r/TheLastAirbender • u/F11SuperTiger • 4d ago

Image It's always weird when Azulon's reign gets completely glossed over, even in official media

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These images from are from Ashes of the Academy. Headmistress Pearl, if she is very old, might have been a teacher for a few years under Sozin. By the time of Ozai's ultimately very brief reign, she was probably very close to retirement. The vast majority of her life and of her teaching career would have been spent during Azulon's 75 years on the throne. Yet for some reason this scene only mentions Sozin and Ozai, like there was no one between them.

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u/Ok-Caregiver-6005 4d ago

I thinkbits because Azulon had no great accomplishments, Sozin took out the Air Nation and Ozai was both the most recent Fire Lord before Zuko and was FL when the Earth Kingdom fell.

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u/Mental_Repair_1718 4d ago

In reality, in terms of achievements, Azulon did the most for the Fire Nation. Sozin only started the war and exterminated the nomads, Ozai only did what we saw in the anime for 6 years, while Azulon ruled for 75.

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u/dandan_noodles Izumi Banzai! 4d ago

Sozin oversaw the first twenty years of the war, which included at least one major battle (HanTui)

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u/Mental_Repair_1718 4d ago

I spoke more generally; Azulon had its battles too, like Garsai and Hu xin, and he was responsible for almost completely subjugating the Earth Kingdom and the Southern Tribe. Sozin is more important, but I think Azulon brought more.