Ogodei

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Ogodei was a member of a Fire Nation cavalry unit known as the Rough Rhinos. He was a master of his preferred weapon, a bogo, or chains. He, along with the rest of the Rough Rhinos, was responsible for destroying Jet's home village, causing the death of Jet's parents.

History
Ogodei took part in the ambush of Aang and his friends who were resting in a forest near Chin Village. As the three friends wanted to escape, Aang and Katara realized that they had left some priceless possessions behind, his staff and her waterbending scrolls respectively. As Aang made a break for his staff, Ogodei attempted to stop him by swinging his ball and chain around a tree and pulling it down in the Avatar's path. The young airbender, however, nimbly jumped over it. The group eventually managed to escape on Appa, but they left Sokka's boomerang as a consolation prize.

In the spring of 100 ASC, the Rough Rhinos endeavored to capture the Earth Kingdom's Chin Village in honor of Fire Lord Ozai. During this attempted take-over, he used his weapon to assault Katara. She, however, easily defended herself by knocking away the weapon with a water whip. The chain wrapped itself around Ogodei. As he was bound and made helpless by his own weapon, Katara then whipped the rhino with her water, causing it to race off.

Later that spring, the Rough Rhinos ran into Iroh and Zuko. Ogodei swung his ball and chain at Iroh, who kicked it away. The ball, redirected, wrapped its chain around the foot of Kahchi's rhino. Iroh swatted the rear of the rhino that had been chained. The beast ran off while dragging Ogodei, who had one end of the chain attached to his belt along with him. Iroh waved goodbye as he watched them go.

When Team Avatar, Smellerbee, and Longshot tried to help Jet to overcome the Dai Li's hypnosis, it was revealed that Ogodei and the rest of the Rough Rhinos were responsible for the destruction of Jet's village and the murder of his parents.

Trivia

 * "Ogodei" is derived from the Mongolian name "Ogedei", which was also the name of Genghis Khan's third and favorite son.
 * Also, Ogodei's attire bore resemblance to the Fire Nation engineers in "The Drill".
 * Ogodei was seen twice attacking people directly with his ball and chain and both times, he was defeated by his own weapon.