Talk:Fire Nation/@comment-173.9.222.134-20120814175429/@comment-96.8.11.10-20121012084053

Katarra never beat a FN soilder in the first season. She beat them all the way at the end when she was a master. And even then in season 2 she could barley handle the Dai Li. It could be assumed that they never ran across water masters because the end of season 1 implies that they never invaded the north pole until then. Why? Well, TV writing. Plus it seems the water tribe knew of the war and were involved, but not to the extent of the Earth Kindom. Plus Zhao implies that every other invasion failed in Part 1 of the season finale. In season 3, it pretty much says the FN was waiting for the commet to fully invade the Earth Kingdom. Much of the fighting it seems happened in the earth kingdom.

As far as fighting as new recuits, remember what Zuko got burned and banned for? Speaking out of turn when a general put new recuits on the front line. We have no idea how many times it's happened before then. Looking back, I'm sure the remnants of the old FN saw how dumb that decision was.