During the Harmony Restoration Movement, Yu Dao started the process of decolonization. However, the age of the colony as well as its status as the first of the Fire Nation colonies led to particular problems. After his daughter, Kori, attempted to assassinate Fire Lord Zuko, Morishita received a visit from the Fire Lord himself, who planned to oversee the dismantling of the colony. However, the mayor refused to leave the city, telling Zuko that he was wrong in allowing the Earth King and the Avatar to bully him into disregarding his people. After Morishita unfavorably compared him to Fire Lord Ozai, Zuko attacked him; nonetheless, Morishita continued to speak his mind, saying that Zuko was clearly not his father because Ozai, despite his flaws, was never a coward or a traitor. At this mome