ZK Week 2026: COURT (for Depiction)
Enforcer Zuko Kasai has a very simple task: survive in the Undercity long enough to complete his mission, and do so without calling forth Councillor Ozai's wrath. Again.
The people of Zaun aren't making his job any easier. He sympathizes with their cause, he truly does, but if Katara blows up another factory, Zuko swears he'll jump off a bridge before Father's goons can get to him. How is he supposed to reclaim his status as the Kasai Heir in these conditions?
(The solution finds him when a strange kid with a connection to the Arcane drops on Katara and Sokka's doorstep. Naturally, it all goes downhill from there.)
Manipulation comes in the wording of things. It's easy to win an entire Court when empathy is turned into a weapon. Luckily for their mission, Katara—Master Waterbender, Tempest of the Fire Nation, Fiancée of the Crown Prince—has always been a people person.
Or: After their plans hit a dead end, Katara pretends to betray the Avatar in the Crystal Catacombs. Zuko returns to the Fire Nation with a waterbender by his side and Roku's headpiece on his head. While the Blue Spirit and the Painted Lady gather sensitive information and turn Hari Bulkan upside down, Crown Prince Zuko and Master Katara conquer the Court (and plan a successful coup).