Talk:Fire Lord/@comment-4977866-20120401151420

Hey guys, I just had a thought that I thought I'd share with you all. If we look at the portraits of the previous Fire Lords, we can see that each Fire Lord has the sun behind their head. In Ozai's portrait, the sun is normal-looking, (as the portrait was done before the Day of Black Sun). In Azulon's portrait, we see that the sun appears to have a black ring around it. I believe this could represent the a lunar eclipse, where the sun's light turns the moon red. (The black ring behind the sun is supposed to represent the moon). Now, if we think back, we know that under Azulon's rule, there were times where the Fire Nation tried to take down the Northern Water Tribe. Perhaps one of these attempts was during a lunar eclipse, and even though it obviously failed, the lunar eclipse was still represented in Azulon's portrait. Moving on to Sozin's portrait, the sun looks normal again. The same is true in the portrait of Sozin's father. Once we get to the final portrait, however, (the portrait of Sozin's grandfather), we see that the sun is behind a completely black circle, obviously representing the moon. Perhaps this is a clue that the "darkest day in Fire Nation history", (as referenced on the parchment that Sokka finds in Wan Shi Tong's Library), occured under the rule of Sozin's grandfather.

I hope all of this made sense. Extra fun-fact: Avatar Extras revealed that the "darkest day in Fire Nation history", as shown on the Calendar Wheel in Wan Shi Tong's Library, was July 9th.