Zaheer

"air"

- It's the dawning of a new age. The end of the White Lotus, and soon, the end of the Avatar.

Zaheer is a fugitive airbender who escaped the custody of the Order of the White Lotus in 171 AG. He believes strongly in the foundation of a new world without the Order of the White Lotus or the Avatar.

Escape from prison
Two weeks after Harmonic Convergence, Zaheer discovered he had become an airbender. Taking advantage of his newfound abilities, he waited until the shift of his prison guards changed to escape. As one guard fed him, he used his airbending to throw him against the cell bars, swiftly running foreword and trapping the guard around his neck, preventing the guards from attacking him unless they wished to kill that guard. He grabbed the keys attached to the main guard's waist, unlocked his cell, and used his airbending to defeat all of the other guards before escaping.

Releasing his friends
Zaheer managed to disguise himself as a White Lotus member and take a boat to Ghazan's prison. There, he fought off White Lotus sentries and supplied a few earth pieces to help his friend escape. Together, they busted out Ghazan from his cell and defeated all of the guards on the island. The two latr worked together to help break out Ming-Hua, their waterbender, from her holding cell. Together, they discussed that they would all head to the Northern Water Tribe to break out P'Li, Zaheer's girlfriend.

Abilities
Prior to his attaining of a bending ability, the Order of the White Lotus deemed him dangerous enough to be kept in a secret secluded prison high above the earth in similar situations necessary to seclude highly dangerous benders despite not being one until recently. Whenever food was to be served to him, he had to turn his back to the cell doors with his hands behind his head.

Despite recently gaining his abilities in airbending, Zaheer possesses proficiency in the art, creating large air currents capable of knocking people off balance. He is also able to use airbending to increase his agility in evading attacks from his enemies. He was skilled enough at airbending to successfully liberate Ghazan from his prison, even when it was guarded by numerous skilled benders.

Even without his airbending, Zaheer is capable of cartwheels without any air support.

He is also very intelligent to mastermind his own and his cohorts breakouts in four separate prisons, duping the Order of the White Lotus guards and amassing his colleagues unique powers back into action by supplying them with their elements that the prison went to great measures to keep out of their hands.

Furthermore, Zaheer is well versed in Air Nomad philosophy and history, mainly teachings of the legendary airbender, Laghima, who lived the final forty years of his life untethered from the ground. His extensive knowledge further improved his discipline and focus in airbending.