Iroh was a fan favorite in The Last Airbender series
He has a very interesting and inspiring story spread across multiple mediums past just the original series
In this video, I'm going to break his character down and take a look at his story as I explain the entire life of Iroh
Iroh was the first born son to Azulon and Ilah
He was born into the royal family of the Fire Nation and his father, Azulon, was the current Fire Lord
Iroh grew up knowing that he was the Crown Prince of the Fire Nation
And destined to become the next Fire Lord following his father
He later got a younger brother named Ozai who he was not very close to
Iroh was a prodigy firebender
And he unearthed new abilities such as being able to breathe fire out of his mouth
something that he would later become known for
It was also able to make up his own technique to redirect lightning through his body when struck by it
Iroh was deeply spiritual and one day he visited the Sun warriors where he stood before two dragons named Turan and Shah
Who were the original firebenders?
Iroh convinced them that he was worthy and they revealed to him the true secrets of firebending without using hatred and aggression as most other
firebenders did
Iroh had a connection with dragons and he lied to the world claiming that he had fought and killed the last surviving dragon
He did this in order to preserve what was left of the species and to ensure that Ran and Shah remained undisturbed
Because of this claim along with his ability to breathe fire. He was dubbed the dragon of the West
Iroh eventually had a son that he would name Lu Ten and the two were very close
Iroh made his son a priority and he loved his son more than anything in the world
During the 100 year war Iroh became a renowned Fire Nation general
While he was a general he tried to fulfill a lifelong dream of his which was to capture the earth Kingdom capital of Ba Sing. Se
something that had never been breached before the city was
Surrounded by giant walls and Iroh was able to breach the outer one. He besieged the city for 600 days while he was there
He wrote a letter to Ursa his sister-in-law and sent gifts to his niece and nephew
He sends Zuko a knife that became very important to him
And he gave Azula a doll which she burned right when she got it before he could reach the inner wall his son
Lu Ten was killed on the front lines in his grief Iroh lost most of his fighting spirit and abandoned the siege
This loss was seen as a terrible dishonor and failure for Iroh the royal family and the entire Fire Nation capital
Iroh received even more pain when his father died in asleep just days later
His younger brother Ozai Told him that their father's dying wish was that he became Fire Lord instead of Iroh
RA didn't try to fight this and he allowed his brother
To take the throne. He had lost his desire for power after the death of Lu Ten
He retired as a general simply because it was too painful to think of fighting the thing that had killed his son
Even so Iroh was still well respected in the fire nation and well liked by the soldiers because of his personality
Iroh decided not to return to the Fire Nation right away and instead traveled throughout the world
On his journey he became a member of the White Lotus
A secret society that transcend the boundaries of the Four Nations and later on he would become a grand Lotus
While traveling he had a spiritual adventure and it was rumored that he went to the spirit world looking for Lu Ten
Unfortunately, he was never able to find him these experiences had a profound impact on Iroh's life
They made him view the world differently in the past
He had focused on his work in the military preparing to become the fire Lord, but after his son's death
he realized that these weren't the most important aspects of life this led him to retire and live the rest of his life as a
Peaceful man rather than a violent man who led armies to war he began to put others first
and would go out of his way to help those in need or even
Just those that needed their spirit lifted one thing he did to help grieve the death of his son was developing a passion for tea
Something that became a huge part of his life
another thing that helped him was becoming close with his nephew Zuko both helped the other
Zuko taking the place of a son for Iroh and Zuko Viewing Iroh as a father figure that actually treated him
well
Iroh didn't like the way his brother treated Zuko and took Zuko under his wing
Especially after his mother had vanished when Ozai took the throne
One day Iroh allowed Zuko to observe a meeting of Fire Lord Ozais War counsel
but made Zuko promised that he wouldn't speak when Zuko disobeyed and spoke out of turn his father got angry and told him that he
Had to be taught a lesson
Iroh was present when Ozai punished Zuko by burning his face to reveal a scar that he would have for the rest of his life
Ozai then banished Zuko and told him that he couldn't come back until he captured the avatar
Iroh accompanied Zuko on this impossible mission not wanting him to be alone. They spent years searching at the Western air temple
The sea and all over the map during this time. Iroh trained Zuko in firebending and he became very good
Iroh tried to teach his nephew not to use anger and aggression
But rather to be at peace something that he had learned from the original firebenders
During a fight between Zuko and Admiral Zhao Zuko used the training Iroh gave him to win the fight
When Zhao tried to hit Zuko with a cheap shot Iroh jumped in and saved his nephew and told Zhao that he was disgraceful
Avatar aang eventually returned after a hundred years and Zuko and Iroh started to pursue him
They captured him or he got close to capturing him many times
But every time they let him slip through their fingers
One day Iroh was captured by earthbenders that recognized him as the general that led the siege of Ba Sing Se
While was captured. He was so connected with the spirit world that he was able to see Fang avatar Roku's dragon
he eventually escaped with the help of Zuko after smartly leaving a sandal behind for Zuko to track motion
Iroh and Zuko put into Motion a Plan to fool general Zhao after he tried to kill Zuko and Iroh took on Zhao's offer to become his assistant
General as they took over the Northern Water Tribe on the way there
Zhao took a shot at Iroh saying that this siege would be nothing like his legendary failure in Ba Sing
se
When Zhao killed the moon spirit Iroh became angry and went after him but Zhao who was terrified of iroh's power got away before
Iroh could get to him Zuko captured avatar aang but almost died from the cold during the siege
Luckily Aang and his friends saved him something that Iroh was very grateful for shortly after that
Iroh and Zuko were branded as traitors of the Fire Nation
After narrowly escaping Azula. Iroh's niece and Zuko's sister
They had to go into hiding they each got their top knots off
Symbolizing their new lives Iroh was able to adjust to a life of simplicity
humility and poverty
But Zuko was not this led to Zuko leaving behind his uncle and the two separating Iroh kept an eye on his nephew, However
And jumped in a battle to ensure his safety Iroh's niece shot him with blue lightning and Zuko mended him back to full health after
Failing to teach Zuko how to shoot lightning due to him being blocked by his emotional turmoil
He instead taught him the technique that he had created to redirect lightning
When struck by it Iroh and Zuko eventually moved to Ba Sing Se. where Iroh got the opportunity to open his own tea shop one day
Iroh followed Zuko under Lake laogai where Iroh snapped on Zuko
he told him that he did not think things through and said that this was exactly what happened when he captured the avatar in the
Cold he had him but had nowhere to go
He told him that he would have frozen to death if they hadn't saved him
When Zuko told him that he knew his destiny Iroh asked him if it was his own destiny
Or a destiny that someone else was trying to force on him
He begged his nephew to look inward and begin asking himself the big question. Who was he and what did he want?
I rule helps Zuko go through his transformation of becoming good and when she was sick in bed
Later on both he and Zuko were almost captured again by Azula
But Iroh got them out of it by using a signature fire breathing technique to escape
however
Zuko refused to go when was captured Iroh became very disappointed in Zuko when he chose to side with
Azula over him Zuko was welcomed back to the Fire Nation
But Iroh was locked up for many months Zuko visited him
But Iroh ignored him this made Zuko angry and he stormed out and as he did Iroh began to cry
Sad that his nephew had lost his way Iroh
Finally talked to Zuko telling him that he was the great-grandson of the Avatar before Aang: Avatar Roku, on his mother's side
Iroh knew that the Eclipse was coming soon meaning that both he and the guards would lose their
firebending for a certain amount of time he prepared for this by training when the guards weren't looking by the time the Eclipse came he
Was in amazingly good shape right before he was about to break out
He told one of the guards named Ming who was always nice to him to go home
Iroh broke out and one of the guards said that he had never seen anything like it
He said he was like a one-man army. Iroh went to Ba Sing se to gather up the White Lotus order
He planned on leading the order to take back Ba Sing
Se that his niece had overthrown when Zuko apologized to Iroh, Iroh caught him off
Mid-sentence and hugged his nephew tightly when Zuko asked him how he could forgive him so easily
Iroh replied saying that he was never angry with him
He was just sad because he was afraid that Zuko had lost his way
He told his nephew that he was proud of him for finding his way back by himself
while going over the battle plans Iroh said that he couldn't fight Ozai in place of the
Avatar because he didn't know if he could win
He was also afraid that history would just look upon it as more senseless violence a Brother killing a brother for power
Zucco later asked Iroh if he could take his place and become the new Fire Lord
But Iroh told him that that was his destiny not his when Sozin's comet came it gave
Firebenders the most power possible and Iroh went back to the place of his greatest failure Ba Sing
Se only this time he was fighting the Fire Nation rather than being a part of it
He successfully recaptured it in the name of the earth Kingdom after the battle was won Iroh reopened his tea shop in Ba Sing
Se called Jasmine dragon around one year later
Zuko was in great turmoil and talked to a picture of Iroh not wanting to disturb his peaceful life
He felt that this was the best way to repay his former mentor uncle and friend after all he had done for him eventually
however
And brought Zuko to Ba Sing se after he had passed out Zuko once again went through a transformation
Back to being good and slept for four days Iroh this time with the help of Aang once again helped him through this process
Zuko later asked Iroh for a favour to become interim Fire Lord while he and Azula went looking for their mother
His first act was to announce
National tea appreciation day when Iroh was reunited with Zuko's mother he apologized for all the pain that his family had caused her
She hugged him and forgave him saying that his presence in the family always gave her hope when Ursa's other daughter Kiyi was kidnapped
Iroh comforted her and let her confide in him Ursa then asked Iroh how he got over the loss of his son Lu Ten
Iroh told her that he wasn't over it and that he never would be he told her that as parents
He want nothing more than to keep your children safe, but unfortunately the world is a very unsafe place
He told her that no matter how hard you try. You can't keep your children completely safe
He said that this is why parents have to teach both themselves and their kids to see fear with unclouded eyes
Iroh helped Ursa even more by taking her to visit his brother
Ozai in prison before she went in he reminded her to have unclouded eyes Iroh watched Zuko Aang
Katara and the rest of the gang grow up and eventually have kids of their own
He became a great uncle to Izumi, Zukos daughter, Izumi
Eventually had a son that she named after Iroh and he would become the youngest general in United forces history
Iroh also got to know Katara and Aang children Tenzin Bumi and Kya eventually Iroh died of old age
He felt that he had done
All he could do in the material world, but because of his knowledge and connection with the spirit world
He was able to continue his life in the spirit world leaving behind his body and letting his soul transcend into the non
Material world he made many new spirit friends and many years later even came across the avatar after Aang avatar Korra
he helped her find her way to peace and
Happiness so that she could find a friend and find her way back to the material worlds
He would also be reunited with Aang's kids in the spirit world who he had not seen for almost 40 years
His spirit Fox let him know that they were lost and he offered them help to find their way back
But they declined saying that they wanted to find Tenzin's daughter
Iroh came across Korra again while looking for a teapot and he told her that while in the spirit world
You always seemed to find something that you weren't looking for this became even more true when Iroh told Korra about Zuko and Aang
Friend and helps Korra get the idea to find Zuko for help as she was unable to reach Aang
Iroh was a man that had great pain in his past
but he used that pain to better himself and help people in any way that he could he was a humble wise and
Gracious man that helped so many people through turmoil Iroh left behind a legacy of kindness
Patience and wisdom to all those that were lucky enough to be touched by his presence
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