Mining village

The Mining Village is a medium-sized settlement located in the Earth Kingdom. It is situated on the Northwestern coast, and its inhabitants make a living primarily by mining coal in nearby reserves. Haru, a young Earthbender and devoted ally to the Avatar, hails from this village and lives with his mother. The village is also home to his father, Tyro, who was one of many Earthbenders captured by the Fire Nation.

The village first appears in "Imprisoned" and is not to be confused with the abandoned mining town seen in "The Chase".

History
The village came under Fire Nation control for quite some time during The War, five years prior to the series. Villagers were forced to mine coal to fuel the war effort worldwide. More so, the people were forced to pay heavy taxes and lived in constant fear of their occupiers. Earthbending was strictly forbidden by the authorities, and any citizen found to be an Earthbender was immediately arrested and sent to a prison rig located several miles off the coast. The villagers lost their will to resist the people who had stripped them of their freedom.

Avatar Aang and his friends visited this village shortly after Aang's revival from the iceberg, and met Haru during their stay. The group, particularly Katara, quickly befriended Haru and felt moved to rescue him from captivity when he too was captured by the Fire Nation for Earthbending. Katara tricked the Fire Nation into arresting her for Earthbending and was reunited with Haru on the rig, who in turn was reunited with his father. Feeling a desire to help the prisoners, Katara urged the Earthbenders to fight back, but their fighting spirits had been broken long ago. Fortunately, Aang found that the coal being processed on the rig was bendable, so Haru, Tyro and the prisoners were finally able to defeat their captors and flee back to the village on stolen warships. The liberated Earthbenders swore to drive the Fire Nation out of their villages and thanked Katara for helping them regain their strength.

Although the village has not been seen since its first appearance, it was confirmed by Tyro and Haru in "The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion" that they succeeded in liberating their village and fought a successful campaign against the invaders.

Fire Nation Prison Rig
The Fire Nation Prison Rig is a towering facility that serves both as a dockyard for the Fire Nation Navy and as a prison for captured Earthbenders. It is capable of holding hundreds of prisoners and is run by a cruel Warden who delights in mocking his prisoners, who he refers to as his "guests". The facility processes coal for warships and is made entirely of metal, which no Earthbender besides Toph can bend. This is the perfect environment to deprive the Earthbenders of their bending and drain their desire to resist their captors.

It has most likely been decommissioned or destroyed following the end of The War.

Notable Figures

 * Tyro
 * Haru
 * Haru's Mother

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