"All I ever really wanted was to see the world burn alive. Let the sufferers suffer no longer and watch the mighty smother in the ashes. And when I step through those flames...grind my toes into the coals...my feet will no longer burn." After poisoning and nearly murdering Avatar Korra, Zaheer, convicted for now a second time, reflects on his life and what had driven him to become the anarchist he was. (In a world where characters manipulate the four natural elements with "bending", this story combines themes of fantasy, suspense, and romance, as well as a bone-chilling backstory of one of the most ruthless and cunning radicals you'd ever meet.)