Sozin's relationships

This page comprises Sozin's relationships with other characters in the world of Avatar. Over the course of his long life, Sozin's quest for power gradually eroded many of his social contacts, most notably his friendship with Avatar Roku. As the instigator of the Hundred Year War, he made many enemies and created a lasting legacy of strife and conflict, including in his family.
== Relatives ==
=== Azulon ===
Azulon was Sozin's firstborn, and raised to succeed him. Sozin oversaw his son's firebending trainingAvatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy of the Fire Nation, page 11. and favored him over another family member.Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy of the Fire Nation, page 28. Azulon ultimately grew up to be a supremely talented, but also very demanding and often cruel person. After Sozin's death, he continued most of his father's policies, including in regards to the calculating treatment of family members.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Core Book, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 56.
=== His father ===
Sozin had a decent relationship with his father.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Core Book, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 48. He imparted several concepts about rulership and nationhood on Sozin,Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy of the Fire Nation, page 16. who was also pitted against his sister Zeisan by their father due to the faulty assumption that competition would increase the children's abilities.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. An Urgent Request, Version 1.0, 2023, p. 13.
By his late teens, Sozin became easily worried about his father's health. When the latter eventually died and Sozin inherited the throne, he remained committed to several of his father's ideas. However, Sozin also believed that his predecessor had not been strong enoughAvatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. An Urgent Request, Version 1.0, 2023, p. 4. and disagreed with his traditionalist approach to politics. Thus, Sozin eventually adopted more radical and imperialistic viewpoints as well as a much more aggressive policy.
=== Zeisan ===
As a result of their parents' influence, Sozin never developed a good relationship with his sister Zeisan. By the time of Sozin's ascension to the throne, Zeisan had become convinced that the Fire Nation Royal Family was "evil to the core" and thus conspired to overthrow her home country's monarchy. Accordingly, the siblings became fierce political rivals due to the their starkly differing viewpoints.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Core Book, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 47.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. An Urgent Request, Version 1.0, 2023, p. 4. Sozin was outraged that Zeisan embraced the thinking of the Air Nomads, seeing the spread of Air Nomad philosophy in the Fire Nation as a major threat to his own policies and nationalistic thinking.
When Zeisan declared her intention to join the radical Air Nomads of the Guiding Wind, Sozin correctly saw this as her attempt to openly challenge his power. From this point onward, their relationship deteriorated even further,Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Core Book, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 44. with both sides becoming more extreme in their actions.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Core Book, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 49.
Sozin ultimately prevailed in the power struggle with his sister.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Core Book, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 56. In his later reign, Sozin outlawed same-sex relationships in the Fire Nation, possibly out of lasting spite for Zeisan who had been in love with Rioshon, an Air Nun.
== Allies ==
=== Khuchtei ===
Khuchtei was one of many officials who supported Sozin's aggressive policies. As the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology during his early reign, she attempted to acquire resources and technologies to further his plans at all costs.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Wan Shi Tong's Adventure Guide, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 100.
=== Mio ===
Mio was a trusted bodyguard of Sozin during his early reign, and utterly loyal to him.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. An Urgent Request, Version 1.0, 2023, p. 9.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. An Urgent Request, Version 1.0, 2023, p. 10. She was consequently willing to operate as one of his covert agents during the covert struggle against Zeisan.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. An Urgent Request, Version 1.0, 2023, p. 5.
=== Zianda ===
Having already served as an official under Sozin's father, Zianda was an eager supporter of Sozin and craved the Fire Lord's approval. As a result, he devised a plot to discredit both Zeisan as well as the Guiding Wind with Sozin's tacit support.
== Enemies ==
=== Jialun ===
Sozin already began to oppose Earth King Jialun's schemes when he was still a prince. After becoming Fire Lord, the Earth Kingdom's ruler became one of Sozin's main international rivals, with the two rulers clashing over ownership of Natsuo Island.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Core Book, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 55.
=== Guiding Wind ===
Upon becoming Fire Lord, Sozin worried about the growing influence of the Air Nomads in the Fire Nation. As a result, he attempted to counter by employing propaganda and secret schemes. As it was a radical Air Nomad sect, the Guiding Wind became an early focus of Sozin's actitivies; he attempted to frame the group as violent extremists, for instance using Guiding Wind sabotage operations to justify the closure of the Fire & Air Center of Learning.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Core Book, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 46.
When Zeisan joined their ranks, Sozin saw the Guiding Wind as a direct challenge to his reign considering their anti-royalty stance and support for his sister's plans.
=== Rioshon ===
Rioshon was an Air Nun who was secretly in love with Zeisan, and thus often covertly aided the princess. As a result, Rioshon regularly found herself opposing Sozin's underlings and schemes. At first, Sozin was not fully aware of the true connection between his sister and the Air Nun. However, he suspected enough to distrust Rioshon and put her under surveillance by his agents whenever she visited the Fire Nation.
=== Roku ===
Sozin and Roku grew up together, sharing a birthday and becoming great friends. The prince often teased his comrade over a crush of a noblewoman, Ta Min. During a party celebrating their sixteenth birthday in 66 BG, Roku was informed by the Fire Sages that he was the Avatar. In awe, Sozin bowed before him. Later, the prince met with Roku to ease his mind over the upcoming Avatar journey as well as gift him Crown Prince headpiece as a sign of their lasting friendship. Sozin and Roku parted as "dear friends". Soon after Roku had begun his Avatar journey, Sozin secretly contacted him and requested his aid in a conflict with Earth King Jialun. Despite his masters' misgivings, Roku complied with his friend's request.
After Sozin's ascension to the throne, some of Roku's associates like Taqukaq began to covertly oppose the Fire Lord's policies.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Wan Shi Tong's Adventure Guide, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 100.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Wan Shi Tong's Adventure Guide, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 110. However, the friendship of the two remained strong. When Sozin and Roku finally reunited in person in 54 BG, the Fire Lord happily embraced the Avatar and discarded all formalities. A few months later, Sozin gladly served as Roku's best man during the latter's wedding. Their relationship began to crack when Sozin used the wedding to reveal his imperialistic plans to Roku, horrifying the Avatar. In turn, Sozin was upset that his long-time friend could not see the value of his ideas.
Seventeen years later, Sozin began to implement his most radical ideas by conquering Earth Kingdom territory and setting up Fire Nation colonies. Roku confronted him and warned him to back down, but the Fire Lord was outraged over this behavior and iniated a fight. Roku easily defeated Sozin, but spared him in memory of their past friendship. The two did not talk again for 25 years. Cowed but bitter, the Fire Lord secretly continued his preparations for a global war of conquest despite Roku's final warning.
In 12 BG, Roku's island experienced a massive volcanic eruption; even from the Fire Nation Capital, Sozin could see the smoke of the catastrophe. Remembering their old relationship, the Fire Lord hurried to the island and assisted Roku in an attempt to contain the eruption. Ultimately, the effort of the two was not enough, and Roku was hit by a geyser of poisonous gases. At this moment, Sozin realized that the Avatar had been the only obstacle for his own plans, and left Roku to die instead of helping him.
=== Skiri ===
Skiri was the chief of the Water Tribes during Sozin's early reign, and strongly opposed the Fire Lord's imperialistic ambitions.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game. Core Book, Version 1.0, 2022, p. 52.
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