Omashu Royal Palace


 * This article is about the palace. For other uses, see Omashu (disambiguation).

The Omashu Royal Palace was home to the King of Omashu prior to the city's annexation by the Fire Nation, and was located at the top of Omashu's central mountain peak. The palace consisted entirely of earthbending-operated doors; it would be impossible for anyone but an earthbender to enter or leave. The palace also contained a location with a waterfall, a goat gorilla enclosure for King Bumi's pet, Flopsie, and a dueling arena for earthbending duels and other such events.

Architecture


The Royal Palace had numerous chambers, including a throne room, bedrooms, servants' quarters, and prison cells. During Team Avatar's stay here, it was known that the Bumi was having some of the rooms refurbished. They were decorated completely in a vivid green color, with green hangings and simple stone walls. There were also some air vents about the size of Momo; when the team was imprisoned in one of the chambers, Aang unsuccessfully tried to make Momo pass through one to call Appa, but could not because Momo had eaten too much, thus rendering himself useless as he would not fit.

The dueling arena that Aang and Bumi once battled in had several balconies that overloooked the entire battlefield, which was completely made of earth. The balconies provided entrance ways directly behind them.

The throne room was very tall, plain, and all made of rock, with a simply carved stone throne for the king. King Bumi threw a feast for Team Avatar during their first visit to Omashu within the throne room, to which a long, wooden table was placed in the middle of the room accompanied with several chairs as needed.

Fire Nation occupation


Following the successful invasion, the palace was destroyed by the Fire Nation government and replaced by a statue of Fire Lord Ozai, in commemoration of the renaming of the city to "New Ozai" by Princess Azula. The Fire Nation governor resided in a separate Governor's Palace, constructed in the metal pagoda style architecture favored by the Fire Nation, with a semi-circular stone area from which the governor could look at the whole city. As part of Bumi's single-handed liberation of Omashu, he used Ozai's statue to destroy the palace as he brought the monument down.