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The Great Sage is a major antagonist in the Avatar: The Last Airbender episode "Winter Solstice". He was the leader of the five Fire Sages who resided on Crescent Island when Team Avatar visited in 99 AG. A capable firebender, the Great Sage was loyal not to the Avatar but to the Fire Lord.
History[]
Despite the Fire Sages being loyal to the Avatar, the Great Sage led the rest of the Fire Sages to be loyal to the Fire Lord instead during Ozai's reign.
The Great Sage was later deceived by Aang and his friends with the help of Shyu into opening the doors of the Fire Temple's sanctuary, which housed Avatar Roku's statue. When he realized his mistake, he tried to close the doors again, but was thwarted by Momo, who jumped on his face and removed his headdress. When Zuko intervened and captured Aang, the Great Sage nearly succeeded in his attempt to stop Aang from speaking to Roku. However, at the last moment, Aang broke free and used the Great Sage's head as a stepping stone to jump through the closing doors of the sanctuary. When the Sages and Zuko tried to open the doors again, they realized that Avatar Roku did not want them to enter and had thus sealed the doors shut.
While waiting for the sanctuary to reopen, the Great Sage and Zuko began to interrogate Shyu in order to understand his motives for aiding the Avatar. During this interrogation, Commander Zhao entered the temple. The Great Sage bowed to him in respect, showing his loyalty to the Fire Nation above his original loyalty to the Avatar.
When Aang emerged, serving as a vessel for Avatar Roku and burning the entire temple to the ground, the Great Sage fled to safety with the others. He and the sages, however, were captured by Zhao and taken aboard his ship as prisoners. When Zhao accused them of treachery, the Great Sage argued that only Shyu had aided Aang. Zhao, however, was unfazed and turned them all over to Fire Lord Ozai to be punished for their alleged crimes.
