Miles Quaritch

Basic physical parameters Height: 9'5" (approximately 290 cm) - significantly taller than the average Na'vi and most avatars. Skin color: blue - typical for the Na'vi, but with individual nuances of shade. Hair color: black, styled differently than the original Quaritch. Eye color: yellow - retains the recognizable feature of the original. Build: powerful, muscular, with a distinct military bearing. Facial and head features Ears: Set noticeably lower on the head than typical Na'vi (the earlobe is closer to human ear level, not eye level). This is one of the key differences between the Rekom and the native inhabitants of Pandora. Face: Smoother than the human Quaritch - no scars from his past (including the marks of a viper wolf attack on the right side of his face). Traits: Retain a recognizable resemblance to the original Colonel's appearance - tough, strong-willed, with pronounced cheekbones and chin. Features of build and physiology Proportions: Combines features of the Na'vi (elongated limbs, long tail) and the individual characteristics of the Rekom. Tail: Present, used for balance - like all Na'vi. Fingers: Four on each hand, with long nails. Adaptation: The body is younger and physically stronger than that of the human Quaritch in his later years. Clothing and equipment Basic Style: Rarely wears anything other than military gear—this emphasizes his discipline and functionality. Loincloth: Appears later, as an element of integration into Na'vi culture—a sign of acceptance of new rules. Tactical Equipment: Uses weapons and armor adapted to the Recom body (including underwater weaponry in the reef scenes).

Before serving on Pandora, Quaritch had seen a lot of combat on Earth: he says he served in First Recon[1] several years before Jake, and went through "three battles in Nigeria and not a scratch." But everything changed on Pandora: on his first day, he encountered a viperwolf and received three deep scars that slashed the right side of his head.

Quaritch managed to survive the predator's attack, and the scars became, to some extent, proof of all the dangers that awaited newcomers on this dangerous moon. Upon returning to Earth, the colonel planned to correct his face with the help of plastic surgery, but he did not intend to leave the service anytime soon and after some time, for his numerous merits, he was promoted to the commander of the Security Service.

Miles Quaritch looks and acts like a seasoned soldier: he respects authority and brute force, so he views Pandora's inhabitants—any creature, whether it crawls, flies, or sits in the mud—as mere environmental hazards to be exterminated. Consequently, he views the Na'vi as mere savages, though he acknowledges their hunting talents: in his first encounter with the newcomers, he mentions their neurotoxin-laced arrows and bones reinforced with natural carbon fiber: "They're very hard to kill."

His long military career has taken a serious toll on the colonel's personality: he can't stand weakness, so on Pandora he engages in weightlifting to maintain his fitness and prevent muscle weakness. Despite his age, he is in excellent physical condition: he can hold his breath for extended periods of time, without an exosuit, and is an excellent controller of his personal UMP, demonstrating superior skills in close, long-range, and hand-to-hand combat.

Despite his ferocity and ruthlessness, Quaritch treats his men well: he keeps his promises and praises them for their successes. Apparently, they respect him as a leader, though even at their first meeting, he frankly warns them that he won't be able to save them all. Nevertheless, even the civilian base staff respects the stern colonel, and despite his violent takeover of Hellgate, his men followed him to the battle for the Tree of Souls.

After his rebirth as a recom, Quaritch largely retained his former character, but in some cases he acted more leniently than his predecessor, such as sparing the life of Tsahik Ta'unui at Spider's request or releasing Kiri when Neytiri threatened his son's life. Also, during the torture session, while General Ardmore was trying to extract Jake's whereabouts from the boy, Quaritch interrupted the procedure, and over the next few months of traveling together, the two clearly grew closer.

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When the Recom team interrogates the Reef Clan, Spider is shocked by the lengths Quaritch is willing to go. He begs him not to kill Tsahik of the Taunui Clan. Even after Quaritch shoots the Ilu to put pressure on the clan, Spider continues to insist and provoke him. Ultimately, Quaritch spares Tsahik and burns the village, as if unwilling to completely destroy the fragile bond they've established. When Quaritch takes Kiri hostage and Neytiri threatens him with a knife, Spider begs him not to kill her, and Quaritch orders his son to stay away. As Neytiri raises her knife over Spider, Quaritch releases Kiri. In that moment, it becomes clear that Spider means more to him than leverage or victory. At the same time, Spider still can't accept what he stands for. When Quaritch threatens Sally's family, Spider retreats and lets him fight Jake alone, choosing not to interfere. Returning to the Sea Dragon to rescue Jake, Neytiri, and Tuk, Spider finds Quaritch unconscious, nearly drowned. He tries to leave him there. He even steps aside. But then he turns around and pulls him to the surface using his life jacket. It's a difficult choice, but not a random one. Spider can't completely sever this bond. As they rise to the surface, Quaritch offers Spider a place beside him and calls him son for the first time. Spider freezes, then hisses at him and leaves to return to Sally. The refusal is sincere, but not empty. There's hesitation in it, and that hesitation speaks volumes.

After Quaritch recaptured Jake and Spider, he attempted to contact them again. He gave Spider his dog tags, attempting to mend fences between them. However, Spider used the dog tags to plan his escape and left them on the floor. This act demonstrates his continued rejection of Quaritch. He later attempts to prevent the RDA from killing Spider, but is stopped by Ardmore.

In the final battle, Spider sides with Jake and even takes aim at Quaritch with his crossbow. He hesitates before firing, wounding him in the arm rather than killing him. As Spider nearly falls, Jake and Quaritch save him. Ultimately, Spider watches with the rest of the Sallys as Quaritch seemingly falls to his death.

Despite Ardmore and Quaritch's recent acquaintance, she respects him for fighting on humanity's side during the First Pandoran War and was pleased to meet his Recom when they met at the staging area. She tasked him with killing Jake Sully, but doesn't want Quaritch to become emotionally attached to characters like Spider, as evidenced by her agreement to stop the torture at Quaritch's request.

Lyle Wainfleet Recom Wainfleet is a close friend of Recom Quaritch. He is his boss's right-hand man, his backup in dangerous situations, and his personal bodyguard, carrying out Quaritch's orders. After Quaritch first awakens in Recom's body, Lyle comforts him.

Parker Selfridge Recom Quaritch and Parker met after the Second Pandoran War and seemed to hit it off well. They both fought to protect Spider from Ardmore, who teased them about it. Parker accompanied Recom Quaritch when he entered the command center and tried to protect him from Ardmore, but to no avail.

Enemies and rivals Jake Sully Quaritch harbors deep resentment towards Jake for siding with the Na'vi and intends to kill him. He believes Jake has committed crimes punishable by death—not only for disobeying orders, but also for what he believes is a betrayal of his race.

However, despite their mutual dislike, there are moments of friendship between the two men, largely due to their shared paternal love for Spider. Jake and Quaritch work together to rescue Spider and Jake's children and form a temporary truce for one night, escaping the Mangkwan clan rather than continue fighting. Jake repeatedly tries to teach Quaritch to see, reminding him that the human Miles Quaritch is dead, and that Rekom Quaritch has the potential to experience Pandora just as Jake and the Na'vi have.

When Quaritch forces Jake to surrender, he agrees after Quaritch, as a Marine, promises to spare the Metkayina clan in exchange for his life. Quaritch again rejects Jake's pleas, claiming that, to him, Jake has betrayed his trust and all the men and women under his command who died because of it. Although they fight each other again, Jake and Quaritch stop to save Spider from certain death, and Jake decides to lift Quaritch as well. Rather than allow his family to kill Quaritch, Jake offers him a better path, but Quaritch chooses to jump to his death.

Neytiri Quaritch hates Neytiri fiercely because she killed him as a human in the past. He calls Neytiri "Sally's crazy wife" or "Mrs. Sally."

Quaritch spotted Neytiri, seeing the same arrows she'd used to kill his human body, and demanded she leave because they had unfinished business. Neytiri immediately recognized Quaritch's voice and called him a "demon," declaring she would kill him as many times as necessary, demonstrating their mutual hatred for their shared past. Quaritch taunted Neytiri, saying she and Jake were busy starting a family, calling her children "half-breeds." Neytiri threatened to kill Quaritch's son, Spider.

When Quaritch invaded Avaatla with Varang and the Mangkwan clan, Neytiri intentionally missed to intimidate Quaritch. Later, when Neytiri infiltrated the staging area, Quaritch was puzzled to see her sharing a tent with Varang, but Neytiri managed to escape with Jake and Spider. Quaritch and Varang threatened to kill Neytiri's daughter, Taktiri, but Neytiri surrendered rather than risk the life of another child after the death of her eldest son, Neteyam.

In the first film, Quaritch destroys Pandora's wildlife and kills its inhabitants so the RDA can mine its precious reserves of unobtainium. After Jake's betrayal, Sally Quaritch leads an attack on the Tree of Souls, during which Neytiri is killed. In the sequel, Avatar 2: The Path of Water, Quaritch reprises his role as the head of the RDA, driven by revenge against Jake Sully, vowing to kill Jake's family. In the film Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025), Quaritch is one of the two main antagonists, along with Varang.

Jake Sully first encounters the colonel immediately upon arriving on Pandora: the colonel notices the crippled marine before the general briefing begins[4], after which Sully is the last to join the other new recruits in the mess hall, where Quaritch delivers a rather stern account of the dangers threatening the people beyond the Hellgate fence. The colonel took any inattention during the briefing extremely negatively—a momentarily distracted Norm Spellman earned a short reprimand from him[5]—while Jake himself was more likely to calm down after hearing the familiar briefing. Sully had a personal conversation with the colonel shortly after her first communication session with the avatar: during breakfast with the other scientists, Trudy called Jake to the armory, saying that Quaritch was waiting for him there.[6] Sully found the colonel training, after which he said he'd reviewed the former Marine's personnel file and offered him a deal: he needed an insider in the Avatar program who could study the Na'vi from the inside and find a way to pressure them, while Sully was offered the chance to return to Earth after the mission and have his back healed, after which he would be able to walk on his own. Jake, who at the time didn't have much affection for the other scientists, much less the Na'vi, agreed to the assignment.

After Jake met Neytiri and was accepted by the Omaticaya clan, Quaritch and Selfridge revealed to him the main reason for their conflicts with the Na'vi: their Hometree stood on the largest unobtanium deposit for two hundred kilometers, so the RDA was determined to force the Omaticaya to leave and make way for the excavation. The colonel gave Sally only three months for the entire "diplomatic mission"—that's how long it would take the bulldozers to reach the Hometree. For the first few days, Jake reported regularly to Quaritch and Selfridge, specifically sharing his observations regarding the Hometree's internal structure; Max Patel spotted him writing one of these reports and reported it to Grace, who, in order to avoid military interference in the affairs of her scientific group, decided to move to Precinct 26. After this, Sully was only able to transmit intelligence data on portable drives, which Trudy delivered to the main base. Over time, having developed a love and respect for the Omaticaya, Jake became extremely reluctant to communicate with Quaritch, although Trudy insisted that, in order to buy time, they needed to transmit at least some information to their superiors; otherwise, their work would be immediately shut down.[8] Even Quaritch eventually became suspicious and, during a private meeting with Jake at Hell's Gate, offered to complete the mission, having already learned of the Tree of Souls and its important role in Na'vi life. Jake declined, as his Dream Hunt was soon to take place, after which he would be recognized as one of the clan. However, the very next day after Jake became one of the Omaticaya, bulldozers reached the grove of Voice Trees, and Jake, in avatar form, attacked one of the machines, smashing its camera. Afterward, the colonel immediately flew to Precinct 26 and forcibly returned Grace, Norm, and Jake to base.

Aboard his own Dragon, Quaritch led a naval squadron to Hometree. Unfazed by the Omaticaya's hostage status in the form of Grace and Jake's avatars, he launched a smoke bombardment to flush out the Na'vi and force them to retreat. In response, the clan's warriors opened fire with bows, which gradually began to irritate the colonel. Realizing the natives weren't grasping the gravity of the situation, he ordered incendiary shells, and then rockets, to destroy Hometree's supporting columns. Quaritch eventually succeeded in destroying the tree's supports, after which it began to slowly fall to the ground. Satisfied with the mission's accomplishments, the colonel praised his men and ordered them to return to the main base, leaving Jake and Grace's avatars amid the burning wreckage. Quaritch placed the most recalcitrant operators in solitary confinement, but not for long: thanks to Trudy and Max's help, they managed to escape, a fact the colonel only learned of when an operator in the Control Center reported an unauthorized launch of one of the Samsons at the base airfield. Seeing the fugitives heading toward the tiltrotor, Quaritch flew into a rage, snatched an assault rifle from a nearby soldier, kicked down the door, and, without his exosuit, stepped outside and opened fire. However, the rifle proved ineffective against the Samson's armor, so Quaritch tossed it aside and opened fire with his revolver. Although Trudy managed to shield the passengers by lifting the Samson into the air, Quaritch still managed to mortally wound Grace Augustine, and the head of the Avatar Program soon died.

Upon learning that Na'vi forces were gathering at the Tree, Quaritch urgently gathered the entire base personnel, including civilians, and declared martial law, removing Parker Selfridge[9], who objected to the formation of a militia from the miners. Deciding to use explosives to destroy the Tree, Quaritch used one of the Valkyrie shuttles as a giant bomber, which Max and sympathetic scientists managed to inform Jake, Norm, and Trudy about. The next day, Quaritch personally led the battle squadron and, from aboard the Dragon, commanded the entire operation to destroy the Tree of Souls. When the Na'vi suddenly attacked them both on the ground and in the air, the colonel ordered return fire and even managed to target Jake on his giant beast. However, thanks to Trudy's intervention, Jake was saved, although this maneuver proved to be her last. Nevertheless, the RDA squadron was clearly winning the battle in terms of weaponry, so the Colonel ordered the shuttle to head straight for the Tree... when suddenly, wild animals entered the fray, turning the tide of battle once again. With the support of unexpected allies, Jake managed to shoot down the Valkyrie, and then he attacked the Dragon in a similar manner. Although the Colonel managed to throw Sully off-balance with a sudden maneuver, he remained undeterred and managed to launch one of the Dragon's own missiles into its rotor. The resulting explosion crashed the ship, but Quaritch managed to escape in his personal UMP, after which he continued the operation in a combat suit. Wandering through the forest, the Colonel accidentally stumbled upon a mobile unit containing Jake's human body. He was about to destroy it when he was suddenly attacked by a thanator mounted by Neytiri. In a fight with a huge predator, Quaritch lost his gun, but with the help of a knife he was able to finish off the beast, and was already preparing to deal with its rider in the same way when Jake reached the scene of the battle.

Using the bayonet from a broken UMP cannon, Jake fended off Quaritch's attacks for a while, eventually even managing to leap on top and smash the UMP's cockpit. Quaritch yanked the bayonet free and threw it at the mobile unit, damaging the window, while he unbuckled the cockpit and donned his exosuit. Deciding to remind the avatar operator of his true identity, the colonel punched the mobile unit's glass and struck the nearest communications unit, but Jake's body was gone. Before Quaritch could reach the next unit, the avatar attacked him again, narrowly missing the enemy's throat during a brief scuffle. At the same time, Pandora's toxic air begins to seep in, suffocating Jake's human body, causing him to lose contact with his avatar. Taking advantage of one of these moments, Quaritch lifts Jake's avatar by its braid and, yanking out his own knife, brings it to his enemy's throat... but before he can slit Jake's throat, Neytiri emerges from beneath the thanator's carcass and fires two arrows straight into the colonel's chest, killing him instantly and ending this protracted war.

As it turned out later, two hours before leaving for the battle for the Tree of Souls, Quaritch and several other experienced soldiers copied their memories and personalities onto special devices called soul carriers. The data from these devices was then copied into the bodies of developing avatars and sent to Pandora aboard the spaceship Vindicator. The Recom Quaritch first regained consciousness aboard the ship: although he had no memory of the events that occurred after the memory copying and initially behaved extremely aggressively, he retained the original Quaritch's personality and became commander of the First Recom Squad; Lyle Wainfleet, also given a blue body, became his second-in-command. A year after the invasion, Quaritch addresses the other Recoms aboard the ship: their training is complete, and now they are about to land on Pandora. Aboard the shuttle, the squad arrives at Staging Area City, where Quaritch meets with General Frances Ardmore, now head of the Security Service. She gives him a tour of the new base and informs him of the problems arising from Jake Sully's activities: Quaritch's squad's first task is to deal with Jake, and he happily agrees to settle scores with his old foe. Soon after, the squad heads into the jungle, landing near the old mobile unit where the human Quaritch once made his final stand. Along the way, the squad encounters a pair of viperwolves, but the predators flee, refusing to engage the armed Recoms. Upon reaching the unit, Quaritch finds his old UMP and his own skeleton lying inside: he retrieves his dog tags and notices a pair of long arrows protruding from the skeleton. Suddenly, the squad's fighters discover children following them and quickly capture them (though one of them manages to warn the adults beforehand). Quaritch recognizes one of the captives, Spider, as his son from a woman who gave birth to a baby shortly before the battle with the Na'vi: he is extremely surprised, because he thought that the boy was sent to Earth, but Spider rudely replies that babies are not put into cryosleep

Quaritch requests extraction, claiming he has valuable hostages. While waiting, he watches the UMP footage, learning how his former body died, before crushing the human Quaritch's skull in his fist. However, Ardmore doesn't arrive in time: Jake and Neytiri attack the squad, killing several Recoms and freeing the children. Only Spider fails to escape: knocked unconscious by an explosion, Quaritch takes his son to Staging Area City. In the neurolab, General Ardmore subjects Spider to psychological torture to find out Jake's whereabouts, but he resists successfully, even as his nose bleeds. Finally, taking pity on the boy, Quaritch suggests a change of tactics: since torture isn't working, they can take a different approach, a "fatherly" approach. The boy is returned to the punishment cell, where Quaritch visits him, and after a difficult conversation, Spider, albeit reluctantly, agrees to help the Rekom. During their forays into the jungles of Pandora, Spider began teaching the Rekom the Na'vi language, laughing at their clumsy attempts to communicate. Another time, they travel to a banshee nest in the Hallelujah Mountains: there, the Rekom planned to obtain their own winged transport to make their journey easier. Quaritch initially intended to use tranquilizers, but Spider scoffed at his suggestion, saying that even Na'vi children could handle an ikran with their bare hands. This wounded the colonel's pride, so he pounced on the beast he'd taken a liking to and, after a long struggle, managed to subdue it. Soon after, while flying alongside Quaritch on his ikran, Spider attempted to teach the colonel the Na'vi greeting, but they were interrupted by Wainfleet: radar had detected the presence of the Samson, heading for a coastal archipelago several hundred kilometers from the jungle. Quaritch took this as confirmation of his suspicions that Jake had escaped the forest and found refuge among the sea-Na'vi.

Taking Spider and the rest of the Recom squad with him, he returned to Staging City, where he persuaded Ardmore to provide him with a suitable ship to find Jake on the archipelago.[10] Captain Mick Scoresby was initially uncooperative, but Quaritch's threats were effective. With Spider's help, Quaritch began interrogating local clans, such as the Ta'unui clan, using his son as a translator and torturing the Na'vi. When the locals refused to cooperate, the colonel burned their village, alienating his son. He then proposed hunting tulcun, intelligent creatures harvested for amrita by the RDA, on the archipelago itself. Scoresby and biologist Garvin opposed the idea, arguing that the local Na'vi would be enraged if anyone threatened the tulcun, but Quaritch hoped it would lure Jake Sully out of hiding. Eventually, the whaling fleet reaches the outskirts of Ava'atlu, where Jake is hiding, and kills Ro'a, Ronal's spiritual sister, and her calf. Having obtained the amrita, the whalers plan to drown the tulkun corpses as usual, but Quaritch is against it: he needs the Na'vi to know who killed the tulkuns.

Quaritch's tactics bear fruit, albeit in an unusual way: while tracking their next victim, the whalers discover several Na'vi teenagers near the marked tulkun, whom Quaritch recognizes as Jake's children. During an underwater pursuit, the Recoms manage to capture three young Na'vi, including Jake's middle son, Lo'ak, whose intercom Quaritch takes. When a Na'vi skimming squad emerges from behind the rocks, Quaritch contacts Jake and threatens to shoot the captives unless he surrenders. However, the tulkun Payakan, Lo'ak's spiritual brother, unexpectedly intervenes in the battle: upon seeing his friend captured, he leaps from the water and descends upon the whalers' ship, causing panic. The Na'vi take advantage of this to attack, and as the battle rages, Quaritch, riding a banshee, takes to the air and begins pursuing Neytiri, who has managed to shoot down a pair of Sea Wasps. Suddenly, the colonel's attention is drawn to Jake... and he's immediately out of ammo: discarding his now-useless assault rifle, he dives underwater. Suddenly, Jake's skimming craft leaps out of the water and, clinging to the neck of Quaritch's banshee, hurls him into the sea. Quaritch is left without his winged beast, but survives and makes it to the ship, where he helps capture Tuk and later contacts Jake, who is grief-stricken over the death of his eldest son. The plan remains the same: if Jake surrenders, his children will survive, so Jake decides to go to the ship with Neytiri and Spider as a guide to try to rescue Tuk and Kiri. While Quaritch tries to provoke Jake into revealing himself over the comms, he sabotages the ship with a grenade and a downed Sea Wasp, and in the ensuing chaos, Quaritch loses the rest of his squad's Recoms (only Wainfleet survives, but he is thrown into the sea). Realizing the odds are stacked against him, Quaritch takes Kiri hostage and, threatening her with a knife, tries to force Jake to surrender and handcuff himself.

Fearing for his adopted daughter's life, Jake complies, but Neytiri intervenes: she grabs Spider and holds a knife to his throat, threatening to kill Quaritch's son if he harms Kiri. At first, Quaritch feigns indifference to the boy, who isn't even related to his new body, but when Neytiri scratches Spider's chest, preparing to deliver the fatal blow, he releases the hostage. After this, Jake prepares to abandon the sinking ship, but Quaritch threatens to pursue him to the ends of the earth until she catches him and kills him and his entire family. Wanting to keep his family safe, Jake decides not to leave his old enemy behind and attacks Quaritch while Neytiri and the children try to escape. During the battle, one or the other gains the upper hand: with a chain, Jake manages to knock the knife from Quaritch, but then the ship begins to capsize, sending them underwater. There, the adversaries try to strangle each other, and Jake eventually succeeds: Quaritch, unconscious, sinks beneath the surface... where he is soon found by Spider, who has gone searching for Jake. At first, the boy resolutely swims away, abandoning his father to his fate, but eventually returns and pulls him to dry land. There, Quaritch's banshee flies to him, and, catching his breath, he extends his hand to his son... but Spider hisses in response and dives into the sea to return to Jake and his family. Weakened, Quaritch has no choice but to fly away.

Sally's family mourns the death of Neteyam. The parents blame his youngest son, Lo'ak, for disobeying his father's orders. Spider, Colonel Quaritch's son, nearly dies when the battery in his mask runs out. The heroes decide to return him to the people and set off on a journey in a caravan of balloons. During their flight, the heroes are attacked by the hostile Mangkwan clan, the so-called Ash People. The clan's leader is Varang, a charismatic and cruel ruler willing to do anything for her people. Spider finds himself far from his spare mask and begins to suffocate. Kiri, who has been studying Pandora's nature since Part II, injects him with a floating seed from the Tree of Souls. Mycelium from the soil envelops Spider's body, and his body restructures itself, allowing him to breathe on Pandora. championat.com The children are captured by the Flame Navi and their leader, Varang. Meanwhile, Jake attempts to rescue the children and encounters his sworn enemy, Quaritch. The heroes gather allies. For example, Lo'ak, with the help of a rogue Tulkun, enlists the support of the remaining sea giants who have abandoned their peaceful ways. Other Navi clans also join the army. An epic battle ensues. Kiri battles Varang and connects her scythe with hers. The villain senses the heroine's immense power and flees in panic.

Quaritch's relationship with Varang is rather complicated. Initially, they are at odds: Varang and her clan capture Quaritch when he attempts to rescue Spider from them, forming an awkward alliance with Jake Sully. However, Quaritch sees Varang as an opportunity to form an alliance.

When the DEA refuses to provide him with additional resources to help find Jake, Quaritch approaches Varang, promising to give her a weapon that will make her and Mangkwan powerful. She gives him a hallucinogen and even threatens to make him her personal slave, but he eventually wins her over when she sees the weapon he can provide her—powerful flamethrowers with which she can easily incinerate her opponents. She tells him, "I see you." And while she questions him, she caresses his Kuru, and they gaze into each other's gaze. They bond over their time together when they both arrive at the Alliance base. Varang is shown placing his hand on Quaritch's shoulder, and after Ardmore demands that he drive Varang and her clan away, they look at each other, after which Quaritch convinces Ardmore not to expel them. They then join hands and walk away together. Later, we see them sleeping together, revealing a bond (tsaheylu) between them. When Quaritch emerges from the hut where he was with Varang, we see his body covered in paint similar to that used by her clan. Unaware that Neytiri has entered the hut and is threatening Varang, Quaritch calls her "dear." He enters the room and sees Neytiri threatening Varang's life. They both rush after her but lose sight of her, then team up in battle and manage to capture Neytiri and Tuka.

Their eldest daughter, Kiri, was their only adopted child. She was conceived by the avatar Grace Augustine. Jake and Neytiri adopted her shortly after her birth. Their son, Neteyam, was born around the same time as Kiri, and both children bonded with Eywa at the same time.

They later had two more children, Loak and Tuktiray. The children felt out of place among their own people, especially Loak and Kiri, because they had more human features, such as eyebrows and five fingers instead of four.

Miles "Spider" Socorro, though not related to them, grew up with Sully's children, who came to regard him as a brother. By the end of the second film, Jake Sully seems to regard him as a son. However, Neytiri, alone among them, believed that Spider belonged among his own kind, yet Neytiri also loved him as her own son. Neteyam died in battle. Now in Sally's family there was Jake, Neytiri, Lo, ak, Tuk, Kiri, Spider

Main characteristics Habitat. The Metkaina live on the reefs of Pandora's Eastern Sea, along the ocean shores, on islands, or near the mainland. Their main village, Ava'atlu, is located on one of these islands. james-camerons-avatar.fandom.com james-camerons-avatar.fandom.com Dwellings. The wicker huts of the marui are built into the roots of the mangrove trees growing on the islands. They hang over the water, presumably for easy bathing. james-camerons-avatar.fandom.com Adaptation features. Metkaina are biologically adapted to a semi-aquatic lifestyle: they have larger eyes (likely for better vision in limited underwater light), broad forearms and shins resembling flippers, and powerful flat tails for rapid underwater movement. Their skin is a lighter turquoise shade with wavy stripes, and the chest and belly are noticeably lighter than the back. james-camerons-avatar.fandom.com Tattoos. The Metkaina practice the art of tattooing, which has spiritual significance and is considered a gift from Eywa (the Great Mother in the Avatar mythology). Each tattoo is unique to the individual and reflects significant events in their life. The placement of the tattoo has symbolic meaning: for example, Tonowari (the clan chieftain) has tattoos on his face, neck, and chest symbolizing the safe embrace of the central island. screenrant.com Connection with the Tulkun. The Metkaina maintain a close relationship with the Tulkun—sentient whale-like creatures native to Pandora. Each clan member has a Tulkun "spirit brother" or "spirit sister." james-camerons-avatar.fandom.com james-camerons-avatar.fandom.com Rites and rituals. One of the most important rituals is the First Breath. The child is born directly in the sea, in shallow water, and must surface independently to take its first breath. This rite symbolizes the deep connection between the Metkaina and the sea around them. Young Metkaina undergo a series of rites before their initiation into adulthood, including skimming and communion.