Oh the Fire Nation royal family. So much headcanon, so little time.
According to Bryke, Azulon was born the same time as the Air Nomad Genocide, and that he led troops into battle. I imagine that he was a sort of Alexander the Great (or better still, the Russian scholar in me wants to say Ivan the Terrible) who took a very personal role in the conquest, like Iroh. I don't think he understood Ozai at all, and that Ozai was always more of a politician than Azulon. Iroh had a political side, but Azulon could connect to him through their shared military experiences, and I think he was less of a politician when he was younger. In some ways, Azulon had a temperament more like Zuko's, though much crueler. He was quick to anger, quick to punishment, not prone to reflection, and his plans and tactics tend to be short term affairs.
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Azulon
Date: 2012-08-15 05:57 pm (UTC)According to Bryke, Azulon was born the same time as the Air Nomad Genocide, and that he led troops into battle. I imagine that he was a sort of Alexander the Great (or better still, the Russian scholar in me wants to say Ivan the Terrible) who took a very personal role in the conquest, like Iroh. I don't think he understood Ozai at all, and that Ozai was always more of a politician than Azulon. Iroh had a political side, but Azulon could connect to him through their shared military experiences, and I think he was less of a politician when he was younger. In some ways, Azulon had a temperament more like Zuko's, though much crueler. He was quick to anger, quick to punishment, not prone to reflection, and his plans and tactics tend to be short term affairs.