Old Fire Nation civilian

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- Oh! Please ... let me go, have mercy.

The old civilian was a man living in a Fire Nation-occupied Earth Kingdom town during the Hundred Year War. He was attacked by Jet and the other Freedom Fighters while traveling through the woods near Gaipan when he was believed to be concealing a weapon.

History
Shortly after Team Avatar met Jet and his Freedom Fighters, Sokka joined them on a stakeout mission in the forest. He alerted the Freedom Fighters of the approach of a possible enemy but urged the gang to call off the attack, noting that the "enemy" was just a harmless old man. Leaping from the tree, however, Jet proceeded to land in front of the civilian, knocking his cane out of his hands. When the elderly man attempted to escape, he crashed into Pipsqueak and fell, leaving the leader of the Freedom Fighters to roughly interrogate him and ask him if he liked to destroy towns and families. Just as Jet was about to kick the suffering civilian, Sokka intervened, arguing that he was "just a harmless old man". After the Freedom Fighters had mugged the man and stolen all of his possessions, they left him on the path in the middle of a forest, helpless and alone. Back at the Freedom Fighters' hideout, Sokka confronted Jet about his actions, and Jet gestured to a knife with a vial of poison in the handle, claiming the old civilian was an assassin sent to murder him.

Jet then proceeded with his plan to eradicate all the Fire Nation soldiers by flooding the nearby village. After eluding Pipsqueak and Smellerbee, Sokka tried to warn the villagers about the upcoming attack, but no one believed him, and the soldiers even thought he was a spy. However, the elderly civilian vouched for Sokka and urged the others to trust him, and together, they were able to evacuate the village just before Jet destroyed the dam, effectively flooding and destroying the town.