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1* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:The Mistress of the Chosen is killed by being poisoned and dies without much of a fight. The author explains this due to the fact that none of the main characters could have beaten her in a straight fight, so it would have to be done by poison.]]
2* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderPrincessAzula Dragon Empress Azula]], [[AdaptationalVillainy shedding all her canon redeeming qualities]], assisted in the murder of her brother, Zuko; killed her "friend", Mai, when Mai confronted her; and helped her father, Ozai, kill her uncle, Iroh, by poisoning Iroh's tea. Helping the Fire Empire on a genocidal, brutal conquest, Azula ascends to the throne where she promotes [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slavery]] and [[FinalSolution ethnic cleansing]], having entire villages in the Earth Kingdom annihilated for not giving up people to be slaves. [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum Upon learning her mortality cannot be staved off]], Azula massacres the Fire Sage order and plots to spark a war after her death, intending on plunging her kingdom into a titanic, horrific conflict to kill countless innocents and secure her bloody legacy.
3* MagnificentBastard:
4** High Minister Qing Xi is the head of the Fire Empire's bureaucracy and its SecretPolice, the Hidden Flame, whose long years as Minister coincide with his effectiveness. Tasked with finding an heir for Dragon Empress Azula, Qing Xi falsifies evidence of a government coup just to test the mettle of the young protagonist Jiazin. Discovering that Azula intends to drag the entire world into a CivilWar of titanic proportions, Qing Xi betrays Azula by teaming with High General Xia, poisons Azula's head bodyguard, and has an agent trick another bodyguard into killing Azula herself, accepting his forced retirement with only a declaration that he will be needed one day.

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