Talk:Air Nomad Genocide/@comment-115.70.100.88-20110821135547/@comment-1533301-20110901124741

I'm pretty sure that they were well aware of that, which seems to be why the Southern Raiders took their captives alive instead of killing them outright. It seems to be the only justifiable reason as to why the pragmatic Azulon would shell out money, resources and manpower keeping waterbenders alive for decades in a specially-built prison. It makes sense if Azulon thinks one of them might be the Avatar, in which case killing him/her would cause the Avatar to be reborn into the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation's main target.