it all fell down (thought we built a dynasty that heaven couldn't shake)

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• born lucky, lucky to be born (in the palace, a dynasty falls) by DrownedFlowers

  Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)  

  • General Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  30 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Ozai/Ursa (Avatar)
  • Azula & Ozai & Ursa & Zuko (Avatar)
  • Ozai (Avatar)
  • Ursa (Avatar)
  • Zuko (Avatar)
  • Azula (Avatar)
  • Azulon (Avatar)
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Angst
  • Attempted Murder
  • Mentioned Murder
  • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Bad Parent Ursa (Avatar)
  • POV Ursa (Avatar)
  • Kinda
  • but not really
  • Bad Parent Ozai (Avatar)
  • Zuko is Bad at Feelings (Avatar)
  • Azula is Bad at Feelings (Avatar)
  • Alternate Universe - Role Reversal
  • Dark Zuko (Avatar)
  • Good Azula (Avatar)
  • it's complicated - Freeform

  Summary

  when your husband is a tyrant, son a prodigious monster, older daughter blinded, and your youngest daughter a runaway, you sit back and do what you've always done best; you stay silent.

  ***

  or in which Ursa tries to recount where things went wrong.

  she can't remember.

  a prologue to the series.

  Series

  • Part 1 of it all fell down (thought we built a dynasty that heaven couldn't shake)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  5,070

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

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