Talk:Fire Lord/@comment-4977866-20120401151420/@comment-4977866-20120403010754

I'm glad you guys like the theory! Imagine if we could use our real-world knowledge of the rate of solar eclipses and could apply it to the world of Avatar, to see if there could have been an eclipse under Sozin's grandfather's rule. I mean, if we could estimate roughly how long ago he reigned, and since we know the date of the original day of black sun, and the date of the second (the first day of the eighth month, or august 1st, as revealed), theoretically, we could come up with very rough projections. But then again, the solar eclipse rate could be completely different in the world of Avatar.

Also, I had always fantasized about how the "darkest day in Fire Nation history" could have been a volcanic eruption. Imagine if the Fire Nation Capital had originally been situated near the base of the volcano, and on the day of the eclipse, an eruption occured, and the firebenders were powerless to stop it. Then after the capital was destroyed and the volcano became dormant, the Fire Nation decided to re-build the capital IN the volcano crater. Obviously this is very far-fetched, but I had always envisioned something like this being the "darkest day" as referenced on the parchment in Wan Shi Tong's Library.