Avatar: Seven Havens Characters: Pavi, Nisha, Jae, Daemin and the Full Guide
Six episodes into Avatar: Seven Havens, the cast is finally coming into focus — and it is bigger, stranger, and more politically tangled than the premiere suggested. The new Paramount+ series, set 225 years after The Legend of Korra, has introduced twin Avatars, a commander hiding an Avatar in plain sight, a mentor who is also learning, and a supporting cast where even the background players carry secrets. Here is every confirmed character, what the aired episodes actually tell us, and what is still a mystery.
If you need the series setup first — premiere date, release schedule, and how the first episodes landed — start with our Seven Havens premiere guide, then come back. This is the character roster, episode by episode.
The principal voice cast, as confirmed by Wikipedia’s series page against Paramount+’s official cast announcement, is drawn primarily from South Asian performers: Saheli Khan, Aishu Devan, Akshay Khanna, Major Curda, Sakina Jaffrey, Darren Barnet, Dianne Doan, and Dee Bradley Baker.
Pavi — the new Avatar (Saheli Khan)
Pavi is a nine-year-old earthbender, an orphan living on the outskirts of the canyon city of Ellora, and the new Avatar after Korra. Newcomer Saheli Khan voices her. She is the youngest Avatar protagonist the franchise has ever centered, and the first disabled Avatar protagonist in its history. Our Pavi character guide has the full rundown of her age, bending, and casting — but six episodes in, her story has already deepened.
Pavi is missing her lower left leg, replaced by a carved wooden prosthetic that has been front and center since the first official artwork. One important correction for longtime readers: early coverage of episodes 1–3 reported Pavi saying she was born without it — but in episode 6, a doctor’s visit reveals that, contrary to what Pavi herself believed, the leg was actually amputated. That means even Pavi doesn’t know the truth of her own body, which makes her origin story more unsettling, not less. Our earlier answer to how Pavi lost her leg covers the pre-episode-6 reporting; the show has since moved the mystery somewhere stranger.
Personality-wise, Pavi is the shy twin: timid, meek, reluctant to train as the Avatar, overwhelmed by a title the world treats as a curse. She is also the emotional heart of the show — she calms a corrupted camodillo by singing a lullaby her mother once sang, and her empathy for the Faceless refugees cracks the city’s propaganda wide open.
Nisha — the long-lost twin (Aishu Devan)
Where Pavi is shy, Nisha is sure of herself. Voiced by Aishu Devan, Nisha is Pavi’s long-lost twin sister — and, impossibly, also an Avatar, able to bend all four elements. As Karthik puts it in episode 2, the Avatar has never been reincarnated as twins. The show has confirmed nothing about how this is possible, which makes the twin-Avatar mystery the season’s central riddle.
Nisha was found alone in the wasteland by Karthik three years ago and has lived as his ward ever since, hiding her Avatar powers. She demonstrates a real aptitude for combat in episode 3 and embraces the Avatar identity far more readily than Pavi does. The sisters share fragments of erased memory: a lullaby their mother sang, a bracelet Nisha wore, and a matching brooch Pavi carries — paired clues that surfaced in episodes 3 and 5.
Jae — the airbender mentor (Major Curda)
Jae, voiced by Major Curda, is the airbender who discovers Pavi earthbending in the premiere and becomes the twins’ trainer and protector. An airbender and city guard platoon leader, Jae commands a squad in Ellora’s Bending Brigade: waterbender Daemin, firebender Uki, and earthbender Lan. Jae is inducted into the Order of the White Lotus in episode 3, making him the rare character who is simultaneously learning the twins’ secret and being asked to keep it.
Jae also carries one of the show’s most quietly significant relationships: his boyfriend, Datu (more on him below). In a franchise that has historically buried its queer characters in subtext, Jae’s relationship is simply there — visible, warm, and plot-relevant.
Captain Karthik — commander, guardian, White Lotus (Akshay Khanna)
Karthik, voiced by Akshay Khanna, is the character the first six episodes revolve around most tightly after the twins. An airbender and captain of Ellora’s city guard — promoted to commander after Bountan’s injury in episode 3 — he leads the Bending Brigade while secretly belonging to the Order of the White Lotus. He has been Nisha’s guardian for three years, and he alone knows the twins exist.
Karthik is also the show’s biggest question mark in a position of authority. Episode 5 reveals he keeps a hidden vault of old-world artifacts — a secret closet of Avatar history. And the twins’ backstory lands squarely on him: he received a message from their parents, traveled to the meeting spot after a sandstorm, and found only Nisha alone in the wasteland. What he knows about that day — and what he is choosing not to say — is one of the season’s live mysteries. When rumors of the Avatar’s return nearly spark a riot in episode 5, Karthik’s instinct is containment: keep the girls hidden, calm the city, tell no one.
Daemin — the waterbender (Darren Barnet)
Daemin, voiced by Darren Barnet, is the waterbender in Jae’s platoon — and, as episode 4 quietly reveals, also a member of the Order of the White Lotus. Karthik assigns Daemin to assist Jae with the twins, which places him inside the innermost circle of the secret. Beyond that, the show has revealed almost nothing about him yet. He is the rare cast member whose role is confirmed but whose story hasn’t begun.
Agam (Sakina Jaffrey) and Zi (Dianne Doan) — the ones we’re still waiting on
Agam and Zi are the strangest entries in the principal cast: both are billed alongside the leads — Sakina Jaffrey as Agam, Dianne Doan as Zi — yet six episodes in, neither has a confirmed role in the story. The show has simply not introduced them yet. Whether they are allies, threats, or figures from the other Havens is entirely unknown. Watch this space.
The supporting players: Uki, Datu, Molin, Geet & Ruhi, Chancellor Kayoko
Uki — the missing firebender (Kimberly Woods)
Uki, voiced by Kimberly Woods, is the firebender in Jae’s squad — and the first character the show puts in genuine jeopardy. In episode 4, the Faceless abduct her from the dunes, and she has been missing ever since. One spelling note for the record: some recaps write her name as “Yuki,” but the official podcast billing and Paramount+ materials use Uki, which is the spelling we use here.
Datu — Jae’s boyfriend (Topher Ngo)
Datu, voiced by Topher Ngo, is Jae’s partner — and a window into how the show handles its civilians. In episode 5, Jae realizes the anti-Avatar graffiti spreading through Ellora is written in blue ink, the same blue ink he noticed on Datu’s hands. Datu isn’t a villain; he’s a scared citizen who wants the truth.
Molin — the compromised guard (Osric Chau)
Molin, voiced by Osric Chau, is a city guard whose eyes flash red at the end of episode 4 — the mark of the red entity’s possession. By episode 6, afflicted and terrified, he sees Pavi and Nisha as nightmarish figures and incites the other Afflicted into a panic.
Geet & Ruhi — the cat-monkeys (Dee Bradley Baker)
Franchise veteran Dee Bradley Baker — the voice of Appa and Momo — returns as the twins’ animal companions: Geet (Pavi’s cat-monkey, with her since the premiere) and Ruhi (Nisha’s). The two have deliberately contrasting designs, which fans have noted may tie into the show’s central mystery. Baker also voices the aggressive camodillo — a camel-armadillo — that the twins calm in episode 3.
Chancellor Kayoko — Ellora’s leader (Jennifer Sun Bell)
Chancellor Kayoko, voiced by Jennifer Sun Bell, governs Ellora and carries the season’s political arc. Pressed by unrest and the Faceless attacks, she ends episode 6 doing something the city has refused to do for generations: she radios the other Havens for help. “This is Ellora calling any and all Havens. We need you.”
Commander Bountan — the fallen commander
Bountan commanded the Brigade before Karthik. Attacked by the red entity in episode 2, he has been left traumatized and afflicted, warning that “something is coming” — and by episode 6, the Afflicted Bountan has become a physical threat the twins must face.
Characters we’re still waiting to meet — and the mysteries left open
Six episodes down, seven to go in Book One: Survival, and the roster still has blank spaces. Here is what the show hasn’t answered yet:
- Will Korra appear? The trailer shows an older Korra in the Avatar State, and Pavi is the Avatar after Korra — but whether Korra herself appears in Seven Havens beyond flashbacks, and whether Janet Varney would voice her, remains unconfirmed. Until the show says otherwise, treat any casting claim as speculation.
- The other six Havens. Kayoko’s call went out at the end of episode 6, but we still don’t know the names of the other Havens, who leads them, or whether any of them will answer. Only Ellora has appeared on screen.
- Agam and Zi’s roles. Billed in the principal cast, absent from the story so far.
- The Faceless. They are not the bandits Ellora’s propaganda claims — they’re desperate refugees surviving in the wasteland, and the show’s producers have said “the Avatar isn’t the saviour” to them. Who leads them, and what they want with the abducted benders, is unresolved.
- The red entity and the Anomaly. A smaller, possessing version of Vaatu has been confirmed in coverage, but the diamond-shaped spirit of episodes 5–6, the fear-based Affliction, and the twins’ apparent ability to energy-bend its power into memories are all still being built.
- The twins’ parents. The bracelet-and-brooch reveal confirms their parents tried to hide them and reached Karthik — but why the girls were separated, what their parents knew about the Cataclysm, and where they are now are the season’s biggest open questions.
- The twin-Avatar mystery itself. Two simultaneous Avatars has never happened. The show is saving its answer.
Episodes 7–9 arrive October 23, with the final four episodes of Book One on October 30, per the official Paramount+ episode schedule — and with Books 2, 3, and 4 already ordered, this roster is only going to grow. We will keep this guide updated as new characters step out of the canyon shadows.