Talk:Avatar/@comment-3551111-20110426202325/@comment-66.227.95.240-20110621190422

That was what Sozin believed, not necessarily the truth. That being said, if a particular nation was completely wiped out (for purposes of this discussion, we'll use airbenders and pretend Tenzin either does not produce or is unable to produce offspring), I should think that the Lion Turtle would either use energy bending itself, or convice any of the previous avatars to use energy bending to produce an airbender. If the avatar can take powers away, surely they can give them as well. Tatoos and society aside, as long as there are four (major) elements that make up the world, the balance of things (or Universe, if you will) will dictate that there will be those with the ability to bend them (most likely).