so i finally finished Wu’s design for my Au!! kinda- this is how he looks at 18, after being in Zuko and Sokka’s care for 6 years, and how he looks when officially meeting team avatar! + opal because i love my girl!!
so, I’m using the term ‘forgotten prince’ fairly lightly, considering no-one really forgot he’s a hou-ting by blood [and technically still the next in line for the crown..] especially the palace staff that work under his great aunt, they mourn the loss of the only ray of sunshine they had in the palace </3
he was housed with his great aunt from 6 years old, when his parent were ‘mysteriously’ killed, to 12 years old when he was permitted to sit in on an official meeting between Queen hou-ting and firelord Zuko [“which was awesome, by the way!! it was my first time in the fire nation!” -wu] when Zuko pretty much immediately realized he wasn’t safe with his aunt at ALL. which snowballed into months of royal court dates and fighting for custody rights, which Firelord Zuko and Ambassdor Sokka won rather easily! [yes, Sokka is alive in this au, everyone is because i love them. expect aang for obvious reasons, but maybe I’ll figure out a plausible way to have his spirit be really active idk]
It took him exactly 2 years to tell Zuko and Sokka about the scar across his eye, and they cried when he did: he got it from his aunt when he was 8 after making the grave mistake of yelling at her for beating on of the maids [I'm not actually entirely sure if I'm gonna stick with that origin for his scar, but I digress]
he doesn’t really fight— he doesn’t have any reason to, and even if he did, he’s extremely charismatic and a massive charmer— but that never stopped his dads from training him and helping him find his preferred fighting style as a non-bender!
Wu’s fighting style relies heavily on— in the best terms i can think of— running, jumping, flipping and twirling.
aka, a mix of; acrobatics, gymnastics, aerial silks and kickboxing! and his favored weapons of choice; Throwing knifes/daggers, kunai, throwing stars, chain whips, chain darts and blade fans [still a work in progress style in general tbh, but his aunt suki made him this awesome fan made out of knifes that scared Zuko shitless!] he’s also great with double broad swords, boomerangs, clubs and archery, but he much prefers throwing/ranged weapons! [plus, his dads say he looks fuckin awesome using his chain whips as make-shift aerial silks to swing himself from banisters/trees during training!]
he doesn’t really wear his crown[s] or royal jewelry, much like his dads, but when he does, he makes two long yarn braids just infront of his ears under his hair and clasps the fire prince hair piece and southern water tribe hair piece around the ends respectively.
he also keeps a few sun and moon motifs on his person at all times, both in regards to Zuko being heavily blessed my Agni and being the offical “sun walker”, and In honor of Yue [he’s met her spirit a few times and she’s so sweet!] but also because he generally feels really connected to the sun and moon, the moon especially. [i’m leaning heavy towards making him a Moon walker like Zuko is with the sun, but I’m not entirely sure yet..]