Iroh

Iroh (艾洛, Aì Luò), commonly referred to as Uncle Iroh or just Uncle by Zuko, is a supporting character in the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
==Background==
Iroh is the elder son of Firelord Azulon and the elder brother of Firelord Ozai. He was once a respected general and the heir apparent to the throne of the Fire Nation, known as the Dragon of the West for his firebending prowess, slaying of the last of the dragons, and unprecedented success in laying siege to Ba Sing Se, the capital of the Earth Kingdom. Ultimately, Iroh withdrew his forces from Ba Sing Se after the death of his beloved only child, Lu Ten, and the crown was soon passed to Ozai after Azulon's timely passing. 
Iroh later accompanied his exiled nephew, Zuko, on a quest to capture the Avatar. Iroh shows more interest in enjoying culinary niceties and caring for Zuko's well-being than in obtaining any more war spoils for the Fire Nation.
==Reception and popularity==
Iroh is universally beloved by the ATLA fandom.
==Common fanon and tropes in fan works==
On Archive of Our Own (AO3), notable canonical tags includehttps://archiveofourown.org/tags/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query%5Bname%5D=Iroh&query%5Btype%5D=Freeform&query%5Bcanonical%5D=true Iroh (Avatar) loves Tea, Protective Iroh (Avatar), Iroh is a Good Uncle (Avatar), and Firelord Iroh (Avatar). He tends to appear in gen works more than anything else.http://fandomstats.org/
Iroh's tea shop is often the setting of many crossovers. Alternately, Iroh is often shown bonding with characters from other fandoms over their mutual love of tea. 
In "Who would win?" crossover scenarios, many fans speculate that Iroh's wisdom and friendliness would be enough to convince fallen characters—such as Anakin Skywalker, for example—to better themselves and follow a more righteous path.
The mother of Iroh's son was never mentioned within the show; likely the most common fanon is that Iroh lost his wife to childbirth.
*Iroh & Zuko -- like the series itself, a large number of fan works focus on the relationship between uncle and nephew. 
==Selected fan works==
===Fan fiction===
* by AzarDarkstar, an AU in which Zuko flees the Fire Nation after his mother's disappearance, and Iroh is more involved withe the White Lotus earlier
* by Nele, a parody of the "adult" Bedtime story *Go The Fuck To Sleep*, but about Iroh & Zuko
* by thesometimeswarrior, Iroh & Azula post-canon
* Cheating at Pai Sho (AO3) by Muffinlance, AU in which the gaang joins Zuko's quest to find the avatar (and maybe kidnaps Zuko, with Uncle's encouragement)
* by Taliax, a mostly slice-of-life fic about Iroh and Zuko surviving under cover in Ba Sing Se.
===Fan art===
File:Iroh by marioferro.jpg|Iroh by marioferro
File:Make Tea Not War by Willin.png| Make Tea Not War by willin
File:Leaves from the zuko remastered by maddelineprism.jpg| Leaves from the Zuko by MaddelinePrism
* by thenegoteator. Crossover featuring Iroh sharing tea with Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars.
*. art of Iroh as the Grand Lotus of the White Lotus, by laura-p-g
===Fanvids===
*, fanvid of Big Enough featuring Iroh and Zuko's Book One Crew.
===Cosplay===
===Meta===
* by avatarsymbolism
* by Avatar Symbolism
* by comradekatara and roach-works, 2022
==External links==
===Fan Communities and Archives===
*FanFiction.Net (FFN): Avatar: The Last Airbender stories and crossovers featuring Iroh
*DeviantArt (DA): Iroh search
*Tumblr: Iroh tag
*Archive of Our Own (AO3): Iroh (Avatar) tag
*Reddit: r/Iroh
===Resources===
*Wikipedia
*Iroh on Avatarwiki
*TvTropes
==References==
Category:Avatar: The Last Airbender Characters