Headpieces

Headpieces are worn by many people in the world of Avatar to adorn their otherwise bare top-knots. These headpieces range from the very humble headpieces worn by normal citizens to the golden five-pronged headpiece worn by the Fire Lord.

Female Officials
The Passport Inspector and Ticket Lady both wear green wide hair claws; they are worn on the top of the head in line with the ears. These are similar to the ones worn by Toph and Katara when they are dressed as society ladies.

Beetle-Head Merchants
The headpiece of the Beetle-Head Merchants is part of their general attire these days. Legend has it that their Giant Gilacorns helmets mimick the appearance of the nasty-tasting sour Beetles, which were unpalatable to them.

Kyoshi Warriors
The uniform of the warriors includes a headpiece. The leader, currently Suki, uses a golden piece similar to the headpiece used by the past Avatar, Kyoshi. The rest of the Kyoshi Warriors use a green headband with a golden circle on a crescent at the front.

Earth Kingdom Generals
Generals of the Military of the Earth Kingdom wear a distinctive, large headpiece. Generals who wore headpieces include Fong, How, and Sung.

Citizens
Fire Nation citizens often wear decorative headpieces in their top-knots. The headpieces are only decorative, however, and are in no way a rank of royalty.

Prince and Princess
Zuko and Azula have both sported three-pronged headpieces in the traditional flame shape. While in the Earth Kingdom, Azula wore a simple red headpiece, but replaced it with a golden one upon returning home. It is interesting to note that while Zuko was the Crown Prince, he never wore this type of headpiece or any other headpiece for that matter, yet Azula was seen wearing one during Zuko's fateful Agni Kai. Zuko did not gain a headpiece until he returned home. Ursa has also sported a similar headpiece before she was banished.



Fire Lord
The Fire Lord's Headpiece is an ancient royal artifact of the Fire Nation. The headpiece has been passed down for many generations. It is meant to be worn by the Fire Lord, the absolute ruler of the nation. The headpiece is shaped like the Fire Nation insignia, except it possesses two additional prongs to make it appear like a crown. It is worn in a top-knot.

Crown Prince
The Crown Prince Headpiece is an ancient royal artifact of the Fire Nation, meant to be worn by the Heir to the Fire Lord. The crown has two prongs, as opposed to the five pronged headpiece of the Fire Lord.

This headpiece was apparently lost after the death of Avatar Roku, who was given the headpiece by his former best friend Fire Lord Sozin just before Roku went to master the four elements. However, it was later found by Iroh, who later gave it to Zuko.