Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.


"Use your remaining time to meditate, Fire Lord." Shyu insisted, ushering her to the pagoda she'd been given before her misadventure.

Like Aang, Shyu valued his religious beliefs above all other obligations. He'd proven as much during the war, choosing to aid the Avatar's spiritual journey over nationalistic rhetoric.

Having only served kings interested in conquest, he'd been ecstatic to find her, a ruler willing to embrace spiritual enlightenment. Instead, like all the others, she'd greedily taken what she needed of his religion and discarded the rest.

No, even worse, she'd used his religion as a cover for her crime.