Airbending is associated with flightiness but revolves around meditation and control. Most airbenders shave their heads some grow facial hair. Airbenders, after a certain point, receive airbender tattoos: a series of blue arrows tattooed over their bodies with their points at the center of the forehead, the centers of the backs of the hands, and the centers of the tops of the feet. All Air Nomads seen in the series have been airbenders, most likely because of their civilization’s monastic way of life. The air nomads of the Eastern and Western Air Temples are modelled after Tibetan monks. You can only get there on a flying bison. Air temples are usually on the tops of mountains or in the sides of cliffs–basically, as far away from easily-accessible as possible. They can be either offensive or defensive fighters.Īir: The Air nomads live in the sky. Most waterbenders can manipulate water into and out of its frozen state at will. Waterbending is associated with fluidity, flexibility, and creativity. They are often wearing long sleeves and/or parkas, depending on where in the world they are. Members of the Water tribes dress in shades of blue, with white (sometimes fur) trim. Also, all its men are helping the Earth Kingdom fight the Fire Nation’s invasion. It is also very lacking in benders, unlike the Northern Tribe–the Fire Nation did its best to exterminate the benders of this tribe. The Southern Water Tribe is much more like what people imagine when they hear the word “Eskimo”: a small village of igloos and tents. The Northern Water Tribe is a massive civilization made of ice and snow, and its city layout is reminiscent of Venice with canals being one of the main methods of transportation. Water: The Water tribes live at the North and South Poles and appear to be Inuit. Earthbending is associated with a firm “center” but flexibility and creativity. Members of the Earth Kingdom dress in shades of green and brown. The capital is Ba Sing Se /bah-sing-say/. It consists of big cities with sophisticated technology and clever inventors, each city ruled by its own king. These groups are defined by the elements they can bend (bending is a type of psychokinetic martial art manipulation of the Empedoclean elements).Įarth: The Earth Kingdom is very reminiscent of imperial China.
There are four groups into which people are born. We will focus for now on the first season (or “Book”): Water.
If you aren’t familiar with it and don’t plan to watch the series or don’t care if the plot is ruined for you, this is the post (and series) for you. Be warned: this entire post-series is one long string of spoilers, so if you’re not familiar with it and want to be surprised, don’t read this. As an introduction to the series of posts on this animated TV series, I would like to introduce the characters and the plot.
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