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PUBLISHER Insight Editions

DATE OF PUBLICATION February 4, 2020

ISBN 978-1-68383-392-5

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Legacy.

Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy of the Fire

Nation is a hardcover scrapbook released on
February 4, 2020, written by Joshua Pruett and
published by Insight Editions. The book follows Iroh as
he shares memories and mementos with Prince Zuko.
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In Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy of the Fire

Nation, discover long-kept secrets carried by Uncle
Iroh as he records his stories for Prince Zuko. Read
letters from family, friends, and more in this special
collection of mementos and keepsakes.

Iroh has held many roles in his long life including

crown prince of the Fire Nation, mentor to Prince
Zuko, and ally of Avatar Aang. In the peace following
the end of the Hundred Year War, Iroh has compiled
his many thoughts, memories, artifacts, and stories
from his long life to share with Prince Zuko. Filled with
amazing removable mementos from Iroh, Avatar: The
Last Airbender: Legacy of the Fire Nation presents an
exclusive look into one of the series' most-loved
characters.

Contents

During the years after the end of the Hundred Year

War, Iroh, the former general of the Fire Nation, had
collected many mementos, that he would later
compile into a book and gift it to his nephew, the then
Fire Lord, Zuko.

History

The book began with Iroh's letter to Zuko, in which he

claimed that the book is part letter and part memory
book. Stating that it was time for Zuko to learn more
about the history of the Fire Nation Royal Family, it
started with Fire Lord Sozin, who had been the best
friend of Avatar Roku until he had betrayed the latter
for world domination, leading to Roku's death. Sozin's
son, Prince Azulon, had been trained by his father to
become one of the most powerful Orebenders of his
time, one that no one dared to challenge. Later,
Azulon and Ilah had two sons of their own, Iroh and
Ozai. Iroh claimed that Ozai had always sought power,
from the moment he Orst crawled to their Pai Sho
games, where they fought over the pettiest of issues
like warriors. During their teenage years, despite their
strained relationship, Iroh was impressed by his
younger brother's popularity in school. This would be
short-lived though, as Iroh caught on to Ozai's brutal
ambitions and began permanently distancing himself
from his brother.

General Iroh and Zuko, during their younger years.

Iroh rose to the rank of General in the Fire Nation

military and had a son Lu Ten. In this capacity, he led
the siege of Ba Sing Se though stopped his campaign
after his son died in the battle. Returning home, he
was welcomed with the news of Azulon's mysterious
death and Ozai's ascension to the throne. Iroh
subsequently turned to scour the Spirit World to Ond
Lu Ten. While unsuccessful in that endeavor, he did
discover himself and achieved enlightenment,
through which he was able to Ond peace and become
a caring uncle to Zuko. When Zuko was banished, Iroh
accompanied him on his quest to Ond the Avatar and
later helped him and Team Avatar end the Hundred
Year War.

Comments on Team Avatar

Iroh complimented every main member of Team

Avatar, aside from Zuko:

Aang for giving the acknowledgement Zuko

desperately needed, changing Zuko's perspective
of the Fire Nation, and for his emotional
temperament and heroism.
Katara for her passion, forgiving Zuko despite his
earlier betrayal, and forcing him to grow up and
become the man he currently is.
Sokka for his sarcasm and bravery, especially
during his and Zuko's mission to save Hakoda at
the Boiling Rock.
Toph for being a Oerce warrior, her Oghting spirit,
and stubborn thick-headedness like Zuko.
Appa for instigating the change within Zuko when
the latter tried to capture him.
Momo for representing the spirit of the then lost
Air Nomads along with Aang.

Letters from Team Avatar

Every main member of Team Avatar wrote a letter to

Iroh during their adulthood.

Aang

Aang and Zuko during an event in Republic City's early days.

Dear Master Iroh,

I should've written this letter long ago. More to the

point, I shouldn't be writing it at all—I should be telling
this to you in person. Have you ever noticed how
gratitude is so small when it's just words on paper?
But thank you. Thank you anyway. And thank you
again! Thank you for sticking to Zuko the way you did,
because if you hadn't, we would never have met, and
without you, I'd never have learned Srebending and
become the true Avatar. You helped me grow. Without
you, I'd never have stopped Ozai. Without you, this
world would be ashes and soot. You're like, the
greatest bender teacher that is! And you make great
tea.

I haven't had a real family in a very long time, and

you became like the uncle I always wanted. I know for
Zuko you are that and so much more. I hope that,
with your guidance, Zuko is able to reach his full
potential. There is greatness in him. I've seen him. His
heart burns brighter than any Uame we can bend.
With you at his side, I believe Zuko will become a
great Fire Lord, and together the two of you will
create a truly, honourable and righteous Fire Nation.

Aang.

Katara

Katara, Iroh, Bumi, and Kya.

Dear General Iroh,

Long ago, you were my enemy. And then, you were

my friend. Now looking back, I see that you were so
much more. Almost every time we met, whether you
were on my side or not, you seemed to be doing the
right thing, and you were always focused on leading
Zuko by example. The way you fought for the life of
the Moon Spirit and saved us in the Crystal
Catacombs ... Every time, you did the honourable
thing - even when it caused you bodily harm, as it
often did when we ran afoul of your niece, Azula.

When you guided us through our Snal confrontation

with Ozai, and when I elected to support Zuko in his
battle against Azula, you encouraged me. That alone
told me that I was doing the right thing, because the
right thing was all Iroh ever did. If you approved of my
actions, I knew beyond a shadow of doubt that I was
doing the right thing. That gave me conSdence to
help my friends and do the impossible. I could not
have done that without you.

Thank you, dear Iroh, for always being exactly who I

needed you to be.

Oh yes, and I so miss your incredible tea!

Gratefully, Katara.

Sokka

Hello Zuko's Uncle Iroh,

Katara's making me write this letter because she

thinks she's our mother. Anyways, you're pretty funny,
for an old guy. And you're pretty old, for a funny guy.
Please stop making me drink your tea. Thanks for
helping us out and being old or whatever it is Katara
wants me to thank you for.

Signed, the leader of Team Avatar for life, no take-

backs, no erasies, Sokka.

P.S. Are you sure there's no bending for jokes? Or how

about bending for gas? Or is that just breaking wind.

Toph (written by Katara)

Toph dictating her letter as Katara writes.

Iroh,

Katara is writing this all down for me because - hello,

I'm blind. You're very powerful, for an old man. I'm not
sure what's stronger, your puns or your bending.
Thanks for the tea.

Toph,
aka The Blind Bandit.

Zuko (after his retirement as the Fire Lord)

Dearest Uncle Iroh,

Do you remember when I used to write you letters? It

must be this place, having its e[ect on me, but here
on Ember Island, I Snd myself introspective and
thinking back about my life. I think I used to write you
to buy me presents. Such a cheeky child.

I've retired now, given up my throne for the peace of

this place, to be warmed by the sun and my own
memories. I think of you often here. My good
memories wash over the bad ones like waves on the
shore, clearing the old sand and resetting. I
remember summers on the beach, playing with
Azula, we didn't want to kill each other then, though
sometimes we acted like it. But the island brought us
together. It did that again, one time, in our teens. It
was a golden time. One I never felt again until Aang,
Katara, Sokka, Toph and I had Snished our journey
and had a moment to enjoy each other's company.

I am old now, and you have been gone to the Spirit

World a great many years. I don't really know why I'm
writing you this letter. Perhaps just thinking of you
brings me back your voice, and writing to you brings
you back to my side, where I could always count on
you to be.

I will probably just put this letter with the other in that
journal you gave me all those years ago. At least for
safekeeping. I could go back and read them all again,
but I don't need to. I have memorized your words,
Uncle, and so keep you with me at all times. You're
with me every day and on every adventure. And now,
the beach calls. They sell paper dragons there. Might
pick one up.

Zuko, age ... much older than seven.

Other content

Iroh and Zuko after their reunion in the Spirit World.

The Fire Nation Royal Family tree beginning with

Fire Lord Sozin.
Series of royal Fire Lord portraits, starting with
Sozin's grandfather and ending with Ozai.
Letter from a seven-year-old Zuko.
The tea menu of Jasmine Dragon.
Additional letter from Iroh to Zuko about the Order
of the White Lotus and the Red Lotus.

Flashforward

Several decades after the book's completion and

Iroh's mortal-spirit transcendence, an elderly Zuko,
after abdicating the throne and passing it to his
daughter Izumi, reunited with Iroh in the Spirit World
to have tea.

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Production notes

Character revelations

Zuko has been playing Pai Sho since he was at

least six-years-old.
Zuko, during his childhood, used to write letters
to Iroh, when his family spent vacations in Ember
Island. He last wrote a letter to him at the age of
seven. It would not be until sometime after the
foundation of Republic City that Zuko would write
another letter to him.
Zuko has been living a retired life in Ember Island.
Zuko, in his posthumous letter to Iroh, refers to
the time when he had visited Ember Island in his
teens, along with Azula, Mai and Ty Lee, in the
episode "The Beach".
Iroh visited an adult Katara in the Southern Water
Tribe when Kya and Bumi were still children but
prior to Tenzin's birth.
Katara wrote Iroh a letter on behalf of Toph, who
was the Chief of Police of Republic City at that
point.
Iroh is aware of the existence of the Red Lotus,
even attempting to prevent its members, who
were members of the Order of the White Lotus at
the time, from leaving and still uphold its ideals.
Kiyi, Zuko's half-sister from Ursa, is regarded as
an o\cial member of the Fire Nation Royal Family.

References

]. ↑ Amazon.com: Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy of

The Fire Nation. Retrieved on November 29, 2018.

See also

List of Avatar books

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