The History Of The Air Nomad Genocide (Avatar)

The History Of The Air Nomad Genocide (Avatar)
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The Air Nomad Genocide was a mass slaughter committed by the Fire Nation that resulted in the near eradication of the Air Nomads and the fauna that lived in the air temples. The only human survivor of the initial attack and its aftermath was Avatar Aang, who was ironically the prime target. The outrage over this cultural destruction compelled the Earth Kingdom and the Water Tribe to take up arms and declare war on the Fire Nation, leading to the large-scale war that continued for one hundred years.
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[@FrizzleLamb]

One of the things that amaze me, albeit being sad, is that Gyatso didn't go down without a FIGHT. The number of corpses around his body proved that he must have been a hell of an airbender.

[@lif3andthings763]

Avatar state Aang could have saved the temple.

[@princelamar1735]

lif3andthings I don’t think so aang wasn’t a master at that point and the fire benders were powered by the comet so aang would have a pretty difficult time.

[@savvivixen8490]

@@lif3andthings763 Briefly, perhaps. Despite the undeniable power of the avatar state, Aang was still very unrealized at the time. Until he mastered other elements, the only elements of the avatar state that manifested in Aang was air and water. Water has the next closest affinity to him after air (being next in his cycle), so he most likely lucked out a bit there. If anyone (or two...) could prove that Aang was still only one human even in avatar state, it was Azula. ...and Oozai, but yeah. Blindsiding, being outright overpowered, Aang's own terror, the reality of facing down days-worth of the fire nation army sent specifically to kill YOU ("Yeah, fuck you guys, but fuck THAT guy in particular!")... Plus, armies can stagger forces. Aang would still need to eat, sleep, breathe, all of which would be hard with fire nation elites bending comet-fueled fire down his throat consistently. Plus, Sozin was knowlegable, tenacious, shrewed when it came to dealing with people in general and exterminating an ENTIRE nation. He would know how to handle Aang. Any victory Aang would claim at that time would have been unfortunately short-lived... He, and their world, was actually better off with his strange twist of fate. He had the veil of anonymity on his side more times than not, and even people who knew about him either couldn't handle him well, or was not properly prepared/equipped to handle him before he became a fully realized avatar. Legend of Aang is such a cool story! ^///^

[@avianbuilds4420]

Prince Lamar How wasn’t he a master if he had an arrow?

[@formulafanatic8348]

The firebenders had the energy of sozins comet on their side as well😳

[@fling-dutchman7842]

Sozin's genocide on the Air nomads because he knew the next avatar that could stop the Fire Nation would be an airbender reminds me of Lord Shen going out to exterminate all pandas, because he found out that the one who would defeat him would be a panda. Both sought to kill what would defeat them, both failed. One usually seals his fate on the road he takes to avoid it.

[@thekhans2823]

@ sᴏᴍᴇ-ʙʟᴏᴏᴅʏ-ᴅᴜᴛᴄʜᴍᴀɴ , Yeah

[@sabahatfatima1415]

True

[@isandrooo]

Also order 66 lol

[@destinedtobe1513]

Cant be any truer . Oogway's prophecy is always right

[@anotherks7297]

While you were busy trying to kill me through genocide, I studied the blade.

[@anthonymalone4714]

I bet Tenzin told the new airbenders to try and have as many kids as possible since all airbending children have the ability.

[@toluolomolaiye6433]

I personally think that the new air nomads won’t be able to have airbending babies because although they are airbenders they still only have earth kingdom/fire nation/water tribe blood. That’s the same reason the Avatar can’t have babies of any element if their bloodline is purely their home nation

[@IsabellaCoelho]

Absolutely. Let genetic make the magic lol

[@babycakelings]

@@toluolomolaiye6433 yeah, but we don't know that (yet) it could of changed their dna.

[@FinalLugiaGuardian]

@@toluolomolaiye6433 Not necessarily. We know there was some cross nation interbreeding between the nations. For example, Avatar Kyoshi had half Earth Kingdom and half Air Nomad Ancestry. Any of Kyoshi's decendants could potentially be Air Benders. Perhaps the new air benders are decended from Air Nomads who married into the Earth Kingdom and Harmonic convergence simply gave a spiritual boost to their genetics.

[@user-vo2jo4vh4i]

@Onename There's the new airbenders. They got air from the harmonic convergence, Tenzin's kids aren't the only airbenders anymore.

[@FinalLugiaGuardian]

I tend to think that "Airbenders" did not all die with the Sozin's genocide. We know that there were Air Nomads who left the air temples and had children with Earth Kingdom citizens (such as Avatar Kyoshi's Air Nomad mother). Also, there were likely a few Air Nomads that went into hiding and did not fall for fire nation tricks that lead to their capture and murder. They likely stopped their air nomad traditions and married people from the Earth Kingdom. I think those genes remained in the gene pool of the earth earth Kingdom citizens and when Harmonic Conversion occurred, those Earth Kingdom Non benders who had distant air nomad Ancestry had their dormant air bending abilities awakened.

[@simmonsmichael317]

This is a solid theory 💯

[@kagani6202]

I heard that the main reason why the Air Nomads has such a great bender to non-bender ratio was because most of them were already spiritual as fuck due to their nomadic upbringing. I imagine that after 100 years of persecution and not being spiritual and living among people of your element it’s quite possible that the “bending gene” wouldn’t work well until the next “Spiritual Big Bang”.

[@TheEliteClown_]

Fake News lol

[@juanluisquinteroreyes7108]

From what I've heard, there were indeed survivors, but they were relentlessly and mercilessly tracked and hunted down by the Fire Nation. Though what you said makes sense: a few may have eluded that manhunt and intermarried with people from other nations (mainly Earth), abandoning their lifestyle and spirituality (especially in the Earth Kingdom, whose population is the least spiritual of all), and, therefore, causing their airbending to die (or become recessive) in their descendants.

[@rekkuma]

@@TheEliteClown_ it's a theory

[@KIWIMADNEZ]

Dude... now that is cruel... Tricking the remaining airbenders that they could find refuge in a place they thought felt safe only to be quickly captured and murdered...

[@NoNo-zw2bz]

Richards Daniel i didn’t know that comic was out. I feel so disgusted and angry.

[@giorgiobedolla2281]

That's why I sincerely hope Sozin is rotting in hell.

[@UnrealObject]

sounds familiar? (ww2)

[@jacobwilliams6856]

@@UnrealObject yeah not only Jews Suffered Manny more suffered..

[@georgejoestarii9469]

Georgio Bedolla Zaheer hates him for killing the Air Nomads.

[@Lalvon_Zelpharr]

God I love the Avatar Universe I really want more,

[@juberterwee5989]

Me 2!!!

[@ARC--ms1se]

They should let people write books like the Star Wars expanded universe

[@noahalmeraz5469]

The second Kyoshi book is set to release July 21st

[@Jun.Suzuki]

Avatar Cinematic Universe?

[@Zull_87]

I mean you got the movie

[@wattsnottaken1]

Fire lord Sozin is the definition of a Snake 🐍, he killed his best friend and then when he finds out his best friend will be reincarnated as an air nomad he genocides them...pretty sad

[@nataliawashington872]

At least his best friend’s Dragon stayed with him until the end

[@account5003]

Roku should’ve let sozin slip

[@bluewhaleking6227]

Please don't insult actual snakes like this.

[@markpepito2772]

How did Monk Gyatso wipe-out about a dozen firebenders, supercharged with Sozin's comet, before he died? Here's my theory: Gyatso knew a secret "last resort" airbending move that Aang was never told about. As they surrounded him, he sat quietly on the floor. Then, once they were close, he simply pushed all the air out of the room. He held the air out of the room long enough to suffocate all of them, and himself. Evidence for this: •His clothing is unburnt, and there is no evidence fire bending was used near him. Why would they have fought/killed him without fire? •Their bodies are lying piled up around him. If he killed them with airbending, they would have been thrown across the room. •Aang, as a child, wouldn't have been taught this dark technique, so it makes sense that it's not referenced in the show •We know this type of bending is possible (on a small scale at least) because Zaheer uses it to kill the Earth Queen. Think about how those firebenders must have felt. Standing over a frail old monk, feeling indestructible from the the power of the comet. Then suddenly, Gyatso pushes his hands to the side, and there's a rush of noise, then utter silence. They realise they can't breathe. They try to use firebending to kill him before they suffocate, but without air, there can be no fire! In one move Gyatso has gone out on his own terms, killed them all, and shown how the elements rely on each other, and the importance of balance. What do you think?

[@dastardlydan4022]

So he killed himself in the process...

[@khalifrhodes9503]

either that or gyatso is just a beast,

[@lucky_ramen9803]

@@dastardlydan4022 it makes sense. If he was alive after that he would have probably been found somewhere else in an attempt to help the others

[@Jedilord882]

@@dastardlydan4022 in all honesty as a monk i could see him doing it as “atonement” for such a technique

[@dukes1993724]

This is now head canon for me

[@mimbemsiyuh8828]

I love the avatar series. I watch it over and over again yet it never gets old.

[@sergiovictoria8345]

If aang never ran away he would've died along with the air benders , unless he ran away with gataso to the earth kingdom, than it would've been different story but if he stayed and fought enhanced fire benders In avatar state he would last , he would only a bit till he fell flat weak like he did in zukos ship in book 1 , and leave him defenseless, they would still slaughter the air benders and most likely capture aang alive considering if he dies he will be reborn, on top the fire benders where there to kill , they wouldn't be the same peaceful fire benders aang fought in book 1, 2 ,3 they were there to kill men woman and children

[@lif3andthings763]

If monk gyatso could take out multiple sozin powered firebenders. Aang could save a whole temple.

[@ethanbeharry9478]

A, if an avatar is killed in the avatar state, the cycle is broken and there is no more avatar, so the firebenders would actually prioritize killing Aang as "only the avatar, master of all four elements could defeat the fire nation" -the introduction and B) the firebenders had no time to test allthe airbenders to see if they were the avatar, so they would've eradicated the waterbenders next, the element the next avatar would be born into, which they essentially did to the southern water tribe, but not the north (They killed all the air nomads because all of the children were indeed airbenders due to their spirituality, but with the other elements) So....

[@nataliawashington872]

The sad thing is with the Avatar State it’s risky because if he dies in the avatar state it’ll stop the avatars from being reincarnated

[@PLUH676]

@@ethanbeharry9478 no if aang dies then an eartbender will become avatar! The only way to end the avatar cycle is to kill raava the light spirit or kill all of humanity so the next avatar wont be born.

[@ethanbeharry9478]

@@PLUH676 yeah, the avatar state is raava's power being channeled through the avatar, and killing an avatar in the avatar state destroys the avatar until the next Harmonic Convergence. What did you think Zaheer was trying to do at the end of S3??

[@edra3118]

Apparently one of the Airbending elders betrayed the air nomads conspired with Sozin to launch the genocide He allowed them access to each of the air temples to kill the air benders during the passing of the comet

[@gamercore5216]

Afiko, the Betrayer but he's noncannon.

[@edra3118]

@@gamercore5216 Was it ever explained why he betrayed the air nomads? Was he expecting something in return?

[@gamercore5216]

@@edra3118 The cards mentioned that he was jealous of not being the Avatar.

[@gamercore5216]

On the topic of something in return, he became one of Sozin's closest advisers.

[@tomasvrabec1845]

The cards are bot cannon so you can regard them in the same regards as fan fiction.

[@omaralfar1666]

Remeber how Roku manifested himself in Aang during the Winter Solstice? Yeah, imagine if he did that during the Air Nomad Genocide. That would surprise everyone, especially Sozin

[@Reezy37]

Imagine the look on Sozin's face. Roku would have that it's time for a rematch look on his face. Frankly having Roku or another experienced Avatar controlling Aang's body while he was in the Avatar State would have been the best option. Aang himself would not have been able to control the Avatar State and would have been extremely vulnerable so having an experienced Avatar take over his body and control the Avatar State for him would have been best. Imagine Roku in the Avatar State fighting comet enhanced fire nation soldiers

[@blackbirds1630]

What If Roku, did stop Sozin? I'd watch that.

[@shivaumesh1129]

Similar to how Ozai flew in Book 3 because of the Comet, I think the Comet gave enough power for the firebenders to fly up the mountains and land to fight the Airbenders.

[@blitzthecrimson3207]

@Dimitris Tsekouras Except Flying Via Firebending isn't an advanced art, it's just propelling oneself Via Extreme flames from ones fist, During the series, we see other firebenders besides Ozai use the exact same move when the comet is not present

[@KrillintheVillain]

@@blitzthecrimson3207 plus normally it may be hard but because of the comet it gave them extreme firepower, that way they wouldn't need much effort to use the fire boost to fly up

[@jadenchamoun6785]

No People ignore it but sozine comet don sent give them power to fly up the mountain they wiped out the air nomads before they killed the dragons they must’ve used the dragons

[@jairoherrera4040]

What about the dragons

[@dantdmfangamingrich9802]

@@jairoherrera4040I think they used dragons because they fly and then Sozin hunted them down

[@coreywigent7693]

Sozin: *Execute order 66*

[@abdulbah2176]

Firebenders: yes my lord

[@boodyjacob9322]

*Two Firebenders nod at each other and execute an air nomad*

[@portmafiaexecutive4099]

UN:your under arrested

[@thecrimsonfuckr5676]

Fire Nation General: I killed them... i killed them all.... they're dead.... every single one of them. And not just the men.... the women.. and the children too. They're like animals and i SLAUGHTERED THEM LIKE ANIMALS....... *I HATE THEM*

[@Grail09]

Actually, Monk Gyatso did a secret technique in which an airbender takes the air out of a room, that’s why there were so many corpses and why Gyatso died.

[@notevenalex]

It's just an assumption lol

[@rpt2369]

I used to believe that if Aang had stayed he could’ve fought off all the COMET enhanced firebenders to save his people like how he mentions from when he’s a kid until adult hood. But now after watching the show so much you realize that it was meant to be that way and Aang would’ve died or been captured.

[@natalyreyes9276]

exactly. at the time he was a CHILD. he also didn’t know anything other than air bending

[@ogatoni8856]

@@natalyreyes9276 the avatar state would’ve probably gave the airbenders a good fighting chance though

[@natalyreyes9276]

@@ogatoni8856 that is true and maybe would’ve been better i hate there being no airbenders

[@acat3772]

“Friendships can last more than one life”

[@tomasvrabec1845]

"relatively intact western air temple" Shows southern air temple

[@bransonjallim2620]

💀

[@KDoeBeatz]

This goes to show you that things happen for a reason, it was meant for Aang to leave Peace be to all my brothers and sisters...all of humanity....we can all learn from this series

[@savvivixen8490]

I see you bro. Love and peace!

[@nonanimeprofilepic]

The genocide makes no sense, even if he killed aang he would just reincarnate to a water nation person, then if he did that again he would just reincarnate. Only way he would actually kill the avatar is if they kill them in the avatar state

[@awesomegaymer5786]

Also they never explain why they were so paranoid about the avatar still being alive when they had no way of knowing

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

bekah saxon i think sozin knows avatars can speak with their past lives, when the time came roku definitely would have told aang what sozin was up to.

[@tidepods5506]

I think they figured that out along the way because in season 1 when Zhao captures Aang. He tells him that they're not going to kill him because he'd just reincarnate into the next Avatar.

[@KrillintheVillain]

@@tidepods5506 also if you remember sozin did a lot of studying on the avatar afterwards after the genocide.

[@nataliawashington872]

@Jim Tsekouras then they started killing them after Hama learned blood bending

[@rebeccadestin9513]

Damn I never took the extinction of the airnomads seriously until now

[@frankrios6327]

imagine if you kill thousands of people but then find out that person you were meant to kill survived XD

[@wildfire9280]

This is like dropping an entire sector of a city on top of another sector of a city but *more* destructive

[@nutrock522]

I love the story around a single still image of a Airbender skeleton surrounded by Fire Nation skeletons. Shows that the most peaceful of Nations won’t go down without one hell of a fight

[@mip7582]

Do you think Ang would have been defeated with the Nomads or save them?

[@disneyvision19]

I think he would have went into the avatar state and defeated them. Not to mention the elders would have probably focused on defending him at all costs and would have been more aggressive.

[@baseupp12]

@@disneyvision19 no he still was far to young and against that many firebenders he would eventually die

[@baseupp12]

@Cahaya Reyner Doesn't matter the sheer amount of firebenders would still overwhelm Aang

[@sergiovictoria8345]

In avatar state he would last only a bit till he fell flat weak like he did in zukos ship in book 1 , and leave him defenseless, they would still slaughter the air benders and most likely capture aang alive considering if he dies he will be reborn, on top the fire benders were there to kill , they wouldn't be the same peaceful fire benders aang fought in book 1, 2 ,3 they were there to kill men woman and children

[@MinutemenSyndrome]

@@baseupp12 I kinda agree. Fire benders get power up cuz of sozin's comet.

[@SellavinAtoms]

Like I said in your history of air bending video the air nomads went through a whole lot of pain, also for your next video can you also talk about the Avatar State ,the history of the the under for bending styles like fire ,water and Earth and dragons not that I'm rushing you just take your done your videos are good.

[@pika4595]

Great video!!

[@jendersonmohammed443]

Love your videos

[@aden7175]

I love these avatar videos

[@olliepayne5545]

It’s really interesting that, when you’re older and you actually start to read and watch and really think about and listen to what really happened, it’s mind blowing that Sozin literally pulled a Hitler card and tried to kill an entire group of people. Do you remember watching the show as a kid, and you don’t compute death with the absence of life, you just see it as just another characterization of someone or some thing that has reached the end of it’s life, you don’t see it as an egregious theft of spirit from someone and in this case, and unjust theft. I am 23, so I totally can lay claim to the group of kids that watched avatar when it first came out, but as a young adult, is watching it all over again and it’s full entirety, and to actually see it for what it is, it’s incredible that the creators of the show touched on such strong A strong theme, like genocide. Even in the past when you read the Wikipedia page, you don’t compute the actual background of the show, you still think of it as anger and Katara and psycho going through a journey together, the only thing that you can somewhat understand in terms of complex themes is Zuko‘s emotional and mental turmoil… But you never once think about that the show literally references World War II, and entire group of people being done away with. SOOOOOOMuch dynamic in the show!!!!

[@Msalazar2011]

You should have talked about how the Airbender genocide was so impactful, that it is how people reference time and years in the world.

[@user-mp8sj1to3c]

Wait a damn ass minute, look at Kyatso. HE HAS TEETH! But in the scene where he airbend those cakes he only has a few. So it aint him, Kyatso succeeded to escape

[@tjbyrd2623]

That’s his necklace

[@samwich_212]

Where is the history of fire bending

[@pleaseenteraname8607]

Probably later this weekend. This video was on the poll before that one

[@yeshuaha7494]

it’s up now

[@nataliawashington872]

Tbh I used to be confused on how the Fire Nation beat everyone: Water extinguishes Fire, Air does the same thing, and Fire can’t hurt Earth in anyway...then I realized that Fire benders can summon their Fire 🔥 unlike the other elements Water needs its element nearby and the same thing goes for earth benders , with Air...I mean air is all around us unless the fire nation surrounded the air temple with fire eventually that’ll make it hard for them to breathe and MAYBE hard to bend air but I’m not sure cause I’m not an expert on it

[@notevenalex]

For the earth benders ,they got metal ,for the waterbenders they just took em away from any water supply and as for the air benders they had the help of sozins comet which proves that without the comet they weren't as strong

[@Hope-kp3lb]

Hey can you please do history of sand bending

[@Godzilla00X]

They were able to reach the temples because of the comet. It gave them the power of flight so they could fly up to the temples and pursue Air Nomads as they tried to escape

[@stormy9252]

Could you do the history of the southern water tribe

[@carlossanchez-us9dl]

Man! I would kill for a fan film that shows the air nomads genocide that starts just after aang leaves.

[@expletorystar48]

Just saying, even if the fire nation did kill anng, the fire Nation would need to kill off the water and earth benders so only fire benders will have the next avatar on their side

[@SirAroace]

I mean they did try.

[@blitzthecrimson3207]

I think the reason they wanted to destroy the Air nomads entirely is because if all the airbenders died, then the next avatar would be unable to master Air bending and thus be rendered useless?

[@ultimxwiz1409]

Sozin probably killed them bc they wouldn’t tell him where the avatar was since nobody knew bc aang disappeared so they just went down defending their homes. I could imagine sozin being like “tell me who the avatar is or everyone dies” since aang is gone they decide to go down fighting in hopes aang is still out there somewhere. He knows by killing the avatar he would jus bc reborn he prolly wasn’t planning on doing a genocide but he felt the airbenders were hiding the avatar from him so he killed them all, he also knows ab the avatar state sine roku used it against him so that would be the distinguishing factor, but since none of the airbenders pulled out the avatar state he felt like the avatar was still out there and then targeted waterbenders since not everyone in the other nations are born a bender jus in case they did kill the avatar and he was reborn into the water tribe also so there would be barley anymore water benders to stop them in the war

[@MultiDiceman]

The fact people didn't wage an extermination of the fire nation even after the war is beyond me

[@imaohtree6984]

I’m sure the desire was there but I doubt the capability. The Fire Nation pretty much won the Hundred Years’ War and devastated the other nations military’s. Even with the end of Ozai, the advanced fire nation army was very much intact. Not like aang would have let that happen anyway.

[@bookwormgamer3924]

There had been enough violence. Not all fire nation is to blame for what happened. And I agree Aang wouldn't have let it happen.

[@dafreshprincestolemehbitch6340]

Most likely was but 1) Aang wouldn’t allow it 2) Other firebenders fought against their own nation to help 3) The fire nation still had their huge/advanced army even after the loss of the war.

[@Saiputera]

Cause the earth, water was exhausted for fighting for 100years so they give up!

[@Reezy37]

Well there are ways that I can think off where vengeful people from the other nations could have done that. Maybe and Earthbender or Waterbender could seek out dark spirits to help them seek revenge. If Hama wasn't imprisoned and never met team Avatar and never revealed her bloodbending to them she could have committed genocide against the Fire Nation using her bloodbending in secret. Also in the Avatar world I think it was revealed that humans who have died can become spirits if they want to and as we have seen spirits can affect the mortal world. Which makes me wonder why no deceased airbenders killed in the genocide ever came back as spirits in order to seek revenge against the Fire Nation. Even the kindest people can become vengeful if pushed far enough. In the Fire Nation's past warlords took children from mothers and those mothers in their grief and sadness became spirits and terrorized those men I forget what they were called but Azula tried impersonating them when she stole Fire Nation children.

[@Randomguy-td6ed]

Aang is the remaining 0.01% of germs

[@hannaittihadiyah5264]

Instead of some people sudden being air nomads after harmonic convergence, I prefer those air nomads who succeed escaping from genocide built new underground air nomads communities. It would be lot make sense

[@tiadelimuerta5977]

Most anything would make more sense than the convergence.

[@saljpal3]

It does take away from the deep impact of the air nomad genocide to just replace them with a bunch of random fucks who happen to develop air bending abilities.

[@MarshmallowHope536]

My theory is that some air nomads escaped and were forced to blend into normal society and couldn’t pass on their spiritual teachings to their children but harmonic convergence caused their latent air bending abilities to be unleashed

[@Marvindlight]

The animation of that monks, super powerful suffocation technique is needed.

[@markdouglas1601]

Never understood how nomads could be eradicated or that they'd be the first target. By definition they'd be spread all over the world in small pockets. Itd be pretty tough to kill all of them

[@SirAroace]

between genocide and the on going persecution any surviving airbenders would have hid and intermarried with the people of the earth kingdom, effective being erased after a generation or two.

[@bookwormgamer3924]

@@SirAroace wonder if that would make sense with how different individuals discovered the ability to airbend when Korra reopened the spirit world.

[@NicholasJScott]

Honestly I for some reason doubt Aang was the last airbender. Your telling me every airbender fell for that trick if they survived? My theory is since we know airbenders if they loose their spiritual their airbending becomes tainted (Kiyoshi's mom) maybe those who went into hiding, probably not masters as its hard to hide your tattoos just lost their spirits and over generations, considering is 20 - 30s years that means roughly 40 generations went by of people so first generation could have airbending but hid it second generation could have lost it or had it hidden, 3rd none and 4th none. Read a theory of Tia Lee been a grand daughter to air benders since her fighting style is light and nimble like I know fighting style isn't generic but still and I think I could make sense as she is a peaceful person and focuses on positivity and all that. If Tia Lee was alive around harmonic convergence in Korra's time I could see her becoming an airbender

[@KoOkiEzRoCkz]

The concept of genocide to me is one of the darkest things people can do. Theres something so unsettling and deeply sad about forcefully destroying so many people and their histories to the point that future generations can't be sure they ever existed before. Anyone who can conceive and agree with something like genocide are very disturbed and I find difficult to respect.

[@athanasioskosmas3915]

Nations like Germans, Turks, Chinnise and Europeans have done this.

[@alejandromaldonado6159]

Genocide means total victory and end of future conflict with the victimized people's. All the most important countries in the world today have committed genocide. Even a miniscule country like Rwanda was capable of commiting genocide.

[@ILaunchNukes]

There is a theory that Gyatso suffocated them all. look at those skeletons. There is no external injury. He probably suffocated them, and accidentally suffocated himself too.

[@Aero_96]

In the new netflix series of avatar, please show crazy flash back of the genocide. It would be a very sad moment that will seriously connect audience to the show.

[@sypheur27]

I always thought that aang went into the avatar state underwater and the air that surrounded him at this time was so cold it froze the water around him

[@giovannadallarosa5575]

Heyyy I would like to know how do you get these clips, especially the ones from the legend of korra, bc it isn't on Netflix

[@poleng4848]

What is the meaning of the term "AG"?? thanksss

[@toluolomolaiye6433]

ure a monster after genocide. BG is obviously before genocide

[@DarkSoul-jj2rv]

0:24 that's Gilak from North and South

[@thekhans2823]

@ Dark Soul , Really ?

[@rayrowley4013]

I am confused at the plan. When Roku dies Sozen knows there is a new avatar in the air nation. But if he kills the avatar there, another one will just be born in another nation. So he would have to capture the avatar and keep him as a prisoner for any long term effect.So killing everyone seems like a bad idea. Aang might not have known he was the avatar and couldn't bend other elements so there would not have been much to set him apart. If he had been present then he would likely have been killed rather than captured.

[@frozenoutsideoctober818]

They couldn't imprison the avatar because they can literally attack people by f***ng breathing

[@reycomojares8083]

scary technique pulling air of of your lungs is terryfying

[@AsianDudeOnline]

THEORY: Aren't some people from Kiyoshi Island a descendant of Avatar Kyoshi and Avatar Kyoshi's mom(Jesa) was an air nomad so can we assume that Kiyoshi's daughter Koko had descendants?(There is no evidence that denies or proves that Koko had no children) So in theory part of the Air Nomad(DNA) survived through in Kyoshi Island?

[@muhdzofmadness0245]

There's this theory I heard on why gyatso's clothes and the entire room weren't scorched by fire, it's theorize that he vacuumed out all the air inside the room so that fire benders cant bend at the same time killing them and hismself because there wasn't oxygen inside the room....

[@rexmcgrath285]

Why do so many people think tenzin only has 3 airbending children when we literally see the baby airbending

[@purplebugfoot456]

Airbenders are tricky. The air nomads were all benders bc of their cultural connection to the element of air but like Avatar Kyoshi's mother it's possible that an airbender can lose their bending due to losing their way. Yet despite this, there also exist airbenders like Zaheer who are extremely violent and also follow the teachings of the airbending Guru Lahima and achieve great feats of airbending like flight. Is it possible that airbenders escaped the genocide but lost their bending? Or did descendants of air refugees survive in the Earth kingdom only to have airbending revived during Harmonic Convergence? Is airbending more about genetics or is it a cultural thing? Did Zaheer gain airbending bc of his observation of Guru Lahima's teachings? How much of either tied to it?

[@mathewdean3334]

I loved the video but I have a question why is the channel called the amagi like whats the significance of it

[@that_guy_you_dont_know8491]

It's a reference to the fish aang used to save kiyoshi island in the fourth episode

[@toluolomolaiye6433]

That_guy_you _don't_know no that was called the UNAGI not the Amagi

[@dan1elofficial322]

If you read relics you find out that there are more airbenders escaped from the first attack but lately fire nation found and killed 'em

[@redretribution1789]

I've mistaken this vid for _The History of Airbending_ and thought it was a reupload LMAO MY BAD

[@januzairamli4426]

I used to think Sozin's comet was built under Sozin's commandment, and it's a nuke

[@stellal461]

PLEASE NEXT CAN YOU DO THE LIFE OF EMBRY CALL IN TWILIGHT

[@luca_tran]

No one: Sozin: ExEcUtE oRdEr 66

[@mujtabaomar880]

Where can i watch all the episodes again

[@billycole6887]

Is it ever stated in cannon how long of a period it was between Aang leaving the Air Temple and Sozins comet? I feel like there couldve been time still for Aang to learn more of the 4 elements had he stayed as long as the comet wasn't coming in a week or short period of time. If 1+ year he would be prepared to battle more on that type of scale.

[@AndyXGumede]

Daaaamn. Monk Giyatso was a beast.

[@glooby1917]

imagine going to try and kill one person but end up killing thousands of people and not even that one person...good job Sozin

[@cum1918]

I wanna see one of the nations go against the mandolorian empire it would be a fight between technology and bending arts

[@Ray_D_Tutto]

It makes no sense that none survived. They're nomads, why would the entire population conveniently be in the temples. I know the comics said a few survived and were hunted down but that still would not have worked 100%. At least a few could of sought refuge in the Water Tribes or Earth Kingdom where The Fire Nation didn't have reach.

[@mr.dawson9141]

I saw a theory that a very small amount of air nomads fled into the western earth kingdom, integrated and had kids, who had kids (with hidden air bending genes) so when harmonic convergence hit that’s why so many nonbenders who became air benders were from the west

[@bloemkoolendestreetgang450]

I think they might have reached the air temples by flying using their firepower during sozins comet, like weve seen other firebenders do

[@Midnight_Tangents]

This is why love the amagi

[@nesian230]

Do a history video on sand benders

[@alimorgan2226]

Please do sandbending

[@zak27986]

5 Reasons The Air Nomads Were Easily Wiped Out: 1: They were pacifists. 2: They have no military to protect them from danger. 3: They were betrayed by one Air Nomad man named Afiko from the Southern Air Temple who revealed all the secret locations of all the Air Temples because he was jealous of Aang being the Avatar. 4: They were ambushed. 5: The Imperialist Fire Nation army of firebenders had the advantage because of Sozin’s Comet which enhanced their firebending, they had technological powerful weapons, and they flew on dragons to reach all the Air Temples to cause mayhem. (Very depressing, may they all rest in peace.)

[@minnakivela492]

I love that water and earth diclere war to fire, because of what fire did to air🤭 earth: hey water did you hear what happened to air? Water: didn't fire? Earth: yeas!! Water&earth: waaarrrr!!!

[@xcmet]

you know, even if this is fiction, by logic of its own universe, I find it a bit hard to believe that population of air riders, were brought to genocide, having a well known custom of practicing evasive action.

[@Jacob1Taylor601]

Who was the 2nd avatar

[@omaralfar1666]

2:07 What is that effect?

[@bencherbryant-48]

ATTENTION ALL AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER FANS!!! SOMEBODY EXPLAIN THIS TO ME!!!! So I’ve always had the question (how exactly did sozin whip out the airnomads?) it was 100 years before the story took place meaning they didn’t have firenation War balloons or war ships, I don’t think they had tanks (and if they did somebody explain that to me) and I don’t see them using dragons considering dragon hunting was a thing so much so they pushed them to near extinction and the comet that boosts their fire bending only lasts a few hours as shown in the finally of Last Air Bender soooooooo I did some research, just a tad bit to see if my question was an easy google search and I see a blog that raised an even BIGGER question and that is “How exactly was Sozin’s plan supposed to work???” Even if he killed aang, aang couldn’t access the avatar state at will so more then likely the avatar would’ve just been reincarnated into the water tribe. If he did the same thing with the water tribe then the avatar would’ve been reincarnated into the earth kingdom. Then the firenation and then what??? He’s gonna kill his own people?? So what was he ultimately trying to achieve??? Basiclly what I’m trying to ask and wanna know the answer too is “WHAT WAS THE POINT OF SOZINS PLAN IF ON PAPER IT SHOULDN’T BE POSSIBLE AND EVEN IF IT WAS IT WOULD HAVE NEVER WORKED?”

[@ap6497]

during the comet they could prolly fly like the phoenix king

[@themixzer5653]

Imaging trying to kill one person but killing every other member but not the one you tryed to kill

[@syzorst]

We now know what the genocide was like thanks to the recent show.

[@Hardrive2677]

Imagine how cool the show would be if they could actually show the violence. Top 5 fantasy universes imo

[@smaiann1237]

Wow that's cool

[@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459]

As we know from Tahir, airbending can be used to kill, I mean Monk Gyatso took down a dozen or so comet enhanced fire nation soldiers!

[@karlbahena1733]

I never thought that so in reach age of 102

[@unown_]

But if they killed aang the avatar would just be reborn again right? What would it help the fire nation? Aang was just a kid.

[@cpt.bandit472]

I'm watching this now cause I had a dream about it

[@syzorst]

Another form of the Jedi Purge since both Jedi and airbenders are monks.

[@shuenrong8511]

I wonder if avatar wan didn't close the spirit portal and if the spirits still maintain close ties with the air nomads and help protect them maybe the air nomads would have survived since they had the closest ties to the spirits and I don't think spirits can be killed since they have a corporal form afterall and is way stronger than humans just look at the ocean spirits going kozilla the fire nation don't even stood a chance the air nomads could have fled and live in the spirit world

[@shskskks]

Aang is one hundred years old.......

[@frozenthawedchicken2566]

Monks we dont fight me wut

[@arikarikan]

after all this time? always

[@Devourereq]

episode?

[@w3rty146]

Everyone dropping avatar vids all of a sudden

[@andrewmin8519]

BLOCK? Iced Sphere

[@GeekA2023]

But if sozin kills aang wouldn’t he be reincarnated as a water tribe avatar and the cycle continue

[@ghostguy307]

History of the air nomad genocide abridged: All the air benders died except 1 the end

[@kingalastor936]

Using the comet on a nation of pacifist monks with no military makes little to no sense. You would think Sozin would have used it on the water bending tribes due to it being the opposite element of fire or use it againts the earth kingdom as there are many more of them and there is more land. Due to Sozin and Roku being bff's for some time, you would think Roku would have told Sozin two critical pieces of information. 1. The avatar is not in invincible(during the hyper sonic form). 2. If the avatar dies in the hyper form, the avatar is no longer.

[@caymengamingstylesandre1217]

I mean thr avatar state basically if your killed in it you brake the cycle

[@omribariah394]

Expet from aang a group of air nomads survive but because there special abilities they hidden in earth kingdom not the colonies and they married with non benders earth kingdom citizens and there children lose the ability of airbendig and 171 years later there grand grand grand children discavor the ability of airbendig after the harmonic convergence