Azula was tasked by her father, Fire Lord Ozai, to apprehend the exiled nationals Iroh and Prince Zuko after Iroh's treachery and Zuko's failure at the North Pole. Azula found the two and pretended that she was to escort them home so that Ozai could be surrounded by family, the only ones he could really trust. However, Iroh suspected the lie and he and Zuko escaped from Azula when one of Azula's guards let slip that they were prisoners. Not willing to alert them of her presence or be slowed down by the Royal Procession, Azula recruited Ty Lee and Mai to help her hunt down Zuko and Iroh. However, at the captured city of Omashu, where Mai's family had moved to supervise the occupation, Azula's group encountered Team Avatar as they attempted to rescue King Bumi. It was here that Azula first e