Talk:Amon/@comment-5182575-20120616000221

I have two theories that I think both have a solid chance.

Amon is actually Aang's son Bumi. The creators went out of their way to mention that he is not a bender. Every child that an airbender has should be an airbender as well so imagine how Bumi must have felt as a child. Both his parents are respected masters, his father is the avatar and his silblings are benders. He could have heard about the lion turtle from Aang and gone to find it and it taught him energybending, assuming you don't have to be a bender to learn it.

My other theory is that Amon was the firebender he described that killed his parents and scarred his face and this was an accident he caused. He could have wished to give up his power because if no one had bending accidents like that couldn't happen. What if he found the lion turtle and was taught energy bending after having his firebending removed. Eventually his original idea was slowly changed to what he has now because he realized that only talking about an accident wouldn't get him followers, but if he demonized the benders then he would get support.