History Characters / AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheFireNationRoyalFamily

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: He doesn't physically suffer for his actions, but he ultimately comes to realize that he committed unforgivable atrocities by annihilating the Air Nomads and betraying his best friend, on top of wasting his life on a wild goose chase to find the next Avatar. At the end of his life, Sozin dies a rather somber man, unable to enjoy his success or attempt to undo the damage he's done. The world let Sozin off, but his conscience didn't.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Her writing the letters to her [[spoiler: first love Ikem that she wished Zuko to be his first-born than Ozai's reached the latter when his soldiers intercepted the letters. The revelation drove an already teering-near-insanity Ozai into full-blown villainy as he decides to make Zuko's life hell and almost trying to kill him twice under various pretexts. Ozai will also encourage cruelty and sociopathic tendencies in Azula, judging kindness and other noble values as 'weakness', which eroded her own morality and made her into a self-proclaimed monster.]]

* BeautifulElite: The Royal Family as of the time of the main series are all extremely good-looking. Even Iroh is referred to as handsome by several women in the Earth Kingdom.

* TheAce: He was an accomplished general for the Fire Nation, turned the army more efficient, leading to numerous conquests. Furthermore Azulon was considered one of the best firebenders in the world with no one daring to cross him and is remembered as one of the Fire Nations strongest and most efficient leaders.

* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Well, his idea of good. But part of Sozin's bitter resentment towards Avatar Roku was that they were in the perfect position to truly change the world for the better. [[WeCouldRuleTogether With Sozin as Fire Lord during a time of great, industrial prosperity and Roku having divine authority as the Avatar]], they could have united the Four Nations as one powerful empire where everything can be shared.

* WasItReallyWorthIt: At the end of his life, he decides that no, it really wasn't. Too bad his descendants didn't take a hint. [[spoiler: Until Zuko realizes so.]]

* AssholeVictim: Outside of him seemingly caring for Iroh and Lu Ten, all signs point to Azulon's lack of benevolence, political or private. Supplementary material shows him ruling the Fire Nation with an iron fist and carrying out the war against the other nations with brutality only matched by Ozai. Of note were his orders to raid the Southern Water Tribe and kidnap all its waterbenders, leading to the tribe's collapse and almost complete destruction of its culture. Also, he was willing to have his innocent grandson killed just to prove a point to Ozai. Other than possibly Iroh, it's unlikely anyone missed him when Ozai and Ursa killed him. Though at the very least, he got a funeral. [[spoiler:Considering the Fire Nation has long distanced itself from its imperialist past, it goes without saying Azulon's legacy is a stain on its history]].

* SatelliteFamilyMember: Lu Ten's only contribution to the plot is his death during the 600 day siege of Ba Sing Se, which triggered his father Iroh's HeelFaceTurn and caused him to abandoned the war effort out of grief.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Begrudgingly, but quickly backs down when Roku orders him to cease his imperialism by way of ''destroying half of the palace and leaving him to hang from a stories-high pillar''. Sozin doesn't so much as make a ''peep'' about his ambitions until after Roku's death.

* ParentsAsPeople: While Urza loved her children dearly she made several mistakes that show she wasn't the perfect mother that Zuko remembered her to be. She was a little too focused on protecting and raising Zuko and unintentionally neglected Azula which not only caused her to fall under her father's influence but also gave her major emotional issues since she was left to believe that her own mother hated her and considered her a monster. [[spoiler: And as "The Search, Part 3" reveals that she willingly had her memories wiped by the Mother of Faces after Ozai banished her. Ozai forbade her from contacting Zuko and Azula and she loved them too much to bear knowing of them but never seeing them again. Even Noriko, who is Ursa under memory loss and with a new identity, admits this when she hears of what her past-self did, and when she's restored to being Ursa, she re-iterates this admittance to Zuko, outright asking herself "what kind of mother forgets her own children?"]]

* AbusiveParents: He ordered Ozai to kill Zuko so he would know what it is like to lose a son. Ozai later admits that he would have actually gone through with it if Ursa hadn't intervened. It's left ambiguous if he carried on this from ''his'' father, Sozin, or if he started the "tradition" of Fire Lords being abusive bastards (not enough of Sozin's family life is shown to know for sure).

* TheDreaded: WordOfGod states that no one dared to cross him when speaking of his firebending prowess and ruthless persona. Azulon's ironfisted reign was also a pretty good reason. Heck, Ozai was only able to cross and overthrow him with help from Ursa via poison and likely didn't even consider a coup until Ursa mentioned her plan.

* OurFounder: A massive statue of Azulon stands at the main sea entrance to the Fire Nation. The statue is more than ornamentation however, as it serves as the lynchpin of the Great Gates of Azulon, the Fire Nation's main sea defense.

* TheHighQueen: [[spoiler:Upon the reinstatement of her royal status in ''Smoke and Shadow'', Ursa is officially recognized as the Fire Lord's mother due to being bestowed the title of Lady, making her the equivalent of a queen mother. That said, she's definitely kind, gentle and motherly]].

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Sozin claims the Fire Nation's campaign of global conquest is a way of "sharing their wealth and ideals with the rest of the world and uniting the four nations". Over the century this campaign lasted the Fire Nation has committed actions such the genocide of the Air Nomads (a peaceful people) to try and wipe out the next Avatar, the kidnapping and displacement of the Southern Water Tribe, attempted genocide of the Sun Warriors (who themselves are Fire Nation), occupation of Earth Kingdom territory, and propaganda meant to paint other nations as savage and evil. Roku saw through it immediately, and Zuko calls out his father Ozai and by extension the entire Fire Nation out on this, pointing out that the Fire Nation's actions have justifiably earned them nothing but hate and fear from the people all around the world. While Sozin's WellIntentionedExtremist might be genuine or at least was at one point, but both his son and younger grandson obviously don't really believe a word of it and merely pretend to be as part of their propaganda.

* ParentsAsPeople: While Urza loved her children dearly she made several mistakes that show she wasn't the perfect mother that Zuko remembered her to be. She was a little to focused on protecting and raising Zuko and unintentionally neglected Azula which not only caused her to fall under her fathers influence but also gave her major emotional issues since she was left to believe that her own mother hated her and considered her a monster. [[spoiler: And as "The Search, Part 3" reveals that she willingly had her memories wiped by the Mother of Faces after Ozai banished her. Ozai forbade her from contacting Zuko and Azula and she loved them too much to bear knowing of them but never seeing them again. Even Noriko, who is Ursa under memory loss and with a new identity, admits this when she hears of what her past-self did, and when she's restored to being Ursa, she re-iterates this admittance to Zuko, outright asking herself "what kind of mother forgets her own children?"]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: During his funeral, it's mentioned he led some of the Fire Nation's conquests. Also, he was considered the most powerful firebender of his time.

* AssholeVictim: Outside of him seemingly caring for Iroh and Lu Ten, all signs point to Azulon's lack of benevolence, political or private. Supplementary material shows him ruling the Fire Nation with an iron fist and carrying out the war against the other nations with brutality only matched by Ozai. Of note were his orders to raid the Southern Water Tribe and kidnap all its waterbenders, leading to the tribe's collapse and almost complete destruction of its culture. Also, he was willing to have his innocent grandson killed just to prove a point to Ozai. Other than possibly Iroh, it's unlikely anyone missed him when Ozai and Ursa killed him. Though at the very least, he got a funeral.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: As his quote illustrates, he didn't appreciate Ozai's attempt to use Lu Ten's death to usurp the birthright from Iroh. However, it was more because he was offended at Ozai trying to cross him, even though it was a pragmatic solution to continue his bloodline.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: As talented of a leader and general as he was, Azulon seemed to not understand his own son. He orders that Ozai kill his son as an act of punishment - not realizing that Ozai was [[KickTheDog perfectly happy to do the deed.]] He pays for the miscalculation with his life.

* AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: We know he had become thoroughly evil by the point that he left his former best friend, [[BigGood Avatar]] Roku, to die (after pretending to save his life, at that) to stop him from interfering with Sozin’s plan to TakeOverTheWorld. But it is not clear whether he had ever truly believed what he had originally said about sharing prosperity with the rest of the world, or whether that was ''always'' an excuse for imperialism. The whole backstory is told by Roku’s spirit, and he was absent for decades at a time, and by the time he learned what was happening Sozin had already fallen so far as to consider any and all criticism treasonous.

Princess Zeisan was the younger sister of Fire Lord Sozin who was introduced in the canon ''Avatar Legends'' tabletop game. A non-bender, she devoted herself to the teachings of the Air Nomads to learn chi-blocking to fight back against her family's corruption, eventually marrying a leader of a renegade Air Nomad faction for political gain.

* TheNapoleon: He was short compared to his old friend Roku.