Prologue
The girl laughed as her friend made a frankly rather stupid face at her from across the fire they were sitting at. The trio had left the Fire Nation palace mere hours ago to allow their new lord some time of peace in the woods with some friends. After all, being Firelord has some perks to it other than people wanting to kill you and others wanting to kill for you. And thats how Kazekan, his guard and old friend Zaxa, and one of his more...out there friends called Zirak came to be sitting by the fire mere days after Kazekans coronation.
"C'mon Kazzy, everyone knows how you became Firelord, but wasn't Arix a merchant before?, I mean, how does that even happen?" Zaxa, said to her old friend as they sat in the woods with one other guard leaning against a tree; smoking a cigarette and presumably on watch. Kazekan however shrugged, not being one hundred percent positive of his old friends ascension to the throne - and frankly not wanting to talk about the deceased lord.
"Right. Sorry." she relented, seeing the look on his face and obvious dislike of talking about the late Firelord Arix in any manner other than to relive old battle stories or to honor his memory.
The new Firelord was funny like that sometimes Zaxa mused. "What about the Firelord before him?" Zaxa asked "wasn't he the one who went crazy or something? I think his name was...er Sozin right?"
"Sozin was years before Arix's time. Firelord Kanzakuro was the Firelord before Lord Arix." Replied the Firelord, slightly irritated with Zaxa.
The smoking guard shifted her position, alerting the newly-crowned Firelord and his guard and causing them to look around.
"What was that Zirak?" Kazekan asked.
"Dunno. Got bored. What was the story with that Sozin guy anyway?" muttered Zirak.
"Well you're Firelord now, what was with him?" added Zaxa.
Kazekan sighed and began talking...
"Firelord Sozin isn't a Firelord I particularly enjoy recalling… Sozin was crowned as Firelord years before the Comet, and Sozin saw the state of the nation. Prosperous aspects he wanted to share with the world. Sozin took it upon himself to attempt to conquer the world, in an effort to share this wealth. But he was power-hungry. Soon after this plan was hatched in his mind, he conquered an Earth Kingdom city. Avatar Roku discovered this, and decided Sozin was too dangerous to be left to live, commanding such a powerful army. Roku burst into his throne room, after seeing the city conquered, and battled Sozin. Roku killed Sozin on the spot, for his attempts to throw the world out of balance. He isn't a Firelord I particularly enjoy recalling, as I said. He was driven by a lust for power, whether he did lead the nation to further prosperity in his time."
Kazekan sits tense, composed, while telling this story. He then glares, forward, as if to ignore any further inquiries on Sozin.
"So he was a douche then." Zirak says, snorting and effectively breaking the tension.
"Sounds it" agrees Zaxa.
Then, the Firelord, the Guard, and the ex-mercenary settled in for the night, Zirak taking first watch.