Headpieces are jewelry 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.^[1]

Contents 1 Water Tribe 1.1 Princess Yue 2 Earth Kingdom 2.1 Beetle-headed merchants 2.2 Earth King 2.3 Earth Kingdom generals 2.4 Female officials 2.5 Kyoshi Warriors 3 Fire Nation 3.1 Citizens 3.2 Crown Prince 3.3 Fire Lord 3.4 Phoenix King 3.5 Prince and Princess 4 Trivia 5 References 6 See also

Water Tribe Edit

Princess Yue Edit

Princess Yue was one of the few members of the Water Tribe known to wear 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.^[2]

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

Earth Kingdom Edit

Beetle-headed merchants Edit

The headpiece of the beetle-headed merchants is part of their general attire. 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.^[3]

Earth King Edit

The Earth King wears a distinct, conical crown that matches his 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.^[4]

Earth Kingdom generals Edit

Generals of the Military of the Earth Kingdom wear a distinctive, large headpiece.^[5] Generals who wore headpieces include Fong,^[6] How, and Sung.

Female officials Edit

The passport attendant and ticket woman both wore wide green hair claws on the top of their head, in line with their ears.^[7] These are similar to the ones worn by Toph and Katara when they dressed as society ladies.^[8]

The Joo Dees of Ba Sing Se all wore significant emerald green headpieces. These ornaments were horizontally long and protruded out from either side of their hair, extending into vertical end parts on both sides.^[8]

Kyoshi Warriors Edit

Main article: Kyoshi Warriors

The uniform worn by these warriors includes a headpiece. The group's leader during the Hundred Year War, Suki, used a golden piece similar to the headpiece used by the past Avatar, Kyoshi. The rest of the Kyoshi Warriors used a green headband with a golden emblem on the front. These emblems vary in shape and size, and can be anything from a small circle within a large circle, to a triangle on a crescent shaped headpiece.^[9]

Fire Nation Edit

Citizens Edit

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.^[1]

Crown Prince Edit

Main article: Crown Prince headpiece

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 found by Iroh, who later gave it to Zuko.^[10] Zuko was never known to wear the Crown Prince headpiece.

Fire Lord Edit

Main article: Fire Lord headpiece

The Fire Lord's headpiece is an ancient royal artifact of the Fire Nation which has been passed down for many generations.^[10] 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.^[1]

Phoenix King Edit

While Ozai was 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 color 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.^[11]

Prince and Princess Edit

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. While Zuko was the Crown Prince, he never wore the corresponding headpiece, nor any other headpieces during his banishment. He did not gain a headpiece until his return home.^[12] Ursa also sported a similar headpiece before she was banished.^[13]

Trivia Edit

• Almost all of the headpieces of the show are based upon real-life headpieces worn in China and other countries.

References Edit

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Throughout Avatar: The Last Airbender. ↑ "The Waterbending Master". Michael Dante DiMartino (writer) & Giancarlo Volpe (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. November 18, 2005. No. 18, Book One: Water ↑ From older Avatar: The Last Airbender official site, originally on Nick.com (link). No longer updated. ↑ "The Earth King". John O'Bryan (writer) & Ethan Spaulding (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. November 17, 2006. No. 18, Book Two: Earth ↑ "The Guru". Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko (writers) & Giancarlo Volpe (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. December 1, 2006. No. 19, Book Two: Earth ↑ "The Avatar State". Aaron Ehasz, Elizabeth Welch Ehasz, Tim Hedrick, John O'Bryan (writers) & Giancarlo Volpe (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. March 17, 2006. No. 1, Book Two: Earth ↑ "The Drill". Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko (writers) & Giancarlo Volpe (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. September 15, 2006. No. 13, Book Two: Earth ↑ 8.0 8.1 "City of Walls and Secrets". Tim Hedrick (writer) & Lauren MacMullan (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. September 22, 2006. No. 14, Book Two: Earth ↑ "The Warriors of Kyoshi". Nick Malis (writer) & Giancarlo Volpe (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. March 4, 2005. No. 4, Book One: Water ↑ 10.0 10.1 "The Avatar and the Fire Lord". Elizabeth Welch Ehasz (writer) & Ethan Spaulding (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. October 26, 2007. No. 6, Book Three: Fire ↑ "Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King". Michael Dante DiMartino (writer) & Ethan Spaulding (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. July 19, 2008. No. 18, Book Three: Fire ↑ "The Awakening". Aaron Ehasz (writer) & Giancarlo Volpe (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. September 21, 2007. No. 1, Book Three: Fire ↑ "Zuko Alone". Elizabeth Welch Ehasz (writer) & Lauren MacMullan (director). Avatar: The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon. May 12, 2006. No. 7, Book Two: Earth

See also Edit

• Crown Prince headpiece
• Fashion in the World of Avatar
• Fire Lord headpiece
• Royal armor

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