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Kalaong, Kuei is no longer the useless figurehead that Long Feng molded him into. The people who chose to follow him - Fire Nation refugees, waterbenders living in the harbors of the city, native EK citizens - were indeed awed by his power at enforcing Wan Shi Tong\'s banishment, but his \
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Kalaong, Kuei is no longer the useless figurehead that Long Feng molded him into. The people who chose to follow him - Fire Nation refugees, waterbenders living in the harbors of the city, native EK citizens - were indeed awed by his power at enforcing Wan Shi Tong\\\'s banishment, but his \\\"minimal reputation\\\" as you so generously outlined happens to echo throughout Ba Sing Se:
/Whatever Kuei heard stiffened his shoulders, and he stalked right up to the chained muzzle. \\\"You dare hold one of my subjects accountable for an outsider\\\'s actions? Simply because he, too, tried to help the Avatar?\\\"
For the first time, the fox looked uneasy.
\\\"The world has been out of balance for a hundred years! It\\\'s the duty of every righteous citizen - no, every human! - to try to restore that balance. And every spirit!\\\" Kuei\\\'s hands folded into unpracticed fists. \\\"And you would pursue a petty revenge, against one of those trying to end this war?\\\"
The fox whimpered.
\\\"I believe your master has forgotten whose tomes contributed to his library,\\\" Kuei stated, eyes hard as flint. \\\"We shall see that he remembers it.\\\"
Almost against his will, Shirong found himself drawing back a step. He could feel something in the air, in the ground; like a landslide, moments before it let go....
\\\"We find you and your master, Wan Shi Tong, have behaved with contempt to us, and to our people! We find that you have done us harm; willfully, pettily, and with full knowledge of our desperation, beset by enemies! We find that you have cast aside the virtues of civilized creatures. And so, we render our judgment!\\\"
The fox was shaking in its chains, eyes wide and wild. Shirong held his breath. It was said the Earth King\\\'s line descended from ancient shamans, but spirits....
\\\"You, your master, and all his servants are hereby banished from our lands,\\\" Kuei decreed. \\\"Your master may petition Oma and Shu. Should they decide his punishment is enough, we shall revisit our judgment. Until that day - begone!\\\"/ (chapter 29)
The people chose the Earth King not just for his spiritual prowess, but the reason WHY he wields such power. Kuei was righteously FURIOUS at Wan Shi Tong and his servant the fox for hurting one of his people. If the people fear Kuei, it\\\'s because he can and WILL put the spiritual smackdown on anyone who dares to cross him and his. They chose him because he is in word as well as deed, a true King, who cares for his people, as Eshe said in chapter 52 (and of course, the Touzaikaze having felt the tremendous surge of power of his decree, they came and answered him, meaning that there has to be many others who\\\'ve felt the Earth King\\\'s decree). As the Earth King is based off the Chinese Emperor of old, it is by his good deeds and righteous conduct, as said by his Dai Li, which keeps Ba Sing Se and its inhabitants well. It was well implied in chapter 52 that if Kuei\\\'s parents had been unhappy, everyone in the city would have suffered.
Let me remind you that Ba Sing Se has lost Long Feng, and it\\\'s so-called \\\"ruler\\\" Azula is no longer in the city. The only ones actually protecting it now are the same ones who have been protecting it: the Dai Li, and now, Earth King Kuei. If Kuei\\\'s seal could be easily copied, Azula wouldn\\\'t have had so much trouble with the spirits in the palace. They never accepted her in the first place. Kuei is the head of the resistance and Ba Sing Se\\\'s ruler. There is no more repressive regime. The Fire Army won\\\'t last long with the true King fighting back.
Fong thought he could walk off on his own and act on his own authority. That was pure arrogance and narrow-mindedness. He led his army to slaughter. He and his army are dead because they refused to acknowledge the Earth King\\\'s order. Fong is very much in essence a traitor to the King and the people.
/Whatever Kuei heard stiffened his shoulders, and he stalked right up to the chained muzzle. \\\"You dare hold one of my subjects accountable for an outsider\\\'s actions? Simply because he, too, tried to help the Avatar?\\\"
For the first time, the fox looked uneasy.
\\\"The world has been out of balance for a hundred years! It\\\'s the duty of every righteous citizen - no, every human! - to try to restore that balance. And every spirit!\\\" Kuei\\\'s hands folded into unpracticed fists. \\\"And you would pursue a petty revenge, against one of those trying to end this war?\\\"
The fox whimpered.
\\\"I believe your master has forgotten whose tomes contributed to his library,\\\" Kuei stated, eyes hard as flint. \\\"We shall see that he remembers it.\\\"
Almost against his will, Shirong found himself drawing back a step. He could feel something in the air, in the ground; like a landslide, moments before it let go....
\\\"We find you and your master, Wan Shi Tong, have behaved with contempt to us, and to our people! We find that you have done us harm; willfully, pettily, and with full knowledge of our desperation, beset by enemies! We find that you have cast aside the virtues of civilized creatures. And so, we render our judgment!\\\"
The fox was shaking in its chains, eyes wide and wild. Shirong held his breath. It was said the Earth King\\\'s line descended from ancient shamans, but spirits....
\\\"You, your master, and all his servants are hereby banished from our lands,\\\" Kuei decreed. \\\"Your master may petition Oma and Shu. Should they decide his punishment is enough, we shall revisit our judgment. Until that day - begone!\\\"/ (chapter 29)
The people chose the Earth King not just for his spiritual prowess, but the reason WHY he wields such power. Kuei was righteously FURIOUS at Wan Shi Tong and his servant the fox for hurting one of his people. If the people fear Kuei, it\\\'s because he can and WILL put the spiritual smackdown on anyone who dares to cross him and his. They chose him because he is in word as well as deed, a true King, who cares for his people, as Eshe said in chapter 52 (and of course, the Touzaikaze having felt the tremendous surge of power of his decree, they came and answered him, meaning that there has to be many others who\\\'ve felt the Earth King\\\'s decree). As the Earth King is based off the Chinese Emperor of old, it is by his good deeds and righteous conduct, as said by his Dai Li, which keeps Ba Sing Se and its inhabitants well. It was well implied in chapter 52 that if Kuei\\\'s parents had been unhappy, everyone in the city would have suffered.
Let me remind you that Ba Sing Se has lost Long Feng, and it\\\'s so-called \\\"ruler\\\" Azula is no longer in the city. The only ones actually protecting it now are the same ones who have been protecting it: the Dai Li, and now, Earth King Kuei. If Kuei\\\'s seal could be easily copied, Azula wouldn\\\'t have had so much trouble with the spirits in the palace. They never accepted her in the first place. Kuei is the head of the resistance and Ba Sing Se\\\'s ruler. There is no more repressive regime. The Fire Army won\\\'t last long with the true King fighting back.
Fong thought he could walk off on his own and act on his own authority. That was pure arrogance and narrow-mindedness. He led his army to slaughter. He and his army are dead because they refused to acknowledge the Earth King\\\'s order. Fong is very much in essence a traitor to the King and the people.
