Tonowari — Avatar: The Way of Water Character Profile

About Tonowari

Metkayina Olo'eyktan, protective and wise clan leader.

Tonowari — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Alien

Abilities

Water combat, Leadership, Tulkun riding

• Strength: 9/10
• Intelligence: 7.5/10
• Charisma: 8.2/10
• Morality: 8/10
• Influence: 8/10

Affiliations

• Avatar universe

Tonowari's Known Relations

• Tsireya — Child
• Aonung — Child
• Ronal — Unmarried partner

Character Facts

Played by

Cliff Curtis

Appears in

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Tonowari — Power Clan Leader — Lo'ak (Britain Dalton)

  Respected clan chief and refugee youth, navigating cultural friction and eventual acceptance.

• Tonowari — Alliance Host — Jake Sully (Sam Worthington)

  Protective host leader who offers sanctuary and ultimately integrates the Sullys into his people.

• Tonowari — Conflict Threat — Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang)

  Aggressor who weaponizes environmental destruction to force the clan into a defensive war.

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