Zuko is the prince of the Fire Nation. But he’s banished by his father Ozai in Avatar: The Last Airbender. He does nothing wrong. He just goes against it when the general of the Fire Nation plans to sacrifice some soldiers. Ozai is heartless to banish his son even if Zuko is a prince. Zuko doesn’t have a grudge even if his father was cruel to him. He begins his journey to look for the Avatar since it’s his father’s wish. He finds Aang in the Antarctic. He tries to arrest him. But Aang isn’t alone. He has two new friends Katara and Sokka.
Zuko hunters Aang throughout the whole seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender. His sister Azula hits the Avatar hard. Zuko and Azula think Aang is dead. But the boy isn’t. Katara gives him the treatment. Zuko returns the Fire Nation with Azula. Ozai is happy to see his son. He reinstates Zuko. But Zuko is changed. He begins to question his father’s decision. Ozai mistakes his son killed the Avatar. He knows the truth that Aang is alive when Zuko visits him. Zuko announces that he will betray Ozai. Ozai is furious to attack his son. But Zuko blocks it perfectly. He shows his true power to his father. He can kill Ozai. But he decides to let Aang kill Ozai. Because he thinks it’s his father’s fate.
Zuko Is Loyal to Ozai
Ozai is the lord of the Fire Nation. He’s not satisfied with just being a lord. He wants to be a phoenix emperor. So he plans to attack other kingdoms. The air kingdom was ruined by his grandfather Sozin. All of the airbenders were killed, except the Avatar Aang.
Ozai takes his army to attack South Water Tribe first in Avatar: The Last Airbender. He asks the soldiers to make sure that there’s no waterbender survival. Katara’s mother is murdered for protecting Katara during the battle. The seeds of hatred is planted. Katara hates Zuko when she sees his face.
Ozai’s next target is the Earth Kingdom since the Water Kingdom and the Air Kingdom were ruined by him. The general of Fire Nation comes up with an idea to defeat the army of the Earth Kingdom. But some Fire Nation soldiers need to be killed. Ozai thinks the idea is great. But his son Zuko doesn’t like the plan. His sense of justice drives him to stop the plan. Ozai realizes that his son is kind. A kind king cannot rule the powerful nation. He kicks his son out of the nation. He gives him a task that he cannot complete.
Zuko mistakes that his father wants to give him a chance. He manages to find the Avatar with his uncle Iroh. He believes that he will be the prince again if he takes Aang to see his father. But Iroh knows his brother well. He thinks Ozai wouldn’t give his son any chance. Zuko begins to hunt Aang for winning the chance to return to the Fire Nation. But he’s not the only one who wants to get the Avatar. Admiral Zhao and his sister Azula want to catch Aang as well. Admiral Zhao even murders the Moon Spirit for achieving his goal.
Zuko becomes a fugitive with Iroh after Admiral Zhao passed away. Ozai is disappointed in his son. He hears it from Azula that Zuko worked with the Avatar and they killed Admiral Zhao together. He decides not to forgive his son anymore. Azula knows it’s a good chance to get rid of his brother. She volunteers to go to arrest her brother and her uncle. She knows Zuko will flee if she tells him the truth. So she tempts him that their father missed him. He doesn’t know what happened. He believes her words because his loyalty to the lord of the Fire Nation. He knows he was fooled soon. He has to escape because he knows he will be killed if he goes home with Azula.
Zuko flees to Ba Sing Se. Iroh persuades the boy to forget his father and the task his father gave to him. But Zuko doesn’t plan to give up. He knows Ozai will see his efforts one day. He gets the chance when Azula needs an ally. He helps her attack Katara even if the good girl tried to fix his face. Azula murders the Avatar. Zuko becomes the hero of the Fire Nation. Ozai changes his attitude because he heard it from Azula that Aang was murdered by Zuko.
But Zuko begins to question his loyalty to Ozai. He witnessed many people suffering because of his father’s orders. Aang was his only friend in the world. Zuko hurt Aang many times. But Aang still trusted Zuko before he died. Zuko realizes that what he did isn’t right.
Zuko Is Very Kind
Zuko comes from the Fire Nation. But he’s very kind. He claims that he will catch Aang with his own hands in Avatar: The Last Airbender. But he goes to save Aang after Aang was caught by Admiral Zhao. He wears the blue spirit mask and he sneaks into the castle. He stuns the guards and he saves Aamg from the cell. Admiral Zhao is informed that there was a masked man saving the Avatar. He gathers all his people and he asks them to go to arrest the masked man and Aang.
Aang works with Zuko. They defeat the soldiers together. They escape from the castle soon. But Zuko is shot by the Yuyan Archer. His mask is off. Aang finds out that the one who saved him was his enemy. He knows Zuko has a kind heart. Zuko denies it. He doesn’t wish Aang to see his soft side.
The blue spirit mask indicates that Zuko is a good person. He’s different from Ozai and Azula. The two are evil. They cannot be saved. The blue spirit mask was actually given by Zuko’s mother Ursa. Ursa is a kind empress. Her kindness affected her son. Zuko had a happy hour when he stayed with his mother. But his mother left him. Nobody knows where she went. Ozai began to use the fear to control his children. Zuko was changed. But his kindness cannot be covered. He’s a chivalrous person when he wears the blue spirit mask. The spirit mask is the good side of him. He doesn’t expose it until Aang knows the secret.
Zuko’s kindness affects his behavior when he takes care of Appa. Appa is a family to Aang. Zuko knows how important the animal to Aang. He thinks it’s a good chance to make the Avatar give in. But he releases Appa in the end. He doesn’t wish his friend to be sad. Aang knows nothing about it. He doesn’t know his enemy saved his family. Appa doesn’t leak it because he cannot speak.
Iroh knows his nephew has a good side. So he doesn’t give up Zuko even if Zuko crossed the line when he tried to arrest Aang. He keeps asking him if he knows what he’s going to do. He knows the boy is lost. Fortunately, Zuko finds his way in the end. He works with the Avatar team for dealing with his sister and his father. He knows Ozai and Azula are the the malignant tumors of the world. He thinks he has duty to get rid of the two for the world. He even suggests Aang kills his father.
Avatar: The Last Airbender describes Zuko as a evil prince. But it also gives the character the kind features. Fans are informed that Zuko isn’t the true villain. He can be changed as long as we give him some time. Zuko doesn’t let fans down. He finds his father when Aang and his team have no clue after Ozai went missing. Zuko shows that he’s more distinguished than Aang. He officially tells his father that he will be his enemy. Everything is under Ozai’s control. He doesn’t expect that the abandoned son would raise a storm. He uses the lightning skill he’s proud of. But Zuko redirects it. He mocks his father and he tries to leave. But he minds it when Ozai mentions his mother. Ozai knows his son has looked for his mother. He knows the secret why his wife left. But he conceals the secret from his children.
Azula Pressures Zuko
Azula kills the Avatar. But she reports to Ozai that the one who got rid of Aang was Zuko. It makes Zuko get the supreme honor in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Zuko doesn’t understand why his sister left the honor to him. She’s a terrible sister in his mind. He questions her motives. He’s right that she wasn’t that kind. She knew the Avatar is alive through his eyes. So she gave the credit to him after she returned the Fire Nation.
Azula wants to tell his brother that the glory he got is fake. His father will punish him if he’s found that he didn’t kill Aang. She wants to make him go to kill Aang. She makes it. He hires a killer and he lets the killer go to murder the Avatar. Aang and his team suffer because of Zuko’s plan. They have to hide.
Zuko realizes his mistake soon. Iroh is locked up in the cell. But he doesn’t give up on saving Zuko. He writes a letter to him. He asks him to go to look into the history of his family. Zuko goes to the shrine. He finds out the secret of his family. He’s told that Sozin and Roku were good friend. But Roku fought Sozin because Sozin wanted to rule the world. Roku passed away because Sozin refused to help his friend.
Zuko doesn’t understand why his uncle wrote the letter to him. He visits Iroh with the question. Iroh reveals Roku is Zuko’s grandfather. He hints at Zuko that he can be a good person as well. Zuko is changed. He begins to go against his father.
Azula doesn’t know her brother is going to rebel. She focuses on taking care of the Avatar team. Aang recovers. He takes the troops to attack the palace of the Fire Nation. He plans to kill Ozai when there’s a solar eclipse. But Azula got the message in advance. She and her father are hiding somewhere. Aang goes to the palace. He doesn’t find Ozai. Katara cheers her lover. Aang finds Azula in Toph Beifong’s help. But Azula intends to stall. It makes Aang miss the time to kill the lord of the Fire Nation. The troops of the Fire Nation counterattack after the solar eclipse disappeared. The people who support Aang are arrested.
Why Does Zuko Betray His Father?
Zuko is the prince of the Fire Nation. But he’s also a good guy. He witnessed the misery that the Fire Nation brought when he hunted Aang in Avatar: The Last Airbender. He knows Ozai should takes duty for it. He realizes his mission that is helping the Avatar fix the chaos. He doesn’t know he’s going to lead the new Fire Nation. He wishes Iroh to be the new fire lord. But Iroh knows the best person is Zuko.
Ozai is an ambitious king. He whitewashes his wickedness. He keeps telling his people that he attacked other kingdoms for helping them. He gets support by the people. But what he does destroy the natural environment of the Fire Nation for making more coal and iron. The people live in the lie. Fortunately, Zuko has awakened. He knows he needs to united with the Avatar team to overthrow his father’s tyranny.
He finds Aang and he leaks Ozai’s plan. But Aang doesn’t trust the guy because he betrayed him too many times. The killer Zuko sent is outside the house. He plans to take Aang’s life. Zuko feels guilty. He decides to get rid of the killer first.
Ozai gets angry after his son betrayed him. He knows his son is staying with his enemies. He decides to accelerate his plan since the Sozin’s comet is going to come to the Earth. He gives his position to Azula. Because he’s going to be the phoenix emperor. He knows the traitor will take his people to stop him. He’s confident that he can kill those ants. Because they lost the best chance to kill him.
Avatar: The Last Airbender gives Zuko a good reason to betray his father. Ozai is a brutal lord and he doesn’t like his son. Zuko wanted to flatter his father. But he refuses to do it anymore. Ozai doesn’t trust Zuko even if he was told that Zuko killed the enemy he wants to kill. He doesn’t inform him there’s a meeting. Zuko knows it from his girlfriend. He’s disappointed in him. It seems that the only one Ozai trusts is Azula. They make the scorched earth plan together. The plan targets the people of the Earth Kingdom. Zuko decides to betray his father immediately after knowing the plan. He decides to take down his father for saving multitude of lives. He escapes from the Fire Nation. He invites Aang to go to defeat Ozai with him.