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Earthbending

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Earthbending (also known as Geokinesis) is the power to control the earth, granted by the Earth God, Regigigas. It is the Element of Strength. When people have a strong sense of will, almost unbreakable, they can be earthbenders. Earthbenders can crush the biggest boulders and feel the very earth around them. Most earthbenders are barefooted, so as to use this power better.

Earthbending

Color of chi:

Green (varies, depending on sub-element)

Type:

Light

Primary force point:

The feet

Creators:

Regigigas and Groudon

Origin realm:

Tree of Beginning

Opposites:

Airbending, Waterbending, Spacebending

Climate conditions:

Mountains, deserts (sand), volcanoes (lava)

Techniques[]

Bouldapult[]

The Bouldapult is the most typical earthbending move. Earthbenders can stomp rocks into the air and launch them off.

Ground Quake[]

The Ground Quake is just like any earthquake. Earthbenders can stomp the ground and make it crumble beneath their enemies.

Boulder 'n' Chain[]

The Boulder 'n' Chain is a higher-leveled earthbending move. Earthbenders can conjure a bright green chi link to a boulder and swing it around like a ball-n-chain.

Seismic Sense[]

Seismic Sense is the rare ability to feel vibrations in the earth with your feet and sense where everything is that touches the earth. This move can also feel peoples' heart rates and tell when they're lying. Toph Beifong uses this ability as her main way to see around, since she's blind.

Metalbending[]

Metalbending (also called Ferrokinesis) is a rare earthbending move. When earthbenders sense the fragments of earth within the metal strong enough, they are able to bend the metal.

Sandbending[]

Sandbending is the ability to control sand,. It's more easy to master than metalbending, but it still takes some work. Sandbenders with proficient ability at this can break almost any solid object into sand. Also, depending on the material of the object, the scattered sand can be as hard and strong as the material it came from.

Dreamsand[]

Some sandbenders can use their power in the Dream Realm in the form of Dreamsand. It is a golden sand that is effective against Nightmares and can make peaceful dreams. However, benders corrupt with fear will create Blacksand, which has the opposite affect. A sandbender who also has Bubble Dreaming can use Dreamsand in the Waking World.

Glassbending[]

Another sub-form to sandbending, benders can control glass, since it's made from sand. It is very difficult for most benders to pull off, but Ydnam was able to get in touch with the Glass Chi due to her shattered emotional state.

Sugarbending[]

Works similar to sandbending, but with sugar. Mamymaron can bend various sugar flavors with different effects.

Lavabending[]

Lavabending is the extremely difficult ability to control lava. They can turn any earth into lava, and cool any lava to solid earth, similar to waterbenders with ice. Earthbenders normally need years of practice to master this, otherwise it takes the combined efforts of an earthbender and firebender. The element was created by Groudon. Some benders are naturally born with the technique.

Gembending[]

Gembending is the power to control gems and crystals. Because gems are so refined, it is difficult for normal benders to control them, and the difficulty increases depending on hardness. Diamonds are the hardest to bend, with no mortal bender able to do so.

Cementbending[]

Cementbending works in a similar manner to lavabending in that the bender can control cement, as well as harden or liquefy it. Eelyah Nagillig first developed this power to help in reconstruction of her hometown, and later utilized it for combat, such as punching Concrete Fists.

Bonebending[]

A dark, advanced earthbending move, equal to bloodbending or breathbending to earthbenders, the bender can detect the minerals within a person's bones and control or rip them out of shape.

Immortality[]

Bonebenders can focus their chi entirely in their bones, the structures which bind the souls to the body. In keeping their bones alive, the bender can live forever, though they will become substantially old people regardless of their everlasting bones. A bonebender can also transfer their chi to a person with mangled or broken bones, restoring those bones to perfect health at the cost of the bender's life.

Mudbending[]

Mudbenders can control and attack with mud similar to waterbending. Austin is a Logia-type who can use his muddy Pocket Dimension to store things, as well as become larger with more external mud.

Stonebending[]

Stonebending is the peculiar art that belongs mainly to the Stonebuddy Family. Lucas Stonebuddy, for instance, can control large statues and structures using an identical Rock Clone he made of himself, which carries his chi and he can see through. Lucas can use his ability from thousands of miles from where he's actually bending. Stonebending is able to control or break the powerful stone, Permanite.

Known Earthbenders[]

Earth Chi[]

Earth Chi is a green color and is focused in the bender's feet. The feet are the body parts that are almost always touching the ground, so it is through the feet that benders connect with the earth and Earth Chi.

The color of chi usually varies depending on their sub-element power. Sandbenders can have tan-colored chi, lavabenders have light-red, metalbenders have dark-gray, and bonebenders have white.

The Light Side of Earth is having unbendable pride in oneself perservering through strength. It also involves using one's strength for protection, just as the Earth supports and nurtures its people.

The Dark Side of Earth involves abusing strength for harm or destruction. This is reflected in how there are natural earthquakes.

Earth Chi is strongest in areas with strong, solid ground that isn't too interferred with plant life, such as mountains or canyons. Sand Chi is primarily common in deserts and beaches, and Lava Chi is common in volcanoes.

Other Traits[]

Most earthbenders love going barefoot, not just for their bending, but because they enjoy being dirty. Many earthbenders are boys, but almost all female earthbenders are tomboys with short hair.

Earthbenders earn their power for having strong-willed personalities, and in combat, they are known for attacking enemies directly rather than strategically.

Weaknesses[]

Most earthbenders are unable to swim and are weak against water. Furthermore, they could not bend well in ice areas, or any sort of terrain that isn't earth, such as wood. Benders of regular earth are usually unable to bend the sub-elements, like lava or metal, without proper training, unless they're naturally born skilled with the technique.

Stories It's Appeared[]

Trivia[]

  • Earthbending has more sub-element forms than any other element.
  • Earth is the most solid of all element forms, and along with plantbending, normal mortals cannot materialize earth out of thin air. (Water can be pulled out of particles from the air.)
  • For several cases, it seems like female earthbenders are better than male benders at what they do.
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