Fire lion turtle

The fire lion turtle possessed the ability of energybending, which he would use to bestow and repossess the power of firebending.

History
This lion turtle possessed a city on its back around 9,830 BSC. This city was ruled by Chou the Elder and his three sons, who were very wealthy as opposed to the majority of the city, and ruled with an "iron fist". The lion turtle would grant the ability of firebending to anybody who left the town to collect food, then take it back when they returned to the city. However, one of the villagers he bestowed the ability to, Wan, ran away from the wilds and did not return the fire. He then used it in a raid, which ended in his capture. After his banishment, however, the lion turtle allowed Wan to keep his power.

Inspired by Wan surviving in the Spirit Wilds, many people living within the city ventured into the Spirit Wilds and to live on their own outside of the lion turtle, using the ability to firebend. After Wan merged with Raava, the lion turtle and the rest of its species decided that they would no longer grant people the ability to bend.

Thousands of years later, this lion turtle was killed when all of its kind was hunted to near extinction.

Trivia

 * This lion turtle bears the same mark in its forehead as the one that Aang encountered right before the passing of Sozin's Comet.

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 * Air lion turtle
 * Earth lion turtle
 * Lion turtle
 * Water lion turtle