Headpieces



Headpieces are worn by many people in the World of Avatar to adorn their otherwise bare top-knots and other hair styles. These headpieces range from the very humble headpieces worn by normal citizens to the golden five-pronged headpiece worn by the Fire Lord.

Female officials
The passport attendant and ticket lady both wore green wide hair claws; they were worn on the top of the head in line with the ears. These are similar to the ones worn by Toph and Katara when they dressed as society ladies.

Beetle-head merchants
The headpiece of the beetle-headed merchants is part of their general attire these days. Legend has it that their helmets mimic the appearance of the nasty-tasting sour beetles to fend off giant gilacorns, to which the beetles were unpalatable.

Kyoshi Warriors
The uniform of the warriors includes a headpiece. The leader, currently Suki, uses a golden piece similar to the headpiece used by the past Avatar, Kyoshi. The rest of the Kyoshi Warriors use a green headband with a golden emblem on the front. These emblems vary in shape in size, from a small circle within a large circle, to a triangle on a crescent shaped headpiece.

Earth Kingdom generals
Generals of the Military of the Earth Kingdom wear a distinctive, large headpiece. Generals who wore headpieces include Fong, How, and Sung.

Earth King
The Earth King wears a distinct, conical crown to go along with the elegant royal garments. The crown is round with a domed top and decorated with the Earth Kingdom insignia. At the very tip it possesses a small spike.

Citizens
Fire Nation citizens often wear decorative headpieces in their top-knots. The headpieces are only decorative, however, and are in no way a rank of royalty.

Prince and Princess
Zuko and Azula both sported three-pronged headpieces in the traditional flame shape. While in the Earth Kingdom, Azula wore a simple red headpiece, but replaced it with a golden one when wearing her royal armor. It is interesting to note that while Zuko was the Crown Prince, he never wore this type of headpiece or any other headpiece for that matter during his banishment. He did not gain a headpiece until his return home. Ursa also sported a similar headpiece, before she was banished.



Fire Lord
The Fire Lord's headpiece is an ancient royal artifact of the Fire Nation. The headpiece has been passed down for many generations. It is meant to be worn by the Fire Lord, the absolute ruler of the nation. The headpiece is shaped like the Fire Nation insignia, except it possesses two additional prongs to make it appear like a crown. It is worn in a top-knot.

Crown Prince
The Crown Prince headpiece is an ancient royal artifact of the Fire Nation, meant to be worn by the heir to the Fire Lord. The crown has two prongs, as opposed to the five pronged headpiece of the Fire Lord.

This headpiece was apparently lost after the death of Avatar Roku, who was given the headpiece by his former best friend Fire Lord Sozin, just before Roku went to master the four elements. However, it was later found by Iroh, who later gave it to Zuko. Zuko was never been seen wearing the Crown Prince headpiece.

Phoenix King
While Ozai is the only Phoenix King to appear in the series, he wore an intricate and ornate crown. The crown took the shape of an ornate helmet, being red in colour with a gold phoenix and trim. It also bore a small red jewel on the forehead. The crown had a striking resemblance to Ozai's Phoenix King insignia.

Princess Yue
Princess Yue is one of the few members of the Water Tribe seen wearing hair ornaments. They consisted of blue bands bearing lighter blue ornamental Water Tribe insignias. They were used to hold up, tie, and decorate her hair.

Other members of the Water Tribes generally wear a variety of ties, hats, and beads rather than ornaments and other such decoration.