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1. #1

   Keys: The Avatar

   The Avatar is the human embodiment of light and peace through the connection with the Avatar Spirit and formed initially when Avatar Wan permanently fused with the light spirit Raava during the Harmonic Convergence of 9,829 BG. As the only physical being with the ability to control all four bending arts, the Avatar is unquestionably the most powerful bender in the world. It is considered the Avatar's duty to master the four elements and use that power to keep balance and peace among the four nations of the world, as well as between mankind and spirits. Upon mastering control of the Avatar State, after having learned to bend the four elements, an Avatar is referred to as "fully realized". Upon death, the Avatar Spirit causes the Avatar to reincarnate into the next nation, dictated by the cyclic order: fire, air, water, and earth. Mirroring the order in which the first Avatar, Wan, learned the elements, this is also the traditional order in which any one incarnation is to master the elements, beginning with the bending art of the Avatar's birth nation. The reincarnation cycle can only be broken if the Avatar is killed while in the Avatar State, Raava is removed from the Avatar and severely injured, or the Avatar Spirit is compromised by a spiritual infection.

2. #2

   Keys: Firebending

   Firebending, one of the four elemental bending arts, is the pyrokinetic ability to control and produce fire. It is unique among the bending arts, as it is the only one in which the performer can generate the element. The first human firebenders lived in a city atop a lion turtle during the era of Raava and the art later spread to the Sun Warriors, the Fire Nation, and the United Republic of Nations. The Earth Kingdom also has a small firebending minority. As described by Iroh, fire is the element of power, consisting of overpowering force tempered by the unflinching will to accomplish tasks and desires. However, during the Hundred Year War, a militaristic Fire Nation twisted this into firebending being fueled by rage, hatred, and anger. Firebending draws its power from the sun, and the first human firebenders derived their firebending techniques from the dragons. Modern firebending is known for its intense and aggressive attacking style and general lack of adequate defensive moves, although firebenders can modify offensive maneuvers to function as a defense, such as creating large walls of fire or shooting down incoming attacks with fire jabs. Other firebending traditions, such as the Dumog and Eskrima styles, existed in the past but had eventually gone extinct over thousands of years. By the era of Avatar Roku, these styles had become completely forgotten by Fire Nation society.

3. #3

   Keys: Airbending

   Airbending, one of the four elemental bending arts, is the aerokinetic ability to control and manipulate air. The peaceful Air Nomads utilized this type of bending in their everyday lives. The first airbenders learned their art from the flying bison. Air is the element of freedom. Airbenders detach themselves from worldly problems and concerns; finding internal peace and freedom is the key to their bending art. As a result, most airbenders such as those of the Air Nomads were pacifists who generally tried to value all life. However, non-violence is not indispensable for airbenders; powerful airbenders can kill and even enjoy doing so as long as they maintain a detachment from worldly concerns. Conversely, a internal focus on material matters such as wealth can gradually erode and weaken a person's airbending. The key to airbending is flexibility and finding and following the path of least resistance. Modern airbending is notable for being almost purely defensive, as well as the most dynamic of the four bending arts, though more aggressive airbending styles existed in the past. Airbenders can overwhelm many opponents at once with large and powerful attacks that could prove fatal; however, due to the pacifist nature of the Air Nomads, such attacks are rarely used. Instead, an airbender strives to use the opponents' energy against them. Due to their aforementioned spirituality, the Air Nomads often adapted to the situation surrounding them and employ negative jing, preferring evasive maneuvers as opposed to direct confrontation.

4. #4

   Keys: Waterbending

   Waterbending, one of the four elemental bending arts, is the hydrokinetic ability to control water in all of its various forms. This type of bending is used by the people of the Water Tribe, who are divided into the Southern, Northern, and lesser-known Foggy Swamp tribes, as well as those of the United Republic, each with their own unique bending style. Water is the element of change. The moon is the source of power in waterbending, and the original waterbenders learned to bend by observing how the moon pushed and pulled the tides. The Water Tribes are the only people who did not learn to bend from an animal, though the Moon and Ocean Spirits took the form of koi fish in the mortal world near the beginning of the Avatar world. The fighting style of waterbending is mostly fluid and graceful, acting in concert with the environment. Waterbenders deal with the flow of energy; they let their defense become their offense, turning their opponents' own forces against them. Even when waterbenders do take an attack stance, their moves always appear to flow from one to the other, mimicking the flow of the water they bend. Foggy Swamp style waterbending, however, is more rigid and straight, allowing for more direct bursts instead of long flowing streams of water.

5. #5

   Keys: Earthbending

   Earthbending, one of the four elemental bending arts, is the geokinetic ability to manipulate earth and rock in all their various forms, prevalent in the Earth Kingdom and the United Republic. Earth is the element of substance, while the people of the Earth Kingdom are diverse, strong, and enduring. Following the lion turtles' decision to relinquish their role as protectors of mankind, Oma and Shu were the first earthbenders to learn this art from the badgermoles. The key to earthbending is utilizing neutral jing, which involves waiting and listening for the right moment to strike and, when that moment comes, acting decisively. In other words, earthbenders generally endure their enemies' attacks until the right opportunity to counterattack reveals itself.

6. #6

   Keys: Energybending

   Energybending is the ability to bend another person's life energy. It predates the four main bending arts, the formation of the four nations, as well as the creation of the Avatar. The capabilities of energybending are not well understood; what is known is that bending a person's life energy can impart them with knowledge instantly, remove their bending completely, or restore it. This bending art can be perilous to the user, which is why so few have ever used it. In addition, even though mastering the four elements is a necessity for the Avatar, learning energybending is optional.

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