Talk:Air Nomad Genocide/@comment-5567367-20120930170838/@comment-5480397-20120930171118

Likely they launched a pre-emptive strike upon the air temples which were quickly taken down (given the Air Nomads were peaceful and without an actual army and also because of the comet). Whatever Nomads that were travelling around the world (as they were known to do) would have been hunted down and killed. Scary though, the extreme lengths the Fire Nation and Sozin went to in order to make sure there was no Avatar. (But ultimately failed :P)