Thread:Aggression25/@comment-5142966-20140903043950/@comment-25322628-20140915230411

I'm not sure if our definitions on being a master are similar, but here is my definition on the status:

1) One that knows a sacred art and agrees to pass it on to one that doesn't know it.

2) One that has an extended understanding of an art after spending years learning the subject and is viewed as an experienced possessor of the art.

3) One who has all the skills of an experienced individual and is considered by many of the past and present as a skilled and powerful person, even possessing markings to prove that they are skilled in the art.

I believe that it's similar to the past Avatars that learned Airbending after years of learning other bending arts. They could've been offered the Airbending tattoos to prove that they were masters of the art, but declined in the offer, so they had to prove that they were masters in other ways or were simply viewed as masters by the Airbenders.