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A Messenger Hawk. This Messenger Hawk carries a Black Ribbon Message, meaning it is a message for Fire Lord Ozai
Messenger Hawks are moderately sized birds of prey with dark red or brown feathers all over their bodies and two long plumes falling from their tails. The leg feathers are white. In domestic use, they have canisters on their backs for transporting message scrolls. These hawks are used to deliver important messages throughout the Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom Colonies. For example: When someone needs to send a message to the Fire Lord, they tie a Black Ribbon to the hawk, indicating that it carries a message for Fire Lord Ozai.
Messenger Hawks seem to be the main tool in regular communication in the Fire Nation. Messenger Hawks can be bought at post offices, such as the one located in Fire Fountain City. Sokka recently bought a Messenger Hawk, Hawky.
These birds seem to have a calm temperament and seem to be obedient, able to deliver messages to almost anywhere. They seem to be very tame and loyal to their owners. They also seem to know that they have important jobs, and seem to be better than other birds in the Fire Nation.
The Messenger Hawk was first seen in the episode, "Winter Solstice Part 1: The Spirit World" flying in the opening sequence.
[edit] Connection
The Messenger hawks can be connected to messenger pigeons, especially homing pigeons. Homing pigeons were used to carry important military messages, much like the messenger hawk is in Avatar. Pigeons can only transport messages in a single direction, to one specific location, due to their homing instinct. However, messenger hawks appear to have the ability to locate their messages' intended destination even if they have never been there (as evinced by Katara and Toph's dispatch of Hawky with a letter to Toph's parents in "The Runaway").
[edit] Trivia
- In the pilot episode of Avatar, Zuko has a Messenger Hawk as a pet.
[edit] See Also
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Avatar Episodes
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Season 1 Episodes
00: Avatar Series Unaired Pilot Episode
01: The Boy in the Iceberg - 02: The Avatar Returns - 03: The Southern Air Temple
04: The Warriors of Kyoshi - 05: The King of Omashu - 06: Imprisoned
07: Winter Solstice Part 1: The Spirit World - 08: Winter Solstice Part 2: Avatar Roku
09: The Waterbending Scroll - 10: Jet - 11: The Great Divide - 12: The Storm - 13: The Blue Spirit
14: The Fortuneteller - 15: Bato of the Water Tribe - 16: The Deserter - 17: The Northern Air Temple
18: The Waterbending Master - 19: The Siege of the North, Part 1 - 20: The Siege of the North, Part 2
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Season 2 Episodes
01: The Avatar State - 02: The Cave of Two Lovers - 03: Return to Omashu - 04: The Swamp
05: Avatar Day - 06: The Blind Bandit - 07: Zuko Alone - 08: The Chase - 09: Bitter Work
10: The Library - 11: The Desert - 12: The Serpent's Pass - 13: The Drill
14: City of Walls and Secrets - 15: Tales of Ba Sing Se - 16: Appa's Lost Days - 17: Lake Laogai
18: The Earth King - 19: The Guru - 20: The Crossroads of Destiny
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Season 3 Episodes
01: The Awakening - 02: The Headband - 03: The Painted Lady - 04: Sokka's Master
05: The Beach - 06: The Avatar and the Fire Lord - 07: The Runaway - 08: The Puppetmaster
09: Nightmares and Daydreams - 10: The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion
11: The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse - 12: The Western Air Temple
13: The Firebending Masters - 14: The Boiling Rock, Part 1 - 15: The Boiling Rock, Part 2
16: The Southern Raiders - 17: The Ember Island Players
18: Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King - 19: Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters
20: Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into The Inferno - 21: Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang
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