CAGALLI YULA ATHHA SPOILER!

Cagalli first appears in North Africa fighting beside the Desert Dawn resistance, loud enough and stubborn enough that Kira has no idea she is actually the daughter of Orb leader Uzumi Nara Athha. She would much rather be helping civilians directly than standing safely behind her title, which repeatedly puts her in places a princess probably should not be. Cagalli's relationship with Athrun grows out of the fact that both are carrying countries, parents and loyalties they did not entirely choose. Her connection to Kira is even more surprising: they are twins separated at birth. By the final stretch, Cagalli is not simply the angry girl yelling from the cockpit. She becomes part of Orb's political future and one of the people trying to keep the war from reducing everyone to Natural versus Coordinator.