Talk:Fire Nation/@comment-99.244.107.179-20120220020949/@comment-4856138-20120221105651

It was because of the power from Sozin's comet, empowering all of the firebenders who dealt a hard first strike against the others. And the Avatar Roku had died and Aang had run away so there was no Avatar to go glowey and protect them. Basically, their symbol of peace was gone.