abstract
| - Rock gloves are the favored weapons of Ba Sing Se's secret police force, known as the Dai Li. The Dai Li agents all wear gloves, each made from individual stone tiles covering their hands. Via earthbending, they provide long-range attacks, enabling agents to throw stone punches at an opponents from across a room. Agents can also use their bending to bond the gloves with stone walls or other earthen material, allowing them to scale terrain with ease. Besides assault purposes, the gloves can be used for stealth or capture purposes, either snatching an enemy from a distance without risking detection, or locking into cuffs around an arrested victim's wrists or ankles. A glove's individual tiles can be shot like darts, with enough force for each to embed itself into walls. The strength of the glove also proves effective for defense against sharp weapons, as seen when a Dai Li agent caught the blade of one of Jet's hook swords in his palm. The tiled parts of the gloves do not appear to have definite shapes, as a modified form was used to capture Momo as he attempted to fly away, forming a solid mold around his body.
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