Is this going to be one of those universes that tries to take over my brain and make me write a novel? Oh yes, it is? Good to know. The universe title makes it sound like a bad romance novel.
A little bit about the Universe before I start... In this Universe, Ursa doesn’t come into Zuko’s room in time to hear Azula telling Zuko that Ozai’s going to kill him. Instead, Ozai, enraged that his father plans to give Zuko to Iroh in place of Lu Ten, forcing Ozai to fall behind his own son in the succession, tries to kill his son, and Ursa walks in on that. Ursa forces Ozai off their son and kills him, but Zuko’s mortally wounded. Returning home to find his brother dead, and his nephew lingering near death, Iroh snatches Zuko off his deathbed and slips away of the Fire Navy’s fastest ship to the Sun Warriors’ temple to bathe his nephew in the sacred eternal flames. Agni intervenes on Zuko’s behalf, and Zuko’s hair turns yellow-gold like sunlight, his eyes open, and he demands to know what’s going on. Because he’s Zuko. Agni leaves one trace of the attack on Zuko, a certain burn scar over his left eye. Meanwhile, Azulon has died from the shock of it all, and for a few months, everyone thought Azula was going to get the throne with Ursa as regent, so you can imagine just what she’s feeling when his royal tea-loving cookiness shows up with her suddenly perfectly healthy, if disturbingly blond, brother.
Iroh takes the throne, and immediately ends the war and starts disarmament. But as soon as the colonies are emptied, the ships are sunk, the tanks melted down, and the factories destroyed, the Earth Kingdom Army and the Northern Water Tribe mobilize to get their revenge for nearly a century of war and devastation. As her uncle tries to fight a losing war against two nations, Azula schemes to take the throne herself.
Meanwhile, in the Northern Water Tribe, Yue never was sick as a child. When her father lets her sit in on a war meeting, she’s stunned to hear her father wants to join the Earth Kingdom and send warriors out to attack the Fire Nation instead of maintaining the isolation that protected them during the first war, too stunned to remember her princessly decorum. Furious, Arnook betroths her at thirteen to one of the great warriors of the tribe, Pakku, hoping he’ll keep her in line. Pakku, sulking at being saddled with a child intended, helps Yue run away like Kanna did. Upon learning of this, Arnook exiles Pakku, and for good measure retroactively exiles his daughter. The two of them meet up, and fearful for the little girl he watched grow up, Pakku stays with her and eventually starts to teach her to waterbend. This is the world into which Aang wakes.
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Banished Princess, Sun-Touched Prince: Universe Notes
Date: 2010-10-26 07:08 pm (UTC)A little bit about the Universe before I start... In this Universe, Ursa doesn’t come into Zuko’s room in time to hear Azula telling Zuko that Ozai’s going to kill him. Instead, Ozai, enraged that his father plans to give Zuko to Iroh in place of Lu Ten, forcing Ozai to fall behind his own son in the succession, tries to kill his son, and Ursa walks in on that. Ursa forces Ozai off their son and kills him, but Zuko’s mortally wounded. Returning home to find his brother dead, and his nephew lingering near death, Iroh snatches Zuko off his deathbed and slips away of the Fire Navy’s fastest ship to the Sun Warriors’ temple to bathe his nephew in the sacred eternal flames. Agni intervenes on Zuko’s behalf, and Zuko’s hair turns yellow-gold like sunlight, his eyes open, and he demands to know what’s going on. Because he’s Zuko. Agni leaves one trace of the attack on Zuko, a certain burn scar over his left eye. Meanwhile, Azulon has died from the shock of it all, and for a few months, everyone thought Azula was going to get the throne with Ursa as regent, so you can imagine just what she’s feeling when his royal tea-loving cookiness shows up with her suddenly perfectly healthy, if disturbingly blond, brother.
Iroh takes the throne, and immediately ends the war and starts disarmament. But as soon as the colonies are emptied, the ships are sunk, the tanks melted down, and the factories destroyed, the Earth Kingdom Army and the Northern Water Tribe mobilize to get their revenge for nearly a century of war and devastation. As her uncle tries to fight a losing war against two nations, Azula schemes to take the throne herself.
Meanwhile, in the Northern Water Tribe, Yue never was sick as a child. When her father lets her sit in on a war meeting, she’s stunned to hear her father wants to join the Earth Kingdom and send warriors out to attack the Fire Nation instead of maintaining the isolation that protected them during the first war, too stunned to remember her princessly decorum. Furious, Arnook betroths her at thirteen to one of the great warriors of the tribe, Pakku, hoping he’ll keep her in line. Pakku, sulking at being saddled with a child intended, helps Yue run away like Kanna did. Upon learning of this, Arnook exiles Pakku, and for good measure retroactively exiles his daughter. The two of them meet up, and fearful for the little girl he watched grow up, Pakku stays with her and eventually starts to teach her to waterbend. This is the world into which Aang wakes.