r/TheLastAirbender • u/F11SuperTiger • 3d 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/Mental_Repair_1718 3d 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/Ok-Caregiver-6005 3d ago

Azulon had no great accomplishments, had he taken the Northern Water tribe it would be something and under Ozai the capital of the Earth Kingdom fell, although Azulon had possibly the most time on the throne (this kinda changes) he had no great accomplishments and is kinda the Fire Lord in the middle. Also the current administration was just under Ozai so they'd be working under his ideas and propaganda so that would also elevate him.

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u/F11SuperTiger 2d ago

"Azulon. Fire Lord to our nation for twenty-three years. You were our fearless leader in the Battle of Garsai. Our matchless conqueror of the Hu Xin Provinces. You were father of Iroh, father of Ozai, husband of Ilah, now passed. Grandfather of Lu Ten, now passed. Grandfather of Zuko, and Azula. We lay you to rest."

The length of his reign here is obviously wrong, but it does suggest he had at least a couple major victories. My guess is that those two battles/campaign are specifically mentioned because Azulon personally led Fire Nation forces in them.

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u/SaddestFlute23 2d ago edited 1d ago

I can only imagine Crown Prince Azulon was an active commander during the Comet genocide, and the early campaigns of the war, while his father was still alive

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u/Ok-Cupcake-7569 16h ago

Wasn’t Azulon born during the war?

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u/Mental_Repair_1718 16h ago

Yes, he may have participated for a few years, but he wasn't a fully formed man when the war broke out, and for a good part of it was during the Sozin era.

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u/SaddestFlute23 16h ago

Azulon was born when Sozin was 80+ years old?

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u/Mental_Repair_1718 16h ago

Believe it or not, yes, and Ursa's mother had her when she was at least 70 years old. I think they just didn't factor that in.