Azula



Azula is Prince Zuko's younger sister and in Prince Zuko's own words, "a firebending prodigy". Azula is cold, calculating and ruthless.

History
Azula is the favored child of Firelord Ozai, while Zuko is concidered an outcast Azula is prized and praised by Ozai. Her main goal is to capture Zuko but also bring Ozai the Avatar providing a threat to Zuko's quest to regain his honor and place on the throne. As far back as her childhood Azula has proven she was twisted and ruthless, her mentality is also very cunning and downright cruel. Azula has a lot of cruel methods to get what she wants and she has employed two of her best friends Mai and Ty Lee in her search for her prey.

Childhood
Even as a child Azula was cruel, once she had her friend Mei stand still while Azula shot a blast of fire at her. Later Azula seemed to become even more twisted as Firelord Azulon's health deteriated and Azula questioned why her father was not the ruler of the Firenation. She seemed to dislike her uncle General Iroh and was really hopng that her father would take his place on the throne. After thier mother left Azula became even more cold and this is evident as she was seen smiling at her brothers punishment at the hands of her father.



Azula today
Azula's quest shortly began after the siege of the north, her primary goal at first was to capture her brother and almost succeeded once. But now her focus is also on the Avatar and has met up with Aang at least twice now. Her employment of Ty Lee and Mai was a strategic one as she knew she needed stealth and percision though that did not stop her from taking a large firebending tank to hunt down the Avatar.

Character appearences
The character of Azula can be traced back to Book 1 Chapter 12: the Storm where she was seen smirking and openly rejoicing over her brother's punishment. Some claim that Azula was seen playing with Zuko in his flashbacks of his childhood, but some argue it is Iroh's son Liu Ten though this cannot be confirmed. She is also seen at the end of episode 20, "the Siege of the north: Part 2." As shown in Book 2: Chapter 1, she has the ability to bend lightning or electricity. This is likely an advanced version of firebending, but Azula is the only bender to have used it thus far in the series. However, Iroh has been shown to channel lightning, as seen in the episode The Storm when he protects the ship, and again when he redirects Azula's blast. Also most believe that it is Azula who is the shadowed figure for firebending seen in the opening sequence for the series though this cannot be proven.