Sozin - Major Recurring Characters

Major Recurring Characters

• Fire Lord Ozai (voiced by Mark Hamill in the animated series, and protrayed by Cliff Curtis in the live-action film) ruler of the Fire Nation, is the father of Zuko and Azula, younger brother of Iroh, and the supreme antagonist of the series. Ozai is depicted as a cruel and merciless leader, and is described as "the worst father in the history of fathers" by his son Zuko. Ozai went as far as to banish his own son, and later admitted that he thought banishment too light a punishment. He favors Azula over Zuko, because he sees her as a firebending prodigy and sees his own beliefs embodied in her. In "Sozin's Comet: The Final Battle", he renames himself the Phoenix King, ruler of the world, and appoints Azula to watch over the Fire Nation alone; but is defeated by Aang, who removes Ozai's ability to firebend.

• Admiral Zhao (voiced by Jason Isaacs in the animated series, and protrayed by Aasif Mandvi in the live-action film) is a hot-tempered Fire Nation admiral in pursuit of the Avatar and is Zuko's principal rival throughout Book One. Zhao is a very ambitious man who is intent on making a mark on history, as by attempting to kill off Zuko for his interference in his capture of Aang and planning to kill the moon spirit and thus destroy the waterbending capability to take control of the Northern Water Tribe, in which he fails when Princess Yue becomes the new moon spirit to replace the original one, and is himself killed by the ocean spirit.

• Avatar Roku (voiced by James Garrett (in the older years) and by Andrew Caldwell (in the younger days)) is Aang's immediate predecessor. Roku acts as Aang's mentor many times throughout the series, offering advice and occasionally helping Aang evade or escape his enemies. Roku is also Zuko's (and Azula's) maternal great-grandfather. In Book Three, it is revealed that Rolu was originally friends with Fire Lord Sozin until Roku attempted to prevent him expanding the Fire Nation at others' expense; wherefore, and despite their friendship, Sozin left Roku to die in a volcanic eruption. In the live-action film, Roku's role as Aang's guide is assumed by the Dragon Spirit (John Noble).

• Mai (voiced by Cricket Leigh) is an impassive, bored, stoic young noble-woman who, along with Ty Lee, accompanied her childhood friend Azula on her quest. She is the elder child of the Governor of New Ozai (previously Omashu) and his wife. She is a master of stealth and light weaponry; her primary weapons are all kind of throwing knives, arrows and shuriken kept concealed in her clothing. She later began a relationship with Zuko, culminating in her love for him prompting her to choose Zuko over Azula and betraying the latter, which led to her imprisonment. She is released after Zuko defeats Azula, and later reunites with Zuko.

• Ty Lee (voiced by Olivia Hack) is cheerful, energetic, and somewhat of a valley girl who, along with Mai, accompanies her childhood friend Azula on her quest. She is one of seven sisters and joined the circus at an early age to appear "different from a matching set". She is a peerless acrobat and can paralyze people or temporarily neutralize their bending powers by striking pressure points. In Book Three, she was temporarily imprisoned after she supported Mai against Azula by paralyzing her when she was about to attack Mai. She was released when the Fire Lord was defeated. She later joined the Kyoshi Warriors, whom she had earlier impersonated in Book Two.

• Suki (Chinese: 苏琪; traditional: 蘇琪; pinyin: Sū qí) (voiced by Jennie Kwan in the animated series, and originally planned to be portrayed by Jessica Jade Andres in the live-action film) is the leader of the exclusively female Kyoshi Warriors (a sect established by a previous Avatar). She is an exceptionally skilled fighter and Sokka's current girlfriend. She and the Kyoshi Warriors fought Azula in Book Two to which they were defeated and imprisoned but was released by Sokka and Zuko in Book Three, and remained with the protagonists thereafter and joined Toph and Sokka to disable the Fire Nation's air force; later to appear in the epilogue.

• Jet (voiced by Crawford Wilson) is a charismatic teen-aged rebel who holds a deep grudge against the Fire Nation. He is the leader of the Freedom Fighters, a group of children who spend their days antagonizing Fire Nation soldiers, even at the expense of innocent lives by the time of Book One. In Book Two, Jet openly condemns his previous actions with a desire for atonement in Ba Sing Se where he is brainwashed by chancellor Long Feng. He is released from this condition by the protagonists and is later killed during a fight against Long Feng.