy in the body and extends the power of fire.

Fighting style

Firebending is based on the Northern Shaolin style of Kung Fu. This martial art features quick, ferocious attacks that evoke the uncompromising danger of fire. Unlike other bending disciplines, firebending has few defensive moves aside from blocking and dodging, although master firebenders like Azula and Jeong Jeong are able to create walls of fire [1].

Firebending uses concentrated barrages of fire to overwhelm opponents before striking a fatal blow. Swift, whirling kicks and punches generate diverse shapes for offensive attacks. Jabs and punches produce miniature fireballs and missiles of flame, and spinning kicks create blazing rings and arcs. Other moves include shooting jets of fire from the fingertips and creating whirling disks of flame. So far the final two have only been demonstrated by Princess Azula.

Firebender discipline stresses self-control and breath control as a means of directing and containing the fire manifested. Poor breath control means dangerously poor control of any fire generated. For this reason, breathing excercises are one of the most critical first steps for beginning firebenders.

Firebenders use their internal body heat as a source of their bending to "create" fire. This facet of Firebending is in sharp contrast to the other bending arts, which manipulate already present representations of their element. In fact, being unable to bend without those representations, such as Earthbenders without earth to bend, results in an "Imprisoned" state in which they are rendered helpless, which is a fairly monumental advantage of the firebender. They also can control the intensity of their firebending depending on the color of the flames (red to orange, orange to yellow, yellow to blue, blue to light blue). So far, only Azula has demonstrated blue and light blue firebending.

Firebenders sometimes incorporate weapons into firebending, as shown by Zuko's firebending with his broad swords. It is unknown what, if any, other weapons can be used with firebending.

Apparently, Avatar Level Firebenders can erupt volcanos at will and manipulate lava flows.

Firebending is the most aggressive of the four bending arts. It is enhanced during the day, due to its solar sympathy. With Sozin's comet, firebending is apparently greatly enhanced.

Like all of the bending arts, Firebending has no inherent advantages or disadvantages against the other disciplines. The series has repeatedly illustrated that it's the skill and prowess of the user that determines victory.
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Blue Firebending

A seemingly advanced Firebending technique, not to be confused with lightning. Thus far only demonstrated by Azula, blue firebending appears as of now just a hotter more intense form of fire able to be bended (Please note that in real life, Blue fire is hotter than red fire). After contact, blue fire reverts to a less intense state and restores to its red and orange color, as it begins to burn normally.
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Lightning
Princess Azula generating electricity.
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Princess Azula generating electricity.

Also known as the cold-blooded fire, powerful Firebenders are also able to manipulate lightning. Mentally it involves a complete absence of emotion and peace of mind, and physically it requires separating the energies of yin and yang (also an interpretation of positive and negative electric charge). When the forces collide, the bender guides, rather than controls the lightning's direction. Because of this complexity, a lightning attack takes much longer to initiate than standard fire attacks. Generating lighting involves a circular motion with the arms. Only a select few have this power; so far the only Firebenders in the series who have demonstrated the ability to actively generate lightning are Princess Azula and Iroh. Iroh is also able to combine the water bending techniques of flowing energy to redirect natural lightning strikes or those that originate from the attacks of other Firebenders by having it travel down one arm, through his stomach, and out his other arm, however, this left him considerably frazzled. It should be noted that Iroh's lightning is different from Azula's lightning. Iroh's lightning is green and has more of a string-like shape. Azula's lightning is blue and has more of a zig-zag shape. Zuko seems to have the capacity and desire to learn these abilities, but his emotional baggage is preventing him from learning.

Re-directing lightning was first demonstrated by Iroh in "The Storm". Creating Lightning was first demonstrated by Azula in "The Avatar State." In "Bitter Work," Iroh teaches Zuko how to redirect lightning, but he refuses to test Zuko’s ability to do the maneuver.
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Weapons

Weapons used by the Fire Nation's Firebenders include flaming arrows, spears, ball and chain and other chained weapons and bombs. Firebending can be incorporated with the use of swords, however, it is unknown if other forms of weapons can also be used. The Fire Nation militia has been known to use tanks and ironclads.
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Elemental symbol
Firebending Symbol
Firebending Symbol

The symbol for fire and firebending is a stylized, tulip-shaped flame forked into three tongues that curve outward like flower petals, with a spiral at the base. The symbol is featured in connection with Fire Nation spirituality.
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Agni Kai

Among Firebenders, or at least those of the upper-class, disputes of honor are settled by a challenge to an "Agni Kai," or "fire duel". Such a duel is conducted in an open-air arena, and may be witnessed by spectators. Combatants fight bare-chested (at least those of the male variety), and barefooted. The goal in these duels is to knock an opponent off-balance, and incapacitate (fatally or otherwise) with a final blow. The favored finishing move seems to be a direct fireblast to the face.

The word Agni Kai was created by using two already existing words. The word Agni is the Hindu god of Fire. Kai is the japanese word for meeting (usually business, but it can also mean a general meeting of two or more people).
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Spirituality

Some twelve years after the death of Avatar Roku, Fire Lord Sozin launched a genocidal attack on the Air Nomads, succeeding in part due to the power granted him by a mystical comet. Over the course of a century, the war has continued, and under the rule of Sozin's grandson, Fire Lord Ozai, the Fire Nation will see the return of "Sozin's Comet" by summer's end. As prophesied, this comet's immense thermal energy will grant Ozai the power to conquer the entire world. The only threat to Ozai's campaign is the current Avatar, Aang. If Aang fails to stop Ozai before Sozin's Comet returns, the Fire Lord will be unstoppable regardless of the Avatar's power.

The Fire Nation's religious clerics, the Fire Sages, who once served Avatar Roku now tacitly endorse the imperialist war. Shyu is shown as the only Fire Sage to remain true to his allegiance to the Avatar before the Fire Nation.

A Firebender's powers seem to increase in the presence of the sun (the same way Waterbender's do with the moon). Because of this solar sympathy, their powers are weakened at night. As revealed in "The Library," a solar eclipse can temporarily negate their powers entirely, much like Waterbenders' powers are negated during a lunar eclipse.
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Notable Firebenders

* Princess Azula
* Uncle Iroh
* Jeong Jeong
* Fire Lord Ozai
* Admiral Zhao
* Prince Zuko
* Avatar Roku


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