Kai Ghojin

> **"I have nowhere else to go. I’ve wanted to join the Red Lotus for awhile, since I believe in their morals and ideas. And with the loss of pretty much everything in my life, I’ve needed a band or group to keep me together.”**
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Kai Ghojin is a male Firebender originally from Ember Island, who turned from a recruit in the Republic City police force to a hardened but troubled terrorist in the Red Lotus. Nicknamed 'The Rogue Firebender', Kai was originally a part of the Blue Lotus and would later assist Lira Beifong in taking down criminals, but was arrested by a corrupt, prejudice cop without Lira's knowledge. After breaking out, Kai went down a dark road of terrorism, infriltration and anarchy until finally being recruited by the Red Lotus.

Kai has many villainous qualities about him, often being ruthless and using his unique explosion-based Firebending abilities to wreck havoc and destruction. In combat, Kai has shown a deep bloodlust and can even be thrown into blinding killing sprees. However, deep down Kai is a troubled and pained young man; he clearly has some kind of regret for the path he is on, but believes he has no other choice than to keep following it. There is some good still left in him, unlike some of his Red Lotus comrades: he is conflicted when forced to do cruel or henoius acts, has a deep capacity to care, and hates to kill without justification.

## Relationships

### Lira Beifong

> “Lira, tell me, how many times have you had someone blow a hole through a wall because if a misunderstanding? I’m sorry. I’m too far in to go back now.”
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Kai met Lira by pure coincidence, whilst trying to help a drunk man in the street, but joined Lira when a fight occurred nearby. Impressed by his fighting skills, Lira recruited him as part of the police force, working closely alongside her in various duties including interviewing criminals and taking down pirates. However, Kai's time on the police force was short-lived: whilst trying to enforce a disturbance of the peace during curfew, a corrupt cop mistook Kai for an aggressor based on being a Firebender and he was arrested. After breaking out of the jail, Kai would run into Lira few times before leaving Republic City. Much later, after Lira herself was able to return home from imprisonment in the Fire Nation, Kai would meet her one last time for closure.

The relationship between the pair was polite and formal at first, with Kai looking to Lira for validation as a rookie cop whilst Lira took him as some sort of protege. She was critical of his mistakes, but saw him as an excellent combatant and member of the force. After his branding as a terrorist, he showed no mercy in fighting Lira and seemed willing to kill her.

Later when they met at Lira's apartment, the two seemed to harbour no real ill-will to each other, with Lira treating Kai with pity over the course he had taken. He seemed extremely depressed after learning Lira had not known that Kai had been arrested, and seemed to regret joining the Red Lotus, but felt he could not come off this path. Lira herself showed great mercy for him, trying to offer him help and even not instantly reporting Kai to the police, allowing him to get away.

### Zorok

> “I- don’t wa- want to be... a monster. Help, please."
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Zorok and Kai's interactions have been minimal, with only meeting Zorok recently, but Zorok shows a great deal of interest in Kai, recognising his powerful abilities and his vulnerability. Zorok has taken Kai as a sort of protege, hoping to instill Red Lotus ideas into Kai in order to fulfill Red Lotus potential.

## Quotes

*”So should I join the force? I’ve been thinking about it for awhile, but I’m not sure if you’d want me to be part of it.”*

*"Hello, Chief."*

*"If no one attacks me I’ll have no reason to hurt anyone, just give me what I want and no one will be hurt.”*

*“We do not need to fight, after all we are meant to be on one side. Although if you attack me be sure I will defend myself.”*

*“Kai Ghojin is my full name, if this truly is the Red Lotus I would like to join you. I have heard the stories of Zaheer, Pi-Li, Ming-Hua and Ghazan, their victories, failures and ideals.”*

*“I swear to help you bring down the Avatar, we will destroy the Avatar and bring true balance to this accursed world. The Red Lotus are the ones that will bring about a new era, the greatest era known. I hope you will accept me into your ranks and allow me to help you to destroy the Avatar cycle and bring about a new and greater era.*