The Story of Us (Looks A Lot Like A Tragedy Now)

Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender

Relationships: Urzai, Ursa & Azulon, Ozai & Azulon, Ursa & her kids

Words: 4,268

Description: The reveal in the comics that Ozai's & Ursa's marriage came about because of a prophecy makes no sense, because dammit you do not establish a great lineage through a second son unless you want a civil war. But... what if the fact that it made no sense was the whole point?

OR: The Fire Sages bring Firelord Azulon a prophecy: That mixing the royal bloodline with that of Avatar Roku will create a mighty lineage. But there's a problem. Roku has one descendant of marriageable age, & she's already married to his second son, with a baby on the way.

Extract:

The Fire Sages had brought his father a prophecy: That combining the lineages of Firelord Sozin and Avatar Roku would produce a powerful line of mighty firebenders.

She couldn't see the problem. "Well, so what? We're already married, so that's fine."

He snarled through gritted teeth. "You're married to me."

"But-" And then she understood.

She was married to the second son who, despite all his efforts to prove himself capable of running the nation, showed no sign of overtaking his brother in his father's esteem, or the succession. And one did not establish a mighty lineage through a second child not expected to inherit. Not unless one wished to set up a civil war between one's descendants.

She stared at her husband in horror.

Only, was he still her husband?

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