The Sons of Agni

=The Saya Heating and Water Corporation= Is Ba Sing Sa's modern fire bending guild. They run the steam and boiler works that provide heating and warm water to the entire city. Like the Mechanist Combine they use their bending not for combat but to serve and better the lives of the people of Ba Sing Sa. They are just a simple public works guild nothing important or interesting, you should just ignore them entirely and get on with your lives. Easily the least powerful and mundane of the ten guilds they exist to bring heat and water to the city and nothing more.

=Membership and Daily Life= Mr. Saya is happy to have anyone join his happy corporate family. Fire Benders especially as the boiler works are quite hot and people with out the natural heat resistance of a fire bender may find the job unpleasant. Work in here is mundane so you might not be interested in it, just the monotonous tending to the boiler works and steam vents. Our employees work hard from dawn to dusk for a modest pay but they don't mind as long as there doing their part to make Ba Sing Sa a better place to live.

=Guild Hall Saya Headquarters= A modest building were Mr. Saya and his loyal employees work all day to provide the very best heat and water they can for the fine people of Ba Sing Sa

=Guild Master Toshi Saya= The man behind it all he has spent his entire life bringing heat and water to the people of Ba Sing Sa. Mr. Saya would like to assure all his fellow citizens that the rumors of an "assassins guild" called the "Sons of Agni" living in his district is completely false and untrue. Their is only himself and his loyal employees living here. Also Mr. Saya would like everyone to know that if they think he looks like a completely different person every time he makes a public appearance that it is still him and that he is just a fan of hair cuts and receives them constantly.

=Guild Champion: Hanako Yamada= Mr. Saya's loyal secretary she is in charge with the daily running's of the corporation and is also a hair cut enthusiast like Mr. Saya. =Theirs no reason to continue reading= This is all the information you require about our wonderful guild. Have a nice Day

In reality all of this is false. The Saya Heating and Water Corporation is a front for the true modern fire bending guild the Sons of Agni and their rival splinter group the Sons of Ozai. The group of Assassin's known as the Sons of Agni have existed since ancient times in the Fire Nation. They were at the height of their power during Fire Lord Sozin's reign as he commissioned them to eliminate all of the air nomads who escaped his genocidal attack on the air temples. They received a steady line of work, eliminating the fire nation's enemies efficiently and discreetly since then until Fire Lord Zuko discovered the secret society of hired killers, and tried to disband it immediately. That was the beginning of the decline for the Sons of Agni until Rei's rebellion. The new guild master having recently succeeded his predecessor through Agni Kai decided to move the guild into Ba Sing Sa. Believing that the political turmoil would produce many advantages for their line of work. The Sons of Ozai are a fanatical off shoot. They take Ozai's ideals of Fire Nation superiority to the extreme believing that the Fire Nation is the only nation that deserves to exist and that fire benders are the ultimate forms of life. At first they supported Rei and his war but when he died and his son Enoh took over the rebellion they changed their allegiances. As Enoh would allow anyone into his army and took a water bender as a wife. They retreated to Ba Sing Sa with the Sons of Agni to bide their time and martial the strength of all the cities fire benders so that they may wage war on Enoh and his corrupt world where all people are unified.

=Membership and Daily Life= =Agni= The Sons of Agni traditionally only allow fire benders into their ranks. Though it is not unheard of for non benders to join if they are appropriately skilled. Benders of other elements are never allowed in the guild as they don't have the pure fury and ruthlessness that fire benders are naturally capable of. Like most fire bending establishments men and women are treated equally and can advance to any level as long as they are skilled. Missions are either requested or assigned to members. Higher priority hits are usually given to experienced assassins though occasionally new recruits will be given a chance to prove themselves with difficult missions. When not completing missions members will usually train under ground in the subterranean steam tunnels that run under their district and throughout most of the city. Any member can pick and choose missions as they like and are free to do what they want however all are expected to take a certain amount of missions to keep their status as active member. Also while everyone is free to do as they want it is considered a very bad idea to not take missions given to you by the guild master or to follow his commands. The standard attire for members are black and red suits designed for stealth or light weight armor. All members are given a mask usually in the shape of a demon, spirit or kabuki character. They are expected to keep their identity hidden at all times even from their other guild members. Their true names are erased and on the official guild roster they are known as either Taro or Hanako Yamada (the Japanese equivalent of John or Jane Doe).

=Ozai= The Sons of Ozai are much more disciplined and militant then the Agnis. All members are trained and act as one their is a much more rigid chain of command that all members must follow. Obviously only fire benders are allowed into this guild and all who do must swear a blood oath to the leader of complete loyalty to the cause. While this may seem like this faction of the guild is more dangerous to be a part of it is actually the opposite. Due to their unity to a common cause all members look out for each other and watch each others back at all time. Failure is punished harshly but success is also rewarded heavily. It is not uncommon for new members of the Sons of Agni to be killed or hazed by their superiors. In the Sons of Ozai their is none of this as long as you remain loyal to the leader and the cause. The same tradition of constantly hiding your identity is kept by the Ozai faction as well. Only instead of unique individualized armor and masks all members were the same uniform and mask. The mask looks like the white skull helmets used by Fire Nation soldiers during the hundred year war except more stream lined to aid in stealth. Higher ranking members wear the three eyed masks of elite fire bending soldiers. When not doing missions the members train or patrol their territory to keep out Agni spies or to prevent assassination attempts.

=Guild Hall: Jigoku, the Oni's Den= The true guild hall for the Son's of Agni. It is the core boiler that is supposed to produce an enormous amount of hot water for the entire city. Instead it has been gutted by the Agni's and turned into their base of operations. Jigoku lies deep under ground in the center of a maze of pipes and vents. It is nearly impossible to navigate if you do not know the way or are a powerful metal bender. Many try to find the Oni's Den either to destroy it or to join and they usually end up dead. The center of Jigoku is the living quarters of the Oni Man the guild master for the Sons of Agni. Despite what one might assume from the most feared of assassin in Ba Sing Sa the Oni Man's quarters are small and simple and he keeps a large zen garden that he tends when not working on guild business.

=Guild Hall: Idain-En, the Great Furnace= The guild hall for the Sons of Ozai. Like Jigoku it was once an actual heating apparatus designed to provide heat for the entire city but was gutted to be the base for a bunch of assassins. It is slightly smaller then Jigoku but is more heavily guarded. While Jigoku relies on its discretion to protect it, Idain-En is constantly patrolled by agents of the Sons of Ozai to keep out Agni invaders. It still functions as a furnace from time to time as it is used to burn away the bodies of any who would dare try to breach it.

=Guild Master: The Oni Man (real identity unknown)= The elderly guild master for the Sons of Agni. Technically he is the leader of the entire guild but due to his guild champion creating a separate faction he only controls roughly half of the members. He is the most legendary assassin alive and rumored to be the most powerful fire bender in Ba Sing Sa. It is impossible to know as everyone he has ever displayed his true strength to has died. Despite this his appearance does not live up to his legacy as he is a relatively short old man who wears faded grey robes, sandals, and an old oni mask that has withered and dulled from time. Though age has made the mask lose its shine it is not damaged or marked in any way which has lead to the legend that he has never been struck in combat in his long career of assassination. Though he has a peaceful and quiet demeanor and spends his free time tending his zen garden or writing haiku the Oni Man is as ruthless as they come. He has never failed an assassination and will strike down any enemy without a moments hesitation. Many find it strange that he has not crushed the Son's of Ozai yet as they do nothing but weaken his guild and steal his agent,s contracts. But they dare not question his judgement and it is believed that he will destroy them when the time is right or when they have fulfilled whatever purpose he is keeping them alive for. His trade mark technique is his blue fire a very rare form of higher fire bending. Once he was asked by a subordinate how he was able to bend blue fire and his only reply was "because blue is the color of evil".

=Guild Champion: The Pheonix King (real identity unknown)= Though technically the guild champion for the Sons of Agni, the Phoenix King is the acting guild master for the Sons of Ozai faction. It was he who brought the fire bender supremacist ideals to Ba Sing Sa. Once he had gathered enough supporters he split off from the main guild to start his own. His mission is to either assimilate or destroy the Sons of Agni and then unite the fire benders of Ba Sing Sa into his cause and create what he believes to be a "perfect army", to wrench the world from Enoh's control. As insane as his plan is he has been steadily gaining support among the assassins and has been trying to secretly spread his ideals amongst the people of the traditional fire bending guild. This has also met with a deal of success. He is completely fixated on his goals and would do anything to achieve them, even sacrifice his own followers. Paradoxically while he will sacrifice their lives for the "greater good" he will also risk his own life to protect his followers from outside threats. The Pheonix King is a master fire bender and is virtually fearless, openly defying the Oni Man and forming his own assassins guild where most men are afraid to step on his shadow. His skill at both combat and planning has lead to his continued success and he wields his charisma like a weapon propagating loyal followers for his cause. Right now he is just a rebel living under ground but one day soon he may become the biggest threat Ba Sing Sa has ever seen.