Info on the Elements
Air
In its most basic form, air bending is the ability to manipulate and control air with your mind or movement, generally starting with only smaller portions of air. At a more advanced level, however, an air bender may learn to create air at will as well as change the weather. At the most advanced level, an air bender may even create natural disasters such as tornados and high wind speed thunderstorms and gain the ability to levitate or fly.
At their most advanced level, air benders may even gain the ability of telekinesis, or moving things with their minds. They may start with smaller objects and gradually become more powerful.
Opposite element: Earth
Weakness: Earth
Power over: Water, especially when an air bender figures out how to control the weather they become a threat to water benders
Fire
At its most basic level, fire bending is simply manipulating or controlling fire with your mind or movement, usually starting with only small amounts at a time. At a more advanced level, however, a fire bender may learn to create fire at will as well as gain extreme heat tolerance, allowing them to enter heated places that a normal human could not survive. At their most advanced level, a fire bender may gain the ability to change the temperature for miles around them as well as creating mass amounts of fire, and even lava, giving them the ability to cause huge wildfires and possibly even erupt a sleeping volcano.
At their most advanced level, fire benders may even gain the ability of fire mimicry, or the ability to mimic the movement of fire, this may include moving very quickly in odd patterns and generating large amounts of energy.
Opposite element: Water
Weakness: Also water
Power over: Earth, a fire bender can burn all the plants. And animals, for that matter.
Water
At its most basic level, water bending is simply the ability to manipulate or control water with your mind or movement, usually starting with only small amounts at a time. When more advanced, however, water benders may gain the ability to create water at will and breathe underwater for certain periods of time. At their most advanced level, fire benders may be able to create and control mass amounts of water, giving them the ability to create natural disasters such as hurricanes and tsunamis. Water benders may also (though not as likely) gain the ability to manipulate or control any liquid, including blood, as long as it is currently in contact with the ground.
For example, a water bender cannot control rain (as that is in an air bender's domain) until it comes in contact with the ground. If they gain the ability to bend blood, however, then the animal or human that they are targeting must be in contact with some form of water, whether it be a river or a puddle. There are a few exceptions, but you must PM me first.
Opposite element: Fire
Weakness: Air
Power over: Fire, water douses the flames.
Earth
At its most basic level, earth bending is simply the ability to bend or adapt smaller portions of the ground and smaller plants. At a more advanced level, however, an earth bender may gain the ability to create land or plants at will as well as move or change larger amounts of land, giving them the ability to cause natural disasters such as earthquakes. At their most advanced level, earth benders may even gain the ability to communicate with animals and sense plants, this would give them the advantage of knowledge when it comes to traveling and planning as they would know more information than most.
At their most advanced level, some earth benders may even gain the ability to transform into any animal they wish, starting with smaller animals and gradually getting more powerful.
Opposite element: Air
Weakness: Fire
Power over: Air
Metal
At its most basic level, metal bending is simply the ability to move and change the appearance of small pieces of metal. At a more advanced level, however, a metal bender may gain the ability to create and change metal at will, though still in smaller amounts. At their most advanced level, a metal bender may summon metal from anywhere inside a five-mile radius, including from underground. With this metal, they can create almost anything including weapons, armor, shields, a shelter, as long as they can imagine it and they have enough metal, they can build it. They may also move said items with their minds if they desire to, though it takes a lot of effort. The larger the object, the harder it is to control.
Metal is one of the hardest elements to control and the wielder of this power must be extremely careful where, when, and how they summon the metal, otherwise they risk putting a knife or piece of metal through their own or someone else's chest. Because of this, metal takes a longer time to develop, but once mastered it is also one of the strongest elements.
Opposite element: Plasma
Weakness: Darkness
Power over: Plasma
Plasma
At the basic level, plasma bending is actually the ability to heal quicker and understand the human body better, including heightened knowledge of the way people think and why. At a more advanced level, a plasma bender may gain the ability to move quicker and heal people by coming in contact with the wound. At its most advanced level, plasma is possibly the scariest element, though usually known as a healer, a plasma bender may also become a killer with the ability to change, move, and stop the movement of plasma inside a human or animal body, resulting in a slow death.
Like metal, plasma develops slower than the other elements simply for the fact that it is harder to control and more overpowering. In order to control plasma correctly, a plasma bender must have a complete understanding of what they are doing and how to control it, otherwise, things could go bad pretty fast.
Opposite element: Metal
Weakness: Metal
Power over: Light
Light
In its most basic form, light bending is simply the ability to manipulate or change light with your movement or mind. At a more advanced level, however, a light bender may gain the ability to create light at will and even have flash visions of the possible future, though they aren't necessarily reliable at this level. At their most advanced level, a light bender may gain the ability to see into the near future through visions and read certain scripts that may be used to save (or destroy) the world. The light bender is also the only one who can make a bright enough light to see through the shadow bender's shadows.
(This one will most likely be reserved for one of the three of us because of the visions and script stuff)
Opposite element: Shadow
Weakness: Plasma
Power over: Shadow, light penetrates the dark.
Darkness/shadow
At its most basic level, shadow bending is simply the ability to manipulate or move shadows with your mind. At a more advanced level, however, a shadow bender may be able to create and control large amounts of shadow that a normal light couldn't penetrate, resulting in a blackout, they may also be able to drop the temperature to near freezing. At their most advanced level, shadow benders may gain the ability to shadow travel, or jump from place to place using shadows, and drop normal temperatures to below freezing without warning.
At their most advanced level, some shadow benders may even gain the ability to see other people's pasts, giving them more insight on both their companions and enemies than most people. Along with this, they may gain the power of echolocation and the ability to speak to/communicate with shadows.
Opposite element: Light
Weakness: Also light
Power over: Metal, if they can't see then they can't use their power properly, plus metal won't bend properly in the cold.