Kuzon

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- So, uhh. . . maybe you could give us a ride as a reward? You know. . . just a couple of laps around the mountain? That would be hot! Flamin' hot!

Kuzon was a friend of Aang from the Fire Nation before the War. A mediocre Firebender, Kuzon loved to have adventures; at one point he even climbed four mountaintops in order to see a dragon.

Saving the Dragon's Egg
Kuzon took Aang on one of his earliest adventures. This adventure was very dangerous: Kuzon had bought a map of dragon nests, eager to finally see one in real life. After searching three mountaintops, the duo finally found a golden dragon. However, the two soon found that there were poachers drawing the dragon away from its nest in order to take the dragon's egg.

Aang grew angry, and together they decided they would stop the poachers from taking the egg. They could not take on all of the poachers by themselves, so Kuzon began to create a spout of flame from his hands. Using one of the blankets a poacher had dropped whilst luring away the Mother Dragon, Aang managed to make the fire bigger. Kuzon remarked that the fire looked "wimpy", so Aang managed to make the fire giant by enhancing it with his Airbending. This worked; it scared all the poachers away and enabled Aang to pick up the egg.

Unluckily, Kuzon and Aang's lives were threatened by the return of the mother dragon, who hit Aang with her tail, causing the egg to begin falling to the ground. Quickly, Aang jumped down and grabbed the egg before it cracked open. This told the Mother that Aang and Kuzon meant no harm, and she licked the former in gratitude. Kuzon asked the dragon for a reward, asking for a few laps around the mountain, but the dragon growled at him, and Aang told him not to push his luck.

Legacy
Aang first mentioned Kuzon to Zuko after the Avatar and the Fire Prince cooperated to escape Admiral Zhao and Colonel Shinu. Aang later assumed "Kuzon" as an alias when truant officers sent him to a Fire Nation school.

Aang later told the story of the dragon egg to Zuko after they had learned the true form of Firebending from Ran and Shaw.