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This page lists and profiles the season two minor secondary characters of the Asian-influenced American animated television series, Avatar: The Last Airbender. The characters listed lack enough appearances to be considered either main characters, major secondary characters or minor recurring characters; many appear only once or twice.

Contents 1 Fire Lord Azulon 2 The Boulder 3 Bosco 4 Chin the Great 5 Chong, Lily, and Moku 6 Circus Animal Tamer 7 Circus Ringleader 8 Dai Li 9 The Earth King 10 General Fong 11 Ghashiun 12 Gow 13 General How 14 Sister Iio 15 Ilah 16 Jin 17 Joo Dee 18 Lao Bei Fong 19 Lee 20 Lo and Li 21 Oma and Shu 22 Guru Pathik 23 Quon 24 The Rough Rhinos 25 Sandbenders 26 Song 27 General Sung 28 Terra Team 29 Tho, Due, and Huu 30 Tycho 31 Princess Ursa 32 Wan Shi Tong 33 Xin Fu 34 Ying and Tahn 35 Master Yu 36 Yung, the Resistance Leader 37 Professor Zei

• Voice Actor: Walker Edmiston

Azulon was the previous Fire Lord who has so far only appeared in the flashbacks Zuko had in "Zuko Alone." He was the husband to Fire Lady Ilah. He was the father of Fire Lord Ozai and Iroh, and thus grandfather to Prince Zuko, Princess Azula, and Prince Lu Ten. He was the son of Fire Lord Sozin, instigator of the war. Like Iroh, Azulon was apparently a general in the war years before becoming the Fire Lord and once searched for the Avatar as Zuko does now. His granddaughter Azula is named after him.

Azulon was the Fire Lord of the Fire Nation for almost twenty-three years until he mysteriously died about six years ago. Fire Lord Azulon ran the Fire Nation much like his father did – with an iron fist, and was a frightening man who demanded perfection. Fire Lord Azulon, like every Fire Lord, was a master Firebender. In his time, he was considered one of the best in the world and no one would dare cross him. Despite his strong leadership, Azulon cared very little for the people of his nation and was more interested in world domination, a quality he passed down to Ozai. Some of his greater military successes included the conquest of the Hu Zin provinces in the Western Earth Kingdom and the Battle of Garsai.

Shortly after the death of Iroh's son, Lu Ten, Ozai demands that Iroh be passed over for the throne and incites his father's fury. Ozai declares Iroh is a quitter and unworthy for letting death get in his way of winning Ba Sing Se. He also said that the bloodline would not continue with the death of Lu Ten. However, Azulon was outraged at the very thought of betraying his firstborn Iroh, as well as his younger son's ambition, and promised to punish Ozai terribly. Azula who spied on the conversation claimed that Ozai was ordered to kill his first born son, Zuko, so that he would know his brother's pain. Azulon dies soon afterwards by an unknown cause after a twenty-three year reign. Ozai then inherits the throne, supposedly on Azulon's dying wish.

Fire Lord Azulon appears in "Zuko Alone."

• Voice Actor: Mick Foley

A combatant in the Earth Rumble competition, "The Boulder" is a powerful Earthbender who is a parody of professional wrestlers in general and, more specifically, The Rock. Though his "pro wrestling" stage accent may seem unintelligent, he speaks with a degree of consideration and eloquence that suggests a greater intellect beneath his wrestler facade. He appears to be a decent human being at a base level, but is dedicated to winning and competing in the Earth Rumble tournament. He shows this through his initial reservations about attacking Toph, a twelve year old blind girl, when she confronts him during the final round of Earth Rumble VI.

The Boulder is one of the best Earthbending fighters in the Earth Rumble tournament. While his style of fighting is less extravagant than the other fighters, he is still amazing to watch. His straight-forward, powerful Earthbending skills are effective in their simplicity. The Boulder has a Badgermole tattoo on his back and he always talks about himself in the third person. He frequently employs earth-related puns, for example: "The Boulder is going to win this in a landslide!"

The Boulder appears in "The Blind Bandit." Acccording to Toph's ransom letter, his name was written as 大石塊 (dà shí kuāi) which translated as 'big chunk of rock.'

Bosco, the Earth King's pet bear, is first seen briefly in "City of Walls and Secrets", when a party is being held for him. After that, he isn't seen until "The Earth King", once again with a small appearance. After the Earth King is imprisoned in "The Crossroads of Destiny", Bosco is watched over by Mai and Ty Lee. Sokka and Toph free the Earth King and rescue Bosco. Toph Earthbends Ty Lee's limbs into the ground, and Mai simply isn't interested in fighting and tells them to "just take the bear." He later escapes Ba Sing Se with his owner, along with Aang and his friends.

Probably because he is a royal pet, Bosco is not particularly ferocious, and in fact seems rather fat and lazy. He is a great oddity in the Avatar universe, however, because he is, by real-world standards, a normal animal; most Avatar animals either have very unusual or bending qualities (like Appa and Momo), are mixtures of multiple real animals (such as badger-moles, saber-toothed moose-lions, etc.), and/or are entirely fictitious (such as Jun's Shirshu in "Bato of the Water Tribe"). When the main characters first heard of a "bear" they asked what kind it was ("Platypus-Bear?"), and, upon discovering it was just a normal "bear," replied that that was "weird."

A conqueror and warlord born over 370 years ago, Chin was a ruthless tyrant and managed to take control of most of the Earth Kingdom, save Ba Sing Se in the northeast and the Kyoshi Peninsula in the southwest. When Chin demanded that Avatar Kyoshi surrender her homeland to him, Kyoshi instead split it from the mainland, killing Chin and creating Kyoshi Island. The village of Chin, located at the split of the Kyoshi Peninsula, is named in his honor.

Written in ancient Chinese script, at the base of the Chin the Great statue is his name, 秦偉 (qín wěi). He is named after Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China for whom the country is named after.

• Voice Actors: Dee Bradley Baker (Chong), Laraine Newman (Lily), Derek Basco (Moku)

A trio of Earth Kingdom nomads who along with their group travel around land singing songs to experience the wonders of the world. This trio is probably meant to be a parody of hippies, as their songs concentrate on the topics of love and peace.

Chong, his wife Lily, Moku, and two other nomads who remain unnamed meet the kids, who are on their way to Omashu, and offer to take them through a shortcut to Omashu known as the Cave of Two Lovers. None of them seem terribly bright and act somewhat unusually easy-going, which becomes a source of frustration for the kids, especially Sokka.

Chong in particular is very mellow to the point he sometimes can't even remember the lyrics of his own songs and can be viewed as slack when it comes to doing important things like getting through the Cave of Two Lovers. Lily seems to lack veritable knowledge, such as when she lights all her torches at once, believing that it will provide light for the same amount of time as if they were lit one after another. Moku is a guy of very few words, and seems to think that letting Chong do the thinking is best. The three travel around with two other people who are never named and never say anything but dance to Chong's songs.

They appear in "The Cave of Two Lovers." The Chinese word for the flower 'lily,' bǎi hé (百合), translates as 'hundreds unite,' which is coincidentally one of the goals of a hippie.

• Voice Actor: Dwight Schultz

First appearing in "Appa's Lost Days", this man is an animal tamer of a Fire Nation circus, the same that which Ty Lee came from, who used abusive methods to "break" his animals. He appears to direct his animals using a fire whip, and has a very short temper. According to the official site, he once served and was raised by a sadistic Fire Nation nobleman, no doubt from whom he acquired his abusive nature. The animals that were shown in the episode that he tamed were Appa, a Vulture Griffin, and a Platypus Bear.

First appearing in "Return to Omashu", this man is the leader of a traveling Fire Nation Circus. He seems stubborn, but also easily bullied, as shown when Azula forces him to set fire to a net beneath a performing Ty Lee. He also appears in "Appa's Lost Days" where he told the tamer to put the sky bison (aka Appa) in the show. The Ringleader is worried for Ty Lee's safety when he is forced to set fire to the net beneath her tightrope, so he cares for some of his employees, especially one of noble blood as Ty Lee.

Selectively picked at a young age, the members of the Dai Li are elite officers of Ba Sing Se under the control of Long Feng. Their job is to ensure that no one disrupts the order of the city, such as by speaking of "undesirable" topics like the war with the Fire Nation. They employ skilled Earthbenders as a secret police group, who wear gloves made apparently out of earthen materials in order to dexterously Earthbend on the go. The Dai Li also are adept at using Earthbending to cling to sheer rock surfaces, such as walls or ceilings. They conceal chained metal cuffs within their sleeves, which they use to snare and hold prisoners, particularly other Earthbenders so as to inhibit their bending. They appear to use hypnosis to persuade rebels and mavericks (such as Jet) that there is no war within the walls of Ba Sing Se. Most of Ba Sing Se's citizens seem to fear them and want nothing to do with them, knowing that nothing but trouble can arise from meddling in any of their affairs. In the events of the Season 2 finale, the Dai Li abandon Long Feng and pledge loyalty to Azula. She also points out that, while Earthbenders, the Dai Li possess "a killer instinct that's so Firebender."

The Dai Li was actually created several centuries ago by Avatar Kyoshi to preserve the cultural heritage of Ba Sing Se, in response to a peasant uprising against the government and 46th Earth King. She currently regrets having created the Dai Li, as she had no idea how corrupt they would become at the time.

The Dai Li first appear in "City of Walls and Secrets."

• Voice Actor: Phil LaMarr

The fifty-second ruler of Ba Sing Se, and indeed the entire Earth Kingdom, the Earth King makes a cameo appearance in the episode "City of Walls and Secrets" during a party for his pet bear, Bosco, for whom he seems especially fond. He makes his first full appearance in "The Earth King", when Aang and his friends come before him accusing the Dai Li of treason. Having never left his palace and being told false information by Long Feng, the king was previously unaware of the war against the Fire Nation. However, evidence provided by Aang and his group persuaded him, and he agreed to mount an invasion of the Fire Nation. Unbeknownst to him, the Dai Li remained loyal to Long Feng. During the season two finale, the Earth King's court is infiltrated by Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee, who, after disguising themselves as Kyoshi Warriors, instigate a coup against the Earth King and succeed in imprisoning him and his generals. Along with Toph and Sokka, the Earth King escapes and is escorted out of the city. As they depart from Ba Sing Se, he remarks "The Earth Kingdom.... has fallen". The Earth King's character is sometimes identified with that of Emperor Kanxi of the Chinese Qing dynasty. In the case of Kanxi, he left the Forbidden City for the sake of curiosity. The Earth King was prompted by Aang and the others.

According to Nick.com his given name is Kuei, but post-coronation the Earth King traditionally renounces any personal status, being referred to as "The Earth King" or "Your Majesty", and therefore identifies only with his title. His father, the fifty-first Earth King, died when Kuei was four; at this time, he was obviously too young to rule, and thus Long Feng was able to collect most power to himself and the Dai Li. It was by keeping the Earth King in the dark into his adulthood that Long Feng was able to keep so much control over the people of Ba Sing Se.

The Earth King appears in "City of Walls and Secrets" (with no dialog), "The Earth King", "The Guru", and "The Crossroads of Destiny."

• Voice Actor: Daniel Dae Kim

General Fong is an Earthbender General who is in command of an Earth Kingdom fortress situated in a mountain range in the western Earth Kingdom. He originally enlisted as a common soldier, but rose through the ranks to become an officer and eventually General. Despite being poorly educated he has gained the loyalty of his troops through his 'no fear' attitude.

In "The Avatar State," General Fong was given the responsibility of providing Aang and company an escort to the Earth Kingdom city of Omashu. Bent on stopping the war, during Aang's stay at his base he informed Aang that if he could just trigger the Avatar State he could destroy the Fire Lord and end the war immediately. After many failed attempts at triggering Aang's Avatar State, he decided that he would have to activate it by force by putting Aang in genuine danger. To this end, he directed his soldiers to attack the Avatar.

The soldiers attack upon Aang did not succeed in triggering the Avatar State, so Fong tricked Aang into believing he had killed Katara, which drove Aang to enter his Avatar State. Afterwards, General Fong was knocked unconscious by Sokka after he stubbornly thought of more plans to put Aang into his Avatar State. In "The Guru," it was said that the invasion of the Fire Nation would be launched from his fortress.

He appears in "The Avatar State."

• Voice Actor: Paul McKinney

A desert dweller and Sandbender who resides within the Si Wong Desert. He is the son of Sha-Mo and is the person directly responsible for Appa's kidnapping in The Library. Ghashiun is an adolescent who normally spends his days riding around the Si Wong on his sand-sailor with his gang of friends, usually getting into trouble and stealing anything that isn't well guarded. According to the official site, Ghashiun has been acting somewhat emotionally detached ever since his mother, Yulduz, died of skin cancer, a common affliction in the sun-drenched desert. As demonstrated in The Desert, his relationship with his father is distant at best with Ghashiun's lying and stealing only serving to strengthen the rift.

Ghashiun appears in "The Library", "The Desert", and "Appa's Lost Days", with his speaking role increasing with each appearance.

• Voice Actor: Gary Sturgis

The head of a band of thugs in an Earth Kingdom village, he and his crew bullied and terrorized the citizens of the town, excusing themselves as Earth Kingdom soldiers. When Zuko entered the village, they stole the feed he had purchased and accused him of throwing eggs at them. Zuko did not flinch, though, and Gow warned him to get out. Later, Gow led his band to Ganzu's homestead. He informed the farmer that his eldest son, Sen Su, had been captured, but backed down when Zuko threatened him. Later, Gow kidnapped Lee, Ganzu's younger son, and refused to surrender him when Zuko commanded it.

Zuko proceeded to demolish his group, but Gow used his Earthbending abilities to bring Zuko down. As he closed in for the kill with his twin hammers, though, Zuko rose up and gave a display of Firebending that caused Gow to drop his weapons in shock. Zuko then knocked him unconscious with a few fireblasts, taking his knife back as he did. Gow probably slunk off in shame afterwards.

• Voice Actor: Jim Meskimen

As leader of the Council of Five, How is essentially the supreme officer of the Earth Kingdom military and the primary military adviser to the Earth King. Introduced in "The Earth King," he and his men searched Long Feng's office, retrieving several documents including a military report revealing the location of the Southern Water Tribe forces, the scroll from the Guru, and a letter said to be from Toph's mother. He is loyal to the Earth King and was therefore conflicted about the war remaining a secret from him. How and the other Council members were making preparations for the invasion of the Fire Nation during the solar eclipse when Azula and the Dai Li captured them as part of their coup in "The Crossroads of Destiny".

General How first appears in "The Earth King".

As a Mother Superior, Sister Iio was the female Airbender nun in charge of the Eastern Air Temple seen in a flashback during Appa's Lost Days. She prepared several children, including Aang, to bond with a group of young Flying Bison. She gives each of them an apple, telling them how to choose a bison carefully, because 'a Sky Bison is a companion for life'. Her ultimate fate is unknown, though she likely died when the Fire Nation destroyed the Air Nomads.

Sister Iio appears in "Appa's Lost Days".

Ilah was the wife of Fire Lord Azulon, the mother of Fire Lord Ozai and Iroh, the grandmother of Lu Ten, Zuko and Azula. Not much is known about her other than the facts above. She is deceased when Azulon's funeral is held.

Ilah is mentioned briefly in "Zuko Alone" at Azulon's funeral.

• Voice Actress: Marcella Lentz-Pop

A citizen of Ba Sing Se who frequently visits the tea shop where Iroh and Zuko were employed, Jin eventually builds up the courage to ask Zuko out on a date. After going out to an awkward dinner, the pair go to a fountain that is renowned for its beauty (and the place where Jin's parents used to meet as teenagers); however, the lanterns that majestically illuminate the fountain are unfortunately unlit when they arrive. Noting her disappointment, Zuko asks Jin to close her eyes and he carefully uses Firebending to light the lanterns. At the end of their date Jin kisses Zuko. Although he begins to return it, he then backs away abruptly and excuses himself by saying, "It's complicated," and he leaves her standing alone.

Jin appears in "The Tales of Ba Sing Se".

• Voice Actress: Lauren Tom

Introduced in "City of Walls and Secrets," Joo Dee at first appears to be a stereotypically vapid and ignorant tour guide—despite the fact that Sokka has information regarding the war against the Fire Nation, she constantly "handles" the entire group into following her tour, promising them audience with the Earth King of Ba Sing Se within six to eight weeks. When Aang and the group go searching for Appa and information dealing with the war on the Fire Nation, Joo Dee hangs back from the others, ever-smiling. When Sokka asks a question that gets close to the truth, Joo Dee will smile broadly and shake her head at the person under interrogation, which elicits a withdrawn, scared reaction from them. When Aang and the group crash the Earth King's party in a botched attempt to alert him of the solar eclipse that causes Firebenders to lose their bending power, Joo Dee urges them to leave before they are caught; but when Aang is exposed as the Avatar, her perpetual smile melts into something closer to hopeless despair.

After meeting with Long Feng, Aang and company are to be escorted home by Joo Dee, but they are shocked to see that a doppelgänger with the same name and eerie smile has taken the place of the Joo Dee they first met. This suggests that the totalitarian government of Ba Sing Se has covered up all traces of the original woman's existence because she failed at escorting the Avatar properly. In the episode "Lake Laogai," it is revealed that the Dai Li brainwashes many women into becoming Joo Dees.

Joo Dee appeared in "City of Walls and Secrets" and "Lake Laogai."

• Voice Actor: Cam Clarke

Lao Bei Fong is Toph's father and a wealthy figure in the village of Gaoling. He cares deeply for his daughter and only wishes for her safety, but he is far too overprotective of her, even going as far as hiding her existence from the rest of the town. His fear for her well being only increased when he witnessed her mastery of earthbending. When Toph ran away to teach the Avatar, he assumed she was kidnapped by him and commissioned Xin Fu, the promoter of the Earth Rumble VI Earthbending tournament, and Master Yu, Toph's earthbending teacher, to do "whatever it takes" to rescue her.

Lao appears in "The Blind Bandit." According to Toph's passport in "The Serpent's Pass" and the fake letter from her mother in "The Earth King", Bei Fong is written as 北方 and when put after 老(lào) translates as 'Old North' or 'Mr. North.'

• Voice Actor: Robby Bruce

Lee is the boy Zuko meets in Zuko Alone. Zuko first meets Lee when he is buying food for his ostrich horse and himself. Lee and his friends throw some eggs at the bully Earth Kingdom soldiers, and quickly leave. Seeing Zuko as the only one around, the guards blame him and take his food. Lee regrets getting Zuko in trouble and invites him to his house for food. Lee warms up to Zuko, thinking of him like an older brother, where Lee's actual brother is currently fighting against the Fire Nation. Lee also reminds Zuko of himself as a younger child. Late at night, Lee steals Zuko's broadswords and practices with them in the fields. Zuko wakes and confronts the boy, but instead of scolding him for the theft or the harm Lee could do to himself, Zuko gives Lee a short lesson on how to use the broadswords. Before he leaves, Zuko gives Lee his knife, the one given to him by Iroh and the one used to cut his knot in "The Avatar State." After a confrontation with the guards once more, Lee pulls the knife on them and is taken away from his mother. Zuko eventually rescues Lee from the guards but uses his firebending to do so. When the village finds out that Zuko still believes himself to be heir to the Fire Nation, Zuko tells Lee to keep the knife, Lee quickly shuns him away, demanding that Zuko keep the knife and saying "No, I hate you!" after realizing his origins.

The episode they shared is the only episode since "The Cave of Two Lovers" that fugitive Zuko does not introduce himself as Lee.

• Voice Actor: Unrevealed

First shown in "The Avatar State," these twin sisters appear to be Princess Azula's teachers, overseeing her generation of lightning. In "Return To Omashu," the twins advise Azula to abandon the Royal Procession in favor of a smaller elite group to better increase her chances of capturing her fugitive brother.

First mentioned in The Cave of Two Lovers, Oma and Shu were the world's very first Earthbenders. Their tombs lie side by side within the walls of the cave, whose decorated walls tell their story, otherwise known as "The Legend of the Two Lovers." Oma and Shu were a woman and a man who met atop a mountain that divided their two villages, but belonged to different tribes who were currently warring with each other. However their love was strong and they were able to find a way. The two were able to learn earthbending from the badgermoles that dwelled within the mountain, and using their bending, were able to carve out elaborate tunnels where they continued to meet secretly.

The two lovers continued their meetings until one fateful day in which Shu didn't come. As it turned out, he had died in the war. Distraught by her loss, Oma unleashed a potent display of her earthbending prowess, but rather than destroying the two villages, she declared the war between them over. Together, both villages helped her build a new city where they would peacefully coexist. The great city came to be named Omashu in as a monument to the two lovers.

• Voice Actor: Brian George

When met by Appa in "Appa's Lost Days", Guru Pathik understood that he was not the person Appa expected, and he simply lies back, looking at Appa ever so often, and receiving a growl in return. Eventually, night settles in, and Appa falls asleep. The Guru reads Appa's Spiritual energy, remarking on how Appa is so full of love and trust, but at the same time fear is moving into where trust should be. He also tells of how he had a vision of Aang and Appa years ago, and decided to come to the Eastern Air Temple and wait for the two. He then leaves Appa to rest, saying how Appa must let the clouds in his mind part and be at peace.

Come morning, Appa follows a trail of fruit made by the Guru which eventually leads Appa to find the Guru meditating with a group of animals surrounding him. Appa decides to leave the man alone, and after flying around a bit, he comes to rest next to the guru at the top of the Temple. The Guru gives Appa a note, which he ties to his horn, and then proceeds to tell Appa about how much his energy and Aang's is intertwined. As he tells Appa this, he puts his hand to Appa's forehead, and tells Appa where to find Aang. Appa flies off, heading off to Ba Sing Se.

In "The Guru," Guru Pathik reveals that he and Gyatso were good friends. He also tries to help Aang unlock his chakras, which will allow him to enter and control the Avatar State at will. He succeeds in unlocking 6 of the 7, when Aang realizes Katara is in danger. Although Pathik warns him that leaving will fully block his chakras and completely prohibit the Avatar State, Aang flies to Ba Sing Se.

A guru is a spiritual expert. The word pathik means "the traveler" in Hindi and was a last name that Mahatma Gandhi personally gave to the family of Magan Kumar, a child born to his ashram in 1938^[1].

• Voice Actor: Kurt Fuller

Quon is wealthy, young, charismatic merchant of Ba Sing Se who hails from a family of entrepreneurs. He has managed to expand his family fortune by investing in and starting up several businesses of his own, including Ba Sing Se's first trans-wall food delivery service designed for Middle and Upper Ring customers. In "Lake Laogai," after sampling a cup of his brew, Quon persuasively offers to build Iroh his very own tea shop in the Upper Ring, which Iroh passionately accepts, and the results of their deal can be seen with the opening of the elegant "Jasmine Dragon" tea house in "The Guru."

Quon appears in "Lake Laogai."

The Rough Rhinos are a group of fire nation soldiers who are currently pillaging and raiding Earth Kingdom villages like common bandits. They are strong however, as each of the five members rides a ferocious three horned lizard and is a master of a different weapon. Their first appearance is in the episode "Avatar Day," first at the beginning where they ambush Aang, and later when they try for the Fire Nation to take over the town that Aang is being tried in. In the latter encounter, they are all defeated. Later, in the episode "The Desert," they ambush Zuko and Iroh for the bounty on their heads. Iroh identifies them and reveals that they used to work for him. The five Rhinos are easy to identify. Colonel Mongke has his hair tied with two feathers and uses Firebending. Another is a Yuyan Archer with face paint and a love for incendiary arrows. The third has armor and a helmet that hides his face and throws dynamite. The fourth has a darker complexion than the others and a ball and chain weapon with two balls instead of one. Finally Kachi, the only other Rhino named, is balding and uses a guan dao. Iroh and Zuko then defeat the Rhinos. Whether they will appear in future episodes remains to be seen. Iroh also describes them as "a very capable singing group."

Colonel Mongke is responsible for the deaths of Jet's parents and Jet's village is one of the Earth Kingdom villages that the Rough Rhinos destroyed. We see this in Jet's forced flashback in "Lake Laogai."

Their names seems to reflect a Mongolian influence. 'Mongke' is the name of Genghis Khan's grandson and means 'eternal.' 'Kachee' is the name given to the Monoligan descended Tibetan Muslims. 'Ogedei' was the Khan's third and favorite son. ' Yeh-Lu' was the Khan's chief of the secretariat. 'Vachir' is a style of archery and means 'thunderbolt' (this could mean that he is the Yuyan). Also, Iroh's comment about their voice talent could be a reference to Mongolian throat singing.

The name "Rough Rhinos" itself may be a reference to the Rough Riders, a nickname given to the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War.

Out in the Earth kingdom's Si Wong Desert, there inhabits a small group of nomads with a certain proficiency with the discipline of earthbending in regards to manipulating sand, inherently earning them the nickname of Sandbenders. Little is known except that they exhibit a tribalist system of organization and make use of catamaran-like vehicles which they propel with sand to move about the desert. Since economic opportunities are limited in the desert, Sandbenders get by however they can. They have been known to scavenge for dead animals, or even steal from passing travelers at the nearby cantina. They resemble Bedouins in many ways such as clothing, lifestyle and tribe-system.

In "The Library," a gang of them led by a Sandbender named Ghashiun captured Appa. In "The Desert," Aang and company found an abandoned sand-sailer, leading them to a large beehive atop an enormous mesa, and finally to one of the Sandbender tribes, where they confronted the person responsible for the capture of Appa.

• Voice Actress: Kim Mai Guest

Song is a kindhearted girl from an Earth Kingdom village who helps Iroh after he makes tea out of a poisonous plant thinking it was edible, and subsequently getting a horrible rash covering his entire body. Song manages to cure him and then invites him and Zuko to eat dinner at her house. At her house she talks about the war and how Fire Nation soldiers captured her father years ago to fight in the war. From Song, Zuko realizes the side effects of war from the perspective of a common person outside of the Fire Nation and finds empathy for her. However, Zuko steals an ostrich horse from her family to aid in his and Iroh's travels; while Song witnesses the whole event, she says nothing.

She first appears in "The Cave of Two Lovers." Her outfit resembles the traditional Korean Hanbok. It is also interesting to note that much like Zuko has a scar on his face from a Firebender, Song has scars on one of her legs from a Firebender.

• Voice Actor: Barry Dennen

General Sung is in charge of defending the outer wall of Ba Sing Se, the Earth Kingdom capital city. He originally refused Aang's help in stopping the Drill that the Fire Nation was using to attack the outer wall, believing he could handle the situation himself, but humbly requested the Avatar's assistance after the Terra Team, an elite team of Earthbenders which were defeated by Ty Lee, failed to destroy the machine. He is also part of the Council of Five, the Earth King's most trusted generals. Sung and the other members of the Council of Five are captured by the Dai Li during Azula's coup against the Earth King.

General Sung first appears in "The Drill."

A platoon of elite Earthbenders that guard the walls of Ba Sing Se commanded by General Sung. The Terra Team was ordered to destroy the Fire Nation drill attacking the wall, but were easily disabled by Mai and Ty Lee.

The Terra Team briefly appear in "The Drill." Their name is clearly influenced by the Latin word "Terra," literally meaning "earth."

• Voice Actors: Carlos Alazraqui (Tho & Due), William H. Bassett (Huu)

Three members of the Foggy Swamp Tribe. While Momo and Appa are separated from Aang, Katara and Sokka, they are being hunted by Tho, who is a little short and chubby, and Due, who is very tall and skinny. The kids, in the meantime, are being chased after by a Waterbender named Huu (pronounced "Hugh"), a fat man of average height, who can bend the water in plants and use them for a swamp monster disguise. Huu, like Aang, heard a voice from the Swamp and became "enlightened" as he realized that the swamp's illusions reflect on life, death, the connection between the earth and all its organisms as a whole and that time is irrelevant. Using this new-found knowledge, Aang finds Appa and Momo and stop Tho and Due, who are more than happy to find fellow Waterbenders outside of the Swamp in Aang and Katara.

Tho, Due, and Huu appeared in "The Swamp."

• Voice Actor: Quinton Flynn

A mugger who formerly had high hopes of working at the Spa University in Ba Sing Se, but was refused aid in paying the tuition and disowned by his family. In desperation, he fell into a life of crime. In "Tales of Ba Sing Se," within an alley, Tycho came across and attempted to mug Iroh, who was on his way to a picnic, but was easily knocked off his "poor stance" and disarmed within seconds. Rather than have him arrested, Iroh instead briefly provided instruction towards the mugger on how to assume a more serious and solid stance. Over a cup of tea, Iroh proceeded to encourage him to persue his dream of becoming a masseur. Tycho expressed great joy over Iroh's advice, stating that he was the first person ever to truly believe in him.

Tycho first appears as brief cameo in "City of Walls and Secrets," seen offering a large saber to a man in an alley.

• Voice Actress: Jen Cohn

Princess Ursa is the wife of Ozai and mother of Prince Zuko and Princess Azula. She has only appeared in flashbacks in the episode "Zuko Alone" and a feverish dream of Zuko in "The Earth King", although not much is known about her. It is shown that she is very protective of her son Zuko and may be one of the only members of the Fire Nation royal family (along with Uncle Iroh) who loves him. Shortly after the death of Iroh's son, Lu Ten, her husband Ozai asked his father, the Fire Lord Azulon, to pass Iroh's birthright to the throne to him. Ozai considered Iroh an unworthy quitter who let the death of his son get in his way of conquering Ba Sing Se. This dishonorable request only infuriated Azulon, who declared that Ozai would be fittingly punished for venturing to betray his own brother in his time of sadness. It is unknown what exactly this punishment was or if it was even carried out, though Azula told Zuko that it was to have him killed so that Ozai knew how it felt to lose his own first-born son. By the next morning, Ursa had disappeared, Azulon was proclaimed dead, and Ozai was announced as his willed successor. It is unknown what part Ursa had in these scandalous events, but it is almost certain that she played a major role in protecting Zuko. In Ursa's final appearance in the flashbacks, she wakes Zuko before her departure to remind him of her love and to tell him to always remember who he was, no matter how things seemed to change.

"Ursa" is Latin for bear, which is likely a reference to how protective she is of Zuko.

Princess Ursa first appears in "Zuko Alone." In "The Earth King," the blue dragon (who has Azula's voice) says "Sleep... just like mother!" referencing her disappearance. Also, although not seen, Ursa is mentioned in "The Crossroads of Destiny".

• Voice Actor: Hector Elizondo

Wan Shi Tong is the spirit of knowledge — an ancient and powerful being who knows more than any human walking the earth. In fact, his name is a phrase in Mandarin Chinese ("萬知通") that literally translates to "He Who Knows 10,000 Things." He never misses a chance to learn a new fact, or to brag about his vast intelligence. He built the great spirit library in the middle of the Si Wong, bringing it to the mortal world. Although he left his great collection of knowledge available to the mortal world for many years, he is recently rather angry at humankind; he apparently sees knowledge as something good purely for its own sake, and in recent years he is known to have been visited by humans only twice — once by Admiral Zhao (who was then a young lieutenant serving under "General Shu") and once by Aang and his friends — in both cases because the visitors were hoping to find secrets to destroying their enemies (the Water Tribes, and Fire Nation, respectively). Although his regular shape is that of an immense black-and-white barn owl, an animal commonly associated with wisdom in Western thought [1], he can lengthen his body to that of a huge serpent-like creature when angered. In the beginning of "The Library" when Aang and his friends encounter Wan Shi Tong, he is walking and resembles Hayao Miyazaki's "No Face" from "Spirited Away". After Sokka breaks a vow made to Wan Shi Tong that no knowledge found in the library will be used for violence, Wan Shi Tong pulls the library back into the Spirit World before attacking Aang and the others.

Wan Shi Tong appears in "The Library."

• Voice Actor: Marc Graue

The promoter as well as the host of the underground Earthbending tournament, Earth Rumble VI, Xin Fu seems on the outside a nice enough guy, but when prompted with the possibility that he has been cheated, his more underhanded side becomes clear. He kidnapped Aang and Toph when the Boulder suggested that Toph purposely lost the match to Aang and then split the money with him afterward. Though Xin Fu is seemingly a powerful Earthbender since he lasts longest against Toph, he is still defeated. He is then recruited by Toph's father to retrieve Toph who Aang "kidnapped" by "any means necessary", and is now pursuing Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Toph alongside Master Yu. He has also shown that if he catches Aang, he fully intends to sell him to the Fire Nation for a large monetary reward. He is shown in The Blind Bandit to be a proficient and powerful Earthbender as he was once an active competitor of the Rumble.

In "The Desert," it is clear that Xin Fu mistook the bounty on Toph for being a dead-or-alive bounty, but was quickly corrected by Master Yu, stating "No she's not, I'm certain he wants his daughter alive..." They temporarily change their targets when they spot the fugitives Zuko and Iroh entering a bar. Master Yu insisted on patience to wait for the right moment, but Xin Fu's impulsiveness gets the better of him and tries to arrest them, but the White Lotus member turned the whole bar against them. Xin Fu and Master Yu beat all the men in the bar, but in the confusion the fugitives slipped away. They search the whole town but with no success, thus changing their target back to Toph. In The Earth King, they finally manage to catch her by luring her into a trap with a falsified letter from her mother. In "The Guru", Xin Fu is captured by Toph in the very metal box he imprisoned her in.

Xin Fu is voiced by and appears in "The Blind Bandit", "The Desert", "The Earth King", and "The Guru." Although partly obscured, his name in Toph's ransom letter was written as 辛富 (xīn fù) which translated as 'bitter rich.'

Ying and Tahn, first appearing in Book 2, Chapter 7, "Zuko Alone," are a married couple that Zuko contemplates stealing food from. However, when he sees that Ying is pregnant, he decides against it. The couple re-appears in Book 2, Chapter 12, "The Serpent's Pass." After learning that they were robbed, the gang helped them and Tahn's sister cross the deadly Serpent's Pass in the chapter of the same name. After they finished crossing, Ying went into labor and Katara helped deliver her baby. At the time, Aang had been very morose over Appa's disappearance, but he told Ying that seeing the newborn baby gave him hope; as a result Ying chose the name Hope for her child. Later, after parting with the gang, the family make a cameo at the end of "The Drill" inside the monorail leading to Ba Sing Se where Zuko and Iroh ended up taking a seat next to them, unawared of any past encounter.

• Voice Actor: Sab Shimono

A Master Earthbender who teaches the local children earthbending and provides private lessons to Toph, but only teaches her the basics (simple breathing exercises and stances), at the request of her father.

Even though Master Yu is treated with a great deal of respect, he doesn't seem to be the powerful Earthbender that everyone treats him as. Although, he may simply be holding his real skills and knowledge back from his students so that he doesn't have to strain himself teaching them as he is shown keeping up with Xin Fu in "The Desert,". When receiving a free lesson, Aang is quickly beaten by a younger student, and Master Yu suggests that Aang pay for a year of lessons and that if he pays in advance, he'll bump him up to the next belt. This suggests that he is more a businessman than true master, as this is a common practice among less-than-reputable martial arts schools in America. He's now working alongside Xin Fu to retrieve Toph, whose father incorrectly accused Aang of kidnapping her. Offering them a bounty for her return, united by a "mutual interest" they accepted.

In "The Desert," they reach the Misty Palms Oasis at the edge of the Si Wong Desert on the trail of the Avatar and Toph. Master Yu appears to be the more level headed of the two; he reminds Xin Fu (whom mistook the bounty as dead or alive) that Lao Bei Fong wants Toph alive. Xin Fu temporarily changes their target to the fugitives Zuko and Iroh to collect more bounty. Ignoring Master Yu's advice, Xin Fu directly confronts the fugitives but the White Lotus member turned all the desperate men in the bar against them. Although outnumbered Master Yu and Xin Fu dealt with them easily with their impressive Earthbending skills, but in the confusion the fugitives escaped. They searched the whole town but to no avail, finally going back to tracking Toph and the Avatar. They succeeded in capturing Toph at the end of "The Earth King", luring her into a trap with a forged letter from her mother. In "The Guru", Master Yu is captured by Toph in the very metal box he imprisoned her in.

Master Yu appears in "The Blind Bandit", "The Desert", "The Earth King", and "The Guru." According to the leaflet from his school in The Blind Bandit, Master Yu's name is written as 余師傅 (yúshīfù). Yú (余) is a Chinese surname and 師傅 (shīfù) means 'master' which as a title is put end of a teacher's name.

Master Yu and his academy serve as a satirical parody of atypical "strip mall" dojos where parents are able to purchase belts for their children in disregard of the symbolism and substance behind them, as well as a reflection of Sifu Kisu's and Bryan Konietzko's own personal disdain for the use of belt systems.

• Voice Actor: Fred Tatasciore

Yung used to be the Captain of King Bumi's army, until Bumi ordered Yung and his forces to stand down and surrender the Earth Kingdom city of Omashu to the Fire Nation. Yung reluctantly followed the orders of King Bumi, and afterwards became the leader of the resistance force against the occupying Fire Nation within the city. Yung was saddened and confused at what he saw as shamefully surrendering the city without a fight. An assertive and confident Earthbender^[2], Yung has clearly stated that he would have much rather fought the Fire Nation and lost than to have surrendered to them Omashu as was ordered to. Yung continues to lead the resistance, planning attacks and trying to remove the city's rulers from power, in hopes of driving the Fire Nation out and reclaiming Omashu (later renamed New Ozai by Azula, in honor of her father) for his people.

He appears in "Return to Omashu".

• Voice Actor: Raphael Sbarge

He is the head of the Anthropology Department at Ba Sing Se University. Professor Zei is a well-traveled, highly educated student of exotic cultures. His thirst for knowledge brings him to strange, remote, and often dangerous places. A map of his travels shows he's been everywhere in the world, except the Fire Nation. However, before meeting Aang and his friends, the professor was unable to fulfill his life work: finding the secret library built by the spirit Wan Shi Tong and his knowledge seekers. He does find the library with the help of Aang and his friends. When Wan Shi Tong discovers their plans against the Fire Nation they had drawn up using his information, he sinks his library under the pretension that his knowledge could never be misused ever again. As he and the others try to escape, Zei tries desperately to grab as many books as he can to take; eventually, though, he simply declares that he would rather stay "for eternity" than lose his life's work, and the others are forced to leave without him.

Professor Zei appears in "The Library."

There is only one zéi (賊) in Mandarin and it means 'thief,' which is in a way what an archaeologist is sometimes considered.

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