Avatar: The Last Airbender - Book Three: Fire

The group recovers from the fall of Ba Sing Se and travels to the planned invasion site. On the day of the solar eclipse, Aang's group and a smaller band of warriors launch a smaller invasion, which ultimately fails. Zuko confronts his father and defects from the Fire Nation. After a series of events, he manages to gain the trust of the protagonists and becomes Aang's firebending teacher. Aang and Zuko unlock the true secrets of firebending from the ancient "Sun Warriors", Sokka and Zuko later travel to a Fire Nation prison called the Boiling Rock to rescue Sokka's father and Suki, a warrior from Kyoshi Island.

On the day of Sozin's Comet, Fire Lord Ozai harnesses the comet's incredible power and energy to start a genocidal campaign to destroy the rest of the world. Aang and his friends split up to face the self-proclaimed Phoenix King Ozai, Azula (about to be crowned as the new Fire Lord), and the Fire Nation air fleet accompanying Ozai. Aang confronts and defeats Ozai. Zuko and Katara defeat Azula before her coronation. Sokka, Toph, and Suki destroy the air fleet. Zuko becomes the new Fire Lord and promises to help the world rebuild from one hundred years of war and suffering.

### Episodes

#### Chapter One: The Awakening

21/09/2007 - Aang wakes up on a Fire Nation cruiser with hair after having been in a coma for a few weeks. Zuko returns home after restoring his honor.

#### Chapter Two: The Headband

28/09/2007 - Mistaken for a Fire Nation school student, a disguised Aang is forced to enroll in a Fire Nation school but finds trouble obeying the rules. Aang's hair helped to disguise him better with his headband. Meanwhile, Zuko tries to confront Iroh in his prison cell. He later hires Combustion Man to kill Aang in secret.

#### Chapter Three: The Painted Lady

05/10/2007 - When the group travels to a starving fishing village, they meet a mysterious spirit.

#### Chapter Four: Sokka's Master

12/10/2007 - Sokka feels as though he is not contributing to the team because he lacks bending abilities, so he seeks out a swordmaster who will teach him the way of the sword. He later goes on to make a sword out of a meteorite.

#### Chapter Five: The Beach

19/10/2007 - Zuko, Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee go on vacation to Lo and Li's beach house, where they learn much about themselves and each other. Meanwhile, Aang and the rest of the team are being chased by the man, sent by Zuko, who fires explosive blasts with his mind from a tattooed "third eye".

#### Chapter Six: The Avatar and the Fire Lord

26/10/2007 - Aang and Zuko are taken on parallel adventures, which give them both insight into their forefather's pasts.

#### Chapter Seven: The Runaway

02/11/2007 - Katara expresses her disapproval when Toph discovers a way to make quick cash, resulting in a rift that leaves the group vulnerable and produces nearly disastrous consequences after the arrival of Combustion Man.

#### Chapter Eight: The Puppetmaster

09/11/2007 - The gang looks into strange disappearances in a spooky town. There, an old lady named Hama teaches Katara some secret waterbending techniques.

#### Chapter Nine: Nightmares and Daydreams

16/11/2007 - The group arrives at the rendezvous point for the invasion four days ahead of schedule with Aang beginning to feel nervous about the fast-approaching confrontation with the Fire Lord, leading him to have nightmares and subsequently stop sleeping entirely.

#### Chapter Ten: The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion

30/11/2007 - It is the Day of Black Sun and the group meets up with the invasion force with Aang ready to take on the Fire Lord. However, they soon realize things are not going to go according to plan and their surprise attack is not so unexpected.

#### Chapter Eleven: The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse

30/11/2007 - The eclipse has started and the gang only has a few minutes to infiltrate an underground bunker and find and defeat Ozai. Zuko confronts his father and learns about his mother's banishment while Aang, Sokka, and Toph fight Azula and her Dai Li agents.

#### Chapter Twelve: The Western Air Temple

14/07/2007 - The gang leaves the Fire Nation, humbled and embarrassed by the failure of the invasion. They head to the Western Air Temple. However, unbeknownst to them, Zuko is also following them in the hope of joining their group to teach Aang firebending.

#### Chapter Thirteen: The Firebending Masters

15/07/2008 - Aang prepares to start his firebending training only for Zuko to realize he has lost all his firebending power, as he no longer draws his firebending power from rage, anger, and his desire to capture Aang. They journey to find the true source of firebending.

#### Chapter Fourteen: The Boiling Rock, Part 1

16/07/2008 - Sokka and Zuko break into the Boiling Rock Prison, the Fire Nation's highest security prison, to rescue Hakoda. When they develop an escape plan after finding out Hakoda is not there, other prisoners become involved and ruin it. Now the two and a recently discovered Suki have to find another way out of the inescapable fortress.

#### Chapter Fifteen: The Boiling Rock, Part 2

16/07/2008 - Sokka, Hakoda, Zuko, and Suki form a new escape plan, but it is complicated by the arrival of Princess Azula. In a desperate bid for freedom, the four escape due to the assistance of Mai, leaving Azula shocked and dismayed.

#### Chapter Sixteen: The Southern Raiders

17/07/2008 - Katara and Zuko journey together to find the man responsible for the death of Katara's mother, Kya, who was killed in a Southern Water Tribe raid.

#### Chapter Seventeen: The Ember Island Players

18/07/2008 - The gang goes to the Ember Island theater to see a play about their journeys, but are not happy with the production and the inaccurate portrayals of themselves.

#### Chapter Eighteen: Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King

19/07/2008 - Aang is informed of Ozai's plans to burn down the Earth Kingdom with an airship fleet. He disappears during the night, having sleepwalked onto a mysterious moving island. His friends cannot find him and seek aid from June. Meanwhile, Ozai is crowned Phoenix King.

#### Chapter Nineteen: Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters

19/07/2008 - The gang finds Iroh with June's help. Iroh suggests that Zuko challenge Azula for the position of Fire Lord, with Katara to help. The others decide to intercept the airship fleet. Meanwhile, Aang comes to the conclusion that he must kill Ozai after talking to previous Avatars only to find out the island he was on was a lion turtle. Sozin's Comet finally returns.

#### Chapter Twenty: Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno

19/07/2008 - Sokka, Toph, and Suki begin destroying the airship fleet. Aang duels Ozai, but is soon overwhelmed because of his reluctance to kill him. Zuko fights Azula in an Agni Kai, but is shot by lightning in the process of saving Katara from the oncoming bolt.

#### Chapter Twenty One: Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang

19/07/2008 - Katara eventually defeats Azula by trapping her in ice and heals Zuko, driving Azula into insanity. Sokka, Toph, and Suki destroy the airship fleet. Aang defeats Ozai after going into the Avatar State and removes his bending abilities. Afterward, Zuko is crowned Fire Lord, and Aang and Katara share a kiss.

### Characters

AangKataraKurukTophZukoKyoshiMaiYangchenSukiSokkaRoku
### References

1. ↑ Avatar: The Last Airbender | Avatar Wiki | Fandom
2. ↑ Book Three: Fire | Avatar Wiki | Fandom