In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar.The events 100 years before the beginning of the show are revealed gradually and out of order throughout the series.More than a century before the beginning of the series, the ruler of the Fire Nation, Fire Lord Sozin, planned a world war to expand his territory and bring the world the Fire Nation's prosperity. Despite their friendship, Avatar Roku prevented him from carrying out his plan in order to maintain the balance of their world. However, Sozin bided his time and resumed his campaign once Roku died. On Roku's death, the Avatar was reincarnated as an Airbender named Aang, who learned of his Avatar status while still twelve years old when his power was needed to stop Sozin. Aang, frightened of his new responsibilities and of separation from his mentor Gyatso, fled his home on his flying bison, Appa. The two were subsequently forced into the ocean by a storm, but Aang became scared, entering the Avatar State and encasing them both in an iceberg, where they remained in suspended animation for one hundred years.Soon after, Sozin, knowing the nature of the Avatar reincarnation cycle, carried out genocide of the Air Nomads during the passing of a comet that increased the Firebenders' firepower abilities, which was later named after him. However, Aang evaded his grasp, and Sozin spent his remaining days searching for the eponymous "Last Airbender". In time, as the Fire Nation's Hundred Year War continued, Sozin was succeeded as Fire Lord by his son Azulon, who in turn passed the title to his youngest son Ozai, the current ruling Fire Lord at the time of the series and the father of fire prince Zuko and princess Azula. The title was originally meant for Ozai's older brother Iroh, but Iroh's birthright was taken from him in light of his absence from the Fire Nation at the time, laying siege on the Earth Kingdom capital of Ba Sing Se, which lasted for 600 days until he ended it upon the loss of his only son.

• published: 19 Jun 2015
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