Saiful

Saiful was a guard at Jianzhu's estate and a double-agent working for Hui.
== History ==
Saiful stemmed from the Earth Kingdom's Eastern Peninsula. He was eventually recruited by Hui and sent to infiltrate Jianzhu's household and find out what happened to the Avatar. He was appointed as one of the two guards who would accompany Jianzhu north on a herd of eel hounds. When his counterpart was killed in an ambush, he proved his talent to the Earth Sages by holding his own in the attack. The earthbender complimented the guard on his skill, before the pair discovered a hidden passage to Hujiang through the mountains.
Once the guard and sage reached the abandoned daofei outpost, Saiful pointed out the dead shirshu in the street. Saiful warned Jianzhu as he approached an inhabited building, but the other man ignored his advice, ordering him to patrol the street. In the interim, Saiful sent a messenger hawk to Hui.
After a short amount of time, Saiful approached his master, asking him if he found anything inside, but was told that there was "just a corpse". Jianzhu reminded Saiful that he had not asked him to send a messenger hawk. Although the mercenary lied that he was relaying ahead for supplies, Jianzhu made an educated guess that Saiful had written to Hui due to the chamberlain's business in the Eastern Peninsula. The mention of Hui's name let loose a flood of tells in Saiful's body language, and while Jianzhu continued to voice his suspicions about Saiful's true motives, Saiful began to raise his dao to attack Jianzhu, but he was defeated by the sage, who would later claim that Saiful had been killed in a daofei ambush. However, the young swordsman managed to cut Jianzhu on the underside of his chin, causing him a minor injury.
== Appearances ==
=== Chronicles of the Avatar ===
==== The Rise of Kyoshi ====
== Trivia ==
* Saiful had the strong brow of Eastern Peninsula ancestry.
* Saiful's name stems from the word "sword" in Arabic, befitting his profession as hired guard.
== References ==
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