Episode 20: Reunion

 As Enji arrives back in the Four Nations, a wave of energy sweeps over the companions. They see and feel a very visceral memory of Kyoshi's ttack on the dao fei in Ba Sing Se. Kensaya strikes at Enji, forceful and upset, and Enji shakes it off, but also seemingly confused. He slowly recognizes the group and questions how Mayu escaped. 

The companions relate how Enji was seemingly controlling Yo back in the Banyan Grove, but Enji corrects them -- he had no part specifically in Yo's anger, but he fueled Yo's memory and jealousy of Mayu unintentionally. He also explains he has learned how to read the tattoos -- they are ancient maps from when the stars aligned differently on the sky, and he knows now how to find Hui Yi.

Enji claims it interesting how the Avatar can tap into her past lives and memories, and he just needs one more point to triangulate where he must head next. He then uses a new ability -- he creates a portal to what looks like the White Raven Shrine and steps through it, back into a place of which he has a memory.

The group decides they need knowledge of Hui Yi (now that they have a specific name) and old star charts, so they decide (with Amu's push) to head to the great library of Wan Shi Tong.

Po leads the way with their sandskiff to the great library, where the spirit Wan Shi Tong asks for knowledge in payment of using his resources. Kensaya gives him the knowledge of Bushin's Spiral Flare kick technique, and Taqqiq shares the knowledge of Yoza Village, a cooperative community of waterbenders, earthbenders, and sandbenders. Mayu passes on the knowledge and understanding of his tattoo from the Banyan grove. Po gives up his Dai Li robes, explaining the new cultural defenders that Avatar Kyoshi has created for the Earth Kingdom.

The group searches for some time, finding some old star charts and information on a place called A(r)mbar, a mystical site in the mountains northwest of Ba Sing Se. They also learn that a group of firebenders were recently in the area, and one stole a tome -- a woman with a description matching Allaya of the Punctured Boar gang. Outside, Taqqiq and Kensaya wait for Mayu and Po to continue searching and gathering information. They encounter a group of Tallah's sand-tribe, who confirm the Punctured Boar activity and that they went northwest. Taqqiq mentions the companions' encounter with Enji, and his disappearance and apparent abandonment of Tallah, and pleads that Tallah should rethink a unified community with Rakim and the other sand-tribes.

Reconvening, Amu explains that Enji is likely headed to A(r)mbar, and the group figures they should stop at the White Raven Shrine, where they last knew Enji to be, as well as pick up a ride, perhaps, from the Air Nomads there to reach A(r)mbar. Amu says he will stay at the library and continue his research, and the group heads off to the northwest.

Episode 19: Stars and Sand

 The group has traveled into the Si Wong Desert. They sit with a sand tribe mendicant named Kusuri, who tells them that Si Wong Rock, like many things, has tales of its origins and told by the stars and dunes. It is also the refuge for many of the Sandbenders and their tribes. 

The companions explain how they ended up in the desert, and their goals with Amu and seeing Enji. Kusuri says that they have met Enji before, as he wandered looking for groups to join his found family. He escorts the group to Rakim's tribe at Si Wong Rock, where the companions begin to prepare for meeting Enji. Taqqiq pleas that in his understanding of the unification, the dao fei could help the sand tribes. Rakim explains many of the older, conservative members have already joined a tribe under Tellah, a former criminal and idealistic man.

Po begins to train with the sandbenders, seeking to broaden his understanding of earthbending and the Kingdom he hopes to one day unite. Taqqiq joins Po hunting with the sandbenders, where they befriend the huntmaster Bo Fong. They run into a detachment of Tallah's tribe, and Taqqiq does his best to keep it as amicable as possible. He offers to talk to Tallah and see if he can present some options to peaceful coexistence with the other tribes like Rakim's.

Taqqiq dines with Tallah and tries to explain the benefits of uniting the different tribes together. Tallah says that was what Enji had promised -- that the dao fei, driven and scattered by Kyoshi, would be able to come together in one homeland -- a place called Hei Yi. Taqqiq tries to explain that maybe Enji isn't looking to serve any others but his own needs.

Meanwhile, Kensaya and Mayu join Amu with Rakim going over Amu's star charts and the desert maps - they determine that Enji should appear in a hollow valley known as the Sandshark's Maw. Kusuri says it is a cursed place with sand-tribe blood and that Rakim should not venture there. Po returns and explains the encounter with Tallah's group and that Taqqiq went with them. The companions rest with Rakim's tribe before setting out the next day. 

Po and Mayu go hunting again with the tribesmen, where Po recalls his growing up in the comfort and seclusion of his royal lineage. He contrasts that to what he's seen and learned with the common villagers and peoples within the Earth Kingdom, hoping to empower them when he has an opportunity to make a difference on the throne.

The companions prepare to set out for the Sandshark's Maw, led by Bo Fong. They go to Tallah's tribal headquarters to pick up Taqqiq, where Tallah attempts to sway Mayu from his hesitancy embracing his destiny. Mayu remains steadfast, and the companions are emboldened to better understand Enji's purposes.

Bo Fong leads them to the Sandshark's Maw, but says superstition prevents him from exploring -- there's bad energy there. The group descends and awaits Enji's return. It happens later at night, the same as Mayu's, in a flash of light as he steps from his travels in the Spirit World.