EPISODE

S1E5 · Book One: Water - Chapter Five: The King of Omashu

Aang takes Katara and Sokka back to a favorite place he used to go to when he was younger, the Earth Kingdom City of Omashu. But when they break the law they are taken to the King to get their punishment. The eccentric King of Omashu puts Aang through a series of challenges and if he fails Katara and Sokka will be engulfed in a crystal cocoon.

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The group arrives at the Earth Kingdom city of Omashu. There, Aang shows Katara and Sokka the Omashu mail delivery system, a massive network of stone causeways which he and his friend Bumi had once ridden for fun a hundred years previous. The trio gives the chutes a try but runs into trouble after they destroy a cabbage merchant's cart. Brought before the king of the city, an elderly neurotic man, the three are given a feast, during which the king outs Aang as being the Avatar and imprisons them and puts Aang through three deadly challenges the next day to test his skills and earn Katara and Sokka's freedom, culminating in a duel with the king himself. After Aang passes all of the challenges, the king forces Aang to guess his name. Aang ponders the question, finally deducing the king is his old friend Bumi. Bumi and Aang finally reunite, and Katara and Sokka are set free.

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