| “ | Years apart only made my love for you stronger. And deep down I knew you would find a way to get me out. Just like you saved me from becoming that warlord's killing machine when I was a girl. You've shown me what true freedom means. | „ |
| ~ P'Li thanking Zaheer for saving her |
P'Li is a supporting antagonist of The Legend of Korra, the sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender, serving as one of the three secondary antagonists (alongside Ghazan and Ming-Hua) of Book 3: Change.
She is the lover of Zaheer, and a vicious assassin who serves as a member of the Red Lotus, a group of individuals who are currently pursuing Avatar Korra. She has similar abilities to Combustion Man from the predecessor series.
She was voiced by Kristy Wu.
History[]
In the past, P'Li was kidnapped by a warlord, who trained her to be his personal assassin. However the non-bender, Zaheer saved her life and the two fell in love. They begin a romantic relationship and joined the Red Lotus on a dream to defeat any controlling government.
Thirteen years prior to the series, P'Li, Zaheer, Ming-Hua and Ghazan attempted to abduct Avatar Korra as a child, planning to raise her in their philosophy after being guided so by Unalaq. However, their kidnapping attempt with stopped by Avatar Cora's father Tonroq, Chief Sokka, and Lord Zuko.
Deemed extremely dangerous, P'Li was placed in a specialized prison cell exclusively for her. 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. Also like her Red Lotus allies, she was brutally interrogated about her motives for kidnapping Korra, none of the criminals revealed anything.
During a battle on top of Laghima's Peak Suyin Beifong metalbent]] her chest plate around P'Li's head, causing her to be killed by her own combustion blast.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Firebending: Unlike others, P'Li was a skilled combatant and a powerful firebender, having been able to easily disperse a fire blast from a dragon using traditional firebending and generate her own fire when she battled Mako in Bolin while trying to capture Korra in Zaofu.
- Combustionbending: P'Li let out abdestructive beam of heat from her forehead which, upon impact, could cause a powerful explosion that would demolish most targets.
Trivia[]
- P'Li was the sixth character to die on-screen in The Legend of Korra. The others to have died were, in chronological order, Amon, Tarrlok, Wan, Unalaq, Hou-Ting, Ming-Hua, Ghazan, and Hiroshi.
- P'Li was Zaheer's only "earthly tether", preventing him from flying.
- P'Li is one of the few antagonists in the series known to have a tragic backstory, the others are Amon, Tarrlok and Kuvira.
- P'Li is the tallest female character in The Legend of Korra, and the second tallest female character in the entire franchise (second only to Avatar Kyoshi).
- P'Li is the only member of her group not to have an archenemy.
- She is the second major villain to be a combustion bender after Combustion Man
- Ironically P'Li died in the same manner as Combustion Man, blowing herself up with one of her own combustion beams, and both were defeated by a close ally of the Avatars (Avatar Aang's best friend and brother-in-law Sokka and Avatar Korra's metalbending mentor Suyin Beifong.)
- Both also met their demise in the twelfth chapter of the third book of their respective series and in the vicinity of an air temple.
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