Azula

About Azula

Princess Azula is a major antagonist in Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. She is voiced by Grey DeLisle.

Azula is a gifted Firebender and highly favored princess of the Fire Nation. She is the Firebender silhouetted in the opening credits of each episode. In addition, she is the first female Firebender to appear in the series. She is initially depicted as bent on retrieving her exiled brother, Prince Zuko, and delivering him to their father, Fire Lord Ozai. During season 2, she was accompanied on her search by her childhood friends, Mai and Ty Lee.

Azula's theme is based on the Fire Nation theme that can be heard throughout the series. The Fire Nation theme is mostly composed of drums, bass trombones and French horns in very low registers. Due to the masculine sound of the Fire Nation theme, the Track Team decided to alter it into a more feminine, but still powerful, sound for Azula. They combined the gamelan's eerie bell like quality with a choir to highlight her deeply rooted and controlled evil. The theme is also supposed to help portray her as malevolent but not crazy.