 | Season Two of Avatar: The Last Airbender (also known as Book 2: Earth), an American animated television series, began airing March 17, 2006, and ended on December 1, 2006, after a total of twenty episodes aired. The season was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko; it starred Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Jessie Flower, Mako, Grey DeLisle, and Dante Basco as the character voices.
The season focused on the main character, Aang, and his journey alongside his friends, Katara and Sokka, to find himself an Earthbending teacher. At first their journey takes them to one of Aang's old friends who was introduced in the first season, King Bumi. However, when the old king reveals that Aang must find a different teacher, luck leads him to find Toph, a young Earthbending master. She becomes the fourth member of the gang and tags along with Aang for the rest of the series.
On his way to Ba Sing Se, where Aang will plan an invasion of the Fire Nation, Aang takes a side-trip that both robs him of his flying bison, Appa, but reveals a very important strategy that will help him defeat Fire Lord Ozai during the invasion; all firebenders lose their power during a solar eclipse. Without his transportation, Aang proceeds to the impenetrable Earth Kingdom city of Ba Sing Se, with hopes to inform the Earth King of this important fact. However, the city is quickly revealed to be hiding the war altogether from its citizens. In addition, the person in charge of the controlling process, Long Feng, is found to be holding Appa hostage. Aang desperately tries to recover his bison Appa and reveal the truth about the corrupted prison. |
