Zaheer

Character from Avatar: The Last Airbender by Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko

A philosopher-anarchist who gained airbending and achieved the impossible — true flight — driven by the principled belief that all governments are tyranny and the Avatar perpetuates an unjust order.

Also known as: Zaheer, the Anarchist

What They Know

• Leader of the Red Lotus — a splinter faction of the White Lotus dedicated to overthrowing all world governments
• Gained airbending during Harmonic Convergence despite having no prior bending ability
• Achieved true flight — the first person since Guru Laghima, 4,000 years ago — by releasing all earthly attachments after P'Li's death
• Poisoned Korra with metallic mercury to force the Avatar State and end the Avatar cycle
• Imprisoned in a volcanic crater, chained and suspended to prevent him from flying away
• Later helped Korra meditate past the trauma he caused her — respects her as a person even while opposing the Avatar's existence
• Quotes Guru Laghima constantly — 'Let go your earthly tether. Enter the void. Empty and become wind.'

Connections

• leader_of — p_li
• leader_of — ming_hua
• leader_of — ghazan
• lover_of — p_li
• enemy_of — korra
• enemy_of — tenzin
• poisoned — korra
• later_helped — korra

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