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Hers was an ability type most often relegated to the supporting role, but [Sanko] had lived long enough to become an exception. She’d used pan-rozum to do more than simply fuse elements together. She’d learned to fuse herself into them, to become an entity of dirt and rock and stone. Integration may not have allowed her to create her own elements, even with pan-rozum, but that was a small price to pay when she could wield almost every element of every type of ground in the world as an extension of her body.
Everything beneath the Rainlords’ feet belonged to the Gargoyle now.

"Return to the Earth!"
Lexaeus when using Impact Quake, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

"The key to earthbending is your stance - You've got to be steady and strong. Rock is a stubborn element. If you're going to move it, you've got to be like a rock yourself."

The ground and floor above it began to tear apart, forming a small ravine between the warring forces. The ceiling and walls of the chamber felt its effect. The Batman looked up, wary of the mountain above collapsing on them.
"Rex, Rainie, prop it up!" he ordered. The metamorphic pair switched from shielding to splay their metallic forms out in the shape of an interlocking skeleton pressed between roof and flooring, holding the Outsiders and a few of their foes pent in a protective cage.
Geo-Force was not yet done.
The floor beneath them continued to crack, and the crack reached deep into the Earth itself. From it, Brion Markov summoned the molten rock that undergirds its cooled and hardened crust.

"Hark, wretched creatures! The earth itself rumbles of your doom!"
Chaos casting Earthquake, Final Fantasy XIV

"I'm Brock! I'm Pewter's Gym Leader! I believe in rock hard defense and determination! That's why my Pokémon are all the Rock-type! Do you still want to challenge me? Fine then! Show me your best!"


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