Kunyo

"fire"

- Greetings, enemies of Kunyo! Prepare to be roasted in the flames of your own defeat!

Master Kunyo was the Firebending instructor who ran Master Kunyo's Firebending Dojo near the city of Yu Dao in the western Earth Kingdom.

History
During the Harmony Restoration Movement, Yu Dao started the process of decolonization. As a part of this process, Fire Nation citizens had to give up their property and transfer it to Earth Kingdom ownership. Master Kunyo, who operated his school on a mountain outside of Yu Dao, was one such citizen. The building was confiscated and sold to Toph Beifong, who transformed it into the Beifong Metalbending Academy. However, after Fire Lord Zuko removed his support from the movement, Kunyo returned with his students to reclaim his property. Toph challenged him, but he refused to back down, saying that the property was rightfully his. After she challenged him to a duel, he agreed that a battle between their respective students should decide who kept the building. Toph's students won, and so he once again lost possession of the property.

Personality
Master Kunyo was a hot-tempered and proud man, with an arrogant and theatrical manner. He was refused to back down or admit that he was wrong: when he was unable to remove the pike that Toph had wrapped around his head, he instead decorated it with Fire Nation banners. His fire bending style was based on on the Sozin-era practice of drawing energy from emotion: however, he was a very effective teacher, as even Sokka and Toph were impressed by the abilities of his very young students. He was immensely proud of his Fire Nation ancestry. He exhibited racism against earthbenders, calling them "dirt people".

The Promise Trilogy

 * The Promise Part 2