An Tzu

An Tzu is a protagonist in the Five Worlds comic series. He has a mysterious vanishing illness.

WARNING: Major plot/spoiler details ahead.

Appearance
An Tzu is short with ginger hair. A twig with a leaf on it sticks out from the top of his head. He has strange scars over his eyes.

The Sand Warrior
An Tzu is a boy living in the Sao Sablo slums, where he steals Orange Spray food and spray H20 from a factory, and distributes them among its residents. There he meets an ailing plant person, who he heals with spray water.

He is watching the Starball game when an attack happens and Oona Lee's ship crashes into the stadium. An Tzu helps Oona save Jax Amboy and the trio stick together. An Tzu worries about his mysterious vanishing illness. He and Oona look at his book of stories (entitled 'Prince | Felid'), which tells the story of Prince Neko. They pass a statue of a Felid god and An Tzu mentions that he feels as if he's "been here before." Later, An Tzu is angry when he discovers that his hero Jax is actually a robot. He calls him Bot Boy and is cold towards him. But they put their troubles aside for then to help Oona light the Beacon. An Tzu gets a vision from the Felid gods. Afterwards, aboard the Flitori, Oona discovers An Tzu's vanishing illness. She promises to help him figure it out.

The Cobalt Prince
An Tzu's vanishing illness is growing worse. A Toki healer tries to help, but is unsuccessful in curing it. An Tzu leaves the healer behind, and is by himself, when he talks to the Plant person Thorn. She teaches him the song to speak to the Toki plants, because he only knows the one to speak to the Mon Domani plants. Later An Tzu uses the new song to make a bridge of plants to get him and others into a toxic wasteland on Toki.

The plants, along with the plant people, stop the Mimic from obtaining its heart.

The Red Maze
It is revealed that An Tzu is part plant person. Also, his eyes begin glowing strangely at one point and he acts uncharistic. Jax steals some prothetics from the hospital to help with his vanishing illness, due to the unaffordable prices in Yatta.

The Amber Anthem
An Tzu's eyes glow again, and he stares strangely at a star that can be seen through a window on the Flitori. He yells, "Home!' and sees a vision of baby Prince Neko. Throughout the book he has more and more visions of the world inside the sun and the Felid beings, watching the Mimic rise and the Beacons be built through the eyes of Prince Neko. He eventually realizes that these are not visions, but memories, and that he is the incarnation of Prince Neko. He was attacked by Stan Moon, who is possessed by the Mimic. Stan Moon recognises him and manages to infect An Tzu with the Mimic. Later, after singing the Amber Anthem and lighting the Yellow Beacon, An Tzu has one more vision. He found out earlier that once all beacons are lit, he will turn back into Prince Neko. This vision tells him that if he brings the Mimic with him into the world inside the sun, it will consume reality. Knowing this, he comes to the conclusion that he must prevent his friends from lighting the last beacon. (An Tzu's vanishing illness is actually his body turning back into energy as he turns into Prince Neko).