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"The tax just doubled. Wouldn't want an accident, would we? Fire is sometimes so hard to control."

— The tax collector to Haru's mother.

Tax collector

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Nationality	Fire Nation
Ethnicity	Fire Nation
Pronouns	He/him
Hair color	Brown
Position	Tax collector
Affiliation	Fire Nation
Weapon	Fire
Fighting style	Firebending
Allies	Fire Nation
Enemies	Haru, Haru's mother, Earth Kingdom
First appearance	"Imprisoned" (only appearance)
Voiced by	Kevin Michael Richardson

The tax collector was a Fire Nation soldier who was employed in an occupied Earth Kingdom mining village during the Hundred Year War. It was his duty to enforce taxation upon the citizens of the town, a position that granted him some measure of power, as seen by his command of a small crew of firebenders.

History

The tax collector used his firebending to intimidate Haru's mother.

When Sokka, Katara, and Aang met with Haru and his mother inside her shop, the tax collector knocked on the door and entered in order to demand the due taxes. He took notice of the weird still poses the children made but did not make a deal out of them. Haru's mother aggressively asked him what he was doing there as she had already paid him that week. The tax collector arrogantly stated that the taxes had just doubled while simultaneously threatening to burn down her business, generating fire between his hands in order to dissuade her from complaining. She sadly paid him her alleged dues, yet he rejected the copper pieces, uninterested in the tawdry currency of the Earth Kingdom.

After receiving a tip from an ungrateful elder man that Haru had earthbent to save him from a mine accident, the tax collector visited Haru's home late at night and captured the earthbender, planning to send him to the prison rig.

Appearances

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Book One: Water (水)

Appearances: 1