P'Li

"fire"

- I thought I'd never see you again.

P'Li is a powerful firebending criminal who escaped a secret North Pole prison with the help of Zaheer, Ming-Hua, and Ghazan. She is the girlfriend of Zaheer.

History
At some point in P'Li's life, she met and fell in love with Zaheer. In 158 AG, she, Zaheer, Ming-Hua, and Ghazan attempted to kidnap Avatar Korra, but were stopped by Zuko, Tonraq, Sokka, and Tenzin. All four were consequently incarcerated in separate prisons; P'Li was imprisoned by Unalaq and Zuko in a fortress deep within the icy tundras of the North Pole to negate her prowess in the art of firebending.

In 171 AG, P'Li was visited in her prison cell by Lord Zuko, Southern Chief Tonraq, and Northern chiefs Desna and Eska following the escapes of Zaheer, Ghazan, and Ming-Hua. Having not been visited by anyone "interesting" in thirteen years, P'Li deduced that the visit must have been because of Zaheer's escape, much to her pleasure.

Shortly afterward, P'Li's associates arrived at the North Pole to break her out of prison. Ming-Hua soon came and weakened the cell door with ice, causing it to fall open. The firebender's chains were broken off by Ming-Hua's water tentacles, and the two exited by climbing up the ice wall. P'Li called her friend a showoff for using her water arms to climb out the prison, believing they could have taken the elevator instead.



The two found themselves confronted by Zuko's dragon, Druk, who blasted fire at them, but P'Li redirected the flames around her and absorbed the heat. After "waiting thirteen years to feel this warm", she subsequently used a combustion beam attack to blast Druk away. The firebender used this technique a second time after noticing Tonraq fighting her boyfriend, destroying the chief's ice wall and knocking him out. The four soon fled the scene in a truck. While in the vehicle, P'Li embraced Zaheer and confessed her worries about never seeing him again before they shared a passionate kiss, to Ghazan's annoyance.

The group traveled to Republic City, where Zaheer infiltrated Air Temple Island under the pseudonym, "Yorru", in an attempt to find the Avatar once again. However, Zaheer's cover was exposed, and after he escaped, the gang found themselves being searched for by the Metalbending Police Force. Deciding to flee the city, the gang commandeered a truck and coerced its driver into smuggling them out of the city. Upon the driver being stopped, at a security checkpoint and being caught lying about his plans, he ran off, forcing the criminals to take control of the vehicle and make their escape. As police cars pursued them, P'Li used a combustion attack to down a few cars before Ghazan turned a part of the road into lava to stop the pursuit.

As soon as they were far away from the city, Ming-Hua complained that they should have grabbed a police officer to force the Avatar's whereabouts out of him. P'Li assured her that they would find Korra again. At that moment, Zaheer came out of meditation and announced that the Avatar was with the Metal Clan.

When the group traveled to Zaofu, and tried to kidnap the Avatar, she tried and failed along with the rest of the group to escape the city with the Avatar. First she destroyed a few watchtowers. Next when they were surrounded by metal plates, Zaheer used lava bending to create a circle of lava around them. She then proceeded to try to take out Mako and Bolin so that they escape. When Lin and Su dropped in from the ceiling of the dome, she was about to use combustion, however a well placed earth bending shot from Bolin, blocked her chi and prevented her from using her powers. She then lost Korra to Lin, and she mysteriously escaped with the rest of the group in Zaheer's sphere of wind.

Abilities
P'Li is a skilled combatant and a powerful firebender, able to easily disperse a blast from a dragon, with traditional firebending. P'Li is also capable of performing the rare technique of combustion and is able to use it to easily demolish large walls of thick ice. She has even proven herself capable of curving her blasts to strike from various angles and directions. Despite her precision with this ability, a single strike to the forehead will temporarily disrupt her ability to focus her chi and properly fire this power.

Trivia

 * Like Combustion Man, her tattoo of a third eye is an exact replica of the third eye of the Hindu God Shiva, which, when opened, engulfs anyone and anything before him in flames.