Zaheer

"'It's the dawning of a new age. The end of the White Lotus, and soon, the end of the Avatar.'"Zaheer on escaping from prison.

Fanon Wiki Ideas so far
Zaheer vs Temari

History
Zaheer is the antagonist from Avatar: The Legend of Korra Book 3: Change.

As a teenager, Zaheer joined the terrorist group The Red Lotus. The Red Lotus believed that true freedom could only be achieved when governments, royalty and countries were eliminated, leaving the people to govern themselves. When Avatar Korra was a young girl, he led an operation to kidnap her and raise her as a member of the Red Lotus. The operation failed, and he was locked up in a maximum security prison. He was interrogated about his team's motives for 13 years but never broke. 13 years later, after the planets aligned in Harmonic Convergence he was given Airbending (the power to manipulate air) and with his newly acquired powers he set out to free his comrades and bring the world to a state of anarchy.

Background

 * Skilled martial artist
 * Skilled tactician

Airbending

 * Has the power to manipulate air
 * Able to fight off several more experienced opponents, despite only just gaining Airbending
 * Developed a new airbending technique: asphyxiation
 * This move works by pulling the air out of his opponent's lungs, although he has to be near to them to use it


 * He also mastered an Airbending sub skill though to only be a myth: the power of flight

Specific Weaknesses

 * Zaheer can still be affected by attacks from the ground
 * Airbending lacks offensive moves

Trivia

 * Zaheer is the only Airbender to ever kill on screen in both The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra
 * He was the only major antagonist in the world of Avatar who didn't have a military backing him: Zhao, Zuko, Ozai and Azula had the Fire Nation military; Amon had the Equalists; Unalaq had the Northern Water Tribe military and Kuvira had the Earth Empire military
 * However, it was said that he and his 3 comrades (Ghazan, Ming-Hua and P'Li) had the power to "take down the entire world" between them, so it could be said he had the power of an army behind him if he lacked the numbers


 * Zaheer has a cauliflower ear, indicating a past in the fighting ringZaheer flying.png