According to Azula, Azulon became furious at this suggestion and told Ozai that he would have to "know the pain of losing a first-born son", as Iroh did, by killing his own son, Zuko.
Prince Ozai, the second born son, called a meeting with Azulon during which he attempted to persuade his father to name him as heir and strip Iroh of his birthright. After Iroh's only son, Lu Ten, was killed during the Siege of Ba Sing Se, Iroh abandoned the mission and returned home. ĭuring Fire Lord Azulon's rule, Prince Iroh was first in line to the throne. As he could use the resources of the Fire Nation as he saw fit, Sozin greatly empowered his military and eventually started the Hundred Year War in an attempt to unite the world under the Fire Lords' reign. She sought revolutionary social and political change, while also aiming to take power in the Fire Nation, though Sozin ultimately prevailed in this rivalry. A threat to the Fire Lord's power emerged, however, when Sozin's sister Zeisan began to conspire against the throne by utilizing a group known as the Guiding Wind, which was opposed to nobility and wealth. By the time of Fire Lord Sozin, the Fire Sages and nobles had been completely subjugated to the Fire Lord's rule. Zoryu and his successors consequently worked to finally disempower the nobles and gradually transformed the Fire Nation into a centralist autocracy. This succession conflict exposed once again the clans' great influence as well as the weakness of the central government. In the early 3rd century BG, the position of Fire Lord Zoryu was assailed by his half-brother Chaejin, resulting in a crisis known as the Camellia-Peony War. įire Lord Sozin instigated the Hundred Year War. Gonryu enjoyed the revenue that Zongdu Chaisee brought him, but he sent people to spy on her, as he did not want to see any zongdu linger past their term. During Fire Lord Gonryu's reign, the Fire Nation pursued isolationism in the aftermath of the Platinum Affair, with only the island city of Jonduri designated as a special territory, ruled by a shang zongdu. Under Fire Lord Yosor, the Fire Nation collapsed almost completely into separate states until Avatar Szeto restabilized the central government and strengthened the Fire Lord's position with political and economic reforms. In these times, Fire Lords could become completely powerless. Economic crisis, natural disasters, and political conspiracies could greatly weaken the position of individual Fire Lords, and the Fire Nation often suffered from civil wars.
The noble clans often married into the royal family, and the ruler's consorts would then empower their own clan, causing resentment and feuds by rival nobles.
ĭespite the nominal empowerment of the Fire Lords and their theoretically absolute power, their position remained highly unstable due to the lasting might of the noble clans as well as infighting within the royal family. Afterward, the positions of Great Sage and High Sage were established to replace the Fire Lord's original role as head of the Fire Sages. Eventually, the Fire Lords took state power for themselves and reduced the Fire Sages' influence on the government, turning the Fire Nation into a hereditary monarchy controlled by the Fire Nation Royal Family. The power of the early Fire Lords was limited, as they ruled alongside a council of Fire Sages, while many noble clans who descended from the old warlords were allowed autonomy as well as armed household troops. Prior to the formation of the Fire Nation, the disaggregated Fire Islands were united by the first Fire Lord, who ushered in a prolonged era of peace under religious rule with himself as head of the Fire Sages. The first Fire Lord united the Fire Nation and ruled alongside the Fire Sages and noble clans. 5.1 Known Fire Nation regents, claimants, and revolutionaries.
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