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Updates: Zuko's original canon point was the end of episode 57, The Ember Island Players.
Episode 58: The Phoenix King The date of Sozin's Comet's arrival is rapidly approaching. Instead of training to take down the Fire Lord before or on this day, Team Avatar (minus Zuko and Aang) is lounging around on the beach of Ember Island having a beach party. Zuko diligently trains Aang, who is eager to take a break and join said beach party. Suddenly, Zuko attacks Aang with his firebending, forcing Aang to flee. Eventually, Aang has enough and blows Zuko away (literally) with airbending. When confronted by Team Avatar, Zuko says he's not crazy; they are. They then proceed to tell Zuko that they were planning on taking down Fire Lord Ozai after the comet had passed because the Firebenders would just be too strong for them to take during the comet. Zuko sets them straight with a harsh reality check.
Team Avatar has a training montage and at night, they think about how to take down the Fire Lord. Everyone, Zuko included, seems adamant about killing the Fire Lord, but Aang doesn't agree.
Aang vanishes in the middle of night and Zuko, who's had three years of practice hunting the Avatar, is charged with being the one to find him again. Team Avatar scours Ember Island but find no sign of him except for footprints leading into the ocean, which doesn't help. Zuko, realizing he can't find Aang, leads Team Avatar to someone who can: June from the Earth Kingdom.
Episode 59: The Old Masters Team Avatar meets with June. She, with the use of her scent tracking Shirshu, tries tracking Aang's scent to find him. It doesn't work and June tells them that Aang is "nowhere." Since they have no idea where Aang is or how to find him, Zuko decides they'll need to rely on the next best person to take down the Fire Lord—the Fire Lord's brother and Zuko's uncle, Iroh. Using a sandal of his uncle's that Zuko kept for fifty-three episodes, the Shirshu leads Team Avatar the the outskirts of the Earth Kingdom's capital Ba Sing Se, where the Order of the White Lotus is camped out.
Team Avatar finds out that Iroh, whom Zuko has not seen for weeks (and who was in prison for a month or two thanks to Zuko betraying him) is a Grand Master Lotus of the group. The Order directs Zuko to Iroh's tent so he can reunite with his uncle, but Zuko lacks the courage to go in and instead sits outside the tent, ashamed of what he's done. After a pep talk from Katara, Zuko manages to find the courage to face his uncle.
When the dawn finally comes and Iroh wakes up, he doesn't face Zuko, much like he refused to face his nephew in prison. Zuko quietly begins an apology, admitting that he knows his uncle might not be happy to see him. In tears, he admits that he is sorry for betraying his uncle and that he's ashamed of it. Before Zuko can get much else out, Iroh pulls him into a firm hug, crying as well. The two have a warm, touching reunion.
Around noon the same day, Team Avatar and Iroh sit in a circle and decide what to do with Fire Lord Ozai. Zuko shows just how humble he's become and asks if Iroh would take his rightful place on the throne after Ozai is defeated. This is a big change from books 1 and 2, where Zuko was so adamant about the future throne belonging to himself, despite the fact that Ozai stole it from Iroh. (Un)surprisingly, Iroh declines the throne, saying that someone new must take it; an idealist with a pure heart and unquestionable honor. Zuko accepts the task of restoring honor to the Fire Nation.
Iroh then tells him that Zuko must go to the Fire Nation so that when the Fire Lord does fall, Zuko will be there to assume the throne and restore peace and order. Of course, Zuko's sister Azula will be there waiting for him and ready to fight if necessary. Zuko says he can handle Azula—another big step. Until recently, Zuko had been LEAGUES behind his sister in terms of ability, but over the course of the series he became on even footing with her. He says he can handle Azula, but Iroh insists that he doesn't go alone. Trusting his uncle, Zuko agrees and asks Katara to come with him. Before everyone leaves, Iroh gives them a few encouraging words: "Today, destiny is our friend. I know it."
Meanwhile, Ozai prepares to leave with his airship fleet, just as Sozin's Comet brushes up against the atmosphere, turning the sky red.
Episode 60: Into the Inferno Katara and Zuko ride Appa back to the Fire Nation. Katara takes his silence as worry, but Zuko clarifies that it's not Azula he's worried about; it's Aang. The two arrive at the palace just in the middle of Azula's coronation as Fire Lord. Since Ozai is on his way to burn the Earth Kingdom to a crisp, he's taken the title Phoenix King and allowed the Fire Sages to crown his daughter Fire Lord. Zuko jumps off Appa and interrupts, telling his sister that she won't become Fire Lord that day; he will. Azula laughs at her brother, finding it incredibly hilarious that Zuko has the audacity to think such a thing.
Azula challenges Zuko to an Agni Kai, just the two of them. To Katara's surprise, Zuko accepts, despite knowing the fact that Azula suggested it to separate Zuko and Katara so that the fight would be easier. Zuko insists that he can win; Azula is slipping and he knows it. Furthermore, it was pragmatic; no one else would be hurt. Katara finally nods in agreement and the Agni Kai between Zuko and Azula begins.
It's a humble Agni Kai with only Katara and the Fire Sages for an audience; everyone else had been banished by Azula. Azula takes the first strike and Zuko evenly counters it with fire of his own. With the comet looming overhead, both of their firebending skills are amplified. Azula, who was usually calm and calculating, is uncharacteristically outright aggressive. There's no order to her madness, literally. By now, however, Zuko has taken to staying on the defense until he finds an opportunity to counter and counter hard.
Eventually, Zuko remembers his basics of Firebending and strikes Azula just right to knock her off balance. She falls, but the duel isn't over yet; she hasn't given up. Zuko tries to goad his sister into shooting lightning at him because now he knows how to redirect it. Azula is more than happy to agree, at least until Katara makes her way onto the battlefield. Azula changes her plans, sending her lighting not at Zuko, but at Katara. Zuko is too far away to properly redirect it, so he abandons the Agni Kai in favor of leaping in front of Katara. Without being firmly rooted to the ground, redirecting lightning properly is impossible and his twisted form in the air prevents him from creating a proper path for the lightning. He falls to the ground, electrified, but manages to redirect most of the lightning anyway; what didn't redirect severely burned his chest, just under his heart.
Seriously injured, Zuko tries to stand again, but fails. This is the first time that Zuko has been incapable of getting up after a serious blow while still conscious. Katara tries to rush toward him to heal him with her waterbending, but Azula stops her in her tracks by shooting lightning at her. With her brother defeated, Azula laughs madly and rushes toward Katara.
Episode 61: Avatar Aang By now, Zuko has masterfully rolled over facedown, since that's all he can do. He tries getting up again and Katara tries rushing to heal him once more. Unsurprisingly, Azula stops her, this time with her trademark blue fire followed up by lightning, forcing Katara to run. Zuko has no choice but to helplessly watch Azula and Katara resume the Agni Kai. Eventually, Katara detains Azula and rushes over to Zuko so she can finally heal him. She rolls him onto his back and heals (though not completely) the wound on his chest. Zuko, his voice weak, quietly thanks Katara, who insists she should be the one to thank him.
Katara helps Zuko to his feet, and together they walk over to Azula who by now is firebending with her mouth, screaming and crying with smoke pouring out of her nose and ears. Even though they've won, it doesn't feel like a victory to Zuko. Not once does he look pleased at the state of his sister.
Meanwhile, Aang defeats Ozai and takes his ability to bend fire away.
A while later, Zuko is dressing in the palace with his chest bandaged up. From the entryway, Mai suddenly asks if he needs some help getting dressed. Zuko rushes over to her half-dressed, happy that she's okay and out of prison. Mai helps him dress and Zuko asks if this means Mai doesn't hate him anymore. Mai declares that it means she actually sort of likes him and they exchange a romantic kiss. She then threatens Zuko, saying that he better never break up with her again before embracing Zuko warmly.
Zuko, dressed up in his new Fire Lord robes, meets with Aang before his coronation. Zuko expresses his disbelief that a year ago, his purpose in life was hunting Aang down but now they're friends. Aang agrees and expresses disbelief that a year ago, he was trapped in an iceberg. They embrace and both of them make their way out to the waiting crowd, which for the first time in over a hundred years has Fire Nation citizens together shoulder to shoulder with Water Tribe citizens and Earth Kingdom citizens.
The crowd cheers as Zuko approaches. Humble and modest, Zuko declares that the real hero is the Avatar. Zuko makes a speech—a speech that lacks his usual stumblings—about how today, the war is finally over. He announces that he promised his uncle that he would restore the honor of the Fire Nation and that he will. Together with Aang, he will create an era of love and peace.
Zuko kneels down as a Fire Sage approaches with the Fire Lord's crown. He crowns Zuko as the new Fire Lord and the crowd erupts in cheers.
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Character name: Zuko
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Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Timeline: End of The Promise: Part 2.
Updates: Zuko's original canon point was the end of episode 57, The Ember Island Players.
Episode 58: The Phoenix King
The date of Sozin's Comet's arrival is rapidly approaching. Instead of training to take down the Fire Lord before or on this day, Team Avatar (minus Zuko and Aang) is lounging around on the beach of Ember Island having a beach party. Zuko diligently trains Aang, who is eager to take a break and join said beach party. Suddenly, Zuko attacks Aang with his firebending, forcing Aang to flee. Eventually, Aang has enough and blows Zuko away (literally) with airbending. When confronted by Team Avatar, Zuko says he's not crazy; they are. They then proceed to tell Zuko that they were planning on taking down Fire Lord Ozai after the comet had passed because the Firebenders would just be too strong for them to take during the comet. Zuko sets them straight with a harsh reality check.
Team Avatar has a training montage and at night, they think about how to take down the Fire Lord. Everyone, Zuko included, seems adamant about killing the Fire Lord, but Aang doesn't agree.
Aang vanishes in the middle of night and Zuko, who's had three years of practice hunting the Avatar, is charged with being the one to find him again. Team Avatar scours Ember Island but find no sign of him except for footprints leading into the ocean, which doesn't help. Zuko, realizing he can't find Aang, leads Team Avatar to someone who can: June from the Earth Kingdom.
Episode 59: The Old Masters
Team Avatar meets with June. She, with the use of her scent tracking Shirshu, tries tracking Aang's scent to find him. It doesn't work and June tells them that Aang is "nowhere." Since they have no idea where Aang is or how to find him, Zuko decides they'll need to rely on the next best person to take down the Fire Lord—the Fire Lord's brother and Zuko's uncle, Iroh. Using a sandal of his uncle's that Zuko kept for fifty-three episodes, the Shirshu leads Team Avatar the the outskirts of the Earth Kingdom's capital Ba Sing Se, where the Order of the White Lotus is camped out.
Team Avatar finds out that Iroh, whom Zuko has not seen for weeks (and who was in prison for a month or two thanks to Zuko betraying him) is a Grand Master Lotus of the group. The Order directs Zuko to Iroh's tent so he can reunite with his uncle, but Zuko lacks the courage to go in and instead sits outside the tent, ashamed of what he's done. After a pep talk from Katara, Zuko manages to find the courage to face his uncle.
When the dawn finally comes and Iroh wakes up, he doesn't face Zuko, much like he refused to face his nephew in prison. Zuko quietly begins an apology, admitting that he knows his uncle might not be happy to see him. In tears, he admits that he is sorry for betraying his uncle and that he's ashamed of it. Before Zuko can get much else out, Iroh pulls him into a firm hug, crying as well. The two have a warm, touching reunion.
Around noon the same day, Team Avatar and Iroh sit in a circle and decide what to do with Fire Lord Ozai. Zuko shows just how humble he's become and asks if Iroh would take his rightful place on the throne after Ozai is defeated. This is a big change from books 1 and 2, where Zuko was so adamant about the future throne belonging to himself, despite the fact that Ozai stole it from Iroh. (Un)surprisingly, Iroh declines the throne, saying that someone new must take it; an idealist with a pure heart and unquestionable honor. Zuko accepts the task of restoring honor to the Fire Nation.
Iroh then tells him that Zuko must go to the Fire Nation so that when the Fire Lord does fall, Zuko will be there to assume the throne and restore peace and order. Of course, Zuko's sister Azula will be there waiting for him and ready to fight if necessary. Zuko says he can handle Azula—another big step. Until recently, Zuko had been LEAGUES behind his sister in terms of ability, but over the course of the series he became on even footing with her. He says he can handle Azula, but Iroh insists that he doesn't go alone. Trusting his uncle, Zuko agrees and asks Katara to come with him. Before everyone leaves, Iroh gives them a few encouraging words: "Today, destiny is our friend. I know it."
Meanwhile, Ozai prepares to leave with his airship fleet, just as Sozin's Comet brushes up against the atmosphere, turning the sky red.
Episode 60: Into the Inferno
Katara and Zuko ride Appa back to the Fire Nation. Katara takes his silence as worry, but Zuko clarifies that it's not Azula he's worried about; it's Aang. The two arrive at the palace just in the middle of Azula's coronation as Fire Lord. Since Ozai is on his way to burn the Earth Kingdom to a crisp, he's taken the title Phoenix King and allowed the Fire Sages to crown his daughter Fire Lord. Zuko jumps off Appa and interrupts, telling his sister that she won't become Fire Lord that day; he will. Azula laughs at her brother, finding it incredibly hilarious that Zuko has the audacity to think such a thing.
Azula challenges Zuko to an Agni Kai, just the two of them. To Katara's surprise, Zuko accepts, despite knowing the fact that Azula suggested it to separate Zuko and Katara so that the fight would be easier. Zuko insists that he can win; Azula is slipping and he knows it. Furthermore, it was pragmatic; no one else would be hurt. Katara finally nods in agreement and the Agni Kai between Zuko and Azula begins.
It's a humble Agni Kai with only Katara and the Fire Sages for an audience; everyone else had been banished by Azula. Azula takes the first strike and Zuko evenly counters it with fire of his own. With the comet looming overhead, both of their firebending skills are amplified. Azula, who was usually calm and calculating, is uncharacteristically outright aggressive. There's no order to her madness, literally. By now, however, Zuko has taken to staying on the defense until he finds an opportunity to counter and counter hard.
Eventually, Zuko remembers his basics of Firebending and strikes Azula just right to knock her off balance. She falls, but the duel isn't over yet; she hasn't given up. Zuko tries to goad his sister into shooting lightning at him because now he knows how to redirect it. Azula is more than happy to agree, at least until Katara makes her way onto the battlefield. Azula changes her plans, sending her lighting not at Zuko, but at Katara. Zuko is too far away to properly redirect it, so he abandons the Agni Kai in favor of leaping in front of Katara. Without being firmly rooted to the ground, redirecting lightning properly is impossible and his twisted form in the air prevents him from creating a proper path for the lightning. He falls to the ground, electrified, but manages to redirect most of the lightning anyway; what didn't redirect severely burned his chest, just under his heart.
Seriously injured, Zuko tries to stand again, but fails. This is the first time that Zuko has been incapable of getting up after a serious blow while still conscious. Katara tries to rush toward him to heal him with her waterbending, but Azula stops her in her tracks by shooting lightning at her. With her brother defeated, Azula laughs madly and rushes toward Katara.
Episode 61: Avatar Aang
By now, Zuko has masterfully rolled over facedown, since that's all he can do. He tries getting up again and Katara tries rushing to heal him once more. Unsurprisingly, Azula stops her, this time with her trademark blue fire followed up by lightning, forcing Katara to run. Zuko has no choice but to helplessly watch Azula and Katara resume the Agni Kai. Eventually, Katara detains Azula and rushes over to Zuko so she can finally heal him. She rolls him onto his back and heals (though not completely) the wound on his chest. Zuko, his voice weak, quietly thanks Katara, who insists she should be the one to thank him.
Katara helps Zuko to his feet, and together they walk over to Azula who by now is firebending with her mouth, screaming and crying with smoke pouring out of her nose and ears. Even though they've won, it doesn't feel like a victory to Zuko. Not once does he look pleased at the state of his sister.
Meanwhile, Aang defeats Ozai and takes his ability to bend fire away.
A while later, Zuko is dressing in the palace with his chest bandaged up. From the entryway, Mai suddenly asks if he needs some help getting dressed. Zuko rushes over to her half-dressed, happy that she's okay and out of prison. Mai helps him dress and Zuko asks if this means Mai doesn't hate him anymore. Mai declares that it means she actually sort of likes him and they exchange a romantic kiss. She then threatens Zuko, saying that he better never break up with her again before embracing Zuko warmly.
Zuko, dressed up in his new Fire Lord robes, meets with Aang before his coronation. Zuko expresses his disbelief that a year ago, his purpose in life was hunting Aang down but now they're friends. Aang agrees and expresses disbelief that a year ago, he was trapped in an iceberg. They embrace and both of them make their way out to the waiting crowd, which for the first time in over a hundred years has Fire Nation citizens together shoulder to shoulder with Water Tribe citizens and Earth Kingdom citizens.
The crowd cheers as Zuko approaches. Humble and modest, Zuko declares that the real hero is the Avatar. Zuko makes a speech—a speech that lacks his usual stumblings—about how today, the war is finally over. He announces that he promised his uncle that he would restore the honor of the Fire Nation and that he will. Together with Aang, he will create an era of love and peace.
Zuko kneels down as a Fire Sage approaches with the Fire Lord's crown. He crowns Zuko as the new Fire Lord and the crowd erupts in cheers.